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Newspaper
Chariton Patriot
Location
Chariton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1903
Page
4
The Ruby Company announces a new cash only store in East Side Square Chariton Iowa offering clothing hats shoes rugs curtains and all goods for men women and children under the slogan Cash is King and spot cash purchases.
County correspondence lists residents visiting relatives in Chariton Indianola Milo and Belinda. Several calls for goods and services appear including property purchase by Cecil Clevenger in Lacona and sidewalk projects this month. Travelers, illness, schooling and church events show active community life with dozens of named locals and nearby towns.
Lucas residents report on saloon counts, sickness, visits, and travel. Weathered by political interest, church and Masonic plans, railroad repairs, and a large Fourth of July celebration committee formed with funds raised. Local outages and daily routines fill the page.
Derby J. H. Carroll of Chariton was here Thursday. I. C. Chapman and son Linn spent Sunday in Humeston. Ed Wiers of Chariton was a Derby business visitor Friday. E. A. Kirk and J. M. Grimes were Chariton visitors Friday. Mrs. Rachel Snook spent Thursday with relatives in Humeston. Dr. Charles Stewart of Chariton was a Derby visitor Tuesday. E. M. Sonder left Wednesday on a business visit at Shenandoah. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Decker spent Tuesday with Chariton friends. George Parkin and C. B. Taylor were in Chariton Thursday. George Penniwell of Leon is visiting his sister Mrs. Mayme Throckmorton. Mrs. Rachel Snook and daughter Cora were visiting Chariton friends Wednesday.
Oakley S M Early visited Chariton. Clarence Howard spent weekend in Chariton with relatives. Mr and Mrs Millard Musselman visited Lacona. Ladies Aid met Mrs James Miksell. J C Renney and H L Mauk visited H A Schilling. John Burgett visited his sick father. Bertha Baker visiting Chariton with her parents. Henry Newhouse and wife visited Eliza Nisewinder. Harry Newhouse and wife returned from visit with her parents. Jessie Mauk returned from Chariton.
Chariton court clerk Chas. Cook is in town assisting A. E. Dent. I. N. Badger of Chariton visits on business. Dr H. H. Nelson in Chicago for post graduate study. Dallas man John Hoops visits friends. Candidates in town for final election push. Local births, visits, and travel report steady community activity with several families and educators noted.
Dessa Kinmouth was a Chariton caller last Thursday Effie Norman called on Mary Carr last Monday evening in MOUND News notes of social visits and greetings.
Des Moines caller Belinda J. E. McCorkle visited last week while Tom Lafaver and family called on B. A. Kenney. Mrs. J. K. Moon heard a lightning shock during a telephone talk. A. R. Byers died near Belinda May 29 1903 and was buried in Strong cemetery after a funeral by Rev. Fowler.
The author feared losing her manuscript and refused mail delivery. Blackwood offered to send it with a sober footman, who was praised for virtue but feared to trust him. Eliot insisted on secure transfer and the manuscript was delivered by family member the next day.
In North Liberty, farmers grow discouraged as livestock and poultry losses mount. Doc Prevost sold a horse to Dave Rock last week, and Joe Vanderbur’s colt suffered a severe wire injury. Miss Elpha McCoy visited Mrs. Wm. Perry, Everett Connor, and Elsie Stierwalt. Elpha also spent two weeks with Mrs. Stierwalt. Bernice Cumpston and her mother visited Milo with Mrs. Richmond. Charles Ramsey reported the death of a fine horse, the cause of death unknown to winter. A young man’s accident crushed nine turkeys and one duck, reducing poultry supplies.
For week ending June 1 1903 Iowa reports below normal temperatures and persistent cloudiness with daily heavy showers. Severe local windstorms damaged trees windmills and light structures while floods caused widespread crop losses and abandoned low lands. Dry warm weather is needed to repair damage and protect upland crops. Apple crop looks promising and local adverts close the notice.
A discussion argues that death from lightning results from the earth's negative current rushing to the charged cloud. It contends that the victim is struck by ground current, not by a forked lightning from above, as the atmosphere seeks electrical balance.
The German philosopher Kant enjoyed a routine walk along the Pregel toward Friedrichs fort. He noted swallows dropping their young from nests as a scarce insect season forced partial sacrifice, remarking that his intellect was hushed and he bowed in reverence.
A brief note surveys curious archival items about crown repairs and other historic trades. It highlights how ancient tools and craft methods reveal practices of monarchies and daily life in past centuries.
A Harwich kept document recounts a tale with Edward III and Philippa of Hainault. It notes the king threw the crown into a fire and the repair cost “temps, 6d.” The passage underscores the king’s violent temper and the simplicity of the mending method.
A man named Chodja fell from his roof and broke a rib. He asks a hakim if he ever fell from a roof. The hakim replies no, prompting Chodja to insist on a doctor who has fallen and knows the injury firsthand.
In a Newark News quip Madge remarks she is twenty odd, provoking the punch line that she is more than forty. The exchange plays on counting even years to extend the age in a humorous aside.
A brief editorial remark notes that nothing provokes a busy man more than an idler arousing his curiosity, reflecting on social manners and attention in a concise newspaper aside.
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