Jake Lemley Fine Hog Sale Preview
Jake Lemley announces a move to southeast of town with a ten percent price cut for ten days on Poland China hogs. He reports two large fall boars about 270 pounds and spring males 170 to 185, plus 15 good sows or gifts. He sold 72 head privately last year and plans a long-term Poland China business in Washington Iowa.
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Jake Lemey
Poland
China
Washington
Jake Lemley
Iowa
Green
Free Gold Watch Draw at Shellabarger's Barber Shop
A free gold watch sale is announced at Shellabarger’s barber shop and pantatorium on December 24 at 1 o’clock. The watch is on display in Hobson and Gove’s window, with customers invited to choose a number for entry.
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Shellabarger
Hobson & Gove
Miss Besse Mealey Arrives from Pleasant Plain
Miss Besse Mealey arrived in the city from Pleasant Plain and spent a short time here during her visit yesterday evening.
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Besse Mealey
Pleasant Plain
City
Local News Notes on School Return and Travel
Miss Alice Denison returned to school near Pleasant Plain after a brief home visit. Mr. and Mrs. Will Wilson, from Oklahoma wedding tour, came back Saturday night. Mrs. Richard Malin and daughter arrived from the Junction to visit relatives. Miss Helen Anderson left for Kirksville Mo to train as a nurse at Kirksville Osteopathy hospital with her mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Denison
Pleasant Plain
Will Wilson
Oklahoma
Helen Anderson
Milwaukee
Kirksville
Kirksville Osteopathy Hospital
J. T. Anderson
Potato Social At Pleasant Hill Church Benefit
The Pleasant Hill church ladies host a social Wednesday night at B F Millers to raise funds for the church benefit. Everyone is invited. 28-21.
Hitchcock visits French Lick with Republican party team
Chairman Hitchcock of the Republican National Committee arrived at French Lick Indiana with Secretary William Hayward and Fred W Upham of Chicago. They were joined by assistants and left for Hot Springs Virginia later in the day.
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French Lick
Ind
Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
William Hayward
Fred W. Upham
Chicago
Hot Springs
Bunker Hill Soldier’s Birth House Destroyed by Fire
The three story house in North Billerica, Massachusetts, where Asa Pollard, the first colonial soldier killed at Bunker Hill, was born, has burned down. The landmark had drawn thousands of sightseeing visitors before its destruction.
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Billerica
Mass
Asa Pollard
Bunker Hill
North Billerica
Terre Haute Councilman Aims to Kill Rival
Terre Haute authorities report Councilman Albert Allen planned to kill Crawford Fairbanks after a tipped alert. Detectives found no weapon as Allen, pursued to a brewery, demanded The Tribune retract a rumor that Fairbanks offered Tom Kehoe $3,000 for Allen’s vote on a franchise ordinance.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Albert Allen
Crawford Fairbanks
Allen
Cantil
Cap
Tribune
Pairbanks
Fairbanks
The
Village Fire Threatens Cairo. One Man Dies
Cairo Illinois November 9 Forest fires endanger Sandusky in Alexander county. An elderly black man was burned to death in his cabin. Residents saved homes through hard work while several outlying farms and much corn burned.
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Cairo
Sandusky
Alexander County
Assassin Shoots Woman in Pensacola Home
In Pensacola Florida on a November day Mrs Josephine Lewis was shot while seated at her sewing machine in her Bay Point home. The attacker remained unseen behind a bush near a window and fled, leaving investigators to identify the assailant.
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Pensacola
Fla
Josephine Lewis
Bay Point
Duke of the Abruzzi Receives Sympathy Cable
The Duke of the Abruzzi has a cable from Miss Eikins daughter of Senator Stephen B. Eikins West Virginia expressing sympathy on the anniversary of his mother’s death. The duke’s mother died November 8 1876.
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Turin
Evansville Player Paralyzed After YMCA Game
Evansville Indiana November 9 Joe Daugherty left guard for the Evansville YMCA team was fatally injured in a game at Henderson Kentucky. He suffered a spine concussion and is paralyzed from the heart down.
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Evansville
Ind
Joe Daugherty
Henderson
Tie
Gompers All the Time in Omaha Union Endorses Gompers
The Central Labor union of Omaha adopts resolutions urging delegates to the AFL convention to vote for Samuel Gompers for president first last and always. The statement names Omaha as the place of endorsement and specifies the November 9 date.
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Gompers
Omaha
Neb
Central Labor Union of Omaha
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Daily Double Deviltry: Husband Kills Wife Then Dies
In New York on November 9 Stephen Scott shot his wife Dorothy three times in the heart at the Scott apartments and then killed himself with a gunshot to the head. The double tragedy occurred in their residence.
