Little Ruth Wilson Hosts Tea for Fourth Birthday
Local social notes report Ruth Wilson entertaining little friends at tea in honor of her fourth birthday with games and a luncheon. Other items include Mrs M P Miller hosting in honor of Mrs lills, a dinner for visiting Omaha guests, a South End vs West End ball game recap, and an old fashioned cold remedy ad offering a money back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Ruth Wilson
Miss Ruth
Jank Sing
West of the City
Alderman Griffith Hosts Pleasant Saturday Evening
Alderman Griffith and wife opened their home to many friends for a delightful gathering. An Edison phonograph provided early musical entertainment while Alderman Mason offered violin selections. Mr Gillespie of Omaha and wife attended with recitations drawing laughter and applause. Refreshments were served and the party ended with universal praise. The K P Lodge planned work in the second rank that night with a good turnout desired.
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Alderman Griffith
P. Lodge
Thimble Bee Honors Mrs Mills visit and local ball notes
Mrs M P Miller hosted a Thimble Bee for Mrs Mills of Sioux Rapids visiting in the city. A ball game dispute centers on which end scored West End down, with a lineup crediting the East End, and players listed in a scrambled roster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. P. Miller
Wolves and bounty tales dominate county reports
The item notes a local hunt for wolves near Ainsworth with stories of a single sagacious wolf threatening livestock. It mentions farmers driving sheep into a creek, two sheep drowning, and ongoing hunting efforts. Officials warn the wolf threat could require substantial county funds for bounties if many wolves are captured.
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Ainsworth
India
Rudyard Kipling
Ernest Seton-Thompson
Nichols
Shontz to Lecture in Washington A Public Event
Miss Eva M. Shontz national president of the Y P C T U will lecture in Washington possibly soon. A Chicago woman noted for eloquence and logic, her free talk in a leading city church is expected to draw wide interest.
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Washington
Eva M. Shontz
United Christian party to convene at Smouse's Hall June 14
Washington Iowa May 31 1900 United Christian party will meet in convention at Smouse's Hall June 14 1900 at 1 30 p m to organize county structure select delegates to the state convention and nominate a county ticket Chairman Kh W Saan and J Fr B Leonarp invite all who support Christ led government to attend Andrew Ford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Christian Party
Smouse’s Hall
McKain and Dillon Headed to California for Visit
Frank McKain arriving from Chicago Friday night leaves for California with Miss Ethel Dillon. They visit the McKain home in Los Angeles and are wished a pleasant trip by many friends.
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Frank McKain
Chicago
California
Ethel Dillon
McKain
Los Angeles
Weeks' Break-Up-A-Cold tablets advertised for quick cure
An advertisement touts Weeks' Break-Up-A-Cold tablets promising to end a cold overnight with a 26 cent price and refund offer if ineffective. Coppeck notes a lively, uneventful day in Burlington with four carloads of attendees, some Washington visitors, minor scuffles, and a social dance.
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Stewart
Stewart’s Pharmacy
Coppeck
Burlington
Washington
Signs in Albia Iowa Spark Curious Local Humor
An observer notes a string of oddly worded farm and shop signs near Albia and Monroe County. Phrases include Know Huntin Aloud, Pants 1-3 off, Seeing Done Here, No Trees passing, Eggs for sail, Kole for Sale, Swet Potaetoe Plants for Sale, No Shotin, Plimoth Rock Chickens for Sale, and Keep Out.
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Albia
Iowa
Union
Monroe County
Eagle's Heart to Debut in Saturday Evening Post
Mr. Hamlin Garland presents The Eagle's Heart a Western life tale with miner plainsman and cowboy adventures woven with a love story. Harrison Fisher illustates. serialization starts June 16 in the Saturday Evening Post and extends through summer issues. Also notices about feather buying and catfish debate appear in this item.
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Hamlin Garland
Harrison Fisher
Saturday Evening Post
Rail lines advertise cheap Sioux Falls trip rates for June meeting
The B, CR and N Ry announce very low fares to Sioux Falls SD for the OUW June gathering. Contact your ticket agent for current rates and limits and ensure tickets are valid. Also included is an advertisement for Dr Miles Nervine praising relief for nervousness and fatigue with a guarantee at drugstores and free advice from Dr Miles Medical Co.
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CR & N R’y
Sioux Falls
Aowiu Thia Lina
Mikes
Mary McFann
Liberty Mills
Ind
Miles
Dr. Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Joe Chez Visits Richmond Family Friends
Joe Chez and wife from Shelbyville Indiana arrived Saturday night and visited with his parents in Richmond over Sunday. They returned this morning and left on the Narrow Gauge for Crawfordsville, then depart tonight for Shelbyville. Mr Chez's old friends were glad to see him and reunite with the familiar Joe.
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Joe Chez
Shelbyville
Ind
Richmond
Crawfordsville
Mr. Chez
Joe
Sunset Park Receives Large Bedding Plant Donation
Mr. E. Keck presented over 500 bedding plants to Sunset Park management in a generous donation. The park staff express appreciation as the plants are planted today. A Narrow Gauge flyer derailed in Burlington Saturday afternoon, jumping the track and striking the sidewalk for about twenty feet delaying traffic about an hour. Mrs. Wells of Monmouth Illinois arrived to visit her daughter Mrs. McCulley and son Elmer. At Coppock yesterday a horse frightened by a new bridge jumped a embankment and died breaking its neck with no other damage. Mrs. Margaret Wilson traveled from Oskaloosa to Atlantic for her granddaughter Lessie Graham’s funeral. E G Filson of the Bicklen Winter Grocery Co. is in town today.
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E. Keck
Sunset Park
Burlington
E G. Filson
The
Bicklen Winter Grocerty Co
Mrs Johnson Lectures India Here Then Preaches at Local Church
Mrs S E Johnson lectured on India and filled the pulpit at the U P church in Keokuk yesterday, delivering a parish address and sermon to local parishioners.
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S. E. Johnson
India
U. P
Keokuk
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