Local visit notes and city figures in brief
Fragmentary report shows Hn Smeltzer announcing candidacy for a city board. Mentions a Mason painting roofs at the City feed yards. D Dayton and David Kilgore of Chester visited for business. Bina Porter arrived from fade and went to Ains forth. J Rynerson, previously assisting, appears in the city update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hn Smeltzer
D. Dayton
David Kilgore
Chester
City Today
Bina Porter
Fade
Ainsforth
J. Rynerson
Real estate changes and social notes from Altinworth
H M Wilkins bought W Strath farm and Br Nichols sold to Will Goble. J J Grim returned from Davenport. Mrs Lizzie Supplee and son Frank went to Chicago. Nellie Terr returned from visiting Frank in Wilton. Riva Sands came back from Coneville. Riva Porter, long in Loveland Colorado, returned home. Mrs D A Logan convalescent after illness. Miss Reay visiting Mrs Lee Derby returned to Letts. Wites Lee Cook visiting aunt Miss Anna Thompson returned to Perlee Ubis. Miss JF Smith of New London left for your city. Verdi sent long distance call to Chicago. We will soon be a metropolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Wilkins
W. Strath
Br. Nichols
Will Goble
J. J. Grim
Davenport
Lizzie Supplee
Frank
Chicago
Nellie Terr
Wilton
Riva Sands
Coneville
Riva Porter
Loveland
Col
D A Logan
Miss Reay
Lee Derby
Letts
Wites Lee Cook
Anna Thompson
Perlee Ubis
JF. A. Smith
New London
B. Barnett
Verdi
Youth Social at Miss Maxwell’s Draws Nineteen Hundreds
A large group of about 110 young people gathered last evening at Miss Ollie Maxwell’s home east of town for a social evening with refreshments including ice cream. Farmers are bringing in a great deal of oats this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollie Maxwell
Visit Recap Notes and Court of Honor Gathering
Starry McCombs returned from Pennsylvania. Mike Smith and Asdy Leaver are visiting Riverside today for a Court of Honor meeting tonight. Several members will be inducted. J. B. Gallagher of your city was present today at the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Starry McCombs
Pennsylvania
Mike Smith
Asdy Leaver
Riverside
Court of Honor
J. B. Gallagher
Local travel notes mention Iowa City visitors
Pearl Newton and Mrs Nicola were seen in Iowa City yesterday with Mrs Nicola traveling from the area. The U B Sunday School unit gathered on the English River today for a pictorial outing and excursion from the capital town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Newton
Lowa City
U. B
English River
Mrrs
W. E. Nicola
Mrs Jacob Fry Visits Wellman This Morning
Mrs. Jacob Fry went to Wellman this morning. Recorder S. 2 Parke drove to here this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Fry
Wellman
Recorder S
Parke
Here
Shipping of Percheon horses for Singmaster Bros arrives
Thirty head of thoroughbreds accompanied by Jim Berry and Victor Vereheval arrived this morning. A bank stockholders meeting in Richland is planned for Tuesday. Chas. Anderson visited last night. High School commencement drew a large crowd. Citizens have funded band concerts starting Saturdays in June. Mrs. J. A. Arnold and Mrs. Fishburn visited relatives. A musicale with M R Breiter and others is planned for Crawfordsville opera house with a special Edison phonograph. Agt Fox offers special rates and will hold the 9:20 train until the concert ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singmaster Bros
Jim Berry
Victor Vereheval
New York
Lng
Richland Tceday
Chas. Anderson
Your Eity
Mere
J. A. Arnold
Keota
J. B. Crayne
Preston Smithers
Crawfordsville
Frank Belknap
Messrs
Fox
Dublin Visitor John McCaleb Drops In On Business
Miss Lou Huskins returns from Keola. Mrs H Jh Raly hosts Junior League on Miriam Ealy's twelfth birthday with Edith Kleese Carrie Emmons Tilda Hunt Tena Hunt Daisy Allen Lorena Rownd Bertha Matucha Kate Berdo Miriam Ealy in attendance. Mr A Anderson and wife invited to visit Thos McKee journal clerk of the house of representatives during east tour. McKee long trusted congressman praised in 1899 Congressional Cemetery address as patriotic and eloquent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Jh. Raly
A. Anderson
Thos. McKee
House of Representatives
McKee
Mr. A
Congress
House
Congressional Cemetery
Cost of Typhoid Fever Analyzed By Doctors
At the Indiana State Medical Society meeting Dr. Hurty outlined typhoid’s impact. He estimated 2,000 deaths and 20,000 cases, creating a hypothetical city of typhoid with 32,400 residents over six weeks costing about 800,8000 dollars including medical staff and funerals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
State Medical Society
Anderson
J. N. Hurty
State Board of Health
Muncie
Narrow Escape at Copper Mine Shows Quick Thinking
James Reynolds at the Adventure copper mine in Rockland Michigan narrowly escaped a gas filled shaft after volunteering to descend first. He descended 800 feet, nearly succumbed to gas, and was hoisted to the surface when his trousers caught on iron, saving his life. He credited the sturdy clothing for his survival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockland
