Plunger at the Opera House Prompts Local Visit Notes
Local notices list travelers and visitors including Mr Ray of Wapelia and E Pulver of Keota on business trips. Many residents attend events and plan travel from Iowa City to Des Moines and Richmond Indiana. The Plunger home talent play is tonight with comfort guaranteed by heated opera house.
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Johnson's
Mr. Ray
Wapelia
E. ©. Pulver
Keota
Haskins
Mizzouri
W. L. Eiichelberger
West Chester
Arthur Wilcox
Brighton
W. R. Sawhill
Omaha
Samuel Barden
Iowa City
Ida H. Cowles
Holden
J. A. Work
Des Moines
United States District Court
L. F. Woodburn
Keokuk
Fred
Keokuk Medical College
May Patterson
Winfield
Frank LaGrange
St. Louis
Arthur Cockayne
G. H. Pendleton
Thornburg
Rock Island
Kansas City
Tlenry Holmes
Lucile
Ratoon
New Mexico
John Moriarty
Springfield
Ohio
Committee of Missions
General Assembly
Richmond
Ind
Permanent street paving rule fuels city connections
The May 7 1906 Washington Iowa city council ordinance requires property owners along streets to install water gas and sewer connections to lot lines before permanent improvements. It sets pipe sizes vaccination standards and assigns inspection and cost responsibilities to the water and gas committees and city officials.
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City of
Washington
Iowa
City of Washington
General Improvement Committee
I. A. N. Alberson
A. N. Alberson
Lambing on Grass Delayed to Synchronize with Grass Growth
Joseph I. Wing argues delaying lambing to coincide with fresh pasture can yield better lamb growth when forage is scarce. He advises supplementary feeding before lambing, scattering the flock, and guiding ewes to prime grass areas to reduce loss and ease management.
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Joseph I. Wing
America
Haskins Visit to Keokuk for Son's Medical School Graduation
May and L. F. Woodburn traveled to Keokuk Tuesday to see son F. L. Woodburn graduate from the medical school. He has several options for location but has not decided on a settlement. The Ebner home welcomed a baby girl Saturday night. Charles Foster and wife went to Iowa City Saturday for an eye test.
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May
L. F. Woodburn
Keokuk
Ff. L. Woodburn
Stork
Ma! Ebner
Charles Foster
Iowa City
Farm accident injures Mr Wooley breaking rib and collarbone
Yesterday four o'clock on the Wooley farm northeast of town a new pipe in a well slipped when the jack broke. Mr Wooley was struck by the tongs and suffered a broken collar bone, a broken rib, and a punctured lung with severe internal injury feared though he is improving.
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Will McClean
Joan Wooley
Mr. Wooley
Wooley
Fatal family quarrel ends with double tragedy in Steubenville
In Smithfield two coal miners, William Cox and his son-in-law William Carney, quarreled over cats. Cox seized a shotgun, killed Carney, then shot himself, dying instantly.
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Steubenville
William Cox
William Carney
Smithfield
Carney
Cox
Ministers Conclude Study on The Christian Citizen
City pastors gathered at Rev. Elias Handy's study yesterday afternoon and heard Rev. L. D. Young's paper on The Christian Citizen and the Civic Conscience. They deemed the paper worthy of wider hearing and decided not to plan park services for summer.
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Elias Handy
L. D. Young
Wedding Feast Feasts in Terre Haute for Roumanian Guest
In Terre Haute Indiana Charles Alban a Roumaniani hosted a wedding feast with a tent for guests and served two calves 100 chickens 1500 bottles of beer and 100 gallons of wine at the celebration in May.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Charles Alban
Mrs McColl Visits DeMarce Home In West Chester
Mrs Peter McColl spent yesterday at the Jesse DeMarce home and returned to West Chester last evening. She was accompanied by her daughter Mrs Dooley of Eldon. Tonight The Plunger is held for the benefit of Frisco sufferers.
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A. S Bailey
Winfield
W. T. Trotter
Washington
John DeHarpport
Ed Kearney
M. E. Ebner
Grace Smith
I. L. Colthurst
Jesse Marr
J.T. Matthews
Samuel Matthews
J. C. Stickley
J. W. Stickley
Cedar Rapids
Peter McColl
Jesse DeMarce
West Chester
Mrs. Dooley
Eldon
Court of Honor Opens Triennial Meeting in Detroit
The Court of Honor, an insurance fraternity, opened its three year supreme meeting at the Hotel Cadillac in Detroit on May 8 with delegates from across the country. Social events filled the opening day.
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Court of Honor In Council
Detroit
Supreme Meeting of the
Court of Honor
Cadillac
Foreign breeding upends time for sire usefulness
The exchange notes that in foreign countries sires are kept longer than here. A boll reaches peak usefulness after its third year, becoming more developed and producing better offspring. This practice, experts suggest, contributes to stronger lineages and improved results.
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Boll
Green Crops and Hay Prof W A Henry on Fodder and Alfalfa Value
Wisconsin authority Prof W A Henry touts thick fodder corn ears for fodder and stresses the underestimated hay value of Indian corn for dual use. Alfalfa hay, cut when blooming, yields high feeding value in the South. Ohio Farmer reports on red clover baling in 1904 and 1905, with success when sheltered from rain. Rye pastures offer rich hay potential, as do soys for lamb growth, with protein comparisons favoring soy over peas and cowpeas.
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W. A. Henry
Wisconsin
Timothy
Ohio
G. F. Thompson
France
Switzerland
Italy
New England
Canada
Michigan
Rocky Mountains
Old Fireman Calls for City Council Report Transparency
The Old Fireman writes as a concerned citizen urging chairmen of city committees to publish reports in two papers. He asks for details on water works sewerage post office stamp window and street sprinkler practices noting improvements by the volunteer fire department and praising their fire fighting with wind.
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Shoud
Deaths From Appendicitis Drop With New Life Pills
An advertisement claims deaths from appendicitis decline as Dr. King's New Life Pills rise in use. It promises quick painless relief from constipation and related ills with guaranteed results by J. H. Stewart, Druggist. 250. Try them.
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Dr. King
J. H. Stewart
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the County News
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