Community brief notes on local residents and events
Mary Steck ill with tonsillitis. Lola Wells reported sick. Dr. Crooks indisposed. Bread sale at Johnson's. Bruce Moore ill with grip. Townsley and McConahey visiting city. Coffman and Page in town. Frank Swift returned from Ottumwa. Martha Walker visited Ainsworth. Dave Keltner at Hotel Colenso. Emma Story visiting West Chester. Rupp visiting Muscatine. Mrs. Black visiting in Washington. Mrs. Downing returns from Muscatine. Godfrey family and Edna visit. Grumbling to host academy juniors and seniors. high school commencement planned. Commencement at Graham Opera House next Thursday. Grace Hartman visiting from Pleasant Plain. Nicola visiting Kendall family. Rocky Mountain Tea ad. Eila Cooley travels to Monmouth and Xenia. Campbell and Lane inspect Pop factory line. Academy Class to present attraction. Rev Brown to lecture on The Greatest Man of the Nineteenth Century. John Stewart visiting family. plans summer work in Winfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bursham
Johnson's
Frank Moore
Bruce
Will Townsley
Brighton
Ted McConahey
Wayland
Harry Coffman
Ed Page
Keota
Frank Swift
Ottumwa
Martha Walker
Ainsworth
Mra
Emma Story
West Chester
Jobo Rupp
East Washington
Muscatine
Jonathan Black
Aledo
Ill
James Shearer
Downing
Milton Godfrey
Edna
Prof
Grumbling
Academy
Graham Opera House
M. H. Campbell
Pop Factory
R .K. Lane
C. R. Brown
John Stewart
Monmouth
Winfield
Jake Oxley
Marion
Martin Scranton
H. B. McCollum
Wall Cherryholmes
Sarah J. Beatty
Cedar Falls
Geo. Lewis
Frank Galloway
Monmouth College
Merton Bickford
Curran Sisters
East
Jefferson Street
Edgar Ingham
Clay
Ingham
Miss Woods
Crawfordsville
Dewey
J. W. White
Bishop
Naming the Baby Hardship Aids Moulding and Mats Trial
A fragmented notice notes how naming a baby is difficult yet shows guidance on choosing mouldings and mats. The readable text suggests a store context offering various moulding types and related products and services.
Weather forecast for Iowa and local notes from The Eventne Journ
Forecast notes fair for Iowa with possible local thunderstorms. An ad praises Dr Kay's Renovator as a cure for sick headache with testimonials. Local report praises Jake Kephart and teamsters for cemetery hill grading and urges road grading across the creek bridge to improve the public highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Kephart
Teamsters
Cemetery Hill
Ainsworth Clipper
Academy commencement exercises on Friday night June seventh
A short notice lists the Academy commencement exercises to be held next Friday night the seventh of June. An unrelated ad promotes Dr Hobbs asparagus pills for kidney cures from Sterling Remedy Co Chicago. A shipment by Singmaster arrived with John Davis accompanying Omar Singmaster who will stay in Europe and plans another load in September. An advertisement urges trying Johnsons ten cent cakes as the finest in the land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singmaster
John Davis
Omar Singmaster
Europe
Rural Route Mail Pointers and Local Happenings
Assistant Postmaster Harry Bell provides instructions for rural route patrons about addressing, registering letters, carrier delivery, and postage rules. The issue also lists numerous local notices, visits, and upcoming high school and academy commencements with names and places mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Bell
Carriera
Rector Offers Remedy with High Cure Rate
An advertisement promotes Rector as a remedy claimed to cure 98 percent of permanent piles. The offer promises free samples and free if it fails, attributed to J. H. Stewart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Stewart
Rector
Miss Nettie Wallace Named Summer Normal Instructor
Miss Nettie Wallace of Glenwood Minnesota has won a summer instructress post from the State Superintendent of Schools at one of the Normal schools. A Smith Creek library benefit ice cream social raised $16 with Miss Georgia Folger as teacher and notable library work praised. Ralph McConnaughey left for Wayland and will return before resuming duties with an Illinois electric railway firm. Mrs. Mary Scott and five children of Riverside and others visited the Thoma family in northwest Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettie Wallace
Glenwood
Minno
State Supt. of Schools
Smith Creek
Georgia Folger
England
Ralph McConnaughey
Wayland
Dixon
Ill
Mary Scott
Riverside
Geo Thoma
Ainsworth
N. K Thoma
West Chester
City
Philip Thoma
Northwest
Washington
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. Albert Williams & Co
Monarch
Wilson Bros
Dougherty Bros
West Side
the Evening Journal
Orville Elder
Iowa
East Main ST
Mary Steck
Lola Wells
Dave A. Keltner
Colenso
Toor
George Hartman
East Main Street
Grace Hartman
Pleasant Plaine
Hubert Nicola
North Hoglish
Hugh Kendall
Rocky Mountain
Stewart's
Eila Cooley
the Heights
Xenia
Ohio
B. J. Kay
Saratoga
N. Y
Temple Pharmacy
Stewart Pharmacy
Cook & Sherman
Columbia Pharmacy
Washmnerton
D. C
Eventne Journal
Lowa
Cook & Sherman Columbia Pharmacy
Junnin & Bakier
Fairfield
Crawford
A. M. Shimer
Des Moines
Towa
Kay
Hobbs
Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
Kevia
Johnson
Parrish’s
Saving Bank
Havre
Arthur Chalmers
A.J. Hillhouse
Buffalo
Army D
RM. Wilson
James Casey
Burnham
Dr. Pratt
Josephine Miller
Geo, Stewart
North Washington
Mrs. L. D Higgins
St. Scott
Fh. G. McChesney
Prof. Morrison
B. F. Bettle
Grace Hill
Ed. Rehmel
R- Brown
F. M. Smock
A. Stranahan
Washington Street
Anna Y. Thompson
Egypt
United Presbyterian Church
Davidson
Jos. W. Kerr
Burlington
Kerr
the Reynolds Gallery
Harwood, South Side
L. J. Wilmet
Walther
Washington, Iowa
R. Kay
N.Y. Fe
Price
Northwest Corner Square
White Swan
BES
J.C. Smiths
Cash Grocery
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