Turkeys, pianos and travels mark Wellman holiday notes
Wellman Iowa reports a busy season with Elk club delivering about a hundred dressed turkeys for Christmas. Local residents travel, teach, and visit relatives from Madrid to Guthrie Center while a piano dealer sells sixteen new pianos for Christmas.
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Wellman
Guthrie Center
Ida King
Itelf
Tom Karr
Harold
Dutton
Young Ashby
Ames
Iowa City
Lloyd Maplethorp
Des Moines
Vaughn
Nichols
Keswick
Stutsman
Cedar Rapids
Mies Carter
F. D. Snarely
Henry Stricker
Clark
Jesse Ines
Mat James
Mary Jaynes
Wes Parren
Tom Falme
Fiord Shackner
Washington
Wood to Launch Candidacy Indorsed by State Convention
Word reached Republican headquarters that Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, endorsed for president by the Republican state convention at Poerve, will file a formal candidacy announcement with the secretary of state before January 1.
Jenkins Faces Sedition Charges In Puebla Case
The El Paso report states consular agent William C. Jenkins of Puebla Mexico will be charged with sedition for allegedly delivering arms to bandits who captured him. The claim comes from Excelsior of Mexico City. Also noted is a Springfield fire that destroyed a four story building and $70,000 of print paper at the Springfield Paper Supply Co. in Missouri.
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Fl Paso
Tex
William C. Jenkins
United States
Puebla
Mexico
Excelsior
Mexico City
Springfield
Springfield Paper Supply Company
Missouri
Texas
Brewster
Ban on arms to Mexico announced by War Trade Board
Washington announces revocation of all licenses for export of arms or munitions to Mexico effective January 1. State Department notes no change in existing policy but signals plans for tighter restrictions on arm exports to Mexico.
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Washington
War Trade Board
Mexico
State Department
Coal Wage Board Called for Monday Meeting
President Wilson issued a call for a meeting of the special commission appointed to investigate wages and prices in the bituminous coal industry. The commission is expected to lay plans for its inquiry, which will likely continue for several weeks.
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Washington
Wilson
Special Commission
Splendid Cough Medicine Ad From Ferguson Station
Mrs. Clay Fry of Ferguson Station Missouri praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a splendid medicine. She uses it for her children at the first signs of croup and for her own coughs and lung colds, noting quick relief and a short recovery. Lemmon's Drug Store runs the advertisement.
Lincoln Highway Man thrills on Fox feature with Russell
The new William Fox film The Lincoln Highway Man screens Saturday at the Fox theater with William Russell as star. Episodes depict the pony express raid the old stage coach robbery and the Jesse James style train hold up. A modern highway bandit is shown as sympathetic and is vindicated after fiery incidents.
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Western Pony Express
Lincoln Highwayman
William Fox
Paul Dickey
William Russell
Fox Theatre
Jesse James
Lincoln Highway
Jimmy Clunder
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Muscatine
John Wherle
Ford
A. Bell, Jr
Kalona
W. L. Clotts
West Liberty
Fred Desing
Rice- Relu
Fred
Vernon Moore
M. B. Jessin
Jessim
Jim Bitting
Roy Durain
Chicago
J. N. Turnipseed
Mamie
Ruby
L. C. Milley
Strawberry Point
Iowa
A. O. Topping
Dallas
Clinton
de. Topping
Cedar Pids
Wood
Wild File
South Dakota
Mitchell
Jenkin
U. S
Coal Wage Board
Peter Witting
Havre
Great Western
McCormick
Rock Island
Concord
Packard Organ
Wn Monuve
Peter and Howard Witting
D. F. Macon
R. E. Dougherty
Pleasant Hill
Companion
McCall’s Magazine
Massachusetts
Terial
New Russell
Kemp
Oklahoma City
Kansas City
Frank Thompson
Howard W. Benn
Walter F. Wilson
Sec’y and Treas
Washington, Ia
Farmers & Merchants, State Bank Bldg
R. H. Willits
Kansas
Woodson County
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Tularosa
Tampico
Louisiana
Bull Bayou
Homer Fields
W. F. Wilson Or
Farmers & Merchant's State Bank Building
Washington, Iowa
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