Weather Crop Bulletin Des Moines Iowa Past Week Cooler
The past week was cooler than usual with 6 to 8 degree average nightly deficit. Warm days aided farm work but cool nights limit corn maturation. scattered light showers in west and south, large areas dry. Corn healthy. 55 percent safe from frost by Sept 15, 62 by Sept 25, 85 by Oct 1. potential soft corn under best conditions. Pastures excellent. meadow aftermath growing. clover seed promising. timothy seed yield expected at average.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Local News Roundup From Ottumwa City
Numerous residents and visitors travel to Des Moines for the state fair and Creendale area outings. Local people, including Miss Madge Pearson of Ainsworth and Mrs. J. A. Y. Ashby, visit or return home from Des Moines, Ottumwa, Davenport, and other nearby cities. Travel, visits, and brief trips fill the day as friends and relatives move between Iowa towns.
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Fox & Dewey
N.S
K. Needham
Des Moines
George Buckley
Chicago
S. W. Shannon
Cedar Rapids
Madge Pearson
Ainsworth
W. Hl. Hughes
Ottumwa
Fanny Dayton
Quincy
F. L. Broadgate
Darlington
Wis
Dan Patterson
Frank Bell
Jim Casey
Davenport
Ringling Bros
Samuel Walker
Neal Tollenaar
Pella
Chauncey Myers
Vera Patterson
Rubio
L. B. Ward
Thomas Downing
Henry Criswell
Marie
Clarice
Eddyville
Jacob Kopp
Clearfield
Iowa
J. A. Y. Ashby
Chas
Sdoward Hayes
Harvey Matthews
Robi
Beenblossom
Coen
T. M. Coen
A. J. Dawson
Old Jack Frost Visits Iowa Warming Weather Report
Des Moines reports a light frost that touched corn ears and fruit trees but did little damage. Miss Vegetation is pleased but hopes Jack stays away longer while Doctor Chappel notes only slight frost in northern lowlands with no alarm.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Jack Frost
Jack
Chappel
Bodies Being Removed From Old Catholic Cemetery
Thirty bodies in the old Catholic cemetery two miles west of the city are being moved this week to Elm Grove cemetery south of the city. Wilber Miller leads the project and expects completion in a few days once removal permits come back from the state board of health. Catholics sold the plot requiring the relocation of the remains.
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Elm Grove
Wilber Miller
State Board of Health
Wade Family Visits Richland After Funeral Return
Miss Stella Wade of Cody Wyoming and her father Wade visit Richland for a few days with relatives after bringing Mrs Wade's body last week. They toured local shops including Armour extract beef products and Genuine Rogers Bros. silverware at South Side Meat Market on Sherman. They will return home after the brief visit.
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Rogers Bros
South Side
Sherman Wade
Miss Stella
Cody
Wyo
Richland
Mrs. Wade
Kerr and Morehead Leave Des Moines for Iola via Overland Trip
Mr and Mrs F W Kerr and Mrs Al Morehead have spent three weeks at Boyer and Warfel homes and left early this morning for Des Moines in their touring car en route to Iola Kansas Rude Warfel accompanied them and will take a brief vacation on the overland trip. They will go from Des Moines to St Joe Missouri and then to Iola.
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David Boyer
John Wilson
Schuyler Livingston
David
Ralph Livingston
Des Moines
Ralph Dougherty
Win Smouse
Dells
Wis
F. W. Kerr
al Morehead
Boyer
Republican conference to map upcoming campaign plans
Co. J. Wilson Schuyler Livingston M W Bailey and Chas K Needham attend the Republican conference in that city this afternoon to lay plans and decide best methods for the coming campaign. Representatives from all districts in the state are expected to be present.
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Co. J. Wilson
Schuyler Livingston
M. W. Bailey
Chas. K. Needham
Des Moines
Election Set for Chau Tauqua Directors at Academy Chapel
The Chau tauqua association will elect seven directors at the Academy chapel on Tuesday September 8. Seven positions open due to resignations by Rev. L D Young and Frank Martin. All stockholders may vote. Nominating committee slate includes David H. McLaughlin Isaac McKenry Frank Stewart Father Walsh The Rev A S Smith Rev W Fisher Seneca Dewey.
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Chautauqua Association
Academy Chapel
A.S. Smith
W. ©. Fisher
Seneca Dewey
Farmers Institute to Elect Officers at Sept 5 Meeting
Members of the Farmers Institute are called to gather in the Commercial club rooms Saturday afternoon September 5 at 2 o clock to elect officers for the next institute meeting. Important business will be discussed so all members should attend. John Wilson, Secretary Gleed-3.
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Farmers’ Institute
Commercial Club
John Wilson
Young Folks Play Guessing Game in the Country Farm
Dottie and Johnny spend a week at a farm with hens pigs cows and a brook. They fish with bent pins and strings and play a guessing game under a chestnut tree asking questions about what Johnny hides in his pocket until Dot guesses nothing in particular.
