Williamson Couple Celebrates Golden Wedding in Clarinda
Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Williamson of Clarinda observed their 50th anniversary with a reception at home attended by about 250 friends. The couple’s daughter and son served while the Clarinda Military band and Drum Corps performed, flowers and yellow decor dominated, and gifts rang from telegrams to a purse of gold.
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W. C. Williamson
Clarinda
Williamson
First United Presbyterian Church
Washington
United Presbyterian Church
Kansas
Clarinda Military Band
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promoted as Constitutional Cure
The advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine from F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo as a constitutional remedy, claims it cures locally incurable catarrh via the bloodstream, and offers a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure. It also promotes Dr. Miles' constipation pills for relief.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
the. I's Family
John Miller Reports Mexican Uprising Near Mission Texas
In a letter from Mission Texas John Miller writes that Mexicans ten miles south of Mission had risen, killed several, and were marching on Matamoros across the Rio Grande. He says authorities won’t let him cross the bridge due to the trouble. He admires Sharyland founder John Shary’s Red Cross benefit party at Sharyland country club and notes lush vegetation and heavy rains aiding irrigation.
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J. C. Miller
John Miller
Mission
Texas
Matamoros
Rio Grande
Brownsville
Country Club
John Shary
Sharyland
George Paul
the Red Cross
Elks Club
St. Jospeh
Kansas City
John
Flies avoid wounds with Farris Healing Remedy
Sherman Bros advertise Farris Healing Remedy promising relief from flies near wounds. They claim a 50cc bottle yields a pint and costs $2.60, recommending immediate purchase for future use.
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Farris
Sherman Bros, Advt
Madge Kennedy Stars In The Fair Pretender At Fox Theatre
Madge Kennedy returns to the Fox Theatre in The Fair Pretender a Goldwyn photoplay after The Danger Game. The piece showcases her range from impulsive ambition to dramatic scenes with a mocked husband widow role set in exclusive society with smart costumes.
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Goldwyn
Fox Theatre
Princess Royal
Madge Kennedy
Daily Thought on Conversation and Character
The note reflects on conversation as a vent for character and thought, quoting Emerson’s idea that speech reveals inner traits. It presents a compact, reflective line suitable for a brief editorial or literary card.
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Daily Thought
Ewmerson
Local men called for 142 in July draft quota
Washington county drafts 142 men for Camp Pike Arkansas while southern Iowa trains 12 537 men to Camp Gordon and Camp Forrest. Entrainments begin July 22 with departures slated July 23 and 29 for additional quotas and future calls.
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Arkansas Camp
One Man To Austin From Washington County
Washington county's allotment for the special training school for automobile mechanics at Austin Texas is one man. Twenty one volunteers were declared and three hundred men were asked with 1360 volunteers overall. The board will select the traveler to Austin for July 25th from listed volunteers including Neal Whisler H K Stewart Ross Whitacre Ray Hopengardner Floyd Arnold and others. The exemption board awaits the July draft quota for Camps Pike and Gordon likely exhausting Class one in the county.
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Iowa
Henry
Jefferson
Keokuk
Louisa
Des Moines
Johnson
Mahaska
Muscatine
Loe
Washington County
Austin
Texas
Logan
Neal Whisler
H. K. Stewart
Ross Whitacre
Ray Hopengardner
Floyd Arnold
R. L. Lydy
George S. England
Wayne T. Houck
Walter Anderson
Bergie Larson
Delbert Maxwell
W. A. Kiesey
Frank F. Kiser
Cloyce C. Stewart
Don Tierney
Ralph Bauer
Prentice
The
Wellman Schools
Lt. EyVeach
Rolla Westing
H. B. Rug
Community groups announce meetings and social events
Regular meeting of O. B. S. Thursday July 11 at 8 pm. Balloting and initiation. dues overdue should be paid. Rose Reid, Secretary. Various clubs plan gatherings at Red Cross rooms and community centers including S. S. S. club Kerr Thursday 2 pm. Honor Guards practice Tuesday 7 30 pm. Navajo club Wednesday Red Cross room. Pythian Circle Wednesday 2 30 pm. Cedar Township Knitters Thursday afternoon. Washington Lodge No 26 A F and A M called meeting Tuesday July 9 for third degree. Glendale Red Cross Friday 1 30 pm at Mrs Harvey's. W Girls of Haskins Presbyterian ice cream social Thursday evening on Ebner lawn with games. Ladies Aid meet Thursday July 11 at Mrs Bell's home with hostesses Grace Bickford and Bessie Bell. bring thimbles.
