Local notes from Davenport and surrounding towns
A collage of items lists visitors and travel, with several residents and friends of Davenport, including Miss Lydia Juzeler, Miss Anna Kafka, Mrs. Dell Hall, Miss Georgia Lewis, and Miss Sidney Davis, among others. Updates cover visits to Davenport, Pleasant Plain, Moline, Stronghurst, and Stratford, plus notes on transportation and local services.
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Anna Kafka
East Pleasant Plain
Charlies Hahn
Taxi and baggage calls and local visits noted
The item lists taxi line details and phone numbers alongside a string of brief travel updates. C. E. Brookhart returns to Col. Junction after a weekend at home. Several residents visit Muscatine Davenport Davenport Woodbine Sioux City and Des Moines for work or family reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Brookhart
Col. Junction
Charlotte Davis
Town City
Kathryn Montgomery
May Pierson
O. W. Rogers
Woodbine
Iowa
G. W. Rogers
Sioux City
W. P. Doan
Blanche
Muscatine
F.c.doan
Olive Reiner
University Hospital
Des Moines
Nitroglycerin Production and Uses Explained
The majority of glycerin production goes to nitroglycerin made from nitric and sulfuric acids. This compound is a key ingredient in many modern high explosives and smokeless powders used in military, mining and agricultural applications.
Present Life and Two Periods Oppose Each Other
A reflective line contrasts living in the present with dwelling on past mistakes and chances. The speaker notes that dividing life between two periods denies today its own rights and value.
Public Auction at Logue Residence on September 3
The Logue estate offers items for sale at public auction located at 1030 No 2nd Avenue on Wednesday September 3 at 2 20 oclock. Items include dressers Sonora screen beds mattress springs commode bookcase feather couch rockers dining chairs rugs stove work table kerosene heater sewing machine dining room table. D F Macon LOGUE ESTATE AUCT.
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Logue
No. 2Nd Avenue
Sonora
Logue Estate
D. F. Macon
Washington County Home Picnic Invitation
The Washington County Home Picnic is set for Wednesday September 3 in the county. All residents are invited to attend and enjoy the day with us with special entertainment planned.
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Washington County
Banks to Close for Labor Day Weekend
Banks across the city will be closed on Monday September 1 in observance of Labor Day.
Man's Wonderful Makeup Revealed in Curious Balance
A humorous description explains that a man contains about 60 lumps of sugar and 20 spoonfuls of salt, with an estimated SS quarts of distilled water equal to half his weight. The text notes additional elements such as starch, chlorides, magnesium, sulfur, and hydrochloric acid in the body.
Age Cannot Wither Tradesman Faces Food Adulteration Charge
A tradesman was brought before the magistrate charged with selling unwholesome articles for consumption as food. The charge was fully proved. The defense cited that his shop was founded in 1802, prompting the magistrate to ask if stock had been renewed since that date.
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House of Business
Prize Mixer
A Grudge citizen scathingly accuses a local figure of being a con artist who spins tales, borrows money, avoids repayment, secures petition signers, and occupies multiple lodge offices while performing less honest work. The remark appears in a dialogue with a judge saying the speaker is not trustworthy.
High dollar hindering trade
In Winnipeg Canada the weak sterling exchange favors Britain over the United States as American prices rise with a strong dollar. A traveling man notes orders from the United States are now impossible to obtain and adds 4 to 5 percent to U.S. prices, while British goods are cheaper than ever before.
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Winnipeg
Man
Great Britain
Unites States
Gore
United States
Britain
Wax figures of ancestors in English country houses
In England many families preserve life sized wax effigies of ancestors from the period of their deaths. The Duke of Norfoaks owns three figures of one ancestor’s lines kept in a glass case at a country seat.
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England
Duke of
Norfoaks
Boston Bank Clerks Organize City Union
Four thousand five hundred Boston bank clerks form a union after New York workers, planning a conference with labor organizer Frank McCarthy. They seek a minimum wage of 81,000 for all departments with overtime pay, and no complaint on hours.
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Boston
New York City
WW. McCarthy
Striking Crane Company Workers Attack Kedzie Car
In Chicago on August 23, rioters attacking a Crane company plant wrecked a Kedzie avenue car at West Thirty-second street. Two male employees, William Garbe and Irving Haubok, were seriously injured by bricks and beaten. About a dozen women and numerous passengers were hurt in the panic.
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Chicago
Kedzie Avenue
Crane Company
West Thirty-second Street
William Garbe
Irving Haubok
Airship Goliath Lands After Propeller Break
The French airship Goliath landed north of Duker with a broken propeller. All on board are safe. It touched down near Cayor, about seventy miles northeast of Dakar, where communication is limited, explaining the week long news silence.
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Cayor
Paris
Duker
Dakar
Only Thing He Could Do
A mother tasked her son Jack with keeping Ramona the cat in sight. When she returned, Ramona was found tied to the fernery with a rope around her neck. Jack admitted the act saying it was the only way to keep Ramona in his sight.
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Jack
Raemona
Ramona
Mother
Sweet Is Sympathy in Human Nature
A reflective piece extols sympathy as a powerful force in life. It argues sympathy combats evil, strengthens good, softens hard hearts, and nurtures the better aspects of humanity.
Shaving Habits Through History From Pliny to Napoleon
The piece notes Pliny naming Serplo Africanus as the first daily shaver and questions whether he shaved himself or was shaved by a barber. It cites Talleyrand hints and Napoleon’s remark that kings have others shave them, while those who rise to power shave themselves.
