Local and Personal News Snapshots
Miss Eva McGaughey traveled to West Chester last evening. Manton Heber returned from a business trip to Keola. The Fair brought Mila Porter of Ainsworth by firefly. Mrs. Richards went home to Cotter after a city visit. The Fair features Mrs. W A Stiles and daughter Lillian McDowell from Keokuk arriving. Miss Marjorie Hebner came back from Sigourney where she visited friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva McGaughey
West Chester
Manton Heber
Keola
Mila Porter
Ainsworth
Mrs. Richards
Cotter
Cty
W. A. Stiles
Lillian McDowell
Keokuk
City
J. Derby
Letts
Miss Barker
Marjorie Hebner
Sigourney
Big Baseball Games This Thursday and Friday
Notices of upcoming baseball matchups dominate the page with references to Thursday and Friday games, and local residents planning attendance. Local travel for visits and family updates are interspersed, mentioning Des Moines trips, hospital progress in Iowa City, and various relatives visiting Fairfield.
A Good Elephant Story From Daddy's Tales
A grandfatherly narrator recalls a Stock Story about a playful elephant and a cross mulley cow from his boyhood. The elephant retaliates with a thunderous trunk slap, cow dispatches, and the Johnson boys later spend their circus pennies on peanuts for the amused animal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daddy
Evelyn
Jack
Johnson
Mulley
Tilbet
Johnson Boys
Ladies Host Picnic Then Theatre Outing In North Washington
Mise die Povee entertained a group of young people at her north Washington home as a compliment to Miss Helen Work of Montana. Mrs J W Scott hosted twelve ladies for a dressmaking parlors afternoon and a sunset picnic at Sunset park followed by a Star theatre outing. The St James Sewing Circle and W H M Society plan meetings at Mrs J C Swift and Mrs J M Wilson homes with a post meeting family picnic planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evenue
Washington
Helen Work
Great Malle
Montana
St. James
J. C. Swift
W. H. M. Society of the
M. Ki. Church
J. M. Wilson
Fire Explodes in Bank Basement In Iowa City
A basement fire during an explosion at a bank in Iowa City injures two boys, Jakie and Leo, with Jakie severely burned and hospitalized at Mercy hospital. Leo escapes with burns and shock as flames and shattered doors spread through the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rivereta
Iowa
Bvenin Louenat
Leo Crito
MBA Bank of
Jakie Iite
Tad Wonarrow
Dakle
Moston
Leo
Jakie
Frank Cruz
Low
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Bank
Local visitors attend ball game and range practice notes
Boyd Smith Budiey Brone Mr Hamill and Dro Dror of Keota attended a ball game yesterday afternoon. Mary Maxwell arrived home from Chicago after several days away. Capt A Rinstand of Boone visited with the State inspector of Small Arms Practice Col SW Bronkhart and observed the Company shooting squad at the range. The Company will shoot again tomorrow as they continue to do splendid work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy McGugin
Chicago
Robert
To C. McGugin
Boyd Smith
Budiey Brone
Hamill
Dro Dror
Keota
H. Wilson
Mary Maxwell
A Rinstand
Boone
56Th Regiment
SW. Bronkhart
Company Co
What Cheer Faces Washington In Early Baseball Series
Baseball Thursday and Friday matchups see What Cheer play Washington with Friday also set for Another game. The article lists visitors and residents traveling to and from towns, naming Mrs Fred L Stewart and family, Mrs C N Livings, Roy Fatts, Miss Elle Anderson, and Dr H C Hull among others in local social and travel notes.
Marriage License Issued for Hindhl and Miss Anna Miller
A marriage license was issued yesterday for Hindhl and Miss Anna Miller. The official document records their intended union and names the parties involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hindhl
Anna Miller
Bazaar and ice cream sale at Grace on Mrs Porter’s lawn
The Ladies' Aid society will hold a bazaar and serve ice cream at Grace on Mrs Porter’s lawn this Saturday evening July 1. Everyone is invited. Call 413 City Bus Line or phone 559 Black to leave orders with Frank togers. include street and number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid Society
Grace
CIEY
Bliss Native Herbs and Burns Remedy Ad
An early 1900s style ad touts Bliss Natis and Bliss Native Herbs for burns and blood treatment. It promotes a 200 day course and prices around 25 cents, sold by Ted Eggers, the local agent, with a money back guarantee on bot remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Eggers
tHorsehoer
Kk Jt
Foley Kidney Pills Offer Safe Kidney Regulation
Foley Kidney Pills contain the ingredients necessary to regulate and strengthen the kidney and bladder. Try them yourself, but are sold by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Acquiring a Reputation as a Profound Thinker
A man gains a reputation for deep thinking by discussing obscure subjects others fail to grasp. He avoids direct refutation by keeping explanations inaccessible and complexity intact.
Chamberlin's Cough Remedy Promoted for Cough Ease
An ad claims whooping cough is not dangerous if the cough is kept loose and ex ecloration easy by Chamberlin's Cough Remedy. The remedy has been used in many epidemics of this disease with perfect success and is sold by Lemmon's Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlin
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Pleasure in Everything and the Wisdom of Contentment
The text urges applying oneself to wisdom to avoid ruinous pleasure and to find satisfaction in all conditions. It argues that wealth should enable helping others, poverty reduces care, and obscurity brings lack of envy, promoting a calm, grateful mindset.
Freeze and Revive Experiments Probe Life's Limits
Geneva researchers led by Prof Raoul Pictet report freezing live fish to 20 degrees below zero for three months and reviving them. They claim frogs endure 30 degrees below zero and snails 110 to 120 degrees. a dog reportedly survived an hour at 110 degrees below freezing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Raoul Pictet
Pieter Sage
Pictet
Meritol Digestive Tonic Promoted By Lemmon’s Pharmacy
Lemmon's Pharmacy advertises Meritol Digestive Tonic as a remedy for unsteady nerves indigestion dyspepsia constipation bilious attacks and impure blood. The ad claims instant relief and American Drug & Press Association endorsement with directors guaranteeing the tonic as a good builder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Drug & Press Asociation
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
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J. B. Rumble
Des Moines
Mrs Keister
ALN
Mair
Milton Godfrey
Giodfrey
McMullen
Eimner Wells
Bessie Buchanan
Muscatine
Muscatine County N
With McClean
Kenyon
W. J. Guinan
Albia
Father Walsh
Father Guinan
Dean Huysmans Ladies’ Tailor
Mis
Chastity
Dorothy
Jy, Worth
Miss Pay McCord
Clinton, HD
Don Hompates
Mawxwell
Maxwell
Mixa
Tion
Hotme
Colubus
Jery Rittenhouse
Don Hatpete
Fay McCord
Clintonie Day
Fairfield
Chilcote
Oskaloosa
Vera Alberson
Boston
H. Steck
Miss Mary
Owosso
Mich
John Steck
the Fair. i
Harry Robertson
Trinidad
Colo
John Robertson
George Pauls
Watertown
South Dakota
Mr. Pauls
Faith Adams McKee
Horace
Francis
Phoenix, Ariz
Hi Lemmon
W. F. Bailey
Columbus Junction
Haight's
Frank Racine
Leader
Mra
Laura Maxwell
Davenport
Rock Island
James Shellabarger
John C. Little and Son
Will
Buffalo
Toronto
Mr. Little
Canada
Independence
J. A. Harwood & Son
BOK. O. Clase
Methodist Church
Sunset Park
John McConahey
Poinsettia Club
Hattie Wilson
SAS
Bank Huilding Wien
Poston Checurs
Warner
Washington, Lowa
Fred L. Stewart
Jane
Winfield
Roy Fatts
C. N. Livings
Margaret
Bessie
Philadelphia
Penn
Burlington
D. J. Eichelberger
W. G. Wagner
M. M. Reno
Walter Zimmerman
Racine, Wis
Gertrude Newman
Cedar Rapids
Elle Anderson
East Thire Street
Nena Wilson
University of Chicago
Lake Michigan
Iran
Sproull
Waterloo
Charles Keck
Schuyler
Ralph Livingston
H.C. Hull
New Jersey
Daisy Startsman
Harvard Medical School
Harvard
Dr. Hull
New York
Hast Orange Ryd
Stein Bloch and
Kuppenheimer
Sol. Rich & Co
Old Mother Hubbard
R. Stuart & Son City
Mutual
G Niecabe
Peclae Sabang ‘Shoe
Ladies
Oxfords
Atchison & Finney
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