Society Events Highlight Local Gatherings and A Marriage
The First Presbyterian ladies hosted Mrs Claude Lewiman's home on South Marion for a social afternoon. Mr and Mrs Schuyler Livingston and Ralph Livingston honored Rev and Mrs Logue with a six o'clock dinner. A Tuesday Knight Klub party is planned for Phoenix Hall on Christmas Eve at 8:30. At Fast Jefferson Street Mr and Mrs Edward Walther hosted the marriage of Flora E Taylor to George Lemmon with Rev J B Schreckengast officiating at eight o clock. Miss Nina Isenhart played Lohengrin during the service. A three course wedding dinner followed, served by several young ladies. The bride, a Taylor descendant, wore a white mall gown with lace, carrying a shower bouquet of white roses. the groom is the son of Mr and Mrs J Lemon, a farmer southeast of the city. The couple will settle on the groom's father’s farm. A reception for the couple is planned at the Lemon home this evening with guests including out of town Mr and Mrs Jas Pettit of Salem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Walther
Jefferson Street
Flora E. Taylor
George Lemmon
Myrtle Walther
Nina Isenhart
Lohengrin
Bertha Curran
Jora Minick
Alice Rownd
Edna Young
Aner Gardner
Laura Ingham
J. ©. Taylor
W. H. Butterfield
J. ©. Lemon
Lemon
Washington
Beacon Coal Sold by John Shields and Son
A Beacon coal lot was sold by John Shields and Son in a local sale. The brief notice lists the seller and material but omits detailed buyer information and price.
End of Term at Washington Academy Celebrates With Society Events
Last day of school marks two week rest before new year duties begin. Aurora Literary Society entertained faculty and students with an original program. Miss Stewart and Prof Daugherty performed. About 75 attended. Magnet Society heard Rev Young on success in life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Jackson
Bk. R. van Nostrand
Whiting
Howard Davis
Aurora Literary Society
Magnet Literary Society
Auroras
Stewart
Daugherty
Washington Academy
Rev. Young
St. Louis
Darbyshire
Ross van Nostrand
van Nostrand
Des Moines Business College
Capitol
Miss Darbyshire
Miss Smith
Monmouth
Miss Carson
Lost and Found Notice in New Sharon
Mrs. BK Cowles seeks information on lost items and announces rooms for rent at her home in New Sharon. The note credits Canton Coal as the best and lists Samson & Livingston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BK. Cowles
North Evere
New Sharon
Warm Proposition Boots Featured to Warm Customers
A sales pitch touts a boot style praised last winter and now offered again. The advert urges quick purchase before the next blizzard, promising ready goods and urging customers to avoid freezing.
Funeral of W H Graham in city with interment
William HH Grahams funeral was held yesterday afternoon at two thirty at his South Iowa avenue home. The Rev J R Logue and Rev L D Young led services. Interment was in City Cemetery with pallbearers Mars Rudolph Warfel Harry Montgomery Charles Parkinson Will White Archie McCulley Earnest Lemmon. The Johnson bakery announced tomorrow layer cakes for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Avenue
City Cemetery
William HH. Graham
South
J. R. Logue
Second United Presbyterian Church
L. D. Young
Mars
Rudolph Warfel
Harry Montgomery
Charles Parkinson
Will White
Archie McCulley
Earnest Lemmon
Regular meeting for Bethlehem Commandery tonight
Commandery members are urged to attend a regular meeting at 7 o'clock with four petitions to be acted upon and other Chapter work. Leaders M. P. Miller and E. T. Wickham will preside and conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem Commandery
M. P. Miller
E. T. Wickham
Canton lump price statement and local ads
The notice lists cantons lump pricing and asserts no duplication for the furnace or stove price. It references SAMSON & LIVINGSTON and notes local teachers plan to attend the Iowa teachers' association in Des Moines over December 30 to January 2. It also advertises Vanilla chocolate rose and strawberry wafers from Johnson bakery and urges support for the Relief Corps with city-focused aid. It mentions a 58-41 Beacon hot coal and a promotion by John Shields & Son and notes a fair Saturday in Relief Corps rooms at the Temple building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Teachers’ Association
Des Moines
Relief Corps Rooms
Temple Building
Brinton Entertainment Tickets On Sale Ahead of Graham Event
Tickets go on sale Saturday morning at Carris for Brinton Entertainment's evening program on the 27th at Graham Opera House. Also listed are Johnson bakery treats and a license to wed for Elmer W Herr and Alice Green. W A Turner promotes toys and Christmas goods. G R Clark, U S Express route agent, was seen in town this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carris
Brinton
Graham Opera House
Wed
Elmer W. Herr
Alice Green
G. R. Clark
U. S. Express Co
United States Steel Buys Breaker Island Plant for 1.5 Million
Albany reports United States Steel Corporation has acquired the Breaker Island seme r steel plant for 1 500 000 dollars and will dismantle it. The Nebraska supreme court rules that a divorcee may not wed within six months of a divorce but any marriage made in that period is valid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baby McKee Consolidated Mines
Baby McKee Company
Cincinnati
Albany
United States Steel Corporation
Breaker Island
Bessemer
Nebraska Supreme Court
Saloon Location Dispute Over Cemetery Distance In Ful ton
