Academy Hotel Enrollments Rise and Club Receptions Merged
The Academy Hotel notes rising student enrollment over the past two weeks and forecasts a strong school year. Thompson Brookhart joins for classical work, Homer Coppock to begin postgraduate studies next week. Regular receptions by literary societies will merge this fall to foster friendship and rivalry. Funeral attendance by Misses Doolittle Simpson Shaw Kerr for J C Meek funeral. Shorthand and didactic enrollments listed. music, debate and recitation programs announced for Aurora Tuesday evening September 14 08.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson Brookhart
Homer Coppock
Dn Academy Chapel
Margaret Doolittle
Irene Simpson
Floyd Shaw
Cloyce Kerr
J C. Meek
Ruth Bidwell
Helen Stewart
Cora Mernaugh
Katharine Morris
Cotter
Merle Johnson
Bernice Mangold
School of Music
Aurora
Mela Shalila
Escay
Elsie Wallace
Story
Frank Taylor
Blanche Helmick
Ben Helmick
John Simpson
Mrs. Ed Ingham Dies in Brighton After Illness
Mrs. Ed Ingham died at her home in Brighton after a week long illness from typhoid fever. The town reports twenty two cases of typhoid, with several in serious condition. She is survived by her husband and their two year old son Linn. She had lived in Brighton for three years and was well known locally. Funeral arrangements could not be learned at press time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Ed Ingham
Ingham
Linn
Ice shortage looms in town until Tuesday shipment arrives
Marion Anderson warns that unless a car of ice can be bought tonight or tomorrow there will be none in town Monday. Ottumwa manufacturers cannot furnish ice until Tuesday. Ice patrons are urged to conserve supplies to extend until the next shipment arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Anderson
Ottumwa
Foley's Honey and Tar Relief for Asthma Sufferers
Lemmon's Pharmacy advertises Foley's Honey and Tar as providing immediate relief for asthma in severe cases and claims it can effect a cure if used promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FOLEY
Seiey & Company
Chicago
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Local News Items and Public Notices from Benz Millinery
Miss Marguerite McGugin helped at the Benz millinery store and a dentist ad appears near the post office. Mr and Mrs Henry Crooks and daughter Mabelle from Crawfordsville visited J. B. Crooks home. Mr Miller and family from Ottawa Kansas move into Ottawa residence, south Washington, to work for the electric light company. Master James Work Jr., son of Mr and Mrs J A Work, has recovered from a rat biscuit incident after stomach pumping. Caution against mercury in catarrh ointments. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo is mercury free and taken internally. purchases should ensure genuineness. Hall's Family Pills also advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite McGugin
Benz
Sexton
Henry Crooks Ap Tittle
Mabelle
Crawfordsville
J. B. Crooks
Miller
Ottawa
Kan
Ottawia
Washington
Electric Fight Company
James Work, Jr
Mrr
J. A. Work
West Washington Street
James
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Illinois adjourns to Nov 24 for senator election
The Iowa legislature in extra session adjourns to Nov 24 to elect a senator to succeed the presumed winner of the primary. President candidates will speak Oct 7 in Chicago at a merchants banquet. Colorado Democrats nominate John F Shafroth for governor and a full state ticket. Jacksonville Florida records 11.39 inches of rain in two days. The Booth fish firm of Chicago runs into receivership with 8 million in assets and 4 million owed, lacking cash. Ceylon’s campfire output is set to more than double soon. Charles F E Davis charged with murder of Dr Kustin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Ieet
Abbison
Great Party
Chicago
John F. Shafroth
Jacksonville
Fla
A. Booth & Co
Ceylon
Camp Fier
Charles FE. Davis
Bell
Kustin
Success in Swine Breeding by J. Keller
J Keller notes crossbreeding boosts progeny performance after thirty years handling 100 to 200 hogs annually. He cites Chester White Duroc Jersey or large Yorkshire sows crossing Poland China boars as superior, with emphasis on sow size fitness, teats, litters, and timed farrowing for best pork yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. ¥. Keller
American Agriculturist
Yorkshire
Berkshire
Revenge error halts Baden tunnel joining by 26 feet
An Italian laborer exacted revenge after feeling dismissed, causing a costly error in a Baden government railroad tunnel project. The two halves of the tunnel, starting from opposite ends, miss by twenty six feet due to a survey pin misplacement. The act cost the Baden government about 87500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heidelberg
Baden
Black Forest
Ea Énd
Forbach
Squirrel hunting ends in boy’s accidental death
Nashville Indiana report says eighteen year old Willard Robertson was kicked in the chest by his own shotgun when it fired at a squirrel. He died the next morning from the injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Ind
Willard Robertson
Weather Forecast for Midwest and Great Lakes Tonight
The forecast covers Illinois Indiana lower Michigan and Wisconsin with fair skies and little temperature change. Iowa is also expected to have fair weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Indiana
Lower
Michigan
Wisconsin—Fair
Iowa—Fair
Markets Report from Chicago Board of Trade Quotations
Chicago markets show Wheat Corn and Oats futures with Sept Dec and May figures. live stock and hog data, cash sales, and regional notes from East Buffalo with cattle hogs sheep and lamb prices and receipts. Includes prices for timothy hay and prairie feeding and packing costs across Illinois Indiana and Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
N.nww
Perth
Ile
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Ilinois
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Standings and scores from the big league games
Chicago and other National League clubs posted results across St Louis New York and Philadelphia venues with several tied and decisive games. Brooklyn beat New York 7 to 1 in one, while Cincinnati edged Pittsburgh 2 to 1 and Philadelphia defeated Boston 9 to 4 in Detroit 11 innings Chicago beat Detroit 2 to 1. Boston and New York split a doubleheader with scores 9 to 2 and 8 to 4. Western games saw Lincoln and Pueblo, Sioux City and Omaha, Des Moines and Denver, plus Milwaukee besting St Paul 12 to 7.
