Unique bet sets Keota town buzzing
Keota residents report a odd wager between Cummins of Silvivia and Loyd Fitzgerald for 50 aside to be decided next Saturday in a cornfield on the Squire Statler farm. Both will just select corn while helpers unload the coin and tally the result. A society wedding follows next Wednesday with Miss Margaret McFarlane and Mr. Karl Erdice tying the knot. Reverend H H Brownell and Miss Rogers return from Vinton after a visit.
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Keota
Cummins
Silvivia
Loyd Fitzgeral
Squire Statler
Fitzgerald
Cummine
Margaret McFane
Mr. Bar
Erdice
McFarlane
HH. Brownell
Miss Rogers
Vinton
City council rejects Huff & Son pool hall license
The town council debated granting Huff & Son a pool table license last night. The radio station opposed the measure and the tally ended 3 to 8 with the Mayor casting the deciding vote against the license.
Barn accident injures Jobo Welte during stall encounter
Jobo Welte suffered a broken rib and two cracked ribs after being squeezed between a horse and the stall wall while attempting to pass the animal in his barn. Jos Walrab has returned from Minnesota and Miss Josephine Navy is home from Iowa City.
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Jobo Welte
Mr Welte
Jos Walrab
Minnesota
Josephine Navy
Iowa City
Spaulding family attends Brighton funeral
A. E. Spaulding E M Funston and daughter Omi traveled to Brighton this morning for the funeral of Mr Spaulding's nephew. Mrs Nash of Nichols returned home after visiting Mary Brockway. Emma Wonderly and Nellie Manners left for Cedar Falls to attend school. A son was born yesterday to Rev. and Mrs. H. T. Clark. Mart and Arch Stewart D Ross and Fred Crawford went hunting on the Iowa River yesterday for a week.
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A. E. Spaulding
E M. Funston
Omi
Brighton
Duke and Duchess of Manchester Arrive in New York
The Duke and Duchess of Manchester arrive on the steamship St Louis with Mr Zimmerman welcoming them aboard. Plans hinge on Zimmerman for a western tour from Cincinnati to Nashville as they begin a country visit before returning to Boglind. The couple’s remarks emphasize mutual deference to Zimmerman’s lead amid travel weather and family visits.
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New York
Duke and Duchess of
Manchester
Helena Zimmerman
Cincinnati
American Line
St. Louis
Zlomerman
Duke
Boglind
Zimmerman
Duke of Manchester
Mr. Zimmerman
Natches
Local items note travel and school start
Dec 3 tows report Will Deeds and wife of Wayland visiting. Tom Woods in Porta Ill. Fred Emry departed for Iowa City to attend university. Cattle and hogs shipped from here. Dec 4 Grace Frazier left for Colorado. T P Pearce visiting Washington. Geo Williams ill, returns from Fairfield. Dec 3 school opens with Arthur Woods of Washington as teacher. A carload of hogs shipped today, three carloads in a week.
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Wayland
Tom Woods
Porta
Fred Emry
Iowa City
University
Grace Frazier
Colorado
T. P. Pearce
Washington
Geo Williams
Arthur Woods
Hoganas
OKlahoma and Kansas excursion special announced
To Houston and Galveston Texas Dec 11 low round trip rates for the last homeseeker excursion of the year Dec 18 see Okla and Sunny Southern Kansas. Get facts from FE Stewart agent Great Rock Island Route.
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Houston
Galveston
Texas
Ok ‘Abama
Kansas
FE Stewarrt
Great Rock Island
Sovereignty of the Voter Warns South by Judge Speers
Judge Emory Speer of the U S district court delivered the keynote at a Chi Phi banquet in Atlanta urging enduring constitutional American politics and the sovereignty of the individual voter. The event drew prominent members from across regions and highlighted debates over sectionalism and national party strength.
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Atlanta
Gla
Chi Phi
Socity
Emory Speer
United States Distric Court
Speer
South
Southern
Messages of Sympathy for Senator Davis Death
Messages of sympathy for the wife and family of United States Senator Davis poured in from around the world. President McKinley telegraphed from Washington expressing heartfelt sympathy.
