Local notes from Gravity and area visits and attendance
D M Woodfull of Gravity was in the city on business Saturday. Miss Etta Shafer of Lenox visited the A C Brice home Monday. B F Wilson cashier of the Sharpsburg bank attended the chautauqua ere Sunday. L Morley with George Daniels was in the vicinity of Gusson official business Friday. Rev Henry former pastor of the Presbyterian church spent Sunday here and attended the chautauqua. CG N Nelson had a letter from the Shenandelah Fair association noting the fair was the best yet in attendance and exhibits. Their paid attendance best day was 13 000.
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D. M. Woodfull
Etta Shafer
Lenox
A. C. Brice
Henry
The
Presbyterian Church
CG. N. Nelson
Shenandelah Fair Association
News Notes From The Community Visitors And Relatives In Town
Hugh Gree arrived from town Thursday for a visit at his brother Russell Green’s home and Fred Olsen’s party returned home Monday after visiting Shenandoah and attending the fair. James Luegan attended Chautauqua and returned to Mason City Monday noon. Mrs. Al Elbert visited at the Wetmore home and returned to Blanchard Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Anna Andrews of Trenton Mo arrived last Tuesday to stay two weeks with Mrs. J J Clark and will visit relatives in Clarinda before returning. EB Means and son Addison arrived from Monmouth Tuesday evening and will visit the Bradley home before driving to Hastings. Inez and Jessie Johnson went to Bedford Thursday for the fair and circus, then Gravity for Chautauqua, returning Tuesday evening. Mildred Dowlin, daughter of Bruce, and Fredda Dowlin, ill but improving. Will Hughes and his son Jay had a serious incident while trying to break a charge to ride. Mr Hughes aided the boy and was laid up with a crippled back. Mrs. Jess Wintermute’s sister from Kansas is visiting. Mrs. Lewis Swearingen and daughter Faye spent Saturday with Mrs. Jess Wintermute. Clarence Hogg bought a new Word car last week.
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Anna Andrews
Trenton
J. J. Clark
Clarinda
EB. C. Means
Addison
Monmouth
G. M. Bradley
Hastings
Ned
Mrs. Bradley
Inez
Jessie Johnson
Bedford
Cireus
Gravity
Mildred Dowlin
Bruce
Fredda Dowlin
Will Hughes
Jay
Mr. Hughes
Jess Wiintermute
Kansas
Lewis Swearingen
Faye
Jess Wintermute
Clarence Hogg
Church of Christ Chautauqua message and sermon themes
The notice invites church members to attend the Chautauqua event at the Church of Christ and to be present for Sunday school and worship. Sermon topics are announced: Morning session on Entertainment Enjoyment Enrichment and Evening session on Songs in the Night, with a call to bring a friend. Mart Gary Smith.
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Church of Christ
Mart Gary Smith
Man Victim Of Confidence Game In Bedford
A Bedford man Mr. W Webb fell victim to a confidence game near St Joseph as a stranger sought a loan on a $1,000 check to bury a corpse. Webb handed over $40 for security, traced the swindler via a photo, and police found no trace of him after the noon train departure. Traveling men and a window-side witness reported the sting to authorities, while Webb identified the suspect in a police photo.
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Ww. F. Webb
Paloma
Charles Taylor
St. Joseph
Union Depot
Mt. Webb
Golni
Bedford
Tedford
Webb
St. Louis
Chautauqua Sunday Evening Program Ends
The Chautauqua assembly closed Sunday after a lively program featuring Balmer and Miss Clark presenting sketches on jungle tribes and youth performers in native costumes. Georgia lawyer Seaborn Wright spoke on race and democracy, later switching to Side Eights of Slavery, praising Lincoln and the freeing of slaves while recounting Reconstruction matters.
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America
Balmer
Miss Clark
Wing
Seaborn Wright
Georgia
Lewis
Wright
Johnson
South
Lincoln
Booker T.washington
Keel
Clalmad
Chinensief
Sweetly Cared For A Northern city tale shared by a hostes
A club chat turns to an emergency when Oregon Congressman A W Lafferty recounts a flighty incident. A young woman phoned a friend about a hostess, and the guest teases that Mr Smith is on a business trip south. The hostess confesses she has placed a live alligator in Florida water to await news from Jack.
