Lexington Social Notes and Prairie Center Visits Summary
Lexington and Prairie Center column items detail local social visits and travel. Notable entries include John Rittenhouse and Blaine Holmes in a Iowa City trip, Ben Katz and others attending gatherings, and multiple residents visiting relatives or hosting socials around Washington and nearby towns. Community members, teachers, and visitors are named with dates and locales.
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Lexington
John Rittenhouse
Blaine Holmes
Iowa City
Win Lither
Daytonville
Local Social Notes From New Haven Visitants
Mrs. Singmaster visits daughter Mrs. Arthur Conrad. John and Jim Robertson visit Ralph Brinning. Mrs. George Smith of Atlantic Iowa visits Frank Smith. Miss Ethel Bailey ends her New Haven school term. Mrs. Amy Randall and daughters Flora and Marguerite visit Arthur Conrad. George Mangold sails to Washington. L F Neal and family from Washington visit Frank Smith. Miss Sadie Strum expects her sister from Galesburg on Wednesday.
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John and
Jim Robertson
Ralph Brinning
George Smith
Atlantic
Iowa
Frank Smith
Ethel Bailey
New Haven
Amy Randall
Flora
Marguerite
Arthur Conrad
George Mangold
Washington
Ll. FE. Neal
High School Alumni Banquet Program Read at K P Hall
Wellman June 7 Mrs Ellen Bradford visiting daughter near Nira Henry Polton and wife Lloyd and Jessie Shadt of Wayland attended Joe Webb's. 8th annual alumni banquet program at K P hall included Buttered Toasts and poems read by Dan Swindler A F Longwell Pearl Kelso Hazel Winner and others with quotations from Dr Enos Miller Carl Oldfield and M E Logan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Oldfield
Blanche Klinefelter
B.L. Kirkpatrick
Daniel Swindler
A. F. Longwell
Local Visitors and Social Gatherings in Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville on June 8 reports A. A. DeLong of Farmer City visiting relatives with Mrs. W. P. Davidson hosting the Care-Away club. Out-of-town guests include Mrs. C. K. Anderson of Fairfield and Mrs. Farrel Huston of Hitchcock. J. H. McKee and family visited relatives, J. T. Clarke traveled to Washington, and the McKees plus Margaret McKee left for Dallas City to visit Will Caldwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordville
A. A. DeLong
Farmer City
W. P. Davidson
C. KE. Anderson
Fairfield
Farrel Huston
Hitchcock
J. H. McKee
Ainsworth
J. T. Clarke
Washington
J. H. Huston
Margaret McKee
Dallas City
Will Caldwell
Quick path to fame through baseball club fame
A young man asks how to gain national recognition. An advertising expert replies the fastest route is to perfect baseball and join a major club, leveraging sports stardom to rise from obscurity.
Remarkable Owney Bush Squeeze Play Impresses in 1909 Game
A sports memory recalls Owney Bush's intricate play against Cleveland where a bunt led to a double play, a runner being forced at third, another runner tagged at home, and a rapid relay to second. Bush executed the sequence largely without looking, predicting opponents' moves.
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Owney Bush
Cleveland
Jim Delehanty
Chicago
Bush
Moriarity
Schmidt
Jones
W. G. Chapman
Davenport Singer Shines In Muscatine Recital
Ruth Henkert of Davenport, a pupil of Amatia Schmidt Gobble, wowed Muscatine audiences with a mezzo soprano on Tuesday night performing Ah Love But a Day and Constancy. The program featured chorus numbers and a bright Spring Song, leaving listeners in a happy mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Amatia Schmidt-Gobble
Tod
Mias
Ruth Henkert
Beach
Foote
Ruth Renkert
Davenport
Land of the Seal
Hawley
How to Grow Perennials in Home Gardens
This guide explains soil preparation to two feet deep with good drainage to prevent root rot. It advises deep cultivation, use of stable mature manure, potash and phosphoric acid, and planting healthy stock immediately. It notes light winter covering and dividing perennials every two to three years to maintain vigor and flowering.
Fire aboard Oxonian off Waarden identified as Leyland liner
A large four masted steamer with a yellow funnel is reported on fire off Waarden near Holland. The vessel is identified as the Leyland liner Oxonian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flushing
Holland
Waarden
Athletics meet set for July 11 at London venues
The Oasford Cam bridge event hosts Harvard and Yale in an international athletics contest on July 11 in London. Harsh competition is expected as the two universities face off on track and field.
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London
Market snapshot shows strong prospects and mixed packs
Chicago and Milwaukee markets report estimated receipts of 20,000 with 1,762 carried over. Prospects stay strong at yesterday's average for certain grades, cattle around 5.00–6.17 and heavy shipping grades 5.45–6.15, rough 5.65–5.85. Sheep at 16,000 head with prospects slow from yesterday's close.
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Chicago
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Market Reports from Chicago and Washington City 1911
The report shows Chicago hog and cattle receipts and prices with mixed packing grades and a slow to steady market through June 1911. It also lists Western cattle quotes and sheep/lamb ranges and includes Washington City price postings for staples and grains from the Postal Telegraph Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beach-Wickham Grain Comaphy
Postal Telegraph
Chicago
Illinois
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Bahin
FOX & Dewey
Satise AG
Washington National Bank
Tramping Lake and
Houghton Lake Districts
Saskatchewan
Canada
St. Paul
Great Northern Ry
Luse Land & Development Company, Ltd
Minn
Southwell A McCulley, Mars
Washington County
Washington County Savings Bank
the County News
Filan Paulkoer
Winfield
Kora Gardner
George Amlong
King’s Heralds
Hanks Mouser
Jon Trindley
Evra Gardner
Hown «Faulkner
Hazelle Schully
Tom Schully
Roy Willits
Dewin
Joe Swift
John Thompson
Luella Beal
Ethel Waters
Myrtle Stump
Milan
Prairie Center
Tom Tomlinson
Near Haskine
Perry Kephart
Arthur Ruebsam
Frank Schneider
Clem
A. L. Armatrong
Canton
Gue Strum
West Chester
John Ridinger
Trenton
Robi, Kephart
Ruebsam
Sadie Strum
Galesburg
Wellman
Walt
Walt Mason
George Matthews Adama
Mints
W. HS
Crawfordsville
McElhinney Drug Co
Washington, Lowa
Hushy Tylerson
George Mullin
Detroit Tigers
W. J. Southwell
South
Iowa Avenue
Burr S. Potter
Miami
Florida
Mise Inez Holden
Peterson Orchestra
Ray Peck
George Peck
West Washington Street
Mary Hinkle
Lone Tree
Fayetta Chapel
King's Daughters
Second United Presbyterian Church
Beth Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Will White
East Main Street
Burry
Hogs
Texas
Washington City
CAE
Ptees Fk
Ceb
Secon
Reister & Son
Senda
John A. Babcock Commission
U. S. Yards
Ghigago
Illinos
Malu Floor
Vianna
Munn & Co
Aimerican
Baseball
Nicola
Harmon
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