Easter visits and family milestones in Ainsworth area
On April 8 1912 residents shared Sunday visits and Easter travel news. R K E Rhea and wife, G W Marr and wife, G C Neis wanger and wife, F Chihak and wife spent Easter in Washington. Mrs T W Rowan of Washington attended her niece's funeral here Saturday. S B Thompsons daughter Mrs John Cunningham of Crawfordville visited the Easter home. Rex Sands and Miss Carrie Moore returned from Cedar Rapids for a Sunday visit. Dr Marion E Anderson of Clinton spent Sunday with his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
R. K E. Rhea
G. W. Marr
G. C. Neiswanger
F. Chihak
Washington
T. W. Rowan
S. B. Thompson
John Cunningham
Crawfordville
T. J. Easter
Rex Sands
Carrie Moore
Cedar Rapids
Marion E. Anderson
Clinton
Grand Prairie Social Notes From April 6 1912
Grand Prairie items record simple domestic activities. John Foster sawed wood on Saturday. Several residents including Miss Anta Otto Krotz Emma Milo and Wessil Sojka visited Miss Lela Smith Wednesday evening. Mrs L N Shuman and Mrs Tom Sterling with daughter Margaret visited Mrs Lewis Smith Thursday. L N Shuman had wallpapering done this week. Lewis Smith helped Ed Kos saw wood Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Prairie
John Foster
Anta
Otto Krotz
Emma
Milo
Wessil Sojka
Lela Smith
Lela
Charles Harrison
Washington
L. N. Shuman
Tom Sterling
Margaret
Ralph Shuman
Lewis Smith
Ed Kos
Crawfordsville Birthday Visits and Family News
L. J. Teas celebrated his 73rd birthday yesterday and today traveled to Washington to celebrate with his children Mrs Chal Ford and George Teas. Wright returned from Grinnell and Hinshaw from Oskaloosa. Mrs Sherm Benson of Havre visited the J C Mitchell home. Mrs Mac Roth of Wayland visited her parents Mr and Mrs W D Fishburn. Ellis Congable and Florence McCleary of Winfield spent time with Florence’s parents. H Hull returned home from Kirkwood Ill to be with her daughter Mrs Robertson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
L. J. Teas
Washington
Chal Ford
George Teas
Mr. Wright
Grinnell
Mr. Hinshaw
Oska
Sherm Benson
Havre
J. C. Mitchell
Mac Roth
Wayland
W. D. Fishburn
Ellis Congable
Florence McCleary
Winfield
H. €. Hull
Mrs. Robertson
Kirkwood
Ill
The Stars as Teachers and Temptations in a Graduation Oration
Howard Rann uses a humorous lecture on stars to lampoon astronomy and public perception during a 1911 graduation. He treats stars as patient, shifting entities from suns to Milky Way tropes, joking about butter, markets, and celestial navigation, while poking at distant and near stars alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard
Rann
Local residents visit, travel, and parish officers named
Local names crowd the page with visits and travel records. Henry McCoy family from Mt. Pleasant, Bruce McCleary back at Fairfield, J H Huston in Winfield, Datin to Bussey and Shaffer home, others travel to Washington and Monmouth. United Presbyterians elect officers W E Walker president and others. Joe Wooley to Iowa City for operation, Mildred Miller ill, Currie couple visiting Burling ton, Ferguson of Washington visiting, Cherryholmes and Rhea White return from visit. Drapery styles debut at Rothschilds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce McCleary
Fairfield
J. H. Huston
Winfield
J. B. Datin
Bussey
Iowa
John Shaffer
Datin McNeal
Macomb
Iinois
Luther Gormley
H. J. Cherryholmes
Burlington
Jane Swickard
Sigourney
Lee Shaffer
Washington
Henry Hough
Elmer McFadden
Joseph Murphy
Harold White
Gers
United Presbyterians
Pres
W. E. Walker
John White
Alice Hobart
T. E. Maxwell
J. G. Maxwell
M. C. DeLong
Joe Wooley
Iowa City
W. K. Wooley
Mildred Miller
Merle White
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Promoted for Children
The Child's Welfare movement urges mothers to use Foley's Honey and Tar Compound to combat coughs colds and related illnesses. It claims the preparation soothes and hastens recovery from croup bronchitis and pneumonia and lists All Druggists as a source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
City Bus Line Order Hotline Promises Prompt Service
Call up phone number 589 Black to place orders with Frank Rogers for the city bus line. The notice requests glue street and number for delivery or service details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Rogers
Melville Death Recall of 1879 Arctic Jeannette Rescue
Rear Admiral George Melville, famed for his Arctic engineering, died in Philadelphia. The article recalls his pivotal role in the ill fated Jeannette expedition and his solo search across the Lena region to recover De Long and the crew, enduring extreme cold and hardship with Seaman Bartlett and Nindemann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
