Chautauqua program promises best season yet
The Chautauqua dates August 11 to 20 are announced with a strong lineup led by Gypsy Smith John Sharp Williams Maud Ballington Booth Strickland W Gillilan and Walter Chandler. The program emphasizes daily offerings solid daytime features and evening music with Mascot the educated horse and entertainers Connor Mack. Campers encouraged to spend days on the grounds for rest and fresh air as the booklet outlines the year’s attractions.
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Charles Coons
Professor Wilcox
Strickland W. Gillilan
Walter Chandler
John Sharp Williams
Gypsy Smith
Matt R. Sawyer
Maud Ballington Booth
Doctor Lloyd
Jesus
Mr. Chandler
House of Representatives
Booth
Connor & Mack
Brave Conductor Rescues Girl From Streetcar
A Keokuk newspaper clipping recounts conductor Wm. Cahill saving a girl from an advancing streetcar. The child stood motionless on the track as brakes failed. Cahill leaped from the car, grabbed the girl, and pulled her to safety though she was struck and may still die.
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Jack McKeone
Keokuk
Wm. Cahill
Cahill
Mrs Dittmer Attends Brother's Funeral in Iowa
Mrs Chris Dittmer arrived home from DeWitt Iowa after attending the funeral of her brother Thomas Barr.
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Chris Dittmer
DeWitt
Iowa
Thomas Barr
Foley's Honey and Tar Cures Severe Lung Trouble
It stops the cough and heals and strengthens the lungs. L. M. Ruggles of Reasner Iowa credits the remedy with curing consumption and stopping hemorrhages and pain, noting the lungs are now sound. Lemmon's Pharmacy endorses the product.
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Foley
L. M. Ruggles
Reasner
Iowa
Lemmon
Street Parade to Welcome Barnum and Bailey in Washington
The Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth will visit Washington on July 17 with a reestablished street parade after four years. The parade, three times longer and ten times the outlay, features original European designs, luxury floats, exotic costumes, and ten thousand dollars of new acts, including the airborne Autos that Pass in the Air.
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Washington
America
Stock On Trent
England
Persia
Turkey
France
Germany
Europe
Asia
Honors for Ames Professor at national speech arts meeting
At the seventeenth annual convention of the National Speech Arts Association in Oak Park Illinois Professor A M Newens of Iowa State College was elected president marking one of the highest honors in oratory. Newens has served on the Iowa State College faculty for twelve years and helped bring the institution into public view, much to the elation of friends across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Speech Arts Association
Oak Park
Ill
A. M. Newens
Iowa State College
Newens
Fish Are Badly Scared by Rubio Fishing Party
Alf Chilcote and W D Shearer head to Rubio for a day of fishing. Chilcote covers a mile square with each cast and catches any fish in reach. Shearer, when thirsty, imitates a fish attracting others to the scene and nets them. The town jokes about fishville consternation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alf Chilcote
W. D. Shearer
Rubio
Mr. Chilcote
Fishville
Man who never smiled found in park during Fourth
In the Pleasant Evening Journal report, Stanley Miller, a man sought for unknown reasons, was circulating in the park on the Fourth. George Crane identified him with the phrase a new coat house for Henry county and collected $5.00 offered for locating the man as Miller prepared to depart the scene.
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Stanley Miller
George Crane
Henry County
Miller
Crane
Mr. Pleasant Evening Journal
Limited interest in intercollegiate rifle results from practice gaps
Washington July 8 The Wakefield range in Massachusetts hosted an intercollegiate rifle match on June 20 with only four schools present Harvard MIT University of Pennsylvania and George Washington Yale did not show. The article cites lack of practice ranges and laws restricting arms as key barriers, noting prizes and past winners and detailing scores and rifles used.
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Washington, D. C
Wakefield
Massachusetts
Harvard University
Massachusets Institute of Technology
University of Pennsylvania
George Washington University
Yale
National Guard
New Haven
National
Cornell
Army
Princeton
Princeton Rifle Club
Nassau
Harvard
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Frankford
National Rifle Association of America
Sea Girt
National Rifle Asociation
Collegiate Match Could Gift West First Trophy Triumph
A pivotal collegiate match looms that may award the trophy to the West for the first time since its establishment. Strong teams in contention push to capture the prize, with implications for regional standings and school pride.
Templar Park Journal From Spirit Lake Iowa July 1908
Dear Journal reports describe arrival of Washington contingent at Templar Park Spirit Lake on an island due to high lake levels. Guests mingle enjoy fishing boating and cool evenings. Grand commandery religious service held with choir and poem. Preparations for conclave opening next morning at 9 o clock.
