Funeral of Wade Steck Largely Attended by City People
The funeral of Wade Sherman Steck was held at 3 pm from the North Iowa street home. Rev. A. L Davidson led brief services with floral remembrances. Interment followed at Elm Grove cemetery, pallbearers named Dudley Crone James Cunningham Jr Lloyd Lytle Lloyd Purvis Walter Wilson and George Buckley.
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Dudley Crone
James Cunningham, Jr
Lloyd Lytle
Lloyd Purvis
Walter Wilson
George Buckley
R. McCarty
Brighton
Walter Fulton
Iowa Falls
Kinney Steam Kooker outlined as new household article
The reader is introduced to the Kinney Steam Kooker a new practical cooker touted as providing fuel savings and quick payback. J B Cameron offers demonstrations at the U S express office and promises home delivery for trial. A separate sports note mentions Nebraska Indians defeating Auburn Parks at Seventy-ninth Street and Wentworth Avenue with a game upcoming at the fair grounds on April 26-27.
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Nebraska
Seventy-ninth Street
Wentworth Avenue
Auburn
Chicago
Nebraska Indians
Fair Grounds
Flora de Voss Co Announces Ladies Free Tickets
On Thursday evening the Flora de Voss Co will give away ladies free tickets with every 35c reserved ticket. Tickets available after Wednesday morning at Anderson and Burroughs. Prices listed 10c to 36c for children and adults. Also notes a forthcoming marriage of Miss Lulu Turbott to Mr Fred Sands of Ainsworth at high noon tomorrow.
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Flora de Voss Co
Anderson & Burroughs
Jersey
OtLumwa
Lulu Turbott
Fred Sands
Ainsworth
Rob’t Turbott
The
Academy
Farwell Party and School Pause for Funeral
About twenty of Miss Bowman's friends enjoyed cards, lunch, and social time at her home, while the High school closed at 2:30 PM for Wade Steck's funeral. Ed Walther traveled to Bloomfield to oversee plumbing work. Mr and Mrs Charles Stephens moved into Mrs Smouse's South Iowa home, with repairs underway. M. R. Breiter with Frank Belknap to wave his baleimieainn-satan ay.
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Miss Bowman
Wade Steck
Ed. Walther
Bloomfield
Chas. Stephens
Mrs. Smouse
Iowa Street
M. R. Breiter
Frank Belknap
Satan
Value of Consulships in U S Trade Centers
A Chicago congressman tells a house restaurant audience to seek consular posts in smoky industrial cities rather than fashionable capitals. He notes fees in places like Liverpool boost income far above a fixed salary, with Liverpool once paying up to fifty thousand dollars a year before fees were abolished.
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Illinois
Capitol
United States
Liverpool
Pittsburg Dispatch
Isolated Appalachian Mountaineers Preserve Old Ways
Intermountain voices describe eastern mountaineers as living in a rugged barrier region where culture remains largely unchanged. The author notes archaic usage in speech and ballads echoing centuries past, with examples of Shakespearean terms and a 1665 Scotch ballad found sung by mountain women after a long journey.
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America
St. Lawrence
Erie Canal
Appalachians
International Magazine
No Butter for Him Shows a Detroit Social Swell
A wealthy Detroit resident recounts embracing social climbing only to clash with a proud butler and a stiff backed staff. The narrator recalls paying hospital bills for lumbermen raftsmen and boasting they keep no butter as he reflects on social shifts and class tensions.
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Mamma
United States
Detroit Free Press
New Stone Walks Around Court House Previewed
The city and county plan summer improvements including several feet of stone walks. A new walk around the court house property is proposed to mirror park paths. If the county builds it the city will likely extend work to the city hall area. Cost is forty cents per square foot.
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Court House
City Hall
Well Known Horse Firm in Iowa Drives County Trade
J. A. Crawford & Son of Ainsworth Iowa stands as a leading horse buyer and shipper in the region. For twenty four years they have purchased and exported draft, coach, and driving horses to markets in Buffalo Boston Chicago St Louis Millersburg Mount Vernon Exeter Ontario and beyond. They promote high quality farming by importing fine stallions and have funded top-bred stock such as Arban a full bred Percheron with costs reaching 300. The firm’s work has supported local farmers and their business continues to grow rapidly.
