Rural Route News Highlights Local Sickness and Route Expenses
Homer Kephart ill with pneumonia and recovering. Pleasant Hill church meetings ended due to neighborhood sickness. Earl Kephart injures his foot in a wood incident. Perry Davidson home gains another suffrage advocate. Charley Kephart praised for delivering oats. Route finances strain as seven months pass with weak salary. donations hoped for but not obligatory. Mrs. J M Young and Mrs. Wi Nichols visiting in Washington. Crawfordsville Orchestra to repeat Christmas concert with new program. J H Huston and G W Haines traveled to Washington. Henry McCoy and Floyd Maxwell visiting Winfield. Mrs Otto Hertel visiting friends in Washington.
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Homer Kephart
Ittle
Elmer Kephart
Pleasant Hill Church
Coates
Walker
Earl Kephart
Perry Davidson
Charley Kephart
J. M. Young
Wi Nichols
Washington
Crawfordsville
J. H. Huston
G. W. Haines
Henry McCoy
Floyd Maxwell
Winfield
Otto Hertel
Ainsworth Social Roundup
Jan 19 a local social page notes business visitors and visits. William Randle of Washington and Mary Donovan of Washington are among those seen in town, with several residents visiting Davenport, Washington, and Chicago. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hazen last evening.
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Wm. Randle
Washington
Madge Pearson
Mary Hartwick
Davenport
Amos Stewart
Algona
J. M. Stewart
George
Charles Jackson
Morton Stewart
Charles Hazen
Florence McChesney
Chicago
M. J. McCullough
G. G. Ebner
Local Notes and Travel Bouts
Miss Anna Maxwell improves after months of illness and is able to be around the house. H C Cherryholmes and L Gormley drive four carloads of cattle to Chicago. Rev T F Barker visits friends in Washington today. A Hoyt and son Glen return from Randall Kansas where they have been visiting relatives.
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Anna Maxwell
H. C. Cherryholmes
L. Gormley
Chicago
T. F. Barker
Washington
A. Hoyt and Son
Glen
Randall
Kansas
Rela
Residents travel for Hedrick wedding and illness report
Rev and Mrs Dillon left for Hedrick to attend a wedding. Miss Zella Thoma, living south of town, is ill with scarlet fever. Mrs Dr Kilgore visited Washington yesterday. Methodists expect to seat new worshipers this week and the church will be re dedicated once they arrive.
Hansen and Company to Perform at Graham on Jan 21
Hans Hansen and his band will appear with an orchestra and singing and dancing comedians at the Graham Thursday January 21. Seat sale opens next Wednesday.
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Hans Hansen
Graham
Degree of Honor Quilt Giveaway at A O U W Hall
The Degree of Honor ladies announce a quilt giveaway on Thursday evening in the A O U W Hall. All interested are urged to attend for a social time. Johnson the baker promotes his line of superior baker supplies.
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A. O. U. W. Hall
Johnson
Reception for Dr Bh BE Ely by Presbyterian Church
An informal reception honored Dr Bh BE Ely at the Presbyterian church on Saturday from 7 to 10 pm. The event aimed to let his many friends meet him during a short city stay. It drew a large crowd with social chat and frappe as highlights. hosted by Mrs L S Patterson Miss Mary McElroy and Mrs J B Crooks.
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Ely
Presbyterian Church
Mrs Elizabeth Anderson Hosts Reading Circle Night
Mrs Elizabeth Anderson hosted the Twentieth Century Reading Circle last evening at her Davenport rooms. The article notes the marriage of Mr Chris Ditmar and Miss Elizabeth Barr at the bride's sister Mrs Dunton's home in Davenport at high noon last Thursday January 14. The couple will begin housekeeping on the groom's farm seven miles southwest of the city.
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Elizabeth Anderson
Chris Ditmar
Elizabeth Barr
Mrs. Dunton
Davenport
The
Journal
Miss Maude McCulley Hosts S. R. Club Gathering
Miss Maude McCulley acted as hostess to the S. R. Club last evening at her East Second street home.
Land Sharks Defraud Sioux City Claimants in South Dakota
Sioux City men learn their final proof on Sidney county lands is void as proof of residence cannot be made. Agents promised a few days on site every six months and 14 months residence with 50 cents an acre due. Payments included 25 for locating claims 58.50 for cabins and large advertising fees. Loss per claim ranged from 850 to 60. Government refunds only 50 cents per acre. rest lost, victims lament the costly experience.
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Sioux City
Iowa
South Dakota
Sidney County
Local visitors and events mix with club basketball night
Charles Thomas of Verdi and Dr. James Watts of Mt Pleasant are in the city today visiting patients and meeting locals. A N McElwain shipped a large load of fine horses and mules to St Louis. The Commercial Club plans a junior vs senior basketball game at their gym Saturday evening with 15 cent admission to attract a large crowd.
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Charles Thomas
Verdi
James Watts
Mt. Pleasant
A. N. McElwain
St. Louis
Commercial Club
Fads and fashions shaped by Professor Vincent in Chicago
Professor George F. Vincent told the Isaiah Woman's club in Chicago that fashion controls social norms and that many past fads have faded, from croquet to pingpong. He warned that only imitation of superiors builds character, while fashion dictates dress and behavior in society.
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George BE. Vincent
Chicago
George FE
Vincent
Isaiah Woman's Club
Chicago Tribune
George Washington
Daughters of the American Revolution
Colonial Dames
Band Faints as Gordon Dies During Dixie Medley
In Atlanta at the Grand Opera House Creatore’s Creature’s band played a Dixie and Maryland My Maryland medley at 10:05 p.m. as General John B. Gordon died in Miami. A dispatch of Gordon’s death interrupted the performance and Creatore fainted on stage.
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John B. Gordon
Miami
Fla
Creature
Grand Opera House
Atlanta
Maryland
General Gordon
Creatore
Gordon
Manganite Explosive Claims Safer Cheaper Than Dynamite
Harper's Weekly reports a new explosive named manganite claimed to be stronger safer and cheaper than dynamite. Trials at Camp Bay South Africa on bedrock three feet underground tore rock apart and displaced a seven ton stone block. The writer asserts extensive tests prove manganite safety.
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Harper's Weekly
Camp Bay
South Africa
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