Impersonator of Man A Gigamist in Watertown Matrimony Case
A Sioux City report details Mrs. Dorothy Dunkelman Church of Morningside accused of posing as Clifton E. Revere to marry Ruth Herman and later Mrs. Clifton E. Nevere. Letters and inquiries from Watertown and Cherokee question divorce records and motives. Dr J B Herman of Conde contests the marriage claim, suggesting inheritance motives.
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Sioux City
D. Church
Davis Avenue
Morningside
Clifton E. Revere
Dorothy Dunkelman
Watertown
D. D
Dunkelman
Clifton E. Nevere
Kevere E. Clifton
the Tribune
Triangle
E. C. ReVere
Cherokee
ReVere B. Clifton
Ruth Herman
J. B. Herman
Conde
Ruth Hermen
C. D. Church
Revere Clifton
Arith
National Geographic Society
Church
Siiter
Worth Morey Cut Out Slip for Foley’s Medicine Ad
An old advertisement urges cutting out a slip and mailing it to Foley & Co in Chicago for a trial package. It touts Foley’s Boney and Tar Compound for coughs colds and croup and Foley Ridney Pills for pains back rheumatism kidney and bladder ailments plus Foley Cathartic Tablets for constipation biliousness headaches and sluggish power.
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Foley & Co
Deception Tied to Revere and Church Claims Wife Faked
Mrs. Revere describes a complex scheme where her husband or his supposed wife deceived relatives by dressing in women’s clothes to impersonate Church’s wife. She cites past marriages, a Sioux City sanatorium case, and a claim that Ruth Herman from Watertown was involved. She argues the book’s frontispiece is the wife in male disguise.
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Revere
Church
Sioux City
Mrs. Church
Ruth Herman
Watertown
Revere Ciifton
Cedar Rapids
Pedigreed Bull Mistakenly Sent to Slaughterhouse
Mason City readers learned a high grade bull valued at 750 dollars was shipped by the M and St. L railroad to the Deckers meat packing plant without a bill of lading. The bull was skinned quartered and distributed to local meat eaters before proper instructions arrived. The Deckers will be charged 75 dollars the bull's market value 675 dollars the railroad's charge.
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Mason City
Jacob B. Decker & Sons Meat Packing
Deckers
Theft of tobacco from Hampton streetcar car
Nine boxes of tobacco valued at 500 dollars were stolen from a car on M and St L tracks in Hampton Iowa on Friday morning. The shipment was consigned to Hampton Mercantile Company and C Holmes.
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Hampton
Hampton Mercantile Company
C. Holmes
La Porte City Plans Christmas Vacation Schedule
La Porte City public school will close next Wednesday for a two week holiday and reopen Thursday January 6. School programs will be held in classrooms and pastors will cover Christmas and New Year activities. The town notes a funeral in West View Cemetery and local visits as residents prepare for the holidays.
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la Porte City
Rho
Bupt
LS. Moorhead
Buria
West View
la PortLy
Sehluter
Norning
Uysart
Hook
Emmanuel Jivingelical
Ust
WW. Trask
Hare
Mary Mitchel
Cedar Jiupids
Ted Klein
A. C. Fox
Ging- Ao
Waterloo
Papes Cold Compound Ad Claims Quick Cold Cure
An old advertisement promotes Pape's Cold Compound as a quick remedy for colds. It claims dosing every two hours with three doses opens nasal passages stops runny nose relieves headache feverishness and avoids quinine. Sold cheaply at drug stores.
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Pape
Drus
Nice
Rheumatism Relief Through Blood Medicine Promise
Rheumatism is said to be a blood disease with acid in the blood settling in muscles and joints. Hood's Sarsparilla is advertised as a superior blood purifying tonic with strengthening components and claims of positive relief. Hood's Pills are recommended as a laxative.
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Hood
Benton County Pioneer Dies in California
Obituary notices report P C Christianson assistant cashier at State Bank of Benton, his mother Rebecca Guam Christianson died in California. She was born in Illinois married in 1870, survived by three sons and two daughters, with burial planned in Iowa City. Also mentioning David Ray Sheets born in Vinton and connected to local families, and a note on women jurors and a marriage in Cedar Rapids.
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Vinton
P. C. Christlinson
State Bank
California
Mre. Christianson
C. P. Christianson
Plonser
Norway
Mr. Christianson
Iowa City
la Salle County
Illinois
Mer
Rebecca Guam
Sheets
David Ray Sheets
Lfe
George Elis
Oelwein
Qelwalu
Arts
Agricultural Society Elects Benton County Leaders
The Benton County Agricultural Society elected Chris Kinsel president for the coming year with Tianna as vice president Illogan Urive secretary and P O Christian son treasurer. The executive committee includes W H Hanna Logan Urice and Roy Cameron. Eural Carrier Means named rural mail carrier out of Vinton beginning immediately replacing Jerry Lynch.
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Vinton
Agriculture Sociery
Benton County Agricultural Society
Chris Kinsel
WH. Tianna
Illogan Urive
P.O. Christianson
W. H. Hanna
Logan Urice
Roy Cameron
Eural
E. (. Means
Jerry Lynch
Railway
Means
Pastor Resigns and Moves, Church News Reflects Local Shifts
Longtime Naan County resident Rev Goff has resigned from his pulpit and moved his family to Oklahoma to take a new pastorate. The Christian church in the city has called him, with a family of a wife and four year old daughter. A separate item notes Charles Hanson fracturing both arms and several ribs after a fall in a hay chute in Osage.
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Vinton
Bas Jin
Hanson
Oklahoma
Teac
Laciteenee
Officers Bey
W. Dew Crewdson
Austin
Minn
Christian Church
Mr. Goff
Osage
Charles Hanson
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Mr. Revere
Mrs. Revere
Lfiteh
Shanduo
ANG
Udrugyina
Benton CO
Pioneer
Wanover-Donets
Iaais Danels
Ernest Han
Ce- Rapids
Mia
Peonels
Grve
Franklin-Gray
Nevads
Cuticura
Anna Stortz
Rickley St
Columbus
Nebraska
Bammels Ach
Ondlewra Laleratorina
Dept. Aiden 42
Mass
Eneryse
Wangler Bros. Company
Dr. Bell
Blackhawk
Dr. Hobson
Hobson
Victor Records
Naan Cty
the Courier
Peerless Baking CO
Gomranat
Vor
Scitfert
Wartercop
Morris
Avery
Korris Plan Company
Thin Company
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