Local Notices and Busy Day at Baxter’s Elevator
Local items note plenty of cobs at Baxter's Elevator and fresh baked goods at Vienna and Johnson bakeries. Individuals travel for business, school, and visits between Davenport Muscatine Champaign and Jackson townships. A sale of 120 acres in Jackson township from William Randall to Anthony Horak is reported.
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Baxter
J. A. Y. Ashby
Jackson Township
Wm. Randall
Anthony Horak
Johnson
Chas. Winters
John Wolf
Dennis Bush
Cedar Township
Mr. Wolf
Will Nicola
Baxter's
County News Journal Correspondents Report Local Happenings
The County News highlights daily events from correspondents across communities. Local reports cover social happenings, town meetings, new businesses, and upcoming events with concise details and community impact.
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Journal
Where the People Go Accidents Deaths Births and Marriages
A compact notice page recounts local incidents and life events as reported by staff. It lists accidents, deaths, births, and marriages through a steady stream of brief items tied to community members and places.
Local Notes from Washington and Surrounding Towns
Miss Eva C brown returns from Lost Nation Iowa teachers report. J M Stewart Jr wins multiple prizes at Morning Sun Poultry Show with Plymouth Rock and Silver Lace Wyandotte entries. Clara Coulter visits home then returns to Washington. Harry Pearson returns from Paris with cattle carload. Mrs Amos Poland visits her father J M Stewart Sr. Miles Gladys and Florsie Fitzgerald visit in Washington. George Warneck returns from Edwin Porter home. Prof R S Dix back from Bowen vacation. John Hopengardeer visits W Price home. Mrs L B Cocklin at Essley home in Washington. Mrs G M Welch and Hope Livingston return from Washington due to illness of Mrs M J Henderson.
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Eva C. Brown
Lost Nation
Iowa
C. Pearson
Washington
J. M. Stewart, Jr
Morning Sun
Plymouth Rock
Cockrell
Clara Coulter
R. Jf. Coulter
Harry Pearson
Paris
Amos Poland
Avoga
J. M. Stewart
Miles Gladys
Florsie Fitzerald
George Warneck
Edwin Porter
Prof
R. 8
Dix
Bowen
John Hopengardeer
W. Price
Local residents in Winfield attend several visits and services
Jen T. Rickey conducts business in Winfield today. Mrs. G A Pierce of Washington visits the Orris and Sewell homes over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. E G McFarland go to Washington for Miss Randall's death. Methodist meetings continue this week. Rev J S Cotton will speak for Mr Tennant tomorrow. D M Young transacts county-seat business. Mrs Elia Walker arrives from Mt Pleasant for ill daughter Mrs R B Tennant. Joe Nebel travels to Washington this morning. Chris Berry of Wayne travels to Iowa City for business. David Griffith visits Winfield on business. Robert Turkington and family return home after Sabbath visit with D H Griffith. Robert Shaffer leaves for Winfield. Miss Etna Twinam back from two week visit with Eva and Georgia Gookin near Columbus Junction.
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T. W. Rickey
Winfield
G. A. Pierce
Washington
S. Kk. Orris
W. Sewell
E. G. McFarland
Ceat
Elia Walker
Mt. Pleasant
RB. L. Tennant
Joe Nebel
Chris Berry
Wayne
Iowa City
David Griffith
Robert Turkington
Wyman
Cold Morning and Travel News
The thermometer showed 11 above this morning and one above yesterday morning. A crisp wind made the day seem colder. Chas. Saling Jr. returned this morning on the R. I. from a trip to Davenport.
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Chas. Saling, Jr
R. I
Davenport
Magnates Meet On Player Drafting Plan
Minner Leagues plan to present case to National and American League Commissions. Key figures include President and six organizers with Attorney Gino. Aimed at reforming player classification and draft procedures despite opposition from the American League.
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Gino
Petit
Exoneration and Indictment Tossed in Oregon Case
Mayor George H. Williams and Police Chief Charles H. Hunt had indictments dismissed by State Circuit Judge A J Frazer in Porthand Ore District Attorney Manning sought full exoneration of Williams from offense claims Related items note interstate commerce commission rehearing for rebates case and other scattered updates across cities including Cincinnati London and Washington Jan 7 1909 style notices
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
Colorado Fuel and Tron Company
Atchison
Spiritist squanderer made incompetent by probate court
St. Joseph Michigan January 9 William Abernathy a spiritualist who burned through a fortune of fifty thousand dollars in business deals he believed were directed by signs from his deceased son communicated daily. The probate court declared him incompetent and appointed a guardian.
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Spirit
Costa
St. Joseph, Mich
William Abernathy
Mrs Patterson Sails for Europe to Aid Countess Gizyckl
Mrs RR W Patterson sails from New York aboard the steamer Deutsch to visit her daughter Eleanor Countess Gizyckl of Poland in Europe. The countess, formerly of Chicago, is reported to be critically ill by telegram received here.
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Washington
Jan
W. Patterson
New York
Europe
Deutsch Hind
Eleanor
Gizyckl
Poland
Chicago
Jacksonville treasurer replaced at state school for the blind
Governor Yates dismissed the longtime treasurer of the state school for the blind at Jacksonville. Charles S. Black of Jacksonville was appointed to succeed him.
