Local notes mix in Ottumwa area visits and sales
Community items list residents and visitors including Roy Box family Lyle Trumbull Paul Trumbull Lawrence Heftel Edna Merter Mary Marr Dorothy Wellman and others. Social calls, shopping trips, and family visits span Ottumwa Oskaloosa Des Moines and Detroit with bake and rummage sale notices and auctioneer ads.
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St. James
Washington Cleaners
Lawrence Heftel
Clinton
Edna Merter
Washington Public Schools
Columbia
Des Moines
Fresh Eggs
Reister Bros
Dave Schantz
Crawfordsville
Robert Stephens
Keota
Stanley Zager
St Louis
Clyde Boice, Jr
Town City
Boice
Stephen
Bastiaan den Hartog
John den Hartog
Euddyville
Hospital Admissions and Discharges In Local Area
Mrs Frank Manning of Coppock and Mrs Carl Harken of Richland were admitted. Lloyd Dale Hunt of Ainsworth underwent an appendectomy. Master Neil Humble was discharged yesterday. Mrs Harry Jones and baby were dismissed for home yesterday. Mrs Eva Corey and Mrs Logan Gargus with baby were discharged last evening.
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Frank Manning
Coppock
Carl Harken
Richland
Lloyd Dale Hunt
Ainsrth
Neil Humble
Harry Jones
Baby
Eva Corey
Logan Gargus
Baby Son
Thei
C. A. Owen
James
Richard
Margaret Jane
Monmouth
Wen
Harles
Lloyd Walker
Frank B. Miller
Sara Lou
Miller
Rotary
San Francisco
Martha Darbyshire
Beverly Hills
Calif
Oregon
Washington
Banff
Lake Louise
Canada
Calgary
Iowa Administering Farm Program Costs Ranked
The article outlines state and county administrative expenses for farm program administration. Iowa's total local expenses reach about 1.42 million dollars, about one eighth of benefits paid, placing Iowa second among states behind Ohio. Illinois, Texas, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri, Michigan, and Indiana follow in the top ten. County variances include Pottawattamie at 22,636 dollars and Mitchell at 6,963 dollars, with Tama, Monona, Hardin, Kossuth, and others listed.
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Iowa
Washington
Ohio
Illinois
Texas
Nebraska
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Missouri
Michigan
Indiana
Pottawattamie
Mitchell
Tama County
Monona
Hardin
Kossuth
Taylor
Orson
Decatur
Harrison
Wide Head Traits Indicate Energetic and Aggressive Nature
A psychologist in Pearson's London Weekly links a broad head measured between the ears with high energy and financial sharpness. The piece notes a tendency to be argumentative and domineering, suggesting ruthlessness may aid business or political work but social contacts demand self control and tact.
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Pearson
London Weekly
African native healers use herbs and divination for profit
Aboriginal medicine men rely on herbs bones divination and suggestion to heal or deceive. Some believers consider their magic practices effective, making the trade lucratively profitable despite uncertain outcomes and coincidence.
P. T. Barnum and W. C. Coup in a Combined Circusmenagerie
The text portrays P. T. Barnum as an aging showman who valued publicity and used advertising to gain attention. It notes his penchant for favorable notoriety while accepting other media coverage and records his self description as the greatest humbug of his era.
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P. T. Barnum
W. C. Coup
Understanding Roman political titles Dictator and Tyrant
A Pearl son London Weekly authority explains that dictator was a legally appointed temporary official for emergencies and a true statesman. Tyrant refers to a ruler who seizes power and seeks to stay in office, unlike the dictator who retires after the crisis period. Caesar’s assassination is attributed to foes calling him tyrant.
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Senate
Pearson
London Weekly
Caesar
Cleveland girls sail for England study tour
Jean Baxter and three companions depart Cleveland with a chaperon for a month to six weeks in England. They will live in different English homes to study local customs and culture.
