Doings of the People in Local Counties
A collection of brief notes from the county area dated Jan 26. Visits, births, illnesses, and social events fill the week: Mrs A A Wall travels to Washington. Miss Dessie McNeese visits Valley. a church recital by Wall’s music scholars is planned. Burhan’s hotel operation resumes. several visits to relatives occur in Davenport, Keota, Cedar Rapids and Ottumwa. Harry Waters sustains injuries coasting. a baby boy is born to Mr and Mrs Bari Morgan with mother and child cared for by Edna Atkins. WFM S meets with Mrs P B Johnson. various locals travel for visits and business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
H. A. Luithly
Dessie McNeese
Valley
Bari Morgan
Edna Atkins
Davenport
Viola Hyzer
Floyd Hixson
Centerville
Harry Waters
Dodds
Richland
Bertha Smith
E. C. Morgan's
P. B. Johnson
Rubio
Bertha Seymour
H. J. Meacham
Ollie and
Martinsburg
A. J. Morgan
Edith Hugus
Ottumwa
Loyal Temperance Legion Oyster Supper for Fund
The Loyal Temperance Legion will serve oysters at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Woodford on Friday evening January 28. Proceeds to help on the organ fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Loyal Temperance Legion
A. W. Woodford
Corn Harvest Continues In Northwest County Corner
In the northwest county corner farmers report much corn still in the fields. Various local notes include Jack Fry working for the Ashby girls, Wm Shrig ill with pneumonia attended by Dr Chittum of Richmond, Collett Powers catching a letter from Charles Ashby of Kansas City, and several tenants moving or visiting old friends. Quail feeding with mixed wheat and oats discussed as a statewide trend.
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Jack Fry
Frank Matthews
Ashby Girls
Wm. Shrig
Dr. Chittum
Richmond
Collett Powers
Charles Ashby
Kansas City
Homer Ibrig
Dee
John Grantz
Ruben Rickey
Ib Britton
Cedar Falls
Ralph Ashby
Charlie Haller
Marquam
Crawfordsville Visitors and Travelers Gather at Local Homes
Mrs Martha Wortman and Misses Mary White and Blanche Neis wanger were passengers for Washington this morning. Mr and Mrs Castor Seldmann of Sabetha Kansas left after a week's visit. Rev and Mrs Edgar and James Dodds of Wyman arrived to spend the day at the W W Twinam home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Wortman
Mary White
Blanche Neiswanger
T. W. Rickey
Oscar van Sant
John White
Washington
Castor Seldmann
Sabetha
Kan
Edgar
James Dodds
Wyman
W. W. Twinam
Local Visitors and Travel Notes From Indianola Area
Jan 27 records Rev D Everette Smith of Indianola visiting his son Roderic living with uncle J M Smith and Mrs Will Peiffer of Keota visiting friend Miss Theresa Chibak. Jan 26 reports H D Marlett as a Washington passenger and W H W Hunt delivering horses to buyer Mr McCollum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Everette Smith
Indianola
Roderic
J. M. Smith
Will Peiffer
Keota
Theresa Chibak
H. D. Marlett
Washington
W. H W. Hunt
Washington Woman Injures Thigh in Fall Visit
Mrs Mary Wilkins of Washington visited the J N Long home in South Hill. She slipped and fell breaking her thigh, was treated at the scene and returned home in Washington the Firefly this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Robson
Muscatine
G. W. Myers
Cedar
Roy Robinson
J. W. Wagoner
Washington
Senger
Mary Wilkins
J. ‘N. Long
Mr. Long
South Hill
Cattle and Hog Deliveries Reported From Chicago Trips
David Fisher returned home from Chicago today. Al Augustine went to Chicago yesterday and took two loads of cattle. Lloyd Martin delivered a car of hogs here today of his own feeding. Ira Garden loaded a car with his household goods and left for Tracy Iowa yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Fisher
Chicago
al Augustine
Lloyd Martin
Ira Garden
Tracy
Deaths and Weddings in Keota Town News
Funeral for Frederick Lane Shurts conducted at the Presbyterian church burial in Keota cemetery. He died of pneumonia causing heart failure at age 69 years. Survived by wife and two sons Peter and Charles. Ora preceded in death. Peter on home farm. Charles a Keota pharmacist. Weddings: Harvey Rowe and Minnie Messerschmidt wed at bride’s father Philip Messerschmidt’s country home with family guests. John McCampbell married Frederick’s Miss. groom’s parents Andy and Mrs. McCampbell present. Keota K P chapter 17th anniversary reception planned Feb 21. Jean Stephens released from quarantine. Sopha Singmaster hosts card club. social notes and local ads follow.
