M B A Installation Honors Local Officers
A M B A installation meeting was held in the office of Wm. P Moor. The nine officers were installed as the organization, two years old, grows to about 25 000 members nationwide. Six new members were received on Saturday. Officers include Ray Stewart Vice President and others such as Secretary Treasurer J L Zeber and Chaplain G W Hillhouse.
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Wm. P. Moor
M. B
U. S
Ray Stewart
Wi Eaimouse
Ceee Een
Moéthart
Death of Mrs. Patrick J. Hanley at Nira
A message reports the death of Mrs. Patrick J. Hanley at her father Wm Stapleton's home in Nira. She had suffered from consumption for several months and was cared for by her father for weeks. Her husband, who has been with her for the last three weeks, mourns with her bereaved parents and friends.
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Patrick J. Hanley
Wm. Stapleton
Nira
Hanley
Hias
Keister Takes Over Butler County News at Shell Rock
H. E Keister, longtime Daily Courier editor, moves to Shell Rock to manage the Butler County News. Editor McKantyre resigns part of his county attorney duties to allow full plant oversight. Keister is praised as an experienced newspaper man and will lead the News to shine. Ep.—Harry’s friends wish him success in his new field.
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H. E Keister
Daily Courier
Shell Rock Today
Butler County News
McKantyre
The
News
Keister
Waterloo
Harry
Entertainments and oil prospects noted in local notices
Mrs. Henrietta Vinton Davis of Washington DC will perform at the A M E church tomorrow evening, guest of Wesley Moore. Albert Young, the singer, is in the city with hosts Mr and Mrs L Black. John R Out of Mt Pleasant formed Milwaukee Oil Co with relatives. operates a Los Angeles area well said to yield fortunes, they declined 90000 offer. E Lewis of Lewis & Co departs for Lime Creek township to serve as assessor. Washington seeks a normal school and representatives should push for it. W B Bell returns from Wellman business trip. W B Reister and wife visit daughter Mrs Bert Tracy at Brighton and return home. The days grow longer. S B Barden travels to Oskaloosa. Mrs Ed G Fox travels to Brighton to visit her sister. Miss Bessie Conger leaves Des Moines after Sunday visit.
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Henrietta Vinton Davis
Washington, DC
A. M. Eo
Wesley Moore
Albert Young
L. Black
Jobn R. Out
Mt. Pleasant
California
Milwaukee Oil Co
Los Angeles
E Lewis
Lewis & Co
Lime Creek Township
Washington
W. B. Bell
Wellman
W. B. Reister
Bert Tracy
Brighton
Wisdom
Forecast for Iowa Rain or Snow Threatens Tonight
Weather bulletin from The Weather Washington D C dated January 15 predicts threatening conditions with rain or snow across northern eastern central Iowa tonight, with unsettled conditions extending into the east.
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Eist
Sibley Trial Evidence Focuses on Murder Confession
In Taylorville Illinois on January 15 the Fred Sibley murder trial featured testimonies claiming Sibley confessed to Miss Jane Brunot’s killing. Witnesses placed Brunot and Sibley together about 6:30 p.m. near Brunot’s home and near the Maxfield House in Pana later that night.
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Young Sibley
Taylorville
Ill
Fred Sibley
Jane Brunot
Doyle
Kieley
Frank H. Cheney
Sibley
Thomas Inman
Thomas Moore
Brunot
Siby
Clara Foster
Maxfield
Pana
Thomas Sibley
Defendant
Fred
Fred Dahler
Sibleys
Maxfield House
Imane
The Story of an African Farm excerpt notes internal transformation
Extracted prose shows a narrator lost in apathy who discovers new purpose through labor. The speaker rejects life yet embraces physical effort and learning, noting hunger, toil, arithmetic study, and the sense of awakening as a form of life and meaning. The passage contrasts cold detachment with emerging intellectual drive.
A Tale of Life in the Boer Republic
An extended extract traces a narrator’s meditation on life, nature, and meaning from a farm setting in the Boer Republic. It moves from anatomy and plants to ants and birds, then follows Waldo and Em on a farm where a mysterious Englishman reflects on science, art, and truth through a carved wooden post and a hunting parable about truth versus illusion.
Concert of Whimsy Breaks Into Nighttime Ballads
Vague scene describes merriment and dancing figures by a narrator, with playful imagery of bubbles and wine. The fragment hints at a continuing tale, suggesting a literary passage rather than a reporting item.
Havre Woman Visits Family As City Building Prospects Look Up
Miss Eichelberger of Havre spent Sunday at the D J Eichelberger home and returned this morning. Prospects for building in the city are good for the coming year.
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Eichelberger
Havre
D. J Eichelberger
Lost mitten found on the square with fur trim
A fur trimmed kid mitten was lost on Saturday on the square. Finder should leave it at this office. Also notices a sale for a hotel property in Crawfordsville listing fourteen rooms and furnace heat. Contact H C Allen Crawfordsville.
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Crawfordsvlle
H C. Allen
Crawfordsville
Blank Cigars Advertised For After Dinner Use
A traveler's note praises Blank cigars for reducing fatigue and loneliness on journeys. The copy claims the smoke brightens the mind and aids digestion, offering an after dinner experience readers will want to repeat.
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JL Zeber
G W Hillhouse
White Watchman
Jacob Lambert
Eeeseaess
Shell Rock
S. B. Barden
Oskaloosa
Ed G. Fox
Bessie Conger
Des Moines
Washington, D. C
Olive Schreiner
Boer Republic
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Alladeen
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Lyndall
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Homeseekers
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