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Daily Double Deviltry
New York
Stephen Scott
Dorothy
Scott Apartments
Animals Attach to People Plants Do Not
In a classroom exchange the teacher notes that animals often form attachments to humans while plants rarely do. A boy asks if burs also form attachments, illustrating a moment in a Chicago News schoolroom scene.
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Burs
Chicago News
Heavy Dramatic Play Delights and Frustrates Audience
A go out between the acts youth compliments the play saying it intensely takes breath away while a nearby lady in the same seat laments wishing the performance could be even stronger. The Baltimore American reports the sharp exchange during the show.
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Baltimore American
Local Notes and Visits Roundup From Crawfordsville Area
Saturday events include Mrs K Needham arrives by Firefly and W H Hughes returning from Des Moines. Pella preacher Rev George D Rogers, Brighton visits, Mrs William Schurr and Mrs Ella Thompson travel, Jennie Harbaugh visits town, Tom Bailey family from Eldon, Frey’s Studio ad for new photos, Miss Maude Haines visiting Will Jones, and Frank Macon to auction Fishburn farm on December 3 at 1 pm. A chrysanthemum show with carnations roses and ferns also noted.
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Ella Thompson
Ainsworth
Jennie Harbaugh
West Chester
Tom Bailey
Eldon
Frey
Fred VanSickle
Oskaloosa
A. VanSickle
J. A. Cunningham
K. A. Burnel
Newton
Maude Haines
Will Jones
Frank Macon
Fishburn
Crawfordsville
Carriages to Ferry Chrysanthemum Show from Downtown Greenhouse
The carriages providing transport to the chrysanthemum show on Tuesday will depart from the downtown greenhouse. Do not stop on the square. proceed to the greenhouse. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. H. Taylor and granddaughter Louise Shaffer arrived Saturday evening from New Sharon. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Shaffer, daughter of the Taylors, plan to move here soon and will reside on a farm west of town.
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J. F. H. Taylor
Louise Shaffer
New Sharon
Chas. Shaffer
For Sale Pigs by J C Lemley Washington Iowa
For sale 50 head of spring and fall pigs Poland China both sexes. Fall boars good spring pigs OK. Pigs sired by four different boars. Location two blocks south of Sunset Park R R 9 Washington Iowa.
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Poland
China
J. C. Lemley
Sunset Park
R. R
Washington
Iowa
Hall's Catarrh Cure Offers to Cure Deafness
An advertisement claims deafness due to catarrh can be cured only by constitutional remedies. It argues inflammation of the Eustachian tube causes hearing loss and promises $100 for any deafness case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Includes mail circulars and a note on Hall's Family Pills.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney &Co
Toledo
Local visits and homeward journeys noted this Saturday
Claud Bevans spent Saturday with relatives at Brighton returning Saturday evening. Mr and Mrs Allen DeLong of Crawfordsville arrived Saturday evening on No 2. Mrs Dr W R Cubbins and son Bob returned to Chicago Saturday evening after visiting Lon Brindley. Mrs Will Trotter and daughter Clara returned home at Ainsworth Saturday evening after a day in the city.
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Claud Bevans
Brighton
Allen DeLong
Crawfordsville
W. R. Cubbins
Bob
Chicago
Lon Brindley Home
Will Trotter
Clara
Ainsworth
City
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days with Pazo Ointment
Advertising claim states Pazo Ointment cures itching bleeding protruding or blind piles in six to fourteen days or money back. Price listed as 50 cents.
For Sale Near West Chester Iowa Farms and Businesses
For sale extra good farms and a town residence and business property at bargain prices near and in the vicinity of West Chester Washington county Iowa within two or three miles of town. Also a first class elevator and coal business and six business lots. Contact J. D. Dayton West Chester Iowa.
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West Chester
Washington County
Iowa
J. D. Dayton
Foley's Honey and Tar advertised by Lemmon's Pharmacy
An advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar as relief for constipation air passage irritation throat inflammation and cough with claims of soothing sore lungs and expelling the cold through Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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Foley
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
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Fine Shoes
Frank L. Wilson & Co
Snapp
Dougherty Bros
Clothiers
Richard Malin
Potato Social
Stair N. of
P. O
Vienna
Ira Sproul
Katherine Bishop
Keota
George Haffner
Sigourney
K. Needham
W. H. Hughes
Des Moines
George D. Rogers
Pella
Lulu LaMotte
Veronica Fritz
William Schurr
RIN
S$ Lemmon
KELLY
Mount Washington
Mason Transfer & Storage Co
Washington, Iowa
Nicola & Harmon
the Good Shoe Store
J. A. Harwood
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