Small Town Notes and Visits Highlight Week
Local residents including Simerman of near West Ches and Thompson of Ainsworth called in the city for business. Estherville’s Chilcote is visiting family, Benn traveled from Ainsworth, and McCreedy hosted a daughter’s visit. Fairfield High girls basketball to play Friday at the Commercial club. Rev. W. Fisher leaves for Des Moines to assist evangelistic services. Mrs. Tom Schulty and daughter travel from West Chester area for a short visit at Randall’s. Alice Mann departs city library duties for Des Moines trip toward Independence. Rites will start January 20 at First United Presbyterian as Rev. Fisher assists Rev. Davis of Des Moines.
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Thompson
Ainsworth
West Chester
Rt Chilcote
Estherville
Ives
Benn
McCreedy
Fairfield High School
Ethall
Fisher
Des Moines
Wanton Devastation After Burglary Hits Indy Grocery
Burglars raided the Butterfly grocery in Munete Indiana on January 13 looting money drawers finding none then drenched the storeroom with kerosene and set fires cause 3000 in damage. Firefighters battled blazes in multiple locations while upstairs flats suffered smoke damage. The store is owned by W. R. Allyn of Indianapolis and managed by R. C. Peterson of Munete.
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Munete
Ind
Butterfly
W. R. Allyn
Indianapolis
R. C. Peterson
Sixteen Lives Cost of Panic at Barnsley Theater
Barnsley England January 13 a crowd stampede in a local theater killed sixteen people including children in arms and injured many others. Officials say there was no danger no fire and the panic arose from the crowd’s own numbers hampering egress.
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Barnsley
York
England
Brilliant Wedding at Baltimore
Mrs Basil Gordon formerly Miss Lelia Sinclair Montague of Virginia married Lieutenant Colonel George Barnett U S M C Christchurch ceremony drew guests from Washington New York and Baltimore Congressman John W Weeks attended as best man Usher line included Colonel Laucheimer Major Charles McCauley and Commander Culver Dombaugh and Paymaster Lovell all in full rank uniforms
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Baltimore
Basil Gordon
Lelia Sinclair Montague
Virginia
George Barnett
Christchurch
Washington
New York
John W. Weeks
Boston
Laucheimer
Charles McCauley
Marine Corps
A. F E. Culver
Pdombaugh
J. Quitman Lovell
Navy
W C T U Persists Against Legalized Liquor Evil
The W C T U marks thirty years with pride in schooling and laws on temperance. A speaker recounts a cork and steel drill to show persistent effort will move barriers like the liquor traffic, and vows to continue until the vice is gone.
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Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
United States
Mary Hunt
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Saloon Keepers Form Saginaw K Y M S Association
Liquor dealers in Saginaw Michigan met to organize a group called the K Y M S association. They aim to advance and protect their business amid calls to curb saloon activity, with the title reportedly meaning Keep Your Mouth Shut.
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Saginaw
Mich
K-Y-M-S Association
Boy Meets Strange Death in Jellicoe
Walter Jones a sixteen year old school boy died in Jellicoe after climbing an electric light pole. A rung caught his clothing causing him to hang head downward and strangle to death as onlookers hesitated to touch him fearing electric shock.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Walter Jones
Jellicoe
Vigorous House Debate on Penal Codes and Boycott Law
Washington January 13 The House debated a bill to codify and revise U S penal laws focusing on section nineteen that legalizes boycotts. The measure remained unsettled as the day’s sessions centered on discussion while the Senate was not in session.
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House
Washington
United States
Senate
Death of Frank Palmer Former Wabash official dies at 65
Chicago Jan 13 Frank Palmer ex assistant general passenger agent of the Wabash railroad is dead aged sixty five due to neuralgia of the heart Palmer retired three years ago after thirty years with the Wabash He is survived by a widow.
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Chicago
Frank Palmer
The
Wabash Railroad
Palmer
Wabash
Pettibone to Undergo Ulcer Operation in Los Angeles
George A. Pettibone, brought from Boise, Idaho after acquittal on Governor Steunenberg murder charge, will soon have an operation for an ulcer in Los Angeles. He has improved since arrival.
