Dumont Notes on Local Moves and School Posts
A. W. Wilcox and FE E Polk visited Dumont on business with the electric lighting system. Miss Geneva Krieger is elected fourth grade teacher. Miss Maude Holbert leaves for a Minnesota high school principal post with higher pay. Miss Gates rescues a canoeist in danger. electric work to begin in Dumont next week. Buchanan County Fair secretary Perry Miller gears for Aug 18 to 21 with evening fireworks programs.
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Dumont
A. W. Wilcox
FE. E. Polk
Hampton
Morey
Buhlke
South Dumont
Dumont Second
T. A. Dumont
Chicago
John Steeley
Waterloo
Geneva Krieger
Board of Education
Kreiger
Maude Holbert
Rssistant
Minnesota
Mae
Stella Stroyer
Jesse Wilkers
C. R. Martin
Wheaton
Minn
Waa
Miss Gates
Perry Miller
Buchanan County Fair Association
Gates & Son buy Trask block plan modern city retail complex
Independence reports O R Gates & Son purchasing the Trask block on Third avenue N E with June 1 possession. They plan a modern hardware store a picture show and upstairs flats with a pew front electro elevator and steel ceilings. A gala weeks marks high school activities and Dr Chas W Tidball of Portland receives Carnegie Hero Medal and $1000 for saving a drowning woman in 1911.
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Independence
O. R. Gates & Son
G. Trask
Trask
Third Avenue N. E
Mr. Gates and Son
Chas. W. Tidball
Portland
Ore
Carnegie Hero Fund
Beulah Gates
Eckman’s Alterative Offered as Life Saving Remedy
A testimonial claims Eckman’s Alterative cured a long lasting cough after other treatments failed. The letter from Joseph J. Troescher details illness in 1908 and recovery after using Eckman’s Alterative, noting bronchial catarrh and lung ailments as targets and urging readers to seek the product via Eckman Laboratory Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eckman
St. John’s Place
Brooklyn
N. Y
Catskills
Jersey City
Joseph J. Troescher Eckman
Eckman Laboratory
Philadelphia
Colorado Vacation Offer from Rock Island Lines
Travel ad urging readers to visit Colorado with Rock Island Lines trains to Denver Colorado Springs and Yellowstone Park. Highlights include all steel equipment dining car service and travel planning by agents C A Barton Hal S Ray and A G B A with brochures available. Low fares valid June 1 to September 30.
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Colorado
Rocky Mountain
Rock Island
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Yellowstone Park
Pacific Coast
C. A. Barton
Wonderful
Hal S. Ray
A. G. B.A. Rock Island Lines
Des Moines Life Building
Des Moines
Towa
Weather and Local Happenings in Rockford May 16
The past week brought unseasonably cold weather. W. H. Talbot received 500 one day old chicks. Mrs. W. D. Martin returned from a western trip. Vernon Smyth has typhoid fever. A. Milloy sold his tenant house to L. W. Ethington. John Eichmter shipped three carloads of hogs to Chicago. Burr Michell is seriously ill with mumps. George Purdy has been very sick. Mrs. Emily Janssen died May 6 leaving a husband and eight children.
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Rockford
W. H. Talbot
W. D. Martin
Vernon Smyth
A. Milloy
L. W. Ethington
John Eichmter
Chicago
Burr Michell
George Purdy
Emily Janssen
Center Point Social Roundup Includes Visits and Weddings
The Center Point opera house drew crowds for a benefit performance of Clouds and Sunshine. Local and visiting residents were noted, with reports of road and water system inquiries from Winfield and Iowa trips for work contracts, and several social visits and a wedding in nearby towns.
Walker News Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Deaths
May 18 report from Walker notes John Walker returned from Chicago with a carload of cattle. Mrs. A. B. Swan came back from Cedar Rapids. T. B. Edwards visited his son Forrest at Cornell College and attended a high school meet. Miss Alice Bradford was found dead in Walker home, possibly due to depression and chloroform. Mrs. Bridget Burke, a Newton township pioneer, died aged 88 after a long illness. funeral held at Sacred Heart church with multiple priests attending.
