Doings of the People in Riverside and Surrounding Towns
Riverside and nearby communities report social visits and travels. Ida and Emma Shradel return from Burlington. residents visit Iowa City. Fleeting mentions of trips to Richmond, Tama, Cedar Rapids and Eldon. Local fairs, picnics and reunions are noted with many residents listed.
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Riverside
Ida
Emma Shradel
Frank McGugin
Burlington
Charles Cummings
Iowa City
Wallace Oaks
Rose Dautremont
Grace Mottet
Richmond, Wednes
Washington Beats Lone Tree In County Fair Baseball Clash
Washington defeats Lone Tree 14 to 2 before a large crowd at Columbus Junction fair. Hadley started for Washington, relieving by George and Lyons. Goldsberry pitched for Lone Tree with Roller catching. Washingtonampsiled early dominance, and despite a late mercy, led throughout the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Id Goldsberry
Washington
Lone Tree
Roller
Goldsberry
Hadley
George
Lyons
Ferry Sinks With Eighteen Aboard
Special to Evening Journal reports Pere Marquette Car Ferry No 15 sinks twenty nine miles off Sheboygan. Eighteen dead and three crew saved after the vessel valued at a half million dollars was returned to service following a summer as an excursion boat near Chicago.
Browne Found Not Guilty in Hlingis Case
The jury in the State of Hlingis versus Lee Neill Browne returned a verdict of not guilty today. Special to the Evening Journal reports Chicago as the locale and the trial outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee O'Neill Browne
Lee Neill
Browne
Local notes on births illnesses and deaths
Mr and Mrs Lee Gordon near West Chester welcomed a baby boy born last night. J M Stevenson improving after a period of illness. His son John of Chicago arrived Monday to stay for a while. News reached the city of John Anderson's death at his Orlando Florida home. On August 28 Charles Anderson returned from Madison Wisconsin and plans to attend the University of Wisconsin this coming year.
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Lee Gordon
West Chester
John Anderson
Orlando
Florida
Charles Anderson
Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Harry Moore Improves After Car Crash Injuries
Special report from Wellman notes Harry Moore injured in an automobile crash yesterday is improving overall though hips lack proper use. He is badly bruised across his body but no serious internal injuries are believed to have occurred.
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Evening Journal
Wellman
Harry Moore
Moated Grange Widow in Hard Times After Pinchot Affair
A distressed widow in a moated grange endures ruin and hunger after her husband’s change post Pinchot controversy. She recalls better days with her “blooming bride” past as she contemplates leaving him for work while he fears losing wood and coal to the threat of Gurgenheim and keeps to the corner store.
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Gurgenheim
Daysey Mayme Suggested For State University Chair
Mrs Lysander John Appleton petitions to appoint Daysey Mayme to the mathematics chair at the state university. She notes Daysey Mayme tracks scores for duplicate fridge whist games and is unquestioned when prizes are won.
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Daysey Mayme
Lysander John Appleton
The
State University
Board of Regents
Atchison Globe
Adjournment Ordered With Jury Trials to Start Monday
Judge Preston adjourned court until next Monday when the jury trials begin. The grand jury also completed its work and adjourned last evening.
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Preston
Farewell and Wedding Socials in Delavan Community
The Delavan Tri County Times reports a farewell party for C G Schimpeller ahead of his move to Washington Iowa with thirty guests at Hall s hall. Mrs W P Wells and Mrs Newton O Loughlin hosted about 150 guests at East Washington street with pink and white decorations. Miss Jessie Hoover to marry Fred Shearer Sept 28 in Ypsilanti Michigan.
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Delavantia
Tri-County Times
C. G. Schimpeller
Washington
Iowa
Gus Strouse
Mr. Schimpeller
Delavan
W. P. Wells
East Washington Street
Wells
Newton O'Loughlin
Ed Bowman
R. H. Walker
Alyce Lemmon
Offie O'Loughlin
Ray Latehem
Stella Cunningham
Sidney Smith
Jno. Swisher
Harry Shrader
Will Cook
E. S. Frey
Ann Houdek
Jessie Hoover
Washington Academy
Fred Shearer
Ypsilanti
Mich
Miss Hoover
Carl Roberts
Mary
Roberts
Ball strikes observer at Columbus Junction fair
John Taylor stood by at a ball game when a foul ball HIT him on the head and he was knocked unconscious. He recovered quickly and is about as good as ever today. Mrs Will McClean, daughter of Mrs Shenefelt, is seriously ill after a recent abscess on the liver with a noted improvement reported. Thomas McClean and Mrs Shenefelt traveled to Corpus Christi, Texas to be with her.
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John Taylor
Columbus Junction Fair
Taylor
Thomas McClean
John Shenefelt
Corpus Christi
Texas
Will McClean
Horrors Lost Another Set Quoth Mabel
A fragmented late 19th century line laments a tennis mishap with a cryptic reference to Mabel and the University of California. The tone blends whimsy and absurdity as a tongue in cheek crisis over a tournament or game.
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Mabel
University of California Pelican
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FPREE
FOX & Dewey
Jent
Washington County Savings Bank
Delaware
Windsor Grocery Pure Food
Famers & Merchants
Capital
State Bank
B A. White
L. Thompson
L’res L. Coulter
White
Flora Crams
Tama
Cummings’ Fam
Ilies
Mary Moore
Mary Sanders
Charles Sims
de Craig
Sarah
M. A. Stransky
Irena
Cedar Rapids
B. Jacobsmeier
Richmond
Edward Weil
Mines
Will McClelland
Robert McConnaughey
Hunter McClelland
Bell
Chicago
William Ford
Barbara Hervert
Stephen Fouchek
Burts Ween
Frank Critz
Eldon
Iowa Infantry
Pleasant Hill
Lee Morgan
Kansas
Ethel Stiles
Trenton
James Nicholson
Ainsworth
Bina and
Effie Porter
Washington Yester
Rollen Jones
Lizzie Supplee
Keola
W. J. Sinyvire
O. D. Chapel
Warren Parrow
C. P. Nichols
Vera
Robert Rhea
J. K. Adams
al Rogers
Richard Donaldson
J. M. Stewart
Myrtle
Teresa Chibhak
Mabel Ross
Ethel Peterson
Jessie Hunt
Mabel Crawford
Lloyd W. Bowers
United States
President Taft
Supreme Bench
George and
Columbus
Johnson County
Lote
Milwaukee
Ing of
Pere Marquette
No. IS
Shehoy
J. M. Stevenson
John
Harry Wook
Co. S. Lemmon
Walt
Walt Mason
George Mat
Thew Adams
Hongkong
New York
Hlongkong
Asia
W. J. Aylward
Harper's Magazine
Masonic Fraternity
A. F
Chauncey E. Myers
W.M
I Sociefy
Methodist Church
Joe Limerman
Mike Lewis
Walter Graves
Lytle
Wilber Miller
Nish Tt
Postal Department
Miller
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