Local and Personal Four Hours Reported
Aurora and Magnet literary societies held their first joint session in Chapel Hall with a crowded audience. Debates on the Nicaragua canal favored by Mises Grace Lytle and Howard McConnaughey, and a mandolin club encore provided musical interludes.
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Academy Literary Societies
Academy Chapel
Aurora and Magnet Literary Societies
Academy
Chapel Hall
Mises Grace Lytle
Howard McConnaughey
Local trades and travels noted in brief dispatch
Jan 16 entries show J. D Dayton riding with Washington and Chas King visiting as a business caller. Kessie Crayne travels to Keota while Holmes shells and delivers corn for D. G Kilgore. Fisher and Augustine ship four cattle cars and two hog cars. Geo Ferguson of Wyman visits brother Robert Ferguson. Jan 18 Mr Moore sells his butcher shop to Carpenter Bros who will take charge in February.
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J. D Dayton
Washington
Chas King
Kessie Crayne
Keotabe
S Holmes
D.G Kilgore
Fisher & Augustine
Geo Ferguson
Wyman
Robert Perguson
Mr Moore
Carpenter Bros
Assessors Annual Meet Opens Tomorrow at 10 A.M.
County assessors from all townships gather tomorrow in the county auditor's office for their annual meeting. Twenty three assessors are expected to attend as Auditor Ingham explains the law and outlines duties for the new year. The session will run all day with discussions on procedures and bookkeeping to standardize the county’s assessment records.
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Ingham
Charley Reeves Holds Major Wood Sale in Garner
Charley Reeves schedules a large wood sale for the 26th in Garner Hancock County. The event signals growing local favor for Reeves work in the area. he has previously visited and is invited back. The sale business is wood this year.
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Charley Reeves
Garner
Hancock County
Charley
Revival Services at First U P Church This Week
Special services continue this week at the First U P church with Rev H Jo Paul of Cedar Rapids delivering last night’s sermon from Tow shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation Attentive audience. Tonight and Thursday services at 7 30 PM. Sunday sermon at 2 PM by Rev P O Maughlin of West Chester. Saturday afternoon Rev JR Logue of the Second U P church to preach. communion to close Sabbath evening.
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U. P
H. Jo. Paul
Cedar Rapids
Paul
P.O. Maughlin
West Chester
Marriage Celebrated at Second United Presbyterian Parsonage
The marriage of Mr. Harry Newland and Miss Mary A Rotzinger was celebrated this afternoon at the Second United Presbyterian parsonage by Rev. Jas Ro Logue. The couple, well known in the county, reside near Verdi and will live with Chas. Thomas on the old Miller farm. The groom will be employed by Mr. Thomas. The JOURNAL extends best wishes. A license was issued today to A J Durst and Florence M Snider north of the city.
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Harry Newland
Mary A Rotzinger
Second
United Presbyterian Parsonage
Jas Ro Logue
Verdi
A Rotzinger
Scott Smith
Chas. Thomas
A J. Durst
Florence M. Snider
Indiana Electors Declare for McKinley and Roosevelt
Indiamapelie Jan 16 Indiana electoral college met in executive parlors and cast the fifteen votes for McKinley and Roosevelt H UI Hauna was chairman Robert W Tiarrison Lebanon chosen as messenger Maurice Thompson slightly improved but still in serious condition at Crawfordsville Indiana
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Jan
Indiana
McWhinley
Roosevelt
H. UI
Hauna
Robert W. Tiarrison
Lebanon
Premont
Messenger
Crawfordsville
Ind
Maurice Thompson
Famine Reported in Shen Si Strikes 5 Million
Shanghai reports a famine in Shen Si with an estimated 5,000,000 people facing starvation. Officials warn of severe food shortages across the province and call for aid and relief actions.
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Shanghai
Shen Si
Bustling age themes and local notices mixed in column
An era of bustle and toil is described, then a village page lists social calls, visits, illnesses, and local events. Notables include Mrs Arthur Mason’s surprise dinner for Mr Mason and brief items on W J Williams, Rev Bundy, and cattle shipments to Chicago.
