Baseball Tournament Set During Chautauqua Week
Washington Chautauqua board schedules a nine inning baseball tournament the week of August 11 featuring Wellman Riverside Richland Brighop and Keota. Five games planned two at Southeast Washington grounds three on Chautauqua grounds with free tickets for eligible soldiers widows.
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The
Washington Chautauqua
Chautauqua
Sec
Alex Miller
Cunningham
A. H. Wallace
A. K. Dewey
Anderson
Board of
Washington
Wellman
Riverside
Richland
Brightop
Keota
Local residents travel and visit to Chautauqua circuit
Helen Whittaker departed for Brighton this morning. Mack DeLong of Crawfordsville spent the day here. Lydia Eicher came from Wayland. J A Hillhouse of Havre visited the city. Stanley Miller returned from Naple Co. I J Palmer and wife came back from Colfax. Mrs J Wilson left for the south. Mrs Diller went to Havre to visit relatives. Laura Dupuis arrived from Keota for a few days at home. Ed Harvey and daughter left for Columbus Junction and Chautauqua. Several others headed to Columbus Junction and Chautauqua. Mrs R T McCall and Mrs Lizzie Anderson came from Keokuk after the funeral of Dr Maxwell. Anderson has been away seven months in California.
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Mack DeLong
Crawfordsville
Lydia Eicher
Wayland
J. A. Hillhouse
Havre
Stanley Miller
Naple. Co
I. J. Palmer
Colfax
J. Wilson
Mrs. Diller
Laura Dupuis
Keota
Ed Harvey
Helen
Columbus Junction Chautauqua
Frank Bandy
Columbus Junction
Chautauqua
Dessa Walenito
Blanche Nicola
Lilian
Pansy Minick
The
Junction Chautauqua
Ed Brown
Dot Keister
Delia Tomlinson
R.T. McCall
Lizzie Anderson
Keokuk
Maxwell
Anderson
California
Grasse as World Center of Perfumery a Century Ago
In Grasse France the perfume trade centers on Jasmine rose tuberose and orange blossom with farmers delivering flowers for processing. The article explains cold and hot fat-absorption methods to create pomade and essential oils, noting many so called scents do not resemble their names and that true essences are derived from a limited set of flowers.
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Grasse
New York Herald
Understanding Clouds and Their Upper Air Motions
Clouds are water in visible form created by cooling air that once held vapor. Each cloud marks the top of rising warm air into cooler layers. Altitude is inferred from shape shadow and illumination. some clouds reach ten miles up. At five miles high, wind speeds triple in summer and sextuple in winter versus surface currents.
Expensive Hats Through History from a New York Dealer
A prominent New York hat dealer recalls the costliest hat ever made, a $1,500 gold presentation hat given to General Grant in Mexico in 1882 now at the National Museum. He notes Panama hats once sold for $500, four sold in a day in 1872, and that such hats are no longer available. He explains true Panamas are from Ecuador and Peru supplies the finest pita fiber hats that can fold into a vest pocket.
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New York
General Grant
Mexico
National Museum
Washington
Panama
South American
Peru
Revival of Mummified Snails After Tepid Water Soaks
A naturalist found snails revived after four years in warm water used to remove shells from mounts. Other specimens left loose for about fifteen years revived when placed in tepid water for cleaning, surprising the owner as they crawled about the basin again.
Vacation train fares to western resorts in 1905
The Iowa Central lists low round trip excursion rates for summer 1905 from Brighton to destinations including St. Paul Minneapolis Duluth Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Salt Lake City Ogden Portland Ore and Hot Springs Ark Tickets go on sale after June 1 with limits ranging from 30 to ninety days Some routes offer extensions and stop overs and agents or A B Cutts G P T A can provide full details
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Pacific Coast
Iowa Central
Brighton
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Salt Lake City
Ogden
Portland
Ore
California
Hot Springs Ark
A. B. Cutts
Frisco and Southern Railway to run through Sleeper service
Beginning November 15 and daily thereafter until summer 1905 the Frisco System with the Southern Railway will operate through Pullman Sleepers between Kansas City Missouri and Jacksonville Florida as part of the Southeastern Limited. The train leaves Kansas City at 6 30 P M and includes an electric lighted cafe observation car with modern equipment. Berth reservations may be made through Frisco representatives at the Passenger Traffic Department Saint Louis.
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Frisco
Southern Railway
Kansas City
Jacksonville
Fla
Southeastern
Saint Louis
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Oxford
Gibson
Work & Meek
Bragg
W. N. Bragg
Schneider Building
Fast Side
ICE Cream
Roy Y. Stichter
Santa Fe
Geo. C. Chambers
MW Equitable Bidg
Des Moines
Iowa
Grand Canyon
Board of Directors
Helen Whittaker
Claude Rosenberger
Riviera
Mitchell
Mitchell A
Railroad Standard
Elcin Movements
H. F. Steck
Washington National Bank
McElhinney Drug Co
W. E. Logan
North Side Furniture Man
North Side Furniture Store
W. E. Logan CO
Florida
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