Golden wedding day celebration in Manchester Iowa
Senator and Mrs. R W Tirrill celebrate their 75th birthday year with a golden wedding anniversary at the Masonic temple in Manchester Iowa Invitations go to over 500 friends from Manchester and surrounding areas The couple born in New Hampshire and Massachusetts respectively marry in Yankee settlement on December 30 1860 and have two children who died in infancy They donated land for a park and provided a permanent improvement fund of 50000 in Manchester.
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Manchester
R. W. Tirrit
Masonic Temple
Masonic Lodge
Order of the Eastern Star
Senator Tirrit
Stewartstown
New Hampshire
New England
Mr. Tirrill
Wisconsin
Thrill
State University of
Twelfth Infantry
Shiloh
Delaware County
Eliza J. Weeks
Norwich
Mass
Clayton County
Prairies
Delaware
Clayton
Tirrill
Yankee Settlement
Edgewood
IGY Grip Spreads Over Northwest
Cold and stormy weather grips the nation forecast to last forty eight hours. Temperatures drop sharply from Duluth to Devil's Lake and Winnipeg with 20 below and 40 below readings reported. A new Northwest storm worsens conditions from the Appalachians to the Rockies.
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Washington
United States Weather Bureau
Duluth
Devil’s Lake
Winnipeg
Appalachian Range
Rocky Mountains
Hoxsey Sails Over Mount Wilson in Record Flight
Arch Hoxsey, holder of the world altitude record, flew over Mount Wilson near Los Angeles in ideal weather. He climbed to 10 005 feet, clearing the crest with 4 200 feet to spare, covering about 34 miles in 1 hour 20 minutes. Lieut Vernon Boller and others witnessed and saw military uses for such flights.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Arch Hoxsey
Mount Wilson
Pasadena
Vernon Boller
Hoxsey
Lieut. Boller
Fort Whipple
Ariz
Alps
Grundy Man May Have Met Foil Play
Grundy Center December 30 Claus De Vries a former Grundy county man was found dead on a manure pile behind a barn half a mile from Little Rock Sunday forenoon. Authorities in Suyon county are investigating foul play. De Vries lived in the county until eight years ago when he moved to Little Rock. He had visited a family nearby Saturday night and disappeared before midnight. One of the boys found his body on the manure pile the next morning.
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Grundy Center
Claus de Vries
Grundy County
Little Rock
Suyon County
DeVries
Decatur Angles for Three I Franchise in Baseball
Decatur leaders pledge effort to win a Three-I league franchise at the January meeting. A group with prior Decatur baseball ties forms to pursue the prize, with a small delegation bound for the Chicago Three-I gathering. Attorney A B Lovejoy is in Des Moines on business.
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Decatur
Chicago
A. B. Lovejoy
Des Moines
Knox Favors War with Japan in First Strikes
Secretary of State Knox, after meeting with the White House, expresses support for taking Japan on first in heavy fighting. He dodges questions on specific reporters and avoids confirming details about an alleged attack on Vice Consul Williamson, saying he only knows what newspapers report.
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Washington
D. C
Knox
White House
Japan
State Department
Williamson
Fhve
Dalny
Manchuria
Threefold vote sale exposed by Adams county grand jury
In Adams county two indictments target a Peebles widow accused of taking $5 to cast her son's vote and a Jacksonville farmer who confessed to being paid three times to vote different slates. The man pled guilty, was disfranchised for five years, fined, and given six months in the workhouse with sentence suspended.
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West Union
Adams County
Peebles
Jacksonville
Bonds Signed for Dietz in Cameron Dam Case
Bonds for John F. Dietz known as an outlaw of Cameron dam were signed in LaCrosse Wisconsin for 22500 on three indictments not provided for previously. Bangor Wisconsin men signed the bonds and Miss Dietz negotiated the bonds a week ago. Dietz is expected to be released from Hayward jail within a day or two.
