Local events and visits across town and beyond
Local notes report Lloyd Neal ill with mamye and Carrie Kyle travelling to Ainsworth. Charley Dewey returned from 8. VU. S. Bruce Young visited Burlington. Rev. Dan Graber of Noble toured our area. Morehouse went to Chicago via Biggeville. A south town potato party. Will Clifton of Wayland and Mr. Bolding of Coppock also visiting. Col George A. Stone ill in Des Moines. Des Moines visitors Meade to see Rev. Schreckengast, piano agent. Prof. Morrison of Crawfordsville to study law with M. W. Bailey starting Monday. Various social visits and church notes, library benefit, and local business updates including furniture store control and undertakers. Mentions of Rev. Gray and Rev. Stubbert services. Hersian fly devastates Ohio wheat reports. Local travel to Muscatine Slough and Ft Madison for excursions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Neal
Mamye
Carrie Kyle
Ainsworth
Charley Dewey
VU. S
Bruce Young
Burlington
Dan Graber
Noble
Liste Morehouse
Chicago
Biggeville
Will Clifton
Wayland
Our City
Mr. Bolding
Coppock
George A. Stone
Des Moines
F. ©. Meade
Schreckengast
Prof. Morrison
Crawfordsville
M. W. Bailey
Hood
D. H. Ballard
Col. Bell
J. A. Canningham
San Foreman
Muscatine Slough
Dr. Bennett
Masonic Lodge
Cedar Rapids
Lloyd Samson
United Presbyterian Church
Bovina
N. Y
RK. Gray
W. B Stubbert
Lexington
Ill
Stubbert
The
Baptist Church
Small town notes on visits bonds and eclipse
Cures James Little of Logansport visited his daughter Mrs Rob Coulter then left for home after attending the Associate Synod in Albia. Licenses to wed were issued to H Banke and Katherine Engle Linus Hirt and Zella Fessler Sylvester Hart and Marguerite Wombacher John Wray and Rose Figgins James Quinn and Lizzie Metzgar. A local contractor W A Stiles installed concrete walks for M VP Miller and W A Cook claiming his work is superior. Havre’s J B Eskerman planned a Pennsylvania visit including Philadelphia and Johnstown then a Republican national convention. Mr and Mrs A R Miller viewed the eclipse in New Orleans then noted southern residents lack enterprise and interest. F Dixon & Co advertise bonds for officers and officials through U S Fidelity and Guaranty Co of Baltimore urging locals to consider guaranty bonds as a safer alternative to personal sureties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Little
Logansport
Ind
Rob Coulter
Albia
Banke
Katherine D. Engle
Linus Hirt
Zella EK
Fessler
Sylvester W. Hart
Marguerite Wombacher
John A. Wray
Rose Dna Figgins
James F. Quinn
Lizzie Metzgar
J. B. Eskerman
Havre
Pennsylvania
Johnstown
Chambersburg
Florence
Philadelphia
U. S
A. R. Miller
New Orleans
South
F. Dixon & Co
U. S. Fidelity and Guaranty Co
Baltimore
Dixon & Co
Entertaining program by Ada Heist at M E church
The Junior Epworth League presents an entertainment at the M E church this Friday evening. Ada Heist, a noted child elocutionist, is billed as a prodigy who captivates audiences. Admission ten cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
M. E
Ada Heist
School Program Delivers Orations and Music Selections
The program lists piano solos by Miss Ada Jengins and Miss Florence Parish, orations by Avan L. Godfrey Elizabeth S. Watson Martha Dill Frank Pearson Grace Speer and Homer H. Ashby, an address by D. F. Matchett, and diploma presentations with Dr. Pratt, featuring multiple titles such as A Certain Degree of Perfection and The Mission of Unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Jengins
Avan L. Godfrey
Elizabeths. Watson
Homer H. Ashby
Martha 8
Dill
Mrs. Dewey
W. Oral Watters
Callon
Frank Pearson
Grace H. Speer
Florence Parish
D. F. Matchett
Dr. Pratt
High School Graduation Exercises Tonight Feature Chorus and Essays
Commencement programs list performances including essays by Idella Patton The Twentieth Century oration by Merton Teeter and a farewell by Bessie Ritchie. The class will present a chorus award diplomas and a class yell amid names of graduates led by Marguerite Raguet Daisy Hull and Merton Teeter among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idella Patton
Merton ‘Teeter
Napoleon
Sy M. Hull
Marguerite Raguet
Bessie Ritchie
Wilika Olega Soc Alo
W. H
Daisy M Hull
Gertrude Smith
May Long
Maud E McCuhey
Ruth Latta
Mae Ross
Rae Mekibinne
Merton Teeter
William John Ma Idella Patton
Sadie Emmons
Mattie S Craig
Eugene C Schneider
Merle E McConahey
Belle D Yockey
Mabe Frazier
Ola Bailey
Nina H Alverson
Anna Deane
Great Rock Island Route Davenport Trip Sale for G A R
The Great Rock Island Route offers a round trip at one fare from all Iowa points to Davenport for the G A R encampment. Sale dates June 11 12 18 and June 14 for trains arriving in Davenport before noon, returning by June 16 1900. See local ticket agent John Sebastian G P A Chicago for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Rock Island
Davenport
Iowa
John Sebastian
Chicago
A Graduate Speaks On The Smartest In Town
The speaker lists studies in Latin Geometry and civics claiming mastery of metaphors quotations and learned rhetoric. They describe commencing a trial and carrying it through urging friends not to frown and asserting their status as the town’s smartest graduates.
Ride with J W Hawilton to his Washington county farm
A Saturday ride with J W Hawilton highlights a promising crop outlook on rich soil with oats starting to grow. Ohio resident Mr Webb rents a farm near John Smeltzer and notes oil finds nearby. Webb brings his mother to church praising the country as beautiful and hopeful for a future home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Hawilton
Sviles
Mr Webb
Ohio
John Smeltzer
Webb
Washington County
Four Farm Papers Offered With The Iowa Homestead
The county reads of a generous offer combining The Iowa Homestead Special Farmers Institute Edition The Poultry Farmer The Farmers Mutual Insurance Journal and our paper for $2.00 a year. A farmers’ union of practical guides promises value and experience from seasoned writers. Also notes on Little Bob’s reputation as a formidable campaign manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Farmers’ Institute
Poultry Farmer
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Journal
Special Farmers’ Institute
Government shuts Metropolitan Medical School of Chicago
Government officers closed the Metropolitan Medical School of Chicago and arrested its officers on charges of selling diplomas for medical practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Medical School of Chicago
Gold Fever Draws 20000 Sailors Toward Nome Alaska
The craze for wealth unseen has seized thousands as more than twenty thousand men set sail across the Pacific toward Cape Nome seeking fortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Cape Nome
Alaska
Democrats switch on trust issue in Congress
Democrats in Congress voted against amending the constitution to empower dissolution of trusts, then sided with Republicans on a Sherman act amendment by Republican Littlefield. The shift abandons Bryan's trust policy and aligns with the Republican stance, leaving the party exposed on the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
W. J. Bryan
Littlefield
Maine
Bryan
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Clyde
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Washington
J. R. Logue
Europe
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W. A. Stiles
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Tle
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Howard McConaughy
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Clara A Bennett
Lucy May Woods
Gertrude Sutherland
Hessie Beatty
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Pearl Montgomery
Ethan Dawson
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East Side Meat Market
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Little Bobs
Children’s Suits
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