Doings of the People in Crawfordsville Community
January 20 reports greet Rev. A H Griffith en route to Washington and West Chester to begin services. Local families, visits, and church schedules fill the day with prayers and communion planned at Presbyterian and United Presbyterian churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawfordsville
A. H. Griffith
Washington
West Chester
Griffith
George Maxwell
Lena
John Neal
Presbyterian
United Presbyterian
H. T. Jackson
Ainsworth
West Chester society notes and local visits
West Chester reports a new baby at Rev Silvara's home and similar arrivals at Mrs Hockstedler in Keota visiting sister Mrs L P Jackson. Churches host nightly meetings at United Presbyterian. Mary Martin travels to Washington. J M Godfrey ships three cars of sheep to Chicago. Local folk attend due to sleighing. several sick with colds.
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Hockstedler
Keota
L. P. Jackson
United Presbyterian Church
Mary Martin
Washington
George Limerman
Ida Dagle
Rubio
J. M. Godfrey
Chicago
Rural Route Notes and Local Visits Reported
Residents report visits and daily activities across Washington area including Mrs Milt Dennison with sister Mrs Bert Donaldson and the Beal and NelI families. Movements include hog deliveries to Washington and Chicago trips while Walter Smith returns to Ames after vacation. Funeral for the late Mr Vacha draws a Wed crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milt Dennison
Bert Donaldson
W. J. Brooks
I. K. Beal
Ainsworth News Tidbits and Local Notices
Ainsworth residents attend the funeral of Mr Vacha and relatives return from a three week trip to Missouri Kansas and Nebraska. Emma Pehler visits Washington while a baby dies of pneumonia and funeral details follow at the U B church. Frank Shebek sits as juryman in Washington and a city bus line advertises service.
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Fred Radda
Vacha
Fred
Melo
Charles Shalla
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
M. E
Frank Shebek
Washington
Joe Malichky
Lady Friend
Salem
J. O Neff
U. B
Ainsworth
W. P. Wilson
Berlen Spencer
Illinois
Riverside Notes Local Visit and Travels
Riverside Iowa Jan 20 Miss Mary Rabas of Iowa City is visiting her brother Tony Rabas and family. Joseph Barnett traveled to St Louis Tuesday on business. Mr and Mrs James Truxan and Clara of Fresno Cal arrived from Odell Neb for a relatives visit. Rev S F Wieland has been...
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Albert Florang
Iowa City
Mamie Hervert
Stephen Fouchek
Manning Literary Society
St. Marys Hall
Richmond
Mr. Vacha
Joe Piepper
Father Stoul
W. Chapek
Riverside
Joe Duwa
Tony
Mary Rabas
Joseph Barnett
St. Louis
James Truxan
Clara
Fresno
Calif
Odell
Neb
S. F. Wieland
National Flower Debate Becomes Battle Between Laurel and Columbine
New York hosts heated meetings over a proposed national flower with petitions to Congress. Prof. Frederick LeRoy Sargent leads Columbine advocates, claiming Laurel carries a deadly toxin and praising Columbine as a patriotic, multi colored symbol with thirteen floral parts. Kansas Club aims to promote Sunflower as a dark horse option.
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Friends of the
Congress
Washington
Frederick LeRoy Sargent
Harvard
University of Wisconsin
Columbine
Sargent
Kansas Club of
New York
Midnight Doctors Spellbound by Odd Night Visit
Unclear fragment describes doctors arriving at night and an eccentric situation. The narrator notes luck and an odd challenge, mentioning a bottle and a meal amid confusion. Names, places, or dates are not clearly legible in the text.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Sold at Lemmon's Pharmacy
Advertises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to ward off croup attacks. Claims thousands of mothers use it successfully and notes sale at Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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Lemmon's Pharmacy
Funville Frolictown and Featherbrain Railway Excursion
A railroad excursion ticket issued at Grand Uneton Station Washington Iowa valid for one trip only until January 20 1911. The text lists a series of playful prompts for daily items from the eighteenth to the twenty-eighth of January with references to natural features a coal shortage an exodus of Mrs Guthrie a living and an extinct king of the prairies a bright color and a tree name and a discoverer and waypoint.
Railway Passenger Ticket Notice From Iowa
The notice warns the ticket is nontransferable and must be signed by the assignee. It forbids assignment, punching, bell rope use, and crackers thrown from windows. Claims go to the general manager. travel limited to Iowa with conductor pickup for out of state passage.
