Last Words Lie as Executions Fall in Alabama Hangings
Frank Miller, a notorious safe robber, was hanged in Birmingham at 10 55 yesterday morning after declaring his innocence and naming his alleged accomplice Duncan. Miller and Duncan were linked to the March 1900 murder of Policeman Adams and the later killing of Officer Kirkley. Governor Jelks refused commutation despite German requests. An hour later Alonzo Williams, serving a life sentence, was hanged on the same scaffold for stabbing a fellow convict in Pratt Mines.
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Birmingham
Ala
Frank Miller
Miller
Heflin
Duncan
Father O'Reilly
J. W. Adams
Standard Oil Company
G. W. Kirkley
Frank Duncan
Kirkley
Adams
Germany
Supreme Court
Jelks
Pardon Board
Alonzo Williams
Williams
Pratt Mines
Bob Callahan
Mrs Ruthven Claims She Killed Policeman in Plunging Plea
In Columbus Ohio Mrs Edwin Ruthven wife of Cleveland murderer Ruthven made a last appeal to save her husband by confessing to killing Policeman Shipp during a burglary. She said she dressed in his clothes and helped robber Charles Jacobs then shot the officer. Ruthven denied the claim as her husband faced execution.
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Lightning of Justice
Columbus
Edwin Ruthven
Cleveland
Penitentiary
W. M. Langford
Policeman Shipp
Charles Jacobs
Ruthven
Jacobs
Shipp
Tragic Train Death Found Near Gurnee Station
The mangled body of a man was found beside the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul tracks near Gurnee station. Authorities believe he either fell from a train or was thrown and then run over by another train, with a mileage hook from Watertown New York linked to a P. J. Sargent sale.
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Waukegan, Ills
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Gurnee Station
Watertown
N. Y
P. J. Sargent
Man and wife held on abandonment claim in Illinois
Samuel T. Ferry and Mrs. Flora L. Radcliffe of Chicago are jailed on a complaint by Mrs. Ferry. She alleges the couple lived as husband and wife from January to April this year. Ferry faces abandonment and non support charges while Mrs. Ferry was away in Chicago and Ferry returned home periodically.
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Waukegan, Ills
Samuel T. Ferry
Flora L. Radcliffe
Chicago
Ferry
St Joseph Bans Sunday Trapeze Shows In City
The St Joseph common council decided to prohibit trapeze performances and similar amusements on Sundays. Saloonkeepers reportedly objected, and council members said church rights must be respected. The city’s reputation as a Gretna Green was criticized in connection with the issue.
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St. Joseph, Mich
St. Joe
Gretna
Doctor Finds Gas Leak After Lighting Match in Home
Longansport Indiana June 20 Dr J N Neff used a lighted match to search for a gas leak and discovered it. The blast wrecked his laboratory with plastering shorn and the building afire. Neff escaped unharmed and helped firefighters contain the blaze.
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Longansport
Ind
J. N. Neff
Markets push for mixed gains on wheat corn and hogs
Chicago quotes show wheat and corn fluctuating with July pork trading around 14.50 to 14.60. Cattle and hogs on Chicago live stock markets steady to firm amid varied receipts. East Buffalo and St. Louis reports mirror light supplies and modest price shifts across hogs cattle and lambs.
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Chicago
Board of Trade Today
Isaaus
WO Cinvicsee Ge AB
ARES
Ohio
Illinois
Texas
Ier
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
St. Louis
Blot on the Earth as Indiana Town Seethes Over Assault Ring
In Muncie Indiana a gang of six to eight men is accused of luring young women to the country for assaults. Aletha Pucket and Georgia Davis are named victims with Arthur Favors identified as decoy. Defendants jailed in 2000 bail awaiting September term as prosecutor Dearth hunts more suspects and victims fear disclosure.
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Muncie
Ind
Paterson
N. J
Aletha Pucket
Georgia Davis
Kirby Hill
Arthur Favors
What Tom Johnson Believes About Monopoly and Taxation
Detroit June 29 Mayor Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland declares private monopoly the greatest threat and argues taxation is the cure. At Philharmonic hall the second National Social and Political conference opened with under 100 attendees as Elfwed Pomeroy presided. Scripps Abbott and others led discussions on using the press and pamphlets.