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Pliny
Serplo Africanus
Mr. Africanus
Talleyrand
Napoleon
Edinburgh Yew Tree tavern destroyed in old Holyrood area
A single story and attic building dating to about 1600, known as the Yew Tree tavern, burned in Holyrood. The landmark stood within the Holyrood sanctuary for debtors where fugitives were free from creditors in past days.
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Edinburgh
Holyrood
Knocking Down Pins Creates Cocked Hat Phrase
The expression means all pins but the three corner pins were toppled. Cocked hat describes a tenpin setup where three pins in a triangle remain standing as the rest fall.
The Hindus and the lotus motif in India
The Hindus compare India to the lotus with petals as Central India and surrounding leaves as the divisions. The design is common in eastern temples and architecture, and the lotus is cultivated in public gardens. A pond in the Ta gardens at Agra holds pure lotus blossoms.
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India
Agra
Birds With Brains Show Big Relative Brain Size
Naturalists conclude that a bird’s brain is large in proportion to body weight. If intelligence correlates with brain mass, the goldfinch ranks highly as its brain is about one fourteenth of its body.
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Des Moines
State Fair Grounds
Camp Dodge
Funeral services for Rev. James H. Mintierheld
The funeral party for Rev. James H. Mintier arrived from Des Moines Saturday evening. Services were held Sunday at 3 PM at Dr. J A Boice home led by Dr. J M Wishart of the First United Presbyterian Church. A quartet sang and pallbearers included J R Maxwell and Charles Corette among others. Attendees traveled from Mt. Pleasant Columbus Junction Hills and Iowa City area though weather kept many away. Interment followed at Elm Grove cemetery.
Memory Cultivation for Strong Recall in Every Person
The article emphasizes lifelong memory cultivation starting early in mental development. It asserts that most people possess the capacity for excellent memories if natural powers are properly employed and continuously trained.
Must Have Been Moving Rapidly
A Chicago American item recalls Li sending Tralph to a distant store as a shower fell. On returning, the speaker asks why Ralph was not anywhere near the rain, and the reply is that he was not anywhere where he was running.
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Tralph
Ralph
Chicago
Card of Thanks for Rev James Huh Minner Death
We express our deep appreciation for the thoughtful sympathy shown by friends on the death of the Rev James Huh Minner and thank you for the many beautiful flowers sent as evidence of support during this time.
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James Huh
Minner
Sympathy of friends noted for Mrs Mintier family
The article records sympathy from friends for Mrs Mintier and mentions Jennie and Frances Mintier as part of the family.
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Mrs. Mintier
Jennie and
Frances Mintier
Subscriptions Offer From Journal Agent Nita Belle McKoon
Advertising pitch announcing price lists for clubs and magazines with contact options. Caller urged to call 50 Red or write to the Journal c/o Nita Belle McKoon, an agent.
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Journal
Nita Belle McKoon
China Hesitates Over Motorcars Due to Horse Tradition
Chinese still cling to horses as a symbol of culture and history. They resist cars to spare equines from perceived loss of status.
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China
Far East
Busy Week for Charles Ends With Sunday Push Off
Charles describes a chaotic week starting Monday at the zoo and ending Sunday with a tidy finish. He recalls losing a tooth on Wednesday and Gladys celebrating her birthday on Thursday while noting his haircut and a sense of excitement from the past days.
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Charles
Gladys
Stex
Chlorine Use In Bleaching Paper And Fabrics
Chlorine remains a key chemical for bleaching paper and a range of cloth fabrics, making it one of the most important commercial applications of the element.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lyon's
Fox & Dewey
The
Evening Journal
Crail's
Lydia Juzeler
Davenport
A. W
Clow Osteopathy Res
Blue
James Clyde
St. Marion Avenue
Mra
K. N. Holyrod
Jean
Marshalltown
E. Harvey
Alice Johnson
Moline
Vivian Lemley
Hannah Jones
Burlington
Stronghurst
Georgia Lewis
Washington, D. C
Frederick Clapp
Aurora, N
George Rodman
Chas Stinson
Karl Whetstine
Libertyville
Eula Whetstine
Woellman
Kalona
Jim Warner
Ray O. Archer
Salina
Kansas
Archer
Topeka
Jesse Willard
FP. EB. Ingham
Kihel
Adam Libe
Stratford
Texas
J. A. Marsh
Sam R. Stone
South America
Buffalo
St. Lawrence
Montreal
Sidney J. Davis
Young Women's Christian Industrial Mission
Keokuk
Brighton
M. E
Presbyterian Sunday School
Fairfield
Birmingham
Davis
Lydia Hellam
Lemley
Black, Tf
T. C. Davis
Hazel Dutton
C. H. Dittmer
PF. A. Cordell
Alice Pannington
Rock Island
Lucile Montgomery
Cook County Hospital
H. A. Montgomery
Henry
Washington Chautauqua
Hru
Centerville
Ft. Madison
FOX Theatre
Hale Hamilton
Johnny
Bruce
FOX
Earl Williams
Big V
Sno Clothing Company
East Side Square
McNamara
Embalmers Funeral Directors
John Shields & Sons
Owen McGovern
Low Sterling Exchange
U. S
Canada
Goliath
Weather Fair
a _ LYTLE BROS
Graham Theatre
Mary Pickrfod
SO Eom Pan
Chas. H. Keck
Nrank R, Sage
Rothschild’s
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