Leighton News Mixed Local Visits and Influenza Toll
Ed Van Gorp and Earl Black from Pella attend a Leighton shooting meet while others visit Oskaloosa and Sully. A two year old dies of influenza with pneumonia after a funeral in Leighton. Townsfolk host and attend dinners, visits to Camp Dodge, and health scares as influenza cases rise. W J Robinson urges parents to model good character and condemn vile language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed van Gorp
Earl Black
Pella
Leighton
John Rempe
Henry Rempe
Boland
Fred den Burger
Oskaloosa
Rev
Ossenaarde
Rene
Gerrit Meppelink
Sully
T. de Wolf
Eddyville
Tonie Braam
Joe Ettema
Chateau
Montana
E. Dykstra
Harry
Connie
Hattie DeBruin
Jake Rooke
Refinement in Language and Character for Children
An exhortation on moral refinement, arguing that disciplined language reflects inner character. It urges parents to cultivate right ideals and patient nurturing, noting many children are sent into the world with indifference or worse toward vital welfare practices.
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Ain
How to Fight Spanish Influenza Dr W Bowers Advice
Advice column urging avoidance of crowds and germs, plus routines for staying healthy. Recommends cleansing the mouth skin and bowels with a vegetable pill, bed rest during a hard cold, hot lemonades and mustard foot bath, and using Anuric tablets to flush kidneys. Ends with a tonic claim for Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
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W. Bowers
USA
Pleroa
Week of Prayer Inspires Central College Students
The Central College students recount a blessed week of prayer with daily gathers in the new dorm parlors led by Miss Graham Prof Heemstra Rev Ossenaarde and others. Testimonies rose on Wednesday and Friday as students affirmed faith and commitment to Christ and college life with sermons at the First Reformed church and campus sessions.
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Central
Graham
Christ
Consulor
God
Father
Prof
Heemstra
Ossenaarde
Leighton
Pres. Hoffman
Bosch
Dean Pietenpol
First Reformed Church
Cornelia Duiker
Enos Heeren
Dreadful Cough Cured in Marysville Testimony
Mrs B W Olsen of Marysville Missouri reports her child Jean suffered a severe cold with a dreadful cough for days. After trying many medicines Chamberlain's Cough Remedy relieved the cough promptly and the boy recovered soon after. The ad claims notable effectiveness for severe colds and lingering coughs in children.
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Chamberlain
B. W. Olsen
Marysville
Jean
Notice of Tax Sale and Redemption for Iowa Land
John Worth please note the description of real estate in Lake Prairie township Marion Iowa sold for 1914 taxes on December 6 1915 to D P Van Zante for 61 100 dollars with a ninety day redemption period from service of notice and a treasurer deed planned if not redeemed dated January 21 1919 D P Van Zante owner of certificate
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Lake Prairie Township
Marion County
Iowa
R. R
D. P. van Zante
First Lecture Series Delights Audience at YMCA Hall
Bohumir Kryl and his daughters Marie and Josephine opened a five part YMCA lecture series at the high school auditorium. Kryl famed cornettist, accompanied by Marie on piano and Josephine on violin, offered a brief but highly enjoyed program. The evening stressed recreation as vital for youth and adult education and featured engaging, high quality performances.
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Bohumir Kry
Marie
Josephine
Kryl
Quartets Delight Audience at Pella Friat Event
The quartets presented at the Pella event Saturday January 25 impressed listeners with sacred and humorous selections. Bachman emerged as a skilled soloist and the group offered entertaining pieces that led some to call for an encore.
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Pella
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Dringe Albert
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P. A
Samhill
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Winston-Salem
N. C
Oni Tier
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