Telephone Corrections for Temporary Directory
Corrections list for a temporary telephone directory includes line entries with blue red and green color codes, names of residents and businesses, and roles such as dentist blacksmith painter drayman Well Driller and rural route notes. It preserves names like Latta J. V Lemon D M Lemmon J F E Long Fred and others, plus offices and residences. The note references rural carrier numbers and depot or route designations and marks pending the new directory issuance.
Tie Up in the House Both Parties on Their Mettle
Washington April 4 The House adjourned with a wider breach between parties. Democrats used dilatory tactics against District of Columbia appropriation debate as rule enforcing gag measures sparked disorder. Williams defiantly urged unity and warned Republicans of minority power, quoting a schoolyard poem about reform measures and election delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House of Representatives
Committee On Rules
District of Columbia
Dalzell
Payne
Lecter Williams
Colleaguce
In Darkest Africa lecture at Second United Presbyterian
The Second United Presbyterian Sabbath school held an illustrated talk last evening titled In Darkest Africa. A large attentive audience viewed bright pictures and heard detailed descriptions about African civilization and missions pushing education into the jungle. Prof H E Case manned the lantern with seasoned skill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second United Presbyterian Sabbath School
Africa
H. E.i Case
Trustees Report at Monday Evening Meeting
Monday evening will be full of business as the new charter arrives. The trustees will present a report and the master of work will announce committees while the supreme banker reports. Every member is urged to attend at the stated hour and participate.
Local Notes and Bakery Ads Highlight Vienna and Johnson’s
Miss Julia Swift remains ill while Star hosts a special program tonight. Johnson's advertises fresh bakery goods including nut fingers macaroons and various cookies with an assortment of small cakes at the Vienna. Travel notices include John Steen and Harry Berry heading to Oskaloosa for business and visiting relatives over Sunday. Wm. Adair from Kearney Nebraska visits Miss Ella Dawson. L. B. Ward heads to Davenport to stay with the Walther family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson's
Riot Follows Revival Talk in Decatur Parade
Milliken University students marching in a parade after an anti-saloon speech by the Rev Billy Sunday in Decatur Illinois caused a disturbance. They attacked Fred Wittkes saloon, sparking a small riot in which divinity student John Lyons was struck. About 2000 protesters, led by J W Van Cleve in a car, disrupted windows and hooted saloonkeepers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Ill
Milliken University
Billy
Fred Wittkes
John Lyons
J. W. van Cleve
Pies and treats at the Vienna and nearby bakery notes
Miss Effie Nelson traveled to Keota this morning while Fred Spalding arrived from Ainsworth and spent the day in the city. Father Sueppel returned home from Missouri after several weeks away. Miss Mildred Moritz passed through on her way home to Keota after a visit at Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson's
Effie Nelson
Keota
Fred Spalding
Ainsworth
Father Sueppel
Missouri
Mildred Moritz
Davenport
Charles Hulick
J. N. Arnold
Chicago
New York Store Offers Swell Line of Suits
Do not miss Monday April 6 at the New York Store to view a swell line of suits and jackets direct from New York.
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New York
Not Married Yet in Pleasant Iowa After Failed Marriage Try
On March 12 Parrott McDonald and Ora Cressup of near New London received a marriage license but no ceremony followed. Cressup pursued marriage for years, McDonald balked, found at club rooms, citing lack of funds. They remain unfixed, community watching for developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Pleasant
Iowa
Parrott McDonald
Ora Cressup
New London
Miss Cressup
McDonald
Ainworth Women Visit City Friends Carrie Rowan and Ara Matthews
Miss Carrie Rowan of Ainworth visited the city today with her friend Miss Ara Matthews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Rowan
Ainworth
Ara Matthews
Lumbermen Escaped Jail Fine in Toledo Antitrust Case
In Toledo on April 4 judge Kumler fined twenty wealthy lumbermen convicted of conspiracy under the Valentine antitrust law. Fines ranged from 500 to 1000 dollars with no jail terms. Plaintiff John Puck pleaded illness and requested speedy disposition, his attorney denouncing the outcome as dismissal from the case.