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Pettibone
Los Angeles
Cal
George A. Pettibone
Boise
Ida
Steunenberg
John Mitchell Visits Path to Indianap olis Shows Health Gain
John Mitchell president of the United Mine Workers of America travels through Kansas City on his way to Indianapolis and is much improved in health after a rest at Excelsior Springs Missouri.
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John Mitchell
Kansas City
United Mine Workers of America
Indianapolis
Excelsior Springs
Shredder Accident In Indiana Farm Injures Worker
Charles Scotten lost his right forefinger when it was caught in a corn shredder at the Arthur Moor farm in Clayton Indiana. The January incident details the sequence of the injury aboard the farm machinery.
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Clayton
Ind
Charles Scotten
Arthur Moor
Women’s Christian Temperance Union vows to drive out vice
A speaker extols the W C T U across forty lines of work and 300000 women contributing year by year. He says God empowers their effort and that the movement will not rest until vice is banished from the land, acknowledging progress while urging ongoing action.
Local Travel Notes and Business Trips Reported
Local news lists residents leaving for Davenport Keota Waterloo Winfield and other destinations on business and family visits. Oscar Fetters arrives from Des Moines and shows improvement as doctors locate a bullet lodged between ribs from the back with no removal planned.
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Oscar
Arthur Fetters
Des Moines
Verdi
Correction notice for Norton musicale date
A correction states Mrs. D J Norton will give a musicale in the chapel of the Academy on Thursday evening January 16 instead of Tuesday as announced previously. She will present two pupils Miss Dorothy Latchem pianist and Miss Grace Conner vocalist.
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D. J. Norton
The
Academy
Donation Raised For Ill Rural Carrier N. L. Hancock
C. J. Johnson traveled rural route No. 5 and collected 26.80 as a donation for the ill rural carrier N. L. Hancock. The funds will provide much needed relief while Hancock remains off duty and convalesces at home.
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C. J. Johnson
N. L. Hancock
Noah
Change of Place for Chautauqua Entertainments
The Chautauqua entertainments of the Tabernacle and Temple move to the Academy chapel this evening. F B Guthrie, visiting here, leaves for Chicago then western New York to spend a month with relatives and sail February 18 from New York for Elat West Africa via Germany.
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Tabernacle
Temple
Academy Chapel
Covenanter Church
F. B. Guthrie
Chicago
New York
Elat
West Africa
Germany
Simple Remedy for La Grippe coughs risk pneumonia
La Grippe coughs are dangerous as they frequently develop into pneumonia. Foley's Honey and Tar stops the cough and heals the lungs so serious results are feared less. The genuine product contains no harmful drugs and comes in a yellow package. Refuse substitutes. tf.
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Prescription Store
Southeast Corner Square
Johnson’s
Oe Simerman
Near West
Ches
First United Presbyterian Church
W. ©. Fisher
D. M. Davis
Des
Nicola
Harmon
North Side Square
Edwin Griffith
Nroth Side Square
W.C.T. U. Paper
Vienna
W. Cherryholmes
Wyman
Samuel Cocklin
West Liberty
James L
James G. Cowger
Davenport
George H. Lee
Stella
Keota
E. P. Dusenberry
Waterloo
Iowa Pride Stock Powder Co
I. Klein
Arthur Cockayne
Winfield
Mrs. Patterson
Jane Cowger
Crawfordsville
Will Ross
G. W. Hanna
W. G. Robertson
C. R. VanSickle
Lincoln
Nebr
F. P. VanSickle
Oskaloosa
Iowa
W. E. Chilcote
Dist
Agt
Equitable Lite of
Geo. D. Sitzer
M. D
S. E. Corner Square
Roberts Block
Shoop
Iown
George H. Paul Company
City of
Washington County
Dominion of
Canada
Republic of Mexico
State of
Board of Directors
Toe Pessons
Coron
George H. Paul
Joseph Kloppenstein
S. W. Brookhart
Klopfenstein
L. Brookhart
R L. Coulter
D. Teuscher Orville Elder
A. J. Dawson
David McLaughlin
J. Cocklin
Colexso
Lombardo
Chamberlain
Corre
R. King
D&e
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