Local and Personal Notes On August Visits and Moves
Long list of residents traveling visiting friends and relatives from Iowa towns to Des Moines and Omaha. Dr Luella Shaw resumes practice September 1 after August rest with massage and osteopathic care. other locals include Miss Ruth Limerman from Minneapolis visiting Miss Ruth Knupp and Miss Eda Allen from Wayland visiting sister Mrs Carl Hedges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Limerman
Minneapolis, Minn
Ruth Knupp
R. M. Dihel
Mazie Stewart
Des Moines
Eda Allen
Wayland
Carl Hedges
Hedges
Ruth
Luella Shaw
Shaw
The Story of Story The Twinkle In the Stars
A father tells children a playful tale about why stars twinkle. The story traces light waves from space to Earth, the early human wonder, and a boy who becomes a learned scientist named Newton who uncovers the answer. The tale blends imagination with a temperate scientific note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn
Daddy
Earth
Newton
Private Sale of Household Furniture at Cunningham Residence
A private sale of household furniture will be held at the J. A. Cunningham residence on East Washington Street on Tuesday and Wednesday August 27 and 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Located at 16204.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Cunningham
East Washington Street
Miss Ruth Knapp Hosts Society Show er Night
Miss Ruth Knapp entertained a group of young women at her South Iowa avenue home last evening. The event honored Miss Grace Ingham amid a social gathering with music and a two course luncheon in yellow and white. Guest Miss Ruth Simerman from Minneapolis attended from out of town. Mrs. A W McCulley hosted a separate afternoon for Miss Maude McCulley of Arkansas City and Miss Barter of Chester West Virginia with guests including Miss Josephine Babcock of Chicago and Merc John Bowman of Alvarordo New Mexico. A luncheon followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Knapp
Iowa Avenue
Grace Ingham
William P. Littlefield
Ruth Simerman
Minneapolis
Minnesota
A. W. McCulley
Southlaws Avenue
Maude McCulley
Arkansas City
Kan
Barter
Chester
W. Va
Josephine Babcock
Chicaro
Merc
John Bowman
Alavorordo
New Mexico
Gypsy Women Cause Uproar in City Bakery Incident
A group of gypsy fortune tellers and beggars arrived in town and caused a disturbance. In Charles Smith bakery on the north side, two women bought doughnuts and began fighting, pulling hair and striking each other. Bakers ejected them and Marshall Pratt escorted the group away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Smith
Mrs. Smith
Marshall Pratt
National Rifle Tourney Opens in Sea GirtNJ
Sea Girt New Jersey August 24 shooters from many states and civilian clubs assemble on the rifle range for the national tournament running from today through September 7 for 1915 national marksman honors. The 22nd Sea Girt shoot unites New Jersey Rifle Association matches with the National Rifle Association contest once held at Camp Perry Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. J
National Guard
United States Service
New Jersey Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
Camp Perry
Ohio
Social and club notices for August gatherings
The PD of H. announces a social at the A U W hall Saturday evening August 24 with Cunningham and Pattison hosting. The g4202 Chapter 1 P EB C meets with Mrs Jennie Brookhart Monday at 2:30 PM. The Queen Esther Circle gathers Monday evening with Miss Amy Fol ger on South Iowa avenue and members are asked to bring thimbles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PD. of
Mane
Cunningham
Pattison
P. EB. C
Jennie Brookhart
Queen Esther Circle
Amy Folger
South
Iowa Avenue
Thirty Albanian insurgents killed at Durazzo attack
In Durazzo on the Adriatic coast, 30 Albanian insurgents from the Malissor tribe were killed and 20 wounded in a fierce seaport engagement. Turkish forces held firm after initial retreat as reinforcements arrived, leaving Turkish casualties at six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Turkey
