Epworth League Convention Opens in Crawfordsville
The Burlington district Epworth League annual convention met in the Methodist church with about seventy seven delegates. Rev. J. S. Cotton welcomed guests, S. G. Logan presided, and a reception followed. Rev. J. L. McLaughlin of the Philippines spoke on missions, describing 3500 conversions and 48 lepers baptized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. ©. Daugherty
J. 8. Cotton
Presbyterian Church
S. G. Logan
C. Jones
Mae Burton
Mt. Pleasant
A. L. Jordan
Sperry
Epworth League
J. J. Kellogg
Washington
J. L. McLaughlin
Philippine Islands
McLaughlin
Rubio Plans Big Fourth of July Celebration
Rubio, the second station west of Washington on the Milwaukee, plans a large Fourth of July celebration funded by local merchants. Rail facilities allow a day trip there and back, with the river nearby for a part of the day.
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Rubio
Washington
Milwaukee
Postpone Commencement At St James School
A large audience was disappointed when damage to the electric light connections forced postponement of the exercises. They will be held this evening in the St James school building at 8 o'clock.
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St. James School
First Class Bakery Goods Opposite the Vienna Opera House
A brief notice notes a bakery offering a full line of first class goods located opposite the Vienna Opera House. The item highlights the shop’s range and prime location for passersby.
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Vienna
Opera House
Rubio Couple Visits City Before Returning Home
O. L. Hollingsworth and wife of Rubio were visitors in the city last evening and left this morning for their home.
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O. L. Hollingsworth
Rubio
Local social and church events highlight town life
A dinner for Mr and Mrs J H Young in East Washington hosted friends. Eastern Star initiated Miss Crete Cook at Masonic Temple. Juniors of Second church plan a social with Bible contest. Miss Minnie Wolfe hosted a six o clock dinner for Tondre and Benz staff. Arthur Smith and others enjoyed a riverside picnic. Bible reading contests at First U P church featured Miss Lorena McCaw and Miss Genevra McCaw, with Genevra winning and being sent to Winfield. Seventeen delegates chosen to attend the Winfield session. A social followed the lecture with a guest name-tag game won by Pansy Minick. Frappé served by local staff. Mr Martin Swift Jr and Mrs W P Keister wed in Davenport, with a small ceremony and return home to begin housekeeping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Wolfe
Tondre & Benz Millinery
West Second Street
U. P
Isabel McElhinney
The
Christian Union
Lorena McCaw
Ruth Vincent
Agnes Coffelt
Margaret Corette
Blanche Gordon
Violet Jones
Kate Montgomery
Kessie Purvis
Walter Williams
Genevra McCaw
Miss McCaw
Young Peoples’ Assembly
Winfield
Martin Swift, Jr
W. P. Keister
South
Washington
Davenport
Judge Ditzen
401
Journal
Fight Between Players and Villagers in Hungary
In Budapest on June 16 a clash between strolling players and local villagers at Derekigybaz left three dead and about sixty wounded. The dispute arose after the players failed to present the promised cannabaliem exhibition, provoking a riot during which a player bit a portion from a spectator’s ear. Police later restored order and eighteen wounded are in serious condition.
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Budapest
Derekigybaz
Hungary
Death of Greek Premier Delyaunie Sparks Pension Move
In Athens on June 16 the late Premier Delyaunie who was assassinated June 13 by gambler Gherakaris died in poverty. The chamber will vote a pension to the immediate members of the family.
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Athens
Greece
Delyaunie
Asere
Gherakaris
Tragic double suicide found in Peentonica River
In Freeport on June 16 the bodies of Mrs Young aged 28 and Miss Meda Pyle aged 16 were recovered from the Peentonica river. Each woman had previously expressed intent to kill herself and walked into the water.
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Freeport
Mra. Young
Meda Pyle
Peentonica River
Sixty One Foundling Infants Enter St Louis By Train
Sixty one infants formerly from the New York Foundling Asylum crowded Union Station in St Louis causing traffic delays. A three year old named Joseph Brown fell from a car window and died before arriving in the city. Five babies crawled under trains but were saved. The infants are to be sent to Texas for adoption into homes.
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St. Louis
New York
Van Rochove couple long married Holland settlers in Kalamazoo
Richard Van Rochove age 50 and Johanna 75 with eleven children of which eight survive mark fifty seven years of marriage. The couple, among Kalamazoo’s earliest Holland settlers, wed in New York after arriving from Holland aboard the ship that carried them to the United States.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Richard
Johanna van Rochove
New York
Holland
Crawfordsville Notes From June Convention Day
Mrs R T McCall arrived from Washington to attend the convention at the Meal home. Mr and Mrs Guy Tomlinson of Morning Sun visit N L Long for the convention. A nine pound daughter born to Mr and Mrs John Davis. Miss Ola Jacobs of Washington visits J C Cunningham home. Presbyterian Church observes Children's Day with exercises at 10 30 and Christian Endeavor at 7. Pastor to preach to children from Some Lessons from Daniel. Methodist church holds regular services. U P church has no preaching.