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Bloomington
Tih
Jan
Ed Ae. Vaught
State School For the Blind
Jacksonville
Yates
Charles S. Black
Fires threaten Chippewa Falls business district saved
Quick work by nearly all villagers prevented a wider blaze after Randell's store burned and several buildings were damaged. In Joliet a man died after a death at Philadelphia, while Burnham & Co. and Chi Coke Architects were mentioned in connection with incidents. The Philadelphia ties of the painters' union faced declines and only one shop in the city could operate.
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Chippewa Palla
Wis
Jan
Boyd
Ramedell
Philadelphia
Dan CM
Wilkon
Tduf Burnham & Co
Chi Coke
Joliet
Chinese Language and Script Challenges in Europe
The passage discusses Chinese characters and language learning, noting the difficulty of Chinese writing for learners. It mentions a British museum book with thirty two character types and compares Basque and Gaelic for European language difficulty, highlighting unique script features and absence of alternatives in Chinese syntax.
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Pritish Museum
Post Office Babel in Singapore Tracks Many Languages
The Singapore post office employs multilingual letter carriers to deliver mail to a diverse population. A Malay carrier handles packets for Europeans and various groups while a Chinaman and a Tutu also assist, often with help from a Sikh translator for pidgin and local languages.
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Singapore
Dewi
Telecu
Dadtin Citipe
Stockbroker’s wife uncovers suspected intoxication link
A London woman suspects her husband on the stock exchange drinks too much. She tests him by asking him to pronounce long words and records a list of terms he supposedly misreads, ending in tears as she presents the notes.
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Stock Exchange
London
Snow Crystals Formed by Water Vapor Crystallization
Snow falls as water vapor freezes into ice crystals in clear air. Each snowflake is a light, geometrical solid built around centers, with air pockets giving its low density. Rain remains liquid, falling as drops.
Lengthy sermons and divisions in seventeenth century Presbyterian practice
The article recounts a dissenting preacher named Lobb who stretched sermons into twenty divisions and long expositions. It notes Thomas Boston and Photius Posten as later figures, describing how sermons could last hours with multiple preachers, sometimes up to ten hours, and cites Bishop Willdon in the nineteenth century.
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Seothind
Lobb
Sonth
Tiber
Deerd
Timane
Thomas Boston
Phothas Posten
Mir Toston
Willdon
Fragmented Love Quotations and Phrases
A jumble of love quotes and misquoted attributions from various authors appears as scattered lines. Names like Shakespeare Tennyson La Rochefoucauld Byron Thackeray mingle with garbled phrases about love and its seasons, coquetry, and second chances.
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Aim
Byron
Trolley Conductor Foils Free Ride Plot, Knight Remarks
The Knight of the bell strap recalls riders bragging about cheating conductors for a free trip. A trolley conductor rings the bell to let off a passenger who rode merely to a nearby square, exposing the thin ruse of riders hoping the car misses their intended stop.
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Philadelphia Press
Husking Bee Conversation Sparks Gentle Teasing
A Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet recalls a husking bee exchange about romance. A man asks about a red ear and the prettiest girl, then admits kissing the homeless girl. The joke ends with husky farmers feeling snubbed, highlighting playful social banter.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Cause of Surf
The article explains gravity waves as oscillatory motions in water, with deep water waves remaining unbroken until depth reduces their height to equal the depth. When shore shelving or rocks prevent free oscillation, deep water columns fail to balance shallower ones, creating progressive breakers as waves meet the shore regardless of wind direction.
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the Evening Journal
Orville Elder
Punuisuer
Foat Main Street
Piacoa
Vienna Bakery
Frank Stewart
Muscatine
Vienna
Hi. G. Crawford
Wm. Cherry
Ches. Gorham
Col. Junction
The
Johnson Bakery
Fred Jordan
Frank Roberts
Ainsworth
Frank Beatty
Wayne County
Elizabeth Russel
McColl and DeMarce
Clarence Proudtit
Trenton
Jacob Lohrer
S. W. Washington
Lohrer
Hardin County
O. E. Smith
Union, Ia
E. Third Street
Journal Office
Jersey
E. A. Lewis
Ashby
Marion Anderson
the County News
Crawfordsville
Minner Leagues
Williams
Portland, Ore
Gowstree
Columbus
Deen
Cincinnati Realty Company
Cineinmatic
Hits Deen
Pike
Cincinnati
Stowhood
OM. Pagalls
Hig Four Railway
Derby
Ratuiel A. Salvatore
Shelton
Woashington
Dan
House Committee On Military Affairs
Scarborough
Dover
Yarmouth
Henach Gardens
Amy Arbor
Mich
John Gs. Reichert
Julius
Katherine
Sioeach
Very Hl
Patane
BABEL
Schiller
Barry Cornwall
Shakespeare
Tennyson
la Rochefoucauld
Lverysday Swindlers
Remington
Remington Typewriter Company
Broadway
Remington Typewriter CO
St. Stree, Des Moines, Iowa
Manus Desians
CopyniautTs &c
Munn & Co
Sargeat Khe
My Lady OF the North
Widerness
Mr. Parish
A.C. McClurg & Co, Publishen
Mason
Transfer & Storage Co
Chamberlain
Stewart’s Pharmacy
Cook & Sherman
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