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Toledo, O
Toledo
Kumler
Common Pleas Court
John Puck
Puck
Report of Schools of Washington Month Ending Mar 27 1908
Owing to the prevalence of measles attendance is very poor districtwide. The banner remains in Miss Purvis room on the heights while Miss Laug head has the best individual room. R B Crone Superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Miss Purvis
Miss Laughead
New York Birth Rate Records in First Quarter
New York reports the highest three month birth rate in city history with 32,655 births in the five boroughs from January 1 to April 1, 1908, 3,361 more than the same period in 1907. Marriages fell short of the average at 9,557 compared with 11,750 in early 1907.
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New York
Five Boroughs
Poet Author and Diplomat James Roche Dies in Berne
James Jeffrey Roche United States consul at Berne since 1907 dies after long illness in Berne Switzerland He was born in 1847 in Ireland and earlier served as consul at Genoa A noted poet and author he was appointed from Massachusetts to the Bern post.
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Berne
Switzerland
James Jeffrey Roche
United States
Roche
Genoa
Ireland
Massachusetts
Fire Fatalities From Coal Oil Fire In El Dorado
Mrs. Clara Newton died from burns while attempting to start a fire with coal oil at her El Dorado home in Carmi district. Her mother, Mrs. A R Mills, severely burned while rescuing Clara may also die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmi
Clara Newton
Eldorado
A. R. Mills
Newton
Arnold and Thompson attend funeral in Keota
J N Arnold arrived from Chicago this morning en route home to Keota. Mrs Thompson reached Ainsworth this morning and attended the funeral of the late Mrs Margaret Wallace today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson
Ainsworth
Margaret Wallace
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Offered to Help Women
A classic advertisement claims Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound normalizes feminine systems. It cites a patient letter from Parsons Kansas describing relief from severe female ailments after using the remedy and invites sick women to write for advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Copenhaver
21St St
Parsons, Kans
Lydia EK. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Rural Carrier No
Dairyman
Green
Lemon, D. M
Long, Fred
Black Smith
Lizzie Smith
O. T
Painter Residence
Drayman
Blue Residence
Stewart, Geo Stuart
Dave
Ted
Blue Anderson
Mel M
Anderson
M. I
Ball
H. A
Perry
Green Birney
Law
Bishop
J. W. Brazel
Fred
Brindley
Sherm
Red Brinton
Frank Burham
Chas Burrell
Green Campbell
Henry
Black Carpenter
W. P
Green Carson
Cherry
W. W
Blue City Hospital
Green Cunningham
John H
Green Outright
Charles
Black Dagle
Ida
Black Davison
Dewey
D. J Dickson
J \ Darbyshire
Chas
HU. Dodd
John
Red Dodd
Orville
Elm Grove
Ick Farrier
Foss
F. P
Green Frey
E. S
B.ue
George
Oscar
Glen Gray
Oliver M
Gray
Frank
Griffith
I Hancock
N. L. Hanley
P. J. Hanlon
L. D
Hebner
Highland Park Nursery
D Holden
J. M
Buck Humston
J. H
E.ue Jacobs
Mart
Red Keyes
Ben
Kiburz
Eee
Knapp, Edwin
A. Scott. Mason
Oil’’ Scott
J. W. Scott
J. W. Sexton
Will
Penn Oil
Ker
Renaw
J. H. Wagner Company
Fort Madison
Towa, U.S. A
Bate
Pute — Williams
U. P
Julia Swift
The
Star Tonight
Angel Food
Devils Food
Sunshine
Vienna
John Steen
Oskaloosa
Harry Berry
South Side
Nate Black
Henry Green
Crawfordsville
R. 8. White
Wm. Adair
Kearney, Nebr
City
Miss Ella Dawson
L. B. Ward
Walther
W. G. Robertson
Fairfield
Equitable Life
W. E. Chilcote
Agt
R. B. Crone
I. S
Ang
Schi
L. F. Meade
Prin
Copner
Delizabeth Klein
M. Purvis
Lucy J. Meacham
Walla
Rate Montgomery
HOS
Edna Detwiler
Emma Buxbaum
Mary W Festus
Gertrude Kendall
Nannie Laughead
Katherine Stichter
Lee Heights
lWargaret Young
Urvis
Gertrude Smith
Mary Young
Laura Bi
Noyes Es
Penn
Homeseekers
Southwest
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Arkansas
Colorado
J. W. Russell
Agent Rock Island Lines
Washington, Iowa
aTives Sey
John Sebastian
Pass
Ghicago
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Bright’s
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
Chamberlain
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