Smallpox Found in Des Moines Post Office Delays Mail
Des Moines officials report Thomas Connolly and W O Kimpert, clerks at the United States post office, diagnosed with smallpox. The building was fumigated and mail arriving after the discovery was held, delaying Chicago and eastern mail by about ten to twelve hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Thomas Connolly
West Sixteenth Street
W. O. Kimpert
West Eleventh Street
United States Post Office
Chicago
Connolly
Kimpert
Javier
Post Office
Raymond News Notice of Local Visitors and Shippings
Raymond citizens report family visits from Calhan Waterlo o and Huron. Martin Poyner and Seymour Porner travelers, Nick Phillips and family, Mrs. Frank Lloyd and baby, and Mrs. C C Gaston are listed among visitors. OConner and Demuth shipped three carloads of stock to Chicago this week. Mike Becker returns from Chicago after a two week visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Heble
Waterloo
C. C. Gaston
Beardsley
Father Bottler
Seymour Porner
Colorado
O'Conner & Demuth
Chicago
Mike Becker
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound praised in Creston ad
A Creston Iowa testimonial lauds Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for curing inflammation pain and nervous disorders. The letter from Mrs Seals 605 W Howard notes relief and renewed ability to work after prior failures. The ad invites other women to seek guidance from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creston
Iowa
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs
Wa. Seals
W. Howard
Washburn Social Notes and Local Movements
The Washburn area reports visits from Waterloo residents including Mr and Mrs Charles Turner and Mrs Frank Helter. Movements include Will Girsch renting a farm east of Gilbertville and John Schones delivering a team of horses to Waterloo. Local trade features a horse sale to Mr Conley of Eagle Center and cattle purchases by Mr Wittick of Waterloo. Neighbors gathered for ice house filling and several residents travel to Mt Auburn and Chicago amid a period of sickness locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbertville
Will Faulk
Driscoll
John Schones
Waterloo
William Berth
Morrison
LaPorte
Hogal
George Morris
Wittick
Tripoli Social Roundup Reveals Local Visits and Births
Ray Grover assists at Dr Jungblut office in Tripoli while Leo Stenzel and Walter Tegtmeier visit from Waterloo. Mr and Mrs Karl Koch return from Illinois. baby boy born to Mr and Mrs H Schmedeke and baby girl to Will Tome and wife. Eva Leege from Waverly visits. A H Adams opens Union House for travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
Ray Grover
Jungblut
Carrie Miles
Texas
August Panzer, Sr
Charles Preston
Chicago
August Dravis
Oelwein
Panzer
A. H. Adams
Union House
Mr. Adams
Eva Leege
Waverly
Local notes and outings from Tripoli area events
A roundup of community happenings includes illness and absence reports, job changes at the Mercantile, and a resignation to enter auto sales. Royal Neighbors and Modern Woodmen held a joint officer installation. Local residents take vacations, recover from injuries, host guests, and move homes while a stroke case and multiple sick residents are noted. Fifty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minerva Hattendorfg
Waterloo
Denver
Geraldine Shores
Louise
Anna Kleinan
Ackley
H. Winzenburg, Jr
Local Notes From Winslow Area January Visitations
WINSLOW Jan. 25 Lena Wendt of Waverly stayed with the Eickelbergs as the grandmother remains ill. Maldzahn, recently unwell, is under a Waverly doctor care. Cortright family hosted at Harry Saul’s Benson home. Jack Frost from Waterloo visited. Four carloads of stock moved Monday. ice making and wood hauling ongoing. Mrs. Zimmerman suffers pain from a sore foot. John Emery battles a strong attack. F. W. Webster family visited Anc Cassaday at Finchford. Cedar Falls Cedar Valley Short Course urged for attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winslow
Mies Lena Wendt
Waverly
Eickelberg
Frenkie “Maldzahn
Zimmerman
John Emery
Amp
F. W. Webster
Anc l Cassaday
Finchford
Cedar Valley
Cedar Falls
Whit ney and visitors in Janesville tidy town notes
Janesville Iowa reports visitors from Finchford and Waverly on Tuesday. The Ladies Sewing Circle meets February 1 with a picnic dinner at Mrs Earl Prosser. Albert Edward Wiggam will lecture Friday evening at the M E church. A dog owned by Math Pierce traveled to Pleasonton and returned to the old farm south of Janesville. Revival meetings start in the M E church Sunday evening with many traveling salesmen in town. Details on local officers and circle leaders conclude the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janesville
Mr. Whitney
Finchford
Howard Sewell
Waverly
Earl Prosser
Albert Edward Wiggam
M. E
Math Pierce
Pleasonton
Kan
M. EB
Alta Pattee
Hattie Dwiker
John Briner
Grace Mc
Janesville People Named in Local Offices and Plans
Roberta aa marshal and Mary Mohr as assistant marcher head local roles while Mary Greenies acts as recorder and Mrs Lettle Stears receiver in the BR. N. A. Mrs Bertha Johnson serves as Snteaking officer. Liasie Shade ends BE. A. Bohmidt service and departs for California. A few residents report tax payments near $20,000 and Mrs Charles Speers will stay in Janesville. Charles Bheparde ill with three caretakers. A. W. Decker handles town guessing. Blair Myara inspects Wilbert Love land’s cement barn and plans to build one on a Dakota farm also intends to buy a gasoline engine. Post office inspectors visit Janesville. Mr Howe reliable on time. Rebekah order lists Rose Fitkin noble grand and others including Leah Dillenbeck vice grand, Edna Bennett recording secretary, Charles Bye financial secretary, J. W. Bennett treasurer, Vera Levison chaplain, Rachael McMurray conductor, Bertha Johnston warden, Mra Parrott installing officer. Wilbert Loveland’s child improving.
