Local Visit and Travel Notes From Town
Clyde Warner arrived from Fairfield for an over Sunday visit at home. Frank Porter left for Mt. Pleasant via Burlington on a brief business trip. Miss Hersolera Goodspeed returned to Lexington after a week with city friends. Mrs. R. E. Bester left for Milwaukee after two weeks with Milton White family. Misses Sigrid and Hilda Freding depart for a couple of weeks visiting friends in Chicago and Muscatine.
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Clyde Warner
Fairfield
Frank Porter
Mt. Pleasant
Burlington
Hersolera Goodspeed
Lexington
R. E. Bester
Milwaukee
Wis
Milton White
Sigrid
Hilda Freding
Chicago
Muscatine
To the Gum Chewing Girl Warns of Harmful Habits
A letter urges a young woman to quit gum chewing citing Dr John H Diamond of Bellevue College New York who warns habitual chewing over salivary glands delays digestion risks microbes and causes jaw unrest. It stresses potential beauty loss from lines around the mouth and chin and urges attention to posture and social perception.
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John 8. Diamond
Bellevue College
New York
Ile
Borrowed Smiles In Beanville The Widow Jones Tale
A quirky Beanville scene mixes romance and wit as a moralizing bachelor and a sharp girl debate life and marriage while the town editor snarls at delaying a Widow Jones death story. The foreman mutters about the widow’s notorious stubbornness as types move.
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Beanville Clarion
Hank
Widow Jones
Applicant’s Quit Claim: Car From Railroad Accident Cited
A Bohemian excerpt features a merchant noting a remark about marriage and an applicant answering a job query with a claim the car was obtained in a railroad accident, illustrating a brief conversational vignette from April Bohemian.
Compassionate Inquiry From a Donkey Drawn Cart
A fishmonger, belabouring a donkey pulling his cart, is halted by a lady who asks if he has any compassion. He replies he has only herrings today, a terse Pele Mele exchange illustrating callous practicality over empathy.
Quiet Family Quarrel Echoes in Snappy Exchange
In a terse domestic scene a woman and man clash over memory and meaning. She claims knowledge of Iwo, insisting she attended school, while he responds with calm denial. The exchange highlights tension and stubborn misunderstandings within a familiar quarrel.
Marie and Lillian Describe Charlie Worthington Airship Fall
Marie recalls the shock of Charlie Worthington tumbling from his new airship when it stalled midair about a half mile up. Lillian questions the cause, and Marie explains Chaillie believed he was in his automobile and leapt out to push it back home.
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Marie
Charlie Worthington
Lillian
Chaillie
Iron shutters on new building twine plan fails
Isaacs complains shutters on all windows of Abrams new building to stop fire. Abrams replies shutters will keep fire in his own building in case of fire. Bohemian.
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Isaacs
Abrams
Foley's Kidney Remedy Claims Kidney Health
The doctors describe kidney function as filtering impurities from the blood and claim Foley's Kidney Remedy keeps the kidneys healthy by removing waste. The ad asserts the remedy will make you well and urges purchase from Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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Foley
Lemmon
Ready Maids Holiday Picnic at Sunset Park
The Ready Maids will picnic this evening at Sunset park for a social outing. The event is hosted as a compliment to Misses Lou Blanchard of Chillicothe Missouri and Ione McMahon of Kansas City.
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Sunset Park
Lou Blanchard
Chillicothe, Mo
Ione McMahon
Kansas City
Governor Declines Court Vacancy Appointment
Des Moines reports Governor Cummins will not appoint to the supreme court vacancy created by Justice Bishop’s death. He told a friendly group he may support a petition method to place candidates on the Australian ballot, with a possible temporary appointment if an agreement is reached, as a heated statewide campaign looms with several strong contenders.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Cummins
Supreme Court
Chas. A. Bishop
State House
William J1. McHenry
Okoboji Steamer Piriot Explodes During Lake Race
At Okoboji Iowa on July 18 the steamboat Piriot with Captain Miles aboard exploded mid lake while racing from Spirit Lake to Arnold's park beside the boat Iowa. Several passengers were thrown into the water and a hole opened in the vessel. Passengers were rescued with minimal injuries aside from a gash on the captain's forehead. The old boat, strained by heavy load, likely failed boilers. the explosion was heard miles away. Other steamers aided, keeping the Piriot from sinking as passengers were taken aboard rival craft.
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Okoboji
Iowa
Miles
Spirit Lake
Arnold's Park
Towa
Breeches Bible a Century Old Treasure in Iowa City
John Hands of Iowa City owns a Breeches Bible printed about 1603 praised for its fine printer’s work. The book, named for the verse about Adam and Eve’s fig leaves, later editions call them aprons. Hand’s family has preserved it through three centuries, with hopes it remains sturdy into 2200.
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John Hands
Iowa City
Hand
The Iron Lamp and Its Wick in Early Lamps
A description of early lamp construction from Chambers' Journal explains the iron lamp forged from a single piece of iron. It details the two coupled cups, the movable upper cup to keep oil in contact with the wick, and the use of rush pith as the wick, dried and bundled for use.
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Chambers’ Journal
Soldier arrested in Winkler inquest at Fort Riley
Fort Riley Kansas July 18 Following the inquest over the body of Leroy Winkler a negro who was struck on the head with a battle July 4 and died Tuesday night James Smith a mounted orderly of the Sixth Field Artillery has been arrested as one of the party of soldiers who made the assault on Winkler It has not been ascertained whether other soldiers were in the fight
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Fort Riley
Kan
Leroy Winkler
James Smith
Sixth Field Artillery
Winkler
University of Utah bars TB cases from campus buildings
Regents declare that no teacher student or employee with tuberculosis will be admitted to University of Utah classrooms or buildings. The rule follows a Chicago instructor's death that highlighted the risk, and aims to prevent further exposure.
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Salt Lake City
University of Utah
Chicago
Washington Telephone team stops on square amid city actions
A noon incident saw the Washington Telephone Co. enterprising team briefly run along the east side of the square toward North Iowa avenue before authorities intervened and prevented damage. Rev. I. W. Williams of Huntington, West Virginia testifies endorsing Poley’s Kidney Remedy at Lemmon’s Pharmacy, claiming relief from nervous exhaustion and kidney trouble.
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Washington Telephone Co
Iowa Avenue
I. W. Williams
Huntington, W. Va
Poley
Lemmon
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