Christmas social notes from Ainsworth area
Local arrivals and departures for December 24 include Mrs. John Hendricks visiting near Galesburg Illinois and Mrs. Mary A. Walker with granddaughter Jennie Stephenson heading to Chicago for holidays. Multiple marriages and social visits around Washington and Ainsworth are listed along with a death notice for Mrs. John Williams whose remains will be moved to Ainsworth.
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John Hendricks
Galesburg
Ill
M. Strain
Mary A. Walker
Jennie Stephenson
Chicago
Maude
James D. Martin
Maxwell
Lena
Milan Shields
Washington
Nan Richey
Keota
Harry White
C. O. Burris
Iss Bertha Kramer
Howard Griffith
Jos. Kramer
Wyman
W. W. Whipple
Raymond Criswell
Burlington
Thos. Smylie
Lloyd Tennant
Florence
Wymen
John White
Jessie Anderson
John Williams
Dubuque
Ainsworth
Parsons College shifts weekly holiday to Monday
President Parsons declares Monday will be the weekly holiday at Parsons college replacing Saturday. He cites student Sunday study habits and Sabbath desecration concerns. The change, already used by western schools and spreading to eastern ones, will be tested this semester and next before possible permanent adoption.
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Fairfield
Parsons
Parsons College
Christmas Dinner Planned at County Farm for Inmates
Superintendent Frank Beatty and his wife organize a holiday meal for inmates with donated sweets fruits and a large noon turkey dinner. Merchants contribute to ensure a plentiful and festive event at the county institution, promising a very pleasant day for residents. A local ad notes T B Vogt offering $15 for 1904 pennies. A drugstore ad promotes a cough syrup claimed to cure a cold in one day.
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Frank Beatty
Postoffice Hours and Hol iday City News Briefs
The postoffice closes Monday at 11 am with rural carriers continuing service. City clerks deliver in town until 10 am and from the postoffice windows 10 to 11. Evening mail collection proceeds as usual. News items note social visits, Christmas travel, a death in New York, and local editor J H Pearson’s gifts. Philadelphia reports Justice Mitchell defending free trusts and a fatal shooting in Paagesville.
Trade Seasonably Quiet Across Markets This Week
Trade for holiday goods shows demand below peak but expectations are met while staple merchandise trades are quiet. Conditions are satisfactory with manufacturing active though water supply limits some operations. Coke output and transport face strain, structural materials gain interest, and cotton goods stay restrained to immediate needs.
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New York
Dye
Dan & Cols Weekly
Connellsville
Cote Hielce
United States
Canada
Local Social Notes and Updates from Keck Green House to Ames Visit
Personal notices list arrivals and departures in the community. Names include George Huckley from Chicago, Will Sherman home for holidays, Verle Isenhart from Des Moines, Mrs. T. and Daugherty's New York visit, Dessa and Mildred Wabnitz to Muscatine, Miss Martin teaching at the Heights School, Miss Martha Baer visiting Crawfordsville, and Miss Della Patton teaching in Columbus City returning home. Also noted are Rev. Wilford Kent's arrival to wed Ethel Kaye, and updates on Miss Lena Bailey, Van White at Iowa State College, Prof. Crone and judges at a school contest with corn judging today, plus ongoing Holly at Keck Green House and various local visiting relatives.
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Will Sherman
Chicago
Verle Isenhart
Des Moines
Keck Green House
Della Patton
Columbus City
R. B. Crone
Sixourney
Cap E. Miller
Crone
Holden
Ames
Bray
Prof. Holden
Local Rain Sparks Water Shortage Near Pittsburg
Light Thursday night rain lifted temperatures by twenty degrees but cooled again as a cold wave looms. Water supply is rapidly exhausted, impacting local industry and prompting forecasts of harsher conditions ahead.
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Pittsburg
Bear Rampage Roars Through Cincinnati Shops
A captured bear escaping its handlers caused chaos in Cincinnati’s shopping district as thousands fled. The bear was recaptured after multiple escapes, finally subdued by a crowd including a wrestler who bagged it.
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Cincinnati
Nosauck
Morgantown
Geneseo City Council Votes Five to Three on Saloon Permit
Geneseo ballots on a saloon permit despite Mayor Holt veto. council adopts ordinance 5 to 3. The de facto charter clause claimed by opponents differs from the old charter which reportedly requires only a majority vote. The dispute centers on legality and required voting thresholds.
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Kewanee
Geneseo
Holt
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Iowa
East Main Street
the County News
Crawfordsvlile
County Farm
T. B. Vogt
Warners’ Wille
J. H. Stewart
Iowa Land Co
West 12Th St
Journal Office
Jewett
Remington
Jas
Ralston
J. A. Y. Ashby
Ashby
JES
Coppywrights &c
Munn & Co
MUNN
Washington, D
the News
Dougherty Bros
W. R. Sawhill
Winterset
Mrs. A.©. Brookhart
Mt. Sterling
J. M. Bickford
Kent
Bent Dickens
D. A. Boyer
West Chester
R. S. Warfel
Dr. Jenkins
Walter Fletcher
New York City
Verne Kerr
Iola
Kansas
J. H. Pearson
The
Ainsworth Clipper
Philadelphia
Chie
Mitchell
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Theo
Cripple Creek Cole
Willis Gladden
Arequa Gulch
Sigonimmey
Dr. Gossum
McElhinney Drug Co
North Side Square
Harvey & Warfel
George Huckley
T. &. Daugherty
Dessa
Mildred Wabnitz
Muscatine
Martin
the Heights School
Hedrick
Mary Shiply
Deira
J. Kk. Allen
Martha Baer
Clearge Alexander
Crawfordsville
Wilford Kent
Redmond City
Cal
Will
Ethel Kaye
Mia
John Whiteman
Martha
Lena Bailey
Biggsville
Auld Home
van White
State Agricultural College
City
N. L. White
Brain
Douglass
Massachusetts
Miles
Ase
Family Alres Soc
Paracamph Co
Louisville
Columbia Harms Ah Lemmon
Deng Store
Cook & Sherman
Stewart ii
Stewart
Der
Walker & Herota
Drinwlie
W.N. Bragg
W. N. Bragg
Stella Savage
Ella Woodford
Brighton
John 8. White
Dr. Cherryholmes
Foley
Fotry
Columbia Pharmacy
Southeast Corner Square
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