Local Notes From Wapello To Letts and Beyond
Morning Sun reports a flurry of hometown updates from Wapello to Letts including visits, travels, and health news. Société figures Mrs. Stetson departing for Auburn Maine and Miss Trotman visiting Grinnell while A A Nicol arrives from Kansas City to see relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Stetson
Auburn
Maine
Willa Trotman
Grinnell
A. A. Nicol
Kansas City
Cordia
Frank Nicol
M. Ochiltree
E. L. Me. Clarkin
Greens
Iowa Central
Peoria
Lena Johnson
Oskaloosa
P. Abrahamson
Emma Bell
Columbus
A. J. Bennett
Burlington
Columbus Junction
Morning Sun
Blue Grass Eases into Summer Socials and Local News
A Davenport Daily Democrat reporter is touring the Blue Grass area with A Claypool of Buffalo. Local visits include Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wagner and J C Watts. Hazel Dell school closes with picnic. Roads repaired east of O A Bohnsack by new county bridge. Visitors include Miss Ivah Thoene and Wm Bohnsack visiting from Newton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Grass
A. Claypool
Buffalo
Davenport Daily Democrat
Henry Wagner
J. C. Watts
Hazel Dell
Adam Dipple
Leslie Wagner
Fern
Elsie
Bilery
Davenport
Mr. Kosnopfal
Mr. K
Watts
O. A. Bohnsack
Ivah Thoene
Mesdames Drumm
Bancks
Wm. Bohnsack
Newton
Wonder
Dipple
Isael Bancks
Carl
Durant
Schiele
Otto Schiele
Local News Brief From Port Allen Iowa
Word reached Port Allen Iowa on Friday morning that L A Moyers is ill and in need of sympathy. Later Saturday evening another telegram reported he was recovered and busy with farm chores alongside Snyder and family of Fre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Allen
Allen
Pleasant
L. A. Moyers
S Snyder and Family
Homeseekers sale by Iowa Central Ry on Tuesdays
The Iowa Central Railway offers home seekers round trip tickets every Tuesday through December to Iowa Minnesota South and North Dakota and the Canadian northwest at one fare plus two dollars. Tickets are valid 21 days with stop overs allowed. For rates and details contact agents or A B Cutts G P T A Minneapolis Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homeseekers
Northwest
Iowa Central Ry
Homeseeker
Iowa
Minnesota
South
North Dakota
Canadian Northwest
A. B. Cutts
Minneapolis
Minn
Airship Flies Over Toledo In Successful Demonstration
Toledo Ohio June 28 Roy Knabenshue aerial navigator piloted the new Toledo airship over the city in a surprise afternoon flight. Thousands witnessed the manned craft circle the town ascend and descend at will returning to the start with little trouble. He said the airship worked to perfection and plans a Detroit run next Sunday if weather holds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letts
S. B. Furnas
Dakotas
Thompson
A. Eisenhart
Colorado
Mr. Bailey
Washington
Elmer Shellabarger
Muscatine
Odd Fellows
Frank Coder
Leon
Bessie Letts
Wapello
W. T. Schofield
Columbus Junction
Mary Shearer
Columbus City
Leah Gibbons
Sioux City
David Parsons
Willie
Billy Williams
Leo Dalton
Keota
Carl
Harry Shearer
Art Brown
M. J. Shellabarger
Effie Garrett
Geo. Bennett
Concord
Bert Garrett
Hazel Ellis
Cranston
E. . McCormick
Mr. Owen
J. H. Colns
L. van Horn
W. H. Snyder
Collins and
Shellabarger
Greenwood
Metery
Toledo
Roy E. Knabenshue
Fair Grounds
Knabenshue
Detroit
Sundday
Springfield Race War Fears Erupt Over Suburban Housing
In Springfield Illinois on June 28 blacks prepare for a race war after white farmers demand no black residents nearby. Fred Smith a zoo employee refused to move and secured permission to carry a revolver then spent the day inciting others to fight as farmers vow to oust him and a confrontation looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Fred Smith
Smith
Two Prospects Found Wandering In Death Valley
Goldfield Nevada June 28 two prospectors entering Bullfrog report two men wandering near Death Valley beyond the Funeral range. The men were insane and nearly naked with black swollen tongues and swollen limbs, a grim echo of the week’s water shortage as springs dry up and supply dwindles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldfield
Nev
Death Valley
Boy stretched into Navy gains inches for academy entry
