Local items reflect community visits and events across Iowa towns
Chas Holdaway left for Missouri on business. Miss Joyce Clarke visited the Gill home in Havelock. Prof Annan attended Odd Fellows installation in Buxton. Debates in Rolfe Laurens drew locals on a special train. Several community members and families were noted in visits illnesses and deaths, including the Nowlan funeral and Parsonage theft.
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Chas, Holdaway
Missouri
Joyce Clarke
Rolfe
S. H. Gill
Prof
Annan
Havelock
Buxton
Odd Fellows
Laurens
Frank DeVaul
Fonda
Rebekah
Geo. Miller
Fort Dodge
Chester Speer
Thos. Dotty
Curlew
Grace D. Bradshaw
Sherm. Stover
Beth Clarke
W. B. Stiller
Ralph Cresap
Montgomery
Walter Knight
Ray Green
Co. FE
Montreal
Canada
David Nowlan
M. E
Eastern Star
Obituary and church notices from M E church service
The Methodist Episcopal Church reports regular services next Sunday with strong Sunday school attendance. An obituary read at Tuesday's funeral honors Mrs Mary Cordelia Nowlan born June 7 1849 in Fredericton Ohio married to David Nowlan June 8 1867 died January 8 1915 in Montreal while living with her sons in Havelock and Chicago. She helped secure women's suffrage in Illinois and remained active in public life.
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M. E
William P. Webb
Mary Cordelia (Smead) Nowlan
Alonzo and
Elizabeth (Crane) Smead
Fredrickton
Richland County
Ohio
David Nowlan
Toulon
Starck County
Ill
Chicago
Montreal
Canada
Havelock
Nowlan
Illinois
Noted Chicago Woman Dies in 65th Year at Home
Mrs. Nowlan, of the Church of the Redeemer Universalist faith, widow of the late John Nowlan, died aged 65 years 6 months and 1 day. She leaves two sons Brete Cassius of Montreal and Edward Rosseau of Chicago along with several grandchildren and great relatives. Funeral services featured a quartet and piano accompaniment with pallbearers named Gill Sheldon Adams Phelp Eno and Meredith. The obituary lists affiliations with multiple Chicago clubs and orders.
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Church of the Redeemer
Chicago
First National Bank Statement and Cold Remedy Ad
The issue includes a First National bank statement and a public health ad urging action against colds. It promotes Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey as a cough and cold remedy, claiming it loosens mucus stops cough and soothes lungs, guaranteed at 25 cents.
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First National Bank
Guard Union Delegate Commands Police Arrests
A Bay prison guard union walking delegate banged his fist on the table before the police superintendent and threatened a general strike if arrests were not increased within a week. He warned half of the guards were out of work.
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Superintendent of Police
Domestic Banter on Biscuits at Breakfast
A domestic exchange unfolds at breakfast as a husband longs for his mother’s biscuits. The wife, in a gentle tone, notes they are not available and quips that they would already be just about stale to pair with his remark.
Serious Case in a Humorous Exchange
A wife complains she is losing health and asks to be sent away while her husband reacts with disbelief as she notes her dresses feel comfortable signaling decline in a witty, domestic exchange.
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Zora Stewart
Wim, Overton
M. E. Parsonage
George Miller
THE
Harnessman
Havelock, Iowa
Soul Oil
Anbls
O. W. Hhione
W. P. Mclntie & Son
I Jensen
Methodist Episcopal Church
Philadelphia
New Yorker
Havelock, Towa
Havelock Opera House
George L. Barton
New York
Mr. George Shelton
Tramp
F. E. Heathman
Quaker Oats Co
Pal Bourret
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