Runaway Boy Killed in Cleveland Street Car Crash
The boys Jesse Gray and Alvah Ernost from Brand op left home a month ago with a horse and headed to Cleveland. Jesse Gray was killed when a street car struck him near Sabbath in Cleveland, Ohio. Both boys hailed from prominent local families and were around 16 years old.
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Vinton
Iowa
Jesse Gray
Alvah Ernost
Brandop
Here
Cleveland
Young Elliott
Independence
Chilcote Couple Return Home to Hannibal Rail Work
Mr and Mrs Arthur Chilcote leave after a week visiting relatives and will resume duties in the St. Louis to Hannibal train service.
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Arthur Chilcote
Hannibal, Mo
St. Louis
Hannibal
Iowa Central Spy Announces First Excursion to Twin Cities
The IowaCentral Spy will run its first popular excursion this season to Minneapolis-St Paul on Saturday May 1. The train departs Brighton at 9 19 p m and arrives Minneapolis 8 25 a m and St Paul 9 00 a m Sunday. Return train tickets valid until 6 6 leaving St Paul 7 25 p m and Minneapolis 8 00 p m Tuesday May 2nd. Round trip rate 300. See flyers or agents for details.
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Iowa Central Spy
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Brighton
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Popular Excursions to Peoria by Iowa Central Railway
Weekly Sunday trips start May 5 from Brinton at 6 40 a m to Peoria arriving 11 45 am Return departs Peoria at 6 30 pm Round trip fare 2 00 Tickets usable on regular passenger train No 16 Local agents provide details during June call.
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Brighton
Peoria
Social Notes Highlight Local Guests and Weddings
Miss Lillian Norton entertained friends at her North avenue home honoring Miss Julia Niver of Muscatine. A quiet wedding united Miss Cora Truax and Mr. Sidney Perham at the Methodist parsonage with Rev. Elias Handy officiating. Norma Michels marked her seventh birthday with fourteen friends and a party with ice cream and cake. The St James Sewing circle meets at Mrs. M T Casey and a May dance with an Italian orchestra is planned for Swift's hall.
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Lillian Norton
North Avenue
Julia Niver
Muscatine
Methodist
Cora Truax
Sidney Perham
Burlington
Flias Handy
Norma Michels
Sylvia Schenefelt
Jeannette Smith
Jessie Dodd
Leota Wiley
Harriet Keck
Brother Borrel
Anita Lobrer
Marion Rownd
Lorena
Devisa Young
Mathew Morton
Titje Brewer
Laura
Hilton Maass
Mary Rogers
Norma
Crett
Sophronia Lamphere
Saloma Marguerite Pierce Birthday Party
At the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Pierce on Tuesday April 23, 1907, Saloma Marguerite Pierce celebrated her sixth birthday with games and a luncheon prepared by Mrs. Pierce and two aunts Mrs. Ora Matocha and Miss Ila Orris. Attending were Misses Lucile Barber Genevieve Low Soarmeleta Calderwood Mnette Gordon Laverta Breed Raze Andrews Bessie Carver June Currier Clare Doris Emma Oowie and other young friends from South Dakota Marion Tribune.
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G. A. Pierce
Saloma Marguerite
Pierce
Saloma
Ora Matocha
Ila Orris
Washington
Lucile Barber
Genevieve Low
Soarmeleta Calderwood
Mnette Gordon
Laverta Breed
Raze Andrews
Bessie Carver
June Currier
Clare
Doris
Emma_ Oowie
Mrytie
Victer Dodses
Dorothy Osborn
Little Friend
South Dakota
Marion Tribune
Lizzie Boke and W H Hopkins Wed at Columbus Junction
Miss Lizzie Boke of Columbus Junction married W H Hopkins of Brighton at Squire Mc Call's home on East Washington street. The couple left for Brighton to establish their future residence.
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Lizzie Boke
Columbus Junction
W. H. Hopkins
Brighton
Squire McCall
East Washington Street
Orients crew note found near Tebner life saving station
A coast telegraph dispatch reports Nag’s Mead life saving station crew found a bottle from the Italian bark Oriente. Sixteen crew members reportedly left the ship in small boats and headed north, but no date was given.
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Norfolk
United States
Nag
Mead
Oriente
Tebner’s Uwill
Bedroom Decorations From Dimity to Modern Sanitary Rooms
The article advises dainty decorative fabrics for bedrooms, praising printed dimity for curtains bedspreads dresser covers and chair cushions while noting chintz as heavier but desirable for chairs. It advocates minimal furniture to reduce dust and promote sanitary conditions with a plain varnished wooden floor or denim carpet edge to the wall.
Washout on Road Cited as Water Leaked from Stock
The Passenger notes a large washout on the road last week while the Conductor explains some water may have leaked from the stock. This exchange appears in the St Louis Post Dispatch.