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Arban
Flora de Voss Comedy Company to Perform Final Week Pleasers
Theatergoers denied by high prices can attend as Flora de Voss Comedy Company returns for three evenings starting Thursday. Manager Moore offers three comedies with acts and specials. ticket prices listed with gallery balcony and parquet seating, now on sale at Anderson and Burroughs.
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Moore
Flora de Voss
State of
Illinois
Anderson & Burroughs
Rail timetable notice for Mason City and Marshalltown lines
West and North Mason City Mail No 5 and No 3 St Paul daily schedules. Way freight No 15 Sundays 2 25 pm. South and East No 4 Peoria Express daily 5 08 am No 6 Peoria Mall Sundays 1 18 pm. Way freight No 16 Sundays 10 35 am. Nos 3 and 5 connect at Marshalltown with O N Way fast trains to Omaha and Denver. Nos 4 and 6 connect at Peoria with lines to the east and southeast. Acting Gen Manager Geo Batty Marshalltown Iowa. GP & TL A King?
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Des Moines Valley Division
D. M. Val
Des Moines
Knoxville
Des M
Rock Island
Washington
Mason City Mail
Peoria
Peoria Mall
Marshalltown
O& N Way
Omaha
Denver
JN Tittemore
Geo . Batty
GP &Tla
Lowa. B
First Class Excursions on the First Class Route
Public travel ads promote trips at low fares from Washington on the Great Rock Island Route. Dates include April 24 26 Cedar Rapids and return one and one third fare May 19 21 Washington DC and return one fare plus two dollars May 1 15 to Kansas Oklahoma Texas and nearby destinations at homeseeker rates.
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Washington
Cedar Rapids
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Lost glove and Jersey cow for sale at Journal office
Lost tan glove reported Sunday evening. Finder asked to leave it at this office. Also advertised a three year old Jersey cow for sale soon to calf, inquire at JOURNAL.
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Jersey
Journal
Pleiser's band to play first concert in Flora DeVoss parade
The Flora DeVoss company parade will mark Pleiser's band first concert. Local visitors include Editor Jac H Pearson of the Ainsworth Clipper and Sam Clegg from Ainsworth. Chester Dunn death details received. he served with the Oregon Volunteers in the Philippines and was a nephew of A T Waters.
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Pleiser
Flora DeVoss Company
Jac. H. Pearson
Ainsworth Clipper
Chester Dunn
Oregon Volunteers
Phillipines
A. T. Waters
Aledo
Cedar Rapids Rout Time Table January 21 1900
Train schedule for the ibus Junction lists going north and going south departures and arrivals. It shows multiple passenger trains with numbers 1, 3, 5, 11 and 41 north bound and 2, 4, 12, 42 south bound, with times ranging from early morning to late night. Daily and Sunday services are noted.
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Cedar Rapids
Ibus Junction
Notable early careers and royal musings summarized
The passage notes telegraph operators among successful men like Andrew Carnegie Sir John Van Horne and Thomas Edison Casimir Zalewski died in Poland after receiving 150000 rubles a large Polish legal retainer The poem by King Oscar II is a sonnet When It promotes Herbert Spencer's unknowable doctrine The Kaiser seeks higher personal pay while King William I saved 250000 yearly on a 2000000 stipend London Mail reports Indian chiefs offering horses to generals in South Africa after Patiala's charger visit
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Andrew Carnegie
Sir John van Horne
Thomas A. Edison
Casimir Zalewski
Poland
Oscar II of
Sweden
Herbert Spencer
The Fox and the Grapes Moral Tale
A wily fox vows to quit grapes for New Year to avoid being fat. He leaps to a high arbor, cannot reach the grapes, and declares he will not eat them. He brags about his self denial, then ascribes virtue to himself in a moral pause.
Visit Southern Kansas Oklahoma or Texas by excursion
The writer invites travelers to consider Southern Kansas, Oklahoma or Texas for a better climate and location. An April 17 excursion date is announced with promises of first class comfort and freedom to stay or leave after reaching the destination.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
BE. Stewart
A Happy Family in Washington Offers Homes on Lot
An advertisement touts a fine Washington residential neighborhood with drainage shade and ornamental trees. It promises sidewalks and a built house on your plans with monthly installments from $100, highlighting a ready housing option for families.
Local Properties Offered At Low Prices And Easy Terms
Real estate agents advertise a mix of sound and near completion properties for sale at bargain rates. Several listings promise favorable terms, with buyers urged to act quickly to secure the best options available.
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Great Rock Island
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O. M. Cavin
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