Local notes from Star pic torium and area visits
Local brief items note Star theater catering to cookie lovers at the Vienna and A W Miller visiting Rubio. Miss Violet Jones sails to Fairfield for visits. Mrs Sutherland and son return to Burlington from Sessler home. David Gordon arrives from Crawfordsville to visit Ed McFarland's home. Irma Harrison returns to Mt Pleasant from parental visit. K O Harrison and family plan to move to Muscatine for bridge foreman job. they leave tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marbourg & Helwick
Violet Jones
Fairfield
Sutherland and Son
Sessler
Burlington
David Gordon
Crawfordsville
Ed Mce-Farland
Minnesota
K. O. Harrison
Muscatine
Sadie Reynolds
Keokuk
Mrs. P. Maxwell
Hepler
Kan
Mrs. J B Eckerman of Havre Dies After Illness
Mrs. J B Eckerman a longtime Havre resident died last night at 10 after a two year illness with dropsy. Born Ann Elizabeth Matthews May 6 1834 in Westmoreland PA she married J B Eckerman June 30 1857 and moved to Ft. Loudon PA before settling in Iowa in 1872. Surviving are six children including Charles Eckerman Omaha Ella Hatfield Seattle Mary Walker Tempe Harry Eckerman Tombstone George Will Eckerman and brother Samuel Matthews Ainsworth. Funeral at First United Presbyterian Church tomorrow at 2:30 led by Rev W O Fisher with interment at Elms Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Eckerman
Havre
Pennsylvania
Ft. Loudon
Iowa
Charles E. Eckerman
Omaha
Nebr
Ella Hatfield
Seattle
Wash
Mary Walker
Tempe
Ariz
Harry M. Eckerman
Tombstone
George Eckerman
This Ciy
Will Eckerman
Hatfield
Samuel Matthews
Ainsworth
Elms Grove Cemetery
Tragic Death By Own Action in Hay Mow
Keota report on Norris Allen who hanged himself in a haymow after a day of worry over finances and a disappointing horse sale. Survived by wife and one daughter. Coroner ruled no inquest, noting despondency and threats of self harm. Relatives await word from his Nebraska mother before funeral plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Norris Allen
Nebraska
Amos Rudolph
Allen
Rudolph
Frank Stewart
J. A. Droz
George Hay
Washington County
P. E. O. Chapter 1 Meeting and Travel Notices
P. E. O. Chapter 1 will meet with Mrs. A. R. Dewey tomorrow Thursday afternoon at 2 30. Mr. and Mrs. A. Wagner depart tomorrow morning for Burlington for treatment with Doctor Castor. Rev. R G Jones left this morning for his Burlington home after conducting communion services at the Episcopal church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. A. Wagner
Burlington
Castor
R.G. Jones
Episcopal Church
Pointed Paragraphs From The Atchison Globe
A collection of terse aphorisms on memory, perception, and social reception from the Atchison Globe. The quotes reflect caution about deception and the cost of misinterpreting praise versus dislike, urging guarding one’s memory and integrity.
