Russell Community Notes Highlight Social Visits and Events
Chariton residents Marie McCollough and Miss Helen VanArsdale visited with local families while many townsfolk traveled for burials, church concerts, and conventions. The Lucas county Sunday school convention met at the Baptist church with music by a 25 voice chorus and orchestra under Mrs. Lou Milton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. S. Jones
Chariton
Flora van Dyke
A. F. Jenkins
Mae
Mable Rice
Hampton
Baptist Choir
Lucas County
G. W. Ensley
Association
Lou Milton
Belinda Residents Noted In Short Local Items
Belinda Walter McCorkle returns home from Ames where he attends college. Byers family members H. L. Byers and brother visit their father A. R. Byers in Belinda. H M Finch attends Des Moines Holiness Camp Meeting. Witt Bros of Columbia win contract to build Pleasant school house No2, with materials on site. Flatt's offers Chariton's finest soda fountain drinks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter McCorkle
Ames
N.C
Chariton People Share Sunday Activities and Picnics
Frank Tinder preached at Central on Sunday morning and evening then remained at the Brightwell home. Chariton residents John Kimsey Bertha Beardsley visited Della Carney while J B Carson and family visited relatives. Picnics and church events drew many locals including Flossie Carson at Threlkeld grove and Children’s Day at Zion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Tinder
Chariton
Central
S. H. Brightwell
John Kimsey
Bertha Beardsley
Della Carney
Social Whirl as local residents guest and host
Derby Lou Airy returns from Smyrna and Eunice Allison of Ottumwa will supervise the Yearnshaw hotel during the owners' absence. Chariton visitors include Miss Roberta Stanley with Mrs. H. B. Ekleberry, Mary Martin and Eva visiting Rose Westfall, and Myra Proctor at E. C. Kimsey's. George Mitchel family visited Walter Green. Walter Brewer visited D. J. Scott. Clyde Kelly and Otis Morris return from Simpson College. Flora Byrnes from Pueblo, Colorado, visits Ada Grimes. Flora Buffington remembered by locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou Airy
Smyrna
Eunice Allison
Ottumwa
Yearnshaw Hotel
Yearnshaw’s
Roberta Stanley
Chariton
H. 8. Ekleberry
George Mitchel
Warren Township
Walter Green
Walter Brewer
D. J. Scott
Flora B Byrnes
Pueblo Col
Ada Grimes
Byrnes
Flora Buffington
Derby teacher’s return sparks smiles across town
Local gossip notes years of service by a Derby teacher, visits from B S Morris and family, Bessie Sutton’s stay with grandparents, and Will Melvin’s visit. The Ladies Benevolent society raised 32 dollars from ice cream and fruit sales. Children’s Day at the Presbyterian church features a program in the evening. Barbara Nelson hosted friends with ice cream and fruit. dinners shared by Alvira Hickok, Lizzie Hickok, and Mrs. Robert Hickok with Mrs. Doras Slater. Greenview NL mother’s visit to sons George and Will noted. Flatt’s ice cream recommended for parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Benevolent Society
Presbyterian Church
Barbara Nelson
Alvira
Lizzie Hickok
Robert Hickok
Doras Slater
Parkin
Greenview NL
George
Will
Local Social Roundup and Weekend Visits in Chariton Area
Miss Eva Foster visits Douglas Fosters in Lincoln. Shelley Butcher and family spend Sunday with Wyatt Sellers in Chariton. Mrs. Emery Wells and children visit her sister, Mrs. Manuel Foster, in Chariton. Mrs. Alfred Stonebraker and daughter Marie of Russell stay with the Stonebraker home. Orval Shore and family visit George Staker and A. Shores south of Chariton. Franklin school house in East Lincoln hosts Saturday evening entertainment with strawberries and ice cream. Children’s Day services planned at Beulah church next Sunday evening. Clare Brown and family visit near Russell. R. S. Payne hosts friends at Forest Garden last Thursday with about forty attendees. refreshments of strawberries, ice cream and cake. Asbury Steele and family visit Jackson Boylan and wife. Flatt’s soda fountain advertised for purity of materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corydon
R. T. Huston
Roserville
Laura Bellman
Melrose
Eva Vannice
D.B. Eastman
Nebr
Tuseday
Eva Foster
Douglas Fosters
Shelley Butcher
Chariton
Wyatt Sellers
Emery Wells
Manuel Foster
Orval Shore
Lloyd
George Stakers
A. Shores
Franklin School House
East Lincoln
R. S. Payne
Forest Garden
Summer suitings lead by silver gray plaids
Lindquist the leading tailor offers right plaids and styles made up to suit. Walton & Co report lawn mowers perfectly ground by their power grinder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindquist
Walton & Co’s
Artificial Eyes Through the Ages and Moscow Fire
The article traces early eye replacements from 500 B C Rome and Egypt to sixteenth century inside socket designs by Ambroise Pare and later glass eyes from circa 1579. It notes Shakespeare referencing glass eyes and recounts Giles Fletcher’s 1571 Moscow fire description with inflated casualty rumors and Ivan the Terrible’s reported orders to dump bodies in the Moskva.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Pompeii
Ambroise Pare
Pare
Gloucester
Giles Fletcher
Moscow
Ivan the Terrible
Iletcher
Fletcher
Ivan
Moskva
Queer Old Russia Observations From 1698 Travelogue
A 1698 Latin account by Henry William Ludolf describes Muscovites as tall and sturdy. It notes long fasting periods with cabbage and cucumbers eaten raw or pickled, and Ludolf links vigor to this diet despite their use of brandy and leeks to aid digestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Henry William Ludolf
Counselor Therefore and the famed Sergeant Kelly
A courtroom anecdote describes Sergeant Kelly of the Trish bar as a man who drew conclusions against his own premises and earned the nickname Counselor Therefore. In one trial he addressed the jury by declaring the case so clear that they could not misunderstand it and he would not dwell longer before explaining it minutely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelly
Trish
A Mohammedan Custom Of Thanking God For Kindness
The Mohammedans have the custom of thanking God first when they receive a present and then the giver. Some comply thoughtlessly, but many say it with genuine heartfelt gratitude, a tradition inherited from their fathers.
