Texas Ranger at Opera House Tonight
The Texas Ranger is the bill in the opera house tonight. Mrs. Conrad Lins, east of the city, is on the sick list. Miss Mabel Helwick is quite ill at her north of the city home. Mrs. J. Nichols and Mrs. C. C. Gardner of Wellman visited the city yesterday. Atty. Edward Eicher arrives from Chicago for a few days with his brother H. M. Eicher. Mrs. John Oldaker of Wellman returns home after a visit in the city.
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Texas Ranger
Opera House
Conrad Lins
Mabel Helwick
J. Nichols
C. C. Gardner
Wellman
Edward Eicher
Chicago
H. M. Eicher
John Oldaker
Court case Kennel v Boyer heads to jury
In court the Kennel v Boyer case nears jury deliberation. Lawyers present arguments with S. W. Brookhart first, then S. W. Livingston, and Mr. Eicher follows. Brookhart will close. The case may go to the jury this evening or tomorrow morning.
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Kennel
Boyer
S. W. Brookhart
W. Livingston
Mr. Eicher
Brookhart
VanLoon Lectures Draw Crowd At Academy Chapel
In the Academy Chapel Mr. E. H. VanLoon speaks each evening at 7 30 attracting attention. His gospel addresses are described as pure and simple and all are invited to attend.
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E. H. VanLoon
Academy Chapel
Navajo club honors Mrs. Neal with luncheon at Cherry home
Mrs. L. J. Cherry entertained the Navajo club yesterday afternoon on North Marion avenue as a compliment to Mrs. Frank Neal of Des Moines. The party included fancy work and a luncheon. In the Academy, Miss Jessie Hoover was sent off with a farewell party at the literary halls featuring a poverty theme and costume contests won by Miss Ethel Negley and Ralph Bunce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J. Cherry
North Marion Avenue
Frank Neal
Des Moines
Academy
Jessie Hoover
Michigan
Ethel Negley
Ralph Bunce
Roy Libe Celebrates Fifteenth Birthday Surprise
Last Saturday Roy Libe turned fifteen and his mother organized a surprise party six miles southwest of town. Thirty guests attended with music and a four course oyster supper prepared by Mrs. Adam Libe and assistants. Roy received many presents as friends left content with the celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Libe
Adam Libe
J. W. Libe
G. A. Smith
Roy
Rest Room Association Reopens Their Facility After Overhaul
The Rest Room association held a formal 2:30 to 5:30 reopening with many visitors inspecting the refreshed space. Over the past month the woodwork was repainted walls frescoed new furnishings including a library table chairs desk and a hall clock funded by a minstrel show benefit on Christmas night 1906.
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Ladies of the Rest Room Association
Opera House
Rest Room Association
Frank Webb
Social at Rev Sawhill Home for church group
The Christian Endeavor society of Second United Presbyterian Church plans a social tonight at the home of Rev W R Sawhill on West Washington Street.
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Christian Endeavor Society
The
Second United Presbyterian Church
W. R. Sawhill
West Washington Street
Special meeting of the P. E. held at Mrs Sproull’s home
A special meeting of the P. E. . will be held tonight at the home of Mrs. Lira Sproull on West Main.
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P. E
Lira Sproull
West Main Street
Des Moines Youth Joins Roney Concert Boys
Master Tom Dyer of Des Moines, son of J A Dyer, joins a quintet touring under Henry Roney of Chicago. Roney has recruited a young Russian trombone prodigy. The Des Moines boy drew enthusiastic attention during a layover for a Boone interurban.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Tom Dyer
J. A. Dyer
Henry Roney
Chicago
Roney
Boone
Mary J Aldrich seeks divorce and name restoration in Cedar Falls case
Mary J Aldrich of Cedar Falls filed in district court for a divorce from Ezra A Aldrich alleging desertion thirty six years ago and asking to resume her maiden name Maria J Wells. They wed in June 1866.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Mary J. Aldrich
Cedar Falls
Maria J. Wells
Ezra A. Aldrich
Eyestone sisters register at Rest Room
Mrs. J. R. Eyestone of Wellman and Miss Alice Eyestone of Mt. Vernon registered at the Rest Room today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Eyestone
Wellman
Alice Eyestone
Mt. Vernon
Democratic Convention Report Confirms Leadership Nominations
Cedar Rapids reports indicate John D. Denton was chosen permanent chairman and Claude R. Porter seated as temporary chairman. Delegates at large named Porter Sullivan Weaver and Carr, with a potential floor contest over moving the second state convention from Sioux City to Des Moines. Credentials committee approved at 3 o'clock.
