Derby Community Notes and Upcoming Events
Chariton visitors Derby residents and neighbors shared social evenings with friends. The Chicago Trio will perform March 2 at the Derby opera house as the final lecture course item. A Presbyterian dinner and a Washington lecture by Hon. Hardin Exley are planned with a box supper afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Washburn
Lois, Merva
Labede Bremer
Derby School
McGaughey
Chariton
Presbyterian Church
F. L., Throckmorton
Greene County
the Presbyterian Church
Washington
Hardin Exley
Ora Lome
Local Notes From Olmitz and Vicinity
John Mumford moved into the house vacated by J. Batten this Saturday. B F Litton remains under doctor care after months of illness. Center School opened Monday with Addie McMannis as teacher. Protracted meeting closed at Zion Wednesday night with several joining the church. R H Edwards house burned Thursday morning. contents mostly saved. Grippe spreads among residents. A J Van Ben Thuysen plans to move next year. S A Grimes and L N Morton hauled hogs to Chariton last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mumford
Batten
B. F. Litton
Center
Addie McMannis
Zion
R. H. Edward
A. J. van Ben Thuysen
S. A. Grimes
L. N. Morton
Chariton
Skin Disease of Twenty Years' Standing Cured
Mrs Fannie Griffen of Troy Alabama declares Chamberlains Salve cured her twenty year skin disease after failed treatments by several physicians. The ad notes the product is sold by Williamson Drug Co and mentions a sale date Friday February 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Oakley Social Roundup Notes Local Visits and Events
Mr and Mrs Jacob Nine and three children visited at the C Gillaspey home while attending the James Bevan lawsuit in Oakley last Thursday. Box supper at the nearby school north of Oakley drew about 200 attendees with receipts around 12.50. Numerous locals made trips to Chariton and Newbern for visits shopping or relatives, including Joe Burgett Grace Nine Ethel Moore Nora Vickrey and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Nine
Thomas Taylor
Jas. Foxal
May
Gay Burgett
C. Gillaspey
James Bevan
Oakley
Joe Burgett
Grace
Chariton
H.C. Dillman
J. H. Andrew
Ella Howard
Newbern
L Ry
Jones Bevan
Lloyd Miksell
Will Mauk
Ethel Moore
Georgella Bevan
W. &. Holmes
Dan Chappel
Sheller Chappel
Jap Vickroy
George Clark
Nebraska
Nora Vickrey
Hazel Rincard
Indianola
Sheiler Chappel
Delbert James
Manford James
Roy Lambirth
Local News Briefs From Chariton Area
Dewey Spiker is sick. John Patterson attended his uncle Bob Patterson’s funeral in Illinois. Mrs. Ethel Stout and baby visited Miss Tillie Davis. Ora Keen is under a doctor's care. Mrs. Fanny McDowell joined Belle Willoughby’s golden wedding at Chariton. GT. Miller and family visited Harry Miller. Elmer Kinsey of Madrid stayed with his father Isaac Kinsey. Irene James, living with grandparents, is sick. Everett and Glenn Spiker visited Ralph Brown. Will Miller sold 48 fat hogs Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Spiker
John Patterson
Illinois
Bob Patterson
Ethel Stout
Baby
Tillie Davis
Ora Keen
Fanny McDowell
Belle Willoughby
Chariton
Miller
Harry Miller
Elmer Kinsey
Madrid
Isaac Kinsey
Irene James
Everett
Glenn Spiker
Ralph Brown
Will Miller
What to Do When Bilious
What to do when you feel bilious is to take Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They cleanse the stomach and regulate the liver and bowels. Try it. Price 25 cents. Samples free at Williamson Drug Co. store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Williamson Drug Co
Russell and area residents face changes and losses
The Russell community notes several travels and relocations including Mr. and Mrs. John Gookin moving to Plano and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Singleterry to Creston. The Baptist choir rehearses for a March 3 district school and Grandma Long’s death brings funeral services. The Brandon heirs bought the Russell bank building for 5200 with two new banks rumored, and Rev Soxe receives a call to be installed in April with a salary raise of one hundred dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gookin
Plano
Valentine
Presbyterian Church
Harry Singleterry
Creston
Baptist
P. H. Rockey
East
Russell
Susie Soxe
Missouri
Albia
A. Soxe
G. A. Hellyer
Buzard
G. A. Shields
Bert
Indianola
Edd Cobb
Marie
Laura Bellman
Melrose
Dollie
Brandon
Russell Bank
Allie Bradshaw
O. A. Pace
Fairfield
Joe Platts
Eva Curtis
Ottumwa
Edd Marshall
Mesdames Ewald
Sprague, Buzard
Platts
Amy Pyle
Jeff Lafavre
Avery
John Long
Christian Church
Allen
Grandma Long
I. N
John
A. L
Mattie Etter
John Davis
F. H. Tinker
Howard Platts
Hampton
Nebraska
Jerry Cadogan
Mt. Pleasant
