Local notes on trips roses and social visits
John Lemmon and Herbert Kort left this morning by automobile for a fishing trip in Wisconsin. Roses appear unusually in bloom with Washington dooryards displaying beauty. George Mangold’s Weat Madison Street rose garden features American Beauty and scarlet climbers. Alberta Wolfe returns from Wyman after a weekend visit with her uncle Claude McCoy.
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John Lemmon
Herbert Kort
Wrothen
Wisconsin
Washington
George E Mangold
Weat
Madison Street
Grandma Mangold
Alberta Wolfe
Wyman
Claude McCoy
Local notices and ads mix in town chatter and shop offers
Mixa Isabelle Lemmon travels to Burlington for a few days with friends. Various ads promote auto tops and paint services by VV Brown and Beatrice Heaseltine returns from Chicago. Small items note visitors from Colorado, Topeka, and Pleasant Plain, plus a car accident update on John McGagin and a Brighton business visit by D. H. Wentworth.
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Mixa
Isabelle Lemmon
Burlington
Ice Cream Factory and Knights of Pythias Notes
N L Black returns from Des Moines where he attended the state meeting of the colored Knights of Pythias and was re elected grand keeper of records and seals for the third year. Mrs Anwyl and daughter Hazel of Crawfordsville are chopping today. Mrs BE Thompson heads home to Trenton Ohio after visiting Washington and nearby. Mrs G G Butterbaugh and daughter Beatrice Lucile visit Mrs Palmer in Stuart this week. Party arrangements urged to bring own packers and cans with goods in by Saturday morning.
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John MecGagin
Moines
The
Colored Knights of Pythias
BE. H. Thompson
Trenton
Ohio
Washington
Here
G. G. Butterbaugh
Beatrice Lucile
Stuart
Iowa
McCormick Won't Explain Wife's Special Train Hire
Cyrus H. McCormick Jr returned from Europe and refused to reveal why his wife hired a special train from New York cost about seven thousand dollars. He said he knew but would not disclose her reasons, noting he would not speak for Mrs McCormick. He planned to go to his International Harvester Co building office.
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Associated Presse
Chicago
Cyrus H. McCormack, Jr
New York
Europe
International Harvester Company
June Inheritance Tax Tops Previous State Record
Des Moines Iowa June collections show inheritance tax reaching 130 330.96 the highest this state department has seen Ray E Johnson state treasurer announced The previous peak was March 1926 at 128 957.33 and June 1925 yielded 112 400.64 Gasoline tax for May amounted to 468 528.68 versus 420 216.60 in May 1926.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
State Department
Ray E. Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Organ traveled from Alexandria to Greece and Europe
The organ spread from Alexandria to Greece in early times and was adopted in Christian churches by about 657. By the next year it reached western European churches, and Haarlem in Holland boasts one of Europe’s largest organs with 8,000 pipes and 60 stops.
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Greece
Alexandria
Europe
Haarlem
Holland
Smallest Countries by Area
Five smallest nations by area are Monaco eight square miles San Marino forty six Leichtenstein forty six Andorra one hundred forty and Dan zig free city seven hundred twenty square miles Farina News
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Monaco
San Marino
Leichtenstein
Andorra
Danzig
Free City
Work of Prudence in Emersonian Thought
A concise reflection on prudence aligned with Emerson ideas, noting that prudence does not question nature but accepts the world’s laws shaping human life to seek its true good.
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Emerson
Honor's Reward in a Man's Bright Actions
A Southern reflection on honor as the reflection of a man's deeds, shining before others and rebounding upon the doer, endorsing virtue through personal conduct and social regard.
Insurance firms pay 101000 for Clarin da cyclone losses
Five leading insurers have paid 101000 for property losses from the Clarin da cyclone two weeks ago. The largest single claim was 5878 for Geo Barnhill’s home. The total paid is about half the storm’s estimated damage.
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Itty
Associated Preas
Clarinda
Was &S
Barnhill
Man Confesses to Stealing Pigs for Auto Funds
Sam Hartman a 30 year old farm hand admitted stealing two pigs from Carl Wenner a Garrison farmer to raise cash for a cheap car after a $20 down payment request was refused. Hartman resigned and moved to Vinton before the theft. He faces petty larceny charges in justice court.
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Associated Press
Vinton
Sam Hartman
Carl Wenner
Garrison Farmer
Hartman
Wenner
Justice Court
Suzanne Lengren suffers severe neuritis attack
London reports Suzanne Lengren had a severe neuritis attack that will keep her from playing for months. A member of her party said she cancelled all tennis engagements in England Ireland and on the continent due to painful symptoms and reduced mobility.
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Associated Press
London
Suzanne Lengren
England
Ireland
Businessman Shot Self in Keokuk Across the River
Ray Burn, a prominent Hamilton Illinois businessman, shot himself in the temple with a revolver this morning across the Mississippi in Keokuk. He is about 45 years old and expected to die. Friends offer no explanation beyond a momentary mental abberation.
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Associated Press
Keokuk
Rayburn
Hamilton
Ilinois
Polish Troops Hit By World War Shell Explosion
In Kowal, Volhynia, thirty eight Polish soldiers and two officers were killed and thirty injured when a World War era shrapnel shell exploded today.
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Associated Press
Kowel
Volhynia
Poland
Early sugar use traced to ancient India and classical times
The article notes that sugar cane manufacture predates history and appears in ancient Sanskrit texts. It states that Greeks and Romans used sugar briefly for medicine, sourcing it from India at high cost.
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India
Important Little Things
A compact meditation on how small components shape larger outcomes. The saying likens building and life to individual pieces like nails and words, emphasizing attention to details and the impact of everyday acts.
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Ben
Forbes
Society Notes From A Local Evening Get Togethers
A society gathering last evening at seven featured eleven members and three guests with music and social time. Hostess W Bower of Topeka served refreshments in yellow and white while Carl Hanecher attended as the only out of town guest. next meet at Mrs Ed Gray’s home. Mr and Mrs D C Kilgore hosted a dinner party at 220 West Second Street for friends of Mr and Mrs Knapp. Dorothy Perkin roses decorated the six-seat table and a social after-dinner hour followed.
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Mra
Corbin Fielde
KB. O. W. Clu Mombeora
W. BE. Bower
Topeka
Kanana
Mere
Carl Hanecher
Ed Gray
Marriage Licenses Issued in Keota and Parnell Courthouse
Marriage licenses were issued at the courthouse to Warren Stapley Mendereon and Mary Katherine Gregory of Keota and to Wm. W. Breuaeee and Anns MM. North of Parnell.
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Warren Stapley Mendereon
Mary Katherine Gre-gory
Keota
Wm. W. Breuaeee
Anns MM. North
Parnell
Local notices of shopping and travel from Keota to Washington
Fragmentary OCR shows ads for auto tops and paint work by W Brown, and reports Glenn McFarland traveling from Wellman for business. It mentions Mary Louie Harwood visiting Keda, Virsnia Droz and Mary Louise Stewart with Mr and Mrs F L Kirkpatrick and daughters driving to Washington on business.
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D. J. Ross