Community Notes From Over County Lexington Area
Community news from Lexington and nearby towns recounts visits and social events. Residents such as Mrs Walter Patterson Mrs Frank Wilson and families from Oregon are noted for gatherings and small trips. Local visits include Col Yoder and family and the Matthess and Patterson households.
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Lexington
Melo Allo
Chicago
Walter Patterson
Ladies’ Relief Corps
Ellman
Frank Wilson
Oregon
Haveeen
Wilson
Key
West Chester
Sigourney
Warren Mathess
H. E. Mathess
Boyarett Young
Ed Testroet
Anderson
Col. Yoder
M. J. Alsa
B. J. Holmes
Milo Patterson
Robert Amongs
Wellman
Raymond Hasty
Pete
Rex Stumpf
Henry
Warren Matthess
Ashington
Roy
Mrs N E Lease Returns From Morning Sun Visit
Mrs N E Lease arrived home on a December evening from Morning Sun and spoke on mission work at Hilltop Arkansas on Sunday at the Presbyterian church. Pearl McNeill visited Burlington Monday and T J Long of Sumner Iowa is visiting relatives. Mrs J B Crooks of Washington spent the day with H Crooks.
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Crawfordsville
N. E. Lease
Treasury urged to mint seven cent coin
The U S Treasury Department faces widespread requests from its departments urging minting of a seven cent coin. The push reflects public interest in adjusting coinage to practical needs.
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U. S. Treasury Department
Push for a 7 cent coin to ease price changes
The petition argues that a 7 cent piece would relieve consumers from mass penny changes as prices shift. Banks railroads theaters and streetcar firms are among petitioners and the treasury reportedly favors the idea.
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Treasury
Divorce Petition Filed in Washington County Iowa
Clair Booth files for divorce from Eliza Booth in district court alleging adultery. Petition claims they are married and seeks a divorce. defendant must appear by January 2, 1920, or default and judgment will be entered. Morrison & Morrison represent the plaintiff.
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District Court
Washington County
Iowa
Clair Booth
Eliza Booth
Court House
Washington
Morrison & Morrison
Harriet Samson Birth and Death Notice in Iowa Records
Harriet Samson daughter of Samuel and Jane Samson was born in Pike County Ohio on May 1 1833. She died at her home in Valley Washington County Iowa at nine o clock p m December 6 1919 aged
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Harriet Samson
Samuel
Jane Samson
Pike County
Ohio
Valley
Washington County
Iowa
Widow of 86 Years Remembered for Charity and Faith
The obituary honors a long life of 86 years and 7 months who married Thomas Black in 1864 and lived in Dutch Creek township before settling in Valley Iowa. Surviving siblings include two brothers David J. Samson and Richard W. Samson and nieces Pearl Miles and Fronia Owings. She joined United Presbyterian in girlhood and attended St. Paul Evangelical after moving to Valley.
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Thomas Black
Iowa
Dutch Creek Township
Kiefhaber
Valley
Back
Black
Kitty Whistler
Granville Stringfellow
United Presbyterian Church
St. Paul’s Evangelical Church
David J. Samson
St. Mary’s
Ohio
Richard W. Samson
Pearl Miles
Brashear
Fronia Owings
Green Castle
Splendid Cough Medicine Praised by Missouri Family
Mrs. Clay Fry of Ferguson Station Missouri extols Chamberlains Cough Remedy calling it splendid and suitable for children with croupy symptoms and for adults with coughs and lung colds. She notes quick relief after a few doses and rapid recovery with continued use. Lemmon's Drug Store advertises the product.
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Chamberlain
Scandal at the Graham theater in three act comedy
Cosmo Hamilton presents Scandal at the Graham theater on Monday December 15. Walter Hast produces with a lavish setting and a standout cast including Coates Gwynne Ebba Andrus L Frank Ross Chas Guthrie and Joseph Burton. The play, first staged at the Shubert Garrick in Chicago, traces idle rich lives over three acts with a famed bedroom scene in Beatrix Van derdyke’s chamber.
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Cosmo
Hamilton
Graham Theater
Walter Hast
Shubert-Garrick Theater
Chicago
Messrs. Shubert
Beatrix Vanderdyke
Mr. Hast
Coates Gwynne
Ebba Andrus
L. Frank Ross
Chas Guthrie
J. Hartman Reider
Joseph Burton
Clara Reynolds Smith
Virginia Stuart
Mary Condon
Rose Caylor
Clemence de Claren
The End of the Road at Graham Theatre Next Friday
A two day screening of The End of the Road at the Graham Theatre opens Friday December 12. The film is described as a picturized attractive story of an unpleasant subject and is praised for teaching moral cleanliness frankness about nature's laws and a timely lesson.
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Moving Picture
Graham Theatre
Film Drama Appeals Through Sweet Forceful Style
A forceful yet wholesome drama guides audiences with a friendly beacon. Claire Adama dominates the leading feminine role delivering realistic acting while Richard Bennett portrays a prominent army surgeon in a central pairing.
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Claire Adama
Richard Bennett
Patent for Apparatus to Play Piano and Violin Together
A patent has been issued for an apparatus enabling a person to play both piano and violin simultaneously. The invention allows synchronized performance by integrating instrument actions, promising new methods for combined keyboard and bowed string playing.
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Wyoming
Bertie
Thompson & Weidner
East Side Square
Washington, Iowa
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Graham
Ainsworth
Busby Farm
Moore
Beatrice
F. J. Striegel
Charles Brown
W. E. Davis
K R. Sage
Teephyr
the McFarland Co
W. C. W. C. Hotle
Wellston
J. A. Lemley
Brighton
Hu. OV
Fra
Marr & Son
Keota
J. W. Oldaker
I. A. Knittle
Riverside
Swift & Company
U.S.A
Smiet, & Company
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