Local and Personal Notices of Visits and Travel
Local notes record visits and travels such as Mrs Ste Lytle visiting relatives in Keota and Mrs Maude Morrow with children at Almaworth. Several families, including Morrison, Asher, J W Morton, and the Shraders, traveled to nearby towns for holidays and relatives. Merchants advertise reduced prices and room for fall shipments, noting McNamara's and The Typhoon washing machine references.
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Mrs
Ste Lytle
Keota
Maude Morrow
Almaworth
McNamara’s
Base Ball Friday and Saturday at the Fair
Long lists of readers notes and travel plans fill the page. Local shoppers eye reduced prices on hammocks porch furniture and refrigerators while vendors tout sales at McNamara’s. Several residents travel to Fairfield Keota and West Chester as the Fair hosts games and celebrations.
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McNamara’‘s. W-L
Sherrard Hosts Washington Baseball Pair This Weekend
Local notes list baseball games on Friday and Saturday between Sherrard Illinois and Washington. The page repeats several moves and travel plans of residents visiting family and relatives in Davenport Muscatine Rochester Colorado Springs and Rock Island.
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Sherrard, Ill
Washington
Tithonus and the Grasshopper Tale Recited at Bedtime
A family bedtime story retells the Greek myth of Tithonus and Aurora. The grasshopper, blamed by the goddess for eternal life without youth, flees through a window as the children ask questions. The tale explains how gods rarely reverse mortal fates and the gods’ stubborn mischief endures.
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Tithonus
Aurora
Alwayea
Local Trades and Travel Notes From Town Ledger
J F H Taylor has handled 943 sheep in ten days with shipments from Rubio Yee Washington and others. Mr and Mrs Harry Thekerson depart tomorrow for Jackson. Joseph Porter buys Bo Matthews property on South Fourth Avenue and Fepeda will move here with family September 1. Mr Matthews buys property in Kansasity and will relocate with family in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. FH. Taylor
Rubio
Yee
Washington
Harry Thekerson
Jackson
Mick
Joseph Porter
Teur Wyman
Bo Matthews
South Fourth Avenue
Fepeda
Mr. Matthews
Kansasity
Inventions improve wood plug system for knot holes
A Californian inventor develops a machine that removes knots from boards and cuts plugs from waste blocks. The device uses two small band saws to create holes and matching plugs, which are nailed flush with crimping nails for a smooth surface.
Weather and Gaup Bulletin Focus on Drought in Iowa
The bulletin notes a cool spell with showers on the eve and morning. heat remains intense in many areas with several stations near or above 100 degrees. Drought worsens across the state, pastures dry, crops stressed, corn tasseling requires rain soon, while some grains and hay harvest proceed amid heat and wind damage from June storms.
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Des Moines
Lawa
Hue
Wedia
Yahrn
Ninsdnin Riations
Pocahontas
Canary Fond of Music Impresses Kilburn Family
From Kilburn England a canary enjoyed music with masterfully tame behavior. Purchased sixteen months ago by Mr. Pritehard the bird perched on the violin bow and climbed on piano keys as Johnnie and his sister played. The tale contrasts with a grim world event reported by the Russische Correspondent about a painter’s suicide after accusations of copying another artist.
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Canary
Kilburn
England
Pritehard
London
Johnnie
Prayer of the Oxe Homesick Prayer Echoes in Memphis
In Memphis the Commercial Appeal notes a homesick sentiment among residents who utter a prayer that if they die before waking their souls be taken back to Tennessee. The remark casts a rural longing in a modern urban setting.
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Tennessee
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Heatwave grips community as temperatures soar
The town endures unprecedented heat with the government thermometer hitting 108 at noon and climbing. Despite extreme conditions, locals report relief from breezes and continue harvest work while emphasizing health and care for others. Two young women become licensed elevator operators after training at the Young Women’s Christian Association.
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Washington County
Milwaukee
Booda
Young Women's Christian Association Manegere
Young Womans Christian Association
Home Hygiene Guide for Attics and Vermin Control
Frew attics should be ceiled and lighted. Walls and beams need a coat of white paint or whitewash. Sweep floors monthly. Wash windows three or four times yearly. Campaigns against moths roaches and bedbugs twice yearly. Maintain rattrap and mousetraps.
