Notable moves and travels among local residents
Zweiback the famous breakfast food at the Vienna. 3. W. Lemley was a passenger for Brighton this morning. Mrs. J. A. McCoy was a passenger for Crawfordsville for a brief visit. Mrs. C. A. Knupp and daughter Rachel returned home to West Chester after a brief city visit. J. T. Adams of the International Correspondence School left for Burlington on business. John Tollenaar arrived from DeWitt and will take charge of a section in Sigourney, wife to join soon. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mayo are moving to this city from Mediapolis, returning to Washington.
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Vienna
W. Lemley
Brighton
C. A. Knupp
Rachel
West Chester
City
J. T. Adams
The
International Correspondence School
This
Mroning
Burlington
John Tollenaar
DeWitt
Iowa
Sigourney
Harry Mayo
Mediapolis
Washington
Boice Urges Medical Etiquette and Integrity in Iowa
Dr C A Boice of Washington County spoke to the State Medical Society in Des Moines on public trust in medical etiquette. He warned against fakery and quackery, urging the profession to unite to elevate standards and resist internal petty conflicts that damage public confidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines Register
C. A. Boice
State Medical Society
A. Boice
Washington County Medical Society
Doctor Boice
Mrs Laura Meyers Dies After Paralysis At 7:45
Mrs Laura Meyers niece of Mrs Julietta McAvoy died at 7 45 this morning at the home of cousin Mrs Mahlon Smith 902 West Madison street cause paralysis after three strokes first fourteen years ago another seven years ago last four weeks ago Laura Shover born December 1 1838 near Meadesville Crawford county Pennsylvania married to C W Meyers December 31 1857 he died January 12 1900 aged sixty five she came to this city July 19 1907 from White Plains New York she leaves a brother three sisters a daughter and a son funeral plans awaiting word from White Plains NY where body may be buried she was a Presbyterian member and funeral arrangements not yet made
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Laura Meyers
Julietta McAvoy
Mahlon Smith
West
Madison Street
Laura Shover
James Shover
Rhoda Darling Shover
Meadesville
Crawford County
Pennsylvania
C. W. Meyers
Allegheny City
Jamaica
New York
Martha Miller
Canton
Ohio
Agnes Seager
Waverly
Tenn
Harriett Smith
Ben Aven
Ira McCormack
White Plains
N. Y
F. N. Meyers
Denver
Colo
Presbyterian Church
Travelers and Visitors Arrive in City From Multiple States
George Wallace arrived from Ainsworth this morning. Mrs. Mary Wilkins and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Twinam of Crawfordsville spent yesterday in the city, returning home on the 6:50. Dr. Charles Hearne arrived from Panama via New Orleans and will visit at Mrs. S. W. Brookhart’s home. he made the trip in eight days. Rev. W. C. Allen arrived from La Junta, Colo., preached in the Covenanter church and will stay a few days to occupy the pulpit this Sabbath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Twinam
Crawfordsville
Charles Hearne
Panama
New Orleans
S. W. Brookhart
W. C. Allen
la Junta
Colo
Presbytery
The
Covenanter Church
Greeley
Allen
Polish For Mahogany Finish Recipe
A recipe for a first class mahogany polish using five parts pale resin two and a half parts palm oil forty parts benzine one quarter part ver bena extract and three quarters of a part peppermint extract. Store tightly corked away from fire and light and shake before use. Provides luster to fine wood types.
Rough Wooing Polar Bear Rite Seals Eskimo Marriage
An Eskimo youth must kill a polar bear unaided to prove his ability to provide for a family. He then goes out at night to find and seize the first girl he can surprise, completing the polar bear rite before marriage.
There’s Only a Few of Us Left
A poem by Wallace Irwin in Collier’s Weekly laments aging Civil War veterans. The speaker recalls bitter days, aging knees, and dwindling numbers, asserting their continued willingness to answer the call and defend the flag if needed.
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Wallace Irwin
Collier's Weekly
Daguerreotype Returned After Thirty Three Year Search
A daguerreotype of a Union soldier and a girl from Chancellorsville battlefield is returned to Mrs. T. W. Stowe of Milford Connecticut after a 33 year search led by Edgar Whrite nour of Paterson New Jersey and Hawthorne. The back names John Rawson Nellie Augusta Nettleton appeared with other artifacts. Mrs. Stowe identifies John Rawson as missing after the battle and thanks the finder for restoring a half century old memory. The portrait was sent to Mrs. Stowe after she provided identifications.
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Chancellorsville
T. W. Stowe
Milford
Conn
Edgar Whritenour
Paterson
N. J
Hawthorne
Whritenour
Mrs. Whittenour
N. Barnes
Thirteenth New Jersey Volunteers
John Rawson
Nellie Augusta Nettleton
Whittenour
Grand Army of the Republic
Johnnie Rawson
T. W. Stow
He Brought the Cows Home
A boy barred from enlisting in the Union army runs away to battle instead. He fights three years without a furlough and returns safely to his home pasture at cow time to drive the cows as if no absence occurred.
A Woman's Welcome to the Flag
A Monticello Kentucky resident recalls how locals greeted Federal troops during the advance on the town. An elderly woman described seeing the column approach and tossing her bonnet to stomp it as the old flag came in.
