Local notes of births sickness and politics
Joyful social items reported from Grandview note Jacob Leiberknecht breaking an arm in town. Robert Schaffer faces appendicitis in Fairfield and heads there. Congressman Hedge praised the Grandview parade while Republicans plan talks with Titus and Molesberry. A son born to George Schweitzer. E H Dodder's child ill. large building activity by Benj Leiberknecht. oyster supper planned by the Ladies Missionary Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Leiberknecht
Higley
Cowden
John Schaffer
Robert
Fairfield
Schaffer
Congressman Hedge
Grandview
Benj. Leiberknecht
Gart & Son
Zimmerman
Senator Titus
Muscatine
F. M. Molesberry
Columbus Junction
George Schweitzer
E. H. Dodder
Port Louisa
Wapello
Ladies’ Missionary Society
Local Notes Share Visits and Farm Activity
Silas Guthrie and wife of Washington visited relatives here last week. Henry Schwitzer rents Henry Wagner’s Cedar Bethel farm. G. W. Vibber and Dell Stineman serve as petit jurors this term. Vibber builds a hog house and improves his property. Several hogs were shipped from here on Monday. Miss Barbara Mosier of Muscatine visits J. Snyder’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silas Guthrie
Washington
Henry Schwitzer
Henry Wagner
Cedar Bethel
G. W. Vibber
Dell Stineman
Barbara Mosier
Muscatine
J. Snyder
Oyster supper and graphophone entertainment at Union school
Union school house hosts an oyster supper and graphophone entertainment on Friday evening November 2 with all welcome. Miss Holbert closes a successful term with a strong program by her scholars. Local residents report various small-town activities including farm work, funerals, and visits to the county seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union School House
Miss Holbert
Harry Boiler
Sveral
Ethel Addleman
Jesse Meyers
R. H. Geertz
J. Geertz
Skunk Hollow
L. Schwartz
John Scott
Fred Reynolds
Lewis Schwartz
Will Townsley
High Prairie
F. D. Wood
Wm. Scott
Fred Schwartz
David Reynolds
Nichols
Albert Brazel
West Liberty News Highlights Local Movements and Fire
West Liberty notes include Hog shipment to Kansas, visits by Harriet Houser and Mrs. Harrison, post office inspection praise, travels of Mrs. Hendrickson and Jessie Winslow, guests from Waukegan and Letts, business dissolutions at Potter and Evans, visits by Foeg and Fogg, a Cuba mission by Rev Sylvester Jones, and a 5 am alarm that destroyed the union freight depot though office property was saved. cause unknown.
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Esther Harrison
J. H. Deemer
Des Moines
John Mahin
Samuel Hendrickson
Cedar Bluffs
O. H. Fink
Jessie Winslow
Merritt
Missouri
Silloway
Waukegan, Ill
H. House
East Third Street
Springdale
Cuba
Union Freight Depot
Local Notes from Shiloh and Surrounding Areas
Birth announced: a daughter to Mr and Mrs George Shoe maker. Mr and Mrs Fred Timm spent Sunday at the latter s home. Miss Edna Greiner attends Leverich Normal School Muscatine. Mrs Geo Otto a Muscatine visitor. Miss Emma Freyermuth to close fall term at Adams Station. Mr and Mrs Sylvester Prichard of Muscatine visited J Dougherty family. Mr and Mrs Barney Miller visited daughter Mrs Wm Bodman at Nichols. Willing Workers Sewing Society to meet at Mrs John Long Summit on Thursday Nov 1. Invitations sent for marriage of Louis Freyermuth to Martha Neighbauer near Moscow on Nov 6 at eight o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Shoemaker
Fred Timm
Edna Greiner
Leverich Normal School
Muscatine
Geo. Otto
Hanley
Emma Freyermuth
Adams Station
Sylvester Prichard
J. Dougherty
Local politics loom over national issues in township
The town faces a political shift as local concerns dominate. A new creek bridge near town improves infrastructure while social life continues with wedding invitations for Thomas Snellson and Emma Pearson. Local businesses shift. Mr Rowan moves stock to Columbus Junction with a replacement planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Snellson
Emma Pearson
Pearson
the Clipper
Rowan
Columbus Junction
Dubuque Telegraph Quotes Voter On McKinley Support
The Dubuque Telegraph notes Don M. Dickinkson plans to vote for McKinley and calls him nearly as fickle as the candidate, labeling him a weathercock in a sharp political aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Don M. Dickinkson
McKinley
Population of States Population of States 239,933 in Ten Years
Washington Oct 31 census figures show total US population at 76,205,220 with 74,627,007 in the states. The 1900 census marks a 21 percent ten year gain from 1800, and includes 154,158 Indians not taxed in the states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Merriam
Bach
Census Officials Near Complete Tabulation Of Returns
Officials report substantial progress on the census with agriculture schedules around 5.8 million and manufacturers schedules slightly over 621 thousand. The office completed field work ahead of ten years ago and most enumerators and supervisors have been paid though a few accounts are delayed. Total administration costs reach about 26.6 million dollars, with over four million for supervision and enumeration.
Hold Up by Italians Kills Paymaster in Coal Wagon
Four Italian robbers ambushed the southwest Connellsville Coke pay wagon near Mount Pleasant Pennsylvania. Paymaster William Hosier, brother of C. H. Hesler, was killed. driver Harry Burgess wounded as a gunfight left two bandits dead and another fatally wounded. Suspects jailed with armed posses sweeping the area. Hosier, a popular official, left a widow and daughter. The hold up yielded no cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Pleasant
Connrellsvile Coke Company
Alverton
William Hesler
C. H. Hesler
Harry Burgass
Scottdale
Hosier
Chicago
Hoesler
Harry Burgess
Porto Rican Must Wait For Congress Naturalization
New York Oct 31 Justice Freedman denied Frank Juarbes request for a mandamus to register him as a voter. He held Porto Ricans did not become US citizens when Puerto Rico was ceded and that naturalization requires congressional action. The article notes Bryan stumping for McKinley with mixed crowd reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frank Juarbe
Board of Registry
Porto Rico
Spain
United States
Justice Freedman
Supreme Court
Juarbe
Congress
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