Local People Attend Shows and Visit Washington City
Miss Clara McBride of Omaha guests at T. Je Dempsey home. J. G. Fordyce from Riverside attends circus in Washington yesterday. Mrs. Lydia Williams of Letts returns home after guesting at George Dodderer home. Several residents travel to Columbus Junction and Muscatine for Chautauqua and relatives as Vienna and The Fair advertise bakery and shopping lines.
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Clara “McBride
Omaha
T. Je Dempsey
J. G. Fordyce
Riverside
Washington
Lydia Williams
Letts
George Dodder
Marjorie Annas
Columbus City
8. M. Helmick
Winfield
City
Columbus Junction
Ethel Peterson
Deed‘ie Baxter
Ainsworth
Frank McGill
E. J. Adame
McCook, Nebr
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Adams
A. G. Cunningham
Fly Tale Brings Dinah Laughs Over Houseflies
Evelyn and Jack recount a playful fly story to Dinah about a nosy fly that ventures from milk pans to sugar bowls and a butcher’s shop. The tale ends with the fly discovering fly paper as a sticky trap, while the family catalogs the humorous trouble flies bring to Dinah’s cooking scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn
Daddy
Dinah
Infin
Jack
Gune
Denar
Young Woman's Missionary Society to Meet at Livingston Home
The Young Woman's Missionary Society of Second Church will meet at Ralph Livingston's home Thursday at 2 30 p m A picnic supper is planned at 6 o'clock Those without transport should meet Mrs Alice Livingston's home and transport will be provided The Mission Circle of the Baptist church also meets Friday at 2 30 at Miss Cordelia Ross's home with a change of meeting location noted
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society of the Second Church
Ralph Livingston
Alice Livingston
Mision Circle of the Baptist Church
Cordelia Ross
Notice on fund-raiser event for band concert
A notice states proceeds from a ball game tomorrow will fund a band concert on a night to be announced later. It mentions Cinders at the Iowa Gas and Electric Co. plant as a potential venue or related detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Gas & Electric Co
Never Repeat an Unkind Thing Editorial Note
A compact reflection on choosing to repeat kind words and avoiding spreading unkind things. It contrasts public pride in speaking one’s mind with true regard for others, urging restraint and civility in discourse.
Foley's Kidney Pills Promote Healing and Safety Claims
An increasing number report relief from Foley's Kidney Pills with claims of curative qualities. The medicine is advertised as carefully prepared and free from habit forming drugs, offering benefits for kidney and bladder troubles back ache rheumatism and weak back. Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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Foley
Lemmon'rs Pharmacy
City bus line orders for street and number
Frank Rogers will promptly attend to city bus line orders mentioning street and number.
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Ap Phom
Frank Rogers
Steet
Frederick Haskins and the Morning Eggs Joke
Frederick Haskins, noted globe trotter and National Press Club president, recalls a southern tavern stay where breakfast eggs were unavailable. A humorous exchange with a local servant reveals no eggs were in stock, leading Haskins to eat corncakes.
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Globe Trotter
National Press Club
Frederick Haskins
Lippincott’s
Freddie
Haskins
Devilish plan collapses as debtor vows revenge
In a tense exchange a man vows to pay a rival and settle debts with a deadly scheme. He declares he will cause the rival’s death after admitting he has owed ten dollars for years. The girl remains unafraid, doubting his ability to act on the plan.
Some Summer Salads and Quick Dressings
Palatable salads can be year round with common market fruits and vegetables. The guide lists Surprise Salad with lamb, Remoulade dressing, asparagus and string beans in French dressing, radish garnish, mushroom stems with almonds on lettuce, salmon with coconut and pickle, veal or chicken with celery and mayonnaise, and blanched dandelion ends added to lettuce for variety.
Up lift referenced in modern movements draw vaudeville comparison
A dialogue notes mixed opinions on the uplift movement. The speaker compares some modern efforts to vaudeville strongmen, suggesting much effort for lifting a weight that is not very heavy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Dibbs
Cheekey Bill Denied Sandwich Fame at Wayside Cottage
Pete and Weary recount Cheekey Bill boasting as a sport and starving a lady in a countryside cottage. He asked for a club sandwich but received only a club, not the sandwich.
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Pete
Bill
Massachusetts woman patents glove hand vacuum device
A Massachusetts inventor creates a glove connected to a vacuum to draw dust through palm tubes while small brushes between the fingers smooth fabric nap exposed by suction.
