Local Notes From Bennington Neighbors and Visitors
Nov 1 update from Bennington reports Mr and Mrs H Olroge left for Benton county to visit relatives. Dr Isom, former Dunkerton practitioner now back, will resume his medical practice. Wm Sass receipts milk checks totaling 325 for September. Rev P Bredow aided congregation members with collections. Rev J Lorch of Mason City to lead a sermon at Wapele church this Sunday. First snow, half an inch, fell Sunday. German paper Deutsch-Amerikaner publisher visited. F Reinhard moves to Burk farm. J Jensen succeeds him. Frank Mixdorf ponies spooked due to defective hitching. Mrs Mixdorf is ill. Grandpa Mixdorf suffers stomach trouble. Nov 9 pay day at Carstansen home. Waverly visitors Will Sothe and wife stay with Carstansen. Miss Franklin of Dumont visiting grandmother. Floyd Rust from Waterloo visiting town. Ed Hankner 8 building 9 corn, GF Drope seeks rheumatic treatment in Wisconsin, then Michigan if no improvement. George Hoamiph sold grafted property. T N Mathias of Milwaukee aiding Meyers harness business. Henry Koenke and wife of Waverly visit mother. Barbara Sager and Hilda Hayes of Waverly visit.
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Bennington
H. Olrogse
Benton County
Isom
Waterloo
Dunkerton
Agai
Wm. Sass
Kleckner
Dinkerton
P. Bredow
Wansie
John Kurtt
Miher
G. F. Maile
KH. Gurogre
Lola Sass
J. Lorch
Mason City
J. Jensen
Frank Mixdorf
Till Carstansen
Wavery
Will Sothe
Waverly
Wiligm Carstansen
Miss Franklin
Dumont
Floyd Rust
Hankner
Drope
Dowrlas Township
Prairie Gu Chien
Wis
Thurssday
Willoa
Michigan
A Walters
Bremer J .County Losuraner Company
Hoamipf
Geynhall Pines
Joho
T. N. Mathias
Milwaukee
G. F. Meyers & Co
Mr. Meyers
Henry Koenke Aya
Tripoli
Archis Mueller
Elmwood
Neh
Omaha
Des Moines
Shara Farm Remedy Company
Hageman
H. H. Neverman
Heybirt Claus
Ieoland Scivue&Knecht
Celwein College
Jung i
Charles Kelsey
Annis
Osage
Basin Thured
da Brown
Dubna
Fenry Fraser
Wilikophes
Denvey
Minnie Hattendorf
Miss Brown
Dubuque
St. Pets
Mt Micohe
Deuigias
Varanda
Charree
Mune
Er. Watdare
Kruogar
Buck Creek
Rex. Winkler
Lanroy
Fairbank
G. B. Ward
Jessie Harmon
Independence
C. D. Bothwell
W. McNeeley
Marshalltown
Lewie Miller
Jubilee
Qochran
Prof. Rummel
Cedar Falls
Alva Whi 2
Long Pine
G. C. Kickelberg
Ruth
T- Weaver
Kie Ha
John Poits Fy Patterson
Daniel Gallup
Horse House
Fourth Street
J. M. Wolwamot
Spirit Land
J. FP
Pettgother
M. Lyons
Amy i Highes
Rose Bew
OT. Everett
Finch
J. Springsted
Fairbank News Roundup Highlights Weddings and Movements
Archis Mueller tours for Shara Farm Remedy. many local visits and social events noted. Amy Higginson weds Hubert Ross at Fairbank with Elab orate reception. townsfolk attend. J P Leltha built parsonage, cost about four thousand dollars. J M Lyons funeral moves to New York gravesite.
Spring Creek Social Notes and Wedding Report
Mr and Mrs Henry Widdel visited their daughter Mrs Pullen in Waterloo where their son was born. The Town wedding drew many guests with a blue silk dress and wreath worn by the bride and a black suit for the groom. Norma Garling is improving after illness. A senior house social fundraiser yielded strong bids, with Hannah Nelson’s box selling highest. Emilia Lange, home from Indianapolis, was surprised by friends with cake and candy. Lydia Schrader and Henry Buttke attended the Town wedding, joined by Fred Huck and Mrs Benarden visiting August Lange.
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Spring Creek
Henry Widdel
Pullen
Waterloo
Wilmar
Fred Fisher
Norma Garling
Ernest Garling
Hannah Nelson
Emelia Lange
Indianapolis
Lydia Schrader
Henry Buttke
Fred Huck
Will Benarden
August Lange
Ceremony and funeral notices in Considine house event
An obituary fragment notes a person’s honor and friends as a home gathering on Fourth Street after December 1. The text also mentions Ed Paine attending the funeral of Mrs. Marion Ameg in Waterloo, with only immediate relatives present.
