Local travel and household sale notices in City
Mrs Nathan Campbell was a passenger for West Chester last evening. Dr Sexton Dentist 1st stairway north of post office phone 604. Eva Long was a passenger for Crawfordsville for a brief visit. Lela Rhodes and Lillian Olds were passengers home to Ainsworth after a city visit. Private sale of household goods milch cow calf and young chickens at W Green 1009 W Monroe St City.
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Nathan Campbell
West Chester
Sexton
Eva Long
Crawfordsville
Lela Rhodes
Lillian Olds
Ainsworth
W. A. Green
Monroe St
Mrs Chas E Smith Loves Dr King's New Life Pills
Mrs Chas E Smith of West Franklin Maine endorses Dr King's New Life Pills as an effective laxative for the family citing painless cleansing and unobtrusive action. Sold at Lemmon's Pharmacy for 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. E. Smith
West Franklin
Maine
Dr. King
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
Local Briefs Highlight Travel and Visits Across Cities
John Haitt departed on the Milwaukee to Columbus Kansas while Acel Olds Will Chihak and Clarence Easter returned to Ainsworth after a brief city visit. Reverend Beyer of Brighton traveled east on Rock Island No 2. J A Harwood left for Chicago and on to Greenwich New York to visit relatives. S D Carris returned to West Chester for Chautauqua duties. John Buckley went to Chicago to see his son post appendectomy and G W Hobson and wife left for Chariton Iowa for a two week vacation from Hobson Gove jewelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acel Olds
Will Chihak
Clarence Easter
Ainsworth
E. G. Beyer
Brighton
City
Rock Island
J. A. Harwood
Chicago
Greenwich
N. Y
S. D. Carris
West Chester
Carris
Our Chautauqua
John Buckley
George
G. W. Hobson
Chariton
Iowa
Fish Wordplay and Naval Time Signals
A playful list pairs fish names with clues from a kids reading game such as Goldfish for millionaires and Sawfish for lumber yards. The page also describes Washington noon signal methods at the naval observatory, comparing them to Greenwich with precise clock transmissions and breaks to synchronize timekeeping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Observatory
Washington
Greenwich Observatory
England
Chicago News
Greenwich
Diamonds Burn Like Coal Fire Tale At Closing Time
A jeweler explains with a dark witticism that diamonds are coal carbon and burn in a fierce gemlike flame when set aflame. He notes no smoke or soot, and the plate ends clean, illustrating diamonds’ hidden combustibility beyond their famed hardness.
National symbols of countries and their emblems
The text lists various national symbols: the fleur-de-lis for France, the violet for Athens, the sugar maple for Canada, the shamrock for the Emerald Isle, the linden for Prussia, England with the rose, Italy with the lily, Germany with the carp flower, the leek for Wales, and the thistle for Scotland. It notes the United States has no national.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Athens
Canada
Prussia
England
Italy
Germany
Wales
Scotland
United States
Birthday Pinboard Game Based On Calendar Dates
A party game imitates the donkey game by using a 31-square calendar. Guests receive birthdate slips and, blindfolded, attempt to pin their slip nearest the correct date on the wall calendar. The closest pin to the actual birth date wins the prize.
Do You Know Who Was Poor Richard Benjamin Franklin
A Philadelphia Ledger feature presents a quiz on famous sobriquets including Poor Richard Sage of Greystone Sage of Monticello Hero of the Towpath Unconditional Surrender Stonewall Little David Gray Eyed Man of Destiny and names General William Walker with named attributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard
Benjamin Frank
Lin
Sage
Greystone
Samuel Tilden
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
Riddles from Africa and a Lifelong Stone
A wordplay exchange questions a window pane and a curtain, and a bell that cannot ring. It then asks for the quirkiest discovery in Africa, answered by a living stone, a nameplay on Livingstone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Livingstone
Johnny say asks dad for number joke punchline
A playful exchange where a child asks his father for a phone number after imagining eating a shop. The father dismisses the question, and the child answers with the number 812 as the punchline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
Mile a Minute Unsafe
Providence August 15 J Montgomery Sears a Boston millionaire died at Rhode Island hospital after a late night automobile crash between Apponaug and Norwood. His car, driven at about sixty miles an hour, plunged over an embankment after a front wheel broke on a sharp curve. Sears had a skull fracture, broken jaw and internal injuries. surgeons had little hope of recovery. Chauffeur George Saunders suffered two leg fractures and will recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providnce
J. Montgomery Sears
Boston
Appenaug
Norwood
Rhode Island
Hos Anl
Sears
George Saunders
Couple Leaves Two Year Old Boy in Car Near Farmington
In Farmington Michigan on August 13 a Ventine couple named Sheeffey traveling to Detroit forgot their two year old son in a car. The conductor noticed the child still sleeping when they changed cars at Farmington Junction and returned him without waking him.
