Stewart Transfer Moves Rock Island Agent to Davenport
Agent F E Stewart of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway is transferred by order of General Superintendent W H Stillwell to Davenport to assume a similar position at higher pay. The move follows the resignation of G H Denton and aims at filling a vacancy with a permanent post. Stewart has served five years here and intends to delay family relocation until relieved, with the company noting improved local operations and rising business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E Stewart
Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railway
W. H. Stillwell
Davenport
Stewart
Rock Island
Hook Island Company
Battle for Grand Chancellor in Iowa Knights of Pythias race
The 32nd grand lodge convention of Knights of Pythias of Iowa will meet August 11 to 15 at Cedar Rapids with uniform rank and Rathbone Sisters sessions. The election for grand chancellor pits Dr Frank W Porterfield Atlantic against Frank W Smith Davenport aka Vinegar Smith, with Murphy not seeking re election. Porterfield is seen as part of the ring while Smith leads the insurgents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rathbone Sisters
Porterfield
Smith
Cedar Rapids
Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias of Lown
Iowa Borigade
Grand Temple of Rathbone Sisters of Lywa
Murphy
Frank W. Porterfield
Atlantic
Frank W. Smith
Davenport
Ing
Buntenbach Shot Wounded in Washington State
Wm Buntenbach remains in custody after being shot through the right lung. Neighbors report his condition worsened this forenoon and doctors fear a poor prognosis. Dr Boice left to visit the patient and may not return before evening. Mr Buxbaum visited Washington today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Buntenbach
Dangerous Fakes Baking Powder Exposed In Public Notice
Article notes alum baking powder scams in town with tests claimed to show purity. Warns against using powders from unknown sources. cites health risks, legal actions, and a $10,000 damages suit. Includes local names and businesses, plus endorsements for Chamberlain remedies.
Local Visitors and Travelers Pass Through Area Towns
L A Sayre of Crawfordsville visited the city today. Mr and Mrs F F Parrish went to Burlington this morning. Dave McLaughlin and John and Robert McCall traveled to Burlington on business. Anson Brinton and daughter Florence visited yesterday. Mrs A C White and her two sons went to Ainsworth. Mrs Allen Stewart left for Charter Oak to visit her sister. Mrs Emma Stanley and Miss Flora Harrison of Ainsworth were in the city today and departed for Fairfield. Mrs McDowell wife of Fireman McDowell went to Burlington this morning. Mrs Bessie Fritz of the Helgate left for Minneapolis to visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A Sayre
Crawfordsville
F. F. Parrish
Chester
John
Robert McCall
Burlington
Emma Stanley
Flora Harrison
Ainsworth
City
Fairfield
McDowell
Bargain Rolla Lot Offers Grounded Whites and Gilts
A seller promotes a job lot of ten rolls at a bargain price claiming the 15 patterns are priced astonishingly low. The advertisement emphasizes new goods including Grounded Whites and Gilts and invites customers to inspect products even if not purchasing.
Weather forecast for Iowa from Washington special telegram
Fair tonight and Saturday with cooler temperatures. The outlook calls for improving conditions through tomorrow, with the eastern portion of the state likely to see cooler air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Thak Evening Journal
Iowa
News by Telephone from Surrounding County Towns
August 1 report notes H. D. Cherryholmes returning from Missouri with cattle. Grace Cunningham from Cedar Rapids visits her parents west of town. Lizzie Moore of Washington visits J. H. Maxwell home. Bonnie Vernon and Edith Vernon visit Fairfield for a few days. Lortz and Evans of Williamsburg visiting Joe Davis home east of town. Mr. and Mrs J. B. Crooks and J. F. (incomplete) continue the local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Cunningham
Cedar Rapids
Lizzie Moore
Washington
J. H. Maxwell
Edith Vernon
Fairfield
Miss Lortz
Miss Evans
Wil
Liamsburg
Joe Davis
Local residents and visitors encounter in the Eureka area
