Local Fair Notes and Visitor Snippets At The Fair
Several visitors arrive Saturday evening for the Fair including Miss Bess Dicken from Des Moines Miss Cora Richardson from Ainsworth and Miss Delta Crayne from West Chester Also Mrs John DeMaree of Fairfield and Miss Maud Limerman of West Chester attend hosts advertise Texas Elberta Peaches at 1.30 per basket and a sale of 5 and 10 cent items with croquet sets and hammocks on display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bess Dicken
Des Moines
Delta Crayne
West Chester
George Lewis
Local notices and arrivals at the Fair and town businesses
The Star lists program highlights at the Fair, arrivals from Kansas City including Mr and Mrs John McCartney, and frequent local updates. It notes draying services by W F Haight, job moves in the Rock Island telegraph offices, a new night operator, and baseball plans. Also mentions Miss Marguerite Wallace’s return from Leroy and Peola, tickets to Gulf Coast trips, fruit donations to the hospital, and promotions by Darbyshire Drug Company.
Lyric cinema and local visits highlight week
The Lyric will be open every night this week showing a great Western picture. Miss Esther Lubker of Columbus Nebraska visits with Miss Ruth Knupp in Oberlin, Ohio. Miss Alice Rownd heads to Kansas City then Dighton Kansas to visit Elmer Rownd. The newspaper notes several local residents visiting Oska loosa and Lake Charles and a group going to Oskaloosa in the Parkinsons automobile. A column urges readers to subscribe to The Homestead for beef production coverage and lists a promotional offer through James M. Pierce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Lubker
Columbus
Nebr
Ruth Knupp
Miss Lubker
Miss Knupp
Oberlin
Ohio
Will Cole
Oskaloosa
John Walker
Lake Charles
Henry Parkinson
Clinton, Ill
Clara Parkinson
Mr. Parkinson
Iowa Homestead
Homestead
West
James M. Pierce
The
Des Moines
Iowa
Old Faker deceives shoppers in wild ad spree
The column recalls a scheming dealer selling junk as top goods, collecting dimes before customers realized the ruse. It notes Chauncey Myers and Alex Miller in a death and a car crash involving J. M. Wilson and John Tucker, plus a Chautauqua advertising push with posters across Central Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faker
Chauncey .Myers
Sigourney
Alex Miller
McElhinney Drug Store
Blackie the Seaside Cat and the Crab Tail
Blackie the cat hunts near the seashore and bites a crab on the tail. The crab clings with a hard shell and sharp claws while Blackie struggles and finally returns home with a torn tail. The scar remains, and Blackie avoids crabs thereafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackie
Daddy
Mr. Crab
Standigo
City license notice for auto bus and hack lines
Notice calls to run auto bus or hack lines near Chautauqua under city ordinance requiring licenses. Licenses required in all cases. Also ad copy for Meritol Eczema Remedy and Lemmon's Pharmacy. Includes names and contact details with miscellaneous lines.
Must Have Faith Concept Sparks Business Push
Quote from Wade on belief driving success outlines a mindset that turning impossible ideas into reality starts with faith in the venture. It frames optimism as a strategic driver for entrepreneurship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade
Winks-Toucher Becomes Champion Bowler Claim
Winks asserts his title by noting the number of ten strikes he achieves, framing himself as the champion bowler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pion
Diet and Health Hints on Colds and Germs
The text argues fasting lowers weight and waste matter, preventing colds, and asserts germs are not the primary cause. It links disease to bad diet, poor elimination via skin kidneys lungs liver, mental strain, and inactivity, claiming lowered vitality allows infections like typhoid or pneumonia.
Hair Color and Temperament Gossip Dialogue
A dialogue suggests beliefs about women’s temperament based on hair color, claiming red-heads are prone to bad temper and extending the idea to other hair colors both natural and artificial. The exchange presents stereotyping linked to physical features.
Contentment vs Riches Provokes Witty Banter
In the Nature of Things a ready made philosopher asserts contentment as superior to riches. Dustin Stax counters that wealth more often yields contentment, whereas contentment alone rarely leads to wealth. The exchange highlights a humorous view on wealth and satisfaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dustin Stax
Where the Difficulty Lay Bouttown at the St Fashion Hotel
A New York Weekly critique notes patrons face a French menu at the St Fashion hotel. The piece mocks staff and kitchen competence while arguing the establishment offers poor service despite cultured pretensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bouttown
St. Fashion Hotel
New York Weekly
Cereus Day Circus Check Stand For Spectator Vehicles
A check stand will be at the end of the paving to inspect go carts bicycles and similar items while attendees visit the circus. The measure aims to manage safety and traffic around the event area.
Nut Crack Force Measured At 110 Pounds
A science note states that cracking an ordinary nut requires a force greater than 110 pounds applied directly. Community notices report Mrs. Frank Stewart hosting the Phytician Circle, a funeral for Chauncey KK Myers after a gasoline peanut roaster tank explosion, and various lodge and church meetings with arrangements for attendance and transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney Sabbath
Chauncey KK. Myers
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fred Neiswanger
Burlington
Texas
Klein & Warren's
Mir
John DeMaree
Fairfield
Luella Shaw
Congress Hotel
Devault Boileau
Davenport
Selden L. Stewart
Cora Richardson
Ainsworth
Foss
Miss Maud Limerman
Chester
W. A. Gibson
Elberta
Mr. and
Mrs. E. R. Dubois
Muscatine
Mutual Fire and
W. M. Sutherland
Star Tonight
John McCartney
Kansas City
W. F. Haight
Harry Berry
Trenton
Will
Rock Island
Graph
Fred Shoemaker
Marguerite Wallace
Leroy
Peola
Kansas
Gulf Coast
Galveston
Houston
W. F. Brinton
Washington
Ours
Kodak
Darbyshire Drug Company
J. C. Bowie
Ottumwa
Busi
Ness
Everett Young
Baseball Goods
Gearlene Wood
Colette Isemenger
Martin Swift
John Steck
Owosso, Mich
H. F. Steck
Earle Corbin
Chicago
Charles Weaklen
New Hampton
Alice Rownd
Ing
Elmer Rownd
Dighton
Kans
the Advertiser
By Howard L. Rain
J. M. Wilson
John Tucker
Chautauqua Association
Dec
Seo Kemp & Wagner
Lytle Bros
Abby
Jack
Evelyn
J. D. Glasgow
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Fran Rovers
Teten Cee
South Side Square
Rothschild’s
Owa
T. J. Allen
Joseph B. Bowles
Gleae
J. A. Harwood & Son
South Side
Cereus
Frank Stewart
the Phytician Circle
Young Woman's Missionary Society of the Second Church
Ralph Livingston
Alice Livingston
Nished
Knights of
Pythias
Castle Hall
J. A. ¥. Ashby
C. C
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