Weavers Day Brings Kinross Indiana and Keota Family To Keota
Keota hosts Weaver day with sixty attendees including George Weaver Sr and Jr and many cousins from Huntington Indiana and Muscatine. The crowd dined together at W R C Hall then posed for photos at the Methodist church before Indiana visitors depart after a two week stay, marking October 7 1908 as a red letter day.
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Keota
Indiana
Muscatine
Kinross
W. R. C. Hall
Methodist Church
BK. B. Neal
Lefever
George Weaver
Huntington
Ind
Ohio
Electa Schwartz
C. A. Green
Laura Schwartz
Grace Schwartz
Sophia Schwartz
Lorm Schwartz
Roy Schwartz
Mitchell
J. Mitchell
May Mitchell
All Lefever
Lloyd Lefever
P. M. Lefever
P. M. Smith
C. A. Schwartz
E. E Snider
Newton Weaver
Amos Weaver
John Smith
Eugene Smith
Grandma Schwartz
Muscatine Company
Piano Contest Closes in Keota with Baldwin Prize Awards
Keota hosts a Baldwin Piano Company contest with Dr J W Mulhern Drag Co as sponsor. Judges A Lacey EB E Bower and Jno Richardson selected five correct puzzle solutions based on neatness and penmanship. Bertha Brown wins first prize, with Mrs Jno Carris, Mrs J L McJunkin, Mrs P P Shurtz, and Mrs Alex Stephen taking second through fifth. Keota W R C entertains Wellman and Kalona Riverside chapters. 32 Keota ladies attend, returning by 7:30 p m after an enjoyable day of entertainment and refreshments.
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Bertha Brown
Jno. Carris
J. L. McJunkin
P. P. Shurtz
Alex Stephen
Keota
Iowa
Keota W. R. C
Wellman
Kalona
Riverside W. R. C
Missionary Tea by Ladies' Society Opens This Afternoon
The Ladies' Missionary society of the Presbyterian church hosts its annual missionary tea and program this afternoon and evening. The program runs in the afternoon, and supper will be served starting at 5 o'clock at fifteen cents per plate.
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The
Ladies’ Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
Cure Catarrh with Hyomei As Sold by Lemmon’s
An advertisement extols Hyomei as an Australian dry air remedy to kill catarrh germs and cure bronchitis asthma coughs colds hay fever and croup. Lemmon’s pharmacy offers a complete Hyomei outfit with inhaler for one dollar and guarantees satisfaction or money back. Mrs J P H Jones of Roscoe Town visits then heads to Ottumwa for a few days before returning home.
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Lemmon’s
J. P. H. Jones
Roscoe
Town
Ottumwa
Colonel Stewart Defends Fitness Against Retirement
Colonel W F Stewart argues he is fit for service before a retiring board as medical officers testify he suffers heart disease. He seeks to summon thirteen witnesses, but the board denies, and Stewart plans to testify in his own defense. The physicians say over exertion could be disastrous, noting a 35 year history of heart trouble dating back to 1877.
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Washington
W. F. Stuart
Army
Arizona
W. H. Arthur
Guyl. Edie
Medical Corps
Stewart
Coast Artillery
J. W. Latimer
Arthur
Edie
War Department
Record on Col Stewart case delayed hearings
After army surgeons left, Latimer sought to show Colonel Stewart's 25 year service record to prove near continuous duty. The board rejected the attempt, permitting only one witness, Dr Sprigg, and denied Stewart’s request to attempt the ninety mile ride as required. His case remains unresolved with pauses and continued posturing.
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Latimer
Stewart
Howland
Colonel Stewart
Sprigg
War Department
Argues for a Parcel Post in Rural Delivery
Omaha speaker LD H Carr urges parcel post legislation at the National Letter Carriers meeting. He cites Burnham bill figures showing rural delivery could become self sustaining in year one with four packages per carrier daily at minimum rates. He argues rural delivery benefits exceed its maintenance cost even if the government covers initial expenses.
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Omaha
Neb
National Letter Carriers’ Association
LD. H. Carr
Carr
Four Italians Die in Gas Leak at Bank Street Boardinghouse
In Waterbury a gas leak at an Italian boardinghouse on Bank Street killed four Italian men and left eight men and two women unconscious. The deceased were Luzio Bacella Sebastiano Bassamano Iuigi Bassamano and Salvatore Debuttoro. The victims all left families in Italy.
