Valentines and errands fill the Fair and town
Local notices list Valentines at The Leader and Darbyshire Drug Co. Miss Elizabeth Dawson visits Albia. Mrs D O Davidson returns home from Coppock. The Schmidt Concert Co. headlines a charity show for Co D 54th Regiment I N G at the New Armory on Jan 30. Several residents visit relatives and travel for sales and visits.
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Schmidt Concert Co
New Armory
Co. D
54Th Regiment
I. N.G
The
Lost-a Ladies Hand Bag Case at Journal Office
A note from the Kansas City Star page asks for return of a lost ladies handbag containing the owner’s name money and keys with instructions to leave it at the Journal. A humorous aside describes a domineering wife and a witty exchange about a ruler during a lesson in their dining room.
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Robert
Kansas City Star
Milk Mirth and Misery in Modern Dairy Tales
A humorous critique by Howard L. Rann on dairy practices and milk quality. It ridicules dilution of milk with water, rough treatment of cows, and odd uses for cream and buttermilk, noting how cream floats, souring timing, and dubious handling. The piece satirizes farm life and consumer gullibility with sharp wit.
Invincibles Fall To Spare Makers In Local Bowling Meet
The Spare Makers beat the Invincibles in the Commercial club bowling tournament leaving the standings at four wins for the Invincibles two for the Spare Makers and none for the Cyclones. Bell of the Invincibles played hurt forcing a four man lineup. Crooks posted the high score and high average as Washington bowlers eye a Muscatine challenge soon. The club grooms for stronger citywide competition.
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Invincibles
Spare Makers
Cyclones
Bell
Crooks
Washington Commercial Club
Muscatine Commercial Club
Washington Club
Iowa City
Great White Way Association Forms to Build Iowa Highway
Des Moines leaders form the Great White Way Association to create a permanent Iowa highway across the state. Harvey Ingham is president with W. M. Keeley as first vice president and other officers named. The group plans legislative, membership, tours and good roads work with a $5,000 capital stock and charter members including Don P. McClure and Ralph M. Smith.
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Des Moines
Great White Way Association
Harvey Ingham
W. M. Keeley
Washington
J. P. Harris
Lewis
Roy A. Stacey
Adair
O. R. Savage
Stuart
Great White Way
Iowa
Don P. McClure
Pete Peterson
Sesson
Ralph M. Smith
Carl M. Keck
Mr. Smith
Gymnasiums urged for Philadelphia high schools by professor
Professor W. A. Sieber urges construction of gymnasiums for Philadelphia high schools and argues for compulsory attendance to improve physical education and health.
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W. A. Sieber
Philadelphia
Bruisers Cancel Ellsworth Trip Over Expense Dispute
The Bruisers scrap their Ellsworth game as several players cannot join the trip due to potential costs. Contracts were signed two weeks ago and plans finalized, but fear of paying own expenses led to cancellation. Remaining schedule includes a Davenport Brown's Business College game and a February 5 match with Company M of Fairfield.
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Bruisers
Ellsworth
Elsworth
Iowa
Hamilton County
Brown’s
Business College Five
Davenport
Washington
Company M
Fairfield
A Journal Want Ad Will Sell It For You
A concise notice highlights that a journal offers advertising space to help readers sell items. The service emphasizes reaching buyers through classified listings in the publication.
Iceberg Theory Proposed Jetty to Divert Gulf Stream
Article outlines C L Riker pamphlet advocating a $20 million breakwater across the Grand Banks using dredged sands and weighted nets to divert the Labrador current and warm the Arctic water. Calder introduces a $100,000 federal study to assess feasibility while Commander Cooper questions practicability.
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C. L. Riker
Grand Banks
Gulf Stream
Calder
New York
Federal Commission
Cape Race
Newfoundland
Labrador
Carroll Livingston Riker
Arctic Ocean
Hemisphere
Arctic
Greenland
Baffin Bay
Mr. Riiker
Mr. Riker
Gulf
Polar
Siberia
British North America
Riker
George F. Cooper
Naval Hydrographic Office
Chinese Flier Makes Good In California Aerial Feats
Tom Gran, among the first Chinese aviators around San Francisco, is praised as a daring bird man whose biplane feats at fairs and California beaches rival the fame of Lincoln Beachey. He has never flown east of the Rocky mountains.
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Tom Gran
San Francisco
Lincoln Beachey
Beachey
Guan
California
Khucky Mountains
Catches Silver Fox in Connecticut
August Jenks of Millerton Connecticut bagged a rare silver gray fox valued at 400 to 600 dollars. The fox eluded Cus and his hounds for several weeks.
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Connecticut
August Jenks
Millerton
Conn
Cus
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Darbyshire Drug Co
J. Martin White
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D. O. Davidson
Coppock
Perry Davidson
C. H. McKee
Sioux Falls
S. D
Elizabeth Dawson
Albia
Herman Pehler
Edna Frank
Darbyshire Drag (Co
Clara, White
Marion
Orr & Patton
Walter Paugh
Spokane, Wash
W. H. Hughes
Miss Conner
Choice
McKee School Athletic League
Pirates
Nationals
Bulldogs
Cubs
Jackson Center School
Ethel. Larson
Harvey Shannon
Fran
W. A. Shannon
Hotchkies
Colorado
Harvey
Ralph
Geo. H. Paul
Leader
George Barrett
Gulf Coast
Texas
Washington Colony
Mr. Barrett
McCall
Esther MacGugin
St. Paul
Lou Arthur
Ottawa
John Graham
Mrs. Graham
Bert Shields
Snouffer, Ward & Company
S. Ed Ball
Harper
Miles
N. A. Wooster
Minneapolis
Kansas
Fred Ferguson
R. Wallace & Songs
Bradley's Jewelry
Speaking
J. A. Harwood & Son
Kansas City
Howard L
Rann
FP. Steck
Crooks Ste
Keeley Officer IN Road Association
WAY Organization
Iowa Town
Congress
Snouffer, Ward & GO
Bird Man
Orient
W. W. Wilson
Washington National Bank
New Quarters
Washington, Iowa
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