Pleasant Hill and Wellman Happenings Report Local Visits
In Pleasant Hill and Wellman a flurry of social visits is noted. Ruth Swift returns from Burlington. George Benson moves to Havre. families visit Baker, Hillhouse, Foss, and Strum homes. travel to Cedar Rapids and Chicago is reported. several local residents plan teaching posts and health-related trips.
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Pleasant Hill
Ruth Swift
Burlington
John Kephart
Elmer Kephart
Gus Strum
George Benson
Havre
John Hillhouse
Will Stiles
Roy Foss
Fred Telford
Cedar Rapids
Local Residents Return to Washington After Visit
Emma Buxbaum spent the night in Crawfordsville at the J. F. Buxbaum home and returned to Washington this morning. Mrs. Elizabeth Moore, visiting relatives, also returned to Washington. Mrs. EB Riley and daughter Dessa along with Fannie Fletcher Mina McCleary P L Huber Thomas Smylie James Pletcher and Mrs W G Robertson were passengers for Washington today.
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Crawfordsville
Emma Buxbaum
J. F. Buxbaum
W. O. Ralston Restaurant Sold in West Chester
J. D. Dayton sold the W. O. Ralston restaurant building fixtures and stock to R. F. McFarlane. W. O. Ralston and wife leave the business as McFarlane plans to hire a manager Monday. Local meetings at the Baptist church report good crowds and roads.
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West Chester
J. D. Dayton
W. O. Ralston
R. F. McFarlane
W. O
McFarlane
W. B. Rittenhouse
Walter Johnson Injured in Wagon Accident
Walter Johnson was thrown from his wagon near the James Shrader neighborhood at about 3 15 PM. He landed on his head, was rendered insensible, and is being cared for at the James Shrader home. The frightened team bolted, releasing him during the incident.
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Walter Johnson
James Shrader
Mr. Johnson
Annual Short Course at Ames Iowa State College in January
The annual short course in agriculture at Iowa State College in Ames will run January 2 to 14, 1911. It has drawn nearly one thousand farmers in past years and offers instruction in animal husbandry agronomy poultry dairy horticulture engineering and domestic science with lectures and lab demonstrations all day.
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Lowa
Ames
Animal Husbandry Department
Iowa State College
Iowa
Moses Bans Corn Mills as Pawn in Law
A historical note links corn mills to biblical law, claiming Moses forbade pawn of corn mills as it equates to taking a man’s life in pledge. It frames the corn mill as an early proxy for moral stakes in ancient commerce.
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Moses
Undertaker Emerges as Spearhead Against Car Speed Limits
In a sharp exchange, a columnist notes a new, loud opponent to speeding restrictions. The unidentified critic is revealed to be an undertaker, not a familiar motorist, highlighting unexpected opposition within public debate on automobiling speed limits.
Masonic Lodge 26 called meeting for First degree
Washington Lodge No. 26 A F and A M will hold a called meeting Monday evening December 5 1910 at 730 sharp for work on the First degree Two candidates to be present promptly W M C B Myers notes The Evening Section of the Literary department of the fortnightly club meets Monday evening with Mrs Orville Elder The K of P regular meeting Monday December Ltd elect officers and discuss business All brothers urged to attend The Standard Bearers of the Methodist church meet Monday afternoon with Miss Alice Meek after school
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Wellman
Amy Folger
Washington
George Trieschmann
Emaline Curl
W. A. Curl
Cyrus Iden
RE. D. Lewis
Liberty Zimmerman
Mary Doran
Wilton
Helen Thurman
Kk. D. Lewis
W. P. Gardner
Epworth League
Temperance
Wm. Harvey
West Branch
Lois Grove
Kinross
Chicago
Levi Harvey
Cedar Rapids
Mary Desing
Nira
Florang
Riverside
Frank Snavely
Maxine
Snavely
Bushong
Ralph Hull
Fred Durian
Lone Tree
Mary White
Kalona
Emmett White
Delia Crossett
South Dakota
Wm. Shachner
Jennings
Missouri
Eardley Bell
Greenfield
Ebberhart
Kansas
Bert Steninger
Iowa City
Kenneth
Kelley
Green Valley
Mr. Butterbaugh
Jerry Bartholomew
Mae MecCaleb
Arthur Conrad
Center School
Wyman
J. Frain
Burlington
E. G. Gardner
al Boals Sale
Bertha Anderson
Frances Porter
Hoosier Bend
Miss Smith
Cairo
Addison Sewell
Evangelist Jacobs
Crawfordsville
Richard Williams
Creston
Turkington
California
Margaret
Masonic Fraternity
Washington Lodge
A. F
A. M
Cbe
Myers
W. M
Orville Elder
Methodist Church
Alice Meek
Des Moines Women Lead Dry City Petition Effort
Des Moines women organized a call campaign to urge signers to oppose saloon petitions. At a conference 300 women planned to recruit five more each, spreading the effort as each contacted others. Each recruited woman would call her grocer and baker to demand a dry city.
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Des Moines
Young Bride Dies in Self Inflicted Shot Near Story City
Mrs Emil Mathese aged nineteen and a bride less than a year, attempted suicide at her Story City area home suffering worry over her father Frank Sawyer of Gilbert Iowa. She shot herself through the brain with a 22 caliber rifle while her husband held their six weeks old daughter nearby.
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Marshalltown
Frank Sawyer
Gilbert
Emil Mathese
Story City
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