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Frederick Lane Shurts
Presbyterian Church
John ©. Giffen
John F. Robertson
Keota
Shurts
Peter
Charles
Ora
Oskaloosa
Harvey Rowe
Minnie Messerschmidt
Philip Messerschmidt
K. P's
Two Held Up Italians Case Identifies Prisoners
Twenty Italians at police HQ in New York identified Santo Genaro and Colagero Lampedusi as two of four men who robbed fifty Italian laborers at Glen Rock New Jersey on November 1. The attackers posed as policemen, bound workers to trees, took under 1500 dollars in cash and 600 dollars in jewelry, then ate a meal before departing.
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New York
Santo Genaro
Colagero Lampedusi
Glen Rock
N. J
Plurality Primaries Win in Springfield Government Fight
In Springfield Illinois on January 27 the plurality primaries secured a decisive victory in the house. The compromise half and half bill backed by Speaker Shurtleff was defeated. The Staymates plurality bill won majority support and a direct plurality law now appears assured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Shurtleff
Bankers of Illinois Meet at Mid Winter Session
Chicago January 27 more than seventy bankers from across the state gathered for the mid winter meeting of the Illinois Bankers Association. National issues were debated along with a host of state matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois Bankers’ Association
Judge Albert C. Thompson Dies in Cincinnati
Judge Albert C. Thompson of the U S district court for the southern district of Ohio died in Cincinnati after a grip illness aggravated an old Civil War lung wound and pneumonia. His death follows several weeks of illness.
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Cincinnati, O
Albert C.thompson
United States District Court For
Southern District of Ohio
Gas Kills Two in Caisson
Two workmen suffocated by sewer gas at the bottom of a caisson 100 feet deep where foundations for a new building are laid. Two firefighters descended in buckets to recover the bodies but were overcome by fumes.
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Chicago
Pioneer matron Eleanor Dunbar dies in Iowa at 77
Eleanor Burxhalter Dunbar, born March 1 1832 in Boone Indiana, died January 22 1910 in Brighton Iowa at age 77. She married John Dunbar March 5 1849 in Montgomery Indiana and raised nine children in a family that moved to Iowa in 1853 and spent 44 years in Washington County. A longtime Christian church member and staunch believer, she endured long illness with Christian resignation. Funeral held Monday at 11 a m at home, with Rev C Davis officiating, burial in Sandy Hook cemetery accompanied by a funeral poem about eternal reunion.
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Eleanor Burxhalter Dunbar
Boone County
Indiana
Brighton
John Dunbar
Montgomery County
Dunbars
Iown
Washington County
Christian Church
C. ©. Davis
Sandy Hook
Dr King’s New Discovery Promises Relief From Grip
Warns of grip deadly to thousands and lists symptoms such as stuffed nostrils sore nose chills fever back of head and grave throat cough. Claims cure with one bottle with a testimonial from A L Dunn of Pine Valley Mississippi. Prices 50c and 1.00 guaranteed by Lemmon’s Pharmacy.
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Dr. King
A. L. Dunn
Pine Valley
Miss
J. E. Lemmon
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
Bent knave in frozen crave laboring among tombs
A fragment portrays a bent laborer amid a cold setting muttering that people, young and old from schools, approach him among tombs with sable horses. The archaic tone hints at a gothic scene involving death and whispers from the tombs.
Making Life Safer with Dr King’s New Life Pills
Advertisement notes Dr King’s New Life Pills cure constipation biliousness dyspepsia indigestion liver and kidney troubles and bowel disorders. Pills are easy and build health offered at Lemmon’s pharmacy and J J Ross selling Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
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Lemmaon
McElhinney Drug Co
Dr. King
J. Ek. Lemmon
Lemmon
Chamberlain
J. J. Ross
Lammon
Also Mentioned on This Page
STECK
Steck’s
Steck’s Jewelry Store
the County News
A. A. Wall
Nf. EB. Sargent
Burlington
Haze Johnson
Clay
Valentines
Valentine
Nicola
Harmon
Pilotburg
Crawfordsville
Ainsworth
Westchester
Jean Stephens
W. A. Stephens
Jean
Alec
Ilinois
Bankers OF Illinois
A. C. Thompson
Caisson
Ofptuny
Eleanor Bunber
Jesus
Walt
Country Line
Elity Street
Vinyard
Death
George Matthew Adama
Walt Mason
Kentucky Coal
D. A. Chalmers
Washington National Bank
WYETH
Stephen Bacon
Rochester, N. Y
State OF New York
Monroe
Henry W. Hall
Notary Public
Wirestore
Wyeth ,Chemiyeth Chemical Company
Nf P2has
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