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Roberta
Mary Mohr
Mary Greenies
Lettle Stears
BR. N. A
Bertha Johnson
Liasie Shade
BE. A. Bohmidt
California
Janesville
Charles Speers
Charles Bheparde
A. W. Decker Ia
Blair Myara
Wilbert Loveland
Dakota
Alan
Howe
Rebekah
Rose Fitkin
Leah Dil
Butler county court opens. community notes span week
January term of Butler County District Court opens with Judge Clyde presiding. A Butler County Mutual Fire and Lightning Insurance meeting is held. Teacher examinations conducted by Miss Mary A. Faint. Judge Clyde sentences Jacob Cardinal to fifteen days for Halloween misdemeanor. Various local notices include illnesses, travel, visits, births, deaths, sales, and social events across Allison and surrounding townships.
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L. A. Kibebenstein
New Hartford
Kijebenstein
J. J. Holland
Methodist Missionary Society
Viola Booton
B. L. Burbank
Waverly
Jennie Gonzales
R. Gonzales
Allison
E. W. Kester
Louise Boeohe
Mason City
E. L. Hill
Geo. W. Conn
W. I. Atkinson
Clarkaville
W. A. Parks
Wm. Arnold
Bristow
George
Fred Arnold
Charles Davis
Buckingham
A. Davis
John Reiher
Henry True
Butler County
Carl Prange
Harold Opperman
David Opperman
Waterloo
William West
Jefferson Township
H. Stubenwol
Ebenezer German Lutheran Church
Joseph Magee
Fust
California
John Reints
Wilmar
C. Weltner
Frank Hill
Aplington
Andrew Mullarkey
W. J. Hunt
Mary A. Faint
Clarksville
James Francis O'Donnel
Opera House
Arthur Huhn
Martin Marohn
Otto Ernest
Schuyler, Neb
John Metcalf Haga
Rufus Cooper
Revival meetings and social events across small town
Revival meetings began Monday at the Brethren church led by Rev. Beachler of Waterlon amid good crowds and singing. Local residents attend outings, juries, and visits in Waterloo Cedar Falls and Enon. families relocate, illnesses noted, and a local ad offers a Texas map giveaway from French & Frazee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnall
State Center
Brethren Church
Beachler
Waterlon
Toads
Enon
Archie Watters
Waterloo
Thos
Loonan
Binnie Shirley
Missouri
Harry Loonan
Farragut
Hedalda
Thos. Loonan
Curtis Glesaner
LaPorte
Peter Funk
C. M Pierce
Hope Nicholson
T. F. Glenny
Dewey Garner
Howell
Cedar Falls
Ray Sargent
J. M. Slusher
Clyde Howell
Belle Plaing
Maude Howell
Christijangou
Myrna
Ray Smith
Hudsonesque visits and health notes in Traers and Waterloo
Miss Pearl Green of Traers visits her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs John Axon this week. Weil Strayer of Waterloo stays with his son Sam Strayer in the country for several weeks. Little Ewald Gutknecht has been ill with the grip. Rev Badenheim and Dr FE C McMillan were in Marshalltown on business. Mrs BC McMillan is enjoying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Green
Traers
Waterloo high school winter play subdues crowd with college comedy
Waterloo west students stage One of the Eight at the Syndicate Theatre next Tuesday. The four act college comedy follows Henry Brooks family misadventures with a lively race scene replacing football. Under Miss Star’s direction the cast features Henry Brooks Nathan Sharp Glenn Whittle and others in a promising school performance.
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Waterloo
West
Syndicate Theatre
West High
Strongheart
Florence
Helen Baldwin
Marie White
Bob
Gladys Nogele
Lord Chillingworth
Fred Wray
Pater
Jan Chapman
Guy Marka
Ralph Williame
Caleb Weston
Guy Schlaberg
Ned Andrews
Homer Smith
Mollie
Runshool
Horace Knittle
Hill Carter
Ralph
Marsh
Professor Dixon
Albert
Greeley
Amy
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Uneeda
National Biscuit. Company
Federal Building
Raymond
Washburn
Minerva Hattendorf
Herman Buls
Mercantile
Carl Eickman
The
Bonderman
C. Schmidt
F.W. Bull
Sumner
St. Peter
Ida Prost
H. Moeller, Sr
H. Ashbrenner
Ed Bearman
Sea
Levi
Gratis
French & Frazee
Black Hawk Bank
Crystal Theatre
Hudson
Syndicate
Eviening
Edy
Redville
Delts Sigma Fraternity
Foley
L. McConnell
Catherine St
Elmira
Wlo
J. St. Joder & Son
Standard Oil Company
Black Hawk Fuel CO
J. A. Parsons
Black
L. E. Bourquin
Utica Street
Mulberry Street
Mabel Ettinger
West Fourth Street
ST. Deni Broadway
Segal ST
Feves
Bath
Newell
Park Age
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