Society Notes Highlight Local Club Meetings
The column lists upcoming events including the 1. A. R meeting at Mrs. Cruce Ratcliff's home, Eastern Star in their hall, and embroidery and quilting gatherings. It notes Mrs. Maude Carlson’s return to Coal Valley and praise for her candiate instruction, plus teas and Ladies Aid meetings at local churches with details on times and hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Star Order
Frank Lucas
Thursday Embroidery Club
South Third Street
Maude Carlson
R. N. of A
Coal Valley
Miss Washington at the Orpheum Tomorrow
The comedy Miss Washington comes to the Orpheum tomorrow with a 4:15 school matinee. Alice Altwold fabricates a web of lies to cover a hotel encounter with Ber enice Somers and Cleverly Trafton, only to trigger a cascade of complications as relatives and a fiancé arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Altwold
Berenice Somers
Mrs. Gardner
Markland Hotel
Alice
Paul Carroll
Berenice
Trafton
Early U S presidential elections and electoral history
A condensed review of the first U S presidential election in 1789 detailing state participation, electors chosen by legislatures, and the electors voting for two candidates. It covers Washington and Adams outcomes, the 1792 results, Monroe's 1820 landslide, and a single vote against Monroe that preserved Washington's unanimous record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rhode Island
North Carolina
New York
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
South Carolina
Georgia
John Adams
Adams
James Monroe
John Quincey Adams
Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Miss Mabel Gantz Ill At Home In Brookville
Local personals note several residents visiting and traveling. Illness includes Miss Doughty and Miss Gantz with grippe, while others like Mrs Flagg and Mr Hendershott are seen about town. Several families move or travel for work and illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Gantz
Hub
Brookville
Marie Doughty
East Briggs Street
Shoes That Do Not Wear Out Esparto Footwear Endures
Esparto shoes made from coarse esparto fibers remain worn in Iberia and Portugal. No shoe lasts longer than them, not even leather. A pair has outworn a dozen tanned hides. stones lodge in the interstices and replace as fast as worn. Some wearers boast twenty five years or more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iberia
Portugal
Spain
Pause, friends cried a wag in village crowd
A would be politician faced a shrinking audience as he spoke and called for a pause. A local wag shouted back that the discourse was full of dirty expressions, provoking laughter and a taller crowd dispersal in the village setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago News
Making Sure of It
District Visitor argues the poor deserve aid after long visits to discuss their hardships. Friend questions whether the suffering is truly as extensive as claimed. The dialogue captures a social reform theme from Lon don Stray Stories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Rao
Cimbermeek
Preven
Nic
Wolf Chemical CO
Quincy, I
The Journal Want Ads Offer Reliable Results
Local readers are urged to try The Journal Want Ads for dependable returns on listings. The note emphasizes practical placement and broad reach for buyers and sellers alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Journal
Church Ladies Chicken Supper Set for Feb 8
The Ladies of the Christian church plan a chicken supper on Thursday February 8 from 5 to 8 PM at the church. Supper price is 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies of the Christian Church
Gas Leak Report Urges Public to Notify Locals
A townwide alert requests residents to report visible escaping gas on streets to designated helpers as investigators search for the leak location.
Neighbor Tells Cure for Kembago Lumbago
Mrs G Eveland of Duncan Mills Illinois reports relief from lumbago after using Foley Kidney Pills. She says a neighbor gave her a half bottle and two or three pills completely relieved pain. She endorses Foley Kidney Pills for toning weak kidneys and boosting appetite energy and sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Eveland
Duncan Mills
Euley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ladies Aid of the Baptist Church
Methodist Church
Ray Maxwell
W. Adams
George Washington
Orpheum
Louise M Alcott
D. C. Flagg
Brighton
Frank Payton
Stockport
Elizabeth Kelly
Des Moines
Geo. W. Yarrington
J. H. Stuckey
Seymour
Bert Hendershott
Ottumwa
Clyde Harlan
City
T. G. Moyer
Pittsfield
Illinois
Walter Matlock
Eldon
Florence Garber
Mrs. Matlock
Centerville
Mr. Matlock
Elva Sater
Horace Todd
A. Lear
Dallas City
C. A. McElderry
Chester
Alice Slaughter
O. E. Kirby
Fred Malnix
South Fourth Street
Mrs. Russell Johnson
Creston
Fred Graber
East Lowe Street
Leonard Bristow
William Cupp
Birmingham
Charles Benn
Son of
Packwood
K. of P.’s
O. W. Green
Flossie Young
Salina
J. P. Manatrey
Blue Grass Road
James Topping
George Holtz
Ashley, IL
Frank Mrogenski
John W. Peebler
Libertyville
Rhetorica! Paws
Haydens Cedar
Day Glass
Uae
Bette
Gaines Bros
SAN Tox Drug Store
Gaumer Bros Jewelry
Journal Classified
Russia
MR. Young Man
C. E. Anderson
Mexico
William Desmond
Danny
Fairfield Theater
Enid Markey
Fairfield Theatre
Mayden
Privwaion
Tar We
Williams Mfg. CO
Cleveland
Yairfield Theater
William Desmond and
Charles Murray
Fairfield Steam Laundry
Shriner & Johnson
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