Local Personal News Highlights from New Year Season
Local residents and visitors circulate through town after holidays. Many travelers including Ben Badeno, Ben Butler, and Ben Wallace return home. Amherst student Arlo Jones sustains finger injury. several students leave for college or return to studies. families from Richland to Columbus Junction visit or relocate. Bowman's low prices advertised this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Wallan
Amherst College
Amherst
Mass
Leigh H. Wallace
Carol Forgey
Cedar Falls
State Teachers’ College
A. K. Foregey
Bess Jones
Lucile Forgey
Amy Edworthy
Hazel Meek
Columbus Junction
Bargains and local notices fill Fair stock display
The Fair promotes big stock on display with reduced prices at Bowmans and other vendors. Community mentions include Dr Rankin Doig's death, local travel by J T Snouffer, school moves by Carol Forgey, and various residents visiting or returning to work.
Billie’s Airship Leads Billie to Giantland Tale
A boy named Billie builds an airship from a magazine tale and visits a giant’s castle. The giant’s wife scolds him for scaring her husband and defends giants as peaceful, vegetarian hosts. Billie unhitches the craft and returns home, never returning to Giantland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daddy
Jack
Giantland
Billie
Ladies' Magazine
Hop-o'-My-Thomb
Ogre
Hop-o’-My-Thumb
Sadiy Billie
Earth
Deer Stocking for Queen Charlotte Islands Aims at Game Preserve
The provincial government begins stocking Queen Charlotte Islands with deer and plans to release about eighteen to twenty head to establish a premier game preserve. Provincial game warden Bryan Williams cites the island climate as ideal and notes past caribou sightings have not persisted. Vancouver correspondence Ottawa Citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Charlotte Islands
Bryan Williams
Queen Chartot
British Columbia
Vancouver
Ottawa Citizen
Officers Installed at Orion Lodge No. 75
The annual installation of officers for Orion Lodge No. 75 was held Monday evening at the K of P hall led by Deputy Grand Chancellor J. Wilson. Newly installed officers include J A Y Ashby C C. E G Fox V P. Wallace Prelate. Charles Thomas M W. J H Cunningham K of R. F Wolf M of F. J C Ford M of Ex. C G Schmoelier M of A. Glenn Laffer J G. Sherm Welch O G. and reps to Grand Lodge J Thomas J C Ford F L Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orion Lodge
K. of P Hall
J. Wilson
J. A. Y. Ashby
C. C
E. G. Fox
C. G. Schmoelier
A. Glenn Laffer
J. G. Sherm Welch
O. G. Charles Thomas
J. C. Ford
F. L. Wilson
Grand Lodge
Fashions in Frogdom Features Tadpole and Frog Skirts
A playful item contrasts tadpoles wearing hobble skirts with frogs in harem skirts, highlighting whimsical fashion differences in a nature themed piece.
Mason Transfer & Storage Co Top Attachment Sale
The notice states a top attachment available for $8.50 for T312 Mason Transfer & Storage Co. with details on the docket and collection process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason Transfer & Storage Co
Kerr and Bear Granted Marriage License Today
A marriage license was issued today to Howard H. Kerr and Miss Tessie L. Bear marking their formal union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard H. Kerr
Tessie L. Bear
Early American Coins and the Mark Newbie Half Pence
A 1681 emigrant group from Dublin to New Jersey brought coins called Mark Newbies or St Patrick half pence. The reverse shows Saint Patrick banishing snakes, and New Jersey allowed passage since small change was scarce, limiting acceptance to five shillings per person. The coins were struck in silver, brass, and aged wad with crude designs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Ireland
New Jersey
Mark Newbie
Mark Newbies
St. Patrick
December Weather Compared In Milo Sort 1911 Record
December 1911 in Milo showed a rare warm spell with a low of 2.6 below on the 28th and a high of 54 above on the 10th. Precipitation totaled 1.65 inches with 14 clear days, 4 cloudy and 13 partly cloudy as January begins reportedly milder.
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Endorsed by Omaha Hotel Manager
Mr Jas McCaffery of the Schlitz Hotel in Omaha Nebraska recommends Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs and throat and lung diseases. He states it cures in every case and has recommended it to many others who report great relief. For sale by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B&b. Combs
Florence
Lloyd
Greeley
Colo
John Combs
Colorado
Combs
Jas. McCaffery
Mgr
Schlitz Hotel
Omaha
Nebr
Foley
Inducement Talk Sparks Curious Dinner Offer
In a brief exchange the idea of a dinner as an inducement is floated by Mrs Fad while Mrs Tad Ah questions the cost and weight, leaving observers puzzling over intent and details.
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Fad
Tad
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Ben Badeno
Chicago
Ben Butler
Town City
Ben Wallace
Vox & Dewey
Beatrigé Klotz
Vera Alberson
Keller & Phillips
Alvin Allen
Richland
L. H. O'Loughlin
Bowman's
Max Miller
University of Chicago
M. P. Miller
Dorothy Miller
Middlesboro
Mrs
A. C. Allen
Wayland
City
Arlo Jones
Wilpon “Heating Co
Arlo
D. H. Miller
Texas
Charles Goodwin and Son
Alamo Land & Sugar Co
Harry Davidson
West Chester
Mr. Davidson
Lexington
Cloud Willits
Guthrie Center
Iowa
Ruth Knapp
Grace Ingham
Oberlin
Ohio
Oberlin College
Mary Hughes
Maryville
Letts
Hughes
Washington
Miss Hughes
Howard Huston
Crawfordsville
State Teachers College
Rose Avery
Moreland
Walton and Foreman
Madison, Is
R. S. Cook
Laverne, Minn
W. A. Row
Mrs. Cook
Margaret Row
KR. Smith
Muscatine
Mrs. Smith
George McDaniels
Ina Huston
Struthers, C
Selden Stewart
Mary Masson
Oskaloosa
D. J. Masson
Gladden Mast
Olds
Eardley’ Bell
Wellman
Mabel Buckley
University of Iowa At
Iowa City
John Buckley
Thos. O'Flaherty
James Combs
Esther McGugin
Essie
F. Stewart
Northwest
Della Sawtell
Frances Hutchinson
Tela Sense
Fairfield
Adeline Hampton
Anna Wilson
E. W. Spessard
Va Hendrickson
Ainsworth
Joel Burris
William Cowell
Ottumwa
Harry Jacobson
St. Louis
A. T. Burris
Hinil True
Moline
F. L. McClellan
Robert
Stockport
D. Everette Smith
Topeka
Kansas
A. J. Smith
Cedar Rapids
John Acheson
John Simpson
Harvey Matthews
Monmouth, IL
Monmouth College
Lolia Paul
Monmouth
Eva Denny
Wichita
Josephine Babcock
Nellie Wilson
J. W. Morton
Rankin Doig
19Th
J. T. Snouffer
H. Bell
D. J. Coon
Rose McGugin
Hastings
Montezuma
Paul Beach
Indianola
Lodge Hall
The
White House
Ashington
Army
Navy
Taft
Mercury
Cook & Sherman
Peewee
Mrs. Fad
Iowa Gas & Electric CO
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