Ten Dollar French Signal horn and local notes
A column from Oskaloosa Times covers a cold season in the area with fever fears and hay fever talk. It notes Tate Ten Hagen’s offer from Ringling Bros. for snare drummer and the hot last Friday of the year. It reports on storms, lightning hitting a hay barn, rains aiding crops, a death in Liberty township, local visitors, and a Roman Hippodrome circus revival with a long parade opening the days.
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Tate Ten Hagen
Ringling Bros.’ Circus
Tate
Des Moines
Tom, Cox
van der Linden
America
Ringling Brothers Excursions to Oska loosa August 28
Ringling Brothers circus brings a special excursion rate for travel to Oska loosa where the show will perform on August 28. The season features 375 artists in equestrian gymnastic and aerial acts, 650 horses, hundreds of performers, and the Field of the Cloth of Gold pantomimic production.
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Ringling Brothers
Oskaloosa
Ringling Brothers’ Circus
America
Disappearance of Tracy Editor Vexes Oska loosa
Editor Carr of the Tracy Leader vanished after arriving in Oskaloosa on a Burlington freight Tuesday evening. He was seen about eight at night, then disappeared. Mrs. Carr sought help from acquaintances and police, but no progress. Carr, a busy man with a meat market and furniture store, left Tracy abruptly yet without hint of distress.
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Carr
Tracy
Oskaloosa
Burlington
Oskaloosa Herald
Farewell to Mr and Mrs Muller of Leighton
Last Thursday a large group from First Reformed church gathered at the Mullers home to honor their departure from the community. They plan final farewell on Saturday the fifth, as friends enjoyed a social gathering and dinner with Uncle Billy and Mrs Muller expressing gratification at the turnout.
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First Reformed Church
Church farewell marks longtime service and gifts
At the church a farewell honoring a respected figure included humorous words and best wishes for many years of happiness. The occasion featured a gold pair of glasses and an ebony cane with a gold handle presented to Mrs. Miller by the Ladies Aid Society. Readings, prayer, and the hymn Blessed be the tie that binds followed as goodbyes were said.
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Billy
Ladies’ Aid Society of
Dr. Loucks
Mail Robbery Report From Albia Depo Raised Haste
The Albia sheriff reported five mail sacks stolen from the depot, a valise taken, clothing scattered, and the robbers believed to have boarded a westbound freight. City Marshal Hill and Night Watch Beck arrested six suspects, but later released them after detectives found no match with provided descriptions.
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Boss
Albia
Mr. Boss
Hill
Night Watch
Beck
Jim Harrison
Chariton Jerald
Peoria Couple MARRY Burke Bates At Sheesley Home
In Peoria Iowa August 9 1905 Phoebe Burke granddaughter of Mr and Mrs George Sheesley wed Arthur Bates of Cedar Falls at 8 pm The ceremony was quiet and impressive and witnessed by relatives and a few uncited guests with Edward Sheesley an uncle of the bride assisting during the wedding ceremony.
Local Couple Wed as Cedar Falls Plans Await
Special friends of the bride totaled about fifty five at the ceremony. After congratulations the supper was served by the bride's aunts. The bride wore white pearl lawn and carried bride's roses while the groom appeared in black. Mr. Bates, a Cedar Falls firm employee, is new to the community. Phoebe is known as a fine young woman and will be missed by many friends. The couple departed for Cedar Falls on Thursday, August 10, to begin their life together. Local and distant friends sent best wishes and gifts. Relatives attending included Mr. and Mrs. George Jackson and family of Montezuma and others from Indianola and New Sharon.
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Bates
Cedar Falls
Phoebe
John Ryan
Peoria
Elfe Awtry
Maggie Woollard
Fred van Vark
Pella
Ellen Bucknam
Olive
Armour Gould
Anamosa
George Jackson
Montezuma
Claud Sheesley
Indianola
George Burke
Elmo Burke
Rex
Harry
Elmo Sheesley
New Sharon
Boston Bloomer Girl Tale From Col Bain Lecture
In a Chariton Leader tale retold from Col Bain’s lecture The new woman and the old man a Boston bloomer girl bicycling to Wareham asks an old farmer for directions. The farmer, surprised by her attire, replies he has never seen anyone wearing such clothes before.
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Col. Bain
Boston
Wareham
Chariton
Must Pay for It A Western Editor's Puffs Policy
A western editor states readers must pay for puff content and introduces a pricing schedule. The note outlines that truthful but promotional material requires payment, signaling a monetization of favorable notices and disclaimers. The piece frames the policy as a deliberate editorial choice to uphold value and fairness.
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Por
Notable Local Figures Remembered At Ill Appraisal
A terse, period voice records community mourning for a deceased man aged 82 with 76 years in public life. The item hints at a poker circle, a colorful town character described as an eminent divine by some, and notes small monetary sympathy gifts of 3.10, 5.00, and 5.00 to wreckers, reflecting a fragmentary obituary culture and social attitudes of the era.
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Wormhoudt’s
Wormhoudt
Wormhoudt’s Clothing House
Oskaloosa Times
Durham
James Pope
Knoxville
Dan Pope
J. E. Morgan
Harvey
William McLaughlin
C. Swain
W. M. Roberts
Illinois
Clarinda
Roberts
Morris Coffman
Coal Ridge
James
Ringling Bros
Mr. and
Mrs. Muller
Leighton
United States Mail
Strop
Iowa
Pella, Iowa
Boys In Blue
the Regimental Band
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