Magoon Contractor Dies Sudden in Muscatine
George D. Magoon, prominent Muscatine builder, died suddenly at his Iowa Avenue home at 9:15 PM after a gastritis attack. He oversaw the old Congregational church project earlier, built St. Mary's church and many city structures, served as a Civil War veteran, and leaves wife Joanna, son Edward, a daughter who died in infancy, a granddaughter, two sisters, and several masonic and veterans group memberships. Funeral Monday at 10 AM with Rev. J. N. Elliott officiating.
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George D. Magoon
Iowa Avenue
Fifth Street
Old Congregational Church
P. M. Musser
Clark
Ware
Hampshire County
Massachusetts
Isaac Magoon
Ireland
America
Bay State
Ohio
Warsaw
Muscatine
Magoon
Mt. Vernon
Third Street
Sycamore
Cedar
California
Sacramento
11Th Town Infantry
Pioneer Corps
Atlanta
Forrest
van Dorn
Lulu van Horn
Richard Cadle
Colorado
A. EB. Martin
Rock Island
Hawkeye Lodge
A. M
de Molay Commandery No. 1
K. T
Grandview News Briefs Include Schools and Local Trade
Grandview reports the Iowa river enables mail and a hack service again. Local activities include several boys in a button factory and shipments of hogs to Chicago by Lieberknecht and Berk, and cattle by N R Letts. School begins for a two month term with prospects for a graded school. Local visits include Mrs Stineman of Muscatine and Mrs Wunder's Ohio Kentucky trip. Rev Teal from Chicago preached at the Congregational church.
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Iowa
Lieberknecht & Berk
Chicago
N. R. Letts
Jacob Lieberknecht
Muscatine
Grandview
David Stineman
A. B. Wunder
Ohio
Kentucky
Nellie Schnyder
Cedar Falls
Dollie Hamilton
Illinois
Rev
Teal
Congregational Church
Walter Jones
Seventy-Six
Seneca Finn
W. Hartman
J. McGinnis
Mr. Hilterbrant
Letts
Hickory Grove Caller Notes From County Seat Beat
David Kelley called at the county seat Tuesday and Hy Drumm from Durant was a Monday visitor at Frank Havenagle s. Tom Jenkins spent Sunday in the vicinity. Miss Vance passed through en route home. Jacob, John, Walter Boardman and Chas Ris visited Wednesday. A N Eis of Pleasant Prairie called Wednesday for business. John Peterson and family of Pleasant Prairie visited his father in law and reported a good time.
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David Kelley
Tom Jenkins
Miss Vance
Hy. Drumm
Durant
Frank Havenagle
Messrs
Jacob, John
Walter Boardman
Chas. Ris
A. N. Eis
John Peterson and
Pleasant Prairie
Rebecca Woods dies after long illness at East Eighth home
Rebecca Woods a longtime Muscatine resident died yesterday at 2 PM at her East Eighth street home after a period of illness and a prior operation. Born Rebecca Barbour December 25 1819 in Newton Ireland she married twice first to John Fulton and then to Alexander Woods. Surviving children include William Fulton Samuel Fulton Rebecca Hurst Eleanor Ashcraft and Clara McIntyre. Muscatine loses one of its oldest residents.
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Rebecca Woods
East Eighth Street
Rebecca Barbour
Newton, Stuart
Ireland
America
John Fulton
Illinois
Iowa
Alexander Woods
William Fulton
Savanna
Ill
Samuel Fulton
Hebron
Neb
Rebecca Hurst
Cedar Bluffs
Eleanor Ashcraft
Clara McIntyre
Savanna, III
Muscatine
Funeral for Solomon F Conaway at United Brethren Church
The funeral of Solomon F Conaway was held this afternoon at two o'clock from the United Brethren church. Many mourners gathered to pay respects before the remains were laid to rest at the city cemetery, with Rev. L. B. Hix officiating.
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Solomon F. Conaway
Dalia
Solomon Conaway
United Brethren Church
L. B. Hix
New School House Sought by Goshen District
The district board of Goshen township visited the city to consult the county superintendent about building a new school house. The project is described as a much needed improvement benefiting the township residents.
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Goshen Township
Birthday Gift Prompt Sparks Family Banter
A light exchange reveals a playful birthday feud. She complains about an early gift and lack of thanks, while He retorts that thanks will come on his own birthday.
Blanchard bill adopted in Iowa Senate after rival Cheshire measure
Des Moines reports the Iowa Senate, after three days of debate, approved the Blanchard bill replacing the Cheshire plan to tax telephone and telegraph companies. The measure passed 47 to 2 and the supplementary bill moved quickly to passage, while other actions included a pension bill for Marshalltown inmates and resolution moves tied to the Exposition and Grant tomb flags.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
Telegraph Companies
Titus
Mullan
Trewin
Harriman
Balter
Healy
Polk
Congress
St. Louis
House
Marshalltown
Oldest Iowa minister Rev Ira Wilcox dies at 94
Waterloo Iowa March 23 Rev Ira Wilcox of Sumner died at his daughter Mrs S F Cass home aged 94 He had been ordained for over seventy years and preached without interruption in the state and was perhaps the oldest minister in Iowa.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Ira Wilcox
Sumner
S. F. Cass
Wilcox
Continuance Granted in Hoot Case Ahead of May Term
In Iowa District Court attorney C E Pickett sought a continuance for state v Hoot due to insufficient prep time and the need to obtain witnesses from Chicago Des Moines Rock Island and Waterloo. The request was granted, moving the case to the May term with possible trial in September due to the absence of a jury at May term.
