Millinery sale and city notices at Lewis store
Trimmed hats advertised at half price at Miss Lewis store alongside January millinery sale. Numerous brief notices report residents visiting, traveling or leaving for nearby towns, with many small towns and names such as Crawfordsville Keota Fairfield and Enid mentioned among travels and arrivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Conner & Schillig
Sam Hout
Crown Cafe
Jap Bidwell
R. M. Wilson
Fairfield
J. G. Maxwell
Crawfordsville
Antho van Sickle
Chicago
Acklen's Arnica Salve advertised for wounds and piles
An 1890s style advertisement touts Acklen's Arnica Salve to cure cuts bruises burns and sore feet with claims of pain relief and pile treatment. It promotes Stewart's Pharmacy as the seller at 0 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crane
California
Chamberlain
Stewart's Pharmacy
Cook & Sherman
Acklen
Stewart’s
Bride Weds Dying Groom In South Bend
In South Bend Indiana on January 6 George P Moorehead wed Miss Mary Niccar Tutt while dying from illness. The Rev M H Appeby officiated and soon after the ceremony Moorehead bequeathed his $50000 fortune to his bride. He died two hours later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
George P. Moorehead
Mary Niccar Tutt
M. H. Appeby
Montreal Fire Destroys Mount Royal Club. One Killed
Fire at the Mount Royal club in Montreal claims the life of a firefighter as timbers topple. Another firefighter is badly injured and a stenographer for the secretary is injured. Loss estimated around $100,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Mount Royal Club
Boiler Explosion in Walker Meat Market Kills Tob Spencer
In Spencer and McNeil’s meat marketWalker Minnesota a boiler on a small engine exploded fatally wounding Tob Spencer a firm member and seriously injuring McNeil and D C Jenkins a farmer who was inspecting the engine for a potential purchase.
Man shoots wife then kills himself in Burlington
In Burlington Iowa on January 6 Frank Benedict fatally shot his wife after she left him and was staying at Steve Erwin's home. Benedict wounded Erwin before fatally shooting himself.
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Conrad Hopengardner
Martin White
Higgins Real Estate Company
San Antonio
Texas
Enid
Oklahoma
J. E. Gault
Burlington
Crawfordsville
Messrs. and Mesdames Win Smouse
Robinson
W. A. Wilson
California
Daniel Wilde
Peoria
Walter
Frank Benedict
Steve Erwin
Castor Nominated for Congress in Third District
Philadelphia January 6 Republicans of the Third district nominate George A. Castor of Philadelphia to succeed the late Congressman Henry Burk Republican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Third Congressional District
George A. Castor
Henry Burk
Out of Harm's Way
A brief theater note features a backstage gag about an orchestra unseen on stage. A playful exchange hints at secrecy and surprise in the performance, with characters joking about why the ensemble is concealed and promising a reveal when music begins.
He Was That You I Kissed in the Cronservatory
A garbled editorial snippet questions a late night kiss in a Cronservatory setting. The fragment hints at a dialogue about the timing but lacks clear context or identifiable figures.
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Cronservatory
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Puritan
J. Albert Williams & Co
Llen’s
Dougherty Bros
the Journal
Evening Journal
Journal
Biber
John Adams
Ainsworth
City
L. D. Higgins
Southeastern
Kansas
Ed Kennel
Keota
Laura Ingham
W. A. Rowe
Margaret
James Boyd
Gladwin
I. B. Schreckengast
East Washington Street
Dr. Fordyce
Illinois
D. F. Riley
Penn Oil Co
Cora Ball
Chas. Hise
Cedar Rapids
Maass’ Music Store
Emmet Booth
Des Moines
Miss Roth
Clayton Neiswanger
G. W. Lindauer
Colby
Harper
Leslie Parker
Dr. Parker
Brighton
Rock Island
Lal
Defender Mfg. Co
Heath Lee
Ieee
New York
Washington, Iowa
Papa
Frederick
Mr. Fosdick
Mr. Glanders
Harm
Graham Theatre
Warren Moore
Mington, Iowa
John M. Hickey
John Griffith
Baxter
H. A. Baxter
Successo
Samson
Livingston
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