Local News Highlights at Dean's Cafe and Nearby Visits
Miss Hazel Payne is the new waitress at Deans Cafe. Leona Boyd visits Frank Leffler home. Katheryn Frasemer of Chicago visits uncle John Lang. Various residents travel to visit relatives in Keota Moline West Chester and Rock Island. Mason Transfer sells a binder and oats cutting ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Hazel Payne
Dean's Cafe
Leona Boyd
Coneaville
Frank Leffler
Katheryn Frasemer
Chicago
John Lang
Lola Dayton
West Chester
Margeret Simmerman
Mason Transfer and Storage Co
Cleona Sorrell
Deane
N. Sorrell
Robert
Edward
Local notes list visits and errands across several towns
S. S. Wright travels to Keota while Alex De Bord of Kansas City visits Washington. Mrs. Humphrey Richards visits Cotter. Mrs. A. Bennett returns to Keota from a visit with relatives. A marriage license issued to Frank Houston and Bonnie Mopkins of Columbus Junction. Many mentions of visits to Davenport, North English, Sigourney, Corydon, Muscatine, and Fairfield. Aesthetic dancing classes announced by Wanda Neiswanger. Numerous travel and family updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Houston
Bonnie B. Mopkins
Columbus Junction
Washington News Notes Local Visitors And Moves
Brighton’s W A Cherry and Ainsworth’s E J Robson travel to Washington on business. Various residents visit, relocate or vacation across Iowa and nearby states, including a new baby at FE B Hammer, Dr Crow’s office closure, and multiple trips to Des Moines Corydon Spirit Lake and Denver.
Washington Visit and Fourth of July Highlights
Ainsworth resident Mrs. M L Orris visits Washington while Miss Ella Anderson recovers from a July 4 fall. Various locals travel for Fourth events. James Casey recovers from appendicitis. Miss Alberta Wolfe visits Fairfield. Additions note marriage licenses issued in the county, July Monkey Wrench, and local business promos. Community figures share travel, arrivals, and warm regards with friends and relatives in Washington.
The Amateur Gardener Seeks Radishes in Garden
In a playful urban garden scene a man searches for radishes amid neighbors chickens and uprooted seeds. The piece notes a weed crop that is described as a grand success despite the morning mischief.
Trains Cancelled Across Midwest Amid Shopmen Strike
Northwestern roads annulled multiple passenger runs between Mason City and Fox Lake Ames Boone and Cedar Rapids Clinton while freight trains ran on alternate days Officials reported Chicago routes maintained schedules as railroads posted hiring efforts and a surge in freight as shipments moved ahead during the Fourth of July holiday with strike pressures easing in some areas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Here
Fox Lake
Minn
Cedar Rapids
Chicago & Northwestern Road
Ames
Boone
Clinton
Milwaukee
Rock Island
Aurora
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Illinois
Chicago
Vanity box and talking mirror in a stenographer’s tale
A Chicago Journal item recounts a stenographer in a downtown law office improvising by using a nickel plated phone mouthpiece as a makeshift mirror to save motion between tasks. The scene highlights practical wit in a busy office routine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
mirroreChicago
The Human Mouth Talking and Lip Motion
The article explains how talking strongly uses the lips with the lower lip enlarged from constant use and crowding the mouth corners. It notes the lower lip often appears larger than the upper, and suggests viewing upside down to notice the motion difference in speech.
Cut Down Number at Training Camps
War Department orders reduced civilian training camps and units for 17 to 27 year olds to 27 000 per year with 7 000 per corps area. Officers Reserve Corps cuts from 18 000 to 4 500 with 00 reserve officers as instructors. National Guard training unknown pending state estimates. aim to have most units spend fifteen days in camp.
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Washington, PD. C
War Department
National Guard
Congress
Leprosy Treatment Expands in Culion Island Colony
More than 3 960 of the 5 000 lepers at Culion Island are receiving treatment. About 3 600 take ethyl ester and around 300 use the Mercado treatment. Treatment has been extended to all but about 1 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
P. L
Culion Island
Shirley E. Roberts
Philippine Anti
Colorful Guide to Living Well and Staying Active
A compact guide urges color and energy in daily life emphasizing healthy habits. It mentions staying in good condition, engaging the community, pursuing reading, and enjoying outdoor activities like golf in a vibrant, positive tone. However the text is fragmented and playful.
Raise Trees for Mines Demands Pillar Supply
A South African mining company plans 29 acres of tree plantings to furnish pillar timbers for underground operations, aiming to secure steady support material and reduce external timber costs.