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Jean Baxter
Howard Baxter
Cleveland
Ohio
England
Hindu Women Make up and Marks Described in Text
The article describes Hindu beauty practices with lipstick made from pan or betel leaf chewed with lime and charcoal touched lips. It notes a distinctive wafer stamped between the brows not as a caste-mark, varying in color from black burnt sago with sandalwood to pink kumkum powder from a local flower.
The porcupine quill weapons of survival
The text explains the porcupine relies on its quills for defense. It has many daggers across its body with sharpened, polished points and over 4000 barbs that embed in warm flesh, making its armor highly effective despite lacking speed or keen senses.
Growth continues in adults beyond forty years
Scientists report human growth continues after early adulthood with height increasing by more than a half inch and limbs growing slightly. legs and trunk extend late in life and arm length may lengthen modestly.
Pleasant Plain to Play Colored Team
Pleasant Plain hosts Capitol City Colored Giants Sunday July 10 at East Pleasant Plain. The Plainsmen, with one open date, booked the Des Moines outfit for a return after last season’s two close wins. A large crowd is expected for a 2:30 start.
Baseball Standings and Thursday Schedule
American League standings show Cleveland and New York at 41 25, Boston 39 28, Philadelphia 27 38, St. Louis 22 44, Washington 35 37, Chicago 27 34. National League leaders New York 45 25, Pittsburgh 38 25, Chicago 38 30, Cincinnati 36 31, St Louis 29 36, Brooklyn 28 40, Philadelphia 19 45. Tonight’s games include Chicago at Detroit and St. Louis at Cleveland with several cross-division matchups listed for others.
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Ww. L. Pet
Cleveland
New York
Boston
Bere «Knne
Washington
Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Detroit
W. L. Pet
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Carat and Weight Standards in Gold Purity
The carat system defines weight and fineness for jewelry. A carat equals four grains or one twenty fourth of an ounce, and 24 carats denote pure gold. An 18-carat ring contains 18 parts gold in 24 parts total.
Ohio Penitentiary Prisoners Required Monthly Head Shave
Early Ohio penitentiary policy shaved the right side of male prisoners heads monthly to aid quick detection of escaped inmates. The rule applied to all male inmates in the facility's initial years.
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Ohio Penitentiary
Defeat at Caporetto Deepens Italian World War Loss
The article notes Caporetto as the Austrians’ devastating World War victory over Italy, marking it as the most disastrous defeat suffered by Italians in the conflict.
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Caporetto
Launching of Dixie Highway at Chattanooga Conference
The Dixie highway was officially launched at the conference of the governors held in Chattanooga Tennessee on April 3 1915. Governor Samuel Ralston of Indiana chaired the meeting with participating states agreeing to advance the project.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Samuel Ralston
Indiana
Also Mentioned on This Page
American Legion
Wolf Floral CO
Roy Box
Lyle
Ottumwa
Paul Trumbull
Sioux City
Mrs
E. J. Trumbull
Marjorie Thompson
David Thompson
Oskaloosa
Dan Storms
Harry Turner
Mayo's Hospital
Earl Simerman
Minneapolis
Minn
Carl Roperson
Gerald
Clara’ Ropers
Mich
C. H. Witthoft
L. P. Ristine
Rollie
Mt. Pleasant
A. Keith Droz
Cora Davis
Riverside
Harry Watkins
Barnum
Joe Sutton
Adrian
Dave Anwyl
John Haifley
Ed Hotle
West Chester
Margaret Morgan
Rubio
Maynard Kallaus
H. F. Masson
Orville Elder
Rochester
Rodney Kephart
Porcupine
State Theatre
Delicatessen
Pleasant Plain
Nicola
Harmon
Miller’s Footwear
SMART
Parrish
Geo. L. McDaniel
Lemmon
Jewelry
East Side Square
Montgomery Ward
McLellan
Klein Klothing KO
Rothschild’s
Bukgaber Howe
Phillips & Hebner
Dexter
A. E. Atchison
Graham
Harwood
Cookie Sale
Home Bakery
Penney’s
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