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Considine
Fourth Street
Ed Paine
Marion Ameg
Waterloo
Filday
Successful Sale Held Tuesday at Geo Ells Farm
One of the season’s biggest sales was conducted by H J Starkey at the Geo Ells farm four and a half miles southeast of Waterloo. Total receipts reached $6878 with top prices of $415 for a single pair of horses and $400 for another. Yearling colts sold for $77 each and the best cow brought $49. Sheep averaged 8. A large crowd attended amid spirited bidding after lunch. auctioneering by G B Phifer with J Sighmey as clerk.
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H. J. Starkey
Geo. Ells
Waterloo
G. B. Phifer
J. Sighmey
Miner Rescued After 87 Hours Beneath Earth
Michael McCabe of Gilbert Pa was trapped for 87 hours a Drapers mine collapse and water rush. Rescue crews kept faith as water forced more effort and at 3 AM he was pulled free barely alive, faithful to the last position.
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Pottsville
New
Michael McCabe
Gilbert
Drapers
McCabe
Flo
Bridegroom bound to tree during nocturnal wedding prank
Seattle reports George J. Marlin was carried after his wedding near Dayton Oregon and tied to a fir tree by a group of friends. Darkness and distance delayed his rescue for 35 hours. He survived exposure but fell ill with typhoid, as rumors of kidnapping prosecutions swirl and several participants flee.
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Seattle
George J. Marlin
Dayton
Charles Marlin
Marlin
Murder Trial Opens in Waukegan for Harold Mitchell and Wife
In Waukegan Illinois on November 13 the double murder trial of Harold Mitchell and his wife began over the death of Anita Greenhaus. Prosecutors say the couple attempted to cast out devils from Greenhaus who died after their actions at Zion City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukegan, Il
Harold Mitchell
Anita Greenhaus
Zion City
Foster State Bank cashier arrested for embezzlement
Foster Kentucky November 18 Cashier McKmight of the Foster State Bank was arrested today on charges of embezzling sixteen thousand dollars.
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Foster, Ky
McKmight
Foster State Bank
Trolley Conductor Guilty of Manslaughter in Wreck
Nelson D. Smith, conductor on the Worcester and South Bridge Street railway, found guilty of manslaughter for the death of Motorman George A. Piteserald in a Chariton City trolley wreck on August 29. Judge Pierce sentenced Smith to six months in the house of correction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mass
Nelson D. Smith
Worcester and South Bridge Street Railway
George A. Piteserald
Chariton City
Pierce
Smith
House of Correction
Minister resigns to join socialism in Wisconsin church row
Rev. Harvey Dol Brown, pastor of First Baptist Church in Kenosha, resigns after fifteen years, arraigned for teaching his belief that the church fails to teach the true gospel. He contends Christianity must address economic justice and life, criticizing conventional churches. Brown, a University of Rochester and Indiana Wesleyan graduate, cites ethical gaps in church doctrine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha
Wis
Harvey Dol. Brown
First Baptist Church
Brown
University of Rochester
Twinois Wesleyan
Sioux City Fair May Quit Over Liquor Ban
Sioux City branch of the Town Anti-Saloon League probes closing the Interstate Live Stock Fair association if beer is forbidden at Woodland Park. Directors consider liquidation as revenue from beer and concessions would vanish, with new president M. L. Flinn noting business logic favors exiting rather than fighting a permanent injunction.
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Sioux City
Inter Astate Live Stock Fair Association
Woodland Park
M. L. Flinn
Finn
Flinn
Roosevelt
Iowa
Davenport
Women Exec As Orators In Des Moines Meeting
Miss Marion Ward of Cabuane argues that women make better public speakers than men and credits women's clubs with refining subjects. Miss Hurd spoke on The First Club Woman, noting men often falter in delivery and that women prepare more thoroughly, shaping rising platform orators.
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Des Moines
Marion Ward
Cabuane
Billie
Hurd
Press Club
Ajid Haws
McArthur Pleads Not Guilty in Embezzlement Case
In Dubuque on November 12 attorney Kin sel for ex superintendent Arthur McArthur entered a not guilty plea before Judge Matthews in district court. The formal case involves larceny by embezzlement from the previous grand jury indictment. Spectators filled the courtroom amid rumors of a possible guilty plea and expectations of other defendants next week.
