Local Mews Highlights and Community Happenings
Lieut. Lewis sends home photos from Jacksonville with Major General Fitzhugh Lee among them. Mrs. Stiles leaves for Joplin after a family reunion. Enlisted local men depart for duties in Cuba. Ongoing repairs at Clark's bank basement and a Boston fishing trip planned for George Hunter and C. Morgan. Patriotic services at First M. E. church raise funds for Company L. Weddings, accidents, and a drum fish scale house intrigue are noted among town items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry T. Lewis
Jacksonville
Florida
Ed. Beard
Kodak
Fitzhugh Lee
A. M. Harrah
Col. Garrett
Flo, Clark
John P. Ramner
Niagara Falls
Georgian Bay
Will Jasper
Chicago
Chas. Seeberger
Monmouth
Ill
Jas, Hatch
Malaka Township
Harry Engle
Jim
Clark's Bank
John Lemme
Geo. B. Hunter
C.F. Morgan
Grand Rapids
Morgan
Mr. Hunter
Boston
Mass
Charley Wilder
the Twain
Maine
Emsley Wilson
Lewis D. Reid
Reid
Emsley
Thief Steals Watch and Chain From Harness Shop
A bold theft occurred at Will Rothrock's harness shop last Monday between eleven in the morning and closing time. A good watch and chain were taken from a nail where the watch hung, with the owner suspecting a specific person due to suspicious circumstances. Inos. Lowery departed Friday for Dillon Montana to visit sister Mrs Bond for about three months to regain health amid political campaign strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Methodist Church
I. H. Gorell
Miss Hart
Wm. C. Sheeler
Nellie
Samuel Summerlott
Sheeler
Monroe
Ith U. S. Cavalry
Arizona
Will Rothrock
Will
Mls
Inos. Lowery
Dillon
Montana
Dr. Bond
Tom
Navy to furnish convoy for Miles Puerto Rico expedition
Washington cabled orders to Admiral Sampson to supply a naval convoy for General Miles on the Puerto Rico expedition. Delays in convoy caused tension with the president and risked Wilson’s force. Miles waited at Playa del Este amid telegrams, while preparations and reinforcements for Dewey and other Pacific forces continued. Charleston notes the departure of Miles’s expedition under Major General J H W for Porto Rico with Second and Third Westin, Sixteenth Pennsylvania, and Illinois units aboard Grand Duchess and No. 30, while Alger says Miles would leave Cuba with convoyed troops. Arrangements also made for Spanish prisoners to be sent from Santiago to Spain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sac Davis
Julia Davis
Patterson
Ilinois Infantry
Charleston
South Carolina
Garrettson
Santiago de Cuba
Isaac
Newton
Bertha Wilson
Dell Barnett
Washington
Sampson
General Miles
Theen
General Wilson
Puerto Rico
Watson
Spain
Navy Department
Norfolk
S. C
Miles
Porto Rico
Here
Pedition
J. H. W the Exson
Pennsylvania
Wilson
Massachusetts
Santiago
First Army Corps
Alger
Cuba
War Department
Spanish Trans-Atlantique Company
J. M. Ceballos & Co
New York
Cuban
Union Sunday School Picnic Attracts Large Crowd
The Union Sunday School picnic drew several thousand attendees at the fair ground with over a thousand taking lunch on the grounds. The K.T. band led a forenoon parade of scholars and the Catholic group won the best banner for largest enrollment. A fierce wind and rainstorm later caused widespread damage to trees, property, lines, and a windmill, with barns and haystacks scattered. News items include updates on local residents Willett Howard and Harry Poorman, and injuries from the storm to Mrs Balmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E
Cowan
Jehovah's Praise
Epworth League
Chott
Rena Harvey
Alice Ludlow
Junior League
Ralph Graham
Liberty
Union
Fair Ground
K.T. Band
Monroe
L.A
Greenleaf
Prairie Township
Joe Whittaker
The Boys Drawing Their Pay in a Letter from War
Lieut Harry T Lewis reports from Jacksonville July mth that the paymaster is distributing pay, men in high spirits and some ill. Bert Mendenhall improving, Ike Willson on sick list. Disabled men to be examined for fitness. Newton people kindly remember them. Runaway accident near Kellogg injures Fred McMurray. Baxter’s Opera House roof damaged but opening planned. County Normal Institute plans, Prof. Young to speak on August 8. Cancer patient William Carey worsens, Indianapolis doctor touted cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willett Howard
Harry Galusha
Battle Creek Sanitarium
Jasper County
Harry T. Lewis
Jacksonville
Bert Mendenhall
Ike Willson
Atlanta
Newton
W. B.C
Fred McMurray
Kellogg
Killduf
Fred
Ed. van
van Epps
Santiago
Baxter
Opera House
Chase-Lister Co
Crystal Cross
Glen F. Chase
Fritz Boone
Edna
Mrs. Jackson
Bessie
Lee Hickman
Albert Taylor
R.G. Young
Rock Island, Ill
Meredith
County Normal Institute
Young
Also Mentioned on This Page
Vicinity
EJ. Stiles
Ewing Brothers
Joplin
Omaha
Maude Ewing
C. E. Boyd
Harry and
Perry Engle
J. R. Gorrell
E. N. Hollen
Seymour Howard
Soth Iowa
Amie Manning
Elias Moffitt
Mise Manning
Dewey
Cavite
Sel
Monterey
Honolulu
Philippines
State Department
Germany
Mani
General Shafter
Government of Affairs
Winnie Poorman
Grandma Poorman
Des Moines
Harry Poorman
Harry
James Balmer
Camp Cuba Libre
Barrett
Sonuson Uarey
Indianapolis
Art Jones
Uncle Johnson
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