Red Men Pow Wow on Island Opens With Feasting and Fires
A West I O R M pow wow on Long Island hosts two to three hundred Red Men with tepees and camp gear as Birdie B and Mig non depart. National officials Day and Keffers expected tonight for ceremonies including adoption of palefaces, with many events, dances, races, and aquatic contests listed for Friday and Saturday.
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Birdie B
Long Island
Long Island Beach
F. A. Day
William Keffers
Abiz
E. G. O’brien
Bucklen’s Amnica Salve Promoted for Sores Burns and Collisions
An old advertisement touts Bucklen’s Amnica Salve as fast healing for sores and burns after an auto collision. The claim appears alongside Havercamp’s Prescription Drug Store listing price of 25 cents.
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Bucklen
Amnica
Havercamp
A Disappointment Remembered Across a Ten Year Gap
In a brief exchange quoted from Life, a woman recalls an acquaintance of ten or fifteen years and admits considering marriage, sparking the man’s dejected reaction as he realizes he is not unique in her memory. The dialogue centers on memory and missed romantic possibility.
Stranger to His Ways Bishop Fails to Knock
A distinguished Episcopal bishop arrives late to a small town finds the hotel closed. He pounds the door and a neighbor calls from a window, “Say, stranger, knock like the devil.” The bishop answers, “I don’t know how.”
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Episcopal Church
South Muscatine Couple Wed in Musserville
Blanche Washburn and Carl Tobias married in a ceremony at Musserville with family and friends in attendance.
Marriage of Blanche Washburn and Carl Tobias at M E Church
At the bride's mother's home in Muscatine last evening the marriage of Miss Blanche Washburn to Carl Tobias was performed by Rev W B Ireland. The couple, attended by Frank Tobias and Zelma McCleary, will reside with the bride's mother until September 1. A pink and white decor theme and a supper followed the ceremony.
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Ruth Stebbins
Nebraska Street
Blanche Washburn
Carl Tobias
W. B. Ireland
Musserville Methodist Church
Frank Tobias
Zelma McCleary
Mrs. Tobias
Fairfield
Iowa
East Hill News Reports Severe Injuries to Horse
An item notes a horse belonging to WW was shot with injuries described as severe. The incident is reported in East Hill News with emphasis on the animal’s condition and the act of shooting.
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WW. J
Storm Damage and Tragedy Reported in City and Nearby Areas
Severe rain and a 3:30 wind struck farm regions east and north of the city ruining corn crops and prompting fears of total loss. In town, a horse owned by Hartman was killed after it stepped in a street hole. A lightning strike on the Gueder home caused minor brick damage and a man nearby was stunned.
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W. J. Hartman
Mr. Hartman
East Fourth Street
Second
Parmelee Streets
Bloomington
John Gueder
Monroe Street
Earnest Gericke
Wilton Notes Busy Midweek Movements
Wilton Iowa residents make short trips and visits across Muscatine Davenport West Liberty and Rock Island. Attorneys, relatives and friends travel for business and leisure with many residents returning home after short visits.
Iowa City Social Notes and Local Events Details
Iowa City diary items span visits and departures, fair returns, and a Cedar Rapids move. The piece notes Agnes Wickes, Thomas Killion and son, Grace and Burdett Bunker, and others traveling to Tipton Waterloo Stockton Muscatine and Chicago, plus a staged fundraising musical The Singing School at high school hall September 15 and 16.
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Iowa City
Agnes Wickes
Davenport
L. B. Mason
Thomas Killion
John
West Liberty
S. E. Bunker
Grace
Burdett
Tipton
Cedar Rapids
Mmes
H. E. Nicolaus
W. A. Pye
W. D. Harris
George Bannick
Stockton
Henry Lang
Waterloo
B. D. Hicks
Ulla Brown
West Liberty Fair
Charles Lindsay
Chicago
High School Hall
J. van Trifle
Muscatine
Henry Dunker
L. R. Dunker
Hannah Gary
F. Lohman
Jokes About The Spinster And The Witty Husband
A brief London humor piece notes a wife praising a man who always says the right thing at the right moment while the spinster laments never meeting such a man. The joke turns on social irony and timing.
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London
Irs
Tongue Twisters Pique Readers in London Chronicle Note
The London Chronicle highlights tongue twisters from brief sets and Shakespeare lines. It cites tricky phrases like The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick and a Midsummer Night's Dream line about a lion's roar.
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London Chronicle
Vendetta in Corsica Follows Pig Entry Sparks Blood Feud
Rev. T T Norgate spoke at the Royal Geographical Society about Corsica's vendetta origin from a pig entering a rival's field. He claimed the feud has cost hundreds of lives and forged two families into lifelong enemies for over 300 years. The vendetta ethic condemns petty theft and prize fighting between locals.
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Royal Geographical Society
T. T. Norgate
Corsica
London Globe
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Elizabeth Reinert
Burlington
Harry Feltman
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East Hill News
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C. C. Sheppard
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Fruitland
Clyde Duncan
Grant Street
Emma Barry
Des Moines
W. J. Longstreth
East Second Street
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Wilton
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Robert Budelier
Rock Island
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Sweetland
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R. B. Kelley
W. R. Herr
Peabody
Kan
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C. W. Covell
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H. H. Johnson
Z. Hain
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Edward Ryan
Drew Cock
Paul Weiershauser
Elmer
J. Murphy
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Blue Island
A. R. Whitmer
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