Local social notes and travel in Washington area
A roundup of residents visiting Washington from nearby towns and states, with licenses and social calls. Mentions Clint Taylor and Margaret Curtis obtaining a Knoxville marriage license, Joliet visitors at the J. M. Kelly home, and assorted trips to Chicago, New York, and Castalia. Also notes a horse show judge meeting Col. Smith Brookhart, and travel by several families plus a patent office statistic and a note about the Majestic steamship lifeboats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clint E. Taylor
Margaret A. Curtis
Knoxville
W. F. Bickel
Verna
Castalia
Iowa
W. H. Hoefner
J. 8. Bickel
Oskaloosa
Max Marble
East
Philadelphia
Washington D. C
Atlantic City
New York
Niagara Falls
Chicago
Local Social Notes and Business Ads from Washington
A collection of short items mentions Miss Edith Peterson visiting Washington and Miss Helen Singmaster visiting yesterday. Several local residents plan or completed trips to Plymouth Ill and Keota. Businesses advertise tires Bevins and Washington Steam Laundry offering cheaper ironing. Dodge Brothers coupe on display at Jones Auto Co with Grace Conger’s recent Rock Island trip noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge Brothers Business
Jones Auto Co
St. Marion Ave
Grace Conger
Rock Island
Dodge Brothers
Local Notebook of Visits and Small Gifts
Mrs E Elmer Engman of Rock Island visits her relatives in town and Miss Ora Jackson travels to Oakville to see friends. Miss Edna Tobin and Miss Helena Tobin shop locally after returning from Peoria. Dr A W Clow visits Corydon for the weekend with family. Miss Hazel Porter and companions visit Davenport while neighbors tour Washington. Community ads promote Lyons cookies and Stephen the jeweler. Parisian Sage hair treatment advertised by Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Howling Dervishes of Constantinople Practice Frenzied Devotion
A damning note describes goulois called the howling dervishes who inhabit a Constantinople mo ustery. They mimic ships on the ocean and vocally extol Allah as a deep vessel while contorting their bodies. They gore themselves with knives and stones in fevered devotion until exhaustion, yet they supposedly avoid grave harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Contantinople
Allah
Harding Advises Resume of Coal Production Amid Labor Dispute
President Harding's telegram to Governor Kendall declares the proposed national coal arbitration rejected by miners and most bituminous operators. He urges immediate resumption of production under prior wage scales and outlines a three mine workers, three operators, five public representative commission to guide settlement and report on industry reforms. Kendall pledges Iowa resources to support the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harding
Kendall
United Mine Workers
National Coal Commission
United States
Iowa
N. E. Kendall
Bee Sting Leads to Prolonged Illness for Stewart
Joe Stewart a $3 farmer northwest of Little Hope Nevada has been unconscious since Sunday after a neck sting by a honey bee. He is now violent most of the time and doctors say little hope remains. Specialists cannot explain or relieve the condition. Stewart, a noted purebred swine breeder, is well known across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Joe Stewart
Stewart
Elizabeth Marbury noted as leading American playbroker
Miss Elizabeth Marbury of New York, the prominent playbroker, has disposed of more plays for American authors than any other figure. She has acted as agent for famous European dramatists and helped introduce several American playwrights to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Marbury
New York
America
Europe
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Harry Carey
Jackson Gregory
Oel
Far West
Alec
Buick
New Tirée
Schulty Motor Car Co
Bert Olson
Wallace Studio
Graham Theater
Walllace
Graham Theat
Washington, Iowa
Westphal
West Side Square
Hallmark
McElhinney Drug Co
Glen Dunbar
Brighton
A. F E. Davis of
Crawfordsville
Washington
J. T
Haskins
S. Turkington of
Wyman
Newton Davis
F. H. Edmondson of
Cotter
B. K. Kelly
Joliet, Ill
Mary Faulkner
George Faulkner
Joliet
Marengo
J. M. Kelly
Ed. Allen
Miss Mae
Wayland
Caml Hedges
G. L. McClellan
Mary Alice
Holdrege
Nebr
Mr. McClellan
Georgia
Cutie
Plumly
Charles Brown
Osceola
Col. Smith Brookhart
Bennett
Wilbur
Waterloo
St. Louis
R. L. Grimes
Sara
Grimes
Mr. Grimes
C. W. Long
Patent Office
Majestic
Edith Peterson
Ainsworth
Bevins
Kelly Springfield
Mabel Anderson
Lenox
Caroline Hamilton
Frank Brickell
Grant
Plymouth
Ill
EB. W. Hummer
Helen Singmaster of
Keota
Frank Appleby
Kansas
UM. M. Higby
Fairfield
Southeast Corner Square
Mac Gordon
Clara
Dorothy of
A. C. White
G. W. Marr
Washington Steam Laundry
Arch Best
Oxfords
Wilson's
E. Elmer Engman
McCutcheon
Harry Reister
Ora Jackson
Oakville
Lyon's
Stephen
Arthur Teeter
L, Be, Griffith
Mary Kirka
Pleasant Plain
A. J. Peterson
Lyon
Edna
Helena Tobin
Near
Peoria
A. W. Clow
Corydon
Ruby Shutter
Marie Meyers
Davenport
Mirna Ross
Cedar Rapids
Hazel Porter
A. Walker
Ed Bambrick
Evelyn
D. PF
Macon
George McChuren
Dr. Frey
Ollie
Frank McKay
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Advt
President Harding
Warren G. Harding
N. BE. Kendall
Photograph
Graves Studio
Washington National
Washington County
B. Lupton Monuments
Pihoonike NO
A. D. Sanders
Dailey’s Taxi
Whone
Local and Country Service
John Shields & Sons
Dayton & Son
Commercial Savings Bank
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