County Seat Happenings in Knoxville Journal
Local notes from Knoxville include Harry Maddy visiting Harvey Monday to study opening a blacksmith shop, Marsh Black returning from Nebraska with a carload of brood mares, and Ada Jane Shive’s first railroad ride at one month old. Pat Fenton sells his ice plant to Wesley Goodspeed for 5000 dollars, with new depot agent changes and Homer A. Shirer bound for Chariton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Maddy
Harvey
Marsh Black
Black & Kelly
Nebraska
van Hart
Ada Jane
Des Moines
Pella
Pat Fenton
City
Wesley Goodspeed
Prairie City
Mile Track Avenue
Nessel Jeffers
Goodspeed
A. Goodspeed
Mary Cooper
Knoxville
New Station Boss Named at Q Freight House
Henry Wormhoudt of Murray Iowa will assume duties at the station succeeding Mr Shirer who leaves Knoxville for new work. Dr L P Cornell and wife depart on their winter tour with planned visits in Oklahoma City and Selkirk before settling in San Antonio Texas. Shorty Harding, the Knoxville midget, reports 9 000 000 000 ties and empty-steen bridges along the line south of the Missouri River. The Cray family of Washington township survived poisonous charcoal fumes that filled a bedroom as a bucket of hot coals heated the stairs, leaving the children partially unconscious for a time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Q. Frieght
Henry Wormhoudt
Murray
Iowa
Shirer
Knoxville
Wormhoudt
L. P. Cornell
L. P
Earthly Paradise
San Antonio
Texas
Oklahoma City
Selkirk
Oklahoma
Shorty’’ Harding
Reading
Readings Amusement Company
Missouri
Miss Leona Vander Linden Sends China Voyage Letter
Miss Leona Vander Linden shares a voyage diary note from the ship as it nears land in Japan and Amoy China. She mentions rough seas, cold wind, a hoped Sunday service in Yokohama, and awaiting letters from friends while hoping for safe arrival at Amoy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Yokohama
Jennie Kuyper
Korea
Miss Thompson
Amoy
Leona Vander Linden
China
Mild Laxative for Baby Free
An advertisement extolling Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a safe laxative for children and adults. It claims to prevent constipation and digestive issues, offers a free trial bottle by mail, and provides the Monticello Illinois address for inquiries and medical advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caldwell
John W. Dunham
Apple Creek
H. L
W. B. Caldwell
Caldwell Bldg
Monticello, Il
Local names listed in fragmentary notice
Fragmentary OCR lists several personal names including A Sewart Lillian Hazel Hodges Samuel Simbro Gladys Brock Ben Caffrey Margaret Stubbs Benjamin Harrison Wolf and Margaret Monster with scattered numbers and symbols, indicating a damaged notice or roster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Harrison Wolf
Margaret Monster
Three Insane Cases Presented Before County Officials
Over ten days three insanity petitions reached county authorities. Nelson Brees was ruled sane enough to avoid hospital care. Otto Studeman, from the Inebriate Hospital, was declared insane and sent to Independence with the sheriff and John C. Myers. Mrs Rosa Ritzhaupt, 27, of near Percy, shown acute mania and likely short-term cure, was taken to Mt Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Brees
Otto Studeman
Independence
John C. Myers
Rosa Ritzhaupt
Percy
Mt Pleasant
Also Mentioned on This Page
E. J. Faassen
A. N. Huyper
A. W. de Bruyn
Committee On Finance
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Knoxville Journal
David Shive
Indiana
Job Sharp
Mr. Shive
Hoosier State
Seth Way
Chicago
Durham
Tracy
Bussey
Ruth Jones
Belle Heaton
Miss Jones
William Perry
Wm. Vernon
Q. Depot
Homer A. Shirer
Chariton
Uneeda I
National Biscuit Company
Theodore C. Ferber
Wilhelmina C. Bote
W. D. Crossen
Ivy Meador
Albert van Ginkel
Julia van Speren
Jesse Willis
Oral Campbell
Thomas McM. Clark
Mary R. Rogers
T. A. Sewart
Lillian Hazel Hodges
Samuel Simbro_ Gladys Brock
Ben Caffrey
Margaret Stubbs
Commissioners of
S. G. Vander Zyl
Tare
Geo, H. Keeney, M. D
Red
MR Aschenbrenner
Geelhoed
M. Porter, Auctioneer
Towa
Pella Public Library
Julia Vanzante
F. W. Frahm
Garden Square
Star Restaurant
Clarance Vander Linde
D. Kersberger
A. N. Kuyper
the Lumberm
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