District Court Sessions Hear Brighton Clay Demurrers
District court in session after a week’s vacation with Judge Clements. Brighton Independent School District submitted on demurrer. decision deferred to vacation. Topics include Clay township school attendance, funding transfers, and a $100 fine for O Wright the Crawfordsville horse thief. one prisoner remains in the county jail, Dr. Chas Dean.
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Clements
Olagoa
Brighton
H.M. Eicher
Plaintills
J. Wilson
Clay Township
Brighton City
Independent District of
J. B Dey
Ingham
Lowa Gays
Clay Board
Madden
Muscatine
Prizer
Mason
Albia
O. Wright
Crawfordsville
Shief
Chas. Dean
Iowa Forecast Cloudy and unsettled through Tuesday
Special to The Evening Journal reports Iowa will see partly cloudy skies with possible unsettled conditions tonight and Tuesday. No significant precipitation is noted and temperatures are expected to remain mild.
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Washineton
D. C
Iowa
Parish report shows prosperous St James congregation
Rev Father Jacobsmeier read the 1900 year report to St James parish noting 125 members in three societies. Baptisms 25 marriages 4 funerals 6 and total receipts 881 21 with balance to follow. brief notice of job openings for girls in Marshalltown soldiers’ home dining rooms and hospital departments via Mrs Chas Reeves with character recommendations.
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Father Jacobsmeier
St. James
Father B Jacobsmeier
Father Jacobsmeijer
East Washington quarantined as Mrs Norton notes Hall tour
The Dave Farris home in east Washington was quarantined yesterday due to Miss Fay Farris illness scarlatina confirmed by the physician. Mrs Norton reports Hall has a spring tour through multiple cities including Boston Newberry Holyoke Troy Springfield Syracuse Harrisburg Lynchburg Richmond Spartanburg Charleston Columbia Charlotte Louisville Ann Arbor Saginaw Oberlin with two duets and two song groups plus arias and melodies by noted composers.
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Dave Farris
East
Washington
Miss Fay
Scarlatina
Norton
Hall
Boston
Mass
Newberry
Holyoke
Troy
N.Y
Springfield
Syracuse
Harrisburg
Lynchburg
Richmond
Spartanburg
South Carolina
Charleston
Columbia
Charlotte
North Carolina
Louisville
Ann Arbor
Mich Saginaw
Mich
Oberlin
Tschatkowsky
High School Ideals Addressed. Religious Notices and Obituary
Rev H R Stark spoke to High School pupils on Ideals and Their Uses, with chapel exercises following. Rev A L Davidson preached The Great Salvation at First U P church last evening. Local lawyers study diction aries about a polar plexus mentioned in Brighton Enterprise. Ben Colvin ex state representative of St Charles, died at 74 after grip. He served in Civil War and leaves large family. Treasury statistics show 1900 import export totals for 1899 and 1900 with notable figures.
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H. R.stark
The
Presbyterian Church
Stark
A. L Davidson
U.P. Church
Michigan
Saginaw
Mich
Ben Colvin
St Charles
Cayuga County
N. Y
Greenbackers
Democratic
Grand Total of Our Busines
Editor Pearson recovers missing son in cross-county search
Editor Pearson of Ainsworth and his son Charley were separated after Charley wandered from Crawfordsville last Saturday. A nationwide search via trains and police traced Charley to Fort Madison before reuniting in Burlington. The boy, weakened by grip and memory impaired, is improving with rest. See My Friend from India tomorrow night at the Graham.
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Pearson
Ainsworth
Burlington
Crawfordsville
Charlies
Winfield
Charley
Fort Madison
India
the Graham
Former Pastor Dies After Service at St James Parish
Rev. Father M. J. Schiffmacher, longtime St James parish leader, died last Thursday at about 72. Born in France, he had been active in Neola Iowa where he was buried today. He previously served St James in this city for three years and was highly respected by the community.
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France
St. James’ Church
M. J. Schiffmacher
St. James’ Parish
Neola
Iowa
Cou Ct Bluff
St. James
Death of Stella Thomas in Chicago Elevator Accident
Miss Stella Thomas of Burlington aged 20 died in Chicago yesterday when an elevator ascent caused dizziness and her head became trapped between the doorway and shaft wall. She was a friend of Mrs Cloyce Dougherty and remembered by many in the city. Moss Thomas, a cousin of Misses Mide and Helen Lewis, was noted as a brilliant pianist.
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Chicago
Stella Thomas
Burlington
Young Women's Christian Association
Miss Thomas
Cloyce Dougherty
Wanted furnished room and board for young man
Advert says a 28 year old coal trader seeks a furnished heated room and board near the square. Leave word at Journal office for J Risenhart, a good seven room house located three blocks south of the square.
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Renr
J Risenhart
Local Stove and Fuel Ad From Centerville Area
Join Shields and Son offering Delta Nut cook stoves Douds Station Eldon furnaces and Illinois Pennsylvania stove options. Beacon heater Oskaloosa Eldon steam units and cord wood wood for heaters and cook stoves advertised with related nut products and fuel wood.
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Centerville
Oskaloosa
Eldon
Doud's Station
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Detectives reach new lead in Cudahy kidnapping case
Omaha January 22 detectives struck a new lead in the Cudahy kidnapping case. Ex convict Frank Siercleff alias Ed Brake alias Kid McCoy, linked to the 1892 diamond robbery, is suspected of involvement with Pat Crowe. Shercleff’s release two months before the abduction widens the inquiry as police renew the search.
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Omaha
Jans
Cudahy
Frank Siercleff
Ed Brake
Kid McCoy
Cutlaw
WL Wih
C. Pollock
Pat Crowe
Edward Cudahy, Jr
Shercreff
Iowa State Penitentiary
Shercleff
Crowe
Middle West
Mattoon Ghost Haunts Tonight as Town Fears Visitor
In Mattoon Illinois residents report a "woman in black" apparition seen near Hawthorne and South Side schools. Police and armed pursuers fired at the figure, which vanished and allegedly passed through a school door.
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Mattoon
Ills
Hawthorne School
Lyons
South Side
Murder charge shifts from lover to attacker in Indiana
Miss Della Gillum of Orleans Ind died after a breast wound inflicted by her jealous lover Thomas Condra. Prolonged suffering followed the assault as neighbors fear violence if Condra is found. Gillum had attended a holiday social gathering before the incident.
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Orleans
Ind
Thomas Condra
Della Gillum
Man Arrested After Fatal Shooting At Home
Condra fired on a woman who was accompanied home by a young man, leaving her wounded in the doorway. Condra fled but was arrested the next day. He is on bond of 1500 dollars while a murder warrant is issued.
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Ing
Condra
HER MARITAL EXPERIENCE Would Seem to Indicate That Marriage Is a Failure
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Marshall Peyton Maule of Belleville has been twice married and twice divorced in five weeks. She wed Frank Peyton Dec. S last, then received a divorce on Dec. 16, and married Peter Maule the same evening. Maule’s prior marriage to Maggie Millburn in 1898 remained unresolved. The court granted wife No 2 a divorce. A warrant for bigamy was issued.
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Belleville
Mary Elizabeth Marshall Peyton Maule
Miss Marshall
Frank Peyton
Peyton
Peter Maule
Maggie Millburn
Princeton
Ind
Maule
Good Night and Bright Health for Women
Aimed at women, the piece contrasts cheerful good nights with hidden suffering. It promotes Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for delicate womanly organs and claims it strengthens the nervous system, improves flesh and color, and often cures such ailments.
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Rev. Davidson
Brighton Enterprise
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St James
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James A. Work
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Millard Brown
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