Engineer Hayes Dies Suddenly at Valley Junction
Cyrus Hayes, a 47 year old engineer with the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific, died at his Valley Junction home last night from cholera morbus. He leaves a wife and five children Emert, Tarry, Ethel, Eva, and May, plus a deceased daughter Etta. He belonged to A O U W and was well known among railroad workers and friends. Funeral plans place burial near Valley Junction beside Etta.
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Cyrus Hayes
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Valley Junction
Henry Minion
Hayes
Mr. Hayes
Washington
Camerata
Trayes
Rock Island
Wilde
MacGugin
A.O. U. W. Lodge
Emert
Tarry
Ethel
Eva
May
Etta
Henry Minick
Roy
Society Notes Show Warm Hospitality Across City
Social events feature Jerenny Diedrich visiting from Chicago hosted by Mr and Mrs W A Anderson with games and luncheon. Miss Bessie Jones surprised at East Washington home with a birthday gathering including many friends and light refreshments. The Onion club meets at Miss Etha Dawson s West Washington street home. Mrs BR KE 8S Ely of Rockford Ill enjoys dinner hosted by Sol Rich. Mr and Mrs John Babcock Sr host an informal dinner for Mrs Ely.
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W. A. Anderson
Jerenny Diedrich
Chicago
Bessie Jones
East Washington
Jessie Sage
Bessie Moothart
Iva Orris
Della Deane
Nettie Hunter
Ella Orris
Blanche Smith
Anna Deane
Kate Burris
Amy Edworthy
Myrtie Young
Allie ‘Taylor
Iola Mayo
Edith Lewis
Mary Boileau
Maud Cutright
Calista Jones
Elsie McCreedy
Onion
Etha Dawson
West Washington Street
BR. KE
Ely
Rockford, J
Sol Rich
John Babcock
Wave Meke and Other Tales of Ocean Life in Fiji and New York
A traveler recalls graceful wave meke dances of Fijian girls with sea like movements and vivid coastal scenes. The piece shifts to a 19th century note on a New York Chemical National Bank scheme posing as manufacturing chemists to preserve specie payments.
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Sen
Tropica
Mekkes
Pletire
New York
Ape Parent
Great Chemical National Bank
Broadway
Goose Step Like Geese Return to Ober Moerten
A travel writer notes geese in Ober Moerten gathering at 6 PM as hundreds line up in disciplined formations. The village glistens white with birds marching home in precision, splitting into groups and quacking in orderly, military fashion.
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Germany
Travel Hus
Dad-Nanhein
Ober Moerten
Waterland
Scientific explanation of popcorn popping in lay terms
A Cleveland Plain Dealer note describes how starch polygons expand when heated causing a fracturing particle along its radii, with endosperm swelling and hull portions cohering, leading to a explosive puff. The explanation is offered in a brisk, witty scientific tone.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Custom Allows Women to Choose Husbands in Mountain Tribe
Across the India Persia divide a powerful mountain tribe grants women full rights to select husbands. A single woman signals by pinning a handkerchief to a man's hat, forcing marriage unless the suitor proves he cannot afford her demanded price.
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India
Persia
Pain Balm Sold For Quick Heal For Cuts And Burns
Antiseptic liniment Chamberlains Pain Balm helps wounds heal swiftly with reduced risk of maturation or blood poison. Sold by Stewart's Pharmacy Cook and Sherman. Local brief notes on visiting residents include Miss White Crawfords ville Mrs W P Paugh Columbus Junction and Miss Ella Woodford Brighton with city calls.
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Stewart's Pharmacy
Cook & Sherman
Ella Woodford
Brighton
Oddities in Pet Names Across Cultures
A New York Press excerpt notes how terms of endearment travel differently. It cites French phrases like my little pig and my little puppy dog as affection while Americans would take duck or other terms as insults. A German general’s wife earned the joking nickname my dear little stack of bayonets.
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Mme. Narcisse
Duck
Walton
New York Press
College Idiet and the Lesson on Lips
A humorous exchange notes college bred sandwiches as a bright side. A witty remark from a Boston Globe line asserts a key educational value: boys should learn to keep their lips together.
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Boston Globe
Round About From Grace Hill News
Grace Hill notes report Jobo Buxbaum and Grace Obbins of Crawfordsville visiting the Buxbaum home. J M Lewis and family attended Shiloh church and visited O B K Rehmel. Emma and Anna Buxbaum returned from Cedar Falls where they attended summer school. O Dunbar started his threshing machine and threshing for Jacob Hotle today.
