City in Brief: Local Notes and Appointments
City notes include audits and licenses with Rainbow issuing 1943 hunters licenses since July. Local residents travel for business. F. M. Som attends Rochester for professional matters. A broken arm occurs at Halden & Floyd druggists. YMCA conference attendees return from Fort Dodge. Other items cover illness, conventions, long walks for Miss Hubbard and Miss Lizer, and various visits and leases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchanan's. B
Harrison
Independence
E. A. Black
Chicago
Rainbow
F. M.som
Rochester
Minn
Wm. Floyd
Halden & Floyd
Limpy's Legacy in a Cold Hospital Night
Limpy the old wooden leg bearer dies in a St BarnabI hospital Ward 9 after plans of marriage with Nurse Alice. The peg leg becomes a trove of Limpy's eight thousand in savings, hidden inside the hollow leg, aiding Alice and Burton's future homebuilding.
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Igia
Associated Literary Preea
Limpy
St. Barnabi's Hospital
Jack Frost
Chilblaina
Alice
Meredith
Doc
Thistledown
Glengarie
Burton
Neighborhood Bible Classes House Meetings Schedule
Neighborhood Bible classes list dates and addresses for meeting times. Residents including Mrs Spiker Mrs Farwell Mrs Wilbur Mrs Chatfield Mrs Hadley Mrs Wichman Mrs Updegrafi Mrs Hirsch Mrs Speicher Mrs Eaton and Mrs Crittenden are shown with street locations and times in the week ahead.
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Spiker
Conger Street
Farwell
Columbia Street
Wilbur
Pine — Street
Chatfield
Independ Lence Avenue
Hadley
East Tenthh Street
Wichman
Franklin Jatreet
W. W. Updegrafi
Denver Street
Hirsch
Eleventh Street
J. T. Speicher
West Eleventh Street
Eaton
Hammond J Avenue
Chicago auctioneer in training at Jones National School
Howard FE McDougal of Chicago attends Jones National School of Auctioneering to graduate soon and handle public sales with experience behind him. Our five dollar fork loaded Illinois coal hauls more heat per ton than any Iowa coal. Blim and Co.
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Comeng
Howard FE. McDougal
Chicago
Jones National School of Auctioneering
Iowa
Blim & Co
CENSOR OF OLD WRITERS Pokes Fun At Shakespeare Milton Dante Homer
The Cleveland Leader imagines a harsh Indiana high school censor greeting literary giants. Milton is told his verse is dreary and needs reform, Dante is branded a sensationalist, Homer is chided for preachiness, with playful jabs at Greek drama and classics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
John Milton
John
Milt
Dante
Dan
Pop Homer
Pop
Brother McKenty Praised Despite Submerged Respect
At a ministers meeting Rev. Tom McKenty shared a story showing the mixed esteem for clergy and law. He notes his brother Bob McKenty, warden of the eastern penitentiary, works with men passing through his hands. A released inmate told the evangelist he knows the warden well and, with the visitor’s praise, suggested the warden might be a better man than his reverend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom McKenty
Eighth Street Mission
Bob McKenty
Eastern Penitentiary
Bob
Vevy‘rence
Philadelphia Record
In Straightened Circumstances He Keeps Wolf Out of Garage
The dialogue notes tight finances as a man admits he struggles to keep hardship at bay. A witty remark from Puck underscores the theme of poverty and effort to hold at bay ruin. The line hints at humor amid strain.
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Puck
Rattling the Skeleton Corrigan Riches Surprising Reveal
Dialogue excerpt shows Dinny surprised at Corrigan's sudden wealth and golf habit. Conley-T denies knowledge. Puck teases about a new hobby and a casualty in a playful exchange.
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Corrigan
Conley
Morthar
Puck
Waterloo Cedar Falls Poultry Show Opens With High Hopes
The Waterloo and Cedar Falls Poultry Association opened its annual show at the Federal block on Park Avenue and Commercial Street. Officials expect 1200 to 1500 chickens on display by tomorrow, with birds arriving on late trains. The event aims to boost poultry breeding, cut living costs, and promote local industry while attracting novices and seasoned breeders alike.
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Federal Block
Park Avenue
Commercial Street
Waterloo & Cedar Falls Poultry Association
Waterloo
Unclear Camel Narratives and Peculiar Dialogues
A fragmentary, antiquated excerpt describes camels with crimson saddles and a stubborn beast resisting control. It notes the camel’s endurance for long journeys, its gear, and a humorous anecdote about a British officer dealing with the animal. The text then shifts to dialogue involving a Boston scene and a character named Becky, hinting at a distant, ornate literary piece.