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St. Paul
United States
Senator Davis
McKinley
Washington
Ashland Man Accused in Child's Death and Fire
William Gibson allegedly tortured his 2 year old step-daughter with a hot poker in Catlettsburg and died after a fire he set in an adjoining building. he fled and officers pursue him.
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Ashland
William Gibson
Catlettsburg
Gibson
Judge Denies Mulet Petition as Illegal
The judge ruled the mulet petition illegal after hearing the case today in Sigourney Iowa. The forty ninth annual State Teachers association will meet in Des Moines on December 26 27 and 28 with many local teachers attending. Washington County Sup t Mary Hughes will join the program on Round Tables with Rev Dr Hillis and Dr Harper noted as drawing cards and MacLean of the State University expected to give a strong address.
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State Teachers’ Association
Des Moines
Mies
Mary Hughes
Washington County
Hillis
Brooklyn
Harper
Chicago University
Prescient MacLean
Stewart Hosts Forty Gentlemen at West Washington Dinner
John G. Stewart entertained about forty gentlemen friends last Friday evening at his home in West Washington. Guests were seated at seven o'clock for a multi course dinner after greetings by Mr. and Mrs. Stewart. After supper cigars and social time followed.
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John G. Stewart
West
Washington
Grain dealers seek rules to curb monopoly on contract grades
At a Decatur Illinois meeting of the Illinois State Grain Dealers association directors and legislative committee, resolutions urged the Chicago Board of Trade to curb single control of contract grades. They proposed a rule to price lower grades at 10 percent below the current contract price and condemned Phillips cornering power as paralyzing legitimate business.
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Decatur
Tls
Navy
Taois State Grain Dealers’ Association
Chicago Board of Trade
Phillips
Rockefeller Engagement Indefinitely Postponed in Vienna
Chicago lawyer P Armelee Prentiss and Miss Alta Rockefeller were to wed Dec 1, but the ceremony is postponed as Miss Rockefeller, 33, seeks continued deafness treatment in Vienna. The couple expect a spring wedding after her condition improves. Texas presidential electors vote counted with Bryan leading McKinley 267,482 to 121,173 and a 146,259 Bryan plurality.
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Cleveland
Dee
Alta Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
Vienna
P. Armelee Prentiss
Chicago
Prentiss
Miss Rockefeller
Texas
Austin
Tex
East
Bryan
McKinley
Donnelly
Scattering
Real Estate Transfers Listing Multiple Property Movements
Transfers show Herman and Olive Ferreber to Vocal Yansky and others including S P Gordon, Mary Yockey to Laban Fleak, and Freak to LC Fleak. Also entries for Wilde to F Stewart, Tenor to H Ns Smith, Spaulding to Turbott, Morrison parcels, Porter transfers, and multiple Wash and Eng River lots.
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Herman
Olive Ferreber
Vocal Yansky
S Welch
S P Gordon
Crawfordsville
B Wilde & Co
F Stewart
Mary Yockey
Laban Fleak
Brigh City
Fleak
LC Fleak
Floyd Swisher
Tenor
Ns Smith
Iowato
Turbott
Ainsworth
Morrison
Wash
Weeks' Break-up-A-Cold-Tab lets
Stewart's Pharmacy advertises Weeks Break-up-A-Cold-Tab with a 25 cent price and a cheerful refund promise if the product fails to cure.
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Stewart’s
Martha Washington Camp Holds Regular Election Tonight
The Martha Washington Camp invites all members to attend the regular election tonight and reminds members to be on hand for the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Washington
Wanted To Rent Rooms For Academy Girls
Classified notice seeks two furnished heated rooms for academy girls near square. Inquires at JOURNAL office or via Mrs. A. L. Stratton 59eod2w. Board offered at 350 dollars per week.
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Academy
Square Inquire
Irs
A. L. Stratton
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