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Massachusetts
A Terrible Fix in a Wife Money Request
Nuwed asks what a man should do when his wife asks for money and he has none. Oldwed answers there is no proper action. whatever he does will be wrong.
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Nuwed
Oldwed
Prairie wolf label used for elusive candidate in campaign vent
In a local discourse a speaker defends calling a favored candidate a prairie wolf, noting the nickname fits a man who stays just out of gunshot range yet shouts loudly enough to disturb neighbors.
Chemical Caterpillars Emerging From Fertilized Eggs
Mr Ripley of Trinity College Hartford confirms past investigators work by producing caterpillars from unfertilized eggs using sulphuric acid. This supports Tichemorrow Toyama and Kellogg’s earlier studies in larval production within biology research.
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Tichemorrow
Toyama
Kellogg
Ripley
Department of Biology
Trinity College
Hartford
Conn
Parsley in the Soup Sparks Nickname Capers
A humorous exchange where a man nicknames a fellow worker Parsley for being “always in the soup,” prompting the remark that the name isn’t his. The joke hinges on shorthand wit and playful misnaming.
Two Bootleggers Nabbed Yesterday in Washington
Sheriff McCarty reports two young men from Muscatine named Joe Clark and Tom Russell were arrested for selling liquor on Washington streets and alleys. They face a hearing this afternoon before Squire Riley with possible grand jury binding over and state and federal penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Clark
Tom Russell
Muscatine
Washington
Squire Riley
McPherson
Element of Decay in the Persian Empire
The text notes indirect influence by the Queen Mother allowed to sway the king and court, shaping the empire’s course. Historian Sayce argues the empire held within it inherent elements of decline from its inception.
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Sayce
Hagenbeck Circus Delights Washington Crowd
The Hagenbeck-Wallace show drew eight to ten thousand fans for a top to bottom performance. Trained animals dazzle, riding and acrobatics impress, and clowns entertain. the Votes for Women parade adds local zest as the circus plans a return. The troupe left for Oskaloosa after a successful stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oskaloosa
Burlington Tracks
Want Ad Service Promises Easy Local Selling
A journal wants to help readers move items quickly by offering a simple advertisement service. The notice highlights ease of use and broad reach within the community to connect buyers and sellers efficiently.
Pa What's political knavery
The excerpt shows a father questioning political trickery and a reply that implies understanding the other side's tactics. It reflects a conversational moment about partisan maneuvering and moral judgment in political life.
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Fred Shearer
Selden L. Stewart's
J. A. Guest
Chicago
Claud McCoy
Wyman
J. A. McCoy
William Freeman
Brighton
Donald McLaughlin
Harold Ross
Wapello
Elmo
Waldo Wells
Robert Wells
Alice Yard
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Fred Neiswanger
Haight
Star Tonight
Pathe
Rosalie Arnold
Iowa City
A. B. Jones
Barbara and
McCoy Drish
Pleasant Plain
Joe Melinsky
Gulf Coast
Galveston
Houston
Texas
W. F. Brinton
Iowa
Mary Woodmansee
Des Moines
Osephine Saunders
Marshalltown
Wilber Miller
John Cannon
Don Davis
Keota
Sue
Nellie Hebner
R. M. Wilson
Blanche Gordon
Store of Quality
W. P. Davidson
Velma Marr
Hillsboro
Elmer Thoma
Lyric
Biograph
Waterloo
Lubin Co
Grace Swartz
Hazel Hibbet
Frances Dool
J. A. Porter
R. D. Daugherty
Mt. Pleasant
Washington Academy
G. W. Hay
Mutual Fire
W. M. Sutherland
J. A. Jones
Norwood
Hannah
Columbus Junction Chautauqua
Howard Leasure
Gib Burham
S. K. Statler
D. K
J. L. Hawn
Trenton
A. E. Bales
Nell Wheeler
Maud Allen
Mary and
Hazel Porter
Kings Daughters
Second United Presbyterian Church
Fulton
Titus
Hazel Fulton
W. A. Gibson
Fred Stewart
Elizabeth Henke
Martha Swift
Ruthven
Ruth Currans
Pauls Lumber Company
Mack Ackley
San _ Jose
Calif
Davenport
Minneapolis
California
Kemp & Wagner
Lytle Bros
South Side
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Jor Clark
McCarty
Hagenbeck Circus
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SI. Ienison Jeweler
Optometrist
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