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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1910

Page

7

Happenings in Brighton and vicinity December notes

Grant Lindsey visits from Fairfield while Mrs. Minnie Smith visits her daughter Mrs. Cora Mayo in Brighton. A box and pie supper and band concert are planned at the club house Friday night. The Presbyterian bazaar yielded about 66 dollars after an oyster supper. Mrs. Lester Hanlon of Washington returns home after visiting Lydia Madden. The Downs child is sick. flenny Rancher family moves to New London for a store. Bessie Arnold ill with inflammatory rheumatism attended by Dr. Bailey. Grace Hoffman and two children from South Dakota visit Lydia Madden. F A A officers elected for next year with C E Bennett as president and Orpha Mumper as corresponding secretary. Will Stattler and Mrs. Robt. Goode to spend Christmas with Hoffman family in Lacona, Iowa. Continued Christian church meetings show good attendance.

Brighton Grant Lindsey Fairfield Minnie Smith Washington Cora Mayo Dick Gudgell Clay Accent Gudgell The Presbyterian Church Lester Hanlon Lydia Madden Clyde Downs Flenny New London Bessie Arnold Bailey Pleasant Plain Grace Hoffman South Dakota C. EE. Bennett B. A. Mortimer Will Coffman Isve Charles Mumper Ida Sweet Orpha Mumper Aees Ofalewoet Gantineh Abe Young Will Stattler Robt. Goode Lewis Hoffman Lacona Mary Friend Christian Church Tomerlin

Prairie Flower church to host Mills meetings

Rev Mills aided by a singer will open a series of meetings at Prairie Flower church in a few days. Several local notices follow including deaths, visits, sales, and market prices. Milch cows fetched 50 to 60 dollars and corn rose to 37 cents per bushel as roads improve and farms move machinery.

Prairie Flower Mills Prairie Flower Church Ed. Jackson Illinois Wolfe Charlie Joe. McFarland West Chester Carlson Clinton Griggs Joe Weaver Kentucky Joe Conklin Xenia Ohio Lucy Waggoner Keota Farmers’ Institute Fred Bartholomew B. F. Brown Scott Craig Elmer Burham al Huber

Pleasant Hill Visitors From Moline

Pleasant Hill notes Eugene and Evan Johnson of Moline arrived Saturday for an extended visit at the John Kephart home.

Pleasant Hill Eugene and Evan Johnson Moline John Kephart

Miller's Dypepsia Cure Promises Indigestion Remedy

An advertisement claims Miller's Dypepsia Cure cures indigestion by conditioning the stomach to perform its functions without medicine or diet restrictions. For sale by COOK & SHERMAN.

Cook & Sherman

Couldn't Hear It. Vicar James Monologue Exchange

A dialogue excerpt shows the Vicar urging James to attend church after months away. James replies that while duty calls, his influence last winter has left him deaf to the call and distant from church.

James Voice of Duty

Kalona and Ainsworth Notes Bridge Social, Deaths and Trade

Kalona region reports include Chas Bush's twin girls and the death of Mrs. Scurlock in Kalona with a funeral held, visits from James Corbin of Muscatine and Mr. Hott of Iowa City, and cattle shipments to Chicago. Ainsworth hosts a masked skating contest with cash prizes and social visits, while local clerks and merchants prep for Christmas trade as tile factory closes for repairs.

Conservation chiefs appoint executive committee

Des Moines December 16 President Henry Wallace of the conservation congress announced the executive committee including J B White of Kansas City as chairman J O Peal of Portland Ore EB L Worsham of Atlanta George C Pardee of Oakland Calif H Batley of Ithaca N Y Freak Goudy of Beaver James R Garfield Cleveland William Fleming Jones Les Cruces N Mex Walter H Page New York Mrs Philip N Moore St Louis B N Baker Baltimore named as members Page Pardee Goudy and Worsham are new to the panel Pinehot praises the selection in a letter Wallace note Kansas City Washington and Providence R I have each applied for the next meeting

Des Moines Henry Wallace The Conservation Congress J. B. White Kansas City J. O Peal Portland Ore L. Worsham Atlanta George C. Pardee Oakland Cal H. Batley Ithaca N. Y Freak Goudy Beaver James R. Garfield Cleveland William Fleming Jones Les Cruces N. Mex Walter

A Simple Safeguard for Mothers

Mrs. D. Gilkeson of Youngstown Ohio shares a motherly remedy story praising Foley's Honey and Tar for a severe cold and persistent cough in her child noting rapid relief and full recovery after one bottle. Lemmon's Pharmacy and McBihinney Drug Co endorse the product and warn against substitutes.

D. Gilkeson Ingles Ave Youngstown Ohio Foley Lemmon McBihinney Drug Co

Novel Reading and Intellectual Taste Debated

The Philosopher of Folly mocks readers who claim broad literary taste and equates consuming new novels with an intellectual feast to eating calves brains for supper. He argues true taste requires discernment beyond trends.

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