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Monticello
18 No End Of Coal Warns Delaware Lackawanna Officials
New York May 20. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad officials dispute Dr Charles Steinmetz claim that the nation will exhaust coal supplies. They state 59 million tons of anthracite remain and a vast lower grade coal is unused. Output is about 10 million tons yearly, lasting forty five years.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Delaware, Lackawannes and Western Railroad
Charles Steinmetz
Tennaylivantas
Union
Steismetz
Classification of sake as wine in US tax law
San Francisco May 20. The United States appeals court holds that sake, a Japanese liquor, should be classified as wine and taxed accordingly. The case involves Komada & Co seeking $500,000 back after paying import duties under protest for sake. The ruling notes similarity to still wines and that intoxication can occur, though with quicker effects from sake, reversing a lower court decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
United States
de Haven
Giant club to run special train to Chicago for GOP convention
Des Moines reports the Giant club has arranged with the Rock Island road a special train to Chicago for the national Republican convention. The train of Pullman sleepers and free chaircars will depart Des Moines at 9 20 p m on June 15.
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Des Moines
Giant Club
Rock Island Road
Chicago
Tes Moines
Organ bought for Ishpeming Grace Church loft
In Ishpeming Michigan on May 20 a large costly pipe organ that drew crowds at the Houghton saloon and palm garden has been purchased by the Grace Methodist church. It is installed in the church organ loft and sacred music will replace ragtime selections.
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Ishpeming. Mich
Board of Trade
Palm Garden
Houghton
Grace Methodist Church
Ishpeming
California Democratic Convention Chooses Delegates at Large
The California Democratic state convention in Freano elected four at large delegates to the Denver national convention and adopted resolutions instructing California's entire delegation to vote for W. J. Bryan first last and all the time Beil endorsed for temporary chairman of the national convention.
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Freano
Cal
Denver
California
W. J. Bryan
Theodore A. Beil
Prohibition Convention Opens in Trenton With 150 Delegates
May 20 in Trenton New Jersey the Prohibition state convention opened with about 150 delegates present. Dr Day, the presiding officer, criticized President Roosevelt Secretary Taft and William J Bryan Jr Day attacked the president for drinking in public Taft for saying prohibition won t solve the liquor question and Bryan for staying silent on the issue.
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Trenton
N. J
Dr. Day
Roosevelt
Taft
William 4. Bryan, Jr
Day
Bryan
Helmbacher Forge and Rolling Mills Resumes Operations
St Louis May 20 The Helmbacher Forge and Rolling Mills company has restarted after a shutdown on January 7. The plant now employs 500 workers and resumes full production at its St Louis facility.
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St. Louis
Helmbacher Forge and Rolling Mills Company
The Codfish Who Weighed Words With Scales
A roguish codfish spins wondrous tales at sea and on land. His mother chides him for folly as he jokes that he weighs his words with his scales. The story centers on storytelling wit and family rebuke.
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Mother Cod
Hat derives from Anglo-Saxon hoet with sheltering meaning
The article notes that many H words like hat house and home denote covering or shelter originates from Anglo-Saxon hoet highlighting the semantic link between words for protection and clothing.
Woman undoubtedly dead in Gunness fire case
In LaPorte Indiana May 2 the sheriff and prosecutor say Mrs Bela Gunness is the burned body found at the Gunness house. Dentists confirm the upper and lower bridge teeth match Mrs Gunness and coroner Mack is likely to rule the body hers. Some skeptics question whether she escaped after the fire.
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Gianness
Mack
No Return of Tuition Suit At Culver Military Academy
In Plymouth Indiana May 20 a circuit court jury found for Culver Military Academy in a case brought by Clark Hall through guardian a banker of Vermont seeking 400 tuition refunds. Hall enrolled then left claiming mistreatment but the academy cited its contract terms that tuition is nonrefundable after enrollment. Evidence did not show hazing.
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Plymouth
Ind
Clark Hall
Vemont
Culver
Hall
Institutum
Academy
Senate in Brief Delivers tariff and currency talk in Senate
A Democratic speech prepared for circulation in the coming political campaign was delivered in the senate by Taylor Tennessee focusing on tariff and currency. The senate agreed to the conference report on the agricultural bill and the house on the legislative appropriation bill. Passage granted to the 1.5 million dollar appropriation for U S representation at the Tokio exposition in 1912 and to two omnibus public lands and territorial measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Taylor
Tenn
House
United States
Tokio Exposition
Territories
Each Lady Gets a Souvenir at the Star Tonight
The Star presents a souvenir for every lady in attendance tonight highlighting a community event or social gathering. The note indicates a gesture of appreciation linked to a local venue and evening program.
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Dolly Dare
W.corner Square
Don Hawkins
Mgr
J. A. McCoy
Nina, the
Fire Queen
Samsone
State Medical Association
George Wallace
Ainsworth
Mary Wilkins
the Grand Army
W. K
Springfield
Stevenson
Bloomington
Mrs. Gunness
LaPorte Denttiat
Dr. King
Curse
Lemmo ‘S Pharmacy
Bright’s
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
Studer
Sprague Correspondence School OF Law
Boa
Detroit
Mich
Manager
Stice Farm
Nutwood
Carrie
Geo. Wilkes
Manager H
Bus Manager
Prva
Pridewood
Mantell
A. G. F. Stice
Washington, Iowa
F. D. No
Wayland Telephone Line
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