Prairie Center Local News Highlights Visits and Socials
IRIE CENTER July 11 reports varied visits including Mrs. John Long Dorine of Washing at Malecome Montgomery home and Dr. Harvey McCall of Allerton visiting. Mrs. Luther hosted a fish dinner for Moline guests while Miss Ellen Wolfe visits Iowa. Mrs. Millson spoke on Indian orphans as children made scrapbooks for a mission. Light refreshments followed with Light Bearers selling candy.
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Irie Center
John Long
Ter
Dorine
Malecome Montgomery
George Weigman
John Clegg
Pauline
Charles Wever
Harvey McCall
Allerton
Iowa
Malcolme Montgomery
Ellen Wolfe
Zwingle and Dubuque
Iown
Lloyd Robertson
Missionary Groups Entertain Mothers at Crawfordsville
Marie Welch and the Kings Heralds and Grace Fletcher and the Little Light Bearers of the Methodist church entertained Mothers of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society at the Crawfordsville church Thursday afternoon.
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Crawfordville
Marie Welch
Kings Heralds
Grace Fletcher
Little Light Bearers
The
Methodist Church
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
Fable in Slang Shows a Dreadful Road Trip
A motor car tour by six travelers ends in trouble after misadventure and miscommunication on rural roads. Estelle Poindexter and Henry Gibble clash with Mrs. Gibble and Miss Leonora Peevy as they race toward Bald Rock for a noon luncheon, only to be halted by a speed trap and car trouble. The tale satirizes vanity and human folly rather than the journey itself.
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NCE
Indianapolis Speedway
Henry Gibble
Estelle
Leonora Peevy
Bald Rock
Mr. Poindexter
Gibbles
Bald Mock
Trans-Siberian Railway
Konehuck
Vlndivostvovitch
Gibble
Bald Mountain
Lake Wahaba
Henry
The Wandering Jew Legend No Bible Basis
An old quotation links the saying Thou shalt wander over the face of the earth to the Wandering Jew legend. The line is not found in the Bible and reflects later apocryphal attributions rather than scriptural text.
Keats Lived in Bird-in-Hand Court in 1816
American visitors tour Bird-in-Hand Court in London where John Keats resided in 1816 and produced much of his poetry. The article notes the poet’s link to the location and its place in literary history.
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London
Bird-in-Hand Court
Keats
Feeding Hogs As Pastures Burn
In Wayland on June 13 Mrs. Ezra Wittmer reports farmers face heat losses with sows and many hens and livestock dying. Gardens scorched, pastures gone, forcing hay feeding from barns. Other items note marriages, resignations, and visits among local families.
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Ezra Wittmer
Wayland
Leslie Barr
Olds
Donald Roth
P. P. Showalter
Roy Roth
Cedar Rapids
Beatrie Kimball
Quasqueton
Town
A. E. Enders
Vaughn Belle Schlatter
Chicago
Christine Schlatter
Davenport
C. W. Schlatter
So and Sew Club of Dayton Grove Meeting Report
DAYTON July 13 The So and Sew club met Thursday with Mrs. Lucille Hole. Not all members could attend yet time was enjoyed. The president named committees for the August picnic place and time to be announced. Dean Moore returned home after helping Mr. Olinger with hay and oats. Readers thanked the Journal for its Centennial Edition.
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J. B. Moore
Dayton
So and Sew Club
Lucille Hole
Dean Moore
Olinger
76 Township
Washington County
Harry Dusenberry
Wm. Embree
Lyall Moore
Mahoney
Venters
Gays, NL
Albert
Decatur
Roy Bain
Rock Island
Pearl Chamberlain
Mason City
Sisters visit at Howard Fisher home near Richmond
Mrs Ernie Hole and family visited the Howard Fisher home near Richmond on Wednesday. Miss Mamié Hole applied for admission to the Egypt school for the coming term.
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Ernie Hole
Mamié Hole
Howard Fisher
Richmond
Miss Hole
Egypt School
Disguise Lumber Shipment to Bypass Tariff Flows
A Canadian lumber freight carload was concealed as potatoes and turnips to dodge higher U S import tariffs but the disguise failed.
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United States
Canada
Lynn's Southern Holiday Ends With Reflections and Food
Lynn enjoys a calmer but poignant Louisiana break among friends aboard a yacht and during visits to New Orleans landmarks. She weighs Dewey and Jack, contemplates love, and meets old cook Mattie in a plantation kitchen. the trip ends with nostalgia and a hint of returning north.
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Lynn
Doll
Lake Ponchartrain
Lake Michigan
Dotl
Jack
Mr. Lowry
Dewey
New Orleans
Mme. Lalaurie
Louisiana
Paradise
Don
Antione’s
Pierre
Merchon & Thorpe
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