Maud Marsh
Carrie
Jennie Ewald
Des Moines
John Shirer
Ridgeway
Misa Belle May
Oakley
Local Notes and Family Moves Reported in Community
Belinda A R Byers is very poorly. Earl McMannis is moving onto George Kennedy's farm vacated by Charlie Abrahamson. Mr and Mrs Worth Kenney and son Norris visited B A Kenney. Rebert Edwards house burned Wednesday morning after he woke to tend a fire and lay back down. They will move into the church by Zion. Lester Kenney visited with his parents Friday to Sunday. Deward McMannis, once sick, is much better.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl McMannis
George Kennedy
Charlie Abrahamson
Worth Kenney
Norris
B. A. Kenney
Rebert Edward
Zion
Lester Kenney
Deward McMannis
Night Croup Alarm Prompts Foley’s Honey and Tar Use
A warning in the ad notes the metallic cough of croup during the night and urges mothers to keep Foley's Honey and Tar ready for the first signs. It touts the product as safe for children with no harmful drugs. Storie Patton and McCollough Bown postponed their public sale from Thursday to Friday February 28, as announced in this week’s Patriot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Storie & Patton
McCollough & Bown
Patriot
Washington Forest Service Lab Identifies Wood Types for Builders
A new Washington forest service laboratory studies wood structure to distinguish species by growth features. Dendrologists and analytical keys will aid architects, lumbermen, and manufacturers in identifying substitutes and new woods, reducing misidentification costs and lawsuits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Forest Service
Forest Service
April Fools on Guernsey Professor Ends in Surprise
Fourth year boys at Guernsey stage a prank on Professor Droombach targeting his new post and a frail wife. The plan backfires as a broken door and mischief prompt Benny Thayer to reveal the deed, leading to praise and pay rises for the professor and a happier, respected tenure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guernsey
George Washington
Droombach
Ife
Professor Dimmit
Heidelberg
Professor Droombach
Benny Thayer
Dimmit
Fairford
Benny
Billy
Billy Henshaw
Bonny Thayer
Bonny Ap- Bonny
Dick Davis
Bonny
Phapel
Dr. Logan
Albom Thayer
Thayer
Droombacm
Mr. Thayer
Endowed hospital bed set aside for auto accident victims
The Garretson hospital in Philadelphia will be the first U S facility with an endowed bed reserved for automobile accident victims. Funds are being raised by the Quaker City Ladies Motor Club with a deed gift that gives prior right to victims hurt in their own cars before others injured by careless motorists. Blanche Bates promotes a home for needy California forty niners to honor early gold seekers and asks congressional support.
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Garretson Hospital
Philadelphia
United States
Quaker City Ladies’ Motor Club
California
Shopping For Summer Fashion and Winter Weather Contrast
A brisk description blends summer apparel with wintry scenes. Straw hats, laces, and lingerie mingle with snow banks and ice in the river, hinting at a shopping piece that contrasts seasonal styles and sensations. A dainty silk stocking and Panama hats are noted as upcoming season’s pride amid windy, icy imagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boreas
Washington as an Inventor and His Plow
The text notes George Washington as an inventor who created a deep soil plow used on his Virginia plantations. He later imported a superior English plow after hearing of it. The piece contrasts this with Abraham Lincoln who designed a flatboat that failed to work in practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Virginia
England
Lincoln
Washington at Twenty Eight and Later Life Physique
A physical description notes George Washington stood six feet two inches tall and weighed 175 pounds at age twenty eight. It also mentions large hands feet and joints, well developed muscles, and an erect posture, with a later remark at sixty five that he remained straight in carriage.
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Washington
George Washington
February Twenty Two Fates Were Kind to You George
A brief, personal note addressed to George cherishes the kindness of the fates on February twenty second, recalling affection and gratitude, with a reflective closing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
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DERBY
E. M. Blizzard
Frank Murray
Simpson
Kansas
Lizzie Christy
Oklahoma
Olmitz
McCollough Oe
Bown
Belinda
A. R Byers
Bureau of Identification
New Hospital
Thorth
Washington’s
Frank
Sweet
Frank Bf. Sweet
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