Early Town Businesses and Pioneers Recalled
The passage lists Paylor Bros. general merchandise, Fluke Bros. Hardware, Robinson and Tomlinson shoes, and J H Penn Drug Store with locations tied to existing stores. It names contractors George Brookman and W W Clark, early residents, and 1908 city officials including Mayor A B Payne and Clerk Elmer Brown, with council members L T Reed and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Bros
Paylor Bros
Chamberlins Jewelry
Neu
Fluke Bros. Hardware
Clark and Coy
Robinson and Tomlinson
O. Akin Lumber Co
J. H. Penn Drug Store
Monahan
A. B Payne
Elmer Brown
Henry Nott
Farshall
J. P. Jones
L. T. Reed
J. F. Hanna
S. B. Smith
L. G. Blakslee
J. G. Savage
C. E. Ledgerwood
Local Your Town Notes and Travels
Frank Mahaffey Jr of Flem ing Colorado arrived Sunday night with a truck load of potatoes. He will visit his grandparents Mr and Mrs Frank Fleming and other relatives. Mrs Virginia Hanna started a new job in the Taylor Baty Credit Exchange office. A C Davis and wife plan several weeks in Omaha at their daughter Mira Frank Peterson. Mrs Levi Kernen and son Ray of near Bedford Mrs Wintermute and daughter of near Conway and Mrs Lela Price of this place were Shenandoah visitors Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Mahaffey Jr
Fleming, Colorado
Frank Fleming
Virginia Hanna
Taylor Baty Credit “Exchange
A. C. Davis
Omaha
Mira
Frank Peterson
Levi Kernen
Ray
Bedford
Wintermute
Conway
Lela Price
Shenandoah Victors
Washington, D. C
Pathfinder
Washington
Local residents visit and seek medical care nearby
Mrs. Nellie Norris remains ill but improving. Leaurelle Perry and family from Hemet California arrived to visit relatives here. Mrs. Louisa Perry plans to return home with them. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Houchin drove to Excelsior Springs Missouri Tuesday for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leaurelle Perry
Hemet
California
Louisa Perry
Mr. Perry
Frank Houchin
Excelsior Springs
Missouri
Mr. Houchin
Local residents relocate to new homes near Gravity
Rufus Martini is ill at his home east of Main Street. Mrvand and Mrs Honuchin have moved from their farm north of town to a new home in South Gravity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus
Martini
Main Street
Mrvand
Honuchin
Mrs Abbie Reid Visited Families Over Sunday
Mrs Abbie Reid who is employed at the county home spent Sunday with home folks Mr and Mrs W R Brookman Betty Lou Mr and Mrs J W McFarland of Blanchard who spent Sunday at the Darrell Reed home at Ottumwa visited at the Mrs G L Brookman home Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbie Reid
W. R. .Brookman
Betty Lou
J. W. McFarland
Blanchard
Darrell Reed
Ottumwa
G. L. Brookman
Mrs Lottie Kern and Kern Family Attend Dinner
Mrs Lottie Kern Mr and Mrs Odie Kern and son and Clarence Heninghill of Louisburg Kansas attended the birthday dinner of Mrs C Nelsthex at her home here Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lottie Kern
Mrax
Odie] Kern
Clarence Heninghill
Louis Berg
Kansas
Mre. C. Nelsthex
Hemlock Spruce Popular Highway Trees Across Regions
The article notes the hemlock and spruce as common roadside evergreens in moist zones, detailing seven American species from Japanese and Chinese varieties to Carolina and Western hemlocks. It discusses range, growth habits, and ornamental value with regional adaptability considerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horthersien United States
Virginia
Georgia
Alaska
Idaho
California
New York Herald- Tribune
Wisdom in Pictures cartoon shows Jammed rush to save drowning farmer
A comic panel depicts Jammanyites rushing to aid a farmer who has fallen into water. The distressed man shouts for them to stay back, saying he does not want to be waved, highlighting the scene’s humor and local political color.
Thousands of Apple Varieties Mentioned by Bailey
The article cites L H Bailey noting that many thousands of pomological apple varieties exist and that seedling apples are new varieties. It lists well known commercial types such as Baldwin Ben Davis Delicious McIntosh Rome Beauty Winesap Stayman Winesap York Imperial and others amid ongoing creation and loss of varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Bailey
Cyclopedia of American Horticulture
Baldwin
Buckingham
Canada
Haas
Maiden
Blush
Monmouth
Newton Spitzenburg
Northern Spy
Northwestern
Rambo
Astrachan
Red Canada
Rome Beauty
Bury
Scatt Winter
Wae
Stark
Stayman
Winesap
Sutton
Swaar
Tolman
Tompkins Ring
Wealthy
Westfield Ayest
Williams
Wolf River
Yellow Transparent
York Imperial
Roosevelt a Church Man
Theodore Roosevelt belonged to the Dutch Reformed church and attended Sunday school and services with his parents. He confessed faith before college, taught Sunday school, preached, and valued church work as moral responsibility. He attended Grace Reformed in Washington and served as a vestryman at Christ Episcopal in Oyster Bay, often singing hymns and reciting the creed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Agia
Washington
Roosevelt
Grace Reformed Church
Oyster Bay
Christ Episcopal Church
Desert Arabs and the Spirits of the Dune
A fragment describes how deserts host both familiar and unfamiliar creatures and a hidden, invincible race. It portrays the Arab as a man of many moods who encounters desert spirits good and evil guiding or thwarting him through uncertain journeys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Desert
Characteristics of tale determine its economic importance
The article notes tale materials influence industrial value and use in ceramics, paper, paints, rubber, textiles, glass, insulation and lubricants. It mentions refractory facings, roofing, coal mine dusting, and shapeable baked forms for electrical fittings. Java products can harden after treatment and Bisg is used in crayons and pencils.
Frost Temperature Explained by Weather Bureau
The weather bureau explains frost forms when temperatures near the ground drop to or below 32 degrees Fahrenheit while air a few feet up remains warmer. Clear mornings often show a greater difference, with near ground surfaces cooling faster than higher levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nellie Norris
Aichi
Pathfinder and
Operetta
B. J. Flick
Flick
Lucas
J. AL Lucas
Citizens State Savings Bank
J. Kirkates
Bedford National Bank
Iowa
Nathaniel Shukret
Palmolive Theatre
WEAF
Red
Wetmore Funeral
Burlington
Ord
G. E. Smith
F. A. Hines
James R. Locke
Reid L. Hunt
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Independent
C. B. Eller
Dentiat
Clarinda
B. E. Wycoff Fye
Walter Cramere
West Side
FORD
Lock
Creston
C.a.snow & Co
8Th St
Bee, Fein, Geval Iedad
M. R. Francis
J.S. Pieringer Optometrist
the Atlantic Monthly
the Atlantic
America
Arlington St
Boston
the Independent
MSG
PATHE
Ci Better Homes
Cheek
Ames Rn
Fend
MhagGates
Ere Eed
Ania Maa ‘Magazines
American Poultry J
the Country Hown CO
the Farm Journal
OC Capper’s Farmer
Gentlewoman
Home Circle ET Household Magazine
Mother's Home
Successful Farms
Woman's World
Pall Xing
Fixal
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