Town News and Outings Highlight Local Visits
Town notes report Mrs. Ritzinger and children returning from Sigourney Iowa and Mr and Mrs Davis returning to Lincoln Neb from Western Avenue. Herman Miller and Majoretta Hallowell came back from Camp Sylvan Minn with C R Hallowell. Tribe of Ben Hur plans a 7 30 am march to attend funeral at St Marys Catholic church for Joseph Boahme. Emma Richardson escaped serious injury after tumbling down cellar stairs with minor bruises but resumed chores quickly.
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John Ritzinger
Herman Miller
Majoretta Hallowell
Camp Sylvan
Minn
C. R. Hallowell
Howard Hallowell
Ben Hur
Joseph Boahme
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Emma Richardson
Federal building adds drop letter shift and more lock boxes
In the post office section further improvements are approved. The drop letter area moves near Commercial street and money order division, replacing two lock boxes. Six extra large lock drawers, six large boxes, and twelve medium boxes will be installed. Six city carriers and their cases move to the basement, freeing main floor space for facing tables and new cases to speed mail handling and dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal
Post Office
Commercial Street
Money Order
Iack
Phila thea girls visit their adopted grandmother
Several Phila thea class girls of the Christian church visited their adopted grandmother on Webster street. The elderly lady enjoyed the visit and the photo portrait made recently. The girls presented gifts and plan to bring more soon. Also notes a local grocery ad and holiday closure details.
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Philathea
The
Christian Church
Webster Street
Skeletons Unearthed in Junction City Mound Tomb
Workmen uncover a 30 foot diameter tomb in a farm mound near Junction City. Three skeletons, possibly white, with one skull showing a bullet hole and prominent foreheads are found within a stone walled chamber. No artifacts or clear gender identification yet. local elder memories link a vanished white family to the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
John Noland
Junction City
John Nolan
Count Beau de Beaumont Meets Rich Heiress Crisis
Col. Alexander Bacon of Brooklyn notes few American women align with suffrage. A New York man’s daughter planned to wed Count Beau de Beaumont, but a stock market crash jeopardized the fortune. The count reassures him he can marry another heiress tomorrow, given his title.
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Alexander 5. Bacon
Men's Equal Suffrage League of
Brooklyn
Colonel Bacon
New York
Nice
Count Beau de Beaumont
Count Beau de Henumont
New
Summer in the City Changes at the Lake Affair
Two young women exchange gossip on romance during a city summer apart from the country. The blue eyed woman reveals Harold and she became engaged over the summer, while the fall hat wearer confesses multiple flirtations and a planned return to town. The urban social scene, delays, and mistaken assumptions drive the playful dialogue.
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Harold
Works Both Ways
A humorous exchange notes a boss leaving to marry and a shortage of staff. The boss mentions a waiting list of women who quit for marriage and later tire of their husbands, implying replacements are ready. It reflects dated workplace gender roles and light satire about employment after marriage.
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Mr. Wombat
Giris
Dak
Canonsburg Inundated By Western Pennsylvania Floods
Canonsburg Pennsylvania reports severe flood damage from recent heavy rains. Streets became raging rivers, bridges washed away, and miles of railroad track destroyed. Estimated death toll around fifty with property losses near five million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canonsburg
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Panhandle
West
Virginia
Workmen Fight on Train Over Slugging and Robbery
Martin Stanton of Black Hawk Construction accused Dick Miller and Harry Lutz of slugging and robbing him on a Rockshind train Saturday night. Miller and Lutz were arrested by Constable Pint in Cedar Township, handed to Sheriff Shores in Waterloo, and jailed for investigation. Stanton, who earned 11.10 that day, says he lost 21 during the altercation but was not seriously hurt and returned to work. All three bridge workers traveled one mile from Washburn to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herold
Harold
Sway
Martin Stanton
Black Hawk Construction Company
Dick Miller
Harry Lutz
Pint
Cedar Township
Waterloo
F. M. Shores
Washburn
Stanton
Vedrines Leads Bennett Race Across 124.8 Miles
Jules Vedrines, in a Deperdussin monoplane, started first in Chicago for the James Gordon Bennett 12,000-franc trophy. Despite wind he did not delay, reached 193 mph, and completed the 124.8 mile course in 70 minutes 46 85 seconds without a stop.
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Chicago
Jules Vedrines
James Gordon Bennett
Vedrines
Dues Vedrines
Blotting Paper Warns Against Stains on Furniture
Notice mixed with grocery ad notes use of blotting paper under vases to absorb moisture and prevent stains on polished tables. A holiday sale cut price groceries lists cane sugar 25 cents per 25 pound sack at 81.50 and cider vinegar 25 cents per gallon with phone orders and store hours referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Krensky
Krensky
U. S
Total. was $315,840.25 State of Iowa, Black Hawk County, 88
The fragment notes a total of 315,840.25 dollars in an Iowa context within Black Hawk County. It appears as part of a financial or legal record, but lacks clear action or outcome details and contains incomplete identifiers.
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State of Iowa
Black Hawk County
Stocks Close On New York Exchange Reported Prices
Market report from New York on September 9 lists closing prices for major stocks including Canadian Pacific Pennsylvania Reading Rock Island Chicago Great Western Atchison American Smelter Union Pacific Baltimore and Ohio Southern Pacific Brooklyn Rapid Transit United States Steel Amalgamated Copper Northern Pacific Great Northern St Paul Missouri Pacific New York Central Anaconda American Sugar and other issues with varied gains and declines as compiled from the market desk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Stock Exchange
Canadian Pacific
Pennsylvania
Rock Island
Chicago
Baltimore
Ohio
Southern Pacific
Brooklyn Rapid
Cranall
United States Steel
Common
Pfd
Amalgamated Copper
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Seas
Brio
St. Paul
Missouri Pacific
Central
Anaconda
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Clothes
Joe
Lou
Irving Hotel Corner
Philatheas
Tima Cave
Aly
Grand Fall
Miss Morgan
Miss Hoover
Mandel Bros
Miss Johnson
Canonsburg, PA
Alleuchenville
Amsterdam
First National Bank
Dunkerton
Iowa
National Bank
I. F. P. Davis
F. P. Davis
Adell Dunkerton
M. Staebell
John Keane
J. W. Boyle
Notary Pubile
William Strein
New Hartford
Ethyl Hugh
Lady Cook
Leland Aves
Allen Street
Independence Ave
W. I. Care Courier
Allen G. Lichty
Avelingtor Court
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