Local social visits noted in Washington area
Virginia Lemley visits Glen Beal home in Brighton for a day and attends Mary Elizabeth Beal's party. Mr and Mrs Owen Cnossen visit their son in Keota. Louise Willits returns to Keota after nursing training stay. Miss Mina McCleery comes to Washington to shop from Crawfordsville. Hattie Ciendenning travels from Keota to Washington for a day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Lemley
Brighton
Glen Beal
Mary Elizabeth Beal
Owen Cnossen
Keota
Gladys Benson
M. Benson
R. S. Anderson
Rock Island
Louise Willits
Mattie Moore
Emma
Oskaloosa
Fred Moore
Mina McCleery
Crawfordaville
Washington
Hattie Ciendenning
F. EB. Carter
Anita
Iowa
Frank Canter
Women use Ebys Capsules for headaches and pain
Advert reads a box of 12 capsules priced at 35 cents and lists vendors including Shermans Washing ton Sands Bros and Ainsworth. The page also mentions local visits and travel plans of residents from Ft. Madison to Burlington and Mason City areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eby'’s
Sherman's
Washington
Sands Bros
Ainsworth
Sherman
Washington Sands Bros
Local residents travel and shop days in Washington area
A jumble of short notes records residents visiting relatives in Ohio Wisconsin Colorado and Arizona. It notes Mrs. I E Urichsville and others returning from trips and lists multiple local families visiting or traveling, plus a few shop sales and fashion notices in Wells Craft Salon Co and Burson Hosiery. Betty Stephen returns from Moline by train. Leland Myers enjoys vacation and visits Keokuk friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland Myers
Mrs. J. M. Myers
Keokuk
Iowa
Betty Stephen
Moline
Don Guthrie
Betty
Dempsey Becomes Independent After Manager Split
Jack Dempsey and manager Jack Wearns end their contract. Dempsey will sign to fight this September as his own boss. An insert promotes Arch-Preserver shoes at $10 per pair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Dempsey
Jack Wearns
Dempsey
Train Robbery Near Miss Aboard Fifty Dollar Bill Theft
Mrs. Rockwell travels to New York with a fifty dollar bill tucked in a pincushion. A quick theft on the train nearly robs her, but she recovers the bill from a suspicious woman. The twist: the husband had actually given no money, and the missing bill was left pinned to the pincushion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mra. Rockwell
Mrs. Rockwell
Grose
Bag
Mrs. Rock
Easy to Draw Crowd of Dwellers in City
A man in tweeds stands outside a shop and gazes skyward between a church spire and a factory chimney. A boy, three onlookers, and later four policemen observe the scene as a crowd gathers. The wax model is found undamaged when the man in gray is brought indoors for relief.
Honey as Food Since Ancient Times
This excerpt traces honey as mankind’s first pure sweet and its origins in southwestern Asia. It notes bees were plentiful in early lands, with Moses’s land of promise described as flowing with milk and honey. Modern travelers find honey abundant in Palestine and northern Arabia, where bees fill crevices, rocks, and hollow trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asia
Moses
Palestine
Arabia
Fish Line Solves How Young Have Dried
A Boston Transcript quip notes the riddle of how children dry after washing. The playful line suggests a fish line as the unlikely but reel solution to drying the little ones. The remark echoes a lighthearted exchange about everyday mysteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Toofus Philosophizes On Life And Growth
A nameless narrator and Toofus discuss life purpose in a moralizing tone. Toofus answers that growth is the aim, insisting that even a small potato at the start can grow. The exchange highlights a developmental ethic despite its casual mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toofus
Post
Summer Styles at Carter's Bayon Close Out
Mr and Mrs Richard Johnson and children Vernette and Richard Jr return from a two month automobile trip visiting Wisconsin Indiana Illinois Minnesota Michigan Canada and Iowa They traveled the Lake Superior drive from Duluth to Canada and shared stories with Richard senior and brothers Herbert and Vernon along the way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernette and
Richard, Jr
Wisconsin
Indiana
Ilinois
Minnesota
Michigan
Canada
Iowa
Lake Superior
Duluth
Devi's Lake
Richard
Herbert
Vernon
Local Births and Visits Highlight Haskins Area News
Mr. and Mrs Robbs Scott of Wayland welcomed a ten pound boy. Mr and Mrs J B Randle celebrate the arrival of their first grandson as their family includes four girls. Mr and Mrs David Clark of Monmouth Illinois visit Joe McCreedy home north of Haskins after driving over Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robbs Scott
Wayland
J. B. Randle
David Clark
Monmouth, Ilinois
Joe McCreedy
Haskins
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Buck
Buckaroo
Acitus Mtigue Clark
William Neill
Frank Howard
Heidelberg
Fox Tonight
D. F. Macon
John Clark
Robert
Ft. Madison
Lucile Cummings
West Chester Savings Bank
Gztt
National Photographers Convention
Chicago
Isateed
White Yard
Mise Isabajie Lemmon
Burlington
Mobiloil
Brown
Page
Maurine Wilson
Nora Hicks
Marguerite
Hampton
Town
Mae Crone
Mason City
Mangold
W. W. Cherry
Walter Jones
Montreal
T. C. Davis
Whit Davis
Crawfordsville
Joe Link
Miss Nellie
Miss Minnie
Davenport
Hans
the Wardrobe Cleaners
Ago Todzey
W. H Latta
County Recorder
Me Kuthatta
Denver
McElhinney Drug Co
JHO
Mepdas Ted
Hudson and Essex
Urichsville
Cleveland
Ohio
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Burson
Wells- Craft Sales Co
Mildred Craig
West Chester
Fairfield
Maynard Brown
Mrs. O. M. Swisher
George Stewart
Naniteo, Colorado
Wells Crail Salon Co
EK. J. Smith of
Kinross
C. Fink of
Wellston
John McCleery
Pauline Kongable
Winfield
Martha Lauderman
Crawfordeville
George McVarland
Irene Roderick
Paul Gorham
John Conrad
Jake Garrick
C. L. Shanafelt
Seymour
Belle Rice
A. FE. Atchison Florsheims - Arch Preservers
Short Story Pub
Washington Cleaners
Coats
Coats and West
Pr Cc
Eixtra
South Side Square
W. Long
Carter
Wells-Crail Sales Co
Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Johnson
W. F. Jurging
N. D. Anderson
Fork Taxi Service
Võil
John Shields & Sons
Woods
Countess of George Batten Co., Inc
OWA Associated Newspapers
Royal Union
Des Moines
the Journal Is A
Iowa Associated Newspapers
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