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Jobo Buxbaum
Grace Obbins
Crawfordsville
Buxbaum
J. M. Lewis
Familly
Shiloh
O. BK
Cattle shipments and threshing in Leigh Derby district
Leigh Derby reports threshing underway this week while Raymond Benn ships two cars of cattle to the Chicago market today. Benn owns Texas cattle and feeds them locally. The Chicago market action highlights the agricultural activity in the region.
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Leigh Derby
Raymond Benn
Chicago
Chicago visitors and local notices fill brief page
No hopes whatever are entertained for the recovery of Mr. Frank Kos, Mrs. Robal and daughter, Mrs. Schmellmacher, and children of Chicago visiting Jacob Votruba's family. Mrs. Ida Rathmel of Washington and Mrs. Dorothea Manatt of Kulona attended church here Sunday. Threshing outfits are in full blast. Memorial services were held at Trinity church Monday for Pope Leo Pontiff. Blackberries are so abundant it is difficult to dispose of them at Te.
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Frank Kos
Robal
Schmellmacher
Chicago
Jacob Votruba
Ida Rathmel
Washington
Dorothea Manatt
Kulona
Trinity Church
Pope Leo, Pontut
Local Happenings Around Webster and Wellman
Miss Ora Henderson spent part of last week at the Chaffee home near Webster. Mrs J W Eyestone returned from Albia visiting relatives in Oskaloosa and with N J Eyestone family. A youth gathering at the parsonage included ice cream and cake. Choir practice for an Epworth League program set for August 8 in Wellman. Laughlin's threshing machine began work in the area. No services here as Rev Filmer preached in Wellman.
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Ora Henderson
Chaffee
Webster
J. W. Eyestone
Albia
Oskaloosa
Lewis Longwell
Wellman
J.N
Letters From Africa Details Rev. Charles McCleary’s Work
Special from Crawfordsville reports two letters from Rev. Charles McCleary written April 26 and 27 from Africa, a month before his death. He described overseeing the farm, acting as doctor, funding caravans, preaching every other Sabbath, and guiding a 224-student Sunday School while reporting malaria and good health for him and his wife. No word yet on his illness or death. parents await updates.
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Crawfordsville
J. J. McCleary
Africa
Charles McCleary
McCleary
Westchester News Roundup and Market Shipment Report
A. Simmerman returns from Chicago with stock shipment. Four cattle cars shipped east today, two tractors yesterday, eight hogs Sunday. Mrs. Coder visits Washington. Mrs. Dayton visits Keota. Baptist church union services draw large crowd. Rev. A. M. Stevenson of the United Presbyterian church gave a strong address.
East End Ball Nine Dominates Local Leagues This Season
The East End baseball nine earned a strong reputation by defeating six West End, one North End, and two South End games. Yesterday the East Side triumphed 13 to 12 over the South Side, as the East End lineup featured Leigh Bell 1B Perry Hays 2B Arlo Jones 3B Henry Steck LF Donald Bell RF Frank Shearer 8 Wayne Critz C Morley Johnson P.
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East End
West End
South End
Leigh Bell
Perry Hays
Arlo Jones
Henry Steck
Donald Bell
Frank Shearer
Wayne Critz
C. F. Nlarris MacGugin
Morley Johnson
Why razors are dipped in warm water before shaving
A barber explains that razors are like saws with many tiny teeth. Clogged edges dull the blade, not weariness. Dipping in warm water keeps the teeth clean, ensuring a firm surface to cut.
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Philadelphia Record
Tea leaf eye remedy cautioned by oculist
An oculist cautions a patient about home eye treatments. He cites tea leaf remedy as risky, noting it can provoke other complications while hot water with a cloth suffices to reduce inflammation. salt offers no extra benefit beyond antisepsis.
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New York Press
Muckanaghederdauhaulia Named Ireland's Noted Place
The record notes a location in Ireland called Muckanaghederdauhaulia. It highlights the unusual spelling and the existence of a real place with this distinctive name.
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Ireland
Muckanaghederdauhaulia
Gold Medal Contest At Living Lake Church This Week
Gold medal contest scheduled at Living Lake church Friday evening features good speaking and singing. Speakers from Riverside Ainsworth and Washington expected. Glendale Glee Club provides music. Admission ten cents.
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Living Lake Church
Riverside
Ainsworth
Washington
Glendale Glee Club
Medical advice by mail from Dr. Pierce at Buffalo
Sick women with long standing diseases are invited to consult Dr. Pierce by letter free. All correspondence is kept strictly private and sacred. Messages should be sent to Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo New York.
