Local notices and cinema listing from Clinton area
Report notes Bert Bartlett recovering well after serious operation at Clinton hospital. Dr. Roach buys Prestors Deid itch restaurant, plans to leave town, family loved in the community. Mrs Bat Neilson injured by a horse stumble, improving but not yet fully recovered. Circus film The Old Maid's Baby starring Baby Marie Osborne shown at New Orpheum, with behind the scenes circus life and a love triangle plot featuring Glen, a prim aunt, a studious spinster, and a professor.
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Bertlett
Clinton Hospital
Dr. Roach
Deiditch
Hones
Marie Osborne
New Orpheum
Babs
Vroundat
Ja Big Circus
Glen
Orphen
Iowa State Fair Harness Race Program Attracts Crowds
The Iowa State Fair announces an attractive race program for August 2029 with thirty one events including harness and runner races. Added Money Plan will boost purses by reallocating entrance and start fees to the prize fund, benefiting drivers and horsemen and promising better sport for spectators.
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Iowa
State Fair Derby Attracts Top Distance Runners
The State Fair Derby for run ding the distance and mile and a quarter will be raced Saturday afternoon August 23. The purse is rich and should draw real distance runners. Several owners have named entries and a strong day and footing may make the race hot. The Derby has long been a popular event among owners and finishers, with Canadian horses also claiming prize money in past years.
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Towa State Fair
Camila
Fraternal and Lodges Schedule Under Local Fraternity Notices
Regular meetings held monthly by Fraternal Masonic lodges and related orders. Includes A F and A M 36 with visiting brothers welcome, Bath Chapter 94 RA regulars second Tuesday at 8 pm, Tancred Commandery 40 third Tuesday at 8 pm, EB 8 No 175 fourth Tuesday, and July August pause. O F B regular Monday nights with visiting Knights welcome. MLWAe regular meeting second and fourth Wednesday with visiting Neighbors. Jackson Lodge No 33 I O F meets Fridays. Pope Rebekah Lodge 136 meets at IO OF hall on 1st and 4th Tuesdays. Mystic Workers Maquoketa Lodge 163 meet second Friday monthly at Woodmen hall. visiting members welcome.
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Masonic Fon
C.F. Cram
Fred Gurius
Bath
T. “Mortensen
Wm. Hancock
Jackson Lodge
Q. F
A. Floitz
Chas. Seda
Pope Rebekah Lodge No. 136
Irma Coverdale
G. Laure Haylock
Mystic Workers
Left Foot Largest and The Main Point
A fragmentary piece discusses foot size differences and shoe fitting noting the left foot is often larger and suggesting measuring it first. It then shifts to a moral about running away from danger through a story told by Mer about a boy named Charlie Rosshow who was lured away by a man promising candy and never returning.
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Eve
Jer
Firther
Charlie Rosshow
Early India Rubber Erasers Reach General Use
The article notes that India rubber first appeared as an eraser around 1770, with a small piece valued at three marks. It explains that its use spread gradually, with earlier crude methods replaced before erasing needs became widespread in towns.
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India
Wis
Disagreed With Him Scolding Note From Family Scene
Fragmentary report describes a disagreement involving Bert who could not eat porridge without distress from a cat. It mentions a scalding incident by his sister and a rude remark to her girlfriend, with incomplete details about the situation.
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Bert
Tor
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