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Dottie
Johnny
Dot
Philadelphia Ledger
Location game and social gatherings noted at multiple events
The article describes a party game called Location of two captains chosen from players with seating in two rows, a ten count determining turns, and dropouts for wrong or late answers. It also reports Miss Helen Wilson hosting a party on Fast Washington street with Ready Maids and visiting guests, plus Mrs A J Waldschmidt entertaining Mrs M J Shorley in Chicago, and a Pennsylvainia Ohio New York Civil War veterans reunion to be held at Mason Scott and W H Greer homes on East Second street.
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Shell
Helen Wilson
Washington Street
Jean Darrow
Letts
Hazel Williams
Maud Erdice
Naomi Stewart
Keota
Mildred Luse
West Liberty
Pennsylvania
Ohio
New York
Mason Scott
W. H. Greer
East Second Street
Ghostlike skull image after brief steady gazes
Observe the cross and skull image in a printed illustration by fixating steadily for about thirty seconds. Then shift gaze to wall, ceiling, or a blank sheet to reveal the ghostlike skull formed in the afterimage.
Ants aid Burma sandalwood loggers by pruning sapwood
In Burma and the Far East sandalwood, valuable for its heartwood, is degraded by a soft sapwood layer. After felled trees are left to rest, ants attack the sapwood, consuming it in weeks and leaving the heartwood clean and ready. This natural process reduces waste and helps access the prized timber.
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Burma
Far East
Kingsford’s
Alice Cary Waterman
Janet M. Hill
Kingsford
T. Kingsford & Son
Gsneco
N.Y
National Starch Company
Successons
Lingering Sweetness in a Thirsty Maid Tale
A Washington Star brief notes a thirsty maid who declines water milk and lemonade after finishing raisin cake. She explains the cake’s sweetness would be lost if she drank. The light vignette captures a simple household moment.
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Washington Star
A Critic. Baid the frog to his wife in rain
A fragmentary quip shows a critic and frog motif with a spouse and two children named as a greeny gold daughter and a son. The speaker mocks the youths for not coming in from a storm, using a dismissive, taunting tone.
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Baid
Frog
Society Socials At Home Of Rev Rogers And Conners
The P U will hold a social at Rev G D Rogers home Thursday evening. Yesterday two pleasant social afternoons were spent at Samuel Conner home where Misses Minnie and Etta Conner hosted for cousins Miss Martha Conner and Miss Adeline Conner of Grove City Pennsylvania. About fifty ladies attended afternoon and about twenty in the evening. All enjoyed meeting the Conner sisters. Refreshments with roses and flowers were served in a nicely decorated room.
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Samuel Conner
Minnie
Etta Conner
Martha Conner
Adeline Conner
Grove City
Pennsylvania
Alli
Misses Conner
Luncheon Honors Mrs Kerr and Mrs Morehead at Lola
Mrs Rude Warfel hosted about a dozen guests yesterday afternoon for a casual luncheon in Lola Kansas honoring her sister Mrs F W Kerr and friend Mrs Al Morehead both of Lola. Musical entertainment featured Mrs Kerr and Miss Nora UCorette with Mrs Dr Wood of Geneseo Illinois visiting from out of town.
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Rude Warfel
F. W. Kerr
Lola, Kan
al Morehead
Lola
Kerr
Nora Ucorette
Dr. Wood
Geneseo
Misses Conner Dined At Mrs Warfel Home In Grove City
The Misses Conner of Grove City Pennsylvania were entertained at dinner today at the home of Mrs Eli Warfel.
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Misses Conner
Grove City, Pa
Mrs. Eli Warfel
Marriage of Roy Bain and Myrtle Pettit at Metho dist church
Saturday evening the marriage of Roy Bain and Myrtle Pettit was held at the Methodist Episcopal parsonage by Rev. U.S. Smith with only witnesses present. The couple will reside near the Eldorado hotel. Also noted are Miss Mary Steck hosting a gathering for Miss Mildred Luse with Miss Jean Darrow and Miss Hazel Webb as guests, and Mrs. Mabel Dewey-Brooking visiting her family in town.
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W. J. Bragg
J. W. Morton
Davenport
Myrtle Bragg
Roy Bain
Myrtle Pettit
Methodist Episcopal Parsonage
U.S. Smith
Washington
Neal the
Eldorado Hotel
Mary Steck
Mildred Luse
West Liberty
Steck
H. F. Steck
Jean Darrow
Letts
Hazel Webb
Valley Junction
Beautiful girls in rich dress star in new musical comedy
Beautifully dressed women are a highlight of the new and successful musical comedy Dan Cupid at the opera house next Friday, the 28th.
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Dan Cupid
Opera House
Mrs Chas E Smith praises Dr King s New Life Pills
Mrs Chas E Smith of West Franklin Maine says she uses Dr King s New Life Pills as the family laxative because they work without fuss. The painless purifiers are sold at Lemmon s Pharmacy for 25 cents.
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Chas. E. Smith
West Franklin
Maine
Dr. King
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
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