Burns Fatality After Stove Accident in Iowa
Mrs Dennis Brown a Ohio native living in Louisa County Iowa died after a gasoline stove exploded burning her clothing. Funeral at the Calvin Bray home tomorrow afternoon at two conducted by Rev Rownd and Rev Sawhill with interment at Kim Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Brown
Brown
Calvin
Bray
Crown
Agnes Eliza Turner
Guernsey County
Ohio
Louisa County
Mer. Brown
Shiloh
Alabama
Mrs. Brown
Lon Birney
North
Washington
Wm.Turner
Vinton
Iowa
Rownd
New York
Sawhill
Kim Grove Cemetery
Knights of Pythias Grand Lodge Program Outlined at Council Bluffs
The K P Grand Lodge Iowa in Council Bluffs releases a full biennial program for Knights of Pythias uniform rank and Rathbone Sisters. An estimated 3000 to 4000 visitors are expected the week of August with sessions detailing by laws, a Colfax Pythian home proposal, and a parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Lodge of
Iowa
Knights of Pythias
Council Bluffs
Knights of Pythias Grand Lodge
Grand Temple of the Rathbone Sisters
Pythian
Grand Lodge
Colfax
New Theater
Dell G. Morgan
M. Gillette
Independence
Slunter
Rathbone
Grand Parade
Abraham Snyder Died After Long County Life
Abraham Snyder died of cancer of the face on Wednesday July 9 1003 in the county Asylum near Mt Pleasant He moved to the county in 1855 lived in Mat son township after the war until moving to the city He enlisted in August 1862 in Company C 19th Town served through the war was a prisoner in Tyler Texas ten months A respected German and skilled stone mason his foundation walls remain monuments to his work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Snyder
Mt. Pleasant
Matson Township
Washington
Tyler
Texas
Very Remarkable Cure of Diarrhoea
Mrs Alice Miller of Morgan Texas suffered six years of diarrhoea with no relief until a single bottle of Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, after seeing a testimonial, cured her. Sold by Stewart's Pharmacy Cook and Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Miller
Morgan
Texas
Bosque County
Chamberlain
Stewart
Cook & Sherman
Notice to Subscribers on Paper Delivery
Notice asks subscribers to report neglect by carrier boys to the office promptly. It states the office cannot know about service imperfections unless reports are made there. The message ends with a code 83-1.
Bucklen's Amica Salve Cures Piles and Burns
A Verbena Alabama resident F A Gulledge recalls a years long battle with a severe pile condition. He says Bucklen's Amica Salve cured 24 tumors and relieved burns and aches. The ad notes the product is 250 at Stewart's Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Gulledge
Verbena
Ala
Bucklen
Amica
Stewart's
City Council hears report on municipal light plant findings
The city council chaired by Mayor Alberson reviewed Prof. G W Bissell’s report on the light plant. He notes boiler and brick shortfalls, generator alignment, wiring, pole line work, lamp counts, and recommends tighter standards and repairs. Sup Speer has implemented many suggestions and the Lockhart Bros sewer right of way deed goes to the sewer committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberson
Brookhart
Crooks
Emry
Foley
Glasgow
Miller
G. W. Bissell
Bissell
Speer
Prof
Lockhart Bros
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted as Constitutional Remedy
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as the only constitutional treatment for catarrh claiming to cure by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. Offers one hundred dollar reward if it fails and directs readers to obtain circulars and testimonials from the company and local druggists sell the pills as best.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Interest Aroused in Good Roads Movement
Des Moines Iowa July 4 D kh Lyons secretary of the Iowa Good Roads association returned from a state tour. He visited Davenport where a county association was organized and Maquoketa Anamosa Cedar Rapids and Waterloo where conferences were held and county conventions planned next month. Dubuque is expected to hold a convention. Strong interest and support for legislation to expand county and state aid were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
D. Kh. Lyons
Iowa Good Roads Association
Davenport
Town Central Sells Round Trip Tickets to West Coast
On August 1 HM the Town Central will offer excursion tickets to San Francisco or Los Angeles for 80.00 with return by Oct 15 1903. Tickets allow one route out and a different route back with stopovers in both directions. See ticket agents for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Central
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Galif
Crop Bulletin Des Moines Iowa July 13 1903 Weather Review
Week ending July 13 1903 Des Moines Iowa unusually warm with high humidity. Heavy showers with high winds on July 5 6 and 10 caused damage over East Central Northeast and North Central districts with rainfall ranging from 2 to 6 inches. Corn making excellent progress. wheat and oats rots and smut in moist districts. surface moisture scarce in southern areas. Haying underway in Central and Southern districts. early apples damaged by winds in the north. potatoes affected by rot and tops fungus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
East Central
North Central
CAN'T KILL THIS MAN
Terre Haute Indiana July 14 The surgeons who operated on Elmer Fields and sewed up fourteen lacera tions of his intestines were astonished by his recovery The day after the operations he walked the full length of the hospital ward to fetch bed clothing A later search found another bullet in his side removed from the opposite hip Fields had previously attempted self harm and a bullet wounded a lung Two weeks ago John McNary shot at Fields and his wife through a window several bullets hit Fields and the woman who was later discharged Fields was discharged Sunday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Elmer Fields
