Grand Lodge to Meet in Des Moines Iowa This Summer
Des Moines to host the Grand Lodge session with about 5000 delegates including 2000 in the state fairgrounds uniform rank. Knights of Pythias and Rathbone Sisters convene, with local lodges forming committees for entertainment and arrangements in August.
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Des Moines
T. 8 Ward
Iowa
Knights of Pythias
Grand Lodge Occers
Executive Council
State Fairgrounds
Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias Grand Lodge
Rathbone Sisters
Women’s Organization of Pythianism
Prisoner breakout attempt thwarted at Jefferson county jail
Fairfield Iowa April 15 three prisoners Joe Tignor George Clark and W P Snider attempted a breakout from Jefferson county jail. They were found with two .44 and one .32 Colt revolvers about a hundred rounds and almost a dozen rings a gold watch and four pocket knives. All are about 22 to 25 years old and serving a ten day sentence for carrying concealed weapons.
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Fairfield
Iowa
Jefferson County
Joe Tignor
George Clark
W. P. Snider
Wapello Court Grants Injunction Against Morning Sun Druggist
In Wapello district court Judge Smythe issued an injunction permanently barring W D Curran a druggist from illegally selling liquor. The ruling cites Harris v 122 Ia and revokes I B Kirby’s permit effective May 1. Curran and Kirby face costs. Beck charged with running a gambling house pled guilty and paid $100 fine plus costs.
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Wapello
Iowa
Smythe
W. D. Curran
Morning Sun
Iquor
Supreme Court
Harris
I. Kirby
Robert Beck
Keokuk Felt Two Light Earthquakes at Schools
Keokuk Iowa reported two distinct shocks at 10 30 am on Thursday affecting Wells and Carey schools with rattling windows. The tremors were described as light and their direction unclear as residents felt the quakes across the city. A separate item notes a five year old girl Mary kidnapped from Morning Sun Iowa with no further details.
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Kath Gawthrop
BK. Gawthrop
Des Moines
Iowa
Morning Sun
Gawthrop
George Glasgow
Keokuk
Wells School
Carey School
Cincinnati
Mary
Hall's Catarrh Cure pitched as mercury free
An advertising notice warns against mercury based remedies and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, urges buyers to ensure authenticity, and notes price 75 cents per bottle. It also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
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W. N. Bragg
Schneider Building
Windsor
Maine
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Pythian Organizations
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Pairfield
Magnet
Irwin Benn
Chas. Wolf
Willie Kuhn
H. L. McCleery
Nellie Smith
Emma McCulley
Francie Potter
Helen Conger
Ella Gordon
Mazie Lewis
Rush Helwick
Ara Matthews
A. L. McCleery
Dessa Wabnitz
Winfred Durst
Academy
Box Springs
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Eyestone
Lynn
Howard McCleery
Cloyce Beard
Roy Tripp
Iowa City
Stecek
Washington National Bank
H. F. Steck
East Side Jeweler
Bauer
Roy Y. Stichter
City Feed Store
Mason Transfer & Storage Co
Subterranean Wonders
Mammoth Cave
America
Louisville
Louisvilles
Nashville
R. A
C.L. Stone
Pass
Agt
Louisville, Ky
Hotel Colenso
Nathan Im
Florida
Frisco
Southern Railway
Kansas City
Jacksonville
Fla
Southeastern Limited
Saint Louis
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