Mrs J R Campbell Dies After Illness at Home
Mournful Christmas mood sweeps Monmouth as Mrs Alice Fitzwilliam Campbell dies after a three week illness at the Campbell residence on West Washington street. Survived by husband J R Campbell daughter Olive two sisters and a brother and other relatives. Funeral will be held tomorrow at 3 pm from the residence with Rev I Schrecken Gast and Rev James R Logue officiating. Burial in Elm Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Campbell
Mrs. Campbell
Campbell
Washington Street
Alice Fitzwilliam
Washington
Washington County
Pennsylvania
Olive
Mary Fitzwilliam
Dane Johnson
Burlington
Iowa
William Fitzwilliam
Emma Wilson
I . Schrecken Gast
M. W Church
James R. Logue
U. P Church
Elm Grove Cemetery
Christmas Greetings From The Journal
The Journal and its accessories will greet Christmas with a pleasant smile. No issue will be issued tomorrow and subscribers need not await the small boy with the paper. Carriers will be removing Christmas gifts and staff will clean up edibles in observance of Christmas.
Rev W J Buchannan Preaches at College Pulpit
Rev W J Buchannan formerly of Columbus, now Monmouth College business manager, delivered a sermon from Psalm 122:1 praising worship as God appointed and Christ’s custom. He urged Christian education and spoke at the Second Church in the evening on education and denominational schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First United Presbyterian
W. J. Buchannan
Columbus
Monmouth College
Buchannan
Graham Theatre Set To Host Fadettes Lady Orchestra
Doors open at 8 p.m. tomorrow with the Fadettes Lady Orchestra to begin at 8 40. The group will arrive from Des Moines at 8 p.m. and proceed directly to the theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham
Fadettes
Des Moines
Unusual Christmas Gift Affects 74-Year-Old Man’s Tooth
Daniel Steffy of 404 East Madison Street faces a delayed molar eruption described as a novel Christmas present. The tooth is nearly through in his lower left jaw, signaling a unique dental development for the elderly reader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Steffy
East
Madison Street
Mr. Steffy
Piles Remedy Offered With Free Pipe And Guarantee
Advertisement claims a remedy for piles by Rector with a free pile pipe in each package. Sells on a positive written guarantee and No Cure No Pay offer. Sample copies are said to be free from Stewart's Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart's
Stewart’s Pharmacy
Postoffice Will Close for Christmas and New Year
The post office will close on Christmas and New Year's Day at noon. Patrons are urged to collect mail in the forenoon before closures.
Christmas Sermon and School Treat At Local Church
Rev. I. B. Schreckengast delivered a Christmas morning sermon on Peace and Good Will. A male quartet provided high quality music both services. Tonight W. F. Brinton offers a children's entertainment and annual Sunday School treat with admission for nonmembers at 15 and 10 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. B. Schreckengast
W.F. Brinton
Widower Richard Albrecht Returns Lost Wife Scenario
Richard Amibrecht advertised for a wife through a Wisconsin agency, met Louise Dennler of New Haven Connecticut, sent funds for her ticket to Washington, and after two days' probation left with regret. Attorneys investigated and property attached. a compromise sent the Swiss woman home to Connecticut. Louise departed. Albrecht and Dennler vow to avoid such folly again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Amibrecht
Theo
Kansas City
Oklahoma
Washington County
Richard
Lown
Hhis
Wisconsin
Louise Dennler
New Haven
Conn
Louise
Papa
Washington
Joe Simerman
Brinton Entertainment at Methodist Church Tonight
Mr. W. F. Brinton presents an evening program at the Methodist church at 7 30 admission free for Sunday school and 15 and 10 cents for others The organizers promise one of Mr Brinton's best entertainments and urge attendance for good value and entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Brinton
Weather Outlook and Holiday Travels Reported