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Detroit
Tom L. Johnson
Clevland
James E. Scripps
Willis J. Abbott
Ann Arbor
George H. Sibley
Washington
Charles B. Patterson
The
Arena
Indiana farmer Peter Lynch left largest living family
Scottsburg Indiana June 29 possibly the largest living family in Indiana is that of the late Peter Lynch who died two weeks ago and whose residence was on a farm near Little York Lynch
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Scottsburg
Ind
Indiana
Peter Lynch
Little York
Lynch
Family Builder Parent of Large, Healthy Family
A father is described as the progenitor of twenty three children, all living and in good health. He has twelve sons and ten daughters, all married with their own families.
Jury Finds Breckenfelder Killed During Botched Robbery
In Monroe Michigan on June 29 the jury inquest into William Breckenfelder’s death rules he died at the hands of Jay W. Foster during an attempted robbery at Mrs. Elizabeth A. Foster’s home. Poster is exonerated of blame.
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Monroe, Mich
William Breckenfelder
Breckenfelder
Jay W. Foster
Elizabeth A. Foster
Monroe Town
Young Poster
Chance to Work for Uncle Sam in Chicago Recruitment
A U S naval recruiting officer at 1421 Macon le temple announces orders to enlist first and second class firemen and coal passers, inviting applicants in Chicago dated June 20.
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Chicago
United States Naval
Maconle Temple
Bank Failures Not Likely to Disrupt Overall Trade
R G Dun reports that a bank failure in New York did not signal broader economic distress. The country remains prosperous with strong harvest prospects and improving conditions in iron and coal industries. Weekly failures: 204 in the United States, 23 in Canada, up from last year.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
United States
Canada
Wants Money for a Murder
Frank Wilson, administrator of Mary Chism estate, sues Merritt Chism for 5000 dollars in McLean county circuit court. The civil action seeks damages for the murder of Mary Chism on May 12, allegedly by her husband Merritt Chism, who is jailed awaiting trial.
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Bloomington
His
Frank Wilson
Mary
Chism
McLean County Circit Court
Merritt Chism
Merrit Chism
Carlock
McLean County
Harvey Freeland
Storm of 4 p m hits Minneapolis and St Paul
A fierce 4 pm storm swept through Minneapolis and St Paul with damaging winds rain and a live wire death in Minneapolis. One fatality Holly Bennett and injuries to Dell Eck and Mrs Morey. Glass roofs blown down and a grain tank collapsed. West Superior reports heavy rain and damage. In St Paul the storm damaged trees chimneys and wires with several injuries but no serious cases.
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Minneapolis
Mimn
Holly Bennett
Dell Eck
Mra
Morey
Faumily
Mra. Morey
Pioneer Steel Elevator Company
Times
West Superior
Wis
St. Paul
Minn
Regulations for Barbers in Lansing Set Rules for Shops
The new state barbers commission elected officers James H. Hooper as president Henry S. Busby as vice president R M Fillmore as secretary and filed general rules for shops. Rules require sterilizing razors shaving brushes and mugs using a clean towel per customer powdered alum for stops of blood only prohibits powder puffs and sponges hot and cold water in each shop no dormitories and barbers must wash hands after each customer.
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Lansing
Mich
New State Barbers’ Commission
James H. Hooper
Ishpeming
Henry S. Busby
Hastings
R. M. Fillmore
Government of Shops
Baseball Scores From League Play Across Cities
Chicago, June 29 reports yesterday courted results from multiple leagues. In New York Cincinnati outscored New York 11 to 10. Philadelphia defeated Chicago 4 to 2 and Brooklyn beat Pittsburg 5 to 3. St Louis triumphed over Boston 10 to 4. American League games included Detroit 4 over Milwaukee 0, Washington 6 over Boston 5, Baltimore 8 over Philadelphia 6, and Chicago 7 over Cleveland 6. Western Association results featured Columbus over Indianapolis 3 to 1, Fort Wayne 11 over Wheeling 1, Dayton 7 over Layton 5, and a split Toledo defeating Marion 5 to 4 in game one and Marion 12 to 2 in game two.
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Chicago
New York
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
Boston
St. Louis
Detroit
Milwaukee
Washington
Baltimore
Cleveland
Western Association
Columbus
Indianapolis
Fort Wayne
Wheeling
Layton
Louisville
Dayton
Toledo
Marion
Fowler men buy Henry Stevenson farm in Benton county
On Wednesday afternoon George Matthews and Wallace Evans of Fowler purchased the Henry Stevenson farm in Pinetownship for 40 950 dollars. The purchase is noted as one of the largest land deals in Benton county in several years.