George Wallace Melville
United States Navy
Melville
George W. de Long
North Pole
Bering Sea
San Francisco
Unalaska
Siberian
Yakutsk
de Long
Jeannette
Siberian Islands
Siberia
Charles W. Chipp
Semenovski Island
Lena
John W. Danenhower
Danenhower
Noros
Nindemann
Bulun
Lena Delta
Burulak
Bartlett
Labor news and notes from a busy period in labor history
The report covers carpenters in Chicago disputing a two and a half cent wage, miners seeking union recognition, a Cincinnati court ruling on a Grand Lodge suit, Columbia University students heading to the plains for harvest work, mine gas hazards as Britain’s strike hinges on unemployment, wage raises for Coke industry workers, Arctic expedition deaths and discoveries, and Melville’s arrival in New York in 1882.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia University
Kansas
Nebraska
Montana
Dakotas
College Bureau of Self Help
Britain
Enland
Kidney Pills Claim Cure for Robert Stevenson
Robert Stevenson of 1516 Fifth Avenue Council Bluffs Iowa reports severe kidney trouble and rheumatism. He says Foley Kidney Pills relieved the pain within days and claims a complete cure of kidney trouble with rheumatism fading, as noted by Lemmon's Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Stevenson
Fifth Avenue
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Foley
Lemmon
Kidney Pain Relieved by Foley Pills, Waterloo Man Says
P. L. Baker of Waterloo Iowa describes severe kidney trouble with back pains and irregular kidney action. After using Foley Kidney Pills the pains subsided and kidney function returned to normal. Baker credits Foley Kidney Pills with the cure and recommends them to others. Lemmon's Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. L. Baker
Waterloo
Iowa
Foley
Lemmon’'s
Sells Hearing Probes Liquor Shipment and Tennessee Projects
A congressional committee examined Representative Sam R. Sells of Tennessee on his claims. Sells authored a bill to curb interstate commerce limits in states with prohibitory laws banning liquor shipments. He also backs bills for public buildings in Newport Elizabethtown and Sevierville Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sam R. Sells
Tennessee
Sells
Newport
Elizabethtown
Sevierville
Tenn
Marriage License Issued To Tarrance and Diggs
A marriage license was issued Saturday to Samuel F. Tarrance and Eva J. Diggs, both of Rubio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel FF. Tarrance
Eva J. Diggs
Rubio
Mercer man reports relief from hay fever with Foley's Honey and Tar
G. H. Combs of Mercer Missouri says a prior hay fever and asthma attack improved after using Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. He notes it relieved his symptoms better than any other medicine, as reported by Lemmon's Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. Combs
Mercer, Mo
Foley
Lemmon
How Cold Affects Kidneys and Foley Kidney Pills
How cold causes kidney disease by reducing surface blood flow and congesting kidneys, and by overburdening them. Foley Kidney Pills strengthen the kidneys restore urinary organ tone and bladder action. A tonic remedy with quick results sold by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shailenberger
Bright
Market Recap Chicago NL April 1912 Livestock and Hogs
Reports show receipts, prices, and ranges across hogs cattle and sheep in Chicago with mixed conditions. Hog prices slow and below Saturday's average while cattle and sheep stay steady or strong, with varied weights and grades noted for beef and lamb markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Texas
Also Mentioned on This Page
FOX & Dewey
BASE
Nicola
Harmon
Shalleneberger
Washington, Colenso Hotel
W. E. Shallenberger
Lake Avenue
Ills
Drexel State Bank
Loosa
Frey
Studi
Mrs. Henry McCoy
Mt. Pleasant
J. B. McCoy
Andrew Ferguson
Samuel Ferguson
Harry Anderson
Quincy
Alex Clege
Charles McCleary
Monmouth
Misses Cherryholmes
Rhea White
Rothschild’s
Vercholansk
Secretary of Navy
Labor News and Notes
United States District Court
Cincinnati
Ohio
Grand Lodge of the
Ancient Order of United Workmen
William D. McKenny
Grand Lodge of the Order
Supreme Lodge
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Connellsville
Bulunto
Ambler
Ah Sam
Dr. Ambler
New York
Beauregard
Shiloh Battle Ground
Corinth
Miss. Grant
Corinth Road
Port Au Prince
Woos
John A. Babcock Commission
U. S. Yards
Illinos
Harry L. Kaga Morrison
Lamson Bros. & Co
Chicago, Il
Reister & Son
Hens Springs Roosters
Ogre Sth
Bcasudeudore
Esas Ooo
Cedkce
Eteadet Kegs
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