Local notes on travel births and business notices in town
Multiple brief items from a local page list travel to Brighton Columbus Junction Muscatine and Des Moines. People visit relatives attend lectures or conventions and merchants advertise vehicles tractors and goods. A bank group travels to Burlington for a southeastern Iowa bankers convention as Lincoln's day closes stores and services update.
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Washington
Burlington
Iowa
Lincoln
The Seven Seas Phrase as Oceanic Travel Benchmark
A lingering reference explains the phrase seven seas as a general measure of seafaring experience. It notes a man claimed to have sailed widely, crossing many waters around the globe.
Monthly payment plan offered by Nita Belle McKoon
Subscriptions taken and enbs arranged. Ask about the monthly payment plan. Phone 59 Red or write in care of the Journal. Nita Belle McKoon, Authorized Representative, Washington, Iown.
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Elnbs
Nita Belle Mekoon
Washington
Iown
Public sale lists various items and contact notes
A pipeless furnace is offered for sale on a public sale date the 14th by Alex De Berd with a five year pump guarantee from Nevins Motor Co. Also listed are a plush Davenport a Globe lamp and a delivery service inquiry with a contact at 414 8 Sth Ave. and motor ton 269. Lydia Hellam a chiropractor near Lemiley's Grocery provides a phone contact at 659 Hinektf. Another for a plush Davenport and Globe lamp at 414 S 6th Ave. Found note mentions Lemmon's Pharmacy Parisian Sage a hair tonic sold with a money back plan.
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Lemmon’s Pharmacy
Local notices and society items from Keota area
Community updates recount illnesses and recoveries at local hospitals and schools. Notables include W P Rawn improving at the county hospital, eleven teachers out sick with eight on duty, Miss Ann Houdek ill with pneumonia, and Mrs F E Bradford returning to Davenport. Also listed are farm moves, travel of residents, and business ads for tires, furnaces, and skin remedies.
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Ann Houdek
Route Seven Local Social Notes Update
Mrs Roy Dawson recovers from the grip and can do housework. Frank Melinsky visited at Geo Davis home. Mrs Ed Myall spent Thursday with Mrs John Work. Will Longer and family visited Geo Hopping. Roy Libe ill in Washington. Riley Miller visit Charley Schiebel. John H Simmering wife baby ill. Mrs Ed Miller Roy and Pauline Griffith school absence. Howard Doig and Roy Dawson family visited. Josie Smythia visiting. Charles Griffith staying with Clem Griffith.
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Roy Dawson
Frank Melinsky
Geo. Davis
Ed Myall
John Work
Geo. Hopping
Roy Libe
Washington
Riley Miller
Charley Schiebel
John H. Simmering
Ed Miller
Roy
Pauline Griffith
Howard Doig
Bible Translator Seeks Idiom In New Guinea Tongue
A translator of a Bible into a New Guinea language asks how to phrase a request. A native suggests a literal idiom about speaking to his mother in law before acting, reflecting local taboos on opening one s lips to a wife s mother in Boston Transcript.
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New Guinea
Boston Transcript
Questioning a Wan in Sport Wagers Comment
A skeptical remark frames sport talk with a wary tone. The narrator hints at doubt about fair play and insinuates someone may be exploiting a vulnerable participant.
By Way of Explanation No Carrie Peace Piping Phrase
A light note discusses the odd expression piping junes of peace and clarifies it has no relation to smoking a peace pipe, using playful language to untangle a figure of speech.
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Carrie
Social events and a spring wedding in Washington
The Society at Chapter 1 PEO met at Mrs. Cunningham’s home with state organizer Fannie Carrier praising the group’s service. Miss Opal Nicholson married Samuel Lambert at the Christian church parsonage with Rev. Dalton officiating. The Social Club hosted a surprise-event at the Swift home with aluminum ware gifts, music, contests, and a late oyster supper for 36 guests.
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CC. C. Cunningham
Fannie Carrier
Edith Lytl
Hallie Hull
Opal FE. Nicholson
Samuel F. Lambert
Christian Church
W. L. Dalton
Clyde Lambert
Ruby Nicholson
Jacob Lambert
Washington
Pleasant Hill
Lloyd Swift
Periodic Bilious Attacks Worsen Appetite
Periodic bilious attacks affect victims by dulling appetite before an episode. They may eat only because it is mealtime, and a suggested remedy is two Chamberlain's Tablets to prevent an attack, advertised by Lemmon's Drug Store.
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Lemmon
Seagull Weather Belief Noted in Britain
A traditional tip notes seagulls behavior as a weather predictor. If gulls fly far to sea or stay on shore, fair weather may be near. if they head inland or circle, a storm is predicted. The belief is described as common in Scotland and Ulster with regional variations.
