Local Notices and Social Movements Highlight Day
Miss Laura Rich visits Chicago today. N. L. Long of Crawfordsville is in town on business. Harvey M. Pratt and Johanna Knecht obtained a license to wed yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Brookhart return home to Mt. Sterling after visiting S. W. and J. L. Brookhart homes. Miss Teresa Swift graduates from St. Mary’s hospital nursing program and stays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Swift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. L. Long
Crawfordsville
Harvey M. Pratt
Johanna Knecht
A. C. Brookhart
S. W
Cure a Cold in One Day Advertisement
An ad touts Warner’s White Wine of Tar Syrup as the best cough remedy, priced 25 and 50 cents and sold by J. H. Stewart. A locomotion holiday notice states Christmas and New Year’s days on Sundays lead to closures on December 26, 1904, and January 2, 1905, with the Co R I P freight office shut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner
J. H. Stewart
Hl. W. Russel
Munn & Co
Scientific American
Amy Etopele Journal
Terma, 63 - Year Ruler Freceret Tea, Old By All Newsdealera
New York
Washington
Cheap R rates to Southwest by C. M. & St. P. Ry
The notice advertises low round trips to the Southwest via the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railway with 718.00 to Oklahoma Arkansas Louisiana and many Texas points and return. It lists 23.00 to Pecos Tex and Carlsbad N M and return and 624.50 to El Paso Tex and return.
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C. M
ST. P. RY
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Pecos
Tex
Carlsbad
N. M
el Paso
County News Journal Correspondents Report Local Happenings
Journal correspondents across communities report daily events and updates from their areas. News briefs highlight social, civic, and cultural happenings with a focus on local figures and institutions.
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Journal
Where the People Go What They Do Accidents Deaths Births and Marriages
Rural Route details local events and people including Miss Elsie Booth visiting sister Mrs Max Gordon, Rev Thorne leading Plains church services, Mr and Mrs Andy Simpson spending Christmas at Will Tod home, Ezra Smith injured by stepping on a nail, Lem Negley hosting dinner, Mrs A R Page visiting grandson Edward Grant of Ottumwa, Lincoln school vacation, Frisk children with grandparents Rathmel while parents in Oklahoma, George Brown visiting New York, Maud McGuire vacationing with aunt Mrs Bessie Benson, and various Sunday visits across the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Booth
Max Gordon
the Plains Church
Thorne
Andy Simpson
Will Tod
Ezra Smith
Lem Negley
A. R. Page
Edward Grant
Ottumwa
Lincoln School
Mrs. Frisk
Wm. Rathmel
Oklahoma
E. S. Bishop
T. Ik. Thrasher
George Brown
New York
Maud McGuire
Bessie Benson
Harry Welch
BE. N. Helwick
Holiday Visitors and Obituaries Share Washington News
Dec 28 reports Hortense Benn visits sister in Washington while Arnot, Rodney Matthews return from Keota. Alma Sharp and others entertained at Orin Funston's. Miss Ode Henderson visits Washington. Funeral of Mrs J F Williams Crawfordsville noted. Dec 29 a wedding at Fitzgerald home as Grace Williams weds J T Wallace with Mendelssohn march.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hortense Benn
Washington
Chas. McCreedy
Arnot
Rodney Matthews
Senderson
Keota
Ola Santee
Clarinda
I. G. Sands
Ralph Shearer
Albia
Dwinnie Rankin
Orin Funston
Alma Sharp
Ode Henderson
G. M. Welch
H. ‘Ll. Owen
Shelly
Ottawa
J. FE. Williams
Crawfordsville
U. P
Rev. Thompson
W. A. Walker
Weather forecast for Iowa today and tomorrow
Special report from Washington D C predicts generally fair conditions for today and Friday with rising temperatures. No precipitation expected.
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Washington, D. C
Dee
The
Evening Journal
Iowa
Wallace farm four miles NW to begin housekeeping
Notices recount neighbors and travelers returning home or visiting, then announce a public sale on the Henry Berdo farm eight miles north of town for January 5 1905 at 10 am. Merchandise includes two horses 18 cattle 20 shoats 16 tons hay corn and farm implements with 12 month terms on sums over 10 and cash under 10 with 6 percent discount. Auctioneers C S Reeves and clerk J A McCoy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Berdo
Ave
C. S. Reeves
J. A. McCoy
Basketball Tonight at the Armory Oska Y M C A vs Bums
The Armory hosts a basketball game tonight with Oska Y M C A facing the Bums. Expect a heated venue, strong effort from the boys, and ample seating for supporters to cheer them on.
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Oskaloosaa Y. M.C. A
Blank Books and School Books at Duncans
All kinds of ten cent cakes at Johnsons.
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Duncan's
Johnson’s
Carris family returns from Devil's Lake visit
S. D. Carris his wife and granddaughter Belle Jay arrived by the Rock Island from Devil's Lake North Dakota where they spent several weeks. They left Monday but were storm stayed and only reached the city this morning. Fred Smith of Richland was an overnight visitor last night and attended the party at the Club House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. D. Carris
Belle Jay
Rock Island
Devil’s Lake
North Dakota
Devil's Lake
Fred Smith
Richland
Electric Bitters and local services ad blend
An old advertisement promotes Electric Bitters as a cure for nervousness sleeplessness and stomach upsets with claims of restoring digestion kidneys and liver. It markets a money back guarantee and notes public bathrooms laundry services offered by local businesses in a period tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Stewart
The Old Time Garden Principles and Plant Choices
A column urges embracing genuine American colonial style in gardening. It argues against importing European designs and says success comes from loving flowers and studying plant needs. It stresses adapting to local settings, with simple plantings like lilies, larkspurs, and chrysanthemums enhancing modest suburban lots.
Colorado Blue Spruce: A Graceful Native Timber and Ornament
The article extols the Colorado blue spruce as a beautiful, hardy native species. It notes the spruce’s evergreen leaves, silver blue to sage tones, and a dense, symmetrical form with minimal pruning. It highlights Ables pungeus as a premier commercial specimen, valued for longevity and vigor.
Bermuda lily bulb disease cure found by agriculture experts
Experts in the department of agriculture report a method to produce Bermuda lily bulbs free of disease. They note that about 40 percent of millions of bulbs imported are diseased. A mix of garden tips and notes on plants follows including hanging oxalis baskets, carnations, crotons, cranberries, quinces, and scarce quinces this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Foxy Father Sets Winifred and Louis to Wed
Louis Olmsted learns from his father that Winifred will marry another, then returns home and declares love. Winifred accepts, they marry in a family gathering, while Mr. Olmsted, Sr. voices quiet disapproval as a friend reports their wedding.
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Winifred
Louis Olmsted
Kin
Bin
Caroline
Louis
Mr. Olmsted
Mr. Olmsted, Sr
Quick relief remedy for stomach cramps ad copy
The notice promotes Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as immediate relief for sudden stomach pain and colic attacks. It claims no doctor needed and lists Stewart’s Pharmacy and Cook & Sherman as sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart's Pharmacy
2Cook & Sherman
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