Local Society Notes Highlight Weddings and Engagements
Society items report Miss Mina to depart for Canada with Miss Robertson and Miss Miller. Mr and Mrs Robertson host a dinner for birthdays. Miss Vaughn and Mr Schlatter wed in Wayland with families present. Miss Bila Holmes and Fred Shaffer marry in Crawfordsville as Grace Robbins plays. The Married Ladies' club plans a ball on March 25.
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Washington
Holmes
Crawfordsville
Bila
Fred Shaffer
Grace Robbins
E. H. Thompsson
BE. L. Tennant
Mi o Na Tonic Promises Strong Stomach Health Claims
An advertisement touts Mi o Na as the only agent to strengthen digestion and bloodstream health, urging readers to take one appetizer and tonic to boost appetite. It cites benefits like clearer blood, fewer headaches, and renewed vigor, with editors and ministers among buyers and a guarantee offering refunds if unsatisfied. A terse help-wanted line for a light housework girl follows.
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Columbia Pharm
First White Child Born in Iowa Dead in Fairfield
David L. Coop, claimed as the first white child born in this Iowa region, died at his home near Perlee while chopping wood. He was 75. His body was found by son-in-law J O W Lambert. Coop, Jefferson county resident since territorial days, was born around 1835 or 1836.
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Iowa
Fairfield
David L. Coop
L’erlee
J. O. W. Lambert
Jefferson County
Mr. Loop
Burlington
Iowa City
Infant Guzeman Dies at Eight Months on Wagner Farm
Yesterday afternoon eight months old Wm. Frank Guzeman died at his parents Ed and Mrs Guzeman's Wagner farm home. Funeral services will be held tomorrow conducted by Rev Michels. Interment will be in Elm Grove cemetery.
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Frank Guzeman
Ed Guzeman
Wagner
Rev
Michels
Elm Grove Cemetery
Infant Homer McFarland Dies of Pneumonia
The six month old son of Mr and Mrs Ralph McFarland of Grace Hill died last evening at home from pneumonia. The body will be taken today to Henry County for burial.
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Homer
Ralph McFarland
Grace Hill
Henry County
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh Containing Mercury
Caution against mercurial catarrh remedies and promotion of Hall's Catarrh Cure. Claims no mercury and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Produced by F. J. Cheney & Co in Toledo Ohio with testimonials available and price 75 cents. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Destoy
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Obeney & Co
Court reconvenes for Wells case with ongoing cross examination
In district court the Wells case resumes at nine this morning. W A Wells testified under direct examination by Guernsey, finished around 1 30 and the cross examination began by Seevers. At press time the cross examination continues with little other notable Washington news.
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W. A. Wells
Guernsey
Seevers
Washington
Card of Thanks for McConahey Family
Public thanks to friends and neighbors for kindnesses during illness and death of husband and father, signed by Mrs. W. J. McConahey and children.
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W. J. McConahey
Dr Kings New Discovery Cures Pneumonia and Colds
A Talladega Springs resident, J. W. McKinnon, credits Dr King s New Discovery with quick relief after two doctors failed. One bottle cured him from pneumonia. It also eases sore throat bronchitis coughs and colds. Guaranteed at J H Stewart s drug store with a trial bottle free.
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J. H. Stewart’s
Iowa residents get notices of new patents on 21st instant
Patent attorney R. W. Bishop reports issues of numerous Iowa patents announced to residents. Entries include artificial stone mold by W. Fox of Waterloo, ballast handling by N. P. Walters of Fort Madison, mail bag delivering apparatus by N. J. Curtis of Lisbon, and multiple other inventions with inventors from Cedar Rapids, Burlington, Ottumwa, Decorah, Osceola, and Fort Madison among others.
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R. W. Bishop
Washington
I. C
Iowa
Waterloo
Iowa Gasoline Engine Co
N. P. Walters
Fort Madison
C. L. O'Kell
N. J. Curtis
Lisbon
H. A
I. Stempel
M. H. Daley
Claries City
J. E. Lappen
Decorah
L. L. C. Brooks
F. M. Calin
St. Paul
Mine
W. G. Willcoxen
Burlington
Auxiliary Journal
Grant Newland
Panora
J. W. Dalzell
J. B Dalzell
Joseph Tomlinson
Cedar Rapids
Careful of the Fire in Southern Hotels
An excerpt from Hart's Two Argonauts In Spain describes cold, cramped hotels in southern Italy and Spain. Landlords stall fuel with locked coal bins while American guests shiver near small stoves illustrating comic discomfort and cultural clash. A Levantine hotel episode adds risqué humor.
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Italy
Spain
Mr. Hart
Granada
The Barley Harrell Ledger and the Lost Gold Belt
A Tulare Valley rancher known as Barley Harrell travels by horse to Los Angeles with $1,600 in gold. His belt of coins is lost at a Tehachapi camp but later resurfaces, with two coins missing, after a coyotes theft. The coins endure twelve months in the belt’s grassy grave until recovered by chance.
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San Joaquin Valley
California
Jasper Harrell
Tulare County
Mr. Harrell
Harrell
Southern Pacific Railroad
Tehachap Mountains
Great Valley
Mojave Desert
Los Angeles
Tehachap Range
Lucifer
San Francisco Chronicle
Vermont Senator Proctor Leads Salt Lake City Walk
Senator Proctor of Vermont travels with Mrs Proctor and a fourteen member party touring Salt Lake City. They walk the city streets with the women in pairs, drawing surprised remarks from an eastern party who glimpse the procession and joke about polygamy.
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Senator Proctor
Vermont
Proctor
Salt Lake City
Cholly Deliberates A Difficult Task With Clara
Clara challenges Cholly to try and prove the task is not so hard if he truly makes the effort. The exchange carries a teasing, instructive tone as she nudges him forward.
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Cholly
Clara
Settlers' Reduced Rail Rates to Minnesota and Dakota
Iowa Central offers very low weekly sale fares every Tuesday in March and April to settlers traveling to Minnesota and the Dakota Territory. Daily through trains run to St Paul with direct connections at Union Depot, no car changes required. Address A B Apr 15 Ashe Rid a egu Wu Minneapolis Minn.
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Minnesota
Dakota
Iowa Central
North
South Dakota
St. Paul
Union Depot
A. B
Goose Symbol of Peace on Chinese Stamps Story
The article recounts a tale linking geese to peace in China. A messenger sent 140 years before Christ reportedly perished abroad, but a wild goose bore his note to the ruler and prompted a rescue. Since then the goose is revered in Chinese culture and appears on stamps.
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China
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