Mine accident and garden city gun club notes
Evans Dec 4 The Burr Oak Coal company shaft house near Oli vet damaged as a hoisting cage caught in the shaftway timbers. Several timbers snapped, area losses about 400 dollars. Repairs started, mine to resume Saturday. No injuries. Also report on Garden City Gun Club trophy chase for a silver cup won by Ira Toom over De Gooyer. Club plans another trophy next season with ownership rules. Also editorial note on Roosevelt tariff policy and party implications for protectionist versus free trade viewpoints.
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Garden City Gun Club
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A Million Voices Endures Against Severe Lungs
Homer Hall of West listened as a harsh hold on his lungs caused a stubborn cough. Several physicians said consumption plagued him, yet nothing helped until Dr. King's New Discovery cured him, saving his life. The narrator reflects on weighing 227 pounds now.
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West
Dr. King
Correction on Summit township election returns
The Reporter corrects a previous account about the Summit township election book. The envelope was sealed with wax, but the Summit seal impression was missing due to a fire that destroyed the seal, not because the book was unsealed. Judge Jacob Fennema and Auditor Vanderwilt state the books were delivered as received and the correction clarifies the event.
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Summit Township
Jacob Fennema
Vanderwilt
Mayorality Bee in Pella: CHRONICLE Urges Modernization
The CHRONICLE urges voters to choose a mayor who will advance municipal reform and modernization. It argues aldermen must support improvements now to reduce expenses and taxes, noting Pella trails beyond national progress and calling readers to decide before caucuses.
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Will the People Vote It Pella School Expansion
The article argues for a new school building in Pella to accommodate growing enrollment. It notes last year's narrow vote and urges citizens to consider tax ranges and the need to educate children properly, asserting education as vital and suggesting other towns have better progress.
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Pella
Board of Education
River Bottom Road draws ire over Iowa county route
Residents near the Des Moines river bridge in Marion County accuse supervisors of neglecting a bad road. They note nearby gravel could fix it at low cost and urge farmers from across the river to assist with a day’s work. The poor condition forces travelers to pass through nearby land and diverts trade from Pella to Knoxville, provoking local business concerns.
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Thieves Caught After Monroe Burglary Spree
After a Wednesday night burglary in Monroe, citizens pursued the culprits who were found at a rural schoolhouse north of Galesburg. The pair were captured and taken to Newton County Jail to await grand jury action, with hopes for punishment in the penitentiary.
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Galesburg
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Knoxville
What's in a Name Everything is in the name
A fragment frames a reflection on identity and meaning, noting how names carry significance and shape perception. The brief meditation hints at cultural or personal branding ideas without detailing a specific event or figure.
Contested Auditor Race Set After Mandamus Withdrawn
The comptroller contest between B. Ruckman and G. W. van der Wilt shifts to a county court hearing on the 26th for ballot counting to settle the dispute. The county attorney has attacked Pella citizens, while urging Marion County to elect a citizen's ticket to end Republican Democrat feuding. Some Republicans face voter backlash for meddling in private citizen affairs.
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G. W. van der Wilt
Board of Supervisors
Pella
Marion County
Toowoomba Gazette Endorses Chamberlain Cough Remedy
A resident named W. C. Wockner praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy after a two month severe cough. The recommendation, given in good faith, encourages others to try the medicine, noting its availability through Allen & Stubenrauch.
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Australia
Chamberlain
W. C. Wock- Ner
Wockner
Allen & Stubenrauch
Cure for Ills with Dr. Ding's New Life Pills
A reader from Winchester Indiana reports his wife was critically ill and doctors failed to help until Dr. Ding's New Life Pills cured her. The pills claim to treat stomach and liver troubles, constipation, sick headache. Available for 2 cents at Keables' drug store.
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Austin
Winchester
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Keables
Great Western Ry. November December Tuesday Sale
The Chicago Great Western Railway schedules sales on the first and third Tuesdays in November and December. The notices indicate forthcoming public offerings or transactions by the railway during those dates.
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Coughs and Colds in Children Recommend Chamberlains Remedy
A Chicago physician endorses Chamberlains Cough Remedy for obstinate coughs in children of all ages, praising its non narcotic safety. The advertisement notes sale by Allen and Stubenrauch and highlights January Delineator magazine content and features on women’s topics, fashion, and home life.
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Chicago
Chamberlain
Mary R. Melendy
Allen & Stubenrauch
Clara E. Laughlin
Theodore W. Birkey
Cc Fay
Grace MacGowan Cooke
Margaret Hall
Reduced One Way Rates to the West and South
The Rock Island System offers one way Colonist Tickets at about half regular rates to Oklahoma Indian Territory Texas New Mexico Kansas Nebraska Eastern Colorado Arkansas Louisiana and Missouri on November 4 and 8. If you plan a relocation or opening for a son, write now to get a location search and rate details from the nearest Rock Island ticket agent.
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Indian Territory
Texas
New Mexico
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Nebraska
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Arkansas
Louisiana
Missouri
Notable Queries on Poets and Patriots From History
The article poses multiple curiosities about literary and historical figures. It asks who was known as The Poet of the Poor, which foreign queen married an American, who was the wisest fool in Europe, and notes on a noted mathematician who burned a fleet with a burning glass. It also questions who said An honest man is the noblest work of God, who was Browning's original, and which American Lowell may have influenced.
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