Lightning Strikes Telegraph Tower In Milwaukee Storm
A lightning bolt crippled the Milwaukee depot switch board destroying two feet of tree wire and burning the switch. Fire cut all connections to other stations. George Shaw narrowly avoided the blaze while repairing damage and assisted in fighting the fire. A tower man was thrown against machinery and suffered a shoulder injury but remained on duty.
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Milwaukee
Iin
George Shaw
An Ilan
Milwaukee Witch Tower
Standard Oil Offers Five Year Oil Contracts in Kansas City
In Kansas City Missouri Standard Oil seeks five year contracts at a set price with a clause to match any rival offer. The plan aims to gain inside access to business and deter competitors from obtaining contracts for two years. Commissioner Field reportedly has evidence of discrimination by Standard Oil affecting independents.
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Kansas City
Nll
Standard Oil Company
Commissioner Field
Standard Oil
Globe barber shop query and order noted
Customer asks if this is the Globe barber shop and about wait time. They say they will come with two boys, request two haircuts, and ask for a 00 bottle of Herpicide. Reference to a phone number 55-31 appears.
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Globe
Ell
Mart
Prairie Flower ladies host Will Palmer social event
The Prairie Flower past church ladies plan a Friday social at Will Palmer home featuring a weight guessing supper. Gentlemen pay in cents equal to the pounds difference in the couple’s weights. Everyone is invited to this novel social event.
Rheumatic Pain Relief Promises Quick Comfort
An advertisement touts a liniment that quickly relieves rheumatic pains and sciatica. It claims many users experience fast relief at low cost and lists Stewart's Pharmacy in Sherman as the seller.
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Stewart's Pharmacy, & Sherman
New Tobacco Store Opening Prompted by Move
Announcement notes mbardo Bros moving tobacco sales from their fruit store on the north side to a room west of the Civic hotel. The fruit store will no longer sell tobacco. Store will stock fruits ice cream and beverages replacing tobacco sales. News also mentions a birth to Mr and Mrs Albert pairson of Westwyn Canada.
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Lombardo
North Side
Civic Hotel
Mbardo Bros
Civic
Riends
Albert Terson
Westwyn
Canada
Iowa Central to Sell Round Trip Tickets This Fall
The Iowa Central will offer daily round trip tickets at reduced rates during the summer to Minnesota and Dakota destinations with return by October 31. Daily sale for St Paul Minneapolis trips begins soon. For details contact A B Cutts, GP Minneapolis Minnesota.
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Iowa Central
Certaininnesota
Dakota
St. Paineapolis
A.B. Cutts
Minneapolis
Minn
Marriage Of Alice M Amiong To William Parker Davidson
In Lexington on April 19 the ceremony united Alice M Amiong and William Parker Davidson with about twenty five friends present. The couple planned immediate housekeeping in the city and a reception followed at the A Davidson home. Local guests included Mrs A Sprague and W G Manners among others.
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Alice M
William Parker Davidson
Lohengrin
Mary
Nellie
W. Q. Manners
E. H. Thompson
Margaret Cowden
Jessie Anderson
Nellie Manners
A. Sprague
Columbus Junction
W. G. Manners
Hubbard
Roll Gallagher
Etna Baird
Washington
Milt Dennison
Parker Davidson
A. Davidson
J. H. Huston
L. L. Hough
Acheson
Kansas
B. F
Chas. Anderson
Local Residents Visit and Accident Report
April reports show Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Logan of Washington visiting Mrs. Logan's mother Mrs. J. B. Anderson. The log sawing accident at John Putman's left Will Mitchel with a nailed foot, treated by a doctor. Other visits include Ben Miller at Elmer Kephart's and Chas Kephart at Walter Gardner's, with John Abbott arriving from Oskaloosa.
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Samuel Logan
Washington
Local Visitors and Social Calls Across Washington Area
Mr. and Mrs. Orin Mauck visited his sister Mrs. Bush Tuesday. Mrs. H. D. Rittenhouse is spending a few days with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Arnold in Richmond. Bear Bush Hole and Horning plan shel corn this week. Mrs. Andy Simpson was in Washington. Milo Patterson and daughters Flora and Cora drove to Washington. Many people report sick horses and a veterinarian has been in demand. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Amlong entertained many friends for dinner Sunday. Mrs. Andy McGuire and Master Herbert visited sister Mrs Bessie Benson and called on friends earlier in the week. Frank Bishop called on friends in Washington Saturday.
