Local and Personal Notes from The Fair Area
Local items list visits, travel and shopping in Harper and nearby towns. Mentions Mr. and Mrs. John Kos, O. J. Simons, H. Knox, Miss Edna Westfall at Iowa City, Mrs. C. K. Needham at Newton, and numerous shoppers at The Fair. Includes new clerks, Christmas goods, book shipments, and upcoming sales and travel to Des Moines, Dubuque, and Keota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Westfall
W. J. Southwell
Iowa City
The
State University
New Dray Line Proclaims Dray Work Services
The speaker announces readiness to perform all dray tasks with headquarters at the Harvey and Warfel restaurant. Contact numbers given are telephone 315 and residence 616 Red, 4812 Frank Conger. The notice states clear commitment to dray operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey & Warfel
Red
Frank
Conger
Insurance Agent and Brighton Star Exchange Quips
A tense exchange features an insurance agent proposing a life policy to Mr. Brighton who dismisses the idea. The widow or bystander notes the claim of a lucky birth star, while the agent suggests a risky bet on the future. The dialogue hints at fated risk and wary fortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Brighton
May Sinclair on a Roman and the queen's English
A May Sinclair quote observes that a Roman who once murdered the queen's English carries guilt and fear. The erratic speaker believes that even virtuous living or heavenly writing cannot shield him from a looming attack or failure in speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Sinclair
Dog Beauty Delivers Newspapers in Greenwich Village
A family in Greenwich Village features Beauty the shepherd dog who aids Mrs. Welch in delivering daily newspapers. Since learning by example, Beauty fetches papers, places them at customers’ doors, and returns with the paper boy, delivering faithfully in all weathers and seasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daddy
Jack
Evelyn
Greenwich Village
New York City
Welch
Beauty
Welches
Mrs. Welch
Slug
Miss Cecil Walker Guest of Miss Odessa Darbyshire
Miss Cecil Walker of Crawfords ville spent Saturday as a guest of Miss Odessa Darbyshire and returned to her home on the evening train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Dede
Oskaloosa
John Buckley
Beatrice Dupuis
Keota
Will Dupuis
Lida Egan
Omaha
Nebr
St. Louis
C. W. Baldridge
Flossie Peck
Isabel
8. D
Fred Fitch
A. N. Alberson
Des Moines
Raymond Alberson
Mary Masson
D. J. Masson
Robert, Gordon
TW. Rickey
Crawfordsville
W. A. Harper
Gwendolyn Turner
Sigourney
Harper
Cecil Walker
Odessa Darbyshire
Not From Him I M P Cuntons Say Ten Dollars
An odd exchange features an old man asking about borrowing ten dollars while another character notes it depends on how many friends remain unasked, underscoring a casual, unresolved financial tease.
Chamberlain's Liniment Promoted for Ailments
Advertising copy touts Chamberlain's liniment as ideal for sprains bruises muscle soreness and rheumatic pains sold by Lemmon's Pharmacy as a trusted remedy for the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain's
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
Chicago Favored for 1912 Conventions by Parties
Washington reports indicate both Republican and Democratic leaders favor holding their 1912 conventions in Chicago. Republicans likely meet in late June while Democrats plan for early July, with Baltimore falling out of consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chicago
Baltimore
Jude
City Bus Line Order Hotline Details
Call up Phone No. 589 Black to place city bus line orders. Leave street and number. orders will be promptly attended to by Frank Rogers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Rogers
Steet
Aviator Killed in Porto Rios Flight Accident
Tod Schriver American aviator died after losing control of a Baldwin monoplane during a flight over Ponce Puerto Rico He fell from 200 feet and died within minutes after impact authorities report the crash site at Porto Rios San Juan Ry line note protects the incident details
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porto Rios
San Juan
P. Ry
Tod Schriver
Ponce
Brothers Rescued From Ice by Angolan Rescuers
Two Miller brothers aged eight and ten fell through Flowing Veils Pond ice in Angola Indiana. They cried out for help and were saved by Thomas Emerson and Glen Mc Cool who rushed to the scene and brought them to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angola
Ind
Therin Miller
Veils Pond
Thomas Emerson
Glen McCool
The King's Evil and James I’s Crown Ceremony
Raymond Crawford notes James I objected to the royal healing rite when in England. English advisers warned against giving up the ceremony for southern prestige. James prudently resigned himself to the tradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James 1
England
James
Raymond Crawford
Tones of Insects Revealed by Investigation
An investigator collecting curious data notes three insect tones: a low tone in flight, a higher tone when wings are static, and a yet higher tone when the insect is immobilized. The last tone is described as the voice proper of the insect and is sometimes produced by the thorax stigmata.