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Cameron Dam
LaCrosse
Wis
John F. Dietz
Bangor
Miss Dietz
Dietz
Hayward
Aurora Doctors Raise Fees Start Next Year
Chicago reports Aurora physicians voted to raise all patient fees beginning January 1. A doctor cited overall rising costs, noting other workers have seen increases, though exact amounts were not disclosed.
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Chicago
Aurora
Relief bill for street car straphangers proposed in Indiana
Representative William E B Wagner plans to introduce a bill in the Indiana general assembly to refund half a passenger fare when one must stand on a steam or electric street car or railway. The measure calls for a voucher for rebate or extra transportation value.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
William EB. Wagner
General Assembly
Confession Triggers Review Over Ogden Theft Case
Edward Hoeven confessed in Chicago that he once held up an Ogden hotel clerk, obtaining 90 dollars, and later learned the clerk, George Smith aged 23, was sentenced to eight years for the theft. Records show Smith had claimed a robber stole 40 dollars from hotel funds, and Hoeven’s confession may lead to Smith’s release from prison if his story is vindicated.
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Ogden
Utah
Edward Hoeven
Chicago
Hoeven
Ogden House
Smith
Marble Rock Holiday News and Local Updates
Lyman Harris is sick. Several Marble Rock residents and Rockford visitors share Christmas and holiday visits. Students and teachers take holiday vacations from Clarksville Odebolt Garner Hampton Mt. Vernon City Mayme Tex Drake. Many residents report grip and illness. Mrs Paddleford Nora Springs and Mrs Gates Oakes RB a. Oakes visit. The Gates and Graham families from Waterloo stay with Mrs Martin. Cash Clay Washington visits. Carl Rex Eldora visits parents. Glen Gates moves to Cedar Falls for a new factory job. Mrs W Wilson visits Waterloo. Mr and Mrs Miller Charles City visit. Mrs Oakes and Mrs Haynes visit Greene. Miss Walker Marble Rock teacher on holiday in Jesup. Mrs Rosenkrans improves from pneumonia. Christmas church programs well attended. F E Gates hosts twenty-five guests with Misses Crabtree Spurs Merrick Gray Barr Willoth serving, followed by a musical program and games.
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Marble Rock
Lyman Harris
G. W. Gates
C. J. O'Keefe
B. J. Oakes
W. McNinch
Rockford
Dena Merrick
Clarksville
Grace Merrick
Odebolt
Carrie Hubbard
Garner
Juna Gray
Hampton
Marty Trimble
Cherokee
Homer Trimble
Mt. Vernon
Lois Campbell
Waterloo
J. W. Martin
Cash Clay
Washington
Carl Rex
Eldora
Glen Gates
Cedar Falls
Mr. Gates
Airs
W. Wilson
L. BE. Bickelberg
F. E. Gates
Tio Crabtree
Fern Spurs
June Gray
Myrtle Barr
May Willoth
Fourth death in garment strike shocks Chicago
The garment workers strike in Chicago records its fourth fatality as Ferdinand Weiss, 19, dies from a December 24 shooting by Edward Heaney, a special policeman hired as a watchman. Heaney is in custody and faces a murder charge.
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Chicago
Garment Workers
Ferdinand Weiss
Edward Heaney
I Heaney
No fatalities in Elis quake reports
Athens reports no fatalities from earthquakes in Elis Province though material damage is substantial.
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Athens
Greece
Elis
Waverly Social Roundup for Christmas and New Year
Waverly notes from December include Miss Ethel Clark visiting Minneapolis, Miss Rae Sewell and Miss Mae Moore headed to Los Angeles and to Lanelulu, Christmas visits by Mrs. Theodore Fisher and others, and various residents visiting relatives in Sumner Waterloo Northwood and Sioux City. A banquet by the Waverly Homes Investment Company is planned with toastmasters and speakers detailing hotel and town relations.
