Local and Personal Notes from the Fox & Dewey Store
Long list of local arrivals and departures with travels to Kansas City Denver and Illinois. Shoppers offer hammocks toothpaste and other goods with Red Ticket reductions at The New York Store and The Fair. Visitors include Miss Sylvia Schenefelt Mrs. Ward and Dorothy and multiple families staying with local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Bryant
Independence
Iowa
Dorothy Miller
Rogers, Ark
New York
Luce
Fox bolting in High Street house pretends waif in Red Riding Hood
A fox chased by Essex Union hounds runs into a Billericay house and bolts upstairs to a bedroom. When discovered the fox pretends to be a waif rehearsing for a cinematograph show but the act is cut short.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essex Union
High Street
Billericay
Punch
Marriage license issued to Stone and McKune
A marriage license was issued Saturday evening to Charles E. Stone and Mrs. Alice McKune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Stone
Alice McKune
After all man is weak says Oston Transcript
A fragment quotes a moralizing remark about human frailty followed by another line praising union as strength, attributed to the Oston Transcript.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jes
Bronze tablet in Blair County courthouse revealed as wood
In Blair County Pennsylvania the ornate bronze tablet naming prominent locals is found to be mere painted pine. A wag scratched fake into the surface prompting anger among lawyers and politicians and an official probe is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blair County
Fitchner Dies at County Home After Cancer Battle
John Fitchner, about eighty, brother of Mrs. John Burg of Burlington, died yesterday at 3:30 PM at the county home from stomach cancer. He had lived at the home about seven years and was buried there at the county’s expense after his sister refused to cover funeral costs. Previously he worked for Harvey & Warfel on the north square fires and odd jobs, plus railroad construction. A native of Germany, he never married and was known to many Washington residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Fitchner
John Burg
Burlington
Mr. Fitcchner
Harvey & Warfel
Washington
Ceremany
Death of Earnest Cornwall at county home
Earnest Cornwall a 62 year old native of Germany died at the county home at 1 o'clock this morning. He had lived in the Lexington area for years and worked at the Bruce Moore farm before entering the home in May. He was unmarried. Funeral services are set for eleven tomorrow morning at the Moore home with interment in Lexington cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earnest Cornwall
Germany
Bruce Moore
Lexington
Moore
Journal Want Ad Aims to Bring Results
A brief want ad in the Journal seeks to attract attention and deliver practical results for a local reader seeking goods or services. The item promises clear terms and a prompt response from interested parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayve
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Vivs Sake
Mrs. S. Rothschild
Jeannette
Kansas City
Mrs. Rothschild
Darbyshire Drug Co
Sylvia Schenefelt
Oscar Davis
Clathe
Kan
Harry Ward
Dorothy
Mrs. Ward
Mrs. Barger
Cedar Rapids
Harry Montgomery
Ben Badenock
Chicago
Mrs. S. M. MecCleery
Rochester
Minn
Darbyshire Drug Company
John Chalmers Ford
Denver
Colorado Springs
Colo
Dougherty Bros
Iowa Homestead
Homestead
J. M. Pierce
Des Moines
W. C. Nuhn
Cedar Falls
Journal
A. B. Schmoeller
Prudential Insurance Office
Kodak
Mary Maxwell
Rock Island
Ill
Dulee Seeley
Geo. H. Paul and Sons
Maurice and
Dwight
E. G. Bowman
A. Hunter
Manitou
Everett Schenefelt
Alamosa
Will McClean
Edna Kelley
el Reno
Okla
Helen Wilson
Co. L. Smich
C. T. Wildman
Fairfield
T. L. Brookhart
Emma Anderson
Mary Buchanan
J. T. Matthews
Hazel Dean
Davenport
Alex Morrow
Eldon
J. E. Kunath
Homer Coppock
Lincoln
Nebr
Ainsworth
Shenandoah
Frank Barden
Oskaloosa
W. A. Gibson
Mutual Fire
W. M. Sutherland
M. Stinson
Morse
Donald Bell
Wapello
Selden St. Stewart's
Ben Gradwohl
Lincoln, Nebr
City
I. Rothschild
Helen MecCreedy
Benn
Anna K. Anderson
Robert Gibson
Kendal
Carl Hedges
Ruth
Wayland
Mrs. Hedges
Mrs. Allen
L. E. Tracy
Oregon
Brighton
Hi Sster
R. P. Lewis
John Graham
H. Bell Carriage Factory
Oelwein
Ralph Bunce
Monmouth
Bob Armstrong
Sallie Armstrong
Jack Johnson
Bob
England
Sam Langford
Johnson
al Palzer
Luella Shaw
Congress Hotel
H. T. Jackson
J. B. McCartney
J. A. Gibson
John Henry
George
Permelia Dickson
Valley Junction
Rk. C. Gibson
Mary Gibson
St. James, Minn
J. C. Gibson
Maxwell
Fred Neiswanger
J.A. Gardner
Greensburg
P. Maxwell
KE. G. Mason
Havre
Jugenheimer
Dorothy Jugenheimer
Mason
Dr. Simons
Mt. Pleasant
R. Phipps
West Chester
M. C. Terry
P. L. Huber
George Maxwell
Crawfordaville
E. D. Brigham
Iowa City
N. A. Swickard
Crawfordsville
Sigourney
Cora Teeter
Ophelia Miller
Eicher Shack
Town
J. J. McConnell
Mary McConnell
Mame
Dade Shearer
Aledo, Il
Jonathan Black
Sala
Rose Margrath
Margaret Rooney
Moline Hospital
Moline, IL
J. C. Swift
Everett Adams
McCook, Nebr
Lore Kemp & Wagner
Lytle Bros
ROYAL
Stuart
the Royal
Royal Market
Mutual
J. A. Harwood & Son
South Side
MO. Fitchner
John
Burg
Cornwall
Peck & Thomas
Masonic
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