Fields
John McNary
Bailey Defies A Labor Law In Topeka
Topeka July 14 Labor Commissioner Johnson targets public officers who require eight hours work daily or force clerks to do so He says the eight hour law covers all state officials and warns them from Governor Bailey downward to quit violating it or face prosecution Bailey declines to heed the warning saying it was not
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Johnson
Bailey
Deaths and threats in St Joseph shooting case
Mrs John Mackey dies from pistol wounds at 200 Main Street after being decoyed by William A Matzinger who had pursued her. Matzinger, wounded by a self-inflicted pistol shot, is expected to die. He had threatened her after she spurned his advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph, Mo
John Mackey
Main Street
Wm. A Matsinger
Matzinger
Matainger
Prisoners Recaptured In Michigan Jail Break Case
Edward Hall and George Hubbard were arrested with Mabel Baldwin Mead in Saginaw after fleeing with Mead from a jail. Otis Baldwin confessed to buying the saw used to free Hall. Campers narrowly escaped flooding in Nebraska as the Little Brule river swelled with eight inches of rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalamazoo
Midh
Edward Hall
Atlas George Hubbard
Mabel Baldwin Mead
Saginaw
Hall
Otis Baldwin
Mabbel
Brie
Herriet
Hastings
Lockjaw claim marks twelfth victim in Chicago
A fourteen line outline notes Lockjaw has claimed a twelfth victim in Chicago since July 4 amid local strife. The report mentions unrelated incidents in Denver and Indianapolis and describes a flood disaster in Graeffenberg Austria with fifty houses destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lockjaw
Chicago
Odd Wellows
Christian Endeavorers
Denver
Lodge
Bishop Fallows
Indianapolis
Graeffenberg
Austria
Belfast
Ireland
Notice of Incorporation of the Washington Telephone Company
On June 13 1903 Articles of Incorporation were executed for the Washington Telephone Company to operate a telephone system in Iowa with principal business in Washington Iowa. Authorized capital stock is 600 shares of 100 each totaling 60000. 100 shares may be issued later and 500 issued and paid in full at organization. The board will have eight stockholders with one vote per share and term of office one year. The perpetuity is twenty years and the company may mortgage with two thirds vote. Records show filing June 5 1903 in Washington County and now filed with the Iowa Secretary of State. Signed by eight incorporators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Telephone Company
Washington
Iowa
Board of Directors
Recorder of I
Washington County
State of
Bills to be paid at Washington National Bank
The notice states payment of all bills now due at Washington National Bank through July 25 1903 after which date unpaid bills will be turned over to a collector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington National Bank
Quieting title suit over Iowa real estate in Washington County
A list of defendants and unknown claimants is named in a petition filed in the District Court of Washington County Iowa seeking to quiet and establish the plaintiff's fee simple title to the west half of the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section thirty three township seventy range seven. The petition alleges continuous exclusive possession for over twenty years and seeks reform and construction of deeds and other instruments. If defendants fail to appear by the next term, default and judgment will be entered. The notice was ordered published in the Evening Journal for six weeks starting June 29, 1903.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Little
Charles Tattier
le Grand Byington
Thomas H. Young
Sarah Young
Peter Stith
Tededrat
RK. Davia
J. Kh. Davis
M. K. Davis
Emanual Smock
William B. Smock
Nathaniel McCure
Amanda McClure
James 8. Gallagher
Wenzel Sojka
KK. KB. Everson
Anne Terry
N. Bureel
Helen Keck
Norman Everson
Katrina Sojka
Wenzel Sojka Jr
Wenzel F. Sojka
Washington County
Iowa
Nortwest
District Court
Plaistitt
Court House
Washington
Kyyrkon W. Preston
Iowa Central Excursion to Twin Cities at Low Round Trip
On Saturday July 25 Iowa Central runs an excursion from Brighton at 9 19 p m to Minneapolis arriving 8 15 a m and St Paul 8 50 a m Sunday July 26 at 4 00 round trip tickets valid to July 28 1903 A tourist sleeper is attached and reservations may be made via agents See bills or ticket agents for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Central
Twin Cities
Brighton
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Excursions to Canada Offered in July by Cash Caldren Co
Parties may join July tours on the 7th and 21st to Canada and back for 27 dollars. For details contact Cash Caldren Company, Iowa City, Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Northwest
Canada
Cash Caldren Company
Iowa City
Iowa
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Epweena
Black Cat
Black
Gad Brande
Toy
Beack Cat
Wercer & Chvlcote
Postoffice
Kaye & Lytle Telephone
East Side Square
Mrs
Fering
The
Columbia Pharmacy
J. B. Lemmon
Prop
Cor. Square
K. O. P. Grand Lodge
Rathbone Sisters
Concordia Hall
Upper Broadway
Grand Temple
Steck
City Council
Good Roads
G. A. R. Comrades
Crop Bulletin
L. Dpd. Robinson
W.W. A. Wilson
JT. Wickham
F. L. Wilson
Orville Elder
F. H. Smith
H. M. Bicher
E. G. Fox
Asai
Wey
Washington, Iowa
City Treas
Fred Radda
Plaiatiff
Harwood
Assiniboia
Northwest Territory
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