Durazzo
Adriatic
General Maus Near Promotion as He Nears Retirement
Brig. Gen. Marion P. Maus commander of the Department of Columbia based at Vancouver Washington marks forty four years of service. Friends pressure a major general promotion before retirement as he has held wide commands and field duty and earned a congress medal of honor for gallantry in action in the Sierra Madre mountains in Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Marion P. Maus
Department of Columbia
Vancouver
Maus
War Department
Army
Congress
Sierra Madre Mountains
Mexico
Blind man rides bumpers of Milwaukee train and is jailed
A blind, intoxicated man named Joe Kinsey rode the bumpers of Milwaukee passenger No. 5 westbound, was booted off at the local station, limbs injured, and jailed overnight before being sent to Ottumwa where he has a sister. He boarded in Davenport and had no baggage, carrying only a cane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Jap Bidwell
Joe Kinsey
Davenport
Ottumwa
Bidwell
Kinsey
Planned attempt to kill Congressman Johnson disclosed
Washington reports an alleged scheme to kill Representative Johnson of Kentucky, chairman of the district committee, to influence legislation. Johnson refuses comment, saying he knows and will be on guard. The assassin’s plans were betrayed by a man who talked on a car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Evening Journal
Representative Johnson
Kentucky
House Committee On
District of Columbia
Johnson
Patent Grants Reported for Iowa Citizens This Week
Mesers Davie and Davis report patent grants this week to Iowans. Names include Bettendorf underframes for cars, Lamb making steel, Merkelbach burial vault, Vendracek Stapnicka oil burner, Waltz acetylene gas generator, and others from Des Moines Des Moines Spencer Muscatine Cedar Rapids Audubon and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Mesers
Davie & Davis
Washington
W. P. Bettendorf
P. Bubamy
Albia
F. Dyhrkopp
Spencer
E. E. Greenley
Independence
J. M. Hough
Woodbine
F. B. Lamb
Bettendorf
A. J. Merkelbach
Muscatine
Patrick
Des Moines
KR. G. Ping
Audubon
W. G. Robinson
Woolstock
Cc. C. Schultz
Vietor
W. J. Vendracek
C. C
Stapnicka
Cedar Rapids
T. Wadleigh
Knierim
W. E. Waltz
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Congress Hotel
Hugh McCleery
Ainsworth
Faye
Gail Stahl
Ollie, Iown
Edna McCarty
CG. We" Long
Ollie
Iowa
Mr. Long
Harrie Horne
Miss Bangson
Harvey Matthews
Corydon
Harris McGugin
Fairbanks
R. L. McGugin
John Morrison
Clifford Thorne
Waterloo
L. EK. Grabau
W. L. Gaudie
Bonair
E. T. Dankwardt
Burlington
Col
D. J. Palmer
Dés Moines
John Maxwell
Galesburg
Albert Pelton
C. J. Maxwell
East Second Street
Jas. Vaughn
Frank Toplett
Wataga,lll
Helen Young
Winfield
J. A. Young
Chautauqua
Owen Wilson
Omaha
A. White
J. A. Porter
Crawfordsville
E. Thompson
Gladys Hemmings
Mt. Union
Margaret Somers
Harry Welch
J. H. Chenoweth
Don Chilcote
Morning Sun
Linton
Bina Porter
Doris Hulick
Maizie Stewart
City
Edna Stewart
A. A. Beenblossom
West Chester
Miss Stewart
Blairstown
Nellie Harding
J. M. Stiles
North English
W. J. Scott
Clyde Hillhouse
Everette and
Cloyce Stewart
Rose Springman
Smith
Margaret Doolittle
Fremont
Mrs. McKane
Gibson, Iowa
Dr. Alcorn
Mr. Alcorn
Gibson
R. L. Stephens
C. S. Lemmon
Madge Pearson
Helen Snelson
Miss Pearson
Mrs
Mary Hartwick
Princeton
Charles Olds
Wild
Mina Robertson
Miss Corona Olds
Mt. Pleasant, la
Hugh Hughes
Evan
Wyman
Maud Booth
Atkinson, NL
J. EB. Wright
Frank Beatty
Sunset Park
Mae Jones
Pittsburgh, Pa
Zenna Hopengardner
Kansas City
W. H. Graham
Gale
Lawrence Hancock
Wagner
Lytle Bros
the Royal
Todd
Stuart
Isaac
Jack
J. F. McNamara & Son
J. A. Harwood & Son
THE
South Side
Ms Society
Priest
Dupuis
South Door Bell Carriage Factory
Warner
R Ty
Ringgold
D W. Ferris
Ier
Diag
Onal, Iowa
Patent Report
North
South Dakota
Geo. Peck
Masonic
Washington, Iowa
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