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Dubuque
Kinsel
Arthur McaArthur
Matthews
McArthur
Central Illinois Railway Fraud Scandal Shocks Dubuque
Local railroad circles report a scheme against the Illinois Central by which tickets between Dubuque and Chicago were not punched by conductors and were resold by the ticket agent. Conductor Ed Curtain and Brakeman Smith were discharged. Day Ticket Clerk Lee Ronayne left for the Pacific coast. City Agent Hyde uncovered the loss, with Curtain denying guilt and accusing Smith and Ronayne. No arrests have been made as the road seeks to keep details quiet.
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Dubuque, Ta
Il Mois Central
Ed. Curtain
Smith
Lee Ronayne
Pacific Coast
Dubuque
Chicago
Hyde
Curtin
Ronayne
Falls Down Shaft Shields Miner. Survives Remarkable Rescue
Ray Bricker, while working at the Moingona mine near Boone Ja, pushed a crowbar and toppled the cage. He plunged about 115 feet but clung to the cable, landed on his feet, and surfaced uninjured to resume work. The incident is described as a remarkable escape in Boone county mining history.
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Boone, Ja
Ray Bricker
Moingona
Boone County
Mark Twain May Visit Des Moines for Teachers’ Meeting
Des Moines reports Mark Twain may appear on the State Teachers association program in January after an expected stop in Indianapolis in December. Clemens has joined the lecture circuit with teachers' groups and plans a Midwest tour this winter. In Par mington Stirling, John Starlin Stirling founder of Stirling woolen mills, has died, noted as the man who made the first balmoral skirt.
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Straightwiy
John
John Stirling, Jr
Corydon
Democrat
Stirling
America
New Hampshire
Bonaparte
Meeks
Des Moines
Mark Twain
State Teachers’ Association
Indianapolis
Clemens
Middle West
Parmington
John Starlin Stirling
Stirling Woolen Mills
Wilson Mills
Bannockburn
Scotland
Mit Stirling
Inventor Cook’s Auto Threshing Machine Seeks Factory
Describes Herman Cook and his brothers George and William Coon developing an automobile pattern threshing machine that moves like a car, with trials drawing attention from capitalists. A $100,000 patent offer was refused and a Sioux City factory may be built to manufacture the device. Also notes the sudden death of Emma Frances Steele Packard, wife of former Louisiana governor, and a Sioux City man fined for spitting on the sidewalk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ficher
Herman Cook
George
William Coon
Patent Office Gazette
Sioux City
Minneapolis
Patent Office
Marshalltown
B. Packard
Iowa
Louisiana
United States
Liverpool
Eng
Iowa Stated Board of Agriculture
Packard
Emma Frances Steele
Louisana
Algiers
Mississippi
New Orleans
Adventist Shake-Up: Kellogg Expelled from Church
Battle Creek Mich Nov 15 Dr John H Kellogg head of sanitarium system and Elder Geo C Tenney editor were expelled in a secret Adventist meeting. Elders Amadon Boreau reported Kellogg criticised denominational matters and Ellen G White. Tenney denied sanitarium foes, but expulsion stood with unanimous vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battle Creek
Mich
Adventist Church
John H. Kellogg
Geo. ¢. Tenney
Nascomb H. Campbell
Kellogg
Tenney
Seventh Day Adventist Church
M. FE. Kellogg
Amadon
Boreau
Termey
Elder Tenney
Duchess Visits Tombs and Crim Court with Disturbing Crowd
The Duchess of Marlborough and Mrs. Clarence Mackay toured the Tombs and Criminal Courts Building in New York yesterday. A large unruly crowd blocked Lafayette Street as reporters and escorts cleared a path. They saw Harry K Thaw in the prison yard playing medicine ball with three Italians and both visitors expressed interest in prison reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Duchess of Marlborough
Clarence Mackay
Criminal Courts
Criminal Courts Building
Lafayette Street
George Harvey
Theft at Batley's Chicken House Incubator Stolen
Thieves entered W. W. Batley's Chicken House after he vacated earlier this week. A good incubator left in an upstairs room was stolen. Entry came via a cellar window and exit was through a bolted kitchen door.
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W. W. Batley
Sioux City Shortage Rumor Turns On Fine Payment Claim
A terse Sioux City note questions a currency shortage, hinting that officials like Standard Oil may be pressing payments of fines. The fragment references a stance urging compliance and hints at a financial squeeze.
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Hubert Ross
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Chiccago and St. Paul Limited
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Albert Lea
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RT. & P. Railway
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