Local Briefs Highlight Visits and Holiday Plans
Mrs Floyd Cushman of Ottumwa visits relatives in the city. Attorney J A Huglin attends to business in Ottumwa. J P Lewis ill at his son Sam Lewis home. Clinton lodge No 15 meets to confer third degree. Mrs Will Newnam returns from Memphis Mo. Jessie Baker of Des Moines to visit for Christmas. Mrs I V Miller and Coriene Carter Jest head to Des Moines for holidays. Parsons College annual oratorical contest in Barhydt chapel with free admission. Byron Neibert goes to Galesburg Ill to assist Adams Express during holiday rush. Kate Porter of Rippey to spend holidays with Huglin family. Mrs G W Johnson returns from Mt Pleasant. Nellie Neibert returns from Kirkwood, Galesburg, Monmouth. Noble Kiger and Minnie Cox depart for Los Angeles for winter with relatives. Fred Walton of Muscatine, AOUW Grand Master Workman, visits Elden then returns to Fairfield for lodge. P H Deahl and Amelia Ford wed at Birmingham. home near Birmingham. Girl Teacher Lassoes Coyote in Gillette Wis. Alta Scott, teacher, kills coyote after lasso and stone throw.
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Parsons College
Barhydt Chapel
Byron Neibert
Galesburg, Ill
Adams Express
HURT THRICE KILLING TURK
William Morton a Colorado farmer injured while trying to kill a turkey for dinner. He aimed an ax at the bird, was blinded when a feather tapped his eye, cut his hand on glass, and while cutting the turkey’s neck his toe was severed. His son finished the task.
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Greeley
Colo
William Morton
Mortan
Morton
Beer As Fly Control Attracts Crowds In Cleveland
Dr. C. E. Ford of the city health board cites beer as the superior fly bait after reports from 36 training school girls who formed a fly swatting club. They swatted over a million flies in the campaign, with a single girl record of 2,500 in one day.
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Cleveland
C. E. Ford
City Health Board
Opportunity to Buy Jefferson County Horse Farms
Auction note offers two Jefferson county horse farms for sale or trade. A 100 acre farm south of the city at 60 dollars per acre and a 40 acre farm east of the city at 100 dollars per acre. Trade possible for western lands or Jefferson county property if priced at cash value. 923 Harper Brush Works.
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Jefferson County
City
Harper Brush Works
Fern Leaf Candies and Holiday Goods Ad
Fern Leaf Candies offers pure wholesome treats backed by pure food law guarantees. Available in pails or boxes with quantities down to a penny. Also selling tree ornaments and candles, three dozen per box at 10 cents. Specialties include good coffee and tender steak.
What the Sam Hill by Wib F Clements
A humorous life sketch new from author Wib F Clements, based in Agency Iowa. The volume receives praise from James Whitcomb Riley and the Des Moines Capital with additional positive notes from the Boston Globe. Available at the Fair Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Hill
Wib. F. Clements
Iowa
James Whitcomb Riley
Des Moines
Boston
Mass
Globe
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the Daily Journal
Floyd Cushman
Ottumwa
J. A. Huglin
J. P. Lewis
Sam Lewis
West Burlington Street
Clinton Lodge No. 15
A.F
A. M
Will .Newnam
Memphis
Ed. DuVall
West Briggs Street
Jessie Baker
I .V. Miller
Coriene Carter
Kate Porter
Rippey
South Main Street
G .W. Johnson
Mt Pleasant
Nellie Neibert
Kirkwood
Galesburg
Monmouth, I
Noble Kiger
Minnie Cox
Los Angeles
California
Fred, Walton
Muscatine
The
Eldom
Pairfield
P. H .Deahl
Amelia Ford
Birmingham
E .G. McKibben
Presbyterian Church
Deahl
Coyote
Gillette
Wis
Alta Scott
Colorado
Davis
Gobble & Heer
Goblleer Heer the Home of Good Clothes
North Side Square
Anderson's
Swell Shoes
J.C. Thorne & Son
Riaa
San Clemente
U. S. Army
Cook & Beall
Missouri
B.D. Kerrick & Co
Walter Baker
Che
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