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Fowler
Ind
George Matthews
Wallace Evans
Henry Stevenson
Pine Township
Benton County
Storm of mud and hail hits Wisconsin town
A New Richmond special reports a fierce mud storm up the west, then north and south of the town, with heavy rain, hail, and wind plastering mud over buildings. Crops and trees damaged and livestock killed are reported as the storm sweeps the area.
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St. Paul
Minn
Richmond
Wis
Pioneer Press
Minneapolis
Montevideo
G. Jung
Here
Jung
Bird Island
Olivia
LaCrosse
Boycott
Norwegian Lutherian Hospital
Fifth Annual Live Stock Convention in Chicago Planned
Final arrangements are completed for the fifth annual convention of the American National Live Stock association and the second annual Live Stock exposition to be held in Chicago December 3 to 6. John W. Springer, president, has leased the Studebaker theatre for the sessions.
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Chicago
American National Live Stock Association
John W. Springer
Studebaker
Strike for a 10 Per Cent Raise at Des Moines Starch Works
The cellar men in the National Starch works branch in Des Moines have struck for a 10 percent raise. Two hundred men are out of employment. The action occurred on June 29 as part of a labor dispute affecting the plant and its workers.
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Des Moines
National Starch Works
Glass Workers Take a Vacation in Nationwide Shut Down
Pittsburg June 20 nearly all U S flint glass factories under the American Flint Glass Workers union will close tonight for four weeks to two months. About 40000 men and boys will take the customary summer vacation across the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Flrnt
American Flint Glass Workers’ Union
International shifts and local violence reported in outlines
Austria renews diplomatic ties with Mexico after Maximilian execution fallout. British Commons passes coal export tax by 86 majority. Kentucky Good Roads Association forms a permanent group led by John Bateman. Marion Arkansas hangs John Bateman for murder in 1900. Edward Weinschrader injured by cigarette explosion in Williamsport New York. Three robbers force proprietor and six patrons into saloon icebox in Chicago. Chinese bandits seize four Manchurian cities. Italian troops fire on strikers at Ferrara. several killed. Duke of Manchester reports losses from theatrical ventures and no gambling. Saengerfest closes in Buffalo with grand volksfest at Pan American grounds. Arthur Pue Gorman seeks removal of ex title before senator. Joseph Ladue, Klondike founder, dies at Schuyler Valley home.
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Austria
Mexico
Maximilian
Kentucky Good Roads Association
John Bateman
Marion
Ark
Big Wife
Edward Weinschrader
Williamsburg
N. Y
Chicago
Manchuria
Ferrara
Duke of Manchester
Saengerbund
Buffalo
Arthur Pue Gorman
Maryland
Joseph Ladue
Dawson Ity
Klondike
Schuyler Valley
Samuel Gompers Falls After Street Car Accident
Samuel Gompers was knocked down by a street car and is hospitalized with brain congestion. He was resting easier last night and no skull fracture has been found in the initial investigation.
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Samuel Gompers
Washington
Miss Torrey Weds Edward A Dediemar in Quiet Elopement
Kenosha Wisconsin reports Miss Ethel L. Torrey a noted local teacher eloped to Waukegan and quietly married Edward A. Dediemar on Thursday establishing a new union in early summer.
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Kenosha
Wis
Ethel L. Torrey
Publie
Edward A. Dediemar
Waukegan
Pioneer Igwa Magan Dead in Cedar Rapids
Parvin longtime grand secretary of the Iowa Masonic Grand Lodge died yesterday in Cedar Rapids Iowa after a fifty eight year service. The survivor list and funeral details were not available in the readable fragment.
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Cedar Rapids
Parvin
Iowa Masonic Grand Lodge
Republican State Convention Planned for Lincoln
Nebraska Republican leaders in Lincoln announce the state central committee has set the state convention for August 28 in Lincoln. The decision comes as party officials organize the 1920 campaign activities.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Republian State Central Committee
Illinois Printing Crafts Union ends with profitable session
The ninth annual convention of the Allied Printing Crafts Union of Illinois adjourned in Elgin on June 29 after an energetic meeting. Officers were elected and plans for next year discussed, with the 193? gathering to convene in Aurora on the third Tuesday in June.
