Many visit this city for Fourth of July events
Dozens arrive for Fourth celebrations and brief visits as residents and visitors such as iloyd Swift John Wright Mrs S K Statler Miss Clara Carpenter Miss Nellie Anderson Miss Marguerite Cherry Miss Helen McArthur and others spend the holiday weekend in the city with relatives at homes around West Chester Keota Sigourney Muscatine and Columbus Junction while merchants promote summer goods and upholstery and plans for July bargains at The Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wright
Keota
John Tollenaar
Sigourney
City
George McAvoy
Muscatine
West Chester
S. K. Statler
Washington
Short Court Session Held in Sigourney
Judge Wilcoeckson of Sigourney presided in town for a brief court session at the courthouse today, with a small docket addressed and proceedings noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilcoeckson
Sigourney
Harvard Star Brill Promotes Extreme Longevity Diet Plan
Karl Frederick Brill former Harvard football star who quit the game argues through an interview that scientific dieting could extend life to 175 years. He claims a 60 gram daily proteid intake suffices for a 150 to 160 pound man and describes his own 20 cent daily diet with noon meals and a hearty evening fare. Brill, now 30, believes he will live past 100 barring accidents and recounts his view that football is war and war is hell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Frederick Brill
Harvard
Brill
New England
Exeter Academy
Crimson
Nations Fortify Simplon Tunnel Entrances Under War Preparation
Italy and Switzerland fortify tunnel entrances as engineers in the Simplon tunnel build mines and reinforce existing charges to blow the tunnel if war comes. A double iron door near the Swiss frontier can withstand a sixty mile per hour express train, operated by electricity from Iselle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Switzerland
Simplon
Iselle
Coupvert Toll Sparks Gother's Outrage in New York
The piece mocks J B Regan's plan to import Europe’s couver t toll in American hotels and restaurants. It imagines charges for every accessory from napkins to flowers and even bread, warning of sky high bills and a restaurant turning into a “jack pot.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
J. B. Regan
Paris
Europe
Regan
America
Marie Dressler
Kegan
Sen
Francois
Death of Alphred Cumings at County Farm
Alphred Cumings died at 6:30 AM at the county farm after a short illness of neuralgia of the heart. He was about 56, born in the county, and unmarried. Funeral at Center church, ten o’clock Thursday, six miles northeast of Wayland. Survived by eight siblings and an extended family.
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Alphred Cumings
Center Church
Wayland
Mr. Cumings
I. H. Cumings
Sylvester
John Cummings
Phillips County
Kansas
David Cummings
Madison County
Iowa
Enos Cumings
Sailsville
Montana
Emily Milhone
Nancy
Celinda Cumings
Cumings
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