Aug 1 reports Wall Wells of Wyman and T W Rickey of Crawfordsville in the vicinity for cattle seeking. Mr and Mrs Williams of Wayland visit Mort Scranton. Wilber Beenblossom builds granary at Eureka. Maude Reeves of Washington visits Jap Bidwell. A church meeting in Wayland involves D E Cocklin J Hopping Wilber Beenblossom and Ben Hill. Mrs Mike Roth of Wayland visits Eureka area friends. Jno F Simpson loses a large horse to kidney trouble. John Malin reported about the same.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Williams
Wayland
Mort Scranton
Wilber Beenblossom
Eureka
Mike Roth
Jno. F
Constipation Relief An Old Time Patent Remedy
Constipation or diarrhoea when your bowels are out of order. Cas carets Candy Cathartic will make them act naturally. Genuine tablets stamped C. C. C. Never sold in bulk. All druggists, 10c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Baker
Bookwalter
Ohio
Chamberlain
Stewart’s Pharmacy
Cook & Sherman
August Cosmopolitan features and a Henry Clay Brott funeral
The August Cosmopolitan offers varied fiction with Irving Bacheller, Hering drawings, Quiller-Couch tale, Le Gallienne romance, Grant Allen satire, and Wharton Newport stories. Henry Clay Brott's funeral was held at ten this forenoon at ME church with Rev. Schreckengast presiding and Elm Grove cemetery burial. pallbearers were Ezra Ingham, Ralph Juckin, Verle Isenhart, Grover Neiswanger, Joe Clyde, and Charles Chance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Bacheller
Hering
Quiller-Couch
Richard le Gallienne
Squire Rubin
Jehane
Grant Allen
Francic Willing Wharton
Newport
Phoebe Lyde
Ezgerton Castle
Ezra Ingham
Ralph Juckin
Verle Isenhart
Grover Neiswanger
Joe Clyde
Charles Chance
Living Lake Church Weekly Schedule
The Living Lake Church lists regular Sabbath services at 10 30 AM with Sabbath school at 11 30 AM and Y P C U sessions at 7 30 PM. Frank Roberts departed for the east last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Living Lake Church
P.C. U
Frank Roberts
Mrs Hathaway Visits Mother in Southwest Washington
Mrs Lewis B Hathaway arrived from Otumwa to visit her mother Mrs Martha Gray in Southwest Washington. Hathaway is now city editor of the Ottumwa Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis B Hathaway
Otumwa
Martha Gray
Washington
Hathaway
Ottum
Fall Silks Arrive for Big Sale at Marvelous Price
Yesterday we received over 800 dollars worth of New Fall Silks shipped six weeks before ordering. They will be placed on sale at the most marvelous price ever seen and displayed in the south window featuring a rich, fine, high class selection.
Notice of Partition Suit in Washington County Iowa
State of Iowa notices Cornelia Allen William V Allen Budd Gingerich and spouses Kate Hogland Jessie Shepard Clara Allen Edith Allen and Clarence Allen that T J Allen has filed for partition of undivided heirs shares in the west one quarter of the southwest quarter and Out Lot 3 in Dayton Washington County Iowa. The court to appoint a referee for sale to divide the estate and a default will be entered if not appearing before noon of the second day of the next term beginning September 3 1901 at the Washington Court House.
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State of Iowa
Washington County
Cornelia Allen
William V. Allen
Budd Gingerich
ED. Gingerich
Kate Hogland
Albert E Hogland
Jessie Shepard
Clara Allen
Edith Allen
Clarence Allen
District Court
Iowa
T. J. Allen
Frances Allen
Dayton
City of
Washington
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Mercer & Ghileote
Work & Leek
West Side
A. N. Euwer
Chicago
Island & Pacific Station
MR. Stewart
Nation
G. H. Denton
Tare
Lina
Kansas
Knights OF Pythias
Bernard Mur
Cellor
Buntenbach
Volver
Sif
Buxbaum
Dr. Boice
John Jones
Weat
Palmer
Henry Hamm
O. E., Brown
Hamm
Tion
Ben Harding
W. H
Bussey
Bert Fishburn
Ars
Countries
Pittsburg
Sigourney
Elsie McCobb
Mrs. Gee
Ownfield
Belle Kilgore
Vis
Iting
Dave
D. R. Moore
Ment
Ed Miksch
Walnut Creek Bridge
Frank Davidson
East of Brighton
H. A McMillan
Dr. Hobbs
Add
Sterling Remedy Co
N. Y
Dave McLaughlin
West
Anson Brinton
Florence
A C. White
Mrs. Allen Stewart
Charter Oak
Bessie Fritz
The
Helgate
Minneapolis
Fritz
L. J. Wilmet
Walther
del. H. Duncan
Duncan’s
Weather Forecast
Crawfordeville
H. D. Cherryholmes
Missouri
Bonnie Vernon
J. B. Crooks
J. F
Late Literary News
Henry Clay Brott
Rev. Schreckengast
Elm Grove Cemetery
Democrat
le Oten
Sterling Black Taffetas
Min Sons
SOL. Rich & GO
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