Among Friends. Lottie Brown engagement sparks snappy quip
The paragraph records a witty, caustic remark about Lottie Brown being engaged, implying that even a plain, ill tempered girl can attract a fool to marry her. A Life magazine line labels the sentiment as a sharp aside about marriage and suitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lottie Brown
The Camel's Hump Jokes in Noah's Ark Tale
A light mock fable from the Philadelphia Record recounts Noah joking to a camel about a hump later provoking the animal. The cartoonish exchange showcases a humorous spin on ark would be animals boarding in order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah
Philadelphia Record
Fortune Power and Misery Reflections from Swift
A compact moral note cites Swift on fortune. It contrasts how the miserable acknowledge luck while the happy credit prudence and merit for success.
Do Not Neglect the Children This Season
Public notice urges immediate care for a child s diarrhea and recommends Chamberlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy followed by castor oil. Advertising copy notes sale through Storie Paton and Kirk Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Storie & Paton and
Kirk Drug Co
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Blake
One Price Clothiers
Otter Creek
Russell
Marie McCollough
Will Hancock
A. E. Sprague
Des Moines
James Kennedy
H W. Elliott
Margaret Larimer
Creston
Burlington
Samuel
Eneckae
Helen VanArsdale
Mamie Beals
Anna Elliott
H. B. Sutton
Harry Foster
Edith Clark
Evansville
Ind
Nora Werts
Adam la Follette
Boone
Iowa Calvary
O. A. Pace
Pauline
Ethel Bradhan
D. B. Long
Charles Post
Ohio
T. D. Ashby, Jr
Arthur Wallace
Fannie Snuggs
Mrs
Fred Ruble
Zion Church
George Lerrit
Will Moran
Oakley
Joe Poush
Benway
Will Burris
Liberty Center
O. A. Wallace
Bert Murray
C. R. Bond
Richard Troxal
of Oakley
T. E. H. Brown
Prairie View
J. W. Snuggs
John Smitt
H. D. Close
W. B. Perkins
Will Shelton
Clark County
Snyder
Wren Hill
Fred Sharp
Jimmie Crow
Martha
Blanche Pim
Ethel Linn
George Snuggs
Effie Wallace
Carlysle
M. E
Norwood
Miller
Davis
Amanda Westling
Si Wilson
Belinda
H. M. Finch
Flatt’s
Poplin
India
Shaker Flan
White Sale
J.B. Carson of
N. F
J. N
J. H
F. T
Charles McDowell
Bert Shore
Zion
Flossie Carson
Threlkeld Grove
Endeavor Society of the Christian Church
Harry
Fred Carson
Knoxville
Stella Rodely
Ethel Cain
Renfro
Porter Wagner
Clarkson Seward
L. W. Wilson
Elida Brownlee
Pleasant Hill
J.N. McDowell
Harry Crowser
Ethel Brockett
Thomas Avitt’s
Beulah Carson
John Holmes of
DERBY
Mary Martin
Eva of
Rose Westfall
Myra Proctor of
E. C. Kimsey
B.S. Morris
Bessie Sutton
Indianola
G. H. Sutton
Will Melvin
Humeston
J. B. Melvin
Lincoln
Alfred Stonebraker
Marie
Stonebrake
Beulah Church
Clare Brown
Asbury Steele
Mrs. Steele
Jackson Boylan
Flatt
Meade
Noxall Club
Muslin And’w’r
Mohair
van Haeton
McCall
Uated
McCall's Magazine
Queen of Fashion
McCall CO
J. E. Hall
South Side Square
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