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Elgin
Ula
Allied Printing Crafts Union of Illinois
Ausora
Miss Fifield Found After Mysterious Departure
Miss Helen Fifield, 19, daughter of Alderman F B Fifield, disappeared a week earlier causing citywide concern. A Chicago woman friend identified her in Buffalo after detectives traced a Home hotel registrar under the name Mrs Daisy Taylor. The case ends with her return home in Janesville Wisconsin.
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Janesville
Wis
Helen Fifield
F. B. Fifield
Jamess
Fifield
Buffalo
Chicago
Home Hotel
Infuriated Mob Kills Two in West Virginia Town
In Lager, near Panther, West Virginia, June 20, a mob stormed a house to seize Peter Price, a Black man accused of insulting a man. Price fought with knives, fatally wounding George Hooks and F M Methan, and injuring Charlies Davis before escaping and being captured. He was jailed at Welch to avert further violence.
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Loose
McGraw
Davis
Welch
Peacemaker French Ensign Flies At Berlin Race News
Berlin reports the Paris to Berlin automobile race bringing together French and German flags across the city. M Fournier favored to win as crowds gather, with accidents noted and police prep for finish crowds. Kaiser William enters Iduna in Kiel race after Meteor damaged.
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Berlin
Paris
Guards’ Corps
M. Fournier
Dusseldorf
Count de Perigord
Aix-la-Chappelle
Kaiser
Kiel
England
William
Travemunde
Prince Rupprecht
Bavaria
Saxe-Weimar
Count von Buelow
Hohenzollern
Divorce suit overruled in Racine by Judge Fish
The circuit court dismissed the case brought by Mrs. Crane against George Crane. The complaint alleged undue intimacy with K. Bull at Chicago and elsewhere. Judge Fish ruled evidence failed to show improper relations or give reasonable suspicion of guilt.
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Racine
Wis
George Crane
Austrian Count and Miss Satterfield wed in two ceremonies
In Buffalo on June 20 Count Franz Josef von Larisch Mooe nich of Austria and Miss Marie Satterfield married in two ceremonies. Justice Haight officiated the first ceremony and Rev Cameron J Davies read the Episcopal marriage service afterward.
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Buffalo
Franz Josef von Larisch Mooenich
Austria
Marie Satterfield
John Satterfield
Justice Haight
Court of Appeals
Cameron J. Davies
Judge Champlin Ailing In Grand Rapids
Supreme Court Judge Very Hi of Grand Rapids Michigan reports Hon. John W. Champlin a former state supreme court justice is seriously ill. He has endured declining health for over a year and, after several days at home, his condition causes concern among friends.
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Supreme Court
Very
Grand Rapids
Mich
John W. Champlin
State Supreme Court
Illinois Pan Building to be dedicated July 3 at Expo
The Pan-American exposition in Illinois will officially open the Pan Building on July 3 with ceremonies. Representative Boutell of Chicago will give the dedicatory address. Two thousand invitations are issued and large state delegations are expected to attend.
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Illinois
Chicago
Ilinois
Boutell
Monroe Center ball game tragedy kills Monroe Rockford player
During a game between Monroe and Rockford at Monroe Center twenty miles southeast of the city Morris Carlson first baseman for Rockford was killed by lightning. Carlson recently belonged to the Three F League. Also reported are the drowning of Jesse Vanscoy and his brother John near Amelia and a denial of the pope's bad health in Rome.
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Rockford
Monroe
Monroe Center
Morris Carlson
Carlson
Jesse Vanscoy
John
Amelia
Rome
Fourth of July Excursion Rates Announced by Railroad
On July 3 and 4 round trip excursion tickets, valid to return by July 5, will be sold at all stations of the Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway. Numerous celebrations occur along the line and agents will provide any needed information.
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Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Northern Ry
Dr Kay’s Renovator Touted As Spring Tonic
Mrs Melissa Kinsley of Turkey hails Dr Kay’s Renovator as the best spring tonic to cleanse the blood and build vigor. The ad promotes tablets in 25 and 50 sizes and a liquid form, claiming it renews the system and strengthens every organ, sold by local pharmacies Temple, Stewart, Cook & Sherman, and Columbia Pharmacy.
