Rainy weekend brings light shower to Packwood area
County news from Packwood notes a pleasant rain Sunday evening. Local residents, including Mr. and Mrs. Smith and families, visited relatives in Davis county and nearby towns. The community reports farmers making hay despite late corn and mentions social events at the M E church and visits among neighbors.
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Packwood
R. M. Smith
Will McCreary
Davis County
Bruer
Oskaloosa
K. A. Metter
Emily
Mary Dysart
Kansas
Pleasant Plain
Fairfield
Ola Farmer
Jennie
Etta Edmund
Marion Clevenger
Afton
Iowa
Mr. Ruggles
Opha Steel
Richland
Vera Leming
Ladies’ Aid Society
M. E. Church
Cora Peterson
Illinois
Parsonsville Week in Review Farmland Families
Parsonsville residents report visits and health notes. Mrs William Bush and son Glen stay with relatives in Albia. Miss Tressie Nelson improves after illness. Albert Olson and C P Nelsons visited the Fordby Carlson home. Mrs Grant Nelson returns to Galesburg after staying with the J R Nelsons. The Vedin and Engstrand households host visitors. Bates Bush Root families join Jean Parsons for Sunday.
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Neb
George Rizor
Grace
Anna Murphy
Nebraska
Rizor
Floyd Smith
Washington
Ben Hanson
Laura
Heaton
Milton Graham
Charles Carter
Fairfield
Marion Davis
William Brown
Parsonsville
William Bush
Glen
Albia
Tressie Nelson
Albert Olson
C. P. Nelson
Fordby Carlson
Grant Nelson
Galesburg
J. R. Nelson
John Vedin
John Engstrand
Salina
George Bates
Victor Root
Jean Parsons
Local Visitors And Church Supper Support Piano Fund
Mrs J J Minard and Mrs Anna Riefsnider stayed with relatives near Bernhart and Ottumwa respectively. Visitors include Mrs Wheatley from Fairfield and Rev T H Scrambler from Des Moines who has resigned. The Christian church choir held an ice cream supper to raise funds for a church piano.
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Stockport
J. J. Minard
Bernhart
Anna Riefsnider
Ottumwa
Mary Newman
Wheatley
Fairfield
G. C. Mendenhall
J. H. Douglas
William Turnham
Anna Rava
Packwood
T. H. Scrambler
Des Moines
Scrambler
Dr. Graber
Olive Swan
Burlington
Christian Church
Elm Grove Social Notes Amid Sunday Visits
Elm Grove June 29 report lists numerous Sunday visits among residents. Families from Fairfield Collett Packwood Batavia Pleasant Plain and Abington join at various homes. Marriages births and a Plum Grove Sunday school election announced with officers named.
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Elm Grove
Ed Rains
C. D. M. Rains
Orion Pfeiffer
Frank Oriez
Harry Thomas
Fairfield
Alonzo
L. A. Wilson
Chas. Nelson
Plum Grove
McPherson
Velma Wilson
Isabelle Wilson
Clara Rains
Fannie Junkin
Libraran
William Hafferty
Collett
C. D.mcpherson’s
Dave Salts
Wm. Fisher's
Estella Macy
Pleasant Plain
J. M. Fisher's
Eddie Hagans
Willie
Lee Heston
Roy Berchtold
Albert Wilson
James Wilson
Batavia
J. W. Wilson
William Wiggins
Frank Morgenski
Omer Myers
Abingdon
Maud Stanford
Brookville
Grace DeGood
Charles Salts
Jake Shanstrom
Halleck Wilson
Loren Six
Packwood
Horton
Glendale Weather Affects Rye While Hay Harvest Boosts Lincoln
In Glendale on June 20 the Sunday night rain helped corn but damaged rye. Last week Ray and Burns Parker of Lincoln reported a strong hay harvest, indicating favorable yields despite the wet spell.
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Glendale
Ray and
Burns Parker
Lincoln
Prizes Announced for Old Settlers Day Competitions
The Old Settlers Association announces contests for Jefferson County residents on the first of September. Prizes include the James prize in literature for best original story, a prize for best drawing or painting, a county distinction medal, a best original poem medal, and a prize for the best original scientific work if entrants appear.
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Old Settlers’ Association
Jefferson County
James
T. L. James
Fairfield
Jefferson County Teachers Institute Closes After Successful Term
The Jefferson County Teachers Institute at Fairfield hall Parsons college ended Friday after a successful term. Recitations finished Tuesday followed by three days of examinations. Under state law exams are sent to Des Moines for correction. results will be announced in about three weeks. Sixty five students applied for teaching certificates.
