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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1912
Page
4
Community announcements report visits by residents from Webster City and Waterloo including family visits and social calls. The town notes a church festival planned for June 21 and various local calls at homes, with updates on illnesses, condolences, and a one week old infant’s death.
The community of Cedar Falls offers condolences to Misses by Pierce and Saturday for their bereavement. Friends and neighbors express sympathy in this period of mourning.
A midweek luncheon in the northeast part honored visiting guest Miss Pauline Locke of Waterloo. Mrs Buell and Mrs Ey Si Boudinot hosted at their Buell home with a prenuptial feature a new oak book case for the receipt. Dainty refreshments followed at five thirty.
Employees of Closz & Howard Mig Co gather at 918 First Street to celebrate Mr. Chas Closz sixty second birthday with an afternoon luncheon and social hour. Attendees include Fred Peterson and local guests from nearby towns.
P B Yates, about 65, an old settler, broke his neck falling from a ladder while picking cherries at the Faith home in Tabor Iowa. He lasted two hours before dying without regaining consciousness. Seven grown children survive.
Property for sale at 727 Boone Street Edgar B. Robinson Daviston South Dakota features a modern tea room residence with a good barn and shade trees. Location praised as best.
Fragmentary OCR list shows candidates for governor secretary auditor treasurer and attorney general and superintendent of public instruction with scattered names and party labels. Late returns and vague references to socialist ties appear among the garbled items.
A long column of names and brief movements shows residents and visitors visiting relatives, traveling for funerals or business, and those returning home. Individuals include Miss Mina Kingon, Verné Parker, Mrs. James Lyon, Mary Glosz, F N Peterson, Mrs. Fred Webb and daughter, Rev H S Moore, and many others with ties to Clarion, Eagle Grove, Manchester, Fort Dodge, and nearby towns.
A $10,000 blaze struck Elkhart's business district near Des Moines on a Wednesday night. The Corn Exchange Savings Bank hotel livery barn blacksmith shop and two other buildings were damaged. Citizens struggled to save adjacent structures as insurance coverage was minimal.
Billis D. Smith of Smith and Hall confronted a burglar on the stairs of his West Liberty home on June 21. The intruder had entered several north side homes and escaped through a window pried open before Smith could reach the lower floor.
Passengers of two San Joaquin river launches beat a bandit to death after he was knocked into the river about forty miles south of Stockton. A bandit shot and seriously wounded engineer Samuel Grisecom before being killed. The incident occurred yesterday as a gale swept the area.
Fragmentary notes recall early pioneers and long-serving figures fading from memory as new eras rise. The text hints at changing times and the passing of those who built foundations for the community.
Chicago observers note that on opening day of the Republican convention figures show about 1,000,000 words handled in outgoing dispatches. Mazatlan reports a June 16 clash near Tepic where federal forces defeated Canedistas with casualties on both sides.
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