Grand Falls of Labrador on Hamilton River Described
The Grand Falls on the Hamilton River in Labrador rise in the highlands at about 1700 feet and travel 4h miles to Melville Lake. They are the largest falls in North America occurring roughly 220 miles from the river mouth with a 700 foot drop in 12 miles, a 200 foot wide vertical cascade, and violent rapids below a deep canyon. The surrounding landscape is a dark, barren wilderness overall.
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Canadian Labrador
Hamilton River
Labrador Highlands
Melville Lake
Hamilton Inlet
Atlantic
North America
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FOX Theatre
Constantinople
Fifth Avenue
Pollard
Pathe Review
Cowcather
Caboose
Yale
Maurice Flynn
Schulty Motor Car Co
John Shields & Sons
Dailey’s Taxi
Local and Country Service
Bert Olson
Lupton
A. D. Sanders
Lceans
Washington, Iowa
Arthur and
Dodd
Arch Best
Oxfords
Wilson's
Dean's
Audrey Hamble
Des Moines
E. B. Phillips
Alton Custer
Haskins
Stafford
D. F. Macon
Washington
Iowa
Codlyr
Roy Dawson
Brighton
Sarah Powell
Keota
William Horning
Wright and Son
Moline
Mildred Long
South English
H. Dusenberry
A. Hoehstadler
William Fitzwilliam
Anna Reiner
Joe Reiner
John Young
Ine
Mr Young
Lyons
John Birney
Ray Sifford
James Grady
Bertha
Muscatine
FP. L. Mangold
T. J. Patterson
Winfield
Mra. A. BK. Ditmar
S. S. Wright
Alex de Bord
Kansas City
Humphrey Richards
Cotter
A. Bennett
M. A. Kuhn
R. B. Goldner
Harold
Marshfield
Oregon
Sigourney
T. O. Foley
Alliance, C
Charles Blair
Davenport
Blanche Irwin
Miss Cora
North English
Miss Mary Irwin
Evelyn Moothart
Clarence Johnson
Washington National Bank
Eleanor Walker
Corydon
Misa Marguerite McGugin
Wanda Neiswanger
Charles W. Atkins
Baby Billy
Doris Hulick
Ainsworth
C. G. Hulick
Cannonsburg
W. R. Porter
Nettie Gibson
Nellie Mae
Lula
Linda
Trenton
Katheryn Gibson
Emma Travers
Gertrude Eberdt
Ft. Madison
Virginia Witkoski
Fairfield
Lillian Singmaster
SR. Knupp
Miss Gladys
Sioux City
Wilbur Knupp
Mira Jane
DM. Bridges
W. A. Cherry
E. J. Robson
A. W. Crow
Harold Nichols
Chas, Nichols of
A. N. Alberson
Templar Park
Spirit Lake
Gertrude Fisher
Ella Proudfit
Don Hampsher
Oskaloosa
FE. B. Hammer
T. B. Howard
Chal Ford
Mrs
Rhea Gardner
Iowa Falls
James Porter of
Mrs. Zear Hinshaw
Wayland
J. CC. McKay
Martha Cook
Williamsburg
Dorothy Lide
A. W. Clow
Donna
Betty
Doris
Densmore Guthrie
Rankin and Thompson
Helen Singmaster
Martha Maxwell
Juanita Ellis
H.L. Ward
Hessie Myall
Rtta Buxbaum
Nellie and
Mary Manners
Crawfordsville
Will Babcock
A. D. Stiles
Winifred and
Gerald
Charlies Fisher
Freda
Moscow
Crail's
O. H. Cuddy
Maquoketa
O. M. Cuddy
Hedrick
M. E. Cuddy
Wes Babb
Tev
M. R. Regan
Los Angeles
California
Pacific Coast
Ed Grayson
Charles
R. D. Temple
Burt
Minnesota
A. B. Ditmars
Walehington
West
Nebraska City
J.B. Tyler
Ermina Ditmars
Denver
Maude
Colorado Woman's College
Ditmars
Glasgow
J. W. Swisher
Piqua, O
Nyal
McElhinney Drug Co
Ella Anderson
Alberta Wolfe
Dr. L. R. Eliers
George Bickford of
M. D. Bickford
Harry Keck
Anna Nicola
James Casey
L. J. Hogan
M. E. Dicken
Marquis Barr
Johnson
Rose Carr
Sylvia Peterson
Omaha
Nebr
University At
Iowa City
Chas. Brown
W. H. McNarlen
W. C. Willis
Johnson ‘Ross
Long Beach
Calif
Guy Mintle
Grinnell
John E. Griffith
John
Ernest Dean
Pearl Carstensen
Walla Walla
Helen
Dean
Carstensen
Whitman College
McNamaras
Grand Falls of
Labrador
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