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Melissa
Kinsley
Turkey
Kay
Temple Pharmacy
Stewart Pharmacy
Cook & Sherman
Columbia Pharmacy
Two Midgets Wed In Michigan Two Midgets Wed In Michigan
In Benton Harbor on June 29 Curt R Foenger four feet six inches tall and Dorothea McGavin four feet five inches tall married becoming the smallest couple ever wed in Michigan. Foenger aged 40 and McGavin 25 surprised families yet the pair plan to start a life together in the city.
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Benton Warbor
Mich
Curt R. Foenger
Dorothea McGavin
Chelago
Michigan
Fonger
Miss McGarvin
Fifty-fifth Street
Chicago
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Wreckage at Cass Yields New Body and Tragic Trio
In Cass on the Wabash railroad wreck site, another body was found under a demolished car identified as Pasceno Manteno, 10, daughter of Sousa Manteno, who was also killed. In Michigan, Q Day inventor of endless chain truck machinery dies, leaving his work unfinished and his finances strained.
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Peru
Ind
Cass
Vpasceno Manteno
Sousa Manteno
Newcastle City Council Rejects Carnegie Free Library Gift
Newcastle Pennsylvania June 29 The city council refused Andrew Carnegie’s offer to donate funds for a free library after labor unions opposed acceptance The council had invited Carnegie to contribute the gift remains unresolved due to union pressure.
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Newcastle
Andrew Carnegie
Labor
Uuions
Carnegie
Palmists and spiritualists draw crowds in Mexico City
City of Mexico reports a wave of United States palmists and spiritualists arriving to create a sensation drawing sizable crowds and local interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Mexico
United States
Porto Ricans Sailed to Honolulu on Colon Steamer
Seven hundred Porto Rican immigrants departed for Honolulu aboard the Colon yesterday. In Chicago, Harrison A Martin, a postal clerk and ex member of the Illinois volunteers, was held to the federal grand jury in 2500 dollar bonds on charges of stealing mail packages. Martin has a wife and family in Council Bluffs Iowa. An aged person makes a quip about a sick bookkeeper in a shop. event 7 Stinson Methiena.
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Hawaii
Los Angeles
Cal
Honolulu
Colon
Chicago
Harrison A. Martin
Uinois Volunteers
Federal Grand Jury
Martin
Council Bluffs
Stinson Methiena
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Common Sense
Chicago Grain and Produce
Milwaukee Grain
Northern
Tom Johnson
Scripps
Uncle Sam
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Thomas P. Sheehan
Plein
BE. J. Raymond
Aurora
John A. Onyan
Peoria
Hilness
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Rupp
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Br. J. Raymond
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State Barbers’ Commission of
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Klopement
Illinois Printing Crafts
Miss Fifield
Pournier
Hanover
Tranover
Duke Ratiber
Automobile Club of Germany
Baron Rothschild
Count Sierstorf
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Crane
Wed ‘Em
Reynolds
Lowa
Mkes the Dead
Benton Harbor, Mich
Q. Day
Day
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Citizens’ Savings Bank
NGTON
Opptoras
Josten Kee
Cyas
H. Kaew
Frank Stewart
I. M. Sprounn
John Shields & Son
Centerville Coal
Delta Coal
Ridon Coal
Ona Me Iennsylvania
Coa Wood
Rowland & Shields
Dempsey’s Johnson's ‘Bakery
Bquare
Harwood
South Sida
L. E. Latta
Joseph Pollard, Jr
Owa
H. Knecht
J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
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Bear Alberson's Grocery
Temple Huilding
Washington, Iowa
W. MH. Butterfield
Ora Wastore
Iowa
Marsh W. Bailey
P. J. Hanley
Washington County Savings Bank
W. E. Anderson
Cepice
Klein's
Ashington
Ulty
Hotel Allen
W. D. Lowry
Mercer & Chilcote's
W. A. Stiles & Co
West Main St
Washington, Ia
Lila Whitmore
Rookery
R. A. Riley
National Bank
Buam
Keex
A. Warren
First National Bank
Wm. Bish
OC. A. KE J. Hobingon
A F. Henderson
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A. Anderson
Vice Pres
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E. ©. Townsend
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M. Lombardo
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Salt Lake City
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E. G. Fox
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