Kalona Busy Week Finds Shillig Farewell and Local Doings
Kalona hosts farewell for Mrs J S Shillig as J S Shillig sale brings good prices. Mrs Shillig and children move to Riverside, J S to continue work with Eclipse Lumber. Geo Rhodes suffers paralysis husking corn. doctors expect recovery. Residents attend Baker murder trial in Iowa City. others undergo operations and travel for medical care. Local visits include D H Beck family, Wm Small cataract surgery, and farm auctions nearby.
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Kalona
J. S. Shillig
P. J. Huff
Iowa City
D. F. Yoder
M. Y. Long
Irvin Dierdorff
U. 1
William Hesselswertt
Illinois
S. W. Hart
Riverside
William Smith
Baker
J. A. Yoder
Clark County
John Rittenhouse
G. R. Amalong
Rittenhouse
Local Social and Church Notes from Richmond
Dan Bopps entertained company Sunday evening. Will Lehman family visited Joe Safourek. Egypt residents Knotek Beranek and Vacha attended church. William C. Chapek starts rug premium promotion Dec 5 to 24, 1910. Pilotsburg visitors with Arnold grandparents. Local youth enjoyed first skating party of the season on the river. M E church services well attended. Rey Jordan to preach again on the 18th.
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Richmond
Dan Bopps
Will Lehman
Joe Safourek
Joe Knotek
Will Beranek
Melo Vacha
Egypt
William C. Chapek
Win Rickey
Pilotsburg
William Arnold
M. E
Rey Jordan
Local notes from Brighton and surrounding towns on illnesses and family events
Dr Dash was called to Guthrie Center Kansas for his brother who died Sunday morning. Mrs Fred Werner visits Washington. Edgar Johnsons welcome Lydia Elizabeth eight pounds. Various visits: Armstrong Barkoff Coppock Lasek Kos Havel and others in Ottumwa Richmond Lone Tree Haskins Riverside What Cheer and Rose Hill. S C Pearson and Georgia Gookin also noted.
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Dash
Guthrie Center
Kansas
Fred Werner
Washington
Edgar Johnson
Lydia Elizabeth
Armstrong
Rhua
Carrie Barkoff
Ottumwa
S. P. Keifer
Will Stattler
Doddsworth
The
Presbyterian Church
Salina
Mary Coppock
McCormick
Dolds of
Coppock
Mrs. McKinsey
Carrick Family Heads to Sterling for Daughter’s Health
In Crawfordsville on December 6 Mr and Mrs Simeon Carrick and children left for Sterling Kansas to seek health benefits for their daughter. Mr and Mrs Walter Orris and Mrs R C McCleary were passengers for Washington this morning.
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Crawfordsville
Simeon Carrick
Sterling
Kansas
Walter Orris
R. C. McCleary
Washington
Social notes from Havre area families and neighbors
Havre highlights include Mr and Mrs Norm Pratt entertaining young folks last Wednesday. The Hazens of Ainsworth visited friends nearby. John Hillhouse hosted relatives from Cedar Rapids and welcomed visitors from Friend Nebraska. Rob Dawson trades his farm for a Marion Iowa 160 acre property and plans to move soon.
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Lewis Baker
Richmond
Art
Mr. Marsh
Ainsworth
Will Mitchell
John Hillhouse
Gamon
Vera Saville
William Gamon
Andy Corbin
Harry Landerman
John Putman
Pettit of
Albia
Pleasant Hill
Sam McCleery
Uncle Walt the Poet Philosopher
A humorous verse by Walt Mason about the pain of signing one’s name. An unnamed friend sends a wry note, the signer’s letters blur and flip, and Mason jokes about the ink and signatures driving men to comic frustration and water in the eyes.
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Jones
Smith
Duff
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
OU and the Damp Explod Ed House Burns Down
Fire investigators report a house fire at a residence in Oklahoma where two occupants escaped unharmed. The blaze caused extensive damage to the structure and surrounding property. Arson suspicion has not been confirmed.
Insanity Hearing Set After Colfax Visit
A man was brought to the county jail after spending a day at his sister's home in Colfax. He will face a hearing before the commissioners of insanity tomorrow.
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Colfax
Commissioners of Insanity
Youth Has a Bad Fall at Local Candy Factory
Carlson Grubb, 19, of Clinton, plunged about forty feet from the third to the first floor from an elevator shaft at the Secall Hutchinson candy factory. He walked away with no broken bones and is in a Clinton hospital likely to recover after narrowly escaping death.
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Clinton
Carlson Grubb
Secall- Hutchinson
Grubb
Son Follows Path er Levislature of Iowa Will Have One Son
A gas lamp exploded at the Alva Fisher home in Webster City Iowa yesterday morning burning the house and contents. Mrs Fisher narrowly escaped serious burns but her husband rescued her before she was fatally burned. The residence was destroyed.
