Social gathering at A C Miller home with forty guests
A pleasant social event occurred at the A C Miller residence east of the city last evening attended by about forty young people who enjoyed a delightful time. Mr and Mrs Henry Strouse traveled to Muscatine to visit Harry McKay. Agent F F Roland plans a trip to Van Meter to reunite with his wife visiting relatives there before returning to reside in the city. Olive Means marked her tenth birthday with many invited friends and refreshments.
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F. F. Roland
Rock Island
Winterset
van Meeter
Iowa
Jas. K. Marbourg, Jr
Emporia
Kaw
Knoxville
J. K Marbourg
Walter Keating
Keating
Crystal Lake
Hancock County
Great Rock Island Route Offers Wide Summer Excursions
Travel ads promise low fares from Washington to Colorado resorts Spirit Lake Okoboji and more with first class service. Destinations include Des Moines Louisville Cleveland and San Francisco with Pullman Sleeper daily except Sunday and special dates for group trips. Agent F E Stewart invites readers to see him for details and tickets.
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Louisville
Cleveland
Ohlo
G. A
San Francisco
Great Lakes
St Pau
Spirit Lake
Okoboji
Washington
Colorado Springs
Pullman
Chicago
Pac
High Rollers Burlesque to Open at The Graham
The High Rollers burlesque company brings The Pan American Exposition and Alice of Old Vincenne to The Graham footlights the last of October. Roland Reed’s comedy Humbug staged by Walter Hodges with a New York cast also headlines. Karl King trotting horse earns fast time. Miss Mabel Howard honored at Coppock home. Pat Tobio Jr home destroyed by fire with insurance coverage.
Runaway Horses End Dramatically Near City Square
Exciting run away involving Adam Wombacher ten miles northeast of the city as a bay and a black horse hitched to a lumber wagon sprint from the square toward the High School. The wagon seat fell out and Wombacher steadied the wagon box, avoiding damage though he was shaken. Two Evans sons riding near town were thrown when their horse became unmanageable, breaking their right arms.
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Adam Wombacher
Mr. Wom
Cascarets Candy Ad Warns Against Fraud on Tablets
An old advertisement touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic with the C C C logo on every tablet. It warns buyers not to accept substitutions, cautions against counterfeit sales, and notes availability through all druggists with the caution toc.
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Toc
Johnson's bakery offers cakes and breads tomorrow
Mrs. Nettie Anderson of Ainsworth visits her parents Mr and Mrs G T Auld today. J T Burk of Randolph Neb buys E N Renshaw residence on the heights and will move here by the end of next month. Mrs Burk, sister of Mrs W H Butterfield, is visiting.
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Johnson's
Johnson
Mr. and
Mrs
Favorite Prescription Helps Mothers Through Childbirth
A Manitoba husband reports his wife used Dr. Pierce s Favorite Prescription five months before her first childbirth. He says it prepared her for motherhood, reduced pain, boosted nutrition, steadied nerves, and improved recovery without alcohol or narcotics. He praises its safety and plans to recommend it widely.
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Robert Harden
Brandon
Manitoba
Miss Minnie Finney Returns From Washington Visit
Miss Minnie Finney spent time with her sister Mrs. F. G. Sands then returned to Washington. Citizens attended the Woodmans picnic at Muscatine. Mrs. Dr. Hewins of Davenport arrived for a visit with many friends. Miss Allie Nicholson of Pleasant Plain visits relatives. a team of M L Miller’s mules frightened near the central telephone office, crashed into a buggy, then stopped near Walker's drug store.
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Washington
F. G. Sands
Dr. Hewins of
Davenport
M. L Miller
C. P. Nichol
Walker
Washington Visitors and Socials Note Aug 16
Aug 16 report lists Little Dorothy Latchem and Mamie Cherryholmes visiting in Washington. Miss Edith Clark traveled to Washington to visit her brother for a few days. H EK McCollum of Washington was a business visitor in town. Mrs R S Smiley hosts dinner for niece Myrtle Smiley of Hawilton Mo. Cal Dodds of Washington was in town today.
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Dorothy Latchem
Washington
Mamie Cherryholmes
Edith Clark
H EK. McCollum
R.S. Smiley
Myrtle Smiley
Hawilton
Local Notices and a Grim Folk Tale Fragment
August 16 G M Friend and T L Emry visit Winfield and Derby for business and social calls. Derby Iowa Mrs A J Johnson visits town while L E Severance of the C R I & P travels through Davenport. Dubuque resident Mrs J W Stapeton visits friends. The Fisherman’s Gamble In bad weather the fisherman's wife recalls a haunting clock motif and the refrain wife widow wife widow. A line from Cynthia In the West echoes the tale.
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T. L Emry
Winfield
A. J. Johnson
Derby
Iowa
Cynthia
Constrictor’s Body Reveals Consumption Tuberculosis
Chicago reports reveal a boa constrictor from Lake Park was found to harbor tuberculosis bacilli in lungs liver and bronchial tubes. The animal died after two years without nourishment and experts say infection likely came from earth containing human sputum.
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Lake Park
Academy of Sciences
Self Possessed and the Evening Paper Standoff
In a Colorado Springs scene a man endures a late night as mulled voices echo in a parlor and a gas meter ticks on. He calls for the morning paper while a funny man from The Daily Bugle answers that no paper has arrived yet as they ponder keeping house or living apart.
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Daily Bugle
Colorado Springs Gazette
Absolute Zero and County Convention Notice
A science note explains absolute zero as the temperature where heat ceases and particles rest, about 274 C or 461 F. The Prohibition County Convention is set for August 27 at Smouse's Hall, Washington Iowa, to nominate county and state senate candidates and hear Rev Howie speak on liquor opposition.
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Prohibition County
Smouse’s
Washington
Iowa
W. M. Howie
Lawrence
Kansas
Citzen
Four Meals a Day Gaining in New York Dining
An uptown restaurateur notes a trend toward four meals a day in New York replacing the traditional three meals. Breakfast lunch dinner and supper are now being requested by many, with the belief that a fourth meal helps avoid supperless nights and indigestion remains debated.
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United States
Canada
Did Mrs Highlife’s gown fit well the costly gown
The Tit-Bits humorous exchange notes Mrs Highlife’s traveling gown fit well yet proved too expensive forcing her to abandon a trip and remain at home.
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State Board of Dental Examiners
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Sherman
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