Neff Buys Business Block On Fourth Street
Elder Mr. Hems worth arranged a sale of the brick two story building at 402 Fourth Street West to Tran M. B. Neff for about 10000 dollars. Neff plans it as a revenue investment with tenants after the steam laundry vacates. The space will be rented for commercial use likely a grocery store or similar business.
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Prospect Hills
Cedar Heights
Meadowdale
Galloway
Spe
M. B. Neff
Fourth Street West
Everybody's
Jer
Reber Avenue
Mr. Neff
Bluff Street
J. B. Young
Services for Mrs O Rourke to be held at home
The funeral services for Mrs C A O Rourke who died yesterday at Presbyterian hospital will be conducted this afternoon at the residence by Rev George W Hinkle. She is survived by her sister Mrs J J Richardson of Davenport and two daughters Frances and Kathleen and a son at McGregor. The body will be taken to their old home in New York for burial.
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C. A. O'Rourke
Presbyterian Hospital
George WW. Hinkle
Saddle Horses for Ladies at Jefferson Street Sale
Tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. a sale of well trained saddle horses will be held at the sales barn at the head of Jefferson street. Twenty high grade horses, trained to ride or drive and almost everything but talk, will be displayed and sold. Ladies are specially invited to attend the exhibition and sale.
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Jefferson Street
Horses in demand as 500-head sale opens at barn
Gaited gentle trained horses rise in popularity. The regular 500 head horse sale will open at the barn at 10:86 tomorrow.
Politician Lew H. Young Die From Overdose Under Inquiry
Ottumwa May 11 The coroner s jury investigated the death of Lew H Young chairman of the Republican county central committee and a prominent druggist who died yesterday from an overdose of gelstinium The jury found the lotion was taken as a fever tonic during a personal crisis and not a suicide Young formerly was connected with the Kenyon Young Drug company of Des Moines.
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Ottumwn
Lew H. Young
Republican County Central Committee
Young
Kenyon- Young Drug Company
Des Moines
Lightning Kills 8 Near Hamburg in Storm Event
A severe thunderstorm across Germany caused eight fatalities near Hamburg when a lightning strike rekindled a recently capped natural gas well. The storm, part of a broader German weather event, disrupted the region and prompted emergency responses.
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Berlin
Germany
Hamburg
Futile Efforts to Get Murder Jury in Brandenburg Case
Davenport Iowa May 11 Efforts to secure a jury for Rudolph Brandenburg murder trial remain futile requiring another special venire today. A county attorney motion suggests undisclosed evidence may be involved and calls for barring children from the courtroom due to the crime’s nature. The court ordered no children admitted.
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Davenport
Rudolph Brandenburg
DRENCHING RAIN AT GRUNDY CENTER
Grundy Center Iowa May 11. A heavy gale with hail and a dashing rain visited here last night. For fifteen minutes the rain fell in torrents.
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Grundy Center
Couple Feared Starving Die By Own Action In Peoria
Frank Hoffman and his wife reportedly killed themselves by swallowing poison in Peoria on May 11 amid fears of starvation. An inquest is set for Saturday.
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Peoria
Frank Hoffman
Man the Brute in Dinner Table Banter
Brown comments that a woman's work is never done and the wife agrees about the burden. He suddenly recalls the shoulder of mutton and makes a rapid exit from the dinner table.
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Brown
English Violiner John Banister Shaped Public Concerts
John Banister, famed English violiner, succeeded Baltzar as leader of Charles II’s twenty four violins. Pepys notes court interest as a Frenchman rose, and London notices describe regular concerts at Banister’s house near the George tavern from 1667 onward, with admission usually a shilling. His death occurred in 1679.
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John Banister
Baltzar
Charles Ii
Pepys
Banister
Academy
Lincoln's Inn Fields
Bantetec
London Graphic
The Peanut History and Local Name Variants
The peanut likely originated in tropical America and was introduced to the United States in colonial times. Botanically related to beans and peas, the peanut fruits underground. it is technically a legume, often called a nut for flavor. Local names include godber goober pea pindar groundpea and groaodant. Reasonable Request. The village head delivers a curtain-raiser speech inviting spectators to stay for the final act of The Mad Miller's Daughter performed by home talent.
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Tropical
America
United States
Puck
Dead Sea Density Outweighs Red Sea Facts
The Dead Sea holds 28 percent solids and is denser than the human body, making swimming buoyant yet difficult. Caution is advised to avoid eyes contact. Historical notes compare its density to other seas, and a claim about Palestine as a potential Turkish battleground is touched.
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Red Sea
Dead Sea
Jerusalem
Palestine
Turkey
Caspian Sea
Baltic
Black Sea
Atlantic
English Channel
Mediterranean
Searchlight Beams Reveal Fog Thickness At Sea
The New York Tribune explains how visible searchlight beams end at fog edges on foggy nights. Sailors judge weather by beam density, noting uniform fog dims gradually while patchy fog shows brighter segments or gaps where the beam vanishes.
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New York Tribune
Delta Alpha society hosts pleasant Hudson gathering
The Delta Alpha society enjoyed an informal evening at Miss Maude Blough’s home with outdoor games and a luncheon served by hostess Miss Bertha Toms of Reinbeck. Several Hudson residents were noted visiting Cedar Falls, Waterloo, and area towns this week. the John Widdel home is quarantined for diphtheria with Miss Hilda affected in light form.
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Hudson
New Hartford
U. B
IS. Maude Howell
Waterloo
Carl Mastain
Will McFarlane
Sacha Washburn
Hazel
Gladys
Cedar Falls
Delta Alpha
J.c. Wiudsen
Henry Brandhorst
Harlan Hollis
Mildred Hollis
Glenn Joder
Howell
the Woods
Will Donaldson
Edgewood
Iowa
John Funk
Clara Schmidt
Ed Thomas
J. T. Allen
E. E. Sage
Tilera
Margery Whitney
Luella Burk
Austin Whitney
Emma Dos
Luther League
St. John's Church
Amanda
Hulda Bybank
Gresham
Coffee and Tea Age Effects on Quality and Storage
The article notes coffee beans improve with age, with five year old beans fetching higher prices, while tea deteriorates in flavor as it ages. It warns against delayed use after roasting and describes drying and packing methods to prevent moisture, citing the New York World.
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New York World
Miss Stella Whitney Hosts Bridal Event for Carrie Whitney
Bennington Township May 10 A group of young ladies gathered at Miss Stella Whitney's home last Saturday to honor her sister Miss Carrie whose marriage is planned "When the roses bloom" with groom-to-be Mr Ivan F Sher.
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Bennington
Miss Stella
Whitney
Carrie
Ivan F. Sher
Nye and Eckert to wed in Northwood this summer
C. C. Nye secretary to Governor Carroll, formerly a Town newspaper man, to wed Miss Ethel Eckert of Northwood Iowa. The ceremony will be held this summer. A social event at St. Pauls M E church includes ice cream socials Friday evening starting 7 39 with proceeds aiding a life member for a child.
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Tes Moines
C. C. Nye
Carroll
Ethel Eckert
Northwood
Iowa
King’s Heralds
St. Paul's
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