A Busy Day of Local Visits and Events
Local residents and visitors fill the city scene with shopping calls, theater attendance, and social visits. Highlights include Tim Murphy's Opera House show A Bachelors Romance, Mrs. Long's funeral, and Emigration agent Watson Stewart’s advice as residents discuss purchases and exchanges.
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Tim Murphy
Opera House
G. W. Kirkpatrick
Kalona
S. K. Leacox
Keota
G. S. James
Sigourney
W. D. Nicholson
Ainsworth
Stewart
Tim Murphy Opera House
Jim Carson
Shakespeare in Music Piano Lecture Recital at Graham
Mr Henry Eames presents a piano forte lecture recital Shakespeare in Music at the Graham on the evening of January 18 1901. The gifted pianist combines extensive study with university training and a legal background before pursuing music.
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Henry Eames
Graham
Hames
Chicago
Norton
Week of Prayer Program in First Century Church Messages
The sequence presents four daily themes for January 9 to January 12 focusing on early church priorities. Topics include gospel message for the twentieth century, steadfast doctrine, brotherly fellowship, and Christian self devotion to world evangelization with Acts chapter references for each day.
Richard the Lion Hearted engages Winfield audience
Lovers await the romantic drama Richard the Lion Hearted at the Winfield New Auditorium next Friday night. Robert Downing stars with Alberta Converse and Chase Herman in a four act production by A. D. Hall Bay, praised for its historical handling and elaborate scenery. Tickets 50c, 100, 150 available via Burlington Route agents.
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Robert Downing
Winfield New Auditorium
Richard
A. D. Hall
Bay
Chicago
Richard the First
England
Downing
Alberta Converse
Mary Anderson
Chase Herman
Frederick Warde
Winfield
Burlington
Recital and lectures announce January events at Graham and university
The listing covers Henry Eames recital at the Graham on Friday evening January 18 with ticket tiers 35 50 and 75 cents. It notes Emma Crile leaving Hotel Colenso for Pleasant Plain Rebecca French returning from Delta with her niece Ran die and shifts lane cottage prayer meeting to Thursday evening. Dr John lecture on Worth of Man January 11 and season tickets for four Wilson lectures at $1 single 50 cents. Also promotes Homeseeker excursions starting January 1 with monthly trips to Sunny Southern Kansas and Oklahoma via Rock Island Route by F E Stewart.
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Henry Eames
Graham
John
H. Wilson
Kansas
Oklahoma
F. E Stewart
Rock Island
Atlas of China on sale at railroad stations
A 16 page Atlas of China 12 by 14 inches offered everywhere for 25 cents. On sale at all large stations of the B C C R N Ry for 10 cents or sent postpaid to any address for 1 cent by John G. Farber Cedar Rapids Iowa.
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China
Jnc
G. Farter
GYP &Ta Bcr&n Ry
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Iowa Central Railway California Tour Inauguration 1900 01
The Iowa Central Railway announces a California tour from Minneapolis to Los Angeles for 1900-1901. The first car leaves Minneapolis on Oct 1 with weekly departures every Wednesday, reaching Los Angeles the following Sunday in four days. Modern lighted palatial vestibule cars and full accommodations are provided. Reports from Iowa Central ticket agents or Geo S Batty, Marshalltown, Iowa, for details.
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Iowa Central Railway
Califoria
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Mason City
Hampton
Ackiey
Eldora
Marshalltown
Grinnell
Oskaloosa
Los Angels
Calif
Los Angeles
California
Iowa Central
Geo S Batty
Iowa
War Office Admits Boer Tactics Mirror Aguinaldo Strain
Cape Town dispatch explains Kroonstadt circular urging Orange River burghers to surrender as refugees flood British towns. London interview reveals War Office views South Africa conflict as fluid and hard to predict with Boer mobility and horse supply shaping strategy.
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Cape Town
Kroonstadt
Orange River Colony
Worcester
Macifices
London
Lond Raglan
Wader
Yeserday
Associated Preas
South Africa
War Office
Sam
DeWet
Philippines
Cape Colony
Burmah
Tord Kitchener
Whitecaps Threaten With Discipline Society Formed
Whiting Indiana reports the Home Discipline Society formed to counter threats from local whitecaps. The group aims to punish alleged wives and children amid rising wife abuse. A member allegedly cut a infant’s head and pulled a wife’s hair, prompting fear of arrest and further action.
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Whiting
Ind
H. D
Home Discipline Society
Senator Spooner bills $300000 for Superior public building site
In Wisconsin Senator Spooner introduced a bill proposing an appropriation of 300000 dollars to purchase a site and erect a public building at Superior Wisconsin. In Kenosha Mrs Fannie B Davis a young widow of this city faced a burglar Monday night guarding her home on Wisconsin Street. She startled the intruder and fired two shots with a pistol after grabbing him by the hair as he tried to escape.
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Chas. Rainer
Coneville
Washington, Jan
Spooner
Superior
Wis
Kenosha
Jan
Fannie B. Davis
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J. Albert Williams & Co
SOL, Rich & CO
Cohrap
WM. Blair & Son
Jacksom
Tenn
Cardus
BE. N. Jowers
Syreey
Chattanooga Medicine O
Chattanooga
W. A. Rowe
Havre
Todd Stuart
Samuel Lewis
Temple Pharmacy
M. T. Anderson
L. D. Higgins
M.C. Struble of
Wellman
Mrs. BE. ©. Keck
Fairfield
Nellie Anderson
D. A
Chalmera
Dingle
Topp
Stuart
Ished
Watson Stewart
Mae McFarland
Rockwell City
WIN Smouse & Co
Tula Warner
Omaha
Rocky Mountain
Stewart’s
Nira
J. H. Lewis
S. Howard White
Mrs Long
West Chester
Alex Colwell
New Holland
Ill
Singmaster Ranch
Marsh Bailey
Creston
Sprouse
Sinke
Mr. Eames
the Evening Journal
Evening Journal
Washington
J. L Brookhart
Washington, Iowa
Stawart’s
West Side Book Store
Peloubets
Week of Prayer
Emma Crile
Hotel Colenso
Pleasant Plain
Rebecca French
Delta
Miss Randie
John P. D. John
Gomez
Aguinaldo
John Bull
Antoinette
Mt Wyste
Sioux City
New York
Wisconsin
New Jersey
United States
Cushman K. Davis
Superior, Wis
Ssell Gilb , Sa Ee Est
Sceweres
N. W. Corner
Brand
D.C. Smith
Cash Grocery
Nervita
Nervita Medical Company
Clinton and
Jackson Streets
Illinois
J. H. Stewart
West Side Sq
Agienbur
Auvnolliia
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