Local Travelers and Visitors Stop in Town
Locals report Chas Hebner spent the day in West Chester. M R Meek left for Wyman for a few days. Mr and Mrs Marshall of Morning Sun visit Dr Ed McConnaughey’s home this week. L W Plummer returns home after a yester day visit from West Chester. Fresh candies advertised at the Vienna establishment. J P Pittman travels to West Chester for a day trip. H J Long of Cedar Rapids was in town and returned home this morning. Martha Koehler of Ainsworth leaves town after a night in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Hebner
West Chester
M. R. Meek
Wyman
Mrs. Marshall
Morning Sun
Ed McConnaughey
L. W. Plummer
H. J. Long
Cedar Rapids
Martha Koehler
Ainsworth
The Noiseless Gun Silencer Invention Described
Captain Karl D. Church reports in The National Guard Magazine on Hiram Percy Maxim’s Silencer. The device screws onto any rifle muzzle and uses vortex chambers to dampen discharge, reducing sound by 97 percent and altering warfare dynamics without reworking existing arms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl D. Church
National Guard Magazine
Hiram Percy Maxim
Church
Hydrophobia scare grips Concord township Iowa
In Concord township Louisa county Iowa a mad dog scare causes trustees to post notices muzzle dogs for thirty days. A colt of the same owner froths at the mouth and behaves like a mad animal. All dogs known to be bitten are ordered shot. The state veterinary has been summoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Iowa
Concord Township
Louisa County
Kindergarten echoor opens next Monday
The Kindergarten echoor will open next Monday February 1 with a 94 46 schedule.
Local News Briefs Include Illness And Social Visits
Miss Helen Chance is reported ill. A private skating party attracted a crowd of youths at the rink. A. E. Knotts of West Chester visited on business. Samuel Savage and Baxter Ingham called in from Brighton. Miss Tressa Stephens and Miss Blanche Adams visited last night. Miss Cora Porter will depart for Fairfield to teach at the high school next Monday. J. W. Patton family moving into Myrtle Palmer property on South Marion. West Chester residents attended an all day Baptist church meeting here. Attending were Revs. Chas. McMann T. P. Harbaugh Mines W. L. Ralston J. P. Dayton Martha Moothart and Rev. A J Lunde of Eagle Grove Iowa arrived on the same train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Porter
Fairfield
J. W. Patton
Myrtle Palmer
South
Marion Avenue
West Chester
Baptist Church
Chas. McMann
T. P. Harbaugh
Mines
W. L. Ralston
J. P. Dayton
Martha Moothart
A. J. Lunde
Eagle Grove
Iowa
Friendly Biographer Recalls Poe Raven Visit at Memorial
At a Boston Poe memorial, William Fearing Gill recounts a remarkable tale about Mrs Poe's bones rescued from a demolished graveyard. A raven entered his New York home, perching on Poe material, and the tale ends with interment in Baltimore. Gill also notes his purchase of Poe cottage at Fordham and a deed stipulation, plus a donor offer to fund a permanent memorial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
William Fearing Gill
Paris
Edgar Allin Poe
New York
Edgar Allan Poe
Poe
Hamlet
Nelson Voe
Baltimore
Europe
Ile
Marter
Diamonds as whist prizes spark Arkansas diamond mine claim
Kansas City socialite Mrs. George D. Hope, wife of a lumberman, hosts whist parties offering diamonds as prizes. She owns a southwestern Arkansas mine where a hilltop crater yields stones. she has cut 139 gems from 285 found, ranging from 0.25 to 5 carats, with many uncut stones remaining and several jewels fashioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Africa
Arkansas
George D. Hope
Linwood Boulevard
Hope
Jester Demands Pay for Editorial Paraphrases
A terse exchange shows the Jester demanding payment for articles while the editor retorts that writing for fun would have failed them. The dialogue hints at a humor column titled Lustrated Bits.
Arkansas Moves to End Boxing in Legislature
In Little Rock on January 27 a bill was introduced in the Arkansas legislature aiming to abolish boxing in the state. The measure proposes the death of the boxing game within Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Little Rock
Ark
Jury awards Dillon $15000 for arm loss
In San Francisco on January 27 a jury in Judge Sturtevant's department awarded James Dillon $15000 against United Railroads for the loss of an arm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Will Dance in Pension Building Inaugural Ball
Washington January 27 The house after strong opposition approved using the pension building for the inaugural ball on March 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Literary Program and Court suit in Iowa City
In Iowa City on January 27 Mrs. Effie Wright notes a February term district court action where Mrs. Rose Smith sues J H Whetstone and Robert Whetstone owners of Whetstone pharmacy over a bottle labeled spirits of camphor containing ammonia. She seeks 500 damages for burns to her forehead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Iowa
District Court
Rose Smith
J. H. Whetstone
Robert Whetstone
Whetstone Pharmacy
Local travelers and car buyers noted in Cedar Rapids area
W Dougherty rode as a passenger for Wyman this morning while H E B McCollum handled business at Crawfordsville. J A Hozier of West Point Iowa returned home this morning after a brief city visit. Joe Link hosted a guest overnight en route from Ottumwa. Gary and Newton O Loughlin bought Reo touring cars from Wooley Bros. O Loughlin and Jim Wooley were in Cedar Rapids Monday on related business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Dougherty
Wyman
H. EB. McCollum
Crawfordsville
J. A. Hozier
West Point
Iowa
Tie
Joe Link
Ottumwa
Messrs
Gary
Newton O'Loughlin
Reo
Wooley Bros
O'Loughlin
Jim Wooley
Cedar Rapids
Captures Murderer in Kansas Warrant
Sheriff Benham wires from Wellington Kansas that he has captured Harry Jones of Fairport Iowa the man charged with murdering the Van Winkle family at Fairport in a cold blooded crime pursued across the country and now arrested away from Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Iowa
Benham
Wellington
Kan
Harry Jones
Fairport
Jones
van Winkle
Fairfield Visitor Promotes Foley Laxatives
W N Heckethorne visited Fairfield today and Lemmon's Pharmacy advertises Foley's Orino Laxative as a pleasant remedy that cures chronic constipation and sluggish liver with regular use, avoiding constant purgatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. N. Heckethorne
Fairfield
Foley
Lemmon
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