Ames Short Course Meeting Highlights Iowa Progress
The first evening of the Ames led short course was held in the Graham theatre with hundreds attending from Washington and nearby. Prof Bliss urged soil conservation and town country cooperation, while Keeley extolled Iowa roads and corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham Theatre
Washington
Ames
C. R. Bush
Joe Naylor
John 8. Wilson
Short
8. W. Brookhart
Ence
Keeley
Lowa
Iowa
Mr. Keeley
Washington County Good Roads Club
Social News Highlights From Local Gatherings
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Myall hosted about 30 neighbors four miles southwest of the city with a six oclock four course supper served by Mrs. Myall and assistants. Guests included the Burham and Wood families who plan to move soon. A. W. McCulley gave a family dinner for Mr. and Mrs. Caughey W. Southwell who will relocate to Pueblo, Colorado. Mrs. W. J. Southwell hosted a tea for Miss Westphal of Carroll at South Iowa avenue.
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Ed Myall
Frank McKay
Charlie
Bert Willits
Murray Conger
Glenn Burham
Verna
Issie Hoxworth
Linas Wood
Donald
Ed Willits
Burham
Wood
A. W. McCulley
South
Iowa Avenue
W. J. Southwell
South Iowa Avenue
Eastern Star called meeting and pumpkin pie request
Announcements list several meetings and notices. Eastern Star asks all lady members to bring a pumpkin pie on Thursday evening December 7. Myrtle E Bragg signs as secretary.
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Order of the Eastern Star
Lillian L. Kunath
W. M
Myrtle E. Bragg
Sec
Beware of Mercury In Catarrh Ointments Promoted Cure
Old medical advisory warns against mercury based catarrh ointments and touts Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Toledo as safe and effective. It claims the remedy is mercury free and taken internally to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Consumers urged to buy genuine Hall's Catarrh Cure from doctors or druggists with testimonials available. Also recommends Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Lincoln telegraph and cotton seizures mark anniversary
Fifty years ago today December 5 the secretary of the treasury ordered all cotton seized by armies in captured Confederate territory shipped to New York and sold for the government's account. A forwarding system of agents was established. Lincoln's message was transmitted via the new transcontinental telegraph and printed in San Francisco papers a day after eastern presses.
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United States Secretary of the Treasury
New York
Lincoln
San Francisco
Twenty Five Years Ago Storm Hits the Carolinas
An old fashioned storm swept from the lakes to the gulf bringing three to six inches of freezing sleet and fifteen inches of snow in South Carolina with twenty six inches reported in North Carolina.
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Lakes
Gulf
South Carolina
North Carolina
The Cry Baby stage show comes to Graham
Amusements advertises The Cry Baby a western play to be presented in Graham next Saturday night December ninth. It promises a manly hero a cow puncher lead and ranch life depicted with western ethics on stage with prices 25 35 and 50 cents.
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Graham
Plains
Dusty
West
The Cry Baby Deepens Texas Frontier Myth
A vivid assessment of Texas life shifts as old frontier charm fades in Hells Neck. The piece notes lights, roulette, and crowd changes, contrasting roaring eighties lore with modern tame expectations while praising the Texas spirit echoed in the Cry Baby.
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Hells Neck
Texas
Drama and enduring popularity prove the play’s worth
The enduring popularity of the play testifies to its sterling worth and lasting appeal.
Hayward Proposes Broad Auto Law Enforcement Push
Des Moines Iowa December 5 Secretary of State Hayward plans to identify sections of automotive law that constitute misdemeanors. He will send a list to all sheriffs and instruct them to pursue enforcement and use grand juries as needed.
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Des Moines
Hayward
Law Aims at Stopping Mobile Passes Street Cars
Secretary Hayward notes section of the law requiring mobiles to stop when street cars load or unload. He says full observance could have prevented Iowa accidents this year. He finds city councils lack power to lower speed limits in business districts below a mile per hour, though he views such speeds as dangerous.
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Hayward
Iowa
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the Evening Journal
Orville Elder
East Main Street
Mutual
IIL
Washington, D. C
Washington People
Prof
Bliss
Col. Brookhart
Rothschild
Brookhart
Professor Bliss
Commonwealth
Towa
W. M. Keeley
Washington Commercial Club
Miss Knowles
Neale S. Knowles
C. A. Boice
Doctor Boice
Department of Health
Sumner
State Board of Health
Mr. Naylor
M. L. Mosher
M.L. Mosher
Minnie Conner
Miss Conner
Professor Bush
Sam Walter Foss
U.S. Smith
U. S. Smith
Congress
Ix Society
Brotherhood of American Yeomen
G. W. Hay
Mystic Workers of the World
Pythian Circle
Journal Office
Moler
S. C. Brown Leghorn Roosters
W. M. Darbyshire
J. G. Miller
West Chester
Poland
J. C. Lemley
Adam Genkinger
Wellman Road
J. W. Teeter
Frank C. Beatty
Frank Webb
M. E. Church
J. H. Baird
Frank Scranton
R. R
West Main Street
C. H. Pauls
Whiting & Son
T. H. McClean
L. H. Richardson
Barby
Lemmon
C. S. Lemmon
Jeweler & Optometrist
The
Citizens Savings Bank of
Washington Capital
Winamara
South Side Furniture
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