Sigourney Bank Cashier Utterback Dies After Self Inflicted Wound
Gilbert F. Utterback cashier of the Sigourney Savings Bank died at eleven this morning after shooting himself Monday evening. He had been under severe strain from bank runs and notes overdue. The bank is closed by order of the state auditor with receivers named Henry Snakenberg and A. Schipfer. Funeral will be Sunday with his mother and sister in California, and his wife left unaware he planned to leave.
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Sigourney
Evening Journal
Gilbert F. Utterback
Sigourney Savings Bank
Utterback
California
Keokuk County
A. Schipfer
Picturesque Rotterdam Boats At The Quay
In Rotterdam harbor quaint Dutch boats crowd the quay with bright carvings and lace curtain windows. Families dry brass pots on deck while children peek from cabins and women gossip as men smoke and lounge amid a lively harbor scene.
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Rotterdam
Edward Penfield
Scribner’s
Strychnine Purchase Sparks Domestic Comedy
A rural farmer admits he dislikes changes after buying strychnine to kill rats. He jokes with a druggist, planning to tell his wife Martha and noting the old family habit of storing poison beside baking powder. The tale captures a humorous take on inertia and superstition.
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Martha
Detroit Free Press
How Did the Turtle Find His Way
A sea turtle branded aboard an English steamer near St. Helena was tossed overboard after falling ill. The next year the same steamer met the same turtle off St. Helena, over 4,000 miles from where it had been discarded.
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Danforth
St. Joseph
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinxnam
Florence Danforth
Miles Ave
Epitaph Read In Virginia Cemetery
The Philadelphia Press recounts a travel note about a neglected Virginia grave of a stout slave named Aliza Wite. The inscription read 800 pounds and the line open wide the golden gates. The author reflects on peculiar epitaphs seen during a southbound journey.
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Virginia
Aliza Wite
Golden Gates
Philadelphia Press
Army Firing Positions and Range Rules
The army prescribes four firing positions: standing kneeling sitting and lying. Lie is required for 800 and 1000 yard ranges, while both lying and sitting are used up to 2000 yards. At 100 and 200 yards siting and standing are prescribed. kneeling may substitute for sitting. For most shooters sitting is better than kneeling.
Silent debate over marriage in anxious mother dialogue
Anxious mother warns a hesitant daughter against marrying a reporter saying a husband stays out late. The maiden counters that many husbands are absent and asks if a reporter is the same, but the mother refuses to listen.
Fancy Sketch Dialogue Prompts Shopping Request
Somerville Journal notes a humorous exchange as Mrs Wiggles asks for $2 to shop and Mr Wiggles counters that $2 is insufficient while presenting a twenty dollar bill. The piece reads as a whimsical household vignette.
Original and Sudden. Camera Fiend-Shall I take you
A brief exchanges in the Houston Post notes a playful scene as a camera fiend questions Miss Passee and Miss Passee responds with surprise and intrigue, reflecting a lively social vignette.
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Miss Passee
Houston (Tex
Post
Box Social at Presbyterian Church This Evening
The Senior Endeavor Society of the Presbyterian church plans a box social in the church parlors after prayer meeting tonight. Last evening the Twentieth Century Reading Circle met at Mrs. Letitia Palmer’s home on West Washington street for an engaging program and pleasant social hour.
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Endeavor Society
The
Presbyterian Church
Letitia Palmer
West Washington Street
Young Academy group enjoys bobsled ride to Alma Sowash home
A merry crowd of young people from the Academy were entertained last evening at Miss Alma Sowash's home near West Chester. They traveled by bobsled and spent the night in purposeful revelry, returning home in time to relish breakfasts after the long ride.
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Academy
Alma Sowash
West Chester
Sowash
Dinner event for Navajo Basket Club hosts
The Navajo Basket Club members were entertained at a twelve o'clock dinner today by Mrs Harrie Horne and Mrs E F Neal at Neal’s home. A sumptuous noon meal followed by an afternoon of work made one of the most delightful occasions in the club’s history.
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Navajo Basket Club
Harrie Horne
E. F. Neal
Marriage of William H Goodwin and Myrtle Edwards
This morning at eleven o'clock in Rev R D Behlin study the marriage joined William H Goodwin and Myrtle Edwards. Both live near Verdi and Miss Edwards is daughter of James and Mrs Edwards west of Verdi while Mr Goodwin is son of Charles Goodwin formerly living south of the city. Friends extend congratulations.
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William H. Goodwin
Myrtle Edwards
Peo le
Verdi
Miss Edwards
James Edwards
Mr. Goodwin
Charles Goodwin
Journal
Bell Social Planned at Second U P Church Area
The social committee of the Second U P church will hold a bell social at George Lemon’s home two miles southeast of town next Thursday evening. Teams meet at the church at seven o clock sharp. each participant must bring a bell or risk walking.
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Second U. P. Church
George Lemon
Rankin Accepts Stenographer Post in Carthage Law Office
Miss Dwinnie Rankin accepts a stenographer position in the office of O Harra a Carthage lawyer. Sent by Elliott's Business College she encounters a Quincy College representative upon arrival and earns the job after testing. She will depart for Carthage at the start of the week.
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Dwinnie Rankin
O. Harra
Carthage
Miss Rankin
Elliott’s
Business College
Business College of
Quincy
Dwinnie
Regular meeting at Masonic Temple on Jan 14 7:30 PM
Notice for a regular meeting to be held Thursday evening January 14 at 7 30 in the Masonic Temple. Installation of officers planned and attendance expected from members. SU 31
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Masonic Temple
A Fine Show at the Graham Promises Royal Slave Tonight
A Royal Slave will be staged at the Graham tonight delivering a fine performance. Local patrons are urged to attend as the production showcases strong acting and period staging.
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The
Graham
Domestic Troubles and Dr King New Life Pills Ad
An advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a remedy for stomach and liver troubles. It claims they relieve and cure problems and promotes a 25 cent price at Stewart’s Drug Store.
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Dr. King
Stewart’s
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