Death of Thomas Brindley Former City Scales Keeper
Thomas Brindley aged 75 died after a paralytic episode and pneumonia. He lived in the Colenso Motel corner area, ran the city scales for about twenty years, and left a large family including sons Lon, Frank, Wesley, and daughters in Chicago Denver and St Paul. Funeral is set for 2 PM tomorrow at the West Main Street homestead with Rev I B Schrecengast officiating. Interment at Bin Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Brindley
Colenso
Fiindley
Autumo
Brindley
Jefferson County
Ohio
Angeline Runyon
J. A. Young
Ife
Lon and Frank
Wesley
Beaumont
Texas
Mina Cambridge
Chicago
Nannie Beatty
Denver
Dora Stewart
Ella Miller
St. Paul
Ellie Ayres
West Main Street
Frank
Bi. Schrecengast
bin Grove
Confessions of a Priest Promotes Electric Bitters Claim
Wake Ark resident Rev Jno 8 Cox says he suffered yellow jaundice for 12 years after trial with many doctors and medicines. He credits Electric Bitters with curing him and endorses the remedy for liver and kidney trouble stomach disorder and debility, guaranteed by Stewart's Pharmacy with a price of 500.
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Jno
Cox
Wake, Ark
Sam
Stewart
Missionary Report Highlights New Sunday Schools and Conversions
Mr and Mrs J B Jellison county missionaries report field work since May 1 with three Sunday Schools two revival services 43 conversions 500 plus miles traveled by horse and buggy 532 families visited about 30 Sundays taught and 50 to 60 sermons. Keota Iowa A L Tales Oskaloosa reports an excellent year with 682 re organized Sunday Schools 6447 members 25736 Bibles distributed 10 churches developed and 10384 conversions.
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Jellison County
Keota
Lowa
A. L. Tales
Oskaloosa
American Sunday School Union
Mahaska County
Washington County
Joseph Wells
Isit
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertises Deafness Remedy
A vintage advertisement claims deafness from inflamed Eustachian tubes can be cured by constitutional remedies. It asserts catarrh causes nine of ten cases, promises $100 for an incurable case, and urges sending for circulars from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
See Slugh Teeter for Second Hand Goods Ad
Local ad notes Slugh Teeter dealing in second hand goods of all kinds located south of the post office. Telephone contact 361 in city listings.
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P. O
Fort Riley Detail Ordered to Council Bluffs by 17th
General orders from the adjutant general require the Fort Riley detail to report to Council Bluffs by the 7th inst. routes will be designated later. The order lists exact equipment for each soldier including cap and device, campaign hat, overcoat, cape, blue blouse, kersey trousers, khaki items, shirts, poncho, blanket, canteen, mess kit, and rifle with bayonet. Each man to carry a full gear set and packing plans are outlined.
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Fort Riley
Council Bluffs
Adjutant General
Ft. Riley
Gas accident saves Savannah man's life in Milwaukee hotel
Louis Svenka of Savannah Alabama, a Milwaukee workman, was found unconscious by gas in his hotel room at the Bens hotel after retiring at eleven. He had been exposed for about six hours, woke briefly, and was not seriously harmed aside from aches. The gas jet was intact and an open transom helped save him.
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Louis Svenka
Savannah
Milwaukee
Mr. Svenka
Bens Hotel
Sle
Mr. Bens
Romantic Spanish American War Drama at Graham
Mr Charles Ellis Louise Melka and a company of dramatic artists present a romantic drama at Graham Monday October 19. The work features a gallant American officer and a Spanish senorita with a key signal scene from a Cuban shore. The production blends comedy sentiment and pathos with scenes of American soldiers and Spanish dons. Prices 2 3 5 000. Kat at Allen Ostf.
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Charles Ellis
Louise Melka
Graham
Signal Corps
Oregon
Act TV
Monster Bass: Six year old singing star joins New Orleans Colored Concert
The New Orleans Grand Colored Concert Company signs Monster Bass for the 1908-04 season. At six, he has sang publicly since age four beginning at Indianapolis Zoo with Holy City. He later appeared for the Red Men and Eastern Star among Indiana lodges and is praised as a wonder in a clear soprano voice rivaling Blanchard Kavanaugh.
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Monster Bass
Isix
Zoo
Indianapolis
Ind
Holy City
Red Men
Eastern Star
Indiana
New Orleans Grand Colored Concert Company
Blanchard Kavanaugh
Cause of Lockjaw and prevention with Pain Balm
Lockjaw results from a bacillus found in street dirt that becomes active after skin injury. It thrives when air is excluded and wounds from caps or rusty nails occur. Chamberlin's Pain Balm, an antiseptic, can destroy the germs, prevent maturation, and speed healing. Stewart's Pharmacy, Cook & Sherman sell it.
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Chamberlin
Stewart's Pharmacy
Cook & Sherman
New Orleans Grand Concert at the Graham Tomorrow Evening
The New Orleans Grand Concert Company performs at the Graham tomorrow evening. Event details indicate an organized program by the visiting ensemble with plans for a full evening of classical pieces.
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New Orleans
The
Graham
Ten Soldier Buried Here Since New Year Dies at 2:30
Captain J B Gallagher of Richmond Lodge and Masonic Fraternity dies at home after two weeks illness. He served as captain of Co K 30th Iowa Infantry in the Civil War and will be buried at Bim Grove Cemetery after services at the family residence. His death marks the tenth soldier buried locally since January.
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J. B. Gallagher
North
Mr. Gallagher
Iris
Foster Snider
Kingfish
James Burnham Gallagher
Pinesenss Pn
Washington County
Maryland
Tle
Sarah Page
Richmond
Mary Bowers
Keithsburg
Catherine Gallagher
Omaha
Magerstown
Williamsport
Gallagher
Iowa
30Th
Iowa Infantry
Chas.e. Abbott
Sherman
Vicksburg
Chatanooga
Hooker
Ringgold
Paint Rock
Alabama
Atlanta
Carolinas
Goldsborough
Raleigh
Washington, D. C
Davenport
Lowa
Jos
Keck
J. G. White
Edgar
Irwin
Rollie
Harley
Grinnell
Capt
Bim Grove Cemetery
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F. Boyd
H. W. Russel
Homeseeker’s
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Illinois
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Frisco
Peoria
Des Moines
St. Joseph
Kansas City
Missouri River
Alamogordo
N. M
John Sebastian
H. W. Russell, Adt
Thomas — Brindley
Missionary Report
Columbia Pharmacy
J. K. Lemmon
Benz Hotel
Kat At
Allen
Ostf
Grand Colored Concert Company
SOL Brica& CO
Opera House
Masonic Fraternity
John Kelly
Harwood
South Side
New York
Washington, Iowa
Graham Theatre
Warren
Chas, Ellis
H. Knight
Washington National Bank
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