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St. Louis
Chicago
Pfeister
Kling
Salee
Fromme
Bliss
New York- Brooklyn
New York
Brooklyn
Friars
Wilhelm
Maloney
Farmer
Crandall
Bresnahan
Pittsburg
Cinccinnati
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Dubee
McLean
Camnitz
Gibson
Western
Lincoln
Pueblo
Sioux City
Omaha
Des Moines
Denver
Prew
L. P.C
Ooeses
CSNY
Philadelphia
Boston
Detroit
Cleveland
Cosesenete
Washington
Goats and Fencing Facts From a Historian Text
The passage notes goats do not eat grass when weeds and brush are available. It states Angora goats are prolific breeders and productive shearers until age twelve or thirteen. It adds that an ordinary fence generally confines goats and that they tend to go through fences rather than jump over.
Make the Cow Comfortable for Better Milk Yield
Guidance stresses cow comfort to boost milk production. Seek shade in heat and provide strong protection, reducing stress and improving welfare for higher output.
Costs in Life on City Bridge and Dock Work
New York reports fifty five workers died building the Blackwell's Island bridge over the East River, with fifteen more perishing in Chelsea dock improvements. The Central Federated Union says nonunion crews and inexperience at heights hid deaths. investigators claim no fatalities occurred on the Manhattan bridge where union labor was used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Blackwell's Island
Fast River
Central Federated Union
Chelsea
Lofty Heights
New Manhattan Bridge
New York man foiled suicide by gas after misread meter
James Rowan, 31, prepared to kill himself by gas after writing a farewell letter to his wife and claiming he had spent his last quarter for drink. He turned on the gas, but a faulty quarter-meter delivered only 25 cents worth of illuminating fluid and cut out, leaving him alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James Rowan
Rowan
Nicolau Couple Visit Lincoln Relatives During Trip
Mr and Mrs Nicolau from Lincoln Nebraska are in the city guests at their brothers homes Col and B W Nicola. They are traveling home from a visit with relatives in New York and Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicolau
Lincoln, Nebr
City
Col
B. W. Nicola
New York
Michigan
Women workers face dangers from feminine disorders
The article argues that girls and women who work outdoors or in cramped jobs are especially exposed to organic feminine disorders. Standing long hours, sitting in cramped positions, and walking in bad weather are said to wreck the delicate feminine organism, and it notes thousands of letters supporting this claim.
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Advertising Note
An excerpt praises Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a remedy for feminine ailments. It includes testimonials from Miss Abby Barrows of Nelsonville Ohio and Miss Lillian Ross New York, claiming relief from headaches back pain and weakness. The ad states the product has cured thousands of women and invites letters for advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby
Barrows
Nelsonville
Ohio
Lillian Ross
E.84th St
New York
Lydia E. Pinkham
Amendment to Articles of The Geo H Paul Company
Notice of Amendment to Articles of Notice announces a special meeting August 1 1908 at Washinton Iowa to amend the companys articles. It details capital stock increases 300000 total with 75000 preferred and 225000 common, new preferred 50000 with 16 2/3 percent dividends, extended redemption, and voting changes giving common one vote per share and preferred three votes. It also amends Article five and six changing voting rights and confirms continued validity of Article three and other provisions. Witness signatures George H Paul and Samuel J Cocklin dated August 10 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. H. Paul Company
Washington
Iowa
Towa
A. D
George H. Paul
George H. Paul Company
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Academy Hotel
Poland
China Boar
Chicago Grain
National
Cmeaga
Walsh
Sullivan
Mullin
Schmidt
Louis
Waddell
Coombs
Lang
Hughes
Street
Roston- New York
Hogg
Kleinow
Arellanes
Wood
Criger
Chesbro
Sweeney
Morgan, Donahue
New Blackwell's Island Bridge
Sprague Correspondence School OF Law
Mascatec Bina
Detroit, Mich
Mars
Broadway
Fies
F St
Washington, D.C
Dr. King
Close
Tetas
Lemmen
Samuel J. Cocklin
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