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Center Point
Winfield
Carl Humbred
Ainsworth
Mara Fitzgerald
Lisbon
Linn County
Rebekah
BE. W. Stewart
Rock Rapids
A. R. Stewart
Stewart
Alice Bradford
Walker
Aura Mason
Evansville
Wis
Kent Mason
The
Independent
Cedar Rapids
Reno Hazeltine
Frank Brookman
Water Valley
A. B. Swan
T. B. Edwards
Mt. Vernon
Forrest
Cornell College
Cornell
State University
Miss Bradford
Center Point Cemetery
Bridget Burke
R. T. Brown
P. H. Burke
Thos. Pendergast
H. T. Brown
Thomas
Andrew
John Burke
Newton Township
P.j Turley
Winthrop
Frank Brown
Rowley
Thomas Donnelly
Independence
Sacred Heart Church
Father O'Donnell
Father O'Donnel
Monti
Father Donnelly
Fairfax
Burial Rites Held in Catholic Cemetery at Monti
The interment took place in the Catholic cemetery at Monti. The brief notice notes the serene ceremony and final resting place, with family and community marks of respect.
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Monti
Shady Grove community notes May visits and incidents
Miss Geneive Church returns to Chicago after a two week visit with grandparents Mr and Mrs B Peters. Local families host relatives from Dysart Independence and Waterloo. The Ladies Aid group at Spring Creek church holds a two course supper for about forty. next meeting June 2. An accident leaves Mrs Harry Rice unconscious. she remains in critical condition. Various social events include baptist church graduates May 20 and alumni gathering. Residents attend to business and family visits in surrounding towns.
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Shady Grove
Miss Geneive Church
Chicago
B. Peters
Oehlerts
Dysart
William
Independence
Bert Ham
Martha Gapinski
Henry Bunnell
Waterloo
John Freyling
Spring Creek
Fred Stumma
Wesley Hilton
Harry Rice
Dan Peck
Will Freyling
Plainfield Notes On Trial Witnesses And Local Happenings
Alonzo Moore Lawrence Smith and Fred Gallagher were called as witnesses at the Albert Weiss trial. Little Mary Taylor has pneumonia and is seriously ill. Mr and Mrs Wi add and Mrs Ada Folks left for Park Rapids Minnesota to travel through Minnesota for the summer. Rev Wetherell of Waterloo will preach in the M E church next Sunday.
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Plainfield
Alonzo Moore
Lawrence Smith
Fred Gallagher
Allison
Albert Weiss
Mary Taylor
Wi.add
Ada
Park Rapids
Minn
Minnesota
Wetherell
Waterloo
M. E
Danger in delay warned as kidney troubles rise
Public notice extols Doan's Kidney Pills to protect kidney health warning of backache headache and nervousness from failing kidneys. Testimonial from Mrs. M Bartlett of Waterloo Iowa cites Civil War era kidney trouble and lifelong relief from the remedy. Price six dollars at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY listed as manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
Dean
Waterloo
M. Bartlett
Ankeny St
Iowa
Doan
Dean's Kidney Tolls—the Same Rat Mrs. Bartlett Recommends. Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo
Floyd social notes and visit confirmations
May 18 Mrs. Phillips of Alinois visits sister Mrs. Chapman. Mr and Mrs W S Thomas with family visit Mr and Mrs Warner Grey near Orchard. Mrs Schermerhorn of Waverly visits S E Williams home. John Memmon recently moved to new residence.
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Floyd
Kidney health ad touts Salts to purify kidneys
An old advertisement claims meat damages kidneys and promotes Jad Salts as a remedy. It urges readers to drink four ounces in water daily to flush kidneys, neutralize urine acids, and prevent bladder issues, listing H W Taggart as the dealer.
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H.W. Taggart
Gall Stone Remedy Ad Offers Free Book
An advertisement claims a book explains gall stones causes and home expulsion without pain or surgery. It promises relief, potential life and money savings, and asks readers to send name and address to receive the book by return mail from Dr. W. C. Payne Gall Stone Remedy Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Payne
Gali Stone Remedy CO
Dept
Dalton City
First Presbyterian Triumph Over Walnut Baptist In Park Tilt
In a free hitting night at Cedar River Park the First Presbyterian Sunday School team beat Walnut Baptist 6 to 4. Both pitchers were hit hard yet sharp defense kept the score lower. Battery for First Presbyterians was Clay and Warents. Gilley and Lawser pitched for the Baptist lads. Audience of 15,000 readers urged to follow the professional column on the want page.
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Cedar River Park
First Presbyterian
Walnut Hirect Baptist
First Presbyterians
Clay
Warents
Gilley
Lawser
Baptist
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