Family paper habits show strong politics obsession
The column describes each family member’s preferred paper section from Woman's Columns to Beauty Hints and sports pages, with PA focusing on politics. It notes community notices, social events, birthdays, and local incidents in Nevada and Milford, including wiring a hay rack ride, receptions, illness, and a missing team of horses as hard luck for F. D. Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
EE. A. Brininstool
Nevada
Ruth Axtel
Willard King
Boone
S. B. Frey
Milford
Fred Porter
Gilbert
Alvin Banks
Henry Banks
Harry Amesbury
W. W. Spring
Spring
Grant
Susie Smith
W. S. Smith
Art McCoy
Ames
Alford
H. R. Minkler
J. W. Bateman
Esther Livingston
Adeline Carey
Sybil Sowers
Sowers
Milford. Mrs. M. Lyon
M. A. Lyon
T Hardcastle
W. R. Hardcastle
Vina
Fernald
Clyde Amesbury
Lake Okoboji
I. 8S. Co
F. D. Smith
F. W. Brokaw
Seymour Coe
West Milford
Mr. Brokaw
Des Moines Made Chamberlain's Remedy Gains Favor
Born in Iowa the Ennis brothers claim long use of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. They credit a life saved in El Paso Texas and report introducing the product in Narcoossee Florida where it sells well through all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Chamberlain
Des Moines
el Paso
Texas
Narcoossee
Fla
Ennis Bros
Low Round Trip Rates to Pacific Coast via Chicago Lines
Very low rates for the round trip to San Francisco Los Angeles Portland Tacoma Seattle and North Pacific Coast points daily June 1 to September 15 with liberal return limits and favorable stop over arrangements. Apply to any ticket agent The North Western Line for full particulars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
North Pacific Coast
North Western Line
Community notices and social events across town
The report lists meetings at Die Aussicht and social gatherings including birthdays and picnics in Chautauqua park. It notes a wedding announcement for Maude Howver and Merrill Hicks, a violin recital by Prof. Houston, church programs at Methodist and Baptist churches, a Sunday School event, and a Nevada Presbyterian Missionary meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Zumwalt Park
Roland Community Notes Highlight Social Visits and School Events
Clarence Rask visits the Eggland home in Roland while many neighbors travel between Roland Ames Marshalltown and Osage for social calls. The Roland schools hold a successful commencement with three graduates Miss Iverson Miss Emedal and Miss Ferkin as alumni hold a reception and church services proceed with Luther League on Not ashamed of the gospel of Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Rask
Des Moines
Eggland
T. C. Jacobson
Nevada
Nellie Nygaard
McCallsburg
Roland
H. C. Sheldhal
E. R. Sheldahi
Ames
Ralph Morgali
Marshalltown
Martha
Emma B. Sheldahl
Albert Newton
Omaha
O. O. Levi
Sadie
Edith Ericson
Story City
Earl Rice
T. F. Rice
Etta J. Hastings
Osage
Eric Sabo
Minneapolis
J. F. Barrett
Nora
Radcliffe
E. R. Sheldahl
Olive Osmundson
Perry
Ed Osmundson
T. A. Thompson
Webster City
I. A. Iverson
A. Alvestad
St. Peter
Minn
Mae Rice
Canton
Dena Wogan
Jonas Christian
J. N. Sandren
Salem
Clara Iverson
Elsie Emedal
Edyth Ferkin
Wit and leadership stories in a midnigh and war anecdotes
A meditation on wit as a sudden mental flash and its impact on audiences. The text recounts Lincoln’s Bloomington debate moment that turned the tide with a bold gesture and notes Captain Becker’s memorable hat loss in a Civil War charge, illustrating morale and leadership under pressure.
Patriot wit and Civil War recollections at Ames
A fragment recalling 19th century scenes and sayings. Becker’s hat seen on followers after Sherman’s march. General Kirkpatrick defines patriotism by wit at Stone River. A colonel’s charge inspired by a rabbit in front of his line. An Irishman’s joke about setting on a fence and smoking all night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Becker
Sherman
Kirkpatrick
Stone River
Baptist Church
Ames
Ohio
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J. Jayne H. M. Duckworth
Mrs. Loud
Iowa
Ames Savings
A. J. Graves
M. A. Manning
Los Hermanos Chb House
Paul McNeil
McNeil
Greigg
Ames Missionary Society
Gladys Hultz
Ruth Pratt
Mrs. Prall
Ruth Axtell
Munn
Milford and Grant
B. F. Nickerson General Cement
J. W. Adams
Pacific Coast
Chicago
Union Pacific & North Western Line
Pe. BE. O’s
Hazel Brandt
Lula Gray
Chautauqua Park
Jennie Williams
Maude Hawer
A. B. Storms
C. F. Curtiss
Herbert L. Houston
The
Conservatory of Music
Alumni Hall
Miss Howver
Maude Howver
Merrill Hicks
Wyoming
West
Christian Church
Norma Lee
C. G. Lee
Alma White
Fort Dodge
Ruth Donaldson
Joy Eastman
Newton
Lee
Edna
Harriett
Doris Pommel
Bertha
Mildred Herr
Cecile Smith
Helen Watts
Ruth Barrett
Opal Culps
Mildred Semmons
Gibson
Nevada Presbyterian Missionary Society
Semmons Dry Goods Store
Heaven
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A
Bloomington
Ill
Douglas
Lincoln
Abe
Stephen
Atkinson
Freeport
Illlinois
92D Mounted Infantry
Illinois
Boys In Blue
Co. B
Capt
South Side
Main St
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