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H. B. Miller
D. G. Ricker
Waterloo
Birs
Timth
G. Hunt
Broux City
Sioux City
Hattie Webber
Dea Mathes
John Simmons
Norma Ammundson
Northwood
Clarence Hunt
Waverly Hloms Investment
B. A. Diewson
Co. A. Efert
D. A. Long
FL &. Farwell
J. K. Hazlett
Ww. H. Babcock
G. O. VanDerveer
R. E. Sweet
Mr. Lawrence
Elouse
Lumber prices rise after long low period in Washington mills
Western Washington lumber firms increase rough fir lumber price by one dollar per thousand to 8.50 at the mills, ending a months long period of low quotations since June. Seattle merchants report the move reflects firmer demand and higher material costs across the region.
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Seattle
Wash
Washington
Meritol product touted by American Drug and Press Association
The Meritol line is promoted as pure and meritorious, selected by the association’s directors as the best article for its purpose. It is endorsed by leading physicians, druggists and newspaper men nationwide, with Henderson Drug Co as the local sole representative and urging customers to ask for Meritol goods.
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American Drug and Press Association
Henderson Drug Co
PLY COMPANY Builds Six Modern Homes In City
The PLY COMPANY offices on the sixth floor of the Black Hawk National bank building report six modern oak finished homes built this year at about 4000 dollars each. Three are occupied by Nell D. Jackson Kelly of the Iowa Dairy and Morgan of Morgan & Sullivan. one remains for sale or rent. California bungalows nearby offer weathered oak finishes and full length porches, one ready for occupancy. Located within three blocks of the street car line, a fifteen minute ride to the city center.
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Nell D. Jackson
Kelly
Iowa Dairy
Mr. Morgan
Morgan & Sullivan
Jackson Lumber & Re
Galloway
Dart
Obituary notices and local resolutions from a Monticello period page
Mrs Charles Point died in Mammoth Springs Ark while visiting her sister and remains expected at Shell Rock today. She leaves two daughters in town Mrs George Young and Mrs Henry Sinkey and three other daughters and two sons. Mr Point died last July. John Miles died at Moundsville Mo and will be buried at Riverside cemetery. Miss Yontz teaches the grammar room and has resigned effective immediately. A home baking sale is planned at Anfree Pinkerton's grocery on Saturday Dec 31.
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Shell Rock
Ellerrington
Fern, Stewart
Kenneth
Greenville
William Stewart
Ralph Sylvester
Vinton
Will Puffer
Greene
Willey Sherburn
Arthur
Robert Williams
Winterleg
Will Sweitzer
Frank Tharp
Versailles
Tharp
Madge Amick
Rolfe
Hummel
Adaptist
Taterment
Riverside Cemetery
Simpson
Monticello
Charles Point
Mammoth Springs
Ark
Point
George Young
Henry Sinkey
Mr. Point
John Miles
Moundsville
Miles
Yontz
Interurban Line Project Revived in Iowa
The Evening Press reports revival of the Sioux City to Council Bluffs interurban line. Mortgages totaling 1.4 million dollars on Sioux City & Western Traction property back the plan. Proponents met in Logan and Sioux City to discuss connections with local rail lines and a Omaha meeting with town representatives to advance the project.
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Council Bluffs
Evening Press
Sioux City
Sioux City & Western Traction Company
Field
Logan
Onawa
Omaha
Council Blaffa
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Butterine
Independent Meat Company
J.D. Cohn
Fourth Street
Commercial Street
Prin
R. W. Thrill
Aids
Joe
Owe
Jfodera
Halden & Floyd
Logan House
Watterloo
Iowa
John M. Nix
Waverly
Hoxsey Sails
Ohio Farmer
Indiana
U. S
Honduras
Mobile
Ala
Puerto Cortez
United States
Tacoma
Hornet
New Orleans
Ladies of the Brethren Church
Andrew Pinkerton
Anfree Pinkerton
Hesalroad’s
Seiz Royal Blue
Sycamore Street
Stolt Bros
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