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Farmington, Mich
Sheeffey
Detroit
Farmington Junction
Six Buried Miners Rescued Near Pachuca
City of Mexico reports six of eighteen miners trapped five days in the Santa Gertrudis mine near Pachuca Hidalgo have been rescued. Twelve remain underground as rescuers bore through rock in short shifts. Pressure on a pipe indicates some may still be alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Mexico
Santa Gertrudis
Pachuca
Hidalgo
Shah to Hold An Election in Iran
A Teheran dispatch says the shah will hold elections on September 14 and convoke parliament on November 14. The electoral system follows the Russian model with class representation, and the parliament will be similar to the Russian system with half of the members appointed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Teheran
M. Hartwig
Will reveals romance in Minneapolis estate filing
The will of late Minneapolis ex mayor Robert Pratt discloses a romance as Mary Bettin, his housekeeper, is left a share of a $20,000 estate with the pledge to marry him. She receives $2,000 Zenith Telephone stock and $2,500 from a life policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Robert Pratt
Exmayor
Mary Bettin
Pratt
Miss Bettin
Zenith Telephone Company
Duluth
Markets Report Hogs Cattle Sheep and Poultry Prices
Hogs receipts 22 000 with heavy and light hogs priced from 5 40 to 6 85. Cattle receipts 17 000 with prime fat steers 7 40 to 7 90 and cows 4 00 to 5 25. Sheep receipts 16 000 with wethers 4 10 to 4 50 and lambs 4 25 to 6 40. East Buffalo deals show hogs 6 80 to 6 90 and heavy at 7 00, sheep and lambs slower with best lambs at 6 15. Calves 4 00 to 8 00 tops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
East Buffalo
N. Y
Punning & Stevens
Columus Junction to Host Afternoon Concert by Local Band
The Columus Junction fair committee secured a local band for an afternoon and evening concert at the fair grounds next Thursday. About twenty members will perform, promising strong city representation. The band has been popular this season and is booking more dates. A Chau tauqua concert last night drew favorable comments and the group plans further engagements this summer and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columus Junction Fair
Columbus Junction
Chautauqua
One of the Essentials of the Happy Home
An advertisement extols knowledge of health products and promotes Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a proven family laxative. It urges buying the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product, trusted by physicians and well-informed readers, and sold by leading druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
Fresco work finished at Keota church and public reopening near
The Methodist church in Keota has completed frescoing by artist W T Johnson and helpers. Memorials and emblems adorn walls. Cork carpet is being laid, varnishing to finish, with reopening expected next week. Also included is a sworn affidavit from Frank J Cheney of Cheney Co Toledo, offering a Catarrh Cure and testimonials, with Hall's Pills advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
J. Cheney & Co
Sald ‘Rm
Hall
A. D
A. W
Ji, Cheney & Co
Hair Cut Off in Sigourney Barn Loft Incident
Maggie Downing a twelve year old girl was found in the loft of the barn at her home with hands and feet tied and her hair clipped close to her head. She says she was tied and hair cut off while unconscious and cannot identify the assailants. Relatives and friends are greatly distressed by the affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney, Iowa
Maggie Downing
Foley's Honey and Tar Promised Relief for Asthma Sufferers
Advertisement for Foley's Honey and Tar claiming immediate relief for asthma and cures for stubborn cases. Ends with endorsement by Lemmon's Pharmacy and asserts effectiveness for coughs colds throat and lung trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Notice No Meeting for QW BE. S. in August
An official notice states there will be no meeting of the QW BE. S. during August by order of the W. M.
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QW BE. S
W. M
Print Your Sale Bills at the Journal for Quick Printing
Bring your sale bills to the Journal to be printed using the best facilities. Fast service and high quality copies available to meet tight deadlines for auctioneers and sellers.
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Frank L. Wilson & Co
Dougherty Bros
Washington National Bank
Washington, Iowa
Arkansas
Lombardo
John Haitt
Milwaukee
Columbus
Kan
Frey
National Flowers
Will
Chicago Grain
Chicago Board of Trade
Studebaker
Washington Band
Holiness Prayer Meeting
A.C. White
West Fifth Street
George Wiegman
Abingdon
Ill
Harwood
Goon Shoe Store
Gurren Jrun Nan Non Ue
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