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O. BE. S
Rose Reid
Washington Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Fraters
F. M. Barnoske
W. M
Ladies Aid
Bessie Bell
Grace Bickford
Free Boschee German Syrup Sample at Lemmon's Pharmacy
An advertisement invites all adults with cough cold or bronchitis to call at Lemmon's Pharmacy for a free sample bottle of Boschee's German Syrup. The note touts fifty years of use a night of relief from coughing and free morning expectoration and claims the medicine is standard in civilized countries.
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Lemmon's
Boschee
Advt
Phrase First Used by Johnson on Father of Waters
The piece argues Samuel Johnson used the term Father of Waters for the Nile in Rasselas, noting the Nile is described as great father of waters to roll floods through eighty nations. It states Russells was published in 1759 and claims the Nile has a stronger claim to the title than the Mississippi.
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Johnson
Samuel Johnson
Mississippi River
Rasselus
Nile
Russells
Mississippi
The Joy of Living Health Ad Promotes Chamberlain Tablets
A brief advertisement claims real joy of living comes from health and proper digestion. It urges Chamberlain's Tablets to move the bowels and ease indigestion, noting headaches from poisons built up in the system. Lemmon's Pharmacy runs the ad.
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Chamberlain
Lemmon
Advt
Spiders’ Webs Short Circuits Wires in Argentina
During the dry season in Argentina certain spiders spin webs that collect on telephone and telegraph wires. At sunset the webs soak with dew and cause short circuits along six miles of four wires, weighing eleven pounds in total.
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Argentina
Popular Science Monthly
West Side Drug Store to Close for Military Service
War pressures force store proprietor T. R. Phillips to enter hospital service at Camp Dodge in about two weeks. Assistant Loyd Copeland will leave this Saturday to prepare for training. R. L. Haging of Florista will run the store in Phillips absence, bringing veteran pharmacy experience to Washington business.
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West Side
T. R. Phillips
Lloyd Copeland
Phillips
R. L. Haging
Florista
Washington
Harris
Burlington
Muscatine
Camp Do@ee
Copeland
Veiicles
Dublin M BE Ladies Aid to Meet at Ten Cent Social
The Dublin M BE Ladies Aid Society will hold a Thursday afternoon gathering with Mrs. Arthur Conrad hosting a ten cent social. All are invited and a short program is planned for the afternoon.
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Dublin
M. Be, Ladies Aid Society
Arthur Conrad
Bible Thursday Born From St Ives Bible Orchard Tale
The St Ives parish in Hampshire remembers Bible Thursday from Dr Robert Wilde who left £50 in 1878 to buy six Bibles not over 6d each. The money, with yearly interest, was to be used by six boys and six girls of the town casting for the Bibles on the last Thursday in May on the communion table. The principal was invested as Bible Orchard.
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St. Ives
Hants
England
Robert Wilde
Stomach Rest Advised For Occasional Discomfort
Advice notes that a stomach can tolerate occasional fasting or a fruit diet after mild distress. It cautions against overfeeding during a rough spell and suggests rest and simple intake to restore balance.
Ladies Aid meeting and church picnic notice
Regular business meeting of the Ladies Aid society of M. EB. church at 2 30 Friday afternoon at the church. July Lith 2317 AML Baptists please meet at the church promptly at 8 o clock Thursday to go to the picnic woods at the A B Carr home. Bring baskets and all older children urged to attend.
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Ladies Aid Society of M. EB
AML Baptists
A. B. Carr
Gen Graves Among Eight Promoted Major Generals
Maj. Gen. William 8 Graves named one of eight new major generals promoted under a merit based plan. Graves Served with the National Army as secretary to the general staff and later as first assistant to Gen March, reflecting his long wartime service.
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William 8. Graves
War Department
General Graves
National Army
General Staff
General March
Lame shoulder treated with rest and liniment
An ailment described as rheumatic muscle pain. Rest is advised and Chamberlain's Liniment recommended by Lemmon's Drug Store as a remedy.
Reading and owning books inspires lifelong learning
A school trustee urges students to read and own books, recalling how he worked at night to save money for purchases and rose early to read them, emphasizing constant access to literature.
Steam pipe explosion kills three on Ann Arbor ferry No. S
An explosion of a steam pipe on the Ann Arbor ferry No. S at Frankfort Michigan on July 9 killed three men and seriously burned two others. The deceased were A. Gilbert William Freeman and Lon Best. The injured were assistant machinemen Moore and Fray.
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Frankfort
Mich
Ann Arbor
Better to Go Slow for Maximum Present Efficiency
The text urges taking time to live in the present rather than dwelling on past mistakes or fretting about the future. By spreading effort across two days, one divides strength and reduces current productivity.
Letter Promoting Chamberlain's Cure in Missouri Town
A 1916 Savannnah Missouri letter urges readers to use Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for flux and dysentery. The author, Lemmons Drug Store, shares personal recovery after nine years and one later attack, recommending the remedy to many people in the vicinity.
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Savannah
Chamberlain
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