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Cedar Rapids
John D. Denison
Dubuque
Claude R. Porter
Jerry B. Sullivan
J. B. Weaver
E. M. Carr
Sioux City
Des Moines
Evening Journal
Third District
John D. Denton
Fire at Leland hotel disrupts Illinois state convention
Springfield March 26 The Leland hotel a major Illinois Republicans gathering place is on fire with unknown chances of saving the building Politicians from across the state are in residence and may lose baggage as the convention proceeds amidst the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Evening Journal
Leland Hotel
Illinois
Called Meeting of Cyrus Chapter for Masonic Degrees
Royal Arch Masons announce a called meeting of Cyrus Chapter on Friday evening March 27 to perform Mark Past and Most Excellent Master degrees. A short session may be held at 4 o'clock. G. H. Kerr, H. P.
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Cyrus
Mark
G. 8. Kerr
H. P
Local Visitors Hit the City and Upcoming Land Prospect
Mrs Walter Jennings of Ainsworth and Raymond Benn of Rubio visited the city today. The Millers northeast of town report their daughter ill. J R Lease of Crawfordsville shopped here. One hundred thirty four persons registered at the Rest Room yesterday. W Roberts returned from Crow Creek valley Colorado with optimistic views of the country. A company may form soon to work these lands.
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Walter Jennings
Ainsworth
Raymond Benn
Rubio
Lou Miller
W. Roberts
Crow Creek Valley
Colorado
Woman credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Compound with saving her life
Mrs. T. C. Willadsen of Manning Iowa writes that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her severe female complaints after years of doctoring and money spent. She urges other suffering women to try it and says she would be dead today without it. The notice invites sick women to write for advice from Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia FE
Pinkham
T. C. Willadsen
Manning
Iowa
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Beals Creates Prize Pink Hybrid From Prosperity and Lawson
Springfield Mass, Mrs Edward Beals announces a five year hybridization of Prosperity and Lawson pinks yielding a long stiff stem, firm calyx, fragrance and expansive bloom. The Beals pink, a sensation in New England, ships to florists nationwide amid high demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward B&b Beals
Eastern Avenue
Springfield Mass
Lawson
Beals
Luther Burbank
New England
Mr. Beals
Elusive De Sagan Sought in Paris Amid Missing Prince
In Paris on March 25 efforts to locate Prince Helie de Sagan continue with no success. A servant recently left a box of cigarettes at a steamship company office bound for Mrs Tyler Morse at the Hotel Wyoming in New York. The box bore the marking for 8.
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Paris
Prince Helie de Sagan
Tyler Morse
Wyoming
New York
Burglars Steal Watches in Rockwood Home Invasion
Rockwood Michigan March 26 burglars broke into the residence of Deputy Sheriff William Richardson while the family was away and stole 40 dollars. They also rifled the home of Samuel Gay where Mrs. Gay heard a scream and the burglars fled after taking two watches and three rings.
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Rockwood
Mich
Barglars
William Richardson
Samuel Gay
Miners at Superior Mine Achieve Record Run in Pay Period
Linton March 25 report that during the turn of pay the Superior mine workers did not miss a shift and about $15,000 will be paid in wages. The mine, with nearly three hundred men, twice set tonnage records during the run.