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Crawfordsville
R. T. McCall
Washington
Guy Tomlinson
N. L
Daniel
Methodist Church
U. P
Kansan Farmers Face Large Harvest Labor Need
Kansas farmers would require 25 000 workers and 2 240 harvesting crews to gather crops. Other notes include the sixtieth Hauge Norwegian Lutheran Synod meeting in Reading Minnesota and the Virginian turbine steamer breaking ocean records from Moville Ireland to Cape Race Newfoundland in four days ten hours.
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Kansas
Hauge Norwegian Lutheran Synod
Reading
Minn
Moville
Ireland
Cape Race
Newfoundland
M. Toyama
Roman Character Society of
Japan
Minneapolis
New York
Texas
Visitors and social notes from Crawfordsville and Wellman
Mrs G F Niblock and children and Mr and Mrs Henry Crooks with daughter Mabel of Crawfordsville spent the day in this city. Miss Zoe McKinley of Wellman visited with her sister Mrs Dr Carney and Miss Katie Trieschmann will return with Miss McKinley. Elery Foster and wife arrive from Wellman to visit Capt J B Teller. Miss Mary Robertson underwent a serious operation at Hershey hospital. her condition is improving and friends are glad.
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Vienna
G. F. Niblock
Henry Crooks
Mabel
Crawfordsville
Zoe McKinley
Wellman
Dr. Carney
Katie Trieschmann
Miss McKinley
Elery Foster
Henry Foster
J. B. Teller
Muscatine
Mary Robertson
Hershey Hospital
Miss Robertson
Cure of kidney disease claimed by Cherokee man
C F Collier of Cherokee Iowa credits Electric Bitters with curing a severe kidney disease that kept him in constant pain and misery. He says the tonic restored his health and urges others with weak kidneys liver or stomach to try it, guaranteed by J Stewart Druggist at a price of 50 cents.
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C. F. Collier
Cherokee
Iowa
J. Stewart
Patents issued to Iowa residents on the 13th instant
Patent notices list multiple Iowa inventors and locations including E A Gallup Hancock W L London Council Bluffs J H Akin Ames Willard Norcott Arnolds Park F O Farwell Dubuque C H Messelroad Stuart W W Marsh Waterloo W G Thompson Des Moines and others. Patents cover fruit gatherer automation passenger registration corn cooking and mixing music leaf turner harness loop husking peg movable elevator lubricator building block chimney liner for centrifugal separators automobile drag and related devices.
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J. W. Bishop
Washington, D. C
Iowa
E. A. Gallup
Hancock
F. L. Kauffman
Des Moines
W. L. London
Council Biuffs
Willard Norcott
Arnolds Park
F. O. Farwell
Dubuque
Adams
C. H. Messelroad
Stuart
W. W. Marsh
Waterloo
W. G. Thompson
Tent Location Notice for Chautauqua Ends Tomorrow
Notices urge anyone seeking a tent site for the Chautauqua to act by tomorrow as most tents are already taken and readers should act now to avoid being left out.
Johnson’s offers cookies pies and cakes and more
Mrs. George Barrett and two children returned from Sigourney this morning. Mrs. J A Jones and family left for Columbus Junction on business. Mrs. Db Elder returned from Carlsbad New Mexico where she spent the winter with her daughters Mrs Lewis and Mrs J W Lewis.
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Johnson’s
George Barrett
Sigourney
J. A. Jones
Columbus Junction
Elder
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Lewis
J. W. Lewis
Penny in the Slot Sells Soda at New York Ferry House
The Pennsylvania railroad unveiled a penny-in-the-slot soda machine at its New York ferry house. It dispenses ice cooled water and features a tumbler washer to ensure a clean sanitary drink, with machines rolling out to other railroad ferry houses and stations.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
New York Tribune
Wisconsin chemist claims Niquid as beer enhancer
A Wisconsin chemist announces a Niquid nine thousand five hundred times stronger than crude hops and twelve thousand five hundred times the strength of common malt. One drop in a large beer glass with ice water supposedly yields a glass of pure beer of the finest grade.
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Wisconsin
Ships Return with Winter Cargoes for June's Land
The ships come home at day’s end their sails reddened by sunset laden with winter’s cargoes of gold silver silken tapestries and other treasures. Crews will rest ashore in their homeland and give bounty to the country of birth as they end their voyage. James Owen Tryon in New York Times.
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Tey
James Owen Tryon
New York Times
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