Cromwell Statue Spurs Misplaced In Westminster Hall
A playful note by RBargain Rook on Oliver Cromwell, praising him as a brilliant cavalry officer, but observing that the Westminster Hall statue shows spurs attached upside down with left spur on the right foot and right spur on the left, allegedly not period correct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Cromwell
Protector
Westminster Hall
Bus in Urbe excerpt describes a Springfield man in York
A Springfield man in York recounts riding streetcars and telling conductors the names of friends he wished to visit, hoping they could guide him to their residences. The Kansas City Times quotes the remark with bemused humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Moman
York
Kansas City Times
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John Kos
Striegel
Mrs. O. J. Simons
Delta
H. Knox
Col
D. J. Palmer
Darbyshire Drug Co
C. K. Needham
Newton
Wilcockson
Lolia Paul
Edith Shields
Monmouth
Frey
Bert, Austin
Lancaster
Wis
Rock Island
John Ashby
Eldon
Mason
Ella Montgomery
T. L. Montgomery
Greenville, Tenn
United Presbyterian Home Mission Board
Miss Montgomery
Evalyn Babcock
Margaret Wallingford
Miss Wallingford
Sfe. Smiffin
Cedar Falls
Wallingford
Frank Brinton
Clarion
Iowa
Lou Stevenson
Stevenson
J. P. Stevenson
West of
Joseph Harding
Ainsworth
Seymour Martin
Harry Pearson
City
Jacob Martin
Muscatine, Apent
Misses Bridges
Blanche Willey
Muscatine
the Fair
Henry Glick
Davenport
William Shannon
Fred Smith
Richland
Mrs. C. J. Wilson
Nellie Combs
Downer College
Milwaukee, Wis
A. A. Abbey
West Liberty
T. C. Reynolds
S.W
Titus
Cline Bros
Aus
Sutland
Ray Boyer
Harry Boyer
Aberdeen
S. D
Mrs
DD. A. Boyer
Davidson's
J. Rothschild
Eicher
South Marion Avenue
George McDaniels
Alice Rownd
West Second Street
Rothschild
D. J. Dewey
Golden State Limited
Los Angeles
Calif
BE. P. Foss
J. Hi. Shenefelt
Winfield
N. J. Lease
Charles Wilson
C. C. Rice
Don Wittman
Oclwein
Catherine Benz
Minnie Wolfe
Mrs. A. Keller
Max Keller
M. A. Hardin
John Ilardin
Joseph Mason
Radcliffe, Iowa
EH. G. Mason
J. F. Frame
Emma Purvis
Verdi
James Eckles
C. T. Rasche
K. R. Cowles
Peoria
Ill
Warren Cowles
Walter Logan
Curly, Nebr
S. M. Logan
Virginia
H. M. Bicher
Milwaukee
Hanna
Lydia Hicher
Kate Montgomery
Kodak
Earl Jackson
Mr. Jackson
A. G. McFarland
Margaret
Wyman
John Acheson
Harvey Matthews
Monmouth H Ill
Paul Beach
R. H. Walker
Florida
Winter Haven
Omething
the Royal
Todd Stuart
Mutual
Manila
Covesg Fem
Russia
J. A. Harwood & Son
Urbe
Shuuffer, Hughes & GO
W. W. Wilson
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