Local notes from Keokuk and surrounding Iowa towns
From our exchanges several residents visit relatives and assist at regional gatherings. Mrs Foley and daughter from Wash visit Parker home while Ella Alkire helps Daytons at a Chautauqua kitchen. Endicott and son Paul go to Washington to camp on the Chautauqua grounds.
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Ella Alkire
Washneg
Daytons
Runga Kitchen
Brighton Enterprise
Urs
Endicott
Paul
Iowa City Education Push Ties Growth to Colleges and Homes
Davenport Democrat notes Iowa City plans advertising to attract families to educate children and settle, citing a campaign to promote the city as an educational center and a pleasant home city. The move follows broader booster efforts in Des Moines Chicago St Louis and Davenport aiming to attract factories and population growth.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Des Moines
Davenport
Devonport
Iowa City
Cily
Edge Wade
Ndt
Comal Club
Heim
A Song Is Best In Nighttime Verses Of Rest
Poem extols the healing power of song, citing Isaiah and imagery of night, stars, and memory. It ponders a cherished, olden melody that soothes pain, heals scars, and steadies troubled hearts through verse and chorus. The piece blends religious allusion with wistful lyric nostalgia.
Borrowed Smiles and Wayward Wives in Stage Review
A fragmentary dialogue scene lurks behind a Chicago News flavor, featuring a prima donna persona pressed for opera choice and manager Julian’s curt put-down about the anvil chorus. Interpersonal quips reveal domestic banter and a humorously tense marriage dynamic amid theatrical backstage chatter.
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Julian
Chicago News
Fragments of a Lakeside Dinner Table Dialogue
Readable snippets show a literary dialogue in a domestic setting. A mother reassures Louise of love after scolding and a guest panel includes a sculptor humor about carving a fowl at a home table. Irregular speech and playful exchanges reflect social humor of the era.
Teetotaling Hal Chase and a tricky dime scam
The item recalls Hal Chase urging teetotalism in baseball and recounts Leroy Vigors jokingly asking to hit the middle ball. A London paper notes cross border currency tricks where an American dollars buys whiskey in the US and returns Mexican dollars as change, hinting at an exchange gimmick on the frontier.
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Hal Chase
Leroy Vigors
Vigors
United States
Mexico
Texas
Frowns Upon Football Board Passes Responsibility to Parents
Iowa Falls Aug 14 The Clarion school board proposes to remove football from the curriculum unless parents affirm their children may play. The move assigns responsibility for pupils safety and participation to the guardians, effectively declining district liability for fall sports.
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School Board of
Clarion
Iowa Falls
Oldest Man in Iowa Cornelius Monahan Dies at 103
Cornelius Monahan born in Ireland in 1806 dies at his Clinton home at age 103. A former sailor who traveled oceans and the Great Lakes, he witnessed Chicago’s rise from Indian village origins. He leaves twenty seven descendants.
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Cornelius Monahan
Clinton
Ireland
Iowa
High Seas
Great Lakes
Chicago
Metropolis
Teacher is Drowned in Des Moines River
Ottumwa Iowa August 14 Ernest Miller of Douds Leando vanished after falling from a boat while teaching in Van Buren county schools for fifteen years. Searchers found him drowned south of Keosauqua along the Des Moines river.
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Ottumwa
Ernest Miller
Douds Leando
Des Moines
Kesauqua
Miller
van Buren
Play for Iowa Golf Title in Ottumwa
William Sheehan of Hyperion Des Moines and Ralph Rider of Wave land Des Moines will play 36 holes for the Iowa golf championship. Sheehan beat Dwight B. Baker of Ottumwa 5 up 4 to play in the semifinals, while Rider defeated Roy Smh of Ottumwa 3 up 2 to play.
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Iowa
Ottumwa
William Sheehan
Hyperion Club
Des Moines
Ralph Rider
Waveland Club
Sheehan
Dwight B. Baker
Rider
Roy Sm@h
Gasoline Tank Explosion Injures Ottumwa Youth
Ottumwa Iowa August 14 Clell Ware son of George Ware of Moulton was brought to the Ottumwa hospital with severe burns from an auto gasoline tank explosion. His face and eyes are disfigured by the burning liquid.
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Ottumwa
Clell Ware
George Ware
Moulton
Ottumwa Hospital
Historic Building Burns in Mason County
Lexington Kentucky August 14 The courthouse at Washington Mason county noted for Uncle Tom sale was struck by lightning and destroyed The building dates back to 1794 and its loss marks a historic municipal event with severest property damage and cultural significance.
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Lexington
Washington
Mason County
Uncle Tom
Grain And Provisions Trading On The Chicago Board
Fear of a wet harvest in the northwest pushed wheat prices higher on the Chicago Board of Trade with gains of around one to two and a half cents. Corn oats and provisions closed firm with Sept futures at 98 3 4 to 98 3 4 cents for wheat and 65 cents for corn. Cash prices listed include No 2 hard wheat at 1 01 to 1 03 and No 2 corn at 69 cents.
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Chicago
Northwest
Board of Trade Today
South Omaha Livestock Prices and Receipts Notice
South Omaha cattle receipts 900 steady with native steers 4.50 to 7.25, cows and heifers 3.00 to 5.00, western steers 3.50 to 5.50, stockers and feeders 2.75 to 5.25, calves 3.25 to 6.75, bulls and stags 2.75 to 4.75. Hog receipts 2,900 up 10 cents. heavy 7.30 to 7.60, mixed 7.40 to 7.50, light 7.45 to 7.70, pigs 6.25 to 7.00, bulk 7.40 to 7.55. Sheep receipts 5,090 steady. yearlings 4.75 to 6.50, wethers 4.00 to 4.75, ewes 3.75 to 4.50, lambs 6.75 to 7.75.
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South Omaha
Chicago Live Stock Market Report Summary
Chicago stock report shows cattle receipts 1600 with strong beeves from 4.35 to 7.50, cows and heifers 2.25 to 6.30, stockers 3.10 to 5.15, westerns 4.15 to 6.25. Hogs receipts 11006 with prices from 7.15 to 8.05, bulk 7.50 to 7.80. sheep receipts 8000 with sheep 3.00 to 5.10 and lambs 4.75 to 8.10.
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Chicago
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