Local retail and social notes from the city
Mrs. 8 A. McCleery of Chicago visits her son H. H. McCleery for two to three weeks. Bradley's Jewelry ads advertise neck chains cuff links gold watches and winter gifts. Davenport visit ends as Mrs Ray Boyer Eva Crone and Floy Elwell return home. A local art exhibit at the high school raises funds for school pictures. A company meeting notes various residents traveling to Des Moines for a roads conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
8. A. McCleery
Chicago
H. H. McCleery
Ray Boyer
Eva Crone
Floy Elwell
Davenport
Gold Dollar Flour Cash Sale Offer
A cash sale offers one hundred sacks of Gold Dollar flour at $1.25 per sack with a money back guarantee if customers are not satisfied. The ad promises flour equals or exceeds the quality of $1.50 to $1.60 alternatives and invites customers to try a sack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
California
Dead Letter Jewelry Sale Sours Washington Jewelers
Washington jewelers protest the Post Office Department's annual dead letter sale of unclaimed articles from the past three years. The auction begins today with over 500 jewelry items, including an unmounted three carat diamond, sold in sealed packages amid lottery fears. Julius Duehring monitors progress and reports to locals in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Post Office Department
Julius Duehring
Bachelor maids honor Miss Birdie Rankin with holiday gatherings
Mrs Homer Stephen and Miss Mary Hunter hosted a reception on East Washington Street for Miss Birdie Rankin before her December 24 wedding to Densmore Guthrie. A second bachelor maid dinner at Hotel Colenso featured pink and white decor, gifts for the bride to be, and a gold bachelor maid pin presented at the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Stephen
Mary Hunter
East Washington Reet
Birdie Rankin
Densmore Guthrie
Hotel Colenso
Berdie Rankin
Colenso
Miss Rankin
Alice Fluke Keeley
Ashby Stierwalt
May Long Hollingsworth
Edith Wilson Lytle
Kate Bell Babcock
Louise Cunningham
Hallie Berdo Hull
Washington
Masonic Lodge Meets for Third Degree Work on Dec 17
Washington Lodge No 26 A F and A M calls a special meeting Tuesday evening December 17 at 7 30 for third degree work Howard H Wilson of Cedar Rapids will assist along with lodge members A grand time is promised. The Current Events group of the Fortnightly club meets with Mrs Loose December 17 at 7 39 Heirs of the Woodmen hold annual officer elections December 19 at 7 30 p m Camp No Sés MW W of A election is set for December 19 at 7 30 p m A candy social is planned at the New Haven schoolhouse December 19 at 8 00 p m and ladies are asked to bring candy boxes
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Fraternity
Washington Lodge
A. F
A. M
Howard
Wilson
Cedar Rapids
C. A. Dewey
W. M
Sés, MW. W
Simone
V. C
J. G. Moriarty
Merk
New Haven
Romans rediscover ancient elevators at Palatine dig
Rome researchers report Romulan remains and 12 ancient lifts found at Palatine. One lift descends into the earliest known city and is being restored for the Archaeological Congress in Rome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ancienta
Rome
Palatine
Archaeological Congress
Farm Sale Ad Offers 120 Acre Iowa Farm with Stock and Grain
Public sale of a 120 acre Iowa farm near Brighton Pleasant Plain Coppock and Germanville including 95 farmland 25 woodland and pasture seven room house barn granary and wells with 50 acres cultivated. Stock includes cows hogs and a Duroc Jersey cross. grain 500 600 bushels corn and 250 Early Champion data. Terms require $1000 down on sale day and balance March 1 1913. grain and stock up to 12 months with note at 6 percent. Auctioneers Austin Sutherland and Lon Morgan listed with clerk Harry Lloyd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Brighton
Pleasant Plain
Coppock
Germanville
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Benz House
Sidney Seaberg
West Chester
Town
Luella Shaw
M. D
Congress Hotel
Flora Stephens
Muscatine
Wilbur Wolary
Bradley’s Jewelry Store
Oliver Dunlap
R. M. Smith
W. M. Keeley
W. A. Gibson
Bert Smith
Des Moines
H. Bell Carriage Shop
L. R. Schilling
Tel
Ross Hancock
Bloomfield
Riley Miller
Bradley’s Jewelry
Mela Kallaus
Charlie Kallaus
James Hovel
Riverside
Ed. Miller
Verdi
Henry Strouse
W. L. Davidson
Cleveland
Ohio
Cora Mel Patten
Mountain Lake Park
Maryland
The
Darbyshire Drug Co
Opera House
Commercial Savings Bank
John Applegate
Atlanta
Ill
Mr. Applegate
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Bradley
Flossie Peck
Isabelle, S. D
Frederick Fitch
J. K. Marbourgs
Katherine
Wmporia
Kans
James K. Marbourg
Ots Bradley's
P. C. Zimmer
Elizabeth Shirer
Russell, la
G. W. Hobson
Joe Lease
Crawfordsville
Knights of Pythias
Keota
Sigourney
Wellman
Keota K. P
Kodak
E. G. Fox
Wells- Fargo Express Company
M. & F. Clothing Co
Dougherty Bros
Klein Klothing Co
Henry Mast
Olds
Paul Mast
Wayland
J. E. Bittler
Queen City
Rolland K. Bond
S. W. Brookhart
United States
Ottawa
National Rifle Association
Brookhart
Company D Armory
ROYAL
Todd Stuart
Mutual
Mason Transfer & Storage Company
Santa
Harwood
W. C. Fisher
First United Presbyterian Church
W. H. Reed
Beni Suef
Egypt
Women’s Relief Corps
S. A. White
V. Pres
John Bryson
Bert Pierce
H. M. Sweet
A. L. Young
Amos Durst
State
Relief Corps
George Brinton
J. A. Harwood & Son
South Ride
John S. Stewart
West Side Square
Windsor
Jonathan
Washington State
Oregon
New York
Grimes
Illinois
Ben Davis
Missouri
Fancy Jersey
Blue Point
Austin Sutherland
Lon Morgan
Harry Lloyd
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