Haskins News In Brief June 14 1912 Band Concert Rain and Travel
June 14 1912 entries from Haskins note Chas O Palmer and wife plus Geo C Reames in a band concert at Ainsworth Tuesday evening. Reports mention heavy rain, hog house construction, lumber contracts, visitors from Crawfordsville and Washington, car travel, a Regal automobile, Cheerful Workers event dampened by rain, fishing trip, and local social activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskins
Chas, O. Palmer
Geo. C. Reames
Ainsworth
W. F. Welliver
Lewis Coon
Melvigr Lumber Cn
Washington
Henskins
J. H. Reed
Crawfordsville
L. L. Twinam
Wm. H. McCarney
F. M. Barnoske
Grace Morgan
Mr. Gilland
Chas. O
L. V. Hazen
Reames
John I. Sands
Pearl
Mr. Herr
Miss Geneva
Palmer
North of Washington
L. V. Hazen’'s
Caner
Susie and the Rosebush Prize at the Flower Show
In a tale told by Daddy, Susie shares roses with others while her sister hoards blooms. Susie mails leaves and a single pale pink bud to the show, caring for the plant yet giving flowers away. Judges praise the rose’s form and color, and Susie wins the prize, learning generosity helped its beauty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn
Grandma
Sam
Daddy
Susie
Summer social and visiting notices in Lexington
In Lexington on June 14 1912 A EK Adams of Des Moines visits sister Mrs Floyd Timmins. Muriel Cullumber finishes Cornell college year and returns home for summer. Carl Oldfield attends Cedar Falls summer school. Ice cream social by Ladies Aid draws large crowd. Arthur Eyomone visits Mt Vern with sister and friends. Ladies Aid to meet at Mrs Oldfield in an all day session June 20. Mrs Glider of Cedar Rapids visits daughter Mrs Ralph Knotts.
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Lexington
A. EK. Adams
Des Moines
Floyd Timmins
Muriel Cullumber
Cornell College
Carl Oldfield
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Ladies’ Aid Society
Arthur Eyestone
Mt. Vernon
Oldfield
Glider
Cedar Rapids
Ralph Knotts
Daytime visits and church note near West Chester
Grand Prairie reports visits by Mr. and Mrs. Orval Dayton and son Roy from near West Chester. Robert Marshall is quite poorly and Mrs. John Foster has a poisoned hand. Miss Anna Krotz works for her. Bethel church plans Children's Day on Sunday June 16 as a rain gratefully welcomed by all.
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Grand Prairie
Orval Dayton
Roy
Near West Chester
Sherman
Dayton
Robert Marshall
John Foster
Anna Krotz
Charles Carrison
Harley Noel
Lewis Smith
Bethel Church
Kansan Mort Walker visits Crawfordsville in June 1912
Kansas City resident Mort Walker spends a few days at Mrs. Mary Walker's home in Crawfordsville. A. F. Brown and son Carey of Haskins visit, Miss Helen Craig of Kansas City stays with uncle J. A. Moorehead. Several locals head to Washington and Cedar Falls for events and summer school.
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Crawfordsville
Mort Walker
Kansas City
Mary Walker
A. F. Brown and Son
Carey
Haskins
Helen Craig
J. A. Moorehead
Robert Wells
Hugh Davis
Thomas Smylie
A. E. Mulhern
Washington
Lois Cannon
Rachel Wylie
Cedar Falls
State Teachers’ College
J. F. Buxbaum
Iace Jill
Jennie Rice
Presbyterian Church Lawn
Ainsworth Post Office Named Postal Savings Bank
Ainsworth is to open a postal savings bank on July 1 following a letter from Postmaster General Frank H. Hitchcock confirming the Ainsworth post office’s new status. Residents report local visits from kin and travel between towns as community growth continues.
Betts Lectures On Schools Yesterday Today Tomorrow
Cornell professor Dr. George H. Betts spoke at the Mt. Vernon High School on the evolution of American schooling from colonial times to today. He used lantern slides to contrast early methods with modern education and urged continued public school expansion.
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George H. Betts
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Iowa
County Normal Institute
Isley McElhinney
Lucile Miller
United States
Betts
Social activity notes and Keota wedding report
Miss Berdie Rankin hosts a ladies gathering at her East Second street home in honor of Miss Wilma Crouch of Atlantic Iowa and Mrs Ralph Thompson of St Anthony Idaho. Keota marks a wedding as Benj Dowis and Mabel Bandy wed at the Baptist manse and plan housekeeping on a local farm.
