Local News and Chautauqua Notes from Keota Eagle
Miss Ora Henderson returns from Columbus Junction Chautauqua while Miss Blodwin Jones visits from Burlington. Deputy county recorder Ruth Latta enjoys Kendall Kansas trip. Ferne Parks returns to Delta from Missouri. Howard McCleery and family come from Chicago to visit. Mrs. Eugene Anderson returns from Portland after a year in the West. Jesse Longwell, Doctor Wells consult in Chicago about low red blood cell count. advised rest due to overwork. age sixty one urged to retire from active business life. J F Graham sells Charley Bower farm in Washington county to Jno Greiner for 38400. Embree buys back and plans new house. Greiner to move after selling current home. South Side Market advertises 15 cent bacon and best meats. Journal printing sale bills.
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Jesse Longwell
Doctor Wells
Chicago
Mr. Longwell
Wellman
J. F. Graham
James Embree
Washington County
Jno
Greiner
Charley Bower
Embree
Bower
Keota Eagle
Do Not Argue With Those Who Differ Says Eloquence
A reflective essay argues that disputing differences inflames conflicts. It urges individuals to avoid heated debates, stating truth rests in maintaining personal convictions without attempting to convert others. The piece promotes listening, civility, and restraint as strength, not weakness.
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Court of High Appeal
Care of Fruits Lemons and Oranges Preservation Tips
Practical kitchen guidance on storing lemons and oranges. Keep in cool dark places, lemons wrapped and hung, or peeled and preserved in jars or alcohol. For lemons use dry method, air exclusion with a tumbler, or make lemon extract or juice with sugar. Oranges stored similarly, laid flat to avoid touching, with periodic turning.
Household Hints From The Kitchen And Workshop
Practical tips for homemakers include padding ironing boards with newspapers for padding, keeping drawers sliding smoothly with soap, varnishing linoleum periodically, adding paraffin to wash water to deter pests, cooling ham before removing skin, mending hemstitching with insertion, preserving cheese with vinegar wrapped cloth, and washing hairbrushes daily with a rotation of two brushes to maintain shine.
The Puzzler No. 81 Amputations
A puzzle item asks for wordplay by doubly beheading and curtailing to yield various results. Each clue pairs an oppressive influence, sticks to a pronoun, optical illusions, a quick glance, a malady, and a replenition with outcomes such as a young bear, a pronoun, a tattered fragment, a little demon, a large body of water, and a low shoe.
Guess the Seven Letter Schoolboy Game
RIDDLE based on letter inclusion clues yields a seven letter word meaning a favorite schoolboy game. The pattern points to a common pastime named by seven letters.
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Man
Boy
James
Roy
Rufus
Phil
Ben
Will
Jake
Jack
Ned
Sam
English Rhyme Puzzle Ends In Praise Or Shame
Hans sees sausage and sheep dyed and hens eggs in a scene of rhyming clues. John complains of dryness yet feels fine. The window pane brings no pain as he sighs at this odd English design.
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Hans
Geographical Puzzles No 84 country state city
A puzzle passage asks to identify a country a state and a city from cryptic clues. It lists sections I II III with items hinting at geography terms and wordplay such as a celebrated town in England a track for travel and snakelike fishes.
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England
No 87 Divided Words Puzzle
A word puzzle asks to find paired meanings hidden in phrases. Each clue blends two definitions such as a grain and a summer necessity in a molding, a buzzing noise and state of mind, and more, ending with a pair like an American general and a boy’s nickname in allowed.
Oh, the Difference to Him in Modern Fashion
A brief Chicago Record-Herald snippet contrasts changing values with a candid exchange about attire and domestic life. A man remarks on hip fashion's decline while another asserts shared living space with his wife, highlighting social attitudes of the era.
Key to the Puzzler No 73 to 80 list of puzzles
A sequence of puzzle items and clues from a periodical including Hidden Cities Jumbled Names Diamonds Endless Chain Riddle Word Square Double Acrostic and Vegetables with listed answers such as Berlin Paris Moscow Henry Moses Mose Tom Frank Nemo Nate Ray Harry Hank Seth Sam John James Jose Joseph Jesse Thomas Cantons London Hero Even Real Only Artichoke Parsnip Carrot Cabbage Asparagus Lima Yam Salsify Corn all presented as a puzzle feature section.
