Departure of Company D to Camp Joe Hayes Ottumwa
The Company D volunteers left for Camp Joe Hayes Ottumwa aboard the Southwestern train despite heavy mud and bad weather. Lieutenant Glasgow is absent due to illness at Temple pharmacy. roster lists Captain S W Brookhart and officers J D Glasgow Stanley Miller along with sergeants Neiswanger Mackey Manatt Rosenberger Nichols Burnham and trumpeters Moyer McCutcheon.
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Davenport
Muscatine
Joe Hayes
Ottumwa
Logan
Temple Pharmacy
J. D. Glasgow
S W Brookhart
J D Glasgow
Stanley Miller
Jap Neiswanger
Ocom
Ed Mackey
Guy KE Manatt
Edwin Rosenberger
Howard Nichols
Colorado Letter From LA Junta Visitor Lays Local Pride Bare
Robert Gray reports eleven days in LA Junta Colorado praising hospitality climate and school buildings comparing favorably to Washington. He notes Santa Fe Railroad shops payroll and hospital, hints at potential pastorate, and ends with local notices and a medicinal ad from Sidney Coon and son.
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LA Junta
Con
Washington
Colorado
Santa Fe R. A
Robert Gray
Wholesale seizure marks city raid on cider and liquor
Officers issued ten warrants and raided several city spots including express offices lunch rooms on Clark street and a hotel. Cider beer and related containers were seized loaded for condemnation proceedings in Justice Courts W A White and A S Folger. Items will be advertised for condemnation and possibly destroyed after analysis.
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W. A. White
A.5. Folger
Justice Courts
Folger’s Court
White’s Court
Clark Street
Brookhart
Ottumwa Camp
Evening Journal lists soldiers and a cosmetic ad
The page names soldiers including First Corporal Edd Humm and several others. It also carries an advertisement for Dwight's Complexion Beautifier offering free full boxes to readers, with a small packing fee, and notes Dr. Eskamp and wife departing for Burlington for summer vacation with a possible trip to Michigan.
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Evening Journal
Dwight
D. W. Custer & Co
Huntington, W. Va
Local social notes include Acheson visitors and kin travels
Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Acheson of Boyden are guests at the J. T. Matthews home on the Heights. Thomas P. Ford, who was in Dublin for his brother’s illness and death, returned to Mansfield Ohio. Mrs Frank Edworthy and her daughter went to Wayland to visit her sister last evening.
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J. M. Acheson
Boyden
J. T. Matthews
the Heights
Thomas P. Ford
Dublin
Mansfield
Ohio
Frank Edworthy
Wayland
Orr visit ends with trip to Columbus Junction
Mrs. R A Orr of Denver who has been visiting at the Orr home in south Washington went to Columbus Junction last evening.
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R. A. Orr
Denver
Orr
South
Washington
Columbus Junction
Pie for dinner reported for Mr J C Woolm and family
An item from Bath notes that Mr J C Woolm and family had pie for dinner today. The quirky report treats the moment as good news and ends with well wishes for Mr Woolm before life’s end.
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Jack Woolm
Reasonable pricing urged in piano sales warning
A public notice warns that high grade pianos offered by big dealers have proven quality, while some sellers inflate prices. It argues that deals based on large profits lure buyers, and emphasizes one reasonable fixed price for all without discounts or manipulative tactics.
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Montrose Bicycle
Dis
Chicago
J. L. Mead Cycle Company
Tii
Multiple Establishments Reported Seized In Liquor Raid
Officers seized a barrel of bottled beer at the Washington House and several kegs of a cider whiskey mix at two restaurants. The Owl and the Dewey restaurant also had gaming machines seized, and the Dewey location yielded obscene pictures. Adams Express and U.S. Express offices contained whiskey and beer boxes and cases before court action. Weather notes record six inches of rain across the city with heavy overall county precipitation. Laura Newland returns to Verdi after weeks in the city.
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Washington House
Owl
Express
Dewey
Adams Express Company
U.S. Express Office
Justice of the Peace
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Gov't
Sidney Coon
Lindley
Bethel
Des Moines
Edd Humm
Henry Deidrich
Henry Doig
Fourth Corp
Howard Long
Lloyd Bickford
W J Cunningham
Jas Boling G
KE McConaughey
Frank Carpenter
Geo McCutcheon
Walter Gallagher
John Long
R Nelson
Frank Nelson
Frank Nisle
Win Rhoades
Chys Stuar
Chas BR Tal
Claud Whit Eustis Mat
Glen Barba Howard Do
Ned Long
Wim Tripp
Geo Oldake Thos Alter
Fred Bidwe
Harry Page
John Sehurr
Lee Schilling
Fred Underwood Merton King
Geo H Williams
John Peck
Edwin McGee
Chas Willey Lorin Winslow Krank Ginkens
Il Woodmansee
Claude E Duncan
Vogt
Bath
Jake Bath
Jacob Doll
Breiter
Highland Park
2Nd Eastside
Iowa
Columbus
City
Laura Newland
Verdi
New Turkey
Lonsdale
Sa Ee Akeleg
Jork
Ultra
West Side
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