Chautauqua Opening Draws Record Washington Crowd
The Washington Chautauqua opened with the Elma B. Smith Company delivering a warm evening program led by Miss Smith. Merle Tillotson and Chas E Bechtel provided singing. Rev L D Young offered prayer. J B Crone praised the start and introduced J B Schrecken of Burlington as manager. The company appears set for a strong year with a well received performance and a bustling auditorium audience.
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Washington
Elma Smith Co
L. D. Young
R. B. Crone
Mr. Crone
Neightor
J. Bb. Schrecken
Burlington
Whreckengast
T. Wilson
J. B. Wast
B. Smith Co
Merle Tillotson
Etralto
Nina Isenhart
Chas
BE. Clarke
Bechie Allcock
Elma B. Smith
Miss Smith
Local folks visit and work around Chautauqua scene
Robert Crail of Oskaloosa and others were in town today for Chautauqua and local business. Several residents including George Clapper, Ben Alvine, and Curtis Wells with daughter Allie attended events or shopped. Dr. D J Dewey and Prof. P G Holden traveled for fairs and lectures while others kept time on crews and handled errands in this day's local activity.
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Art Willis
Winfield
Chautauqua
Ben Alvine
Near
Olds
Curtis Wells
Allie
West Chester
Tuberculosis Lecture Highlights Germ Cause and Prevention
Rev Kepford, a lay preacher with tuberculosis study, spoke on the lungs disease and its prevention. He defined tuberculosis as caused by a live germ one one-six hundred thousandth of an inch long, notes its historical discovery in 1841, and emphasized public health campaign efforts in the state.
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Soltau
A. EB. Kepford
Kepford
Medical Association
Little Paul Brock Sick In Washington State
Jan Brock three year old son of Oscar Brock of northeast Washington is very ill with dysentery and in critical condition this afternoon.
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Jan Brock
Oscar Brock
Washington
Make Hay While the Sun Shines as Thrifty Lesson
A thrift lesson urges preparation for illness as sunshine may fade. Dysentery diarrhea and cholera morbus can strike suddenly. Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is recommended for immediate use and may prove fatal if delayed. For sale by Cook Sherman and Stewart's Pharmacy.
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Chamberlain
Cook & Sherman
Stewart
Armacy
Weather forecast for multiple states tonight
Indiana shows showers and cooler with cooler in south portion. Illinois cooler in north and central portions. Wisconsin partly cloudy with showers in the south and cooler in the southeast. Iowa partly cloudy with showers and cooler in the east.
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Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Old Lady Wanders Away Near Pelan in Roseau County
Aug 24 The western end of Roseau county was in a fever after Mrs Stampf an 80 plus resident near Pelan wandered away. Searchers from Pelan Greenbush Badger and Roseau hunted two days until she was found roaming muskegs with no food. She is at her son’s home in precarious condition.
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Greenbush
Mion
Roseau County
Velan
Better Harbor Entry Suspended For Superior-Duluth Plans
Superior Wisconsin August 24 government engineers halted work on the new concrete harbor entry at Superior after warnings about the unsafe Duluth design. The Superior plan will be revised to avoid duplicating a previous error, with construction paused until changes are approved and then resumed to completion.
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Superior
Wis
Duluth
Superior-Duith
Chicago baseball scores and league results summary
Scores from leagues show Pittsburg 7 at New York 3, St Louis 5 like 5, Chicago 8 Philadelphia 5, Cincinnati rain. American: New York 3 over Cleveland 1, Detroit 7 over Philadelphia 6 in ten, Washington 4 over Chicago 1, Boston 38 over St Louis 1. Association: St Paul 8 over Louisville 1, Minneapolis 0 over Indiana 1, Milwaukee blanked Columbus 2, Kansas City 0 over Toledo 8, Lincoln 1 over Pueblo 0. Western: Omaha 1 over Des Moines 4, Sioux City 0 over Denver 4, Lincoln 1 over Pueblo 0.
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Chicago
Pittsburg
New York
St. Louis
Boston
St. Louis S
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Detroit
Washington
St. Paul
Louisville
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Milwanukee
Columbus
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Toledo
Omaha
Des Moines
Sioux City
Denver
Lincoln
Pueblo
Butcher Peter Manale Acquitted at Preliminary Hearing
In New Orleans on August 24 Peter Manale a butcher who killed his wife and shot Judie Rowe a paper hanger when he found them together in the Manale home was acquitted at his preliminary hearing. The proceeding was intensely dramatic with the judge sobbing at Manale's recital and spectators flooding him with congratulations. Rowe had habitually visited Manale’s house each morning around five o'clock while the butcher was at market.
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New Orleans
Peter Manale
Judie Rowe
Manale
Rowe
Day trips and visits across towns and states
David Eichelberger visited the Cocklin home in Ainsworth for a day or two. J. W. Sands left for Des Moines to attend the State fair, then Webster City to visit his brother for a few days. Miss Lee Seargent left Smith Center after visiting Cy Timmons. Edward Henn of Wellman rode through en route from Texas and planned a short Chautauqua stop. Mrs. H. O. Whitman returned to Biggsville after visiting I. K. Beale, and Miss Clara Spears left Knoxville Tennessee to work as a dorm matron.
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David Eichelberger
Ainsworth
Cocklin
J. W. Sands
Des Moines
Webster City
Lee Seargent
Cy Timmons
Smith Center
Kan
Edward Henn
Wellman
Texas
H. O. Whitman
Biggsville
I. K. Beale
Clara Spears
Knoxville
Tennessee
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White City
THE
Elma B. Smith Company
A. B. Kepford
Elma B. Smith Co
Dack Montgomery
Ohio
Dr. Soltau
Abraham
Robert Crail
Oskaloosa
George Clapper
Frank Buckley
Letts
W. O. Ralston
Near West Chester
Sherm Snyder
Kalona
Harold McWilliams
Ira Shanafelt
D. J. Dewey
West Liberty
Ton Brindley
Clarence Neville
Richland
Press Figgins and Family
Thomas Brooks
Inlaw
John Brooks
Wayland
Jane Kearney
Dellarport
Mrs
Mack Morris
Dr. McFarland
Keota
Alfred Good
Blanche
Frances
John Good
Rock Island
Charlies Rupp
P. G. Holden
Ames
Columbia Pharmacy
J. E. Lemmon
Prop
Paul Brock
Geta
Minnesota
Hood
Wone
Peter Pan
Mennen
Oamass
Washington, Iowa
Steck
Pickard
China
H. F. Steck
East Side Jeweler
J.c.smiths
Quarh Grocery
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