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Iowa
District Court
C. E. Pickett
J. W. Hoot
State of
Chicago
Des Moines
Rock Island
Waterloo
Boquette Sues Railroad Over Leg Loss in Iowa Suit
Davenport March 22 Thom as Boquette sues the B C R N railway for 25000 alleging loss of a leg and lifelong injuries after being thrown from a footboard in August 1899 while employed as yardmaster. He claims the accident happened because a log lay near the track and the railroad left it there. The Burlington hotel at Iowa Falls burned March 22 caused by a defective flue.
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Davenport
Iowa
Thomas Boquette
B., C. R. & N. Railway
Boquette
Iowa Falls
Burlington
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railroad
Liverpool and London and Globe
Iowa State Insurance Company
Keokuk
Wapello Notes on Court, Marriages, Pneumonia
District Court convenes next Monday with Judge Smythe on the bench. Emery of De Lamar I nv. called by his father’s illness arrives. Several Wapello youths attended the Noble-Shephard prize fight in Muscatine Monday night. Lewis Peters of Wapello marries Miss Lenora Chandler of Newport last Wednesday. Pneumonia cases rise in Wapello. Miss Bedford returns to duties after her mother’s sudden death. Bridge piling ready. contract holder Mr. Gillett of Columbus Junction expected to begin work soon. Cross river on foot again forthcoming.
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District Court
Smythe
Will Emery
de Lamar
Nevada
Wapello
Muscatine
Lewis W. Peters
Lenora E. Chandler
Newport
Bedford
Wapello High School
DeWitt
Gillett
Columbus Junction
Boy Disappears From Farmington Home in Iowa
Master G Sharpe, a Farmington youth aged fourteen to fifteen, vanished after leaving school at noon Tuesday. The boy, heir to wealth and son of G W Sharpe, reportedly talked of leaving home. authorities and family fear for his safety while the community awaits news of his whereabouts.
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Keokuk
Iowa
G. Sharpe
Farmington
G. W. Sharpe
van Buren County
Linen collar identifies victim in Oxford area death
Iowa City March 22. A linen collar found on the body of a man discovered on William Ackerman's place near Oxford yields the name E. Branke. Mayor J W Floetchinger prepared the body for burial as inquiry continues. The remains were found in a hog pasture gully with few identifying items beyond tan cloth shoes and a small shirt fragment.
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Iowa City
Iowa
William Ackerman
Oxford
E. Branke
J. W. Floetchinger
Payne Named as Republican Candidate for Congress
The editor William O. Payne of the Rep resentative announces his candidacy for Congress from Nevada Iowa Seventh district He seeks Republican indorsement from Story county voters and nomination at the Seventh district Republican convention.
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W. O. Payne
Congress
Nevada
Iowa
William O. Payne
Story County
Seventh Congressional District
Train Loads of Emigrants Go Through Waterloo
Waterloo Iowa March 22 The Chicago Great Western railway moved five freight trains carrying emigrants and goods totaling ninety six cars since midnight and a seventeen coach tourist train with families passed noon The emigrants come from southern Iowa and Missouri heading to North Dakota More trains of similar character and destination are expected in the next twenty four hours
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Waterloo
Iowa
Chicago Great Western Railway
Missouri
North Dakota
New Industry for Ottumwa in 8-Acre Brick Factory
Ottumwa Iowa March 22 The Swift Campbell Brick Company of Washington Iowa closed a contract for eight acres in Ottumwa to build a large brick and tile factory with the latest machinery for production, beginning immediately.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
Swift & Campbell Brick Company
Washington
April Showers Coming for Iowa Forecast
Chicago dispatch reports indications for Iowa city weather with a fair night followed by showers on Saturday afternoon or night. The notice notes a special forecast issued March 23.
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Chicago
Iowa
Fairfield man Wilbur Ireland vanishes again in March
Wilbur Ireland, about 45, disappeared from Fairfield Iowa last night marking a second such incident after a similar episode last spring. The missing man, who may be mentally unsettled, resides near Brookville and had visited his parents in Fairfield. Sheriff B F Black seeks clues and a liberal reward is offered.
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Fairfield
Iowa
Wilbur Ireland
Congress
B. F. Black
Mr. Ireland
Brookville
J. A. Ireland
Initiation Injuries Lead to $10,000 Suit in Iowa
F. S. Carlisle sues the Modern Woodmen of America in Cedar Rapids claiming injuries from a November 28 initiation at Laurens. He alleges blindfolding, blows with a heavy tool causing nerve damage, and exposure to cold, seeking $10,000 in damages in the next federal term.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
F. S. Carlisle
Woodmen of America
Laurens
Carlisle
Telephone lines knit Marshall county farmers to farms
Farmers south and east of Marshalltown plan a telephone network linking about 200 country homes in towns like LeGrand Il Lon Dubai Gilman Pickering Newburg Montour and more. A line from Amos Hall south of town will connect with existing mutual lines and extend to Marshalltown business houses for urgent needs.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Farmers’ Mutual
Amos Hall
Center Street
LeGrand Township
Marshall County
Man Feels Guilty Wearing Clean Shirt Without Bath
A terse remark notes that a man of respectability who wears a white shirt without bathing feels morally guilty. The line emphasizes strict personal hygiene norms and social expectations for gentlemen.
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Geo. D. Magoon
Muscatine’s
Bio
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Shelby Norman
San Francisco
Presbyterian Church
J. N. Elliott
Hickory Grove
the Daily Journal
Blanchard
Victory For Express Co.s
Grant
United States
General Grant
Cherokee Asylum
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Mr. Nicholaus
Cherokee Strip
Theophilus
Scott
Mr. Letts
Louisa
Thenun
Miller
Trebor
Hull
E. Wilbur Ireland
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