Local shoppers and visitors fill town notes a holiday week
A flurry of brief items lists visitors returning home from Oelwein Fairfield and Des Moines gifts like candy olives and dill pickles. Small ads mention jewelry knives forks and Christmas presents as residents travel to Burlington Morning Sun and Oskaloosa while grocers close early for Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J J. Weldin
Geo. Lemon
Oskaloosa
H. F. Steck
T. P. Espy
Godfrey
Burlington
Stewart's Pharmacy Holiday Bargains On Stock
Stewart's Pharmacy offers deep cuts on diverse goods as holiday traders are invited to inspect a varied stock. Large sale includes a half-price deal on numerous items and 60 Bibles among the plentiful stock on hand.
Best Christmas Dinner Offer from Todd Stuart
A local ad invites readers to place orders for a turkey, homemade mince meat and large Baltimore oysters from Todd Stuart for a festive Christmas dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Todd Stuart
Wedding Guests Celebrate With A Piece Of Furniture
Keota news reports a wedding at the Eaton home where about twenty five guests each took a piece of kitchen furniture as a token. The item notes social visits, baptisms planned, and local movements with multiple names and places in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Miss Hkaton
Jos. Masters
Eaton Home
Chicago note on Emry and local visits
D c 21 T L Emry is in Chicago. Mrs Will Morgan who has been quite sick is better. Mr Cole of e Soto is visiting with G W Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Griffith
Minneapolis
St. Paul
T. B. Vogt
Columbia Pharmacy
L. Batterson
Memphis
John Blattner
Oklahoma
Learry
Tf . F. Steck
Jas. Irvine
Ella
Dublin
Elias Wright
Ringgold County
D c
T. L Emry
Chicago
Will Morgan
Cole of
E Soto
G. W. Smith
Benefits of Slavery from an Army Officer's View
A Carlisle report covers Major Richard H. Pratt defending slavery to Bishop Francis H. Hill. Pratt argues slavery raised 10,000,000 blacks, taught literacy, and prepared them for citizenship, criticizes Jim Crow, cites constitutional amendments and segregated regiments as examples. He frames slavery as a bridge to civilization. In Joliet and Ripon briefs, steel mill output hits 234 tons per twenty four hours, while Ripon College president Dr Rufus Cushman Pligg resigns for health reasons.
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Carlisle
Francis H. Hill
African Methodist Episco
Richard H. Pratt
Carliste Tndan
Hill
Pratt
Cumberhind County
Thh
Morrisburg
Major Pratt
United States
South
Congress
Africa
Joliet
Tls
Dee
Tilois Steel Company
Murderer John Owen Executed in Paris After Not Revealing Name
A man identified as John Owen alias John Ratcliffe was executed at the Bae gar county jail yard Paris after refusing spiritual consolation and not disclosing his true name. He killed Jas Hogue on a Sept 22 freight train between Paris and Terre Haute during a robbery attempt. his accomplice John Daily received forty years.
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Paris
John Owen
John Ratccliffe
Baegar County
Owen
Jas
Hogue
Terre Haute
John Daily
Dally
Late December Hay Cut Shocks Wisconsin County
George Drexel of Sheboygan township cuts meadow hay on December 22 in Sheboygan county a feat unprecedented for the county and possibly unique in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheboygan, Wis
George Drexel
Sheboygan Township
Rectol Pile Cure Promises Free Pipe with Each Package
Stewart's Pharmacy advertises Rectol as a guaranteed pile cure with a free pipe included in every package. The ad offers free samples and states the product costs 50 cents with a pay later policy.
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Stewart's Pharmacy
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Williams & Co
J. Albert Williams & Co .S
Mas
Dougherty Bros
West Side Clothiers
WM. Blair & Son
George DeLong
Oelwein
Johnson’s Bakery
A. Knapp
West Chester
Martha Walker
Ainsworth
A. Horsey and Wife
Fairfield
Ritchie Bros
Ortus Adams
Squire Dingle
Stuart
Albert Lauer
Little Daughter
al Darbyshire
Tingley
George
Peter Anderson, S Jr
Galesburg
Ill
Baird & Bailey
H. M. Sigler
Salioa
Kan
Wellman
Ollie Dixon
Iowa City
Madison Medicine Co
Stewart's
S. Bd. Parker
Havre
L. D. Higgins
Ft. Scott
Elie Candy Kitchen
R. B. Foster
Webster City
W. P. Moothatt’a
Charles D. Howe
Geo. W. Howe
Albert Lea
Minn
Johnson's Bakery
Ella Anderson
W. F. Jacobs
Nina Alberson
Des Moines
the Evening Journal
Evening Journal
Eagt Main &T
Washington
raTrion
Stewart’s Pharmacy
New Haven
Baptist Church
R OC. Payne of
Adell
Nell Harkins
Richland
McClurg
C. F. Benett
M. H. Sweet
Presbyterian
Methodist
H. F. Steck’s
West Side
K. Mauthe
Grace Hill
Ralph Munro
Ann Arbor
Mich
University
Millard Sigler
Kansas
Johnson
T. Y. Wickham, Sr
KE. T. Wickham
Harvey & Warfel
Amy Folger
Lyon
Columbia
John Bowman
Santa Claus
Brighton
Rod Mill
Plage
Ripon, Wis
Rufus Cushman Pligg
Ripon College
Il Health
Gladwin, Mich
Tingree
Benjamin C. Nunn
Gladwin County
Marten
T Rae Ae
N. W. Corner
Washington, Iowa
D.C. Smith
Cash Grocery
SOL. Rich & Co
East Side Square
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