Fresh oysters at the Royal and local notices
Fresh sealship oysters are available at the Royal. Local notes list Clark Pulver and others traveling, visits with relatives in Brighton and Keota, a Sunday home visit, and several residents returning home after gatherings. Also advertised are fall styles from Frey’s Studio and a wood sawing service by Frank McClean with contact in Washington Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Pulver
Keota
Wm. Hendrix
Brighton
M. H. Sweet
Rev
U.S. Smith
Davis County
Ralph Junkin
Allender
Verne Anderson
Ainsworth
Mrs. A. Bennett
Albert Kuhn
WV. J. Huston
Wyman
Edwin Griffith
Frey
Square
Toldo
Frank McClean
Washington
Iowa
Shellabarger's Pantatorium Ad
Ladies coats and skirts, men's overcoats and suits. Shellabarger's Pantatorium. Phone 342 10-6t.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shellabarger
Everson Property Adjacent to Library for Sale to Close Estate
The Everson property adjoining the City Library includes lot seven, block nine, and lot one, block twenty-six in Highland Park, offered for sale to close the estate of Mrs. E E Everson. For price and terms contact A Anderson, Executor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everson
City Library
Highland Park
E. E. Everson
Tf A. Anderson
Foley's Honey and Tar Promoted for Lung Trouble
A married man who allows family members to take anything but Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and lung trouble is guilty of neglect. The genuine product contains no opiates and comes in a yellow package from Lemmon's Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Lemmon
Petition to curb Halloween property damage in the city
A circulated petition signed by many property owners urges the city council to take steps to prevent Halloween night property destruction. The note cites costly and sometimes dangerous depredations and calls for strenuous action against those who go out with the sole aim of destroying others' property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallowe
Tokio Hosts Massive Demonstration For U S Navy Visitors
Tokyo reports an enormous outpouring of support for the visiting United States fleet shown by a torchlight parade of 15 000 plus participants. Citizens from guilds universities and schools joined in the parade waving lighted lanterns as Admiral Sperry and other fleet officers watched from a grandstand amid cheering crowds and music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Oet
Japan
United States
Russia
London
New York
Universites
Admiral Sperry
Komura
Tablet honors Edmund Burke in Bath with Reid address
Whitelaw Reid United States ambassador unveiled a tablet in Bath recalling Edmund Burke. The ceremony at the house Burke lived in was followed by a luncheon at the Guild Hall where Reid spoke, praising Burke's sympathy for American colonists and his resistance to Britain’s measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
England
Whitelaw Reid
United States
Edmund Burke
Burke
Guild Hall
Reid
Carnegie Medals awarded to Illinois recipients
Carnegie hero fund commission announces eighty eight medals and cash under the foundation. Beneficiaries include Samuel H Jamison of Chicago Olaf A Young of Viola Frank F Berg of Peoria Edward A Crolius of Chicago Franklin H Holdridge of Neponset and Keith A Catto of Decatur from Illinois and Chicago cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Chicago
Illinois
Samuel H. Jamison
Lexington Avenue
Olaf A. Young
Viola
Frank F. Berg
Peoria
Edward A. Crolius
Peoria Street
Franklin H Holdridge
Neponset
Keith A. Catto
Decatur
Fire destroys Vincennes grain elevators and Empire Paper plant
A blaze in Vincennes Indiana caused more than $100000 in losses. Bartlett Khubn Ceo of Terre Haute owned grain elevators along the riverfront and the Empire Paper company plant burned. Over 50000 bushels of wheat and 1500 bushels of corn were destroyed as flames raged and threatened to spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincennes
Ind
Bartlett, Khubn & Ceo
Terre Haute
Empire Paper Company
It Was Cheaper to Move Divorce Case
Fort Wayne Indiana October 23. Mrs Jennie FE Jarrett sues for divorce from James FE Jarrett after thirty nine moves since their 1891 marriage. She says the family was ejected from sixteen houses for non payment of rent and moved from other homes to avoid process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Ind
Jennie FE. V. Jarrett
James FE. Jarrett
Jarrett
Firebug Fires Escalate in Norfolk Eight Day Span
Norfolk Va Oct 223 With three alarms in quick succession and a record of twenty one incendiary fires in eight days the situation after the work of an unknown firebug grows more acute hourly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Notice to Contractors for City Sewers in Washington Iowa 1908
Sealed bids will be received by the City Clerk until 6 p.m. October 26 1908 for constructing two sewers to be completed by January 1 1909. City supplies tile cement sand. contractor provides other materials and labor. Bids must specify sewer 1 on East Washington Street and sewer 2 on Avenue F and West Monroe Street with exact pipe sizes. City may reject all bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Iowa
East Washington Street
City
South Seventh Avenue
Avenue F
West Monroe Street
Jefferson and
Madison Streets
Centennial School House
I was so weak from kidney trouble I could hardly walk
A customer testimonial from Lemmon's Pharmacy credits Foley's Kidney Remedy with restoring health after doctors and other remedies failed. The letter highlights improved mobility, a cleared complexion, and the curing of backache and irregularities following four bottles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Do. R. Kluger
Virginia Ave
Indianapolis
Ind
Foley
Lemmon
Home Guards to Host Fourth Annual World Entertainment
The Home Guards of the World stage their fourth annual event in the hall next Monday evening. Members may invite two friends and bring provisions for themselves and guests for a picnic supper. Caner's orchestra will provide music for the occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Guards
