Obituary and Pioneer Ancestry Highlight Keota Patriot
KEOTA January 29. Obituary details John C Richardson a longtime editor and publisher of the Keota Eagle son of Anson Richardson. The memoir traces the family from Scotland to New York Ohio Indiana Keota and Waukegan Ill. including his medical career and war service. John C Richardson died January 23 after illness including Brights disease and pneumonia. He leaves wife Gertrude Smock four sons and siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Calvin Richards
Keota
Richardson
Scotland
New York State
Joseph Richardson
Ohio
Anson
Indiana
Thomas
Lydia
Eliza Ann Weller
Joseph Weller
Kentucky
Wellers
Pennsylvania
Anson Richardson
Lydia Weller
Vermillion County
Jonathan Franklin
Jonathan
McDonough County
Illinois
Keokuk County
Iowa
Steady Run
John Calvin Jacobs
Permelia Craig
Jacobs
Martha
Jonathan F. Richardson
Flint
Ottumwa
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Keokuk
Haysville
John Calvin
John
Harper
Charles Dickens
Austin
Austin Leroy
William Carleton
Glenn
Julian
Chicago
Austine
Keola Eagle
Fagle
A. H. Richardson
Waukegan
Carl
Leroy
Fort Logan
State University
Eagle Office
Brights
Masonic Order
Eastern Star
Methodist Church
Miss Adla
Ill
Robert L. Richardson
Minnesota
Methodist
R. L. Patterson
Masons and Stars
James Glover
Ballynamullon County
Antrim
Ireland
Isabella Thompson
Belfast
Dublin Bay
America
St. Johns
New Brunswick
William
Sarah
Rachel
Isabella
Charles
James
Mary
Pittsburg
Wooster
Charles James
Washington
Wiliam Smith
Robert Rose
Texas
John Glenn
Iown
Oskaloosa
Nebraska
Maria Elizabeth Lease
Harriet Lease
Maryland
Washington County
Glover
25Th
South English
Catarrhal Deafness Treatment Promised by Hall’s Medicine
An advertisement claims catarrhal deafness, due to Eustachian tube inflammation, can only be cured by a constitutional remedy. It asserts Hall's Catarrh Medicine works through the blood to mucous surfaces and offers a hundred dollar reward for a cured case, with a free cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Halle
the. F. J. Cheney & CO
Telede
Memorials Mark James Glover Long Life in Keota
James Glover, longtime Keota resident and blacksmith, died January 19 1920 after a life marked by faith family and literature. He outlived his wife and three children Frank Charles and Kate, with services held in Keota and Washington and interment in Woodlawn Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott and
Burns
United Brethern Church
Washington
Methodist
Keota
Iowa
William
Mary
Clark Sitler
Charles
Oskaloosa
Charles Glover
James
Frank
Kate
Dir. Glover
D. V. White
Do. V. Cowan
Pasadena
Ida Glover Baldwin
Montana
Improve Health with Diet and Exercise Advice
A notice promotes using Chamberlain's Tablets after supper to relieve constipation and aid digestion. It urges reducing overeating and lack of outdoor activity, eating slowly, chewing thoroughly, and walking three to four miles daily to recover and stay well, from Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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Lemmon's
Aot
Deposits Rise in State Banks in December Total
Consolidated statement for banks and companies under state control shows deposits at 654,253,531 on December 31, up 34,476,555 from November. Loans and discounts total 573,797,055 with an average reserve of 16.8 percent. Number of banks rose by two since November, and twenty since March 4, 1919.
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Des Moines
State Banking Department
Kenyon Americanization bill passes Senate
The Senate approved the Kenyon measure 36 to 14. It requires youths 16 to 21 and alien residents 16 to 45 who lack English skills to attend at least 200 hours of schooling yearly. Administration rests with the secretary of the interior via the bureau of education. minimum $5,000 per state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Senate
United States
Washington Iowa amends rule on water credits for fire dept
City Council of Washington Iowa approves amending rule 31 of Ordinance No 31 to grant each City Fire Department member a $2.00 quarterly credit for domestic water use. The Water and Light Superintendent is directed to apply credits to member accounts.
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Washington
Iowa
City OF
City Fire Department
City Fire Department to provide members list for credits
The City Fire Department and its Chief are ordered to furnish the Superintendent of Water and Light with a current list of department members and to update it as needed so credits can be accurately recorded. The resolution was adopted by the City Council on the Sunday of January 1920. J. Eb. Bovee, mayor. Attest, S. J. Kellogg, city clerk.
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City Fire Department
Water & Light
J. EB. Bovee
Attest
S. J. Kellogg
A Cough Medicine of Merit
The value of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in treating colds and coughs is well known. Mrs. Thomas Beeching of Andrews Indiana praises its effectiveness, saying it breaks up winter sickness and that her husband won’t take any other medicine. Lemmon's Pharmacy advertises it widely.
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Chamberlain
Thomas Beeching
Andrews
Ind
Lemmon
Advt
Tin Pan Alley at the Fox Friday
The Fox Theatre screens William Foxs Tin Pan Alley this Friday. The story centers on the king of Tin Pan Alley the New York music publishing quarter and a young musician and his muse, brought to life by Albert Ray and Elinor Fair in a lively comedy tone.
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Tin Pan Alley
New York
William Charles Lengel
Fox Theatre
William Fox
Albert Ray
Elinor Fair
Mangroves Threaten Aldabra Island Surfaces
Mangroves along the Aldabra Island cliffs in Madagascar are eroding rock and cliffs, causing the coastline to recede as waves push into newly formed gaps. The ecosystem is described as gradually destroying the island.
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Aldabra
Madagascar
Pilgrims Traverse Monastic Cells in Nev Region
Thousands travel yearly to Nev Russia as pilgrims number about 300 000 visiting the ancient monastic cells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eells
Niev
Russia
Cane Honor and Restriction Through Roman History
The text traces how walking sticks were forbidden in Rome to all but patricians under an imperial edict, notes that women also carried canes, and describes the cane's evolution from a badge of rank in early landholding to a period of decorative, exquisitely designed canes by the fifth century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Experiment Station
Two Splendid Rules With Farm Life Motto
A short, moral excerpt titled Two Splendid Rules urging sensible, purposeful speech and action for the community. Quoted maxims attributed to Win Butcher warn against vain behavior and false standards in farm life.
First of All Things Mintarch Quote to Emperor
Mintarch urges the emperor to govern from within and place government in the control of temper and passions. The passage emphasizes self-control duty and science as guiding principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mintarch
Tsai
Siuiles
Fall Slippers Banished for Banana Skin Complication
A London blighty note mocks fashion trends noting many skins used for shoes yet banana skins are reserved for slippers per a quip on footwear and material shortages.
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James Edgar Glover
TWEEN
Kenyon
Washington Elevator Co
The
Whiting Elevator
the Evening Journal
FOX
J. M. Lord & Son’s
Curoc
New Sale
Fair Grounds
Columbus
Pathfinder
Premier Gano
Long Gano
Jack
Orion
Critic D
Great Wonder
J. M. Lord & Son
Ainsworth
Col
D. F. Macon
L. H. Rinner
Cols. Workman
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