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Jefferson County Teachers’ Institute
Fairfield Hall
Parsons College
Des Moines
Jefferson County
Editor Fights for 200 dollars in Iowa dispute
Washington Iowa June 29 the Crawfordsville Imprint editor P C Huber contests a town board of health rule the state board requires published notices in local papers Huber seeks about 200 for a few columns while the board argues newsprint plates from Chicago can be used at a much lower price He has hired a Washington attorney and may sue the outcome could affect publisher practices across the state
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Washington
Iowa
P. C. Huber
Crawfordsville
Town Board of Health
Huber
State Board
Chicago
Man Nearly Dies From Gas In Street Work
Robert Fackler, a Town City Gas employee in Iowa City, was working on a Washington street gas main when a leak filled the trench with gas. He lost consciousness and was near death before rescuers revived him, amid notes of the near-fatal accident and gas exposure.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Robert Fackler
Fackler
Town City Gas Company
Washington Street
Bryan nomination dominates Democratic convention talk
Denver reports predict Bryan will win the nomination on first ballot if Gray and Johnson enter, with a likelihood of acclamation. Omaha mayor Dahlman leads Nebraska’s delegation and may become national committee chair, while Bryan seeks unpledged delegates and names his own campaign manager. Denver delegates prepare for seating contests and state headquarters allocations. The Lincoln visit with Bryan notes support for a strong anti injunction plank and Kern as acceptable vice presidential choice.
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Denver
Bryan
Gray
Johnson
James Dahlman
Omaha
Nebraska
Dahlman
Taggart
Lincoln
Neb
William J. Bryan
W. W. Black
Everett
Wash
Judge Black
John W. Kern
Indiana
Black
Delegates Named for Denver Convention from Philippines
Chicago reports 1008 delegates chosen for the Democratic National Convention in Denver but likely only 1002 will vote. A subcommittee ruled Philippine delegates may attend but not vote, aligning with the 1904 precedent.
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Chicago
Ill
Denver
Philippine Islands
Philippines
The Golden Mottled Spider Mystery Revealed
In Winslow Arizona Miss Clara Wharton and naturalist Alfred Wharton seek golden mottled spiders linked to a Tusayan cave. They discover a taunt treasure vault packed with gold dust and webs surrounding Alfred’s mummified body, silken shrouds encrusted with gold flecks.
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Clinton Mather
Courier
Miss Wharton
Alfred
Arizona
Boston
Mather
Homolebi
Winslow
Alfred Wharton
Sport the Barking Protector Scares Broadway Cargoer
A New York Times report describes a small dog named Sport in a Broadway car. The dog barked at a man who ogled the woman owner, drawing attention and silence from riders as the owner defended the pet and her safety.
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Sport
St. Bernard
Broadway
New York Times
Boston and Chicago clubs share memorable leg
The passage recalls a notable leg where the Boston clubs faced Chicago clubs. The Bostonians explain the encounter shows beans and pork rather than rk and beans, adding tabasco sauce to the mix.
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Boston
Chicago
Prison of Joan of Arc Found Near Rouen Reveals Ruin and Well
Excavation in the Ursuline convent grounds near Rouen uncovered the remains of The Maid's Tower. A circular foundation and a central well, dated to the era of Joan of Arc, show the site was a prison tower until its ruin in 1431 and subsequent clearance in the late 18th century.
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Rouen
Joan of Arc
Ursuline Convent
Maid of
Joan
Louis Mouchard
Beggars on horseback travel world wide in tales
A narrator cites beggars on horseback in Roosia and Argentina noting poverty amid travel caravans. He mentions Chinese riders and a Maltese beggar with a spring wagon, then resumes his tale seeking a copper to stave off starvation.
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Hal
Roosia
China
Malta
A Missouri Fish Story From the Blue River
United States district attorney A S Van Valkenburgh relates a Kansas City Star tale of an old fisherman using a weighted barrel and a windlass to pull fish to the surface. His four sons beat the water with paddles sending a surge that drew shad carp catfish and jack salmon into a 160 pound harvest.
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Blue River
A. S. van Valkenburgh
United States
Kansas_ City Star
The Accident of Sex in Howe's Boston Address
Julia Ward Howe spoke before five Boston religious associations praising progress in gender reform. She argued the rehabilitation of the sex under a democratic moral order, asserting no precedence of masculine force over feminine fineness and equal promise and responsibility in the new Christian teaching.
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Julia Ward Howe
Boston
Preservation Principles Stall Timber Cutting
Plodding Pete refuses to chop wood for dinner, citing forest preservation and his personal ethics. He argues against harming the monarchs of the forest despite their prostrate position at his feet. The exchange highlights a steadfast stance on conservation over immediate need.
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Pete
Forest
Unfortunate Misunderstanding Quoted in Punch
A brief Punch quotation recalls a misinterpretation about leaving a situation due to a spouse’s fear of “sinful life” and the presence of servants, reflecting social attitudes toward conduct and domestic life of the era.
Governor Cummins May Resign and Return to Law
Des Moines reports Governor Albert B. Cummins of Iowa, a progressive leader and Dolliver opponent, is considering resigning to resume law practice. He says no final decision has been made as he weighs the fate of Allison’s Senate seat and future political prospects.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Albert B. Cummins
Progressive Party
Dolliver
Allison
Cummins
United States
Senate
All for Love: A Retort in a Daring Exchange
A curt exchange stages tension as an older man accuses a young suitor of kissing his daughter. The man responds with sharp wit, saying he would rather disappoint the father than his daughter.
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Little
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Winslow Courier
Union Hotel
Clara Wharton
Mother
Joan OF Arg
Missouri
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Bert Barrow
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