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Dr. Pierce
Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo, N. Y
Trave Maras
Aketel
Seoestellas
Munn & Co
Scientific American
Neni
All
New York NN & Co
New York
St. Washi
Enormous Strength of Mushrooms Reported in Gardeners Magazine
The Gardeners Magazine describes remarkable growth by mushrooms in an English park frame. After germination, signs of brick crack were noted and a wall block weighed 150 pounds was moved. A mass of mushrooms weighing 8 pounds 3 ounces grew from mycelium in mortar and brickwork.
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Gardeners’ Magazine
Frog Feeding with Long Reach Tongue and Prey Variety
The article describes Mr. Frog with a large mouth and a tongue that is attached at the front and extends outward to catch insects. The tongue is coated with a gummy fluid that makes prey stick, allowing rapid retrieval into the mouth. Frogs also leap upon larger prey such as fish, mice, ducklings, polliwogs, and small frogs.
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Mr. Frog
Friends Seek and Offer Help to Find a True Companion
A reflective exhortation urges readers to actively help others and seek friendship. It warns against solitary living and urges engagement with people, arguing that genuine friends exist for those who pursue them and invest in life beyond isolation.
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Heaven
Eminent Statesman Prefers Not to Speak of Self
The eminent statesman, dictating early career details to a reporter, pauses to note reluctance about discussing himself and to place a statement that he dislikes talking about his own life.
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Chicago ‘Tribune
Kissing Prompt Sparks Clever Exchange in Fliegende Blätter
A witty exchange from Fliegende Blätter features a German speaker asking about kissing and a reply that an aunt advised to take the best thing in the kitchen, read as humorous commentary on social expectations.
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Herr Frisch
Lost and Found Notices in Journal Classifieds
Lost gray dress skirt with a green stripe left at Journal. Found items include a stray heifer white and red wandering from owner. Wanted: girl for general house work and a cook at Hotel Stephenson. Residence ad at 515 West Washington St Mrs Hood. Owners may inform Journal.
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Leave At Journal
Washington St
City Bus Line Orders with Frank Rogers for Colenso
Call the number at the hotel in Colenso to place orders for the city bus line. Frank Rogers will promptly attend to all requests.
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Colenso
Frank Rogers
Fertile L N R R Angola Growers Reap Huge Returns
The article notes high yields on the Louisville and Nashville railroad lands across Alabama West Florida and Mississippi. A single acre produced 100 barrels of radishes for 8900 gross. four acres yielded 1462 dollars net. A 1902 spring example reports 4 barrels of potatoes from three acres for 1548 dollars with substantial profit. Strawberries range 300 to 850 per acre with some acre yields reaching 12 480 quarts. Address.
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Louisville & Nashville R. A
Alabama
Florida
Mississippi
Pittsburg
Special Summer Excursion Rates to the West
The Iowa Central Railway announces summer excursion rates from Brighton for June 1 to September 30, 1903. Destinations include Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Colorado at 22.75 dollars, Glenwood Springs 34.75, Salt Lake City Ogden 35.75, with low return rates to Deadwood Lead City Hot Springs and Coaster? 8.0. Diverse routes and stopovers offered. Contact any Iowa Central agent or G P T A A Cutts Minneapolis for folders and details.
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Iowa Central Railway
Brighton
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Colo
Glenwood Springs
Salt Lake City
Ogden
Utah
Deadwood
Lead City
Hot Springs
Qoaster
Iowa Central
A. K. Cutts
Minneapolis
Minn
Septso
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Romeo
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Meleni
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Chicago Board of Trade 1 Bros
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Duluth
New Chambers
Gio Chambers Commerce Commerce
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R. T. McCall, Jr
Phease
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Cook & Sherman's Drug Store
M. Lombardo
E. C. Keck
West Washington-st
MAN Lodge
Gracetel
Hefleed
Dance Pere
Mattenes
New York Bank
Misses White
W. P. Paugh
Columbus Junction
Emily Cunningham
West Madison Street
Columbia
Grace Hill
Richmond
Lexington
Charles
Westchester
Ball Park
Villa McCullough-McCreedy
Letts
M. J. McCullough
J. B. Crayne
West Chester
Wm. Beamer
Harriett Boutton
John Beamer
Jeanette
Sigourney
Richard Hamilton McCleery
Ralph Lytle
Des Moines
Elsie Walker
R. H. Walker
Rockford
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TOG. A. R
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Los Angeles
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G. A. Park, General Industrial & Imigration Agt
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