Death of 14 year old Josephine McKee after illness
Josephine McKee died at 4 30 PM Sunday at the home of her parents one mile west of town from liver abscess and blood poisoning after attending Christmas exercises in Prof Wylie's room. Born January 24 1887 in Greenley Kansas she lived in Iowa nine years and leaves seven siblings and both parents. Funeral Monday at 10 AM from the residence with Rev Yard officiating and burial in Prairie Flower cemetery.
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Josephine McKee
Seven Declammers Compete in Ainsworth Contest
Seven contestants performed at the Demorest declamation contest in Ainsworth led by Miss Colthurat who won first prize with Oh Soapy. Miss Haughman took second with Our Battle Cry as judges from Crawfordsville and surrounding areas presided.
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J.P. Davis
Gordon and Baughman
Washington
Colthurat
Messra Louis DeHarpoort
Harry Moore
Lernard Schraneard
Ainsworth
Wilson
Columbus City
Haughman
Surprise for a captured thief and other Chicago notes
A Chicago Evening Bureau summary reports a bet over Christmas trees ends with a police ruling in favor of a man who lost his coat, plus a woman named Hetty released on her own recognizance after a dispute involving suitors. Detectives recover stolen goods from a cloak pocket, more valuable than expected, and a Evanston family endures a missing son and aunt on Christmas Day. Moy Lung donates $3 to a temple mite box, amid church ties and a Sunday school teacher.
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Occidental
George Simpson
Sergeant Williams
Kyde Park
Washington Buel
Buel
Williams
Simpson
Templin
Hester
Monroe
Doweplaines
Hetty
Lucy Becker
Indiana Street
Jackson
McCarthy
Rush
Indiana Streets
Chicago Avenue
Horace McCarthy
James C. Rogers
Hinman Avenue
Evanston
Moy Lung
North Western Avenue
Moy
Jefferson Park Presbyterian Church
Minnie Neiman
Western Electric Company
Charlies B. Martin
McVicker
Angel & Co
Champlain
Bernice Michaus
Martin
Martin Had At First Threatened To Shoot Miss Michaes
Miss Michaus
Evening Service at A. M. E. Church This Sunday
The A. M. E. Church holds services at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Rev. Grant will preach. Sunday school is in the afternoon at 3 p.m. and Endeavor meets at 6 p.m.
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Grant
Presbyterian Church Evening Address by Miss Anna Scott
Morning preaching by the pastor. In the evening Miss Anna Scott will speak about her work in Passaic New Jersey. Everyone is invited.
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Anna Scott
Passaic
N. J
Church Services Announced by Pastor
The pastor provides preaching morning and evening with all other services as usual. The public is cordially invited to attend.
Baptist Church Service Schedule Update
The pastor Rev Lilley will preach in the morning and the choir will lead the evening service.
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Lilley
Trinity Episcopal Church Schedules No Services Tomorrow
Trinity Episcopal announces no church services nor Sunday school tomorrow due to unspecified reasons.
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Trinity Episcopal
Trinity Episcopal Church
LeWorth Local notes and social visits add little
LeWorth society column recaps visits and lifting of Christmas season events. Names include R F McFadden and wife West Liberty J F Stewart Jr families Grace Pearson skating accident Lillian Smith chafing dish party and various travels to Muscatine Sigourney Hamilton Chicago and Croton. Funeral plans for Mary Vincent and Mary Jackson noted with relatives Mrs Clapp and Rev Thorn activities.
Elevator accident at Chamber of Commerce injures workers
In Chicago on Christmas Day a freight elevator fell from the twelfth floor of the Chamber of Commerce building after a faulty cable broke. Jake Kladder suffered a broken leg and internal injuries while janitor Fred Treien and two others were seriously hurt.
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Chicago
Jake
Fred Treien
Chamber of Commerce
Jake Kladder
Kladder
Treien
Milwaukee railroad franchise suit rejected by attorney general
Madison December 25 Attorney General Hicks refused the petition of Wilter Manufacturing and three Milwaukee property owners to sue in the state name to annul the Milwaukee Burlington and Lake Geneva Railroad company franchise. He ruled the action is private and seeks to protect property rather than public interests.
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Madison, Wis
Hicks
Wilter Manufacturing Company
Milwaukee
Milwaukee, Burlington and Lake Geneva Railroad Company
Apostle Brigham Young Critically Ill at Fruit Land
Apostle Brigham Young, president of the quorum twelve of the Mormon church and eldest living son of the church president, lies critically ill with stomach and nervous troubles at Fruit Land near Farmington New Mexico.
