Stage Hand Builds World Famous Playbill Collection
English plasterer Thomas Conolly amasses rare playbills, librettos, and programs dating to the 1600s and 1794, with autographs from Booth, Marlowe, Sothern, Caruso, Patti, and Dickens. His Chicago home houses items from Madison Square Garden to Covent Garden, with plans to donate to historical societies.
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Chicago
British Museum
Thomas Conolly
United States
Edn't
Booth
Edw'n Forrest
Jotta Crabtree
Joe Jefferson
the Sotherns
Madison Square Garden
Niblo Gardens
New York
McVicker’s
Hooley’s
Haymarket
Conolly
Chicaro
Mme. Patti
Robert Mantell
E. H
Julia Marlowe Sothern
Eddie Foy
Lilly Langtry
Enrico Caruso
Paderewski
Ellen Terry
Squire Bancroft
Sarah Bernhardt
David Belasco
Brighton
Covent Gardens
Drury Lane
London
Phineas Fletcher
Tom Conolly
Lambs Club
Athenian Society
Great Britain
Charles Dickens
Pony Express
Abraham Lincoln
Iowa brief on jail inmate sues over rubbing alcohol
Clinton man in Whiteside county jail on liquor charge files suit to recover 5200 cases of rubbing alcohol valued at 22000 dollars. Chariton assault and battery suit features female plaintiffs witnesses and jury with only men as judge and attorneys.
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Clinton
E. W. Voespel
Whiteside County
Chariton
Dubuque Farmer to Stand Trial for Fatal Shooting
Dubuque county farmer John Duschner who confessed to shooting his son in law John Dolene during a quarrel will face trial in the January term of district court. The case hinges on the confession and the circumstances of the fatal incident.
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Dubuque
John Duschner
John Dolene
Wesleyan College sues for note judgment in district court
Keokuk Suit filed in district court by Iowa Wesleyan College to recover 21 691 89 on a note that has been assigned to the college.
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Keokuk
Iowa Wesleyan College
Burlington Names Wm. Glick President of Baseball Association
At the meeting last night Burlington Mississippi Valley League members re elected William Glick as president. Ed Reichle will continue as manager after taking charge late last season.
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Burlington
Wm. Glick
Burlington Baseball Association
Ed Reichle
Keokuk Iowa Holds Rich Civil War and Industrial Heritage
Keokuk Iowa presents a history of Civil War hospital activity and a 1905 hydroelectric dam project that spurred diverse manufacturing. The city hosts ships repair docks on the Mississippi, large docks, and major industries from steel castings to rubber tires. It features a double deck bridge, country clubs and fraternal temples, churches including St. John's Episcopal, and nearby sites Warsaw Nauvoo and Marquette Joliet footprints.
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Keokuk
Iowa
Mississippi
Gate City
Des Moines
Dubuque
St. Paul
Hoboken
United States
Montrose
Hugh L. Cooper
Niagara
Illinois
Chicago
New York
Tennis Club
Keokuk Country
Henry Clowes
Scofield
U.S. Army
Bathifige
Warsaw
Fort Edwards
Nauvoo
Marquette
Joliet
Hamed
Lake Keokuk
Corn Sugar Advocates Call for Label Law Change
An article argues corn sugar boosts farming and industry, urges removing labeling bans, and cites Senator Cummins and Congressman Cole. It details corn sugar uses in food, medicine, and energy, and criticizes obsolete laws hindering its adoption and price parity with cane sugar.
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Cedar Rapids
Fts
Hairy Foods
Congress
A. B. Cummins
Cyrenus Cole
Welcome back Alice Wehr as school resumes after break
Hardscrabble notes welcome Alice Wehr back to school after a two week vacation and bid farewell to Wilfred Wehr who left with his sister Genevieve for St. Mary's Parochial. The district records a flurry of visits and social gatherings at the homes of the Wehr, Conkity, Robertson and Carris families with chatter about neighbors, a new radio, and local chores and meals.
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Ton
Columbus High School
Coe College
Hartwich High School
Ben Hetfield
Kansas City
Hetfield
Frank Bouton
Odd Fellows Home
Mason City
Lonnie Pace
Muscatine
Luli Orr
Marcus
Harry Wheeler
Morning Sun
M. F. Patton
George Drake
Cedar Rapids
8. R. Drake
Misa Gertrude Owens
Iowa State College
Alice Wehr
Wilfred Wehr
Wilfred
Genevieve
Keotu
St. Mary's Parochial School
Frank Conkity
Wayne Francis
Joe
Matt Wehr
John Robertson
Ware
S. D. Carris
Joe Wehr
Marjorie
Mary Louise Robertson
Pete Fritchen
Jake
Lizzie
Frank Smith
Howard Swisher
Doyle Smith
Lee Ralston
West Ches
Ise
Ralph Kleese
Charles McKinstry
Winifred Carris
Titus
D. Carris
J. C. Carris
D. Cars Tig
Jim Pulver
Jane Strouse
Dublin
Frank Conklty
David Banks
Earl Burroughs
Verdi
Ralph Edwards
Washington
John Wehr
Clarence Lynn
Robertson
Zotas Robertson
A. J. Robertson
Paul Sparks
Convention to Elect County Superintendent of Schools
Notice sets a convention in Washington Iowa at 1 30 PM on Tuesday January 19 1926 to elect a county superintendent for the unexpired term ending September 1 1927. Each district type votes once. A L Griffith county auditor signs the notice.
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Court House
Washington
Iowa
A. L. Griffith
Marsh visits Warsaw and Keokuk before St Louis address
R O Marsh known for white Indians on the Isthmus of Darien is visiting his old home in Warsaw Illinois and in Keokuk on the way to St Louis to speak before scientists there.
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Keokuk
R. O. Marsh
Darien
Warsaw
St. Louis
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Cascara Quinine
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Main
Treeter
J.C. McKay
Washington, la
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Cotter Savings Bank
Richard Jenkins
F. M. Molesworth
Frank van Horn
J. G. Thomas
W. C. Jones
G. C. Duncan
R. L. Richards
Alfred Morgan
State Board of Health
Grandview School Board
Presbyterian Church
Winfield
Earl Heilmeier
Lloyd Bouton
Dorothy Schoch
Alpha Xi Delta
George Bennett
R. N. Johnston
Theresa Wilson
Davenport
Young Woman's Christian Association
Florence Bliss
J. J. McShane
Wil
Keokuk, Iowa
Commercal
Glen Perry
H. T. Carris
Mary Lou
California
Te Burlington
Royal Gorge
Eleet County
Washington Credit Bureau
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