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Linton
Tod
Superior
Nickel in the Slot May Enter Manhattan Streetcars
General Manager Oren Root of the Metropolitan street railway predicts nickel in the slot fare machines on new pay as you enter cars for the Madison and Fourth Avenue lines. Conductors would focus on starting and stopping cars.
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New York
Manhattan
Oren Root
Metropolitan Street Railway
Root
Madison and
Fourth Avenue
Judge refusals reward for night riders murder
Judge Mc Neal of Nicholas county declines to offer a reward for arrest and conviction of the night riders who murdered a farmer near Carlisle Kentucky on March 25.
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Carlisle
McNeal
Nicholas County
Night Riders Invade Hopkinsville Shooting Victim
In Hopkinsville Kentucky March 25 twenty five or thirty night riders invaded Gilden Pool. They ordered Trigg Weaver a Black tobacco company worker from his bed and fired when he did not obey. Two bullets struck him and he lay dying.
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Hopkinsville
Gilden Pool
Trigg Weaver
Tobacco Association
Bes
Woman Pays Fee in Pennies at City Clerk Window
A court case over a marriage license shows Miss Martigiers and Abraham Cres Morrison at the city hall. Miss Snow handed 100 pennies worth 1 dollar as her fee, promising to buy them back. Morrison bought them back and said he planned to use the coins paid for the license to make a belt for his bride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrison
Hangs Heredi with a Blanket
May Thompson, 32, a fever delirium patient, escaped from the city hospital and hanged herself in a Park Avenue home with a hospital blanket. Her body was found six hours after she was last seen.
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St. Louis
May Thompson
City Hospital
Park Avenue
Great Engineering Feat in Iron Mountain Mine Drainage
A two year effort finished when a tunnel over a mile long reached the 900 foot level of the Iron Mountain mine tapping it to the inch. The project drains the mine by gravity avoiding heavy water pressure risks once feared by the state mine inspector. Owned by Helena New York Missouri and Philadelphia capitalists the mine once paid a million in dividends before abandonment due to pumping costs.
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Iron Mountain
Helena
Mont
New York
Missouri
Philadelphia Capitaliste
Frogs adorn London vases as a growing fashion
London society adopts green tree frogs as living ornaments for vases. Thousands are shipped each year, the frogs cling to rounded vases with suckered feet and patrol their spots until exhausted. The trend has taken a firm hold in the city.
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Society
London
England
Ceylon Teas Surge in 1907 Exports
Ceylon boosted tea exports in the final months of 1907 with total yearly shipments reaching about 112 million pounds, up from 107 million pounds the previous year, an increase of 5 million pounds.
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Ceylon
Language Debate Over Hebrew Returns as Jewish National Tongue
Jewish societies in London debate restoring pure Hebrew from antiquity as the national language for Jews. They push for linguistic renewal amid cultural agitation.
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London
McKinley Homestead Valued For Possible Sale
Miss Helen McKinley of Cleveland, sister of the late president, chooses to take the McKinley homestead in Canton at the appraised value of 20000 dollars. By court order after a petition by James McKinley and others, appraisers fixed a value to offer at public sale. Any heir may elect to take the property. if multiple request it, bids will be received and the court will determine the winner.
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McKinley
Canton
Helen McKinley
Cleveland
James McKinley
Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna Laxative Claim
The Well-Informed demand a simple pleasant liquid laxative. The California Fig Syrup Co. presents Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a gentle, effective remedy, widely recommended by physicians for family use. Sold by leading druggists at fifty cents per bottle.
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California Fig Syrup Co
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Fort Madison, Iowa
Lemmon
Pharmacy
Sociefy
Steinway
Lyon & Healy
Adams St
Royal Arch Masons
Mrs. J. R. Lease
Crawfordsville
City
Woman Florist
de Sagan
Night Rider
Mall
Sprague Correspondence School OF Law
Detroit
Frey
Studio of
the Royal
E.C. Rupp
Washington, Iowa
Foley
Foley's
Foley &2 Company
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
Chamberlain
Dr. King
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Chichester
Randy Prairie
Chloe
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