Local notices and visits in city and vicinity
Local items list visitors relatives and residents in Kewanoee Ill Crawfordsville and surrounding towns. Guests include Mrs Albert Errett Jr and Mrs Frank L Wilson. Mrs EF Fisher improves. Miss Jessie Carter and Myrtle Carter visit W A Birney home. Grover Harmon and Etta Boston obtain a marriage license. many residents travel to Crawfordsville Chicago Muscatine Davenport Eldon Oskaloosa Keota and Galesburg for business or leisure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Errett, Jr
Kewanoee, Ill
Burlington
Frank L. Wilson
Jessie Carter
Myrtle Carter
Crawfordsville
W. A. Birney
In Memoriam to Mrs Eliza Donaldson by W C T U
A memorial by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union honors late Mrs Eliza Donaldson who joined the movement with a donated dollar. The piece recalls shared ages totaling 183 years and urges continued faith and action against alcohol, stressing prayer and work as guiding duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Donaldson
Brookings
South Dakota
Eliza Donaldson
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Mrs. Donaldson
Modesty and Gift Exchange After Photographic Session
A humorous exchange unfolds as Mrs De Plane expresses delight in a photograph and presents a gift to the photographer. The photographer deflects praise and points to a gentleman nearby who handles retouching duties.
Sufficient Reason for Refusal Card
A clerk refuses a drug to a customer who asks why noting he might hurt himself. The clerk replies that if he looked like the customer, he would be tempted to take the drug. The exchange highlights a tense moment over access to medication and worries about self-harm.
Hidden Scots Exchange Sparks Weekend Mystery
A brief exchange in old Scots belittles a mysterious figure known as meemster. One side notes infrequent sightings, while the other claims he is incomprehensible on Sundays, reflecting a playful, cryptic Nip-Tuck style from Tit-Bits.
Like Curing Like in a Caper of Silent Treatment
A mental healer famed for unusual cures uses homeopathic logic in a recent case. He treats a dumb man with silent treatment, prompting questions about his methods and the limits of such therapy.
Marriage License Issued to Harmon and Boston
A marriage license was issued today to Grover H. Harmon and Miss Jetta M. Boston of Ainsworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Harmon
Etta M. Boston
Ainsworth
Grover H. Harmon
Jetta M. Boston
Banter Over Wedding Plans Brightens Old Friends
In a brief exchange, Jack confirms a marriage proposal is accepted and a date set, easing tension as the groom notes the upcoming duties. A friend comments that the burden shifts to the couple now that the engagement is official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Riley Collects 410 In Fines For School Fund
A philanthropic individual donated 7.50 for each of two drunken incidents and Squire W. H. Riley collected 410 in fines during 1911 from pure food law violators drunks and assault cases. The funds were turned over to the county treasurer Mercy for the school fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squire W. H. Riley
Squire Riley
Mercy
Fowl Plot Against Hens Revealed In New York
Albany notes a conservation bulletin plans to distribute about 30 000 pheasant eggs and 5 000 pheasants from a Sherburne farm to farmers who will provide homes and mothers for eggs. Applications run to March first with eggs hatched under any mother hen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
The
Conservation Commission
Sherburne
Empire State
Unclear Bulletin Describes Hatchlings and Care Doubts
The fragmented bulletin notes varied appearances of hatchlings, including bald heads and color differences, with some having three or five toes. It mentions possible self direction after hatching but offers no details on treatment for the hysterical and frightened step-mother.
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EF. J. Fisher
J. T. Matthews
John Rogers
Plainview
John
Charles May
Ralph Gibson
Bert Smith
Martin
Dougherty Bros
Darbyshire Drug Co
Josephine Babcock
Robert Thomas
Muscatine
L. H. Letts
Letts
E. C. Turkington
Loveland, Colo
W. J. Hamilton
John Stewart
Moberly
Struthers
Ohio
Selden L. Stewart
Sherd Wilson
Ruth Willits
New Boston
Lll
Bert’ Willits
Nora Gordon
Gordon
George McCutcheon
Dougherty Bros. HtBeve
Joe Reiner
Garvin
Iowa
Joseph Mathern
Earl Jackson
Keota
Charles Beatty
Charles Tucker
Robert McGaughey
Kansas City
Brighton
Chicago
Lolia Paul
W. E. Paul
Monmouth
J. V. Delp
Maud Delp
Ed Spahr
Eldon
L. J. Cherry
Riley Miller
Onl
C. Za Dewey
Oskaloosa
Winfield Smouse
Oskaloosa Om
Fadi
R. M. Smith
Lawrence Frank
Davenport
J. O. Canfield
Galesburg
W. Crooks
Quincy, Il
Richard Hughes
Cotter
John Woods
West Chester
Raymond Benn
Rubio
Joe Hughes
Ottumwa
Chas. Saling
J. A. Conger
Eastman Kodakg
Sehaneican
Eastman
Darbyshire Drug Store
West Side Square
Riverside
Sue Lytle
James H. Letts
Clyde Turkington
Loveland
Colorado
Hugh McCleery
East Main Street
Charles Shaffer
Leela
Savannah
Ill
Misses Bridges
Opera House
Frank J. Cannon
U. S
Utah
Cannon
Memoriam
Church of Christ
W. Tae
Yhe News
New York
the Royal
Washington
Mutual
Geordie
Valentines
Riley
Suguefr. Huches
Saskatchewan
Canada Northwest
Fred Engan
Dominion
United States
Minnesota
ST. Paul
Southwell & McCulley
Southeastern Iowa
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