News From Journal Correspondents Across Several States
Local correspondents report visits and travels of families from Yankton Minnesota Missouri Iowa and Kansas City. Notable items include births arrivals of visitors from Fargo and Moline and trips to Comstock Primersburg Davenport and California. Families hosted relatives in Bauer Chicago Sumner and other towns as they plan moves and returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Aloyseus Beachnagel
Fargo
N. C
Will O'Connor
Albert Hahn
Thelma
Muscatine
Davenport
Albert Wieland
Kansas City
David Wieland
Ed Yessy
Aud
Walter Yerbury
Rock
Mary
Tipton
J. W., Wade
Melcher
Iowa
Frank Yegry
Mabel Wade
Joseph Heitzman
Eva
Bertha
Primersburg
Oscar Critz
Thomas Jamison
Michael Flaherty
New York
John Bulger
Simon Metz
Bauer
Margaret Streb
John McMahon
Chicago
Laura Aubrey
Sumner
L. K. Siemen
Gerald Welte
Kalona
Cornelius Schneider
William Dautremont
Moline
Mary Dautremont
California
Chautauqua Weeknotes From Young America Area
Aug 22 reports a string of visits and gatherings in the Young America region. Residents Joseph Nelson and Metta, Loyd Hameton, J N Phillips family and others frequent local fairs and chautauqua events while relatives travel from Mineola St. Louis Casper and Davenport for visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young America
Gilkey
Mineola
Kan
Robert Coulter
Homer
Donald
St. Louis
Mr. Brown
Washington
Joseph Nelson
Metta
Loyd Hameton
Mt. Pleasant Fair
J. N. Phillips
Jessie
Tressa
Harriet
Alice
Virginia Cunningham
Flows City
Erwin
Columbus Junction
Will Leeper
Chautauqua
W. H. Tedford
Casper, Wie
Ben Briley
Hazel
Bessie Leeper
Jennie Moore
Topeka
Haskins
Charles Davis
Olive Moore
KE. L. Bartholow
Pringle
Leland
Burl
Sunset Park
Arch Owen
Egypt
Walnut Sabbath Attendance and Chautauqua Highlights
Walnut residents enjoyed a Sabbath school with fifty one attendees led by Mrs. Lewis Duke. A Wellman chautauqua drew crowds, praising Dr. Krebs and Dr. McQuire while noting a rain‑delayed Polly Anna and a London Globe editor speaker Frank K. Dilaot.
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Walnut
Lewis Duke
Ula Cherry
Nira
Wellman
Stanley Krebs
Virginia
Gabriel McQuire
Ira Berry
Josh Lee
Oklahoma
Polly Anna
Opera
Frank K. Dilaot
London
London Globe
Crawfordsville social notes and local visits
T J Long of Sumner Iowa visits relatives in town and Miss Helen Gormly of Fairfield arrives to see family. Elwyn Davidson travels to West Liberty. P S Conrad and family return from Kansas trip. W J Bryan spoke at the Washington chautauqua. Missionary society and junior group hold a Sunset Park picnic. Laura Barnett returns from West Grove trip. Aletha Holmes has tonsillectomy at county hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
T. J. Long
Sumner
Helen Gormly
Fairfield
Elwyn Davidson
West Liberty
P. S. Conrad
Oral
Dewey Conrad
Kan
W. J. Bryan
Washington Chautauqua
the Missionary Society
United Presbyterian Church
Sunset Park
Laura Barnett
West Grove
Iowa
Aletha Holmes
Washington
Coffey kids shine in Wellman program end note
The piece praises a short Wellman program where the Coffey kids impressed all with their performance. It notes pride in the young performers and celebration of a well rehearsed show, with plans for a similar event next year.
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Wellman
Coffey
Misa Dorothy Barrett
Emery Burkett
Nira
Rev. Moore
Nellie Berger
Opal Green
Cedar
Aliie la Fever
Washington
Chas. Green
John Green
Will Eckerman
Jim Hanley
Keota Culture Club Attends South America Program
Keota Culture club met with Mrs. C F Hoffman as Miss Harriett Clendening spoke on South America. The club plans another meeting with Mrs. EB Kirkpatrick. Miss Mary Engledinger and Mr. Henry Shuman wed at St Marys church in Keota then visited Minnesota and western Iowa before returning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Culture Club
C. F. Hoffman
Harriett Clendening
South America
Americas
EB. L. Kirkpatrick
Mary Engledinger
Henry Shuman
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Wendell Baker
Shuman
Sigourney
Minnesota
Father Decker
Georgette
Subtle pun alters Hamburger steak to Liberty Hash
A chemist asks for a hard substance to analyze and a student replies with a pun about boarding house hash. The piece notes that Hamburger steak has been renamed Liberty Hash by Smith C McGregor, marked as Printer's Devil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith C
McGregor
Noble Iowa school tax bond election notice 1921
Public notice for a September 20 1921 special election in Noble Iowa to decide bond issuance of 50 000 dollars by the Consolidated Independent School District of Noble Washington and Henry counties to build and equip a new school house and acquire a site. Voters urged to appear at Richer schoolhouse from 1 pm to 6 pm per board order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consolidated Independent School District
Noble
Washington and Henry
Iowa
Consolidated Independent School
Board of Directors
A. F. Mitchell
Secy
Jefferson and the slave salutation anecdote recounted
A street encounter with a merchant prompts Thomas Jefferson to respond to a slave bow with a remark on politeness. The exchange highlights Jefferson’s claimed willingness to treat a enslaved person with courtesy, illustrating a paradox in his conduct and rhetoric on equality and manners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Ranger and The Law at Fox Theatre Friday Night
Manager Pratt announces The Ranger and The Law at the Fox Theatre for Friday with a thrilling western plot full of action and big forest fires. A second Sunshine Comedy titled Vorse is Worse will also be screened, billed as one of the season’s funniest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pratt
Fox Theatre
Maine
Kansas
Boy's Neck Wash Misunderstanding Sparks Family Quarrel
In a New York Sun item, Jimmy protests his unwashed neck causing his mother to scold him. He pleads that he will wear a collar, while the mother emphasizes cleanliness and propriety in a domestic scene. The brief column captures a humorous domestic moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy
New York Sun
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