Local residents note visits and homecomings
Miss Helen Stewart returned home last evening from a ten days visit with Mrs. Hazel Webb Crittenden in Des Moines. Ed Bowman and Mrs. Laura Graham spent yesterday in Davenport, returning home last evening. Dick Embree of Keota spent last evening with friends in the city. Seymour Martin of Keota was a business visitor in the city today. Buy your Sunday bakery supplies at the Vienna.
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Helen Stewart
Hazel Webb Crittenden
Des Moines
The
Vienna
Ed Bowman
Laura Graham
Davenport
Dick Embree
Keota
Seymour Martin
John Hiland
Panora
Iowa
W. H. Asher
Mr. Hiland
Indiana
Lexington M. EB. Church
Charlie Stewart
Edna Webb
Helen Sargent
Rock Island
Maud Murphy
Mary Bridges
City
Crawfordsville
Clarinda
Rulie Walker
Brighton
William
Ella Kelsey
Winfield
Winfield Keller
Edith Hough
Mrs. J W Scotts Dress Parlor Moves to Rothschilds Store
Local notice lists multiple moves and arrivals in town. Mrs J W Scotts dress parlor relocates above Rothschilds Store while residents, visitors, and travelers pass through, with activities at bakeries, churches, and various homes noted.
Not to Mention the Water in Milk Microbial Note
A quoted remark from the Albany Journal questions how milk can still hold room for the milk despite millions of bacteria in a drop, highlighting the dense microbial presence in dairy.
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Albany Journal
Cut Prices at Dougilerty Bros One-Fourth Off
Dougilerty Bros announces a storewide sale with one fourth reductions on suits overcoats puts shirts underwear hats and caps. The blitz applies to all main clothing lines and includes accessories. Local shoppers urged to visit the shop for discounted men’s apparel.
Bright Student Writes Laughable Exam Answer
A student gave a humorous reply on a theology exam about the language of the ass in a biblical story. He paused with a smile, then wrote a quirky, incomplete answer that preserved the moment in lighthearted fashion.
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Eggman
Ral O
Liprineatt
Basket Supper at A O U W Hall on January 11
Notice invites all A O U W members to a basket supper at the hall on January 11. Members should bring full baskets and invite a friend. Committee.
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A.O. U. W. Hall
Verbal Pitfalls in Portugal Language Lessons
A London Answers piece humorously surveys Portuguese usage and translation quirks. It notes how English phrases mislead in Portugal, from "arrive" meaning stop, to clocks that walk and people who say “with” cold, heat, or hunger, and warns about false friends in verbs, nouns, and social forms.
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Portugal
Maria
England
Brazil
London
The Smelling Dinner Bedtime Tale From Paris
In a Paris tale a hungry poor man cannot buy food so he smells the dinner wafting from an underground kitchen. A stingy restaurant owner demands payment for the odor or arrest. The man jingles his few coins and offers them as payment for the odor of the dinner.
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Addy
Jack
Daddy
Evelyn
Paris
Frisco Bill Seeks End To Horse Racing
A Sacramento legislature bill aims to end racing in the state by banning oral betting and making racecourse owners parties to the crime. Reformers control both houses, boosting passage prospects.
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San Francisco
Sacramento
New York
Salt Water Cataracts and Their Global Cascades
The article describes salt water cataracts in Norway, southern Chile, and southern Colombia where fjords trap rising tides. It notes Canoe Passage near Vancouver Island with an eighteen foot waterfall fed by the gulf of Georgia, alternating as tides flood and ebb.
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Norway
Chile
Srnlish Columbia
Canoe Passage
Island of
Vancouver
British Columbia
Gulf of Georgia
Gulf
Not on a pay as you enter basis
A Washington Star quote duo features a cynical sociologist and an eminent astronomer debating the value of people on Earth. The exchange reaches a wry conclusion about worth and existence aboard the planet.
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Washington Star
A Popular Doctor Blinker Snaps at Dr De Sharpe
A New York Weekly quips on Dr De Sharpe, famed for a large practice among the wealthy. The cartoon contends his success stems from diagnosing overwork as the cause of illness among millionaires.
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Blinkers
de Sharpe
New York Weekly
Constipation Promoted as Cause of Ailments
A historical advertisement urges Constipation as root of many disorders and promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets to keep bowels regular, noting availability at Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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Chamberlain
Lemmon
Plowmen and Range of Thought Echo in Rhetoric
A fragment reflects on the plowman as a citizen with civic duty likened to Cincinnatus or Washington. It notes measuring tools and the idea of a son’s range, critiquing narrowness of outlook and the value of practical work.
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Washington
King Alfonso Escapes Death In Malaga Bombing Attempt
King Alfonso narrowly escaped an assassination attempt in Malaga when a railway station explosion injured two as a civilian allegedly dropped a revolver that discharged. The king survived the blast with no reported injuries.
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Alfonso
Trust Co Closed Doors in New York
Special report notes Carnegie Trust Co collapse under state bank examiner order Leslie M Shaw named president after Treasury service. deposits near ten million and crowds gathered at the doors. Carnegie not connected to the failure. In Kansas at Cavey a man is shot and killed at the Palace hotel by A O Truckett following oil lease litigation. Truckett surrendered.
Purse and Bread Tickets Returned by Honest Finder
A pocketbook found in Ottumwa Junction Iowa contained five dollars eighty five cents a certificate of deposit in Miss Mary McKelvey’s name bread tickets and a note from C E Dwyer Eden Valley Minnesota stating he will loan the owner the money and return the rest later Miss McKelvey thanks the finder and hopes for a prompt repayment The incident highlights an unusual act of honesty in the morning transfer.