Luther Welsh of Kansas City passed the naval academy mental exam after undergoing a stretching process. The applicant was initially too short at under five feet two inches and used a fully devised machine to gain the required two inches, meeting the height requirement for entry in Annapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Luther Welsh
Welsh
Boy of Eight Saves a Train Warning Engineer
Eight year old Wallace Moore spotted an open switch on the Tyrone division and stood on the track waving his hat as a northbound passenger train with 128 passengers slowed to a stop. The near wreck narrowly averted with no reported loss of life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altoona
Wallace Moore
Tyrone
Pennsylvania Road
Hampton Opens Special Vote On 3 Percent Railroad Levy
Hampton schedules a special election to decide adopting a 3 percent tax for a new railroad. The Clinton Young lumber mill, once the world’s largest saw mill, is being demolished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton
Clinton
Umpire Jack Flynn Suspended for Non Attendance
Iowa State baseball league suspends umpire Jack Flynn for failing to attend assigned duties. The action follows an official review and affects upcoming games. Flynn is noted as a long-time official with prior disciplinary records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Flynn
Iowa State Baseball League
Critical condition follows Iowa City hospital trip
Wilson Utter remained in critical condition after a hospital transfer to Iowa City. His daughter Mollie Oliver and Inez accompanied him, returning on the evening train. The item also notes several locals traveling, land purchases, funerals, and a thin report on weather and hay conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Wison Utter
Iowa City
Mollie Oliver
Inez
Jake Foster
Messrs
Frank Colton
Fred M. Colton
R. S. Johnston
J. A. Sprague
Ed. Paschel
Fred Moore
Canada
T. H. Barnes
Johnston
Sprague
W. S. Underdouk
Rock Island
Underdouk
C. L. Williams
Washington District
Concord Township
Wapello
County Normal
Muda Acheson
Little Nice
Margaret Bliven
Ainsworth
Geo. B. Stapp
Cotter
Chicago
Martha Nichols
Commercial Hotel
H. T. Jones
Avis
Esther Duncan
Allerton
S. H. Duncan
K. R. Robertson
O. S. Jamison
E. J. Gillis
Pennsylvania
Henry Whiting
Shell Beach
Florida
Edith Armbright
Muscatine
Marie Carr
Morning Sun
Lou Lyman
Ruby Rippey
Mamie Rush
Gertrude Johnson
Railroads Offer Low Summer Excursion Rates Across Regions
For summer 1895 several railroads publish reduced round trip fares from Elrick Junction JT St Paul and Minneapolis 1330 to Duluth 1730 Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo 2400 Salt Lake City and Ogden 3700 and Portland Ore 4985 with 90 day limits. Special Epworth League convention to Denver at 2150 June 30 through July 4 and G A R encampment at 1555 August 30 through September 4 with extensions to October 7. Tickets available through agents. ask A B Cutts G P and T A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast
Iowa Central
Elrick Junction
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Salt Lake City
Ogden
Portland
Ore
Privilego California
Ney
Portia
Hot Springs
A. B. Cutts
G. P
T. A
Lost watches and jewelry ad in Journal want columns
Short notice offers quick recovery of lost watches rings and jewelry by placing a want ad in the Journal. Call the Western Union messenger boy to deliver the ad to the Journal office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Union Messenger Boy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mackey’s
Model Clothing House
White Oxfords
Leysen's Shoe Store
Schaffer’s
Schaeller's Laundry
Tare On
Graffs Pharmacy
G. M. Titus
Lucas & Co
Delweth
West Liberty
Monte
Montezuma
Millersburg
the Journal
Getters
Levi Eichelbarger
Arden
Morgan
Albert McCullough
E. M. Stanton
Maxwell
Mmes. H. F. Babbitt
Fannie Stanton
Alex McCullough
S. L
Weilville
New York
Boy “Stretched
NAVY
Boy OF Eight
Trip
West Second Street
Mira Hershey Lumber Co
SNS
H. F. Barnard Co., Jeweleerrs
Blanchard Packing Co
Oregon
St. Louis
Pacific Northwest
Yellowstone National Park
J.C. Pugh
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