Caner
Electric Bitters Prove Worth to Civil War Veteran
Fayette New York resident David Parker, a Gettysburg veteran who lost a foot, praises Electric Bitters for curing his stomach trouble and keeping him strong. He spent much on doctors before finding relief. Available at J E Lemmon's drug store for 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Parker
Fayette, N. Y
Gettysburg
J. E. Lemmon
Davis Concert with Local Singers at Columbus Junction Recital
Prof. T. C. Davis and his music class and the orchestra visited Columbus Junction last evening for a recital. They were joined by Mrs. James Miller and the Misses Lou Huskins Anna Miller Alma Ladder Walter Brown Arthur Lathrop and Roscoe Frey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. C. Davis
Columbus Junction
James Miller
Lou Huskins
Anna Miller
Alma Ladder
Walter Brown
Arthur Lathrop
Roscoe Frey
Joe McElhinney Heads East on the Rock Island
Joe McElhinney traveled east last evening aboard the Rock Island line. The move appears to involve a routine rail trip with no further details provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe McElhinney
Rock Island
Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna Promotion
The Well Informed World seeks a simple pleasant laxative. California Fig Syrup Co. offers Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a known safe effective remedy. Genuine product is sold by leading druggists at fifty cents per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
Robbers Blow Open Post Office In Mayville Trail Blood
The Mayville post office and safe were blown open on October 23. A suspect was arrested near the railroad tracks after Edward Beckerton fired on two men waiting outside. The thieves escaped on a buggy, leaving a blood trail and damaged stamps. no money was taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vassar
Mich
Mayville
Edward Beckerson
GRAFT AT THE COAL PITS
President Van Horn visits Brazil Indiana examining charges that mine bosses in the bituminous districts sell work to miners and take a percentage of earnings. Coal field activity is slack with two thirds of workers employed. Operators deny guilt and threaten dismissal if proved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Ind
Prsident van Horn
Indiana
Kern's Goy Is Very HL
John W. Kern returns to Indianapolis after learning his eight year old son John W. Kern Jr lies critically ill in Syracuse The illness may delay campaign stops planned in Indiana next week and several speeches were scheduled there
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern
Indianapolis
John W. Kern
New York
Ohio
Syracuse
John W. Kern, Jr
Indiana
Evansville Waitress Jump Falls From Hotel Window
Ethel Logsdon seventeen a Well ington hotel waitress jumped from a third story window to escape an intruder who was breaking into her room about 10 PM. She is believed to die from injuries. The man boarding at the hotel who attempted entry fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Ethel Logsdon
Wellington
National Association of Agricultural Implement and Vehicle Manufacturers Meeting Closes
The National Association of Agricultural Implement and Vehicle Manufacturers adjourned its annual session after electing officers for the next year and selecting Chicago as the next meeting place. W. B. Brinton of Dixon Illinois was named president H. H. Kinney of Winona Minnesota will chair the executive committee and H. B. Staver of Chicago becomes treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
National Association of Agricultural Implement and Vehicle Manufactures
Chicago
W. B. Brinton
Dixon, I
H. H. Kinney
Winona, Minn
H. B. Staver
British suffragists jailed after Commons protest
Seventeen women arrested October 15 during a house of commons disturbance were sentenced in Bow Street to three weeks to three months in prison. They refused bond and chose confinement, with charges of disorderly conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Commons
Bow Street
Company to Pay Employee Doctor Bills in Shelton
Shelton Conn Oct 28 DP resident Russ of the Robert N Bassett Manufacturing company employing 600 to 700 hands announced the company will pay all doctor bills for its employees in the future. This covers treatment for accidents and illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelton, Conn
Dpresident Russ
Robert N. Bassett Manufacturing Company
Nominees for Grand Master Lead Iowa Odd Fellows Meet
Grand Lodge of Iowa Odd Fellows nominates Gunn of Red Oak for grand master. A Harvard Cosmopolitan Club display shows a picture of the king of Siam presented by his majesty. Floods threaten Oklahoma. ten earthquakes hit Zwickau region. Wilbur Wright to be honored at Paris Aero Club banquet November 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Lodge
Iowa Odd Fellows
Gunn
Red Oak
Siam
Harvard Cosmopolitan Club
Cambridge
Mass
Hot Springs
Ark
W. F. Tucker
Logan
Alexandra Victoria
Schleswig-Holstein
Prince August Wilhelm
Prussia
Kaiser
Oklahoma
Zwickau
Germany
The
Aero Club
Paris
Wilbur Wright
Wright
Local shoppers and breeders report sheep purchases and registrations
Miss Louisa Newsom of California and several others registered at the Restroom yesterday. J. F. H. Taylor arrived from Poweshiek county with about 450 head of sheep and shipped two cars from Grinnell and two from Traer, totaling roughly 600 head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisa Newsom
California
O. FE
R. E. Rehmel
Brighton
C. EK. Kaiser
Cincinnati
Ohio
O. H. Dunlap
Kalona
Mary Manners
Crawfordsville
J. F. H. Taylor
Poweshiek County
Grinnell
Traer
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Fox & Dewey
Props
the Royal
Elizabeth Watson
Hallowe'en
Mace
J.H. Wagner Company
Fort Madison
U.S. A
Okio
Sam
Ambassador Reid
Great Britain
Carnegie
Vincennes, Ind
L. T. Hampsher
L. R. Davis
M. Gray
City of
J. A. Work & CO
KELLY
Mount Washington
Sove
Mason Transfer & Storage
Pacific Northwest
el Paso
Colorado
Southern
H. W. Russell
S. F. Boyd
Pass
Davenport
Willfbe
F. T. Frazier
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