Local News Bits and Community Happenings
Mrs. Sarah Keltner visited Fairfield to see sons Will and Ed. Cloyce Beard spent the evening with his mother Mrs Eliza Beard and returned to Des Moines. The Misses Hazel and Pearl Starr went to Muscatine for a day with friends. The American Legion holds lance every Tuesday night. The logical move is to place bond coupons on a savings account at Washington National.
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Sarah Keltner
Fairfield
Will
Cloyce Beard
Eliza Beard
Des Moines
Misses Hazel
Pearl Starr
Muscatine
The
Washington National
Local notices and shopper items from Crawfordsville and area
A collage of small ads and notices lists prices for cream and eggs, taxi service, shoe sellers, savings on Liberty bonds, and Y M C A dues. Also included are visits by relatives, graduates returning home, church plans at the Presbyterian church, and sales on Fisk tires at Overland Washington Co. Hard to parse but reflects community commerce and social notes.
Local tire and church notices mix with travel updates
Prominent lines advertise Fisk tire discounts up to July 1 at Overland Washington Company and Fisk fabrics sale. Parallel items mention Presbyter ian church on E Main and S 2nd Ave and residents Mrs W J Adams and Miss Norine Schmoeller traveling to Chicago. Other notes reference McCall Bros pig meal and Mrs S M Adams visiting Chenoa.
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W. J. Adams
Chenoa
All
S. M. Adams
Norine Schmoeller
Chicago
Clyde
Fisk
Overland- Washington Company
Priest interrupts wedding over immodest bridal gown
In New Orleans on June 19 a St. Louis Cathedral ceremony was halted after officiant Father Antoine ruled the bride’s attire violated Archbishop Shaw's attire order. He ordered the lights out and sent her to change before the marriage could proceed, with the groom waiting as altars and candles remained lit.
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New Orleans
St. Louis Cathedral
Father Antoine
Order of Oblate Fathers of Mary Immaculate
Shaw
Monmouth Hotel Plan Seeks 300000 Stock Sale
Monmouth area discusses forming a stock company to build a 106 to 110 room hotel here. Promoters from Ottumwa and Osceola plan to raise 300000 dollars, appoint a holding company, then incorporate under Illinois law and sell stock with a 200 dollar commission to agents. Local business men have shown cautious support as organizers eye final decisions today.
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Monmouth
Iown
D. S. Foster
Ottumwa
B. Fuller
Oskaloosa
Illinois
Maple City
Foreier
Illness of J. H. Wilde Ties Local Family to Berkeley
Relatives report J. H. Wilde, a Berkeley soldiers home resident, is critically ill. He is brother of the late Daniel Wilde and formerly lived in the community. Mrs. I. Rothschild received a fish shipment from her husband in Albert Lea Minnesota, the perch catch possibly by Mr. Rothschild, along with water lilies from a Minnesota lake.
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Elsie Wallace
State University
Geo. F. Wallace
Haskins
College of Liberal Arts
College of Education
North English
Miss Wallace
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
J. H. Wilde
Berkeley
Calif
Daniel Wilde
I. Rothschild
Albert Lea
Minnesota
Rothschild
Ancient Art of the Achilles Shield Emerges in Legend
The text recalls Homer’s description of the shield of Achilles crafted by Hephaestus, depicting cities and people, soldiers, farmers, vineyards, and wildlife. It posits the shield’s beauty, if matching Homer’s praise, as a remarkable example of early armor art.
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Achilles
He Phaestus
Olympus
The Russian Crown of Catherine the Great
The article notes the 1762 crown made for Catherine II by the jeweler Bauzie as the most valuable and interesting of Russian crowns. It has been used at the coronation of all Russian rulers since Catherine.
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Catherine II
Bauzie
Catherine
Russia
Dreams Portend Illness or Death in Grim Visions
Guidance on dream meanings suggests funerals coffin or corpse in dreams signal illness or grave misfortune. Vague dreams may indicate birth or a marriage rather than doom.
County candidates spend little on primary campaigns
Expense accounts filed with the county auditor show many candidates spent little or nothing. Several had no expenditures due to uncontested primaries, including A. J. Morgan, J. D. Glasgow, G. W. Hay, A. L. Griffith, Harry McCall and K. H. McCarty.
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County Auditor
A. J. Morgan
J. D. Glasgow
G. W. Hay
A. L. Griffith
Harry McCall
K. H. McCarty
Belle Rice
Michels
T. L. Brookhart
Canidates
Mr and Mrs Woodburn Visit Cedar Rapids for Weekend
Mr and Mrs L F Woodburn motored to Cedar Rapids this afternoon to spend the weekend with their daughter Miss Clara who is working there. Mrs Hamilton formerly Mrs Miles Bradford went to Keota today to meet her husband who came this week from Nebraska and they will come soon to Washington.
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Wyatt Helwick
0. L. Lyons
R. Bowman
Des Moines
L. Lyons
Cedar Rapids
Chas. Brown
Mr. Brown
Mr. Helwick
L. F. Woodburn
Clara
Hamilton
Miles Bradford
Keota
Nebraska
Washington
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BIG
Snub Pollard
Zane Grey
Riders of the Dawn
Armory Hall
Baker’s
American Legion
Boe Book
TP Mweu
Ted
Chal
Fano Clothing Company
Harry D. Smith
Washington, Iowa
John Shields & Sons
McMarmara Undertaking Co
Washington Telephone CO
Overland-Washington Company
Presbyterian Church
American Legion Lance
Reynolds & Gibson
J. S. Skipton
Frank Maxwell
Crawfordsville
Sterling White
Washington National Bank
Mannhardt
Farmers and Merchants State Bank
A. KE. Atchison
W. E. Brown
Bernice
Tiskilwall
Opal White
Ainsworth
W. M. Young
A. B. Batterson
James Oswalt
Wayland
J. C. H. Finney
Pittsburg
Edna Genkinger
Glenwood
Minn
O'Henry
Corinne Griffith Inscene
Vitagraphs
Garter Girl
McCall Bros
Presbyterian
E. Main & S
2Nd Ave
Overland
Washington Company
Tetje Brewer
Olive Leech
Sellers Kitchen Cabinet
Royal Electric Cleaner
S ML
He Ow
Ned
Oxford Cafe
Merle G. Proudfit
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