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Berlin
Paris
Moscow
Henry
Moses
Mose
Tom
Frank
Nemo
Nate
Ray
Harry
Hank
Seth
Sam
John
James
Jose
Joseph
Jesse
Thomas
Mantle
Canton
London
Local News Briefs From South Side Market And City
Nice spring lamb sale at the South Side Market. Mrs. Hull and Mrs. Vand Dyke return home to Crawfordsville and Winfield. Loraine Meyers goes back to Ainsworth after a city visit. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Barnes return to Crawfordsville after a day in the city. Albert Delaney and family visit Atlanta Illinois. Charles Mercer and son head to Oskaloosa. Private sale of household goods to be sold by Sept. 1. Leila Wallace departs Delano, Minn. E. W. White and son arrive from Colorado to visit near Ainsworth.
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Loraine Meyers
Ainsworth
Harvey Barnes
Crawfordsville
Chautauqua Grounds
Albert Delaney
W. A. Green
West Monroe St
City
Leila Wallace
M. Y. Wallace
Delano
Minn
E. W. White and Son
James
Colorado
Harry White
Noisy Exchange From The New York American
A fragment from the New York American features a humorous clash between two boys, one claiming he and Chimmie played president and that Chimmie hogged the title of undesirable citizen, leaving him with nothing to do but mollycoddle.
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New York American
Testing Potatoes for Starch by Rubbing Halves
To test potatoes, cut the raw vegetable in two and rub halves together. If moisture clings and the halves drop, the potato will be soggy when cooked. A dry and mealy potato yields a rich froth, while a poor one shows only watery froth. Good potatoes also stick halves together when rubbed. The test gauges starch content, with more starch indicating a better potato.
Mrs. Chas. E. Smith Endorses King's New Life Pills
Mrs Chas E Smith of West Franklin Maine says she uses Dr King s New Life Pills as a family laxative because they are effective and discreet. The painless purifiers are sold at Lemmon s Pharmacy for 25 cents.
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Chas. E. Smith
West Franklin
Maine
Dr. King
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Davenport Times The Chamber adds theaters to circuit share growth
The Chamber lin-Kindt theatrical circuit expands to 40 percent larger, adding theaters in Illinois Iowa and Minnesota as it ships Western growth. A new Chicago general office replaces New York to secure time for the largest Illinois town circuit with a drive to bar immoral titles and ads, earning praise from women's clubs and organizations.
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Davenport
Chamberlin-Kindt
Burtis
Illinois
Moline
Wisconsin
Iowa
Sycamore
Ill
Oelwein
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Clinton
Ottumwa
Oskaloosa
Washington
Decorah
Dixon
Alton
Macomb
Decatur
Illinoistown
Grand Opera House
Woman asks for telephone at Rock Island depot
A passenger approached the Rock Island depot ticket window seeking a phone. Told the booth is in the men's waiting room she asked about rates. The clerk suggested asking central but the woman replied central isn’t in there, and the clerk collapsed from nerves.
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Rock Island
Werial
Central
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frank L. Wilson & Co
Dougherty Bros.en’s, Boys and Children’s Clothiers
Washington National Bank
Washington, Iowa
South Side
Crone, Oriez & Co
Ora Henderson
Columbus Junction Chautauqua
Blodwin Jones
Burlington
Chautauqua
Ruth Latta
Deputy County Recorder
Kendall
Kan
Ferne Parks
Delta
Maud Carson
Missouri
Howard McCleery
Eugene Anderson
Portland
Ore
Far West
Puzzler
Enigma
Puss In Boots
Chicago Record-Herald
F. L. Stoke
Newton
the Royal
John Applegate
Donald, Grace
Mauree
Atlanta
Lil
W. G. Robertson
Crawfordville
Charlies Mercer
Philip
Middle West
Arkansas
Lombardo
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