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Zenms
Amel
Kilier Receives Congratulatory Note on Practice Growth
A letter notes Dr Kilier’s rapid practice growth inviting congratulations from Mrs Wise who also extends best wishes for the patients and staff amid increasing patient load.
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Kilier
Thea Patenta
Typhoid Fever Death of Young Cedar Falls Woman
Nallie Deborah Rasmussen, 21, died at her South Main street home in Cedar Falls from typhoid fever. Born May 3, 1890 in Winthrop Iowa, she lived in Newell and Selma before returning to Cedar Falls. She worked at Nykvist tailoring, belonged to Baptist churches, and was active in Sunday school. Survived by father, mother, a sister and a brother. Funeral Tuesday at 1 PM from home and at the Danish Baptist church.
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Cedar Falls
Nallie Deborah Rasmussen
South Mainstreet
Miss Rasmussen
Winthrop
Newell
Selma
Cal
Nykvist
Tyaptist Church
Salem
Danish Baptist Church
J. A. Fridell
Warning of Maine disaster erupts in Havana not heeded
A.C. Brice, then consul at Matanzas, recalls warning two nights before the Maine explosion that the battleship would be destroyed in Havana harbor. He says officials in Havana ignored the notice, and Brice reported the incident to President McKinley after returning to the United States.
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Maine
Fitzhugh Lee
Havana
United States
McKinley
Paral Board
Ben Marks Case Ties Maybray Gang to Officials
Des Moines December 11 Attorney General Cosson and Assistant Attorney General Fletcher Jeffery planned to press the Ben Marks trial. Marks, alleged go-between for the Maybray gang, faced accusations of securing political protection for their operations through city county and federal officials. Testimony from APL Fair, ex Nebraska Telephone manager, is awaited to corroborate links to Omaha and Maybray. Defense seeks delay amid pressure on witnesses and political influence.
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Des Moines
Cosson
Hmletcher
Jeff J
Council Bluffs
Ben Marks
Loral
Gaming Place
Maybray Gang
Byers
Maybray
jJustice
Maybrayites
Mayhbray
Marks
Fair
Nebraska Telephone Company
Mayhray Fang
Tie
Omaha
Texas
Tom Dennison
Shercliffe
Gov. Shaw
Bob King
Marbray
Leavenworth
Maybray gang backers move to shield gang members
A fragment notes support for the Maybray gang and sharing profits from a store, with plans to shelter the men who provide a safe domicile for the Maybrayles.
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Maybray
Maybrayles
Sunday School Conference Draws Notable Attendee List
A Church of the Brethren event on South and Seventh streets drew good crowds for both sessions of the Sunday school institute. J. G. Speicher filled in for J. B. Balcomb, presenting Training for Service, with A. W. Chamberlin delivering A Model Teachers Meeting. Other speakers included Miss Eva Kichty Miss May Barnes A Ta bor Rev W FE Beachler J D Liff ting Mrs C R Miles and Dr D K Bond. Rev A P Blough led the evening prayer and praise service.
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Suneday School Institute
Church of the Brethren
Seventh Streets
J. B. Balcomb
J. G. Speicher
City Sunday School Union
Supt
A. W. Chamberlin
Eva Kichty
May Barnes
A. ©. Tabor
W. FE. Beachler
J. D. Liffting
C. R. Miles
D. K. Bond
Dr. Speicher
A. P. Blough
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E. J. Starr
A. W. Hartquist
Erwin Sage
Fort Dodge
YMCA
Walter Clark
Melrose
Third Avenue West
E. T. Sadler
Creamery Journal
Albert Lea
Butter and Cheese- Makers’ Association of
Minnesota
Leah Hubbard
Neva Lizer
Jenus
Jesup
Jacob Hohl
John B. Young
Los Angeles
Courier
McNamara Brothers
F. R. Davis
J. T. Beem
Marengo
Mr. Beem
Imayor
J. C. Beem
Jessee
Fifth Street Building Co
F. H. Hitchcock
D. G. Lichty
George J and
Ethel
Eagle Township
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Lichty
Somerset County
Somerset
Robert E. Porter
Glenn Leland
Black Hawk County
Waterloo Business College
Kenneth White
Nashua
J. H. Hildebrand
Verne E. Hale
H. R. Peery
Charles H. Peery
F. W. Powers
Bessie Ivens
South Haven
Mich
Charles Sherwood
Miss Ivens
Rachel Ivens
Metropolitan Hospital
Jimpy
Sar
Scotland
Jeanie
Timpy
Nuree
J. Mister la
Watersado
Boston
Streete
Becky
Mess Neline Rasmussen
Iowan
Randolph Bt
T. Bazaar
Pacific Coast
West Ninth
West Seventh
Johnson
Underwood Typewriter
East Fourth
West Fifth
I. R. Town
Crystal
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