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Scotland
Ulster
Denominational colleges urged as enrollment soars
A church backed survey notes rising college attendance outpacing population. It cites Presbyterians and Methodists training most ministers in their own schools and warns Ohio and the nation face a shortage of space. leaders urge building more colleges.
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United States
Robert L. Kelly
Interchurch World Movement
Kelly
Presbyterian Church of the
United States of America
United Brothers
Episcopal Colleges
Ohio
War Department seeks records on 168th infantry and 88th division
Washington February 12. The War Department issued a circular urging Iowa veterans and former soldiers to submit papers and personal notes on operations of their units in the war zone. It notes missing documents hinder study of wartime operations and requests maps messages reports and diaries be sent to the adjutant general in Washington.
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War Department
Washington
168Th Infantry
Iowa
Department
Adjutant General
Youll Find It There in the Want Column
A brief want column item notes a listed need or opportunity. The readable fragment suggests a classifieds style hint at a sale or service, with a concise call for contact or action. No further context or names are provided in the accessible text.
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WANT
Paris Floods Endanger Suburbs of the Capital
Paris reports severe floods in 1920 affecting Seine and Marne bank communities near Maisons Alfort and Alfortville. Rising water trapped residents for a week, with boats and canoes used for rescue and relief. Soldiers and sailors from Brest Rochefort and Lorient supplied collapsible boats to save families and belongings.
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Paris
Seine
Marne
Maisona-Alfort
Alfortville
Main
Brest
Rochefort
Lorient
Alaska Eyes Opening Vast Forest Reserves for Pulp Mills
Alaska Governor Thomas Riggs Jr. announced plans to remove restrictions on national forest reserves Tongass and Chugach to allow pulp manufacturers to operate there. He seeks federal action to restore or open reserves, citing 34 000 square miles of forests and abundant water power for potential mills in the northern territory.
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Seattle
Wash
Alaska
Northland
Thomas Riggs, Jr
Riggs
Juneau
Washington, D. C
Tongass
Chugach Tians
Northern Territory
British Columbia
Indiana
Foresta
Puget Sound
Washington
Contradictory Camel Observation From History Text
The passage notes camels as long known domestic animals yet describes their lack of affection toward humans. It contrasts the camel’s dependency on fat meadows with its fat, powerful, and savage independence in alkali deserts.
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Corrine Griffith
Maurice Costello
Peggy Hyland
Fox & Dewey
Arthur Goodin
Crail’s. Tt
Louis Miller
Brighton
J. A. Hillhouse
Havre
City Feed Yard
Bessie Rickey
Chicago
Goodyear
Bevins Motor Co
Reynolds & Gibson
Frank Bailey
Columbus Junction
Charles Morgan
Harry McCall
Muscatine
Judge Greene
Lina
Bertha Rich
Wayland
C. A. Rich
Sampson
Mason Transfer & Storage Co
Mrs. R. L. Badger
D. S. McConaughy
Dysart
Des Moines
Armory
J. FP. Duffy
Ford
Grace
Madge Stone
Ainsworth
T. C. Davin
Henry Steck
Iowa City
Owosso
Mich
Andy J. Sheetz
Florence C. Frank
Keota
Opal E. Nicholson
Edward R. Reese
Mary E. Roberts
the Screen
Tom MIX
Dean
M. W. Karman
Pennsylvania
John Shields & Sons
McWmamara Undertaking Co
Kimbalmers
Berwich
Cohn
Washington, Iowa
Alex de Berd
Nevins Motor Co
Plush
Davenport
Sth Ave
Forato
Call Motor
Lydia Hellam
Lemiley's
6Th Ave
Lyon's
Revings Motor Co
Alex Deard
Washington County
Jno. M. Taylor & Co
Goodyear Cord
Will Green
Keola
T. T. Green
Milford Dusenbery
P. Dusenbery
FE. H. Guy
Nellie
Bills Junction
Wis
W. P. Rawn
F. H. Bradford
Godfrey Juzeler
Mary Brockway
Miss Brockway
John Smeltzer
Madeline Harris
Rock Island
New York City
J. A. Sproatt
John Steck Sproatt
H. F Steck
Sylvester. Moothart
Atlantic City
N. J
Idles
Oscar Sheets
Qgodfrey Sheetz
Andy Augusti
Godfrey Sheetz
Josie Smythia
Charles Griffith
Clem Griffith
Sport
King Chick Hatchery
Iowa Citys
Lytle Bros
Graham Theatre
Hal Reister
Bow Sitter's
Hal
Graham
Mae Murray
Mary Miles Minner
Yvonne
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