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Waterbury
Conn
Luzio Bacella
Sebastiano Bassamano
Iuigi Bassamano
Salvatore Debuttoro
Italy
Illinois man elected chief of locomotive firemen
Columbus Oct 1 W. S. Carter of Peoria Illinois has been elected grand master of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen to succeed John J Hannahan Carter has long served as secretary of the organization Hannahan has been an officer for twenty three years
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Columbus, O
Carter
Peoria
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and
John J. Hannahan
Hannahan
Brotherhood
Tolstoi Recovered, Resumes Country Walks at Yasnaya Polyana
Count Leo Tolstoi is fully restored in health. He has resumed long walks and country rides near Yasnaya Polyana and is diligently at work on his books.
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St. Petersburg
Leo Tolstoi
Ife
Yasnaya Poliana
Shopmen Strike Settled in Marshalltown Iowa
Marshalltown Iowa October 9 settlement of the Iowa Central railway shopmen strike effective after two days of talks. Workers will return to duty Monday and the shops remain union. A general wage increase of one cent above the earlier offer is granted, but still below the prior strike demand.
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Marshalltown
Lowa Central Railway
Aged Owosso Woman Tries to End Life in River
In Owosso Michigan Mrs Betsy Swan an elderly widow attempted suicide by submersion in a river. Floyd Bloomer a waterworks employee rescued her dragging her from the stream and she was resuscitated. Despair linked to poverty and ill health.
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Owosso
Mich
Betsy Swan
Floyd Bloomer
Representative Fordney Robbed in Saginaw
Burglars entered the home of Representative J W Fordney in Saginaw Michigan while the family slept. They took curios from the den and a twenty dollar check. Fordneys satchel prepared for travel was stolen but left in the garden. A panel was pried from a rear door to gain entrance.
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Fordney
Saginaw
Mich
J W. Fordney
Calf at Schofstall Farm Hinted as Taft Presage
A calf born on James G. Schofstall’s Danville farm, four miles east of the city, is described as red with the letters P and T on its shoulders. Schofstall claims the markings signify President Taft and prophesy the ex-secretary of war will be the next U S president.
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Schofstall
Danville
James G. Schofstall
Taft
United States
All to His Victim's Widow in Ohio Prison Will
Columbus Oct 8 George Wagar a Lakewood Ohio man with 23 years left in a 25 year sentence at the Ohio penitentiary writes a will leaving his $50 000 fortune to the widow and daughter of the man he killed his brother.
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Columbus
Ohio
George Wagar
Lakewood
Cleveland
Wagur
Death of Clayton Shafer Near Lynnport
Allentown reports Clayton Shafer aged fifteen of Wanamakers near here found decapitated on the Schuylkill and Lehigh railroad a mile from Lynnport. He is believed to have killed himself by jumping in front of a train. Shafer and a companion were suspected of setting fire to a neighbor’s shop.
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Allentown
Clayton Shafer
Wanamakers
Here
Schuylkill and Lehigh
Lynnport
Himelf
Shafer
Hero Meets Death at a Fire in New York
Policeman Nicholas Nestor of Jersey City died after entering a burning house to rescue an aged woman. He reentered the blaze and suffocated. Firemen found his body four hours later.
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New York
Oct
Nicholas Nestor
Jersey City
Sir Galahad and the famed Round Table knight
Sir Galahad, son of Launcelot and Elaine, stands as the most conspicuous Round Table knight famed for iron hearted courage and meek humility. His blend of oak strength and lily grace marks the legendary ideal of knightly virtue.
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Knights of the Round Table
Galahad
Launcelot
Elaine
Pumpkin Pie and Buick Trades Highlight Vienna Local News
Vane Wooley swapped a Buick runabout for a Buick touring car. Dudley Crone of Keota visited the city last evening. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Taylor moved to their daughter Emma Burroughs home. Mrs. Taylor improves. Mr. Taylor remains weak. Lyman Twins arrive and perform The Yankee Drummers at Graham tonight. advance sale strong and prospects bright for a full house.
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Vane Wooley
Dudley Crone
Keota
Robert Taylor
Emma Burroughs
Lyman Twins
Graham
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Dr. J. W. Mulhern Drug Co
Studebaker
MR. Farmer
U.S
Mason Transfer & Storage Co
Dakotas
Montana
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Des Moines Dubuque
Kansas City
Madison
Wis
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Mitchell, S.D
Sioux City St. Paul
Lemmon
Mildred
Terry
Miles City
Musselshell
Lewistown
Pacific Coast
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
F. A. Miller
Ghicago
GEO. B. Haynes
Marquette Bidg
Board
W. F. Stewart
Baye
Gaa
Illinois
Count Tolstoi
Sir Galahad
Vienna
Via
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Diego
Portland
Seattle
Spokane
Horn Basin
D. Clem Deaver
Landseekers’ Information Bureau
Big Horn Basin
Yellowstone Valley
Mont. Rosebud Reservation
South Dakota
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
Sprague Correspondence School OF Law
Detroit, Mich
Frank Rogers
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