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Farminghoon
N. M
Brigham Young
Quorum Twelve
Mormon Church
Fruit Land
Farmington
Education convention in Des Moines discussed for leadership
Des Moines hosts the Iowa State Teachers association education council meeting. Possible president contenders include Charlies Eldred Shelton of Simpson College and George E. MacLean of the state university, with Dean Carrier previously chosen. Other names raised span institutions from Drake to Cornell and Iowa Wesleyan.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Teachers’ Association
Educational Council
Charlies Eldred Shelton
Simpson College
Indianola
George E. MacLean
The
State University
Dean Carrier
Guy P. Benton
Upper A
King
Cornell
Pres. Adams
Des Moines College
Ent Hancher
Iowa Wesleyanity
Craig
Drake
Legislative Committee of the Assem
Star Boarder in Musical Comedy at the Gra ham
Gst seats now for the big musical comedy A Star Boarder at the Gra ham next Tuesday December 31. They carry a fine orchestra of their own.
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Gst
Graham
A Star Boarder at the Grahams Next Tuesday
A funny musical comedy A Star Boarder comes to the Grahams theater next Tuesday December 31 with seats on sale at Carris pharmacy.
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Grahams
Carris Pharmacy
Notice on Subacription Ambiguity Affects Readers
A brief notice notes unclear references to subscriptions and readership terms. It mentions U See Will See and a few lines about neon numbering and access, with no concrete action or deadline provided.
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Shane Pon
Lisle Morehouse
Local Notes on Residents and Licenses in Cedar County
Howard Jeffrey clerks at Means restaurant. Miss Libbie Davidson returns from Centerville. License to wed issued to Elmer Yoder and Josephine Webster. Miss M. A. Stone guests Mrs. E. P. Lewis on the Heights after arriving from Burlington. Roy Riley returns from Burlington. W. P. Boone departed days ago and is now in Muscatine. report of yesterday’s events completes this item.
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Libbie Davidson
Centerville
Elmer Yoder
Josephine Webster
M. A. Stone
Burlington
E. P. Lewis
Heights
Roy Riley
R. A. Riley
W. P. Boone
Tragic Free-For-All Fights Leave Several Dead in Kentucky
In Middlesboro Kentucky on December 27 a free for all left Sam Weiss and Henry Bass mortally wounded. Four Mile saw Will Hendrickson killed by his cousin Nat Hendrickson. On Taggards Creek Thomas Haynes was beaten to death by Henry Bowman.
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Middlesboro
Sam Weiss
Henry Bass
Four Mile
Will Hendrickson
Nat Hendrickson
Taggard’s
Thomas Haynes
Henry Bowman
Embezzling Charge Filed Against Libby Clerk in Indiana
Harry Tilly, a three year salesman and collector for Libby McNeill Libby in South Bend and surrounding cities, was arrested on a charge of embezzling 605 dollars. The incident occurred in South Bend, Indiana, on December 25.
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South Bend
Ind
Harry Tilly
Elkhart
Mishawaka
Goshen and Laporte
Libby, McNeill & Libby
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade Declares Christmas Holidays
Chicago on December 25 reports the board of trade directory declared Tuesday and Wednesday as holidays with no quotations. Other exchanges nationwide also closed for the holiday.
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Chicago
Directory of the
Chicago Board of Trade
Board of Trade
Sharper Told Him of a Scheme to Beat the Poolrooms
Benjamin Webster a well dressed man was accused of running a confidence game that cost Dr Pettyjohn several hundred dollars. Pettyjohn a Stewart Building physician identified Webster as the operator who claimed to forge writings from pool rooms in Chicago with small backing. The swindler was jailed after the doctor reported the loss.
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Sharper
Chicago
Occidental Buildings
Benjamin Webster
EL 8
Pettyjohn
Stewart Building
Webster
Lost and Found Classified Fragments From Urban Page
A jumble of missing items and ads requests readers to return a dark brown leather pocketbook, seek sewing work at home for 9 dollars a week, and inquire at the Journal Office. Also seeks reliable men to sell lubricants with commission and outlines a 130 acre farm for sale with barn and orchard near a town.
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Entral Refining Co
Cleveland
Ohio
Lane
Cugar
Clover
Timothy
Caches Ville
Doctor Arrested Over Wires Tip Betting Plot
Webster accused of using insider tips from Dr. Pettyjohn at the Western Union building to back racing bets. After a scheme to tap telegraph wires surfaced, Webster was arrested following police notification by the physician.
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Western Union
Pettyjehn
Webster
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