J C Cain Self Destructs Before Fort Madison Sentence
J G Cain, sentenced to life for murder, slashed himself in jail hours before transfer to Fort Madison. He used a hidden razor, died after severe throat injuries while guards and surgeons attempted to aid him. He left a note on a candy box denouncing Hodgdon and Brennan.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Fort Madison
Charles H. Morris
J. G
Cain
St. Louis
Plymouth Rock
Hodgdon and
Brennan
J. C. Caine
St. Louis Cage
Horace Greeley and the Subscriber Who Stopped His Paper
An old, repeated tale about Horace Greeley and a subscriber who claimed to stop the Tribune by halting his copy. Greeley notes the presses and staff keep working, and warns that readers cannot control a paper’s editorials by limiting one copy.
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Horace Greeley
Mr. Greeley
the Tribune
Davenport Captain Guilty In Court Martial
Captain Kulp of Davenport was found guilty by a court martial for disobeying Adjutant General Thrift's orders to stop a November 21 prize fight in Davenport and was recommended a reprimand. He claimed the match was not a prize fight and that he acted without intent. The court ruled that the disobedience occurred regardless of intent since authorities had ordered the bout halted.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Kulp
Davenport
Thrift
State Center Man Victim Of Practical Marriage License Joke
Nelson D Reimenschneider of State Center Iowa was tricked by friends in Marshalltown into recording a fake marriage license to Miss Flora E Ethington. The hoax required payment of a fee and the couple was unaware the record was fake until now.
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State Center
Iowa
Nelson D. Reimenschneider
Marshalltown
Reimenschneider
Reimensehneider
Flora E. Ethington
Recorder
Young Reimenschneider
Warning on misused money orders after Chicago theft
Postoffice Inspector Stewart warns merchants to avoid accepting money orders numbered 18816 to 19009 after a Christmas Eve robbery at Station 129 in Chicago. Some 185 orders and a government stamp were stolen. if such orders circulate, arrest the passer and report to Chicago.
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Postoffice
Stewart
Chicago
Measles and Bronchitis Heal After Cough Remedy
Geo W Spence of Holly Springs North Carolina credits Chamberlains Cough Remedy with saving his baby daughter from a severe bronchitis after measles settled on the lungs. The note mentions local druggists Cook and Sherman carrying the remedy. Also announced is a Christmas song service at the Baptist church featuring selections from the Messiah with soloists and instrumentalists listed.
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Cliff
Chamberlain
Geo.w. Spence
Holly Springs
N. C
Cook
Sherman
Baptist Church
Rano
Mr. Rogers
Mrs. Nor
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve praised by Le Raysville merchant
O S and S Woolever, a leading Le Raysville merchant, endorses Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for piles and says it cured him twenty years ago. The product is guaranteed for sores wounds burns or abrasions and priced at 25 cents at Stewart’s Pharmacy.
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O. S&s
Minstrel Show Surprises With Columbia Tableau
On Christmas night a hidden tableau closed the first part of the program as the chorus sang Red White and Blue. Miss Alice Anderson appeared as Columbia wrapped in national colors, a particularly pretty scene. Foley's Honey and Tar remains safe under the Pure Food and Drug Law, containing no opiates, sold by druggists.
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Alice Anderson
Columbia
Foley
Brinton Shows Benefit Concerts Set for New Year Day
Seats are on sale for Brinton shows on New Year day with an afternoon benefit for the W R C and an evening benefit for city churches. Tickets are at Lemmon's pharmacy. Mr and Mrs Brinton left for Chicago to secure new pictures for the exhibitions.
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Brinton
Lemmon’s
Chicago
Lou McFarlane Visits Rosebud Father in Louth Dakota
Lou McFarlane of the Rosebud Indian reservation in South Dakota is visiting in Louth Dakota to see his father R. Db. McFarlan. The note lists him as visiting at his father’s ji.
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Lou McFarlane
Rosebud
Louth Dakota
R. Db. McFarlan
Weather forecast for Iowa from Washington DC dispatch
Special to The Evening Journal reports Iowa weather for today and tomorrow. Fair tonight with increasing clouds Sunday, likely unsettled by night.
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Washington, D. C
The
Evening Journal
Iowa
Hidden Union Officers Living in Washington County
The article lists fourteen men of the 65 000 commissioned officers from the Civil War still living in Washington County Iowa. Names include Col. D. J. Palmer Capt. D. E. Cocklin Lieut J. H. Stewart Capt. J. S. Gray Col W. B. Bell Lieut Chas M Stinson Lieut Frank Critz Capt L F Washburn Capt W A Wilson Capt J J Kellogg Capt James Harper Capt J A Young Capt J A Cunningham Captain Woodford. Average age is over 70 years.
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Washington County
Iowa
J. J. Kellogg
D. J. Palmer
D. E. Cocklin
J. H. Stewart
J. S. Gray
Ol. W. B. Bell
Chas. M. Stinson
Frank Critz
L. F. Washburn
W. A. Wilson
James Harper
J. A. Young
J. A. Cunningham
Captain Woodford
Kansas Teacher Seeks Student Answer on Sentence Repair
A Kansas lady school teacher asked her class to correct the sentence I want a mansion in the skies. One pupil proposed improving it by removing the last fourteen letters.
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Kansas
Hartina Soap and Hair Health Offer Hair Promises
An advertisement promises dandruff removal and hair regrowth using Hartina Soap and Hay's Hair Health. It claims scalp cleansing, anti itch, and gray restoration, not a dye, with 25c soap cakes and 50c bottles available from Philo Hay Specialties Co. in Newark New Jersey.
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Hartina
Philo Hay Specialties Co
Clinton St
Newark
N. J
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W. E. Chilcote
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Equitable Life of Iowa
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Harmon
North Side Square
Jonathan
Washington State
August Lombardo
J. C. Cain
Javed
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Messiah
the House of Kuppenheimer
SOL Rich & CO
Leek’s
Edison
Victor Talking
Caner Music Co
South Side Square
Paul
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