Sires and Sons. Notable figures reflect on wealth and careers
Ex-Governor Frank B Black describes himself as a plain Yankee farmer. John Garvie of Hartford nears eighty-one and says he never lost a dollar by accident or bad deal. A J Incle of Baltimore, age seventy six, runs the engine for the Winchester line. Roosevelt, Morton, and Stevenson have all served as vice presidents. Alfred Nobel rarely visited his factory and was saddened by Royal Society rejection. Senator Nixon of Nevada claims vast ranches and rich mines in several districts. Colonel Alexander McDowell, clerk of the national House, will soon complete fourteen years in service. He once edited a country newspaper and recalls that he made little money but had much fun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank 8. Black
New York
John Garvie
Hartford
Conn
A. J. Incle
Baltimore
Thatity
Winchester
W. Va
Theodore Roosevelt
Levi P. Morton
Adlai E. Stevenson
Alfred Nobel
Scotland
Royal Society of England
George S. Nixon
Nevada
Wyoming
Tonopah
Goldfield
Columbia
Diamondfield
Manhattan
Fairview
Alexander McDowell
National House
Writers and Painters Echo Classic Art Debates
Rudyard Kipling and Robert Barr discuss the value of shared ideas while Carlyle mocks Whistler as the most absurd creature. Sterne’s funeral is friendless, Becket accompanies his burial, and Meta Warrick of Philadelphia, a leading Black sculptor, earns praise from critics and Auguste Rodin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudyard Kipling
Robert Barr
Carlyle
Whistler
Sterne
Becket
Marylebone
Meta Warrick
Philadelphia
United States
Auguste Rodin
Tales of Cities
In St Louis 183071 men are eligible as husbands with 314 more unmarried men than women. New York sees twenty two street car collisions daily causing damage. Harpswell Maine turns 150 this year with deep tradition. Leg 1758 ranked Harpswell above nearby indigenous homes. Chicago adopts New York police winter caps replacing old helmets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
New York City
Harpswell
Merryconeag
Brascodegan
Sebascodiggin
Chicago
New York
Four Queens and Their Unusual Royal Ventures
The article notes that the queen of Holland uniquely balloons, the queen of Siam wears a grand state robe once yearly, and the queen of Portugal runs a Lisbon chemist shop in her name for charity. Queen Carmen Sylva is a working journalist and now operates a bookseller’s shop in Bucharest and Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Siam
Portugal
Lisbon
Carmen Sylva
Europe
Bucharest
Paris
Local notes mention markets, visits, and social scenes
A cluster of short notices lists local businesses offering bakery goods and fresh produce. It notes E G Fox’s Ottumwa trip, several residents visiting relatives, Maud Carson returning to Delta to work, Otto Dede arriving from Oskaloosa, Clyde Robbins and Frank McCoy traveling to Crawfordsville, and a social plug for Rocky Mountain Tea from Lemmon's Pharmacy and McEhinney Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. G
Rocky Mountain Tea
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
McEhinney Drug Co
Residents Return from Visits Across Towns
April 29 notes include Mrs Mary Lease returning from Oskaloosa after a week's visit with son Will, Mrs J R Rickey visiting Columbus Junction to see her parents Mr and Mrs Griswold, and several locals like Miss Ella Dunbar and Mrs Will Garmoe listed among visitors and arrivals from Washington Chicago and Stronghurst area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lease
Will
Oskaloosa
J. R. Rickey
Columbus Junction
Griswold
Thomas Smiley
W. E. Walker
Washington
Ella Dunbar
Brighton
Will Garmoe
Winfield
Elizabeth Thompson
James Kelsey
May Burris
C. O. Burris
Stronghurst
Important decision on Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs
A pharmacy advertises Foley's Honey and Tar as the cure for a stubborn cough and cold in the system. It claims the product contains no harmful drugs and urges insisting on obtaining it from Lemmon's Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Evening Journal
Rhulf Buder Publisaks
the Postofice
Washington, Lows
peTrva
Taeert
Keeal
Plymouth Rock
Fairfield Rug Company
Journal Office
A. B. Garr
Acme ‘Nursery
Court House
J. M. Taylor
Hotel Colenso
Carnes Ratliff Com.co
Howard L. McCleery
Union Stock Yards
Star Pictorium
Vienna
A. W. Miller
Rubio
D. O. Harrison
Stuart & McCreedy
Mutual
P. O
Morrow
U. P. Church of
Anderson
Ters
Wife
Atchison Globe
Sires and Sons
Tales of
the Star Tonight
Royal Market
E. G. Fox
Ottumwa
John Schenefelt
Otto Dede
W. H. Butterfield
Clyde Robbins
Frank McCoy
the County News
Chas. Hays
James Hunter
H. D. Cherryholmes
Steck
Rs Gouud
H. F. Stege
J. J. McKeone
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