Coal Mine Closure Hits De Soto Workers Hard
Fire damage closes the Big Muddy Coal and Coke shaft at De Soto. Receiver John Wick seeks court approval to restore the mine, risking many jobs. Also reported: Sen Ezra Tyler dies at 75 in Richfield Illinois. William Robson of Watauga dies. Elijah W Blaisdell, Rockford editor and lawyer, dies at 74. Vereschagin to paint war scenes in Asia and the Philippines. Brazil Indiana officials seize a Chicago and Southeastern train for 400 taxes.
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Als
Evens Johns
Big Muddy Coal and Coke Company
de Soto
John Wick
Allen
United States District Court
Quincy
Ill
Ezra Tyler
Richfield
Illinois General Assembly
ISSS
China
Philippines
Brazil
Ind
Chicago
Southeastern
Burned at the Stake in Leavenworth Mob Fury
In Leavenworth Kansas on January 16 a mob seized Fred Alexander from sheriff's guards and burned him at the scene after dragging him from the county jail. Witnesses estimate about eight thousand people attended as Alexander protested his innocence and refused to confess to the alleged crimes against Miss Eva Roth and Pearl Forbes.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Fred Alexander
Eva Roth
Pearl Forbes
Sher It
Alexander
Lansing
Sam
Porbes
Miss Roth
Burning of a Black man ends in death at stake
A mob tortured and burned a Black man named Alexander after accusing him of crimes. Spectators urged him to greet friends, a match was lit, and Alexander died within minutes as flames rose and the crowd dispersed. Market notes from Chicago and Buffalo follow in the same column.
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Alexander
Tie
John Forbes
Relic Hunt After Fire Scene Draws Bizarre Crowd
After a devastating blaze, onlookers rush to gather remnants of Alexander including charred flesh scraps and chain pieces. The crowd’s morbid eagerness turns the aftermath into a spectacles as fire subsides and debris is approached.
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Alexander
Democrats Take North Carolina Gubernatorial Control
Raleigh North Carolina January 16 Democrats assumed state control at noon yesterday ending six years of Republican and Populist rule Charles B Aygge succeeded Dan L Russell as governor.
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Raleigh
N. C
Charles B. Aygge
Dan L. Russell
Lincoln Memorial trustees form rival school in Tennessee
Middlesboro Kentucky January 16 Trustees of the Lincoln Memorial school at Cumberland Gap Tennessee have divided and some members have started a rival college named the Jefferson Davis Memorial school.
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Middlesboro
Lincoln Memorial School
Cumberland Gap
Tenn
Jefferson Davis Memorial School
Murder at Cedar Rapids Leaves Perplexing Clues
William Higginson was fatally stabbed outside a Cedar Rapids saloon on Saturday night. George Peetz is charged by Charles Johnson, a teamster, though Peetz’s knife is missing. Johnson’s bloodstained knife had been used to kill a chicken that afternoon. Two men say Pettz fled after the stabbing, with no witness to the actual blow. This is the county’s first murder in six years not followed by the killer’s self harm. Meanwhile, Bucharest reports wolves attacking travelers killing two sleighing couples.
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Cedar Rapids
William Higginson
George Peetz
M. BE. Miner
Charles Johnson
Peetz
Johnson
Pettz
Higginson
Hoar Re elected to U S Senate by Massachusetts Legislature
Boston January 16 Senator Hoar was re elected yesterday in both the state senate and house to succeed himself in the United States Senate.
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Boston
Hoar
Senate
House
Massachusetts
United States
Big sale opens tomorrow for "A Poor Relation" balcony 50c
Geo Schneider left for Coneville then Muscatine on his first trip of the season for his house. Mrs Marion O Laughlin remains in poor health after an eight week siege. doctor says she is one of fifty who would survive and hopes for gradual improvement.
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Geo. Schneider
Coneville
Muscatine
Marion O'’Laughlin
Exclusive Agency Farm Listings Reach 141 Acres in County
Listing describes 141 acre farm with good story house two barns orchard near school and church daily railroad delivery. Asking 65 per acre with financing option to pay 10 or more at any day in 10 years March 1 1901. Crone farm 100 acres four miles from corporation at 100 per acre. 147 acre farm two miles east of Fish class land features fine house barn and orchard one of county’s prettiest country seats at 90 per acre. Expected sale price 125 within a year.
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Corporation
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