Local News Roundup of Travel and Visits Across Iowa
Local notes detail residents and visitors traveling to Des Moines for the state fair, Havre and Knoxville trips, and excursions to Montreal Boston and Denver. People mentioned include W A Row Mae Harley Eli Jackson James Bidwell Maud Moreland Norton Corbin Albert Donovan Amy Edworthy Olive White and others with notes on pending state fair attendance and business trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Row
Havre
T. BE. Brown
Miss Mae Harley
Des Moines
Eli Jackson
James Bidwell
Wellman
Maud Moreland
Ainsworth
Norton Corbin
Cotter
Albert Donovan
Burlington
Knoxville
Ill
W. Cherryholmes
Yarmouth
School Director Settles Slander Case in Iowa
Johnson a school director near Neola settles Nellie Buckley suit by paying 1332 in court. Case twice tried first a mis trial then a verdict for 1000. Buckley accused Johnson of false statements about her during school opening and closing amid an alleged epidemic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Iowa
F. T. O. Johnson
Neola
Nellie Buckley
Ino
Miss Buckley
Johnson
Social Evening Honors Out of Town Guests
Miss Bessie Dicken hosted a casual Saturday gathering at her South Iowa Avenue home in honor of Miss Jean Darrow of Letts visiting the city. Out of town guests Fern Shinnabarger of Muscatine and Mildred Luse of West Liberty attended. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Caldwell hosted about twenty friends Saturday evening in honor of Mrs. Samuel McKee and daughters Edna and Mabel of Nevada MO, with games music and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Adams
Dorothy
Washington
Iowa
J. B. Mark
East Ninth Street
Mrs. Mark
Denver
Colo
Florence Mark
Muscatine
Bessie Dicken
Iowa Avenue
Jean Darrow
Letts
Miss Dicken
Miss Darrow
Fern Shinnabarger
Mildred Luse
West Liberty
Charles Caldwell
Samuel McKee
Edna
Mabel
Nevada
Miss Hazel Ward Hosts West Main Party for Harry Letts
Miss Hazel Ward entertained about twenty friends Saturday at the Misses Smith home on West Main street. The gathering honored Harry Letts who departed yesterday for his Chicago home. Light refreshments were served and the evening was reported very pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Smith
Wapello
Standard Land Co
Amy Edworthy
Chicago
William Kell
Muscatine
Butler
East Seventh Street
Frank Bandy
Freeland
Ainsworth
Hazel Ward
Miss Helen Wilson Hosts Friends Tonight
Miss Helen Wilson will entertain a party of friends this evening at her home on East Washington street.
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Helen Wilson
East Washington Street
New Fall Shades in Panama and Worsteds On Sale
Striped Panama and fancy worsteds offer a splendid array of new fall shades. Taupe, elephant gray, peacock, dull greens, drake, new browns and blacks featured. Special weekly price on a dozen pieces now 78e. Industry dealers urge customers to view the collection and take advantage of the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munn & Co
Scientific American
MUNN
Broadway
New York
UNN
Washington
City ruling on sewer extensions in Sioux City
City Engineer G Y Skeels and City Attorney Fred W Sargent ruled that property holders extending sewers are not liable for original costs. Only those making side connections bear the expense, affecting a 120 foot sewer built by J H Strong and a 195 foot extension, as protest by Strong argued.
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Sioux City
Iowa
G. Y. Skeels
Fred W. Sargent
J. H. Strong
Minnie I. Forney
Skeels
He Broke His Contract in Creamery Suit
Sioux City Iowa August 24 In a suit for 10000 damages Blue Valley Creamery company sues J L Kudrie alleging breach of a five year non compete within one hundred miles of Sioux City. Kudrie formerly a major stockholder and manager sold his interests in April and now operates a Norfolk Nebraska creamery in violation of the contract. The company seeks a temporary injunction. James Casey was a business visitor at Davenport today. Dr Sexton Dentist is a stairway north of post office Phone 604 433 tf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Iowa
Blue Valley Creamery Company
J. L. Kudrie
Norfolk
Nebr
James Casey
Davenport
Sexton
Fortune and Fairy Queen Payoffs in Dollars
A humorous verse notes a fortune teller’s value hinges on payment. Small sums yield dull outcomes while larger checks promise grand visions with a rosy forecast, likening luck to buying goods. The speaker urges approaching a fairy queen with your money to receive a seemingly better future.