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Columbus Junction
Iowa
The Ninth Is A Riddle About A Baby And A Deep Hole
The item hints at a cryptic discussion involving a baby and a deep hole, with a speculative or metaphorical interpretation. It remains unclear without additional context about the source origin or surrounding text.
Cure a Cold In One Day Tablets Ad
An old advertisement touts LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets to cure a cold in one day with a money back guarantee. The box bears Druggist signatures and is priced at 25 cents.
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E. W. Grove
Regular teachers examinations set for January 25 26 27
The regular teachers examinations will be held at the office of the county superintendent on January 25 26 and 27. Minnie R Conner county superintendent asks readers to seek the schedule.
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Minnie R. Conner
Local Women Figures in Community Notes
A list of women including Mrs. L. S. Patterson and Mrs. J. OIder among other residents, Eva Denny and Mrs. R. H. Walker named in a community roster. The fragment outlines names connected to a social or organizational event in the area.
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L. S. Patterson
J. O.lider
F. H. Smith
C. C. Cunningham
A. W. McCulley
M. W. Bailey
D. W. Ott
Eva Denny
R. H. Walker
Winter Baptist Picnic and Community Gatherings Stir Local Reflections
The Mission circle of the Baptist church held a mid winter picnic at the Jim Phillips home with skating and a large meal hosted by Mrs. Bowman. Guests and neighbors shared rides, gifts, and cheerful chatter as the group celebrated together. In town, Joe McElhinney’s wedding was toasted by fifty friends at the Congress hotel with Harveys turkey dinner and speeches. Other social events followed at the White residence and at Mrs. Coon’s Baptist Bible school party, plus PEO chapter welcomes and various dinners and card gatherings marking a busy social spell.
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Mission Circle of the Baptist Church
Join Dodd
Jim Phillips
Bowman
Hayrack
Avoirdupeis
Grandma Finney
Mrs. Phillips
Congress Hotel
Joe” McElhinney
Joe
Messrs
Harvey & Warfel
J. W. White
City
Mr. and
M White
Bible Department Meeting At Fo Nightly Club
The Bible department of the Fo nightly club will meet Monday afternoon at 2 30 with Mrs F L Wilson.
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Will Burris
Nebraska
Len Burris
Thomas Holyoke
Needlework Club
Bible Department
F. l L. Wilson
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the County News
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J. A. Hawthorne
Amanda
Margaret
Mabel and
Zélla Hawthorne
Sterling
Kan
Ray Dix
W. J. Wagner
Huff
Nim Clark
T. W. Rickey
Charles McCleary
Nan Rickey
Ella Proudfit
Arthur Stiles
Trenton
J. T. Clark
M. C. DeLong
Fred Shaffer
Havre
Martha Wortman
Methodist Church
Houghton
Anna Hensley
Ashland
Lone Tree
Montgomery Clark
John Knittel
Charles V. Dautremont
Silvara
Walter Leet’s
Samuel Neill
Master Theodore
Cal Nelson
C. F. Stewart
Sam Knapp
Glen Beal
Axel Peel
Karl Smith
Thomas
Escher
Wheelan
Minner and Anderson
Walter Smith
Ames
Robert Guthrie
Jim Schulty
James Tobin
Whitaker
Emma Pehler
Frank Rogers
Glye
Fox
Dewey Est Shoes
National
Mountain Laurel
Prof. Sargent
Mr. Sargent
Mr. Sar
Midnight Doctors
Davie Paine Kailer
REELS
Sunshine
Long
Canfield
Prop
Walt
Walt Mason
George Matthews Adams
C. W. Stewart
Presbyterian Church
Ralph Smith
Alma Miller
Mildred
Frances Stewart
The
Funville, Frolictown
Featherbrain Railway
Washington, Iowa
Main St
North Ave
King of
Prairies
Fairbanks Morse
U. S
Mason Transfer, & Storage Co
Napoleon
America
Board of Directors
C. A. Dewey
George H. Pa Chauncey Myers
Charles Winte
George Ross
John Dodd
Oren Helwick
Marion Avenue
Howard Hopping
Main Street
Laura Maxwell
Florence Patterson
Hel Wilson
Wright
Monmouth
Miss Howard
Red Cld Nebr
Charles Hexworth
Thos. Randall
Oscar Jugenheimer
Ruth Winter
South Marion Avenue
Needle Wo
Sigourney News
Lilian Cunningham
Harry Nea
Malvern
John Bellville
Will E Tertain
Iowa Avenue
Howard M Kee
Nevada, Mo
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