Local notices and personal items from Jewell and vicinity
A compilation of brief notices. residents mentioned include Rev, Winton, George G. Lame, Lt. Hadley, Min Johnson, Mrs. Himebaugh and daughters, Mrs. Ely, Mrs. Yaus, Mrs. Morse, and Robert Jeremiah Letta. Also notes illness of Mrs. H. McKee and convalescence of Miss Mabel Joy. Discussions touch on travels to Ames, occupation of a lumber yard, piano agent visits, and local opinions on agriculture. An ad promotes Rocky Mountain Tea and August Flower for digestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewell
Rockford
Winton
Ames
Lame
Willis, Lumber ,Company
Gilmore City
Hadley
W. W. Kimball Piano’ Co
Min Johnson
Memphis
George Ely
H. H. Himebaugh
Geo. Yaus
Morse
Robert Jeremiah Letta
Queensware
H. McKee
Boone Street
Mabel Joy
D. E. Connor
Farmer City
Dakota
Webster City
Hamilton County
Iowa
Illinois
Local Matters and Holiday Charity Appeals
The community seeks correspondents in all Hamilton county townships to publish local news in the Daily Freeman-Tribune. Superior Rebekah lodge plans an Elmo hall entertainment on Dec 18 with Prof. H L Hampton. Church of Christ holds December 31 business meeting and watch night program. supper and music planned. A young man named Ormaby is reported to have swindled advertisers in Iowa Falls and Fort Dodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton County
Daily Freeman-Tribune
Ladies of Superior Rebekah Lodge
Elmo Hall
H. L. Hampton
Church of Christ
Ormaby
Iowa Falls
The
Sentinel
Fort Dodge
Webster City
Hunter Sentenced to Six Months for Cow Theft
W G Hunter arrested for stealing C A Spratt's cow was tried at the current term. Judge Whitaker sentenced him Tuesday to six months in the penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Hunter
C. A. Spratt
Whitaker
Drunkenness arraignment ends with town departure
Charles Smith shoemaker was arraigned before Mayor Fort on drunkenness charges. He pled for leniency, paid a fine and promised to leave town within a half hour, planning to head to Fort Dodge. Meantime reports note a Hamilton county farmer’s turkey weighed 32 pounds, surpassing President McKinley’s Thanksgiving bird.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Grove
Charles ‘Smith
Fort
Avid
Fort Dodge
McKinley
Hamilton County
J. A. Robinson
McCaffrey & Tuttle
Big Stock Sale Draws Record Attendance in Coale Area
G E Coale held a large stock sale Monday described as one of the most successful in the region. A strong crowd attended and most stock sold at good prices. The friendly rivalry between Gen Kirkpatrick of Miracie and Col Carson of this city entertained the crowd, with the colonel declared winner by several points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G.E. Coale
Gen. Kirkpatrick
Miracie
Col. Carson
Small Pox Rumors Stir Homer Community
Homer residents and farmers remain unalarmled says J P Gee school board member. He notes only the Wren family is quarantined and that cases of so called small pox were not a reason for worry. Schools stay open and no danger is cited. Also revealed at the six o clock club meeting is the engagement of Miss Mabel Fenton to Mr Harry Goddard with a spring wedding planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Gee
Homer
Wren
Mr. Gee
Young Ladies
Six
Josephine Beck
F. J. Drake
Mabel Fenton
Harry Paul Goddard
Minneapolis
Chicago
Webster City
Horner
Geo, Wyckoff, JR
R. G. Pierce
H. Corbin
W. W. Templeton
Homer, Dee
Health First in All Considerations Prompts Syrup Pepsin Note
The note touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a remedy for digestion and stomach trouble. It emphasizes health over other interests and signs with g J Artthur.
Memorial plan for Kendall Young Library in Webster City
Perry writer Hon B Rosenkrans proposes a memorial to Hamilton county settlers in the Kendall Young Library with space for portraits and items from old settlers. He urges a concerted effort by early residents to create a pioneer memorial room that will grow in interest over time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Rosenkrans
Perry
Hamilton County
Kendall Young Library
Aldrich
Webster City
Fort Dodge Man Wins Bride With Rifle Victory
Charles Myrzena of Callender seizes Miss Minnie Anderson after beating rival C Alstor in a rifle duel behind Myrzena’s barn. The couple wed during a dance after the contest. Anderson’s father is in an insane asylum, making Myrzena heir to a farm. He plans to move in immediately and display his gilded rifle in the parlor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
Charles Myrzena
Callender
Clay Township
Webster County
Myrzena
C. Alstot
Minnie Anderson
L. P. Anderson
Alstor
Myrzenn
Miss Anderson
Compulsory arbitration debated in Gompers address
In his annual AFL address Samuel Gompers argues compulsory arbitration is not desired by labor or employers. He warns the system, Australian in origin and linked to New Zealand, may not fit American conditions and urges abandoning it or reshaping conditions. Also endorses Chamberlains Cough Remedy and Pain Balm as marketed by J Arthur, druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Stein
New Zealand
J. Arthur
Chamberlain
Je ‘Arthur
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UGS
Ingrain
Brussels
Vv. W. Gunsolley
Mer
Williame
Division
Union Street
F. A. ‘Harter
JL. Siegel
Madison Meffiers
Tate
Sha Oltz & Little
August Flower
Sicarce
Green
Geo. W. Teed
Local Matters
E. E. Kneedy
Memozii
Thos. Jeffers
English Lutheral Church
Thos. Jefferson
Dana C. Johnson
Springfield
Ohio
English Lutheran Church
Johnson
Endeavor Society of the Christian Church
8. A. Snow
West Elm Street
W. J. Pilkington
Mary Hahne
Mary Layne
Lizzie Meyers
Coney Symons
Della Edwards
R. B. Pierce
Schwartzchild & Sulzberger
New York City
Gotham
Burleson Dry Goods Co
Joseph Beifeld & Co
Burleson Dry Goods
Maine
Crandall & Co’s
Enchant
Ment
J. W. Young
Keltz & Little
Art
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