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Spirit Lake
Iowa
Dear Journal
Templar Park
Washington
Grand Commandery
Templar
Maud
Minnesota
An Elegy for Slim at the Country Printshop
In a midcentury elegy from Atlanta, J. W. Foley notes the quitting time at a printshop as Slim is let go. The piece reflects on a worker who set wide measures, balanced fat takes and lean work, and faces a modest pension, with the last form departing and a prayer for him.
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Slim
J. W. Foley
Atlanta Constitution
Local residents bound for visits and events
Mrs. H. T. Nutt rode to Keota yesterday morning while Mrs. Dr. D. J. Dewey traveled to Winfield last night. Mrs. Crim and her children arrived from Columbus Junction for an evening visit. Mrs. Lloyd Hartwick returned to Eldon after a brief stay in the city. John Morrison came from Weldon and went to Ainsworth for a short visit. Miss Margaret Reiner arrived from Rock Island to visit her parents. The Misses Mae Crone, Grace Jones, Olive and Florence Ward left for Ainsworth to attend a band concert.
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H. T. Nutt
Keota
D. J. Dewey
Winfield
Crim
Columbus Junction
Lloyd Hartwick
Eldon
John Morrison
Weldon
Iowa
Ainsworth
Margaret Reiner
Rock Island
Joseph Reiner
Mae Crone
Grace Jones
Olive
Florence Ward
Weather forecast for Iowa today and tomorrow
Special to the Evening Journal from Washington D C July 8 fair tonight and Thursday rising temperature in Iowa. A brief forecast notes fair skies with warming trend and no significant precipitation expected across the state.
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Washington, D. C
The
Evening Journal
Iowa
Local notices report travel and visits among residents
Mr and Mrs George H Lee and children were passengers for Keota yesterday morning Miss Clare Jay was a passenger yesterday morning for West Chester to visit Mrs T A Bailey and children left for Davenport for a brief visit Rita Schreckengast of Burlington is visiting this week in the city Mrs Thos Kyle and daughter Bessie were passengers yesterday morning for Brighton to visit Mrs M P Lewis and son Stanley returned home to Pekin after a brief visit at the Mark Hardin home Two sisters from the Good Shepherd home at Sioux City were in the city soliciting funds Clarence Sandy has been visiting at Dr A A Sandy's home and returned to Milan Mrs Crone and daughter Florence have been visiting relatives at Wyoming Illinois and arrived home Mrs A R Shaw and Russel Davis are home from Frazee Minn where they attended the funeral of their uncle A H Wilcox Miss Burns left for What Cheer to remain indefinitely Mr and Mrs FE MecCaulley of Washington Iowa are visiting William Meyers on East Tenth Street Mrs Fred Brazel of Washington Iowa arrived in the city for the death of her grandfather D Vogel This is to certify I treated with Dr Shallenberger for stomach and kidney trouble and can say the Doctor has given me good results August Laney Riverside Iowa
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George H. Lee
Keota
Clare Jay
West Chester
T. A. Bailey
Davenport
Rita Schreckengast
Burlington
Thos. Kyle
Bessie
Brighton
M. P. Lewis
Stanley
Pekin
Iowa
Mark Hardin
Good Shepherd
Sioux City
Clarence Sandy
A. A. Sandy
Milan
A. H. Wilcox
Mr. Wilcox
FE. MecCaulley
Washington, Iowa
William Meyers
East Tenth Street
Fred Brazel
D. Vogel
Muscatine
Shallenberger
Chicago
August Laney
Riverside
Towa
Hall's Catarrh Cure Offered as Universal Remedy
A 19th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, offers a $100 reward for any uncured case, and urges sending for testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo, with pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Washington Hair Dressing Parlor Offers Hair Puff Service
Notice invites ladies with cut hair or combings to have puffs or switches made at the Washington Hair dressing Parlor located over the U. S. Express Office.
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Washington
U. S. Express Office
Norton couple to spend day in Muscatine
DD J Norton and his wife were passengers yesterday morning for Muscatine to spend the day and visit.
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DD. J. Norton
Muscatine
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Williame
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Booth—Strick
W. Gillilan
Barnum and Bailey
Ames
INTER
Mass
J W Morton
S.S.S
S.S. S
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta, GA
Matilda Warwick
Kokomo
Ind
Cardus
Cardui
Weather Forecast
Miss Burns
What Cheer
J. E. Willford
Royal Market
Poultry and Fish
the Royal
Postoffice
Mutual
City
Stuart & McCreedy
Washington Ice Gream
Ashmington
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