Lower tent prices spur quick orders for Chautauqua
Tent buyers are urged to act now with discounts claimed for this year. Frank Stewart at his South Marion avenue office or phone orders. Tents will be ordered from owners Saturday night or Monday morning as the two day deadline nears. Camping on the grounds offers a cost saving vacation with a strong tenters presence and good water and comforts. Program booklets are near ready for distribution though completion time is not fixed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank, Stewart
South Marion Avenue
Extron
Eaton LC
Latonic
Eatonic
Katonic
Parmer Babcock Barn Burns Down
A barn and its outbuildings owned by P. K. Babcock six miles north of town burned yesterday afternoon with several thousand dollars in losses. The bank barn 30 by 66 feet housed hay oats farm machinery and three discs and a gang plow. No animals perished though the fire destroyed the buildings and contents before neighbors could intervene. The cause is unknown and coverage by Washington County Farmers Mutual Insurance will not fully cover the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. KB. Babcock
Washington County Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Association
Chautauqua Dates Set for August 12 to 21
The gram has drawn favorable attention and many plan to buy season tickets to get it all. The chautauqua dates run from August 12 to 21.
Cut Out the Fretting Habit
The passage counsels quitting the fretful habit as the source of daily burdens. It argues fretting is not real anxiety but a net work of imagined concerns and urges learning to eliminate such habits for a calmer life.
Tax Inspectors Track Delinquent Inheritance Taxes in Iowa
H L Cox of Des Moines and two colleagues examine collateral inheritance tax payments across counties. They report the 1898 law now enforces prompt collections, with several unpaid bills settled and the project expected to run about two years visiting every county.
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H. L., Cox
Des Moines
Washington County
Cox
Funeral services for Miss Ida Jane Thompson
The funeral was held Thursday at 10 am at the residence with Dr J A Glendinning of the Methodist church officiating. C A King sang two solos. Pallbearers were L F Woodburn Chas Busby J E Ross Henry Pickens Charles Van Doren and John Moorman. Interment followed at Riverside Cemetery. Rev Richard Collier led the grave side service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Jane Thompson
J. A. Glendinning
Methodist Church
C. A. King
L. F. Woodburn
Chas. Busby
J. E. Ross
Henry Pickens
Charles van Doren
John Moorman
Riverside Cemetery
Richard Collier
Riverside Methodist Church
Davenport Farm Agent Fined For Missing License Plates
Davenport police fined M. H. Feddersen five dollars plus costs after detaining him for not displaying automobile license numbers. Sheriff McCarty argued for leniency, but the judge remained unmoved. Feddersen now has the plates properly displayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
M. H. Fedderson
Farm Bureau
Feddersen
Bar of Justice
First London Guildhall Section Seeks City Meconper
For the first time in 50 years a section will be held in the London Guildhall for the post of city meconper. The job offers a good salary but appears to carry few duties. The term sleeper originally described an officer who inspected and tested and brewed breads of ale.
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London Guildhall
Meeting for Girls Plans Summer Recreation
A community girls meeting is called for Monday evening at eight in the Commercial club to organize summer recreation activities. Miss Valborg Jensen will arrive Monday and oversee plans including a chautauqua pageant, guiding girls through summer and chautauqua activities. All local girls are urged to attend to shape the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Club
Women's Interchurch Committee
Valborg Jensen
Washington
Miss Jensen
Device to hang the Kaiser draws amusement and patent backing
Co. D. McCleland and John Flynn unveil a ball throwing game where a baseball is aimed at a hole in a box. If the ball hits, Wilhelm II is imagined hung by a cable and the player earns a cigar. The duo has U S patent office authorization to manufacture and market the idea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilhelm Hohenzollern
John Flynn
Mr. McCleland
United States Patent Office
How Vines Draw on Soil
Vines are said to extract yearly from the soil only about three fourths of the quantity of potash and sulphuric acid that cereals take up.
Labor Shortage Hits Iowa Mines as Fall Demand Looms
Iowa mines face heavy impact from a statewide labor shortage as production nears a restart this fall. Officials fear foreign labor supply will be insufficient, with no viable alternative in sight. Some operators suggest importing Negro labor from the south but opposition remains. The shortage could raise coal prices for consumers next winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
A. L. Urick
Iova
Ed Sweeney
South
Alabama
Rutherford B. Hayes Quote on Service to Country
Daily Thought notes a Rutherford B. Hayes maxim that a politician serves best by serving the nation first, reflecting a period view of civic virtue and public duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Thought
Rutherford B. Hayes
Robbery on Freight Train Leaves Harvester Injured
Sioux City July 25 John Neland 50 Kansas City man en route to harvests of South Dakota was thrown from a moving freight by holdup men. he received a gunshot wound to the head and lost both feet. Dozen other harvesters were robbed in the local yards. suspects escaped. Clarence Kellogg fought off a Mexican assailant with a stick after he was approached for whisky, knocking the attacker unconscious. Police took the Mexican and his dagger to custody.
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Sioux City
John Neland
Kansas City
South Dakota
Here
Onawa
Neland
Leo Navadsky
William Mitchell
Cedar Rapids
Clarence Kellogg
E. Rivers
Kellogg
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Smith
Mporium
West Side Square
Washington, Lowa
Treasur
Miss Thompson
Pedders EN
Mr. Feddereen
State Bank
Jon
New High School
Henkel and Brown
The
Journal
Sears
Journal Office
Majestic Range
C. R. Conner
North Missouri
B. F. Beazell
Chillicothe
Missouri
Sandwich Hay Press
Walter A. Leet
West Chester
Singer
Wilmer Lauderman
Cotter
P. O
Muscatine
Elmer Morrison
Iowa Ave
Ford Car
Albert Irvin
C. F. Warnitz
Grandview
Westbrook
J. J. Fishburn
W. H. George
Fairfield
Fatonic
Washington Loan & Trust Co
Ake 2
South 2Nd Ave
Ralph Hesseltine
Sale
Wilson’s
Frank L. Wilson & CO
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