In Ful ton Michigan Ray Weeks offered bonds to become saloonkeeper but the deal is blocked by Attorney Fuller of Grand Rapids for the Michigan Anti Saloon Senate who argues a cemetery company lies within eighty rods of the site making rural saloons illegal. Temperance activists are active in the village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalamazoo
Mich
Fulton
Kalamazoo County
Ray Weeks
Fuller
Grand Rapids
Michigan Anti Saloon Senate
Carrie Nation
Boers to Trek Here as Settlers Eye Colorado
Denver reports nearly 000 Boers plan to trek to the United States settling in Colorado New Mexico and Texas. General Samuel Pearson heads the movement with offices in New York. Colorado hosts and land prospects attract attention from General M de Villiers as he surveys potential sites in the state. Alderson Trad notes a separate suit where Alia Hilligoss sues J R Hilligoss for 1000 claiming a promise of 1000 upon her marriage to his son Clifford in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
United States
Colorado
New Mexico
Texas
Samuel Pearson
New York
M. de Villiers
Alderson
Trad
Alia Hille Goes
Clifford Hilligoss
J. R. Hilligoss
Clifford
Hilligess
Suicide of Buffalo baggage man on Detroit to Buffalo line
A former baggage man and express messenger named Fred EB Nelly of Buffalo New York registered out of the Hotel Cadillac Detroit and was later found dead in his room with a bullet wound to the right temple and a revolver in his hand. Papers indicate he worked on the Wa bash road between Detroit and Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Fred. EB
Nelly
Buffalo
N. Y
Delegates Named for National Livestock Convention
Delegates to the Live Stock Meet in Lansing Michigan December 19 appoint Governor Bliss named J K Campbell of Ypsilanti D D Buell of Union City I N Minckler of Iron River and Cassius R Benton of Northville as delegates to the national livestock convention at Kansas City January 18 to 36.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
Bliss
J. K. Campbell
Ypsilanti
D. D. Buell
Union City
I. N. Minckler
Lron River
Cassius R. Benton
Northville
Kansas City
University President Gobin to resign amid teaching plan overhaul
Greeneusts Indiana reports President Hilary Gobin notified trustees of resignation. A meeting was held days earlier as Chancellor Hickmant entered his reelection. A committee works on a radical teaching plan for the university. In Washington, the Senate education committee favored the house hour bill with many amendments. the Prussia council approved the German tariff bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeneusts
Ind
Hilary Gobin
University
Hee
Thie Noties
Hickmant
Washington
Senate Committee On Education
Cure for Ill Wife Promoted by New Life Pills
A Winchester Indiana resident asserts his wife recovered from illness after taking Dr King s New Life Pills. The ad claims benefits for stomach and liver troubles and constipation and includes a price of 25 cents at Stewart drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. M. Austin
Winchester
Ind
Iowa Central Railway Christmas Excursion Ticket Offer
For holiday travel the Iowa Central Railway offers round trip excursion tickets to any point within 200 miles of the selling station at one third the one way fare. Sale dates are December 24 25 and January 1 with final return limits. A special return to January 5 is available for teachers and students. Inquiries to local Iowa Central ticket agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Central Railway
Iowa Central
Low Rate Excursions Offer Specials and Tickets
Homeseekers Excursion tickets on sale first and third Tuesdays each month. One fare plus two dollars for round trip. Low rates for Xmas and New Years. Open to Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska and West coast routes via Denver. Colonist tickets economical for immigration. Contact E.G. Fox in Washington or Morrell Law in Burlington for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dany
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Chicago
National League of Commissionerchants
Pacific Coast
Denver
Des Moines
Iowa State Teachers’ Association
Washington, D.C
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Northwest
Fox
Washington
Morrell Law
Burlington
Owa
Esch Reeve Event Reported In Local Record
A fragmentary OCR note references an Esch Re event with terse terms and no clear details. The readable parts suggest a local historical mention or notice without identifiable dates people or organizations.
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California
D. L. Baird & Son
Cash Store
J. A. Sullivan & CO
Perin Building
Ginginnate
Ohio
Price
Kaye & Lytle Telephone
East Side Square
Muse
Ann
Columbia Pharmacy
J. E. Leasmon
Poprictor
the First, Presbyterian Church
Claude Lewiman
South Marion Avenue
Knight Klub
Phoenix Halls
John Shields & Son
Academy Notes
E. C. Carris & Co
North Side Druggists
Canton
Samson & Livingston
Work & Meek
Weat Side
W. H Graham
The
Johnson Bakery
the Johnson Bakery
Relief Corps
the Brinton Entertainment
W. A. Turner
West Side
Johnson's Bakery
E. C. Keck
Floristers Nose
Madison St
North Side
Mr. Lombardo
Da.ring
Windsor
Oranors
Fancy Laver RaAtsins
Cape Cop
Faro
Extea
Nick Ditt
the Singer Manufacturing
O. F. Haght
Washngton
Iowa
Windsor Grocery
Smith Premier Typewriter Company
Madison Medicine Co
Madison
Wis
Owlbet
J. A. Marie
Egy
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