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Womin
Nearby towns celebrate 4th with peaceful festivities
Reports from Keota Fairfield Wellman and surrounding areas describe a prosperous quiet Fourth of July. Citizens enjoyed picnics and firecrackers without major incidents while speakers including Colonel S W Brookhart backed Senator La Follette for president.
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Washington
Keota
Fairfield
Wellman
River Points
S. W. Brookhart
Senator LaFollette
Mairfield
Look Like Murderers No More in Italian Trial Cage
A correspondent describes the Camorra defendants at Viterbo Italy. He notes Abbatomaggio the accuser asks who is inside the lone cage and observes thirty six occupants resemble respectable middle class diners rather than criminals. He highlights the jurors who must endure nine or ten months on 8s 4d a day.
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Viterbo
Italy
Abbatomaggio
The Critic Quote Refined as Public Outlook
A concise reflection notes that a critic seeks what is desired rather than what exists, highlighting a critic’s bias toward expectation over present reality and its implications for reception and judgment.
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Bert Dixon
Morrison
Fairview
Kan
Mra
Wow Asher
Little Daughter
Oskaloosa
al Adams
Dorothy
Muscatine
Robert Young
Lorena
Louisa
the Fair
Mra. K
Frey
J. W. Morton
Mildred
Ainsworth
H. M. Stewart
Harry Shrader
Abbie
Lee Ward
Cedar Falls
Waters
Claude Reister
Mary Louise
J. M. Bratton
Elsie
Detroit
Boston
New York
Albany
Atty
M. W. Bailey
Vancouver
RE. C. Barhydt
Journal
Barhydt
Bailey
May Crone
Ruth Bidwell
Eva Crone
Edith Fox
Charles Jackson
Alma Humston
Hazel Beal
Claude Bevans
Ida Skipton
Myrtle Kelley
Stella Berry
Lillian Brookhart
Rev. Thorne
Will Roberts
John Jones
Glen Laffer
Henry Steck
Charles Anderson
Frank Wells
Mel Kilgore
Clarence Proudfit
Lara Hogue
John Belville
Cecil
Sonab
McNamara
Lm. Wilson
Maple
Coppock
N. ©. Corbin
West Liberty
Lush Corbin
Nannie Springer
Harry Davis
Son Vere
City
West Chester
Mr. Hinshaw
Brighton
John McCartney
Kansas City
Kate Burris
Ottumwa
A. T. Burris
John Jay
Belle
Cedar Rapids
Emily Cunningham
Ames
J. A. Cunningham
J. M. Walsh
East Pleasant Plain
Albia
Iowa
J. A. Y. Ashby
Gerald
Ashby
M. A. Hulse
H. S. Stewart
Lake Okoboji
John Brown
Treton
Ralph Smith
Anna Henderson
Hattie Chilcote
Keokuk
Mr. Smith
Frank Brown
Gwendolyn
Lone Tree
J. K. Young
Russell
Rock Island
L. the Fair
Victor Freding
Chicago
Journal Force
Force
Victor
Lucile Miller
Rachel Knupp
Mary Gibson
Tom Thompson
Dora
Lamphere
W. IL. Dusenberry
Laird
Kate
Mary Clendenning
Merle Rickey
John Bidwell
Harry Ferguson
Kenta
Ebbeling
Davenport
St. James Church
W. J. Guinan
Riley
Janeville
Crand
Frank Stewart
Ralph Junkin
Frank Martin
Westchester
Ben Gradwohl
Lincoln
Nebraska
Mrs. S. Rothschild
James McCutcheon
Iubrie Center
Jane Lemon
Ruth McNeilly
Springville
Jean Huysmans
D. L. Hartman
Joel Matthews
Agnes Butterfield
Colorado Springs
I. Klein
Klein Klothing
Edna
Ruth Bridges
Grandview
Alice Rownd
Rochester
N. Y
Mabel Hanlon
Lois DeFrance
B. H. Davis
R. K E. Carson
Iowa City
Hl. S. Parrott
Nan
Edna Joomis
Loveland, Colo
Carrie Hamilton
W. N. Heckethorne
Mutual
Ane
Sena Oe
J. A.harwood & Son
the Shoers
South Side
Story
Grasshopper Green
Keelyn Chis
Fiona
Atrors
Evelyn
Mason
Bureau of Ordnance
New York Press
Royal Market
R. Stuart & Son City
the Weather and Gaup Bulletin
Russia
Lana
Constantin Kruschitzki
St. Petersburg
Kryschitzki
Meluinney S
Souare
the Critic
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