Ames Visitors and Holiday Hosting Noted in Local Notes
Miss Anna Henderson of Ames Iowa visits during the holidays at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Wilson. Mrs. T. L. Holland of St. Louis arrives to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Henderson
Ames
Iowa
W. W. Wilson
T. L. Holland
St. Louis
Charles Hay
Mrs. C. H. Davis
West Chester
Wayland
Oma Strain
Crawfordsville
Phillis Page
Oskaloosa
Shan Davis
Freda Smith
Burlington
Oral Larkin
Des Moines
Frank Kurtz
Mae Wehr
Columbus Junction
J. A. Wehr
Elsie Kolosick
A. Kolosick
Ainsworth
O. F. Harlan
Byron Snider
Richmond
Ray Cassidy
Richland
J. M. Larimer
Peoria
L. A. Jones
Carrie Blake
R. G. Coffman
N. R. Coffman
Margaret Coffman
la Platta
Missouri
James Chapman
Ottumwa
Bert Donaldson
W. M. Finke
Velma
Roy Finke
Henry Green
Glendive, Mont
I. EB. Green
J. K. Yocekey
John Wiley
Eleanor
Grand Rapids
Minnesota
Mrs. Wiley
Mr. Wiley
New Years Bank Closures Note Local Listings
Notice lists city banks closed on New Years Day and a long string of local residents and visitors arriving or traveling to towns such as Chicago Davenport West Chester Crawfordsville Oskaloosa and Richland. It also mentions a Frank H Gray sale on Wednesday January 2 and a child sustaining a broken collar bone after a household incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington National Bank Farmers & Merchants Commercial Bank Loan & Trust Co
Social notes and ads from Washington area
Reports list residents visiting relatives and locals traveling to Crawfordsville Ottumwa and Glendive with multiple names including S D Ross C B E Roth Pearl Phillips and Elizabeth Scott. An ad notes harness repair and water disinfection claims and a psychology claim about clergy children being geniuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl M. Phillips
Elizabeth E. Scott
Washington
Work Requires Fuel
The more a person works the more energy yielding foods are required.
Center of Negro population shifts northeast in Georgia
Census data mark the center 1.8 miles northeast of Rising Fawn in Dade County, Georgia, showing a historic northeast drift for the first time since 1790. The report cites rising Northern state populations in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan as the main driver behind a 625,268 national gain with 66 percent in the North.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Rising Fawn
Dade County
Georgia
Bureau
Petesburg
Lafayette
Alabama Line
Alabama- Georgia State Line
Fort Payne
Alabama
Georgia Line
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Early Thrift a Necessity with Many Presidents
By 8. W. Straus president American Society for Thrift. The piece details how leaders from John Adams to Woodrow Wilson built success from early thrift. It underscores humble beginnings and self-reliance as enduring lessons for youths and aspiring entrepreneurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Straus
American Society For Thrift
John Adams
Zachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
North Carolina
James A. Garfield
Warren G. Harding
Ohio
Calvin Coolidge
Hayes
Cleveland
McKinley
Wilson
Jimson Weed Used as Anesthetic by Ancient Tribes
An ancient note reports that the Zunis and other North American tribes used Jimson weed as an anesthetic in early surgical practices. It links ancient medical use to broader antiquity including Egyptian origins for the zodiac and notes food-yield ratios from digestible feed for dairy cows and other livestock.
Iowa Senate Talent Show Delights Luncheon Crowd
During a Iowa special session the Senate sings at lunch with Scott Holdoegel Stoddard and Abben leading a vocal quartet. House members join occasionally and a key dispute over a number’s key caused a brief hold on the program. A Christmas reunion at J. T. Anderson home was noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Des” Moinhs
Senate
Iowa
Scott
Marshall
Holdoegel
Webster
Stoddard
Woodbury
Abben
Lyon
House
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Ponce de Leon
Mack Sennett
Mainee
Alcohol, Jones Auto Co
ZOOS
Iowa City
Curtis & Ross
Temple Didg. Co. O. Dayton
Washington, Iowa
John Shields & Sons
Arch
White Yard
Jones Auto Co
P. L. Etter
Green
Mrs
B. F. Bostwick
Chicago
Frank H. Gray
James Clark
Keota
Ben Adams
Flave Hagist
George Johnson
George
Mildred
Francis Stewart
Mrs. C. W. Stewart
Francis
Charles Nicola
Davenport
James Utterback
Sigourney
Edna Smith
Harper
Jane Auto Pons
Ae Ce " Ettress
Morris Crayne
Frances Maude
Lee Lease
Archie McCulley
Nevada
Harold and
Clyde Putnam
William Mohland
Havre
Claudia Evans
Mrs. Bortz
Tipton, Iowa
George Tooman
Tooman
Floyd Harvey
War Auto Co
Jones
Bert
Tacoma
Puget Sound
J. J. McConnell
Little Kepler Harding
W. C. Harding
Mt. Pleasant Stuart Hotel
City Feed Yard
St. James School
Charles Crita
West Main St
P. S
McElhinney Drug Co
New Brunswick Records
Hot’ “Shufflin
S. D. Ross
C. BE. Roth of
Wilson's
Samuel Evans
Claudia
Wyman
J. Newton Davis
C. M. Robinson
Fred Shoemaker
Tooman Harness Shop
Army Medical School
Lyon’s Hall
Peterson
Jimson Weed
Iowa Gas
Washington Cleaners
Iowa Senate
Ethell
Davis County
J. T. Anderson
Arch McCulley
Louis Anderson
Perry
Swift
Farmer’s Co-operative Exchange
Iowa Ave
Skinners
Clark & Enslin
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