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Mr. White
G. W. Hull
Ottumwa Junction
Iowa
W. A. White
Washington
C. E. Dwyer
Eden Valley
Minnesota
Mary McKelvey
Miss McKelvey
Kenyon and Young Forces Refuse Caucus
In Des Moines Iowa on January 7 the Kenyon and Young forces agreed to refuse to go into a caucus. Fifty three legislators are included in the agreement.
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The
Kenyon and Young Forces
Legislaors
Cut Prices on Men's and Children's Wear by Dougherty Bros
Reduced prices apply to all suits overcoats pants dress shirts flannel shirts under wear hats and caps for men and children. Dougherty Bros offers the sale as a limited time event with significant savings across the department.
Dinner party hosted by Miss Hazel Stewart
Miss Hazel Stewart entertained Miss Lucile Montgomery Mildred Morton Lucile Miller Mar guerite Dean and Mildred McLaughlin at a twelve o'clock dinner yesterday at her West Jefferson street home.
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Lucile Montgomery
Mildred Morton
Lucile Miller
Marguerite Dean
Mildred McLaughlin
Hazel Stewart
West Jefferson Street
Hopeful Names and Twin Scamps on the Street
Two bright seven year old boys laughingly approach a lawyer and reveal their names Johnsing and Soda with Saleratus as a laughing pair of twins. They claim their mother named them after successful raisin brands found by a woman.
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Johnsing
Soda
Saleratus
Newark Star
Croup Remedy Promoted by Lemmon's Pharmacy Ad
An advertisement touts Chamberlains Cough Remedy as preventing croup and easing anxiety once a croupy cough appears. It claims thousands of mothers use it successfully and notes it is sold by Lemmons Pharmacy.
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Lemmon's Pharmacy
Doctors Identify Lightning Victims Rescued by Respiration
Two physicians independently conclude that most lightning strike victims who appear dead may be revived using artificial respiration methods used for drowning. They cite a Berlin case from 1891 where revival succeeded.
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Berlin
Patent grants to Iowa inventors reported in Washington
Davis and Davis report the grant of several patents to Iowa citizens. Names include W. W. Bronson Dubuque with dry ore separation devices J M Denning Cedar Rapids wire fence machine T Cascaden Waterloo illuminating device for ovens M Hardsonk Ottumwa drill coupling L O Hutson Boone nut lock J M McDonald Dubuque air valve for oil tanks T C Menges Waterloo speed regulator for engines W Morgan Cedar Falls door latch Co O Pope Warpeton dumping vehicle and B E Sutlive Keokuk umbrella.
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Washington
D. C
Messrs. Davis & Davis
W. W. Bronson
Dubuque
T. Cascaden, Jr
Waterloo
J. M. Denning
Cedar Rapids
P. Ebersole
Keokuk
M. Hardsonk
Ottumwa
L. O. Hutson
Boone
J. M. McDonald
T. C. Menges
W. Morgan
Cedar Falls
Co. O. Pope
Warpeton
B. E. Sutlive
Suitcase Found Belonging to North Town Wanderer
An old battered suitcase with clothing was found by Rock Island station staff and taken to the sheriff. It is believed to be John Wissman’s property, the elderly man found wandering in the cold north of town. He spoke of a grip and potential money, but only three cents were found. His son Jacob Wiseman of Reno Nebraska was notified and may retrieve him. The elderly man is improving from exposure.
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Rock Island
Sheriff's Office
John Wissman
Jacob Wiseman
Reno
Nebr
Masonic Lodge to Convene Meeting in January
A called meeting of Washing's Lodge No. 26 A F and A M is set for Monday evening January 9 for work. W M J E Kunath urges good attendance.
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Washing's Lodge
J. E. Kunath
W. M
Royal and Select Masters Meeting Notice
Zere datha Council No. 21 will hold a meeting on Tuesday evening January 10 for election of officers and other important business. Leigh H. Wallace. T. I. M.
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Zeredatha Council
Leigh H. Wallace
Graustark Thrills Big Graham Crowd With Stellar Cast
The Graustark company presents a lively dramatization of George Bare McCut cheon's novel with two young Americans entangled with a Graustark princess. The crowd praised the production for its realistic pacing, strong performances, and engaging plot as a highlight of the Graham's season.
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Graustark
Graham
George Bare
McCutcheon
America
Cipality
United
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Great Western Insurance Company
G. L. Downey
St. Louis
Will Harper
Wyman
Berenice Lowry
Beatrice Smith
Seymour Lawn
Earl Griffith
Jean Huysmans
Ladies’ Tailor
New Post Office
Miss Clofield Harper
Harley Mayhew
Burlington
Fannie Fletcher
Jessie Williams
Jennie Willames
Keller & Phillips
Harry Turner
Monmouth
A C. White
Theodore White
James Hawthorne
Charles Corette
Harve Busby
Columbus Junction
Alma Crawford
West Chester
Ralph Keller
Ainsworth
H. C. Finney
Minneola
Kans
J.A. Harwood
South Side
Dougilerty Bros
Frisco Bill TO Kill Racing
Free Riders
Will White
Man
Pocketbook
Malaga
Spain
Evening Journal
King
Carnegie Trust Co
Aminer
Leslie M. Shaw
Secretary of the Treasury
Carnegie
Cavey
J. D
Meley
Wichita Pipe Line Co
Lima, Ohio
A. O. Truckett
Ness Man
Truckett
Cate
FL & M. Bank
Farmers & Mer
State Bank
Dougherty Bros
Theodore Parker
Kunath
Patent Report
John Wissnan
Rock Island Depot
Masonic Fraternity
Biethan
McElhinney
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