Mich
James Reynolds
Adventure
Reynolds
Ile
Rural mail carriers move vast yearly mail volume
About 400 rural mail carriers in the United States handled 10 million pieces of mail last year. A New York paper notes Thomas B. Reed shows courtesy by offering seats to two ladies on a streetcar. Thomas E. Minco, theatrical manager, has died in New York at age 59. The Paris fair opened the United States Publishers building. New London Wisconsin is declared free from smallpox. The Johore sultan in state clothes wears diamonds valued at 12 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
London
New York
Thomas B. Reed
Thomas E. Minco
New London
Wis
Johore
Woman Saves 2-Year-Old On Wisconsin Rail Track
May 31 Milwaukee and Oconomowoc reports tell of Miss Laura Anderson rescuing the 2-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs Harro from a train track just as a passenger engine approached. The child narrowly escaped injury as the train brushed her dress and the rescuer pulled her to safety. In Milwaukee a separate note items a General Paper company formed to counter the eastern International Print Paper trust. Portland Indiana covers the murder trial of Mary O'Donnell for the Dunkirk shooting of Frank Whetsell with a second hearing granted for charging errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oconomowoe
Wis
Laura Anderson
Herro
Miss Anderson
Milwaukee
General Paper Company
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Manila Paper Mills
International Print Paper Trust
Wisconsin Combine
Portland
Ind
Mary O'Donnell
Jay County
Frank Whetsell
Dunkirk
TSC
Building Lots Offer for Immediate Purchase
They claim the lots are durable and not prone to burning or blowing away. Prospective buyers are urged to purchase one or two now to avoid further price increases and are invited to make their own terms.
Methodist Conference Adjourns After Reform Milestones
Chicago May 40. The twenty-third general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church adjourned at 12:50 after twenty-nine sessions. It admitted lay delegates to equal representation and women as delegates, adopted a new constitution, reformed bishop residences, elected two bishops and two missionary superintendents, abolished the pastorate time limit, kept the ban on dancing, consolidated benevolent societies, and established foreign episcopal residences in Shanghai and Zurich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Stephen M. Merrill
General Conference
Methodist- Episcopal Church
Walden
Shanghai
China
Zurich
Switzerland
German investments worldwide show rising capital flow
Washington reports from Consul Guenther detail German moneydending and investment abroad. Germany's global mills and hundreds of investments amounting to about 2.38 billion mark are listed across Africa Asia the Americas and Europe. Senators consider direct senate elections while Hoar backs a plurality method to avoid deadlocks. Detroit mourns David Ward pioneer and lumber magnate who died in Pontiac after a long illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Guenther
Frankfort
Germany
North Africa
South Africa
Cape Colony
Transvaal
East Africa
Asia
Turkey
Mexico
Central America
West Indies
South America
North America
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Chandler
House
United States
Hoar
Three youths killed in Pekin high school picnic accident
A bridge timber collapse at Mackinaw Falls near Peoria kills Wesley Smith 18 and Jessie Skaggs 16, with Mabel Clauser 18 badly injured while attending Pekin high school picnic. In Chicago a jeweler Jacob Wolf shot a robber after a struggle, the robber George Wilson from St Louis is hospitalized with limited information available. The report ends with a wry remark on revolutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Ills
Wesley Smith
Jessie Skaggs
Mabel Clauser
Mackinaw Falls
Smith
Skaggs
Clauser
Pekin High School
Chicago
Jacob Wolf
Thirty-first Street
George Wilson
St. Louis
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B.f.dixond Co
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iMavre
Richmond
Kalena
Woast Chester
John McCaleb
Dublin
Lou Huskins
Keola
Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Hunter
Kansas State University At
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Wireman
Rochester
N. Y
Eastman Kodak Works
Tracey
Sloan
Ted Sloan
Mr. Lewis
Joubert
H. J. King
Mel Wintey
Chesapeake Bay
Springfield, Ill
Champaign
Centralia
Justin
Bowman Bros
Krank Webb
Sproull
Hitch
Miles
Miles’ Nervine
W. L. Burk
Sailor Springs
Lils
Nervine
Dr. Miles Medical Co
Elkhart, Ind
Aidiverse
Michigan
Detroit
David Ward
Pontiac
Ward
Earth
Mirael
Canov
New York State
Brussels
Make’s Son
Lord Cecil Man
Oberammergau
Walther
Schneider
Saturn
Benton Co. Ark
B. Townsend
Cardus
Chattanooga Medicine CO
Chattanooga, Tenn
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