Partly cloudy and probably threatening tonight and a warmer northwest portion Tuesday. Miss V Bennett left for a visit in West Liberty. Hon BF Grown and daughter visited Mt Vernon for the holidays. Mrs Owen Williams was a passenger for Columbus Junction this morning. Mrs L Coop and daughter Jennie went to Perlee. Miss Clara Coulter went to Coneville for a week. Ed Ewing and wife headed for West Liberty. Mrs R Emry and family left for Perlee to spend Christmas with relatives. Mrs J S Gowdy arrived from Monmouth to visit her sister. Dr A S Hays and wife left for Chicago. Dr D J Dewey and wife for Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Bec
Towa
Kila
Mt. Vernon
Owen Williams
Columbus Junction
Clara Coulter
Coneville
Ed Ewing
West Liberty
R. Emry
Perlee
J.S. Gowdy
Monmouth
T. M. Reynolds
A.S Hays
Chicago
D. J Dewey
Des Moines
Quaker Male Quartette Season Tickets Offered
The next lecture course number titled Quaker Male Quartette is announced with remaining five numbers. Season tickets available from O. H. Wilson for one dollar and twenty five cents. 59-29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. H. Wilson
Winter Homeseeker Excursion Opens 1901 Dates
The notice announces the first day of 1901 as the start of the year excursion with January 15 as the next departure and two more trips each following month. Prospective travelers are urged to consider Sunny Southern Kansas and Wonderful Oklahoma in winter. Signed F. E Stewart for the Great Rock Island Route Reti.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Oklahoma
F. E Stewart
Reti
Great Rock Island
Local social notes from Ainsworth and surrounding towns
News by telephone from Ainsworth December details visits and holidays as families travel from Washington Alma Keota and Rose Hill to visit relatives. Readers include Hazen McGrew Erdice Marr and others with Christmas and Academy of the Immaculate Conception. A reader adds a Bible reference about Jacob.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. V. Hazen
Washington
Hazen
Philip Thoma
Alma
George Fordyce
Olive McClapahan
Keokuk
Lelia Erdice
Keota
W. McGrew
Cotter
Stapp
T H Will
Rose Hill
Ida Wood
Eva Davis
J. W. Davis
Nora Marr
Davenport
Academy of the Immaculate Conception
W. Hf. Compton
Emerick Family Plans Christmas Visit
Ht A Emerick and wife arrive from Oskaloosa this evening to spend Christmas at the Bd C Knupp home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Emerick
Oskaloosa
Bd. C. Knupp
Green Goods Mystery Ties Hillsdale Store Fire Suspect
In Hillsdale Michigan Charles W Hewitt faces trial in the circuit court for alleged procurement of the Jan 20 1900 store fire at Moscow Hillsdale county. A Lewanat county pair Henry and Will Marvin confessed arson and claim Hewitt hired them linking the blaze to a green goods scheme with a New York trip and loot involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsdale, Mich
Charles W. Hewittt
Moscow
Hillsdale County
Hewitt
Muasters
Lewanet
Henry
Will Marvin
Marvins
Ait
Win
Marvin
New York City
They Are Going Back Home French Canadians Do Not Flourish in Maine
Montreal reports a mass return of French Canadians from New England towns to Quebec as 150000 to 200000 may move home next spring. Rene Dupont cites Biddeford and other mills as homeward-bound, driven by factory layoffs and church priest refusals. Also noted are Pittston streets sinking into mines, Hugo W Uhl’s death by suspected poisoning in Salt Lake City, and Tammany's order to shut New York gambling houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
New England
Maine
Quebec
Rene Dupont
Lake St. John
Dupont
Biddeford
Pittston
Hugo W. Uhl
Salt Lake City
Tammany
New York
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Mercer & Chilcote
J. R. Campbell
West Washington Street
Graham Opera House
Boston
America
Wilson-Beamer Hardware
C. H. Wilson
Work & Meek
West Side
Windsor
Harry McCall
Windsor Grocery
W.J. Buchannan
M. E. Services
Lyon
Columbia Parmacy
Moving Picture Entertainment
V. Bennett
Lemmon & Lewis Jewelers and Opticians
Ainsworth
Jacob
Columbia Pharmacy
Harwood
South Biber
Fiold
Nat
Serling
Croth
Pwr
California
Don's Cou Biz
Temple Pharmacy
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