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Berdie Rankin
East Second Street
Wilma Crouch
Atlantic
Iowa
Ralph Thompson
St. Anthony
Idaho
Keota
Benj. F. Dowis
J. O Dowis
Mabel Edna Bandy
M. W. Bandy
D. J. Coon
A Want Ad in the Journal 4 Sure to Bring Results
A concise classified notice notes that placing an ad in the Journal guarantees results. It emphasizes broad reach and prompt responses for readers seeking quick transactions or opportunities.
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Journal 4
Little Girl in South Bites Finger While Coughing
A southern girl almost bit off her finger after coughing fits. The incident began with her placing a finger in her mouth and escalating to a serious bite as she struggled to cough.
Verse Verses From All About A Childs Playful Verse
A fragment from a children's verse recalls a northern boy who wants a horse and pistol, a eastern girl at a birthday feast needing a doctor, and a western boy who slips in the mud and now sits up to eat, all framed in lighthearted regional accents.
Bright Boy Creates Simple Four Bladed Aerial Toy
A Virginia invention sparks a toy craze as a bright boy makes a screw propeller style flyer with four blades. A strong wire supports a spool and ring, the filer sits on the wire, and pushing the spool launches the bladeed rotor to fly around the room.
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Virginia
Why He Admires Great Men
A child recounts school exercises for Lincoln and Washington holidays. The boy recalls learning about Lincoln’s assassination and the killer, while claiming amusement in listening to peers. He looks forward to the next holiday with anticipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Wilkes Hoath
Aeroplane Dart Tops Paris Toy Popularity
Paris children favor an aeroplane dart with wings added to the classic toy. A spring propelled mechanism fires the dart from a pistol barrel. The hollow rubber tip creates a vacuum on impact that grips the target, increasing play value.
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Paris
Cattail Plant Used for Medicine and Mats
The cattail of the American swamps, nearly identical to the Egyptian bullrush, is no longer used for paper but its root yields astringent medicine. Its stems are used to make mats, chair-bottoms, and similar items.
Dreamland Toys Come Alive In Nighttime Vision
A child recalls a nighttime sighting where toy figures spring from a toy drum, a woolly dog, and a donkey, then retreat when Su- Ban’s voice is heard. The child wonders at the moment, while the nurse returns with tea and dismisses the event.
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Su- Ban
Electric light boxing bout novelty in dark hall
A Washington man designs a point scoring boxing match using electrically conductive shoes and gloves with a conductive floor. Each punch creates a flash of light at contact, making the bout visible in a dark hall and not intended for knockouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffries Johnson
Washington
Simple homemade electric battery described
An American Boy article outlines a quick self made electric battery using a paper disk tray and insulation with two upright paper handles. Rubbing dries the disk to generate sparks that charge a Leyden jar or small storage battery. A Leyden jar can be built with a tumbler half full of shot and a metal spoon.
Crocodile Pit Trick Haunts Indian River Region
In parts of India hunters dig crocodile pits near a stream. A mound with a tethered goat atop lures crocodiles at night as they crash through the stick floor into the pit below.
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India
Commercial Club Elects Officers for Coming Year
The Journal reports the Commercial club elected officers for the ensuing year with J. G. Gardner as president and S. B. Dewey as vice president. Homer Derbyshire becomes secretary and Earle W. Corbin treasurer. Directors include Fred H. Steck W. M. Keeley Joe McKibinney Howard McCleery Carlton C. Wilson J. J Brookhart and Charles A. Dewey. Keeley praised for public service and Gardner noted for energetic leadership.
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Commercial Club
Texas
Alabama
Kentucky
J. G. Gardner
8. B. Dewey
Homer Derbyshire
Earle W. Corbin
Fred H. Steck
W. M. Keeley
Joe McKibinney
Howard McCleery
Carlton C. Wilson
J. Jn Brookhart
Charles A. Dewey
Mr. Gardner
Mills Seed Co Stockholders Meet June 24 in City Office
The Mills Seed Co annual meeting for stockholders is set for Monday June 24 at 4 p m at the company's office in this city. Secretary A M Main will oversee the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Mills Seed Co
Ond A. M. Main
Market Dips as Prices Hold Mixed On Cattle Markets
Market shows weakness early with bulk prices 7.30 to 7.40. Light offers 7.00 to 7.40, mixed trades 7.05 to 7.45. Heavy bids 7.00 to 7.45. Rough heavy 7.00 to 7.20. Cattle and sheep listings show steady demand for both cattle and sheep.
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Chicago
Ill
Quotations for Feed and Produce from Local Markets
Prices listed for wheat corn oats bran shorts corn meal and eggs from local produce firm REISTER & SON. Quotations show per hundred weights and per 10 TD sack rates with multiple farm items including poultry and grains.
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BO Paur
Cof Maory
Reister & Son
MOD
Sibprops Sc Cdk Ceardonca
Trikois
Ys Incsndcestescee
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