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Webster City
Alva Fisher
Local Woman Husk Corn for Lodge Donation
Keosauqua Iowa December six Mr John W McIntosh offered the Ladies Degree of Honor lodge a load of corn if they would husk it. Friday eight ladies husked forty eight bushels in four hours. McIntosh bought the corn back at forty cents per bushel totaling nineteen dollars twenty cents.
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Keosauqua
John W. Mclntosh
Mclntosh
Sam Brownlee
Anderson
Patton
Geo
Day
John Martin
Mcintosh
Fifty Years Ago Today December 6 State Election Delegates
Fifty years ago on December 6 South Carolina held a state election to choose delegates to a recession convention. A select committee was appointed by Congress to take measures for the perpetuity of the Union.
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South Carolina
Knights of Pythias Elect Officers and Plan Hospital Room
The Knights of Pythias held their annual officers election and voted to furnish a room in the new county hospital. Elected were C. S. Thomas as C C, John Applegate as W C, G. Fox as Prelate, D. Morrison as M of W, J. U1. Cunningham as K of R and S, Chal Ford as M of F, R. Maxwell as M of EB.
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Knights of Pythias
New County Hospital
Lodge
C. S. Thomas
C. C
John Applegate
W. C
G. Fox
D. Morrison
W. J
Huff Family Holds Iowa Falls Legislative Seat
In Iowa Falls Iowa on December 6 the district will seat Herbert A Huff the son of former legislator Henry L Huff. The elder Huff served in 1869 70 in the Thirteenth general assembly and chaired multiple committees before his death.
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Iowa Falls
Iowa
Herbert A. Huff
Henry L. Huff
Huff
Aimbly
Winter Storm Dumps Snow Across Dakotas Iowa
Sioux City reports the first major winter storm lasting a full day dumped three to six inches of snow across northern Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota, reshaping travel and winter conditions in the region.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Expensive Ideas Too in Stray Stories Bout Dress
A compact quip contrasts Black women with one dress idea against white women whose daughters have many. The note appears in stray stories, reflecting social stereotypes and humor of the era.
Presbyterians Confer in Cedar Rapids Missionary Conference
A Presbyterian Sunday carol missionaries conference is underway in Cedar Rapids this week with missionaries from Nebraska Colorado Arkansas Missouri Oklahoma Wyoming and Iowa attending.
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Cedar Rapids
Presbyterian
Nebraska
Colorado
Arkansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Wyoming
Iowa
James Milligan Found Wandering Then Violently Insane
Newton Massachusetts December 6 James Milligan who vanished from his home and was later found roaming the countryside became violently insane yesterday at the county asylum authorities report he was placed under care for his safety and the public.
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Newton, Ta
James Milligan
Hearing
Yester
Uncle Tom’s Cabin at the Graham in Washington
The Washington audience saw the annual Uncle Tom’s Cabin production last night. The performance missed some expected features but the music and male quartet were praised while overall the show pleased the crowd.
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Harriett Beecher Stowe
Washington
The
Graham
Eva
Roman Water Mills in Roman Era
Water mills powered by treads appeared in Julius Caesar era with slaves consigned to corn mills. Later cattle were used. In the 3rd and 4th centuries Rome reportedly had up to 300 cattle mills in operation.
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Julius Caesar
Rome
Notice on Teaming Services by Prank Conger
A small notice states that Prank Conger offers various teaming services and provides a contact phone number 482 for inquiries. The brief item implies a general advertisement or solicitation with no further details.
Little Violet Learns from Bee Sting Lesson
A young girl named Violet discovers a new beehive and is stung by a bee. She cries, then dries her tears and triumphantly proclaims she now knows who takes the needles from mamma's cushion.
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Violet
Mother’s Friend Promises Comfort for Expectant Mothers
The advertisement promotes Mother's Friend as a preparatory remedy for pregnancy and delivery. It claims to aid natural bodily changes, ease nausea, prevent breast tenderness, and preserve figure symmetry after birth. The piece invites readers to obtain the product at drug stores and to request a free informational booklet.
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Fox & Dewey
Uliets
Washington National
Los Ame
Revie
Costas
the County News
ED Por Journal
Brighton
Mmes
Geo. Kos
J J. Havel
Jas. Prebys
J. H. Shalla
Lexington
A. L. Sharpe
Krotz
Otto
Anton Vacha
William
Fred Havel
Lone Tree
J. C. Lasek
Jno
Lasek
Haskins
Ed Havel
Chas. Kos
Messrs
L. L. Kos
Fr. Kos
Stanley Hack
Jno. Malicky
Havre
Iowa Gas & Electric CO
Keck Floral CO
Washington Collecting Agency Telephone
Washington County Savings Bank
Walt
REED
McNamara
South Side Square
Son
Pather
Levislature of
Mem
Lowa
Farmer
Warten
the Graham
Children Home
Bradfield Regulator CO
Atlanta, Ga
North Side
G. W. Hobson
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