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Howard Gardner
Washington
S. H. Brindley
Chicago
Jones
Belle Thrapper
J. A. Simmerman
Tipton
Ida Snider
Kalona
Arthur Durst
Page and Frisk
Robt
Amiong
Orin Mauck
Mrs. Bush
H. D. Rittenhouse
Mrs. Arnold
Richmond
Messrs
Bear, Bush, Hole
Horning
Andy Simpson
Milo Patterson
Flora
Cora
Geo. Amlong
Andy McGuire
Master Herbert
Bessie Benson
Frank Bishop
Bride’s Wedding Noted at Bride’s Father Home
Last evening at the home of the bride’s father H. Maners in the south part of town a wedding took place with local witnesses and family members present.
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H. Maners
Local residents return from travels and visit relatives
April 20 report notes Mrs. Carrie Douglas and son Gilbert back from Texarkana Texas yesterday. Mabel Crawford showing slight improvement. Earnest Mason family and daughter arrive from Kansas to visit relatives and buy a home. W T Trotter back from Ames due to his son's illness. Leonard improving and may come home in two to three weeks. Mrs. Trotter to stay with him until then.
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Carrie Douglas
Gilbert
Texarkana
Texas
Mabel Crawford
Earnest Mason
Kansas
W. T. Trotter
Ames
Leonard
Local Gossip Notes From Keota and Washington Visits
April 20 diary items show Miss Jennie Cook in Keota for the day. Mare Harley visits friends in Washington. J D Dayton travels through Washington this morning between trains.
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Jennie Cook
Keota
Mare Harley
Washington
J.D. Dayton
Dreaming locomotive crash prompts fall from window
Thomas O'Brien, 25, a fireman for the Chicago Peoria and St. Louis, awoke from a somnambulant dream of a dead end collision and leaped from a second floor window at 620 Ohio Avenue East St. Louis. He landed on soft earth, fracturing his left leg and spraining his ankle, and was taken to St. Mary's hospital. The soft earth reportedly saved his life. He had not previously shown signs of sleepwalking.
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St. Louis
Thomas O’brien
Ohio Avenue
East St. Louis
St. Mary's Hospital
O’brien
Chicago, Peoria
O’ Brien
Bethlehem Commandery No 45 Convocation on April 21
Regular convocation of Bethlehem Commandery No 45 will be held Friday evening April 21 at 7 30 o clock sharp. A large number of petitions and other important business to be attended to closing with work on Knights of Malta by order of H B Horne E C.
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Bethlehem Commandery No. 45
Knights of Malta
H. B. Horne
E. C
Heavy rainfall measures 1.78 inches from evening to noon
A heavy rainfall dumped 1.78 inches from last evening at 8:30 until noon today. The ground was very dry, so the water quickly disappeared.
Miss Nan Ritchey Visits Crawfordsville Friends
Miss Nan Ritchey of Crawfords ville was a guest of friends in the city yesterday, enjoying hospitality during her visit.
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Nan Ritchey
Crawfordsville
Origin of Earrings Through Ages and Cultures
The article traces earrings from biblical legends of Sarah and Hagar to Roman and European royals, noting male use in England and portraits of Shakespeare and Dutton. It covers South European customs with infants pierced at birth, eye-benefit beliefs, and folk practices in Spain, Portugal, Italy, and beyond, including Chinese superstitions.
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Sarah
Hagar
Abraham
Rebekal
Aaron
Great Britain
Charles I
Bishop Juxon
Princess Royal
Rabelais
Henry VII
England
France
Shakespeare
Wentworth Park
Yorkshire
Lord Sherborne
Sherborne House
Northleach
Thomas Dutton
Worthy
Europe
Spain
Portugal
Italy
South
Cardinal Mezzofanti
Linquist
Vienna
John Chinaman
Hin
London Telegraph
Literary Breakfasts in London Echoed in Odds and Ends
Dean Pigou recalls a London trend where a rising wife hosted a literary breakfast to mingle with guests. The table debated Cicero versus Demosthenes as the hostess, eager to “be in the swim,” prompts her husband to record the names and addresses of two prominent guests for future invitations.
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Dean Pigou
London
Cicero
Demosthenes
Parish sermon interrupted by card deck mishap
A Scotch divine led a prayer when a gallery patron used a handkerchief from which a pack of cards spilled across the floor. The minister quipped that the psalm book may have been misplaced, drawing a humorous reaction from the congregation.
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