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J. Louis Post-Dispatch
Wisconsin Senatorial Deadlock Holds After Three Ballots
In Madison on April 30 three ballots were cast in the Republican senatorial caucus with no change in the previous week’s alignment.
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Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Death by suicide at neighbor's barn near Sigourney
Joan Hackart, 60, was found dead in a barn six miles northwest of Sigourney. He hanged himself with a hitch strap from a rafter. He was well off and leaves a large family.
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Ottomwa
The
Evening Journal
Joan Hackart
Sigourney
Ralston Arrested After Sister Assault Near Hocking
Frank Ralston, who assaulted his sister Lucy near Hocking, was captured by Sheriff Griffis after a posse pursuit. He returned to recover a Winchester but surrendered when Griffin ordered him out. He is jailed in Albia on rape charges.
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Ston
Sister
Lucy
Griffis
Albia
Big Indian on War Path in Clinton Court
Homer Chickasaw Sanford a French Canadian Indian ex college man and football star faced intoxication charges in police court after a street altercation at the Revere hotel. He knocked down Lucian Hill with a knife threat and fled before officers captured him. The judge released him after he claimed peaceable intent.
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Clinton
Iowa
Homer Chickasaw Sanford
Chickasaw
Seattle
Revere Hotel
Lucian Hill
Hill
Second Street
Big Red
Carisle
Vienna bakery offers fine delicacies and breads
Local notes report John Steen traveling to Muscatine on business and Hortense Benn recovering after hospital surgery in Iowa City. W. S. Hopkins and Elizabeth Boke received license to wed. Milano Shields returned from Crawfordsville and Vinocent Waldschmidt with Zetta Waldschmidt visited Riverside.
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John Steen
Muscatine
Vienna
Hopkins
Elizabeth Boke
Hortense Benn
Iowa City
Local youths due Saturday with window glass and sash repairs
All boys and girls implicated in the breaking of window glass must be there Saturday the 4th by 8 o clock with 17 glasses eight 12x18 and nine 12x16 and with repers for one sash destroyed. Miss Eva Shai left this morning for Ottumwa in the interests of the Des Moines orphans home after spending a few days in the city.
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Eva Shai
Ottumwa
Des Moines
City
Telephone Men in Session in Mt. Pleasant
A meeting of managers of independent telephone companies from Des Moines, Lee, Van Buren, Henry, Wapello and Washington counties was held in Mt. Pleasant Iowa on April 29 30. F L Wilson of Washington chaired the session with Van Buren as secretary. Discussions focused on improving toll line service between the companies.
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Mt. Pleasant
Iowa
Des Moines
Lee, van Buren
Henry
Wapello
Washington
F. L. Wilson
van Buren
Local residents depart for visits and events this week
Howard Ross and Jas Wilson travel to Sigourney on a business trip. Mrs Samuel Sage and baby go to Havre to visit relatives for a day or two. Mr and Mrs Chas Brown leave for Muscatine to spend time with relatives. Ainsworth resident returns home after visiting relatives in the city. Miss Opa Sturdivan meets Miss Whiteman bound for Biggsville. Mrs Richard Hughes and baby head home to Fairfield after visiting in the city. Fresh candies advertised at the Vienna tonight. T M Reynolds and Alvin A depart for Cedar Rapids to attend the riders convention this week. Mrs A F Vaughn and Ambrose Hout and children leave for Rock Island then return to city. Mrs Vaughn plans to depart for Waterford soon. Higgins reports procuring Buick cars for Standard Land Co and shipping to Stratford for May 7 excursion. Standard Land Co enhances operations with a standard sleeper from here May 3 at 9:42 am, train to Kansas City then to Stratford, arriving 2 pm Wednesday. Prepare log baskets and join the crowd.
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A. F. Vaughn
M Ambrose Hout
Rock Island
City
Higgins
Kansas City
Buick
Standard Land Company
Stratford
Sas City
Ford
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Marion Ave
A. B. Carr
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Rhone
Twin Cities
Iowa Central Railway
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NN & Co
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Waehiston
M SociEty
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HiAe
Panama
Navy
Reseda
Mattings
I. Rothschild & CO
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Colgate
Frank Ral
Hocking
Grifin
March
Marion T. Anderson
Milano Shields
Crawfordsville
Vinocent and
Zetta Waldschmidt
Riverside
Tony Waldschmidt
Toney
Johnson
P. O
R. Stuart & Sons
P.O
Johnson's
Dan Sullivan
Burliton
Howard Ross
Jas. Wilson
Samuel
Sage
Baby
Havre
Mrs. Chas. Brown
Ainsworth
Opa Sturdivan
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