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A. W. Lafferty
Oregon
Smith
Iowa Horse Industry Wins High Regard at State Fair
Iowa horsemen report strong season gains in finances and breeding, with imports rising after last year’s dock strikes. Horses comprise 45 percent of livestock investment in the state, surpassing all other crops in value by about 20 percent. Des Moines hosts the Iowa State Fair August 14 to 28 with premiums over 18 thousand dollars for horses, highlighting a premier display that draws leading national horsemen.
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Iowa
Old Country
Des Moines
Iowa Fair
Elopers Face Five Day Connecticut License Rule
New Haven announces five days’ notice required before a Connecticut marriage license can be issued after Aug. 1. Proponents say elopers flocked here for lax laws and later married the same day, while aldermen and lawyers warned the new rule could cut into local revenue from elopements.
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Connecticut
New Haven
Conn
Secretary of State
300 Women Ask Pensions in Seattle under new law
Ten women received pensions from Superior Judge Frater in the first batch of mothers' pension cases. Fifteen were heard, three denied, and two sent for further investigation. The largest grant was $87.50 monthly to a destitute widow with seven children, others ranged from $14 to $30. The pension department logged 300 applications, 150 meeting law provisions.
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Washington
Seattle
Wash
Frater
Pension Department
Stork's Little Trick. Ambulance Twice for Twins at Same House
Twin boys born to Mrs. Lena Cohen at 1415 South Halsted Street weighed three pounds each and arrived fifteen minutes apart. Two trips by Des Plaines Street ambulance to County Hospital were needed for incubators. mother initially refused hospital transport. Dr. L. A. Sutton rushed to the Cohen home after the first birth and then returned upon learning of the second birth.
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Chicago
Lena Cohen
South Halsted Street
Desplaines Street
L. A. Sutton
Cohen
Sutton
Reorganization of Weather Bureau Aims at Efficiency
Washington announces a complete reorganization of the Weather Bureau affecting all stations nationwide. Charles F. Marvin of Columbus has been named chief. Plans include issuing a night weather map to cut costs, though longtime staff fear delays may reduce usefulness for many users.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Charles F. Marvin
Columbus
All Crave Recreation and the American Summer
An observing philosopher argues Americans crave more recreation than they get and welcomed summer amusements. He notes summer days are wearier than winter work, and cites the Iowa State Fair held in late August as a source of amusement and instruction amid the season's heat.
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Iowa
Milltown finds possible Lecompton constitution draft
Justice of the Peace Joseph A Headley in Milltown New York discovered papers believed to be the original Lecompton constitution draft from Kansas an item authorities have sought for decades He notified Kansas Secretary of State detailing the find The Lecompton constitution was Kansas first organic law permitting slavery and was later replaced by a ban on slavery in the state.
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Milltown
N. Y
Kansas
Joseph A. Headley
Headley
Secretary of State of
Buchanan
Rosebush Eighty Years Old in Maryville Mo
A. Souers of Maryville owns a rosebush that has stayed in one family for eighty years. The original sprout came from Pennsylvania Ohio via Souer's grandmother. The family then moved to Indiana and the bush followed. Mars. Souers recently traveled to Tofilana and transplanted the bush, which has grown to ten feet tall.
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Maryville
A. Souers
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Souer
Indiana
Mars
Souers
Dr Potters Free Cure Tour At Bedford and Lenox
Dr Potters presides a state tour offering free consultation examination and medicines to cure deafness by a new process and treats catarrh throat lung eye ear stomach liver kidneys paralysis neuralgia heart disease epilepsy Brights disease bladder blood and skin diseases various ailments cancer piles rupture asthma and more no charge for medicines temporary last day Aug 28 at Hotel Garland Bedford IA then Lenox Cottage Hotel in the afternoon until 6 pm married ladies must be accompanied by husbands
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Boston Electro Medical Institute
Bright
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