Local visits noted as residents travel
Miss Helen P. Wilson visited Fairfield this morning to see friends. Mrs. O W Sunberg traveled to Madrid Iowa after visiting at the F A and E P Mc Cauley homes and with Mr and Mrs Nelson Thompson. Hazel Hervey went to Ottumwa this morning after visiting at the B F Campbell home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen P. Wilson
Fairfield
O. W. Sunberg
Madrid
Iowa
F. A
E. P. McCauley
Nelson Thompson
Hazel Hervey
Ottumwa
B. F. Campbell
Local Social Notes From Wyman Area
Henrietta Wilson returns to her Wyman home after visiting Mr and Mrs Malcolm Montgomery and attending chautauqua. Ella Conklin of Keota stayed with the Joe Maxwell family and left for Ottumwa this morning. Acrobats better shoes for children advertised at Wilsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henrietta Wilson
Wyman
Mrs
Malcolm Montgomery
Ella Conklin
Keota
Joe Maxwell
Ottmuwa
Wilson's
Old floors get new look with electric surfaces
Mrs. Emma Miller returns home to Collinsville Missouri after about three months with her son Jesse J. Miller in this town. GF Anderson 62.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GF. Anderson
Emma Miller
Collinsville, Mo
Jesse J. Miller
Local residents and visitors mingle at Washington and area
Rollins Hose reports Murray McCreedy and eight others from Haskins spent yesterday evening in Washington. Mel Ebner and family visited Chautauqua in the morning. Marjorie McCreedy also attended. Several Haskins residents, Crawfordsville shoppers, and Keota and Letts visitors were seen in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray McCreedy
Love of
Haskins
Washington
Mel Ebner
Chautauqua
Marjorie McCreedy of
Samuel Irwin
Homer Hunt
Leslie McCreedy
Will McCreedy
Mae McCreedy
Mae McLaughlin of
Taking of Tolls in Medieval Europe and England
The article notes the Stade on the Elbe as the first recorded toll site in 1100 where vessels paid tolls. It also mentions tolls in England beginning in 1267 when every wagon paid a penny at a manor, indicating early toll collection practices.
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Stade
Elbe
England
Pratt and Little Display Walnut and Oak Dining Suites
Pratt and Little showcased two dining room suites in stock today a walnut model and an oak model. The dealers invited potential buyers to view the sets at their showroom and emphasize craftsmanship and style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pratt & Little
Social notes from Davenport and neighboring towns
Mrs Sterling White returns to Davenport after visiting Duluth Minnesota relatives and friends. Several residents travel to Durant Des Moines Centerville West Chester and Monmouth for visits and events including a fair dinner party and chautauqua. Vacationers report trips to California and Denver with ginger snaps promotion at Johnsons groceries and a car trip for Orville Caldwell to Denver. Genevra McCaw travels from Sterling Kansas for a few days at John Lytle home.
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Genevra McCaw
Sterling, Kan
John Lytle
John McCall
The Basilisk Tale Across Ages and Beasts
A description traces the basilisk from ancient Libyan deserts to a later usage as a term for a lizard. The creature is depicted as a yellowish serpent with white spots and a diadem like crest. Its breath and sight are said to be deadly.
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Libyan
Foretelling Weather Forecast Limits
The weather bureau notes forecast accuracy declines beyond a few days. National bureaus avoid detailed forecasts more than a week ahead, as conditions become unreliable under scientific principles.
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Weather Bureau
Captain ROS Mills Names New Steamer Hetkat
The Boston Cranscript reports Capt ROS Mills will name his new steamer Hetkat a blend of Kate and Helen Mills, the captain's two daughters. The unusual combo reflects family ties and maritime tradition.
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Miovida Exchange
Ros Mills
Hetkat
Kate
Helen Milla
Boston Cranscript
Watercress Pillows Touted as Insomnia Aid
Readable text claims watercress stuffed pillows help insomniacs. The report cites latest investigations and suggests pillows as a simple remedy.
Romance Cleared for Henry as Old Flame Returns
In a small town cottage Miss Mary Summers reunites with Henry Coleman after twenty years. She aids a hopeful match with her niece Edwina while concealing her own long held love. A sudden confession reveals Henry loves Edwina, but Miss Mary’s romance finally comes true at last.
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Mary Summers
Henry Coleman
Edwina
Miss Mary
Henry
Mary
Aunty
Miga
Roemance
A Familiar Path
Two women recall a wedding at their church the prior day. As Frank and the widow began their march to the altar the church lights went out. They quip that the couple kept walking and the widow knew the way.
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Frank
One
Poor Selection in a Liverpool Banter Exchange
In a brief dialogue a Liverpool navvy mocks reading ability and schooling. Bil admits limited literacy saying he learned only the letter o while noting the paper lacks a reliable guide. The exchange centers on confusion from reading the paper upside down.
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Bill
Liverpool
Bud
Bil
Hoover to Mediate Rio Grande Impounding Dispute
Denver reports that the Rio Grande Commission will hold hearings from September at multiple sites between Alamosa Colorado and El Paso Texas. Secretary Hoover will act as mediator with federal and state representatives from Colorado and New Mexico. The hearings explore how to relax the reclamation decree that restricts upper Rio Grande development and address interstate water use. Reports suggest sufficient flow to allow some development while considering Arkansas river and North Platte river compacts.
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Denver
Colo
Reclamation Service
Rio Grande
Rio Grande Commission
Alamosa
el Paso
Tex
Herbert Ff. Hoover
United States
Colorado
New Mexico
Elephant Butte Dam
Juarez
Elephant Butte
San Luis Valley
Kansas
Nebraska
Wyoming
North Platte River
Nation's Oldest Bank Origins Tied to Philadelphia
The Bank of Philadelphia founded by Robert Morris traces its roots to 1781 with a Continental Congress charter and became a national bank in 1854.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United
Secure Paper Safety Deposit Boxes Offered
A patron praises the safety deposit box as a reliable place to store valuable papers. The ad touts quick access, avoids delays, and notes a small monthly rental of eight and one-third cents. It invites readers to visit and discuss the proposition.
Parrot’s Return Echoes Through Neighboring Exchange
A speaker recalls a sultry storm warning and rheumatic pain as a mysterious voice urges forgetting. A parrot from a neighbor’s house appears in a rear porch transom, having flown away during cage cleaning. The memory centers on the parrot’s role in the moment.
Acoustic Horn Demonstration Yields Sand Figures
An experiment with a child’s tin horn shows how singing into the horn causes a thin paper cover and powder to form geometric patterns. The setup illustrates how early voice pictures were produced using simple acoustics.
St Bartholomew Massacre Traced to French Feud Origins
The massacre of the Huguenots began in April 1572 during clashes between the Guise Catholics and the Conde Huguenots in France. From the royal palace tower a signal sparked a multi week slaughter. Death toll estimates range widely from two thousand to one hundred thousand.
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France
House of Guise
Batal
House of Conde
Royal Palace
St. Bartholomew
First Mormon Boweries in Salt Lake City
The early Mor monks established the first meeting places in Salt Lake City called boweries. The Old Bowery, erected in 1847 on the present temple site, measured about 160 by 60 feet and used a pole and brush frame lashed with rawhide. Willows, sagebush and evergreens formed the exterior.
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Salt Lake City
Gillie's Duties and Highland Attendant Role
A Gillie is a Highland servant, boy page, or outdoor attendant serving those hunting or traveling. Historically a giltie white foot carried a taster over watery places and streams for his lord.
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Scotland
Livingston Return From Chicago With Miss Lowise
W Livingston came back from Chicago last night and was joined by Miss Lowise Livingston for an extended visit here.
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W. Livingston
Chicago
Lowise Livingston
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FOX
Richard
Talmadge
NAVY
Jack Hoxie
Horseman
California OR
Bust
Snub Pollard
Arch Best
Oxfords
Rollins
George Welch
Omaha
Brother
Sherm Welch
OH Boy Root Beer
McElhinney Drug Co
Rollins Hose
Lois Edgar
Crawfordsville
George Oaka
Wapello
H. C. Hendrix
W.C. Hendrix
Letts
H. B. Hodsell
Neal
Nebraska City
Cloyd Willits
Will Holmes
Margaret
Leora Dumont
Harper
Frances Gretter
Ethel Sherman
Frances King
Dora Eckland
Elizabeth Davis
Oskaloosa
Lake Geneva
Eva Smith
West Chester
Helen Mayhew
Rothschild’s
Sterling White
Davenport
Minnie Smith
A. J. Oliver
Mae Webe
Duluth
Minnesota
J. D. Clancy
Grant Humble
Susy Clancy
O. L. Allison
Vincent and
Eileen
Wellman
Durant
Ruth Pierce
Monmouth
Illinois
Ruth Kettering
Eva Cockram
Des Moines
John Hudson
Centerville
Bert Williams
Gerald Grey
Emma Cherry
Lem Cherry
H. W. Russell
Ed Bambrick
Evelyn
East Pleasant Plain
Dorothy Sutton
Town City
Kendall
H. FE. Busby
Wilda
Lucile
California
Long Beach
West
Johnson's Grocery
Andy Gump
Orville Caldwell
Denver, Colo
W. D. Loftiss
2Nd Street
Smouse Giorage
Clark & Ross
Ella Saunders
Western Newspaper Union
Hoover
Rio Grande River
Delph E. Carpenter
Arizona
Washington National Bank
Washington County
North Marion
H. D. Smith
Washington Cleaners
Parrot
St. Bartholomew Massacre
Mormon “Boweries
Gillie
John Shields & Sons
MR. P
Mr. Happy
Party
Vanita
Washington Oil Co
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