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Newspaper
Chariton Patriot
Location
Chariton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1908
Page
4
Laying corn by and harvesting dominate the season in Newbern. Notices report purchases, visits, church events, weddings, and farm chores from families including Hunnerdosse Jenkins Dunshee Brightwell and Riggs, with updates on Rev Tolbert, M E church plans, and a Lacona wedding of Max Dunshee to Anna Jenkins.
Cedar Grove residents and families spent the Fourth of July fishing on the Chariton River and visiting neighbors in Cedar Township. Others traveled to Russell for the holiday with Mr. Baker from Penick and Baker nearby. Rev. Bennett preached at Bethel at 11 a.m. on Matt 16 18. Farmers began cutting fall wheat rye and clover as the community marked the holiday.
Edith Perry and Elsie Nussbaum from Oakley attended union preaching Sunday afternoon. Ross Oxenrider helped John Riggs put up hay. John Nussbaum family visited Oxenrider home Sunday. Marie Malone attended Sunday School at Oakley. Grace Herron and Zella Hickman visited Saturday. Mrs. Mary Herron and kin visited with Sarah Herron. The Tadlock home hosted Lee Kirton family, Sam Myers family, and Henry Inbody family Saturday. Della Herron spent Saturday night and Sunday at home. Henry Inbody family joined dinner with Ben Poush and Eda Hunnerdosse and Albert Auxier from Melrose visiting Andrew Malone family. Will Klagus hauled hogs to Lacona. Cora Baker visited at her father D. R. Baker’s home. Talbott preached an interesting sermon at Union. Fred Smith family had dinner with Boston Miller family. Grace Herron shopped in Lacona.
Lem Morton suffered a broken leg Thursday while breaking a wild colt and was taken to a local clinic. Francis Miller remains ill and shows little improvement. Martin Harding returned home to Virginia after a two month visit with sister Isabelle Foster. Fern Foster came home from Villisca after a week with friends. Several residents spent the fourth in Chariton and some in Belinda. Clarice Whitlatch returned home from a two day visit. Mona Johnston of Chariton visits her mother. Mrs Hattie Johnston.
Derby residents and visitors from Corydon Essex Chariton Osceola Indianola and Des Moines share travels and calls. A wedding at the Alexander home unites Frank Winslow and Miss Bell Alexander with a large turnout and dinner.
Whitebreast Center residents welcomed Florence and Anna Braden of Chariton and sister Mrs. C T Swanson with Emma Callahan from near Lucas. Jacob Admire hosted relatives including Miss Emma Callahan. Frank Blankenburg shows a graphophone. Tom Admire cut his knee with a draw knife. Mrs Mariam Lane stayed with relatives in Chariton from Friday night to Monday. Mable Clark spent the Fourth with cousin Alice Ansley. Homer Vincent is ill with fever.
Take a Vacation Now urges trips into woods, fields, and mountains with a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It claims the remedy cannot be obtained on trains or ships and warns travelers to carry it. Sold by Williamson Drug Co.
A quoted essay discusses how animals influenced medicine and surgery. It cites dogs, hippopotami, and a river horse using sharp reeds to make incisions and bleed to relieve disease, as told in Philemon Holland's Pliny translation and framed as a historical curiosity.
The excerpt presents Louis Philippe’s view of England as utterly unlike France with order, symmetry, and silent streets. Hugo recalls London where a French family walking quietly arouses spectators who mutter “French people” in disdain, illustrating cross cultural perceptions.
During the first Gazza Ladra performance the orchestra drum drew ire from critics and enemies of Rossini who threatened the composer with violence. A Rolla pupil offered to kill him but listened to argument. The young man, a former soldier, argued for drums in soldiered settings. Rossini vowed to remove drums but later forgot.
A hurried young man nearly collides with a senator in the senate wing doors of the Capitol in Washington. He apologizes repeatedly. The senator offers advice to always use the right side and turn right to avoid future collisions, then delivers a wry joke about meeting others.
A Sunday school joke recalls Bobby’s quick math about disciples totaling twelve and Pharisees being one less. He claims the Bible says Beware of the seven of the Pharisees, prompting the teacher’s puzzled reaction.
The excerpt presents Victor Hugo's chain of questions and answers about grandness from a storm at sea to the unclouded night sky and finally to the soul of man. It highlights Hugo’s affinity for vast truths and dramatic, picturesque finales.
A Philadelphia Record quote ridicules religious enthusiasts arguing plural marriage shows insanity. The commenter references Mormons and polygamy as an example of extreme belief.
A fragment from The Spoor notes a trust buster declaring a bid against railroads. A humorist narrator invites partnership to reveal railroad tracks, referencing Southwestern's Book in a sharp, period voice.
A fragmented quote presses moral caution on forgiveness and self restraint. The text invokes Shakespearean style with misplaced punctuation and names suggesting a Joseph Campbell like reflection on mercy and retaliation.
Police in St. Paul arrested Max J. Bender of New York and his wife after finding them in a box car near Seventy-fifth Street on the Lake Shore tracks. The woman wore a man's coat with her severed braid in a pocket. They said they married recently in New York and planned to start a home in South Dakota, traveling without money by freight car. The pair, who said they swapped clothes to travel undetected, were held at Grand Crossing station. Mrs. Bender, twenty, and her husband, twenty-five, explained they left New York to find work and a home.
Sixteen nursing graduates at Francis Willard hospital Chicago mobilize doctors with a prank charging for evening exploits. Each physician must escort the group on auto rides theater outings or carriage trips, with costs listed for different classes. Originated by Miss Sarah Walker, the scheme left doctors unable to back out.
A shirt waist themed dance near Tus Ten Sullivan County New York drew many youths. Thirty couples danced in outfits including homemade peekaboo waists and polka dot negligees. A neck strain occurred during a kiss attempt, prompting floor manager advice to lean forward to avoid injury.
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