Stepladder Gift Raises Christmas Home Tale
A humorous exchange features a shopper asking why a man carries a stepladder home. He replies it is a Christmas present for his stepmother, highlighting a quirky domestic moment with festive undertones.
Just Their Way In A Letter To A Millionaire
A compact exchange plays with language and mood as a speaker jokes about diction and price. The dialogue contrasts cheerfulness with anger and notes the world’s tone shifts with one’s mood while referencing a book’s line about demand and resistance.
District Messenger Boy Delivers Despite Standing Still
A historical quip highlights the irony of delivering messages while remaining motionless, suggesting a district messenger’s reputation for efficiency even when not walking. The remark underscores the value of quick, visible service in urban communication roles.
A Merry Laugh Cuts Down a Half
A reflective verse fragment urges a cheerful grin to chase grief and loss as the gray mood may lift to shine tomorrow. The lines imply resilience and hope despite sorrow and difficult times.
Imaginative novels in days of Scott and Dickens
A quip contrasts past literary imagination with present breakfast food naming trends. The exchange laments fewer imaginative novels while noting people busy creating new breakfast names.
A Parable of Wit On Wealth Love And Family
A reflective, satirical meditation on money, taste, and marriage. It questions why wealth should imply wisdom and why a self made man seeks an elegant handmade wife. It notes gendered expectations and the subtle, private calculations behind relationship choices.
Worry Over Calling Among Women a Common Dilemma
A quotable line notes that women often fret about whether to call on another woman who does not care about the visit, illustrating social anxiety in polite society.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Sawmill Fire Blights Eclipse Mill In Stillwater
A blaze at the Eclipse sawmill in South Stillwater, Stillwater, Mich, destroyed the mill and caused about 60,000 dollars in losses. The fire left 130 workers unemployed as operations ceased.
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Stillwater
Mich
Eclipse
South Stillwater
Nation's total NYC property value tops seven billion
Tax officials report New York City's total real and personal property valued at 7 158 190 400. Facts mention Tolstoy’s birthday, Oakland tax convention, Winnipeg public health meeting, Arizona ex-governor Murphy death, Sydney naval festivities, Turkish diplomats, Captain Watt resignation, US fleet baseball, British football mixups, and a Milwaukee disappearance involving Ralph Moldy and Tuey Wren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Tolstoi
Renene
Oakland
Americaan Public Health Association
Winnipeg
Man
Covernor
Nathan Oakes Murphy
Arizona
Coronide
San Diego
Cal
Sydney
United States
Berlin
Vienna
Belgrade
Z. Bo Watt
Cunard
Jackies
Iockies
Ralph W. Moldy
Chicago
Tuey Werren
Wooster, O
Milwaukee
Insulting Letter Refused by Sepp in Cartoon Quote
A humorous exchange from Fliegende Blatter shows an old woman urging Sepp to write a scathing letter. Sepp replies he could not spell scoundrel, highlighting the spoof tone and wordplay in a satirical scene.
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Sepp
Basiline Phone Orders to Frank Rogers Promptly Attended
City residents are urged to call Phone No. 1 and leave orders with Frank Rogers. Include street address and number for prompt fulfillment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basiline
Frank Rogers
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J. P. McCulley
Winfield
A. Peterson
Crawfordsville
Audrey Gault
Alvy Sands
City
William Jugenheimer
Christopher Schipper
Richland
Mariel Moriarty
Ray H. Dean
Olive White
Algiers
Brighton
Journal
Jerry Garrett
Globe Barber Shop
Marshalltown
Colorado
J. H. Pearson
Washington County
Charles Keck
Luella Crandall
Montreal
Lin Sockefy
Panama
Imp
Bowman Bros
Mnori Sallad
the Evening Journal Office
East Main St
Washington, Iowa
Mutual
By Duncan M. Smith
Food For Thought
Foley
Peley & Company
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
Dr. King
Throat
Trelal
Lemmen
Sveryemo
Sdusiion
Sprague Correspondence School OF Law
Detroit
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