Local Notes Highlight Personal Visits and Local Ads
Miss Emma Purvis returns from Burke 8 D to visit sister. Mrs. F Ireland home after Richmond visit. Hay Loaders and Side Delivery Rakes advertised by Geo W Stewart. Mrs. J B Johnson and Leonard visit Burlington. Cashier S H White attends state bankers' convention in Des Moines. Miss Eleanore Luse returns home from West Liberty after visit with Miss Marie Butterfield. 20 percent off Fisk tires by Overland Washington Co. Airship advertised to arrive Sunday did not. Graves portraits for Beauty Contest shown. Parisian Sage hair remedy sold by Lemmon's Pharmacy with money back plan. Adgt Canning & Brown report selling cows in Washington, next sale Saturday July 3 at 2:30.
Cows Sold at Washington Feed Yard July 3 Auction
Dealers offer good fresh cows and springers at the Washington feed yard. Auction set for July 3 at 2:30 PM with bidding led by A. Canning.
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Washington
Local Notices and Classified Bits
Cream butter 52c a pound and fresh eggs 38c. Reynolds and Gibson advertise taxi service Cah Skipton with phone 56 501mo. Taxi and baggage service day and night call 1. Miss Hulda Hosking visiting friends in Pleasant Plain and Fox and Dewey for shoes. Miss Helen Campbell returned to Morning Sun after visiting Miss Hazel Porter.
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Reynolds & Gibson
J. S. Skipton
Hulda Hosking
Pleasant Plain
Helen Campbell
Hazel Porter
Local notices and social blurbs from Carroll County
Community items list funeral attendance, visits, sales and notices from Carroll, including the Neff funeral in Columbus Junction, trips to Muscatine and Iowa City, a cornfield outlook, farm property ads, tire sales, clothing and dish store closings, troop drill, fashion sales, church travel, beauty contest entries, and local business updates with names such as Dempsey Land Company Crail's and Overland-Washington Company.
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Washington County
Dempsey Land Company
North Side Square
University to Add Two New Buildings on West Side Campus
The University of Iowa plans a new library building and a hall of chemistry on the west side campus. Construction will begin when funds are available. The move aims to relieve overcrowded library space and expand laboratories and classrooms on the main campus.
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University of Iowa
West Side
Psychhope Hospital
University
Iowa River
Washington County's Only Daily Read the Evening 4.rnal
Washington County daily newspaper report notes local events and notices with a concise snapshot of community happenings. Readers are directed to the Evening edition for further details on ongoing items and upcoming meetings.
Waterloo Man Fined for Tin Can Mess in Cherry Tree
Waterloo Iowa June 29 William Hoover faced Judge Courtright on a charge of disturbing the public quiet. Neighbors said Hoover hung tin cans in cherry trees and shook them to protect fruit from birds. He was fined 2 dollars and said he would appeal.
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Waterloo
Iowa
William Hoover
Courtright
Hoover
Bride cake tradition traced to ancient and Iroquois customs
The bride cake, integral to weddings, is linked to the Roman conferrentio ritual of eating together. An Iroquois rite also involved the bride and groom sharing a meal, with the bride offering the Duke of Segamite to her husband, as advertised to the Journal.
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Segamite
Local notices mention visits and sales in Brighton and Des Moines
Misses Hoskins and Mrs Baker visit Brighton to see friends. Farm store promotes closing sale with fast-moving extra dishes and tires at 20 percent savings. Des Moines bankers meeting includes Keck Bunce and Young from Washington with regional attendees. Simpson family hears son John Simpson named executive secretary for two and a half months evangelistic work in Pittsburgh with street meetings in mill districts led by ministers and laypeople.
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C. M. Keck
R. L. Bunce
H. S&s. Young
Washington
State Bankers’ Convention
Des Moines
Fred Skola
Kalona
J. R. Drake
Richland
J. F. Simpson
John S*mpson
Pittsburgh
Mill District
Wide Choice Afforded
Edward helps at his uncle's grocery on Saturdays and a neighbor tests his knowledge of business asking about chickens. He answers with a confident list of chickens for sale including alive, dead, dressed and undressed.
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Edward
Discovery of sponge raising by S D Van Wegen
Rockwell City Iowa June 29 S D Van Wegen has perfected a method of raising a vegetable sponge with potential commercial value. He has produced small quantities showing promise against deep water sponges and says the cost is low and large yields can be grown on small land. He intends to commercialize the discovery.
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Rockwell City
S. D. van Wegen
van Wegen
Hindu Youth Precocious In India Home Journal Reports
A tourist in India notes surprising precocity among Hindu children. He describes seven year old woodcarvers and young weavers producing fine rugs and carpets, with many youngsters skilled beyond their years.
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India
The
Home Journal
Iowa Dean to Serve on Arbitration Board
Professor William G. Raymond dean of the College of Applied Science at the University of Iowa is named to a three member board to appraise Paducah water works property in Kentucky. He also serves on a Waterloo arbitration panel for streetcar rates and the Waterloo city franchise allows changes through this process. The company seeks a flat ten cent fare.
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Iowa City
William G. Raymond
College of Applied Science
University of Iowa
Paducah
Dean Raymond
Waterloo Street Railway
Waterloo
District Court
Waterloo Street Railway Company
Volunteer Slum Army Seeks Clothing and Aid
Report of the Volunteer Slum Army asking for clothing furniture and supplies to aid the needy. Volunteers conduct jail hospital street house to house and mission work, with Major and Mrs Sneath in charge at 101% N. Marion Ave. Phone 417 Green. September 28.
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Sneath
Marion Ave
Green
Do Today's Job Today
Procrastination is condemned as a harmful habit that steals time and delays needed actions. The text urges immediate effort, citing quotes about delaying tasks and the wasted chances of tomorrow. It emphasizes grit as the antidote to delaying important work.
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Shakespeare
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Burke
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South Side
H. White
Farmers and Merchants State Bank
Eleanore Luse
West Liberty
Marie Butterfield
Overland-Washington Company
Graves
Lemmon’s
Adgt
Canning & Brown
Mannhardt
Martin Casey
Billy Neff
Columbus Junction
McCall Bros
D. F. Macon
Mrydle Macon
Preston Wolfe
Muscatine
J. O. Sexton
Earl Bruns
Bessie Bundy
Alice Sowash
Fairfield
Keota
R. M. Hamilton
Gladys Schultz
West Chester
George Simerman
Farmer's Union Store
M. Bennett
Moulton
Elmer Swickard
Crail's
Miss Eunice Acheson
Chicago
Black
S. W. Brookhart & Son
Viola Phelps
San Diego
Cal
Carl Keck
Crail’s
Farmer’s Union Store
Florence Baker
Salem
Libbie Hoskins
Farmer's Union
Earl Limerman
Crail
A. R. Oates
Presbyterian Church
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C. W. Klein
St. Paul's
E. E. Beech
Ft. Dodge
Elizabeth Barrett
Peoria, al
J. J. Foley
Graves Studio
Carroll Norton
New London
Ruth Gilmer
Abingdon
Illinois
J. L. Lyons
Miss Gilmer
Don White
Harry T Morey
Vitagraph
Nick Carter
Secret Service
Silent Avenger
Awe Oe En Chal
Foro Clothing Company
Srival Cakes
Ex Joe
Ence
Harry D. Smith
Washington, Iowa
Libbie
Katherine
Hulda Hoskins
Brighton
Harry Bennet
Portsmouth
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Harry
Fisk
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