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Newspaper
Chariton Patriot
Location
Chariton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1908
Page
4
Liberty No 1 Hickory Hill will present a March 14 1908 program featuring Violin Solo Invocation Song class recitations orations duets and a mock trial with multiple Herron and other local students. Nearby residents report visits, moves, and community events including school terms ending and repairs to local lines and roads.
Revival meetings continue at the M E church led by Rev A Armstrong with help from Rev Matthews of Oakley. Local visits include Miss Laura Gassett and Miss Alma Christy in Humeston, and Derby residents hosting guests from Chariton and Lucas county. A business and social roundup lists sales, moves, elections, and local travel.
Russell P A Rocky travels to Hemingford Nebraska to visit relatives. J Irons family moves to Alva Oklahoma. John Hollingshead family to Moscow Idaho. Ada Hanks returns to Chariton to work in Miss Gibbs millinery. Frank Larimer visits Chariton friends. District school event attended by John Kimsey and wife. Roy Murray returns from Galesburg. Linebaugh sisters relocate to Blytheville Missouri. Leggett and Willets return to Buda Illinois. Mrs H W Elliott hosts Chastian friends for dinner. Edd Lewis and daughter visit from LeRoy. George Buay travels to Newark Ohio. Curtis and Curtis attend Frank Wilson funeral in Chariton. Local caucus nominates city officials. Charlie Cook and wife welcome a son born March second in Peoble Colorado. Dell Hancock and Leo Werts visit from Bear Creek Montana. Everett Helleger and wife visit Promise City. Edith Winsel visits Chariton. Kensington club hosts afternoon gathering. Eva Smith and George Sinterley wed at grooms' home with relatives. Margaret Gookin visits Des Moines. D Tice and wife return from Newton. Mrs Childs and Winnie move to Coatsville Missouri. Emma Ewald returns from St Louis.
A sweet baby girl arrived to live with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kinney last Friday. Several local families were mentioned visiting relatives, including Truman and Logan Carson in Chariton and Miss Nora Johnston in Indianola. A one month old infant of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Edwards died from lung trouble, with funeral at Zion Cemetery. Owen Miller family moved to Chariton and soon will relocate to Wyoming for a new claim.
Ottumwa residents Lucas Milss Signe Anderson visited Miss Mary Daniels Sunday. W N Brownlee and Jessie Corum were married in Chariton Saturday. Miss Roddy reports twelve new students and six promotions. Station agent Fred Stover to cut expenses. Jesse Spencer leaves for Des Moines. Rev J L Johnson preached after illness. W R Langman and family welcome a baby boy born March 3. Various visits and moves include Mrs J M State in Chariton, Mrs Will Hutchinson visiting Milo, Clara Mongar moving back to East Cleveland, Allie Sanders illness, J B Knotts in Osceon, and visits by Mesdames Lane and Lyman plus Vanscoy family in Cass county. J D Knotts and Isis Knotts depart for Chicago with a Chariton stop.
A Waynetown Indiana resident, Harry Wilson, touts Chamberlains Cough Remedy as unequaled for croup and cold throat troubles. He claims early administration stops the attack and notes it is used successfully in thousands of homes. Sold by Williamson Drug Co.
Oakley residents report sales of farming gear and household items as OAKLEY O W Ramsey and son Ernest plan a complete farm supply sale. Numerous moves and job changes are noted including families renting farms, new homes in Oakley, workers heading to Lacona, and blacksmith shop activity.
An item notes many people narrowly avoid pneumonia and consumption after a lingering cold. It promotes Foley's Honey and Tar as a cure for deep seated coughs and colds and a prevention against pneumonia. Also mentions local news exchange offer and a cheap secondhand Schreiber wagon for sale.
Dallas Sharp reports in Atlantic that a woodchuck can seek shelter underground during winter, slipping five feet deep to travel into a suspended state. The piece compares this deep sleep to a journey beyond time, with a hopeful note the creature will awaken with spring.
Experiments with several groups show that a man five feet tall and 126 pounds can lift 156 pounds to 0.8 inches and 217 pounds to 1.2 inches. Taller men 6.1 feet and 183 pounds lift 156 pounds to 13 inches or 217 pounds to 6 inches. A 6 feet 3 inches man and 188 pounds lifts 156 pounds to 16 inches or 217 pounds to 6 inches. Overall, average strength equals lifting 30 pounds a distance of 21 1/2 feet per second.
A fragment discusses a Turkish phrase once familiar to the author and contrasts past and present generations. It mentions an Indian and a white man but provides no clear event or context. The text is incomplete and offers no definitive claim or attribution.
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