Local Residents Attend 50th Anniversary Nearby
Miss Mabel Buckley left for West Chester for a brief visit at the Joseph Simerman home. Mrs. Henry Hull returned to Crawfords ville after visiting Brighton. Mrs. J. C. Green and children Mrs. Bert Hunter James Snaffer and Miss Ethel Shaffer returned to Winfield after attending the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Samuel Black east of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Buckley
West Chester
Joseph Simerman
Henry Hull
Brighton
Crawfordsville
J. C. Green
Bert Hunter
James Snaffer
Ethel Shaffer
Winfield
Samuel Black
East of
Local residents noted leaving and visiting guests
Lewis Eagle left for a few days in Oskaloosa. Judge K E Willcockson returned home to Sigourney after court business. The La Motte sisters Lulu and Myrtle from Brighton and several others from Noble Mountain View Calif and Ainsworth registered at the Rest Room yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Eagle
Oskaloosa
K. E. Willcockson
Sigourney
Lulu
Myrtle la Motte
Brighton
Fannie Zehr
J. H. Witting
Emma Witting
Noble
Charlton
Mountain View
Calif
Mae McCreedy
Ainsworth
The Confession of Bobby and Anna
Bobby and Anna plan to borrow their mother’s new book and keep it secret. They mishandle a leaf, feel guilty, and after their mother returns they quietly decide what to do, then sneak downstairs to talk. They sense mother’s absence and decide to tell her together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby
Anna
Momma
Mother
Papa
Mamma
Bobb
A Clever Age Revealing Math Trick
A man describes a playful scheme to discover a girl’s age by applying a fixed arithmetic formula. The trick yields the age from the final two digits and the birth month from the preceding number, with the example 719 yielding age nineteen and birth month July.
Milkman game described as entertaining party activity
A milkman is chosen to sell milk to each player who then finds a hidden item in the milk. Buyers name the item such as a match or needle. The milkman asks questions and only the correct item reply is allowed. If a player laughs or errs, they forfeit and the next is questioned.
Chip the Squirrel Outwits a Kitten in a Narrow Escape
The Washington Star recounts Chip, a young Irish squirrel, coping with his missing father and harvesting nuts. He ventures beyond Squirreltown, is captured by a large white house cat, and uses a clever tree escape to outmaneuver the feline, returning to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chip
Squirreltown
White House
Puss
Washington Star
Betty’s white kitten Tea Kissed by a Philadelphia Ledge
A brief fragment notes a girl named Betty who keeps a white kitten with her and drinks tea each morning, set in a Philadelphia context. The line suggests a whimsical or humorous tone about her being an old maid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty
Philadelphia
Stalwart Americans and Global Stature Comparisons
The article notes Americans average five feet ten and a half inches, English five feet nine inches, and French five feet four inches. It attributes height differences to climate and lifestyle habits, asserting men’s stature grants them the label stalwart.
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Iveesmu
Windsor Grocery
Little Miss Betty
Kittenville
Hommerom Shoo
Work & Meek’s
SOL. Rich & CO
East Side Square
W. C. Ralston & GO
Iowa
Edison and
Victor Talking Machines
Caner Music Co
South Side Square
Chas. H. Gobble
Muscatine, Iowa
The
Travelers Insurance Co
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