Happenings in the County and Local Notes
Epworth League social at Charles Owens home. Dayton Grove school closes with a picnic. Will Kuhn of Washington teaches. Children’s day exercises planned at Baptist United Presbyterian and Methodist churches. Bunk Ralston travels to Washington to marry Emma Hays at 3 PM today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton Grove
Will Kuhn
Washington
Baptist
United Presbyterian
Methodist
Bunk Ralston
Emma Hays
Local town notices and social updates appear in brief
Bert Dixon leaves for a two month stay in Lincoln Illinois. A baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Ben Coppock northwest of the city. Several residents travel or visit, including Miss Florence Parrish to Winfield and Miss Violet Jones to Ottumwa. Mrs Carey of Mexico visits relatives in Crawfordsville. Mrs F M Marvel and niece plan a Davenport summer stay with daughter Mrs Beatty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Shelangouskie
R. R
Ben Coppock
Ladies Benevolent Society Meeting Note
The Ladies Benevolent Society of the Presbyterian church will meet tomorrow afternoon at the home of Mrs. D. H. Miller on South Second Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Benevolent Society of the Presbyterian Church
D. H. Miller
South Second Avenue
Local social notes from June visit updates
June notes list visits and family updates. Isaac Shidler remains worse in last reports. Bryan Morgan visits his uncle Lon Morgan in Brighton. Lela White stayed with sister Mrs. Earle Libe. John Green's baby girl ill recent days. Charles MacCourtney of Kansas City visiting Geo. Fetters. Bennie Cherry and Johnnie McMullen visiting near Washington. Mrs. Clay Humston visiting parents near Eureka. Wm. Cherry and family at Jas. Clegg's last evening. Mrs. Chas. McMullen and children at Geo. Fetters'. W. E. Kenagy arrived and works for Frank Abdill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Shidler
Bryan Morgan
Brighton
Lon Morgan
Lela White
Earle Libe
John Green
Charles MacCourtney
Kansas City
Geo. Fetters
Bennie Cherry
Johnnie McMullen
Washington
Clay Humston
Eureka
Wm. Cherry
Jas. Clegg’s
Chas. McMullen
Pleasant Hill Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Mrs C N Dodder of Washington visited her aunt Mrs George Hill last Thursday. Rain canceled Sunday school and Endeavor. Lloyd Easter works for Charley Keating. Mr and Mrs John Hauenstein spent Sunday with Fred Sayers. Elmer Kephart couple spent Sunday with Abe Beenblossom. Mrs Edd Mayhew visited her mother Mrs J H Kephart in Washington yesterday. Miss Mable Kephart stayed with cousin Edna Kephart. Roy Mayhew of Washington works for Edd Mayhew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Easter
Charley Keating
John Hauenstein
Fred Sayers
Elmer Kephart
Abe Beenblossom’s
Edd Mayhew
J. H. Kephart
Washington
Mable Kephart
Edna Kephart
Roy Mayhew
Residents and visitors pass through Crawfordsville
June 13 notes show Mrs H H Smith of Olds visiting G W Nickolaus home. Mrs James Arnold and children travel to Washington. Harlan Foster and G W Nickolaus head to Washington then Muscatine. Henry Nickolaus family visit Olds son’s home, John M Maxwell returns from Chicago stock shipment. Frances Porter of Wyman visits locals. E B Franklin and children go to Iowa City. Mrs J F Buxbaum returns from Cedar Falls commencement exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Smith
Olds
G. W. Nickolaus
James Arnold
Washington
Harlan Foster
Muscatine
Henry Nickolaus
John M. Maxwell
Chicago
Frances Porter
Wyman
E. B. Franklin
Iowa City
J. F. Buxbaum
Cedar Falls
Ainsworth Briefs: Births and Visits Reported
June 13 notes list Mrs. J. A. Chambers shopping in Washington, Geo. A. Carson returning from Burlington, Mrs. R. R. Jones and Grace visiting home at Washington, a baby boy born to Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Vondrasek, Clara Coulter visiting R. H. Coulter, and Cora Crouch returning to St. Louis after a month with Mrs. H. H. Wickham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Chambers
Washington
Geo. A. Carson
Burlington
R. R. Jones
Grace
J. H. Jones
Jas. Vondrasek
Clara Coulter
R. H. Coulter
Cora Crouch
St. Louis
H. H. Wickham
Social Notes From Washington and Nearby Homes
Mrs. S. D. Ross shopped in Washington yesterday. Y. Wickham Jr and his young daughter from Chicago visited their father and grandfather T. Y. Wickham Sr at his home. Mrs. Wickham stayed with her mother Mrs. Erdice in Keota. Mr. and Mrs. Marion Crawford returned to Washington after a brief visit with relatives. Dr. J. Hynds and children from Cedar Rapids spent last night en route to Fairfield to visit her parents Mr. and Mrs. B. Mikesell. Mrs. Will Black of Washington arrived to spend a few days with friends. Nellie Newell of Keithsburg Ill arrived to visit grandparents Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Harding and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
B. Mikesell
Will Black
Washington
Nellie Newell
Keithsburg
F. W. Harding
Local residents make visits and travel notices
June 13 notes record Misses Callie Charl son Mary Hahn Cloyce Hamilton and W R Charlton visiting Mary Skinner. Wayne Lyle returns from Washington after eye consultation. Roland Neal to Mt Vernon for commencement then Chicago summer study. Mrs J N Reinert and Mrs C B Antes return home from Sigourney and Fairfield respectively. Taft event in Iowa City. Home Mission circle meets. Sholey family back from Oskaloosa Holiness camp. Fitzgerald returns to work near Ottumwa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Callie Charlson
Mary Hahn
Cloyce Hamilton
W. R. Charlton
Washington
Mary Skinner
Wayne Lyle
Wayne
Roland Neal
Mt. Vernon
Chicago
J. N. Reinert
Sigourney
C. B. Antes
Fairfield
Bess Schreckengast
Antes
Wright
Add Hulse
Elmer Hulse
Ray Turnipseed
Roy Hulse
Iowa City
Taft
Home Mission Circle
Pring
Miss Margaret Johnson Visits Westchester from Nassau
Westchester notes report Miss Margaret Johnson of Nassau, a former clerk at the Mc Farlane and Eckerman store, arrived last evening to visit friends. Mrs. 8. K. Statler was in Washington yesterday. Will Kuhn, previously teaching here, returned home to Washington this morning. Miss Jennie Cook traveled to Keota to see her grandmother, Mrs. Caldwell, who is quite poorly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Johnson
Nassau
McFarlane and Eckerman
K. Statler
Washington
Will Kuhn
Jennie Cook
Keota
Caldwell
Funeral of Furman’s Youngest Child at South English
June funeral for Walter Furman’s youngest child held as remains were brought for interment. Sympathy extended from the community. Delegations also noted from here to Iowa City to hear Taft. Large crowds greeted Brinton at Wellman Saturday evening with similar turnout to prior nights. Farmers report delivering hogs this week. Eli Dillon of near Keota died suddenly Monday. neighbors express sorrow for a kind man. English River running high this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Furman
Thankoffering Service by Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
The Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the M E church plans the annual thank offering service next Sunday. Miss Kate L. Ogborn of Nan Chang China will speak at both services. She has spent fifteen years in China as missionary and teacher and is highly regarded by church officials and the empire. Her talks will cover current conditions in China and her return to America has kept her busy. The bank offering will be taken during the service.
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Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
M. E. Church
Kate L. Ogborn
Nan Chang
China
Miss Ogborn
America
Rev A L Graham Travels To Columbus Junction
The Rev. A L Graham passed through this morning from Keota en route to Columbus Junction. He will visit the Sprague home for a short time and celebrate his and his wife’s first wedding anniversary there tomorrow.
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A. L. Graham
Keota
Columbus Junction
Sprague Home
Plucky Norwegian Girl Wins Homestead After Long Trail
Anna Nordstrom, a frail yet determined 18-year-old from Cashmere, walked with twenty companions to Seim Dakota to claim a free Butte county homestead. She reached Seim despite river crossings and scarce food, earning a quarter section and a ready-made shack. The U S commissioner will waive filing fees and press will print her final proofs free. She has rejected several marriage proposals to focus on building a farm.
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Seim
St. Paul
Butte County
Anna Nordstrom
Cashmere
Buttes
Miss Nordstrom
United States
Talking chicken created by San Jose rancher
After ten years Clinton H Willis a San Jose rancher on Monterey road produced a chicken that can talk The fowl is a sixth generation cross between a parrot and a guinea hen with a parrot like lower beak and two by two toe arrangement The bird speaks Morning Clint chanterbacker Clint and a swear word according to a World dispatch
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Clinton H. Willis
Monterey
San Jose
Cal
New York
Clint
Pete the Bull Terrier Fighter at White House
Pete the bull terrier, once freed by the French ambassador, visits the White House grounds after a hospital stay for a fight. President Roosevelt jokes that Pete is a splendid fighter but a poor judge of dogs, with a rival brindle bull terrier reportedly sent from Celina, Ohio.
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Pete
M. Jusserand
Roosevelt
White House
Washington
New York
Celina
Discourager of Matrimony Warned by Seattle Expert
Dr. J Allen Smith head of political science at Washington University advised his classes against marriage in the current era of high prices. In Seattle he warned that young people may marry there but rising costs make it unlikely they can make ends meet without Providence. He said he would not advise any young man to marry in Seattle until living expenses fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Allen Smith
Department of Political Science
Washington University
Seattle
Wash
New York World
Providence
Remarkable Treasure Found in Estremadura Caverns
A treasure trove of old arms coins gold buttons scarf pins and jewelry lay along Naza reth shore after a recent earthquake wave. Excavations reveal the hoard was hidden in caverns beneath an ancient stronghold once a buccaneer haunt with more treasure expected to be unearthed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nazareth
Estremadura
New York Tribune
Meeting seeks funds to preserve Hood birthplace at Lake House
Leyton Ratepayers Association met at Leytonstone to appeal for funds to secure Lake House estate near Wanstead Flats. The house, birthplace of the poet Hood, is slated for building use, but locals argue for its preservation and grounds as pleasant gardens.
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Hood
Leyton Ratepayers’ Association
Leytonstone
England
Lake House
Wanstead Flats
London News
Fresh bakery and travel notes in city chatter
A city visitor from Ainsworth stops by Vien na and Miss Anna Boileau heads to Marshalltown for a short visit with her ill sister Mrs Maiden. Many locals depart for Keota West Chester Des Moines and other towns while others return home after trips and social calls. A drug ad promotes Dr Shoop Restorative with a free sample offer through J H Stewart of Racine Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Shoop
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the Evening Journal
Orville Elder, Pusiisuer
Iowa
Basninaron Mutual
AGET
Five Centeer Line
the County News
Westchester
Epworth League of the Methodist Church
Chas. Owens
Journal Office
Journal
Atournal
Carpet Cleaning Co
Grayage
Ben Keyes
Vienna
Bert Dixon
Lincoln
Ill
Johnson’s
George Dempsey, Jr
Rock Island Depot
Florence Parrish
Winfield
David Hamil
Ainsworth
B. F. Crosby
North Henderson
Illinois
Elzie Morrison
Margaret White
Crawfordsville
Molly Cherry
Harry White
Haskins
Violet Jones
Ottumwa
Beatrice Walleck
Verne Anderson
G. T. Auld
M. ©. Smylie
Allen Paschal
Mrs. Carey
Mexico
Carl
Elmer Keck
J. M. Mace
Lexington
M. A. Mace
C. M. Alexander
Morgantown
West Va
Mabel Buckley
West Chester
Joseph Limerman
A. BE. Roe
Lena, Ill
F. M. Marvel
H. H. Story
Davenport
S. P. Beatty
W. E. Kenagy
Frank Abdill
Pleasant Hill
C. N. Dodder
George Hillhouse
Nira
Thankoffering Service
Oxfords
White Tan
Mr. Langenburg
G. C. Roscoe
Norry Sipe
John J. McKeone Jacks
Aie
Labor
the Gas Light Co
Iowa Gas & Electric Co
The
Ella Porter
Johnson's Bakery
R. D. Daugherty
W. O. Ralston
Mrs
Samuel Wolfe
Anna Boileau
Marshalltown
Mrs. Maiden
Grace Limerman
Nellie Bowman
M. J. Sproull
Harry and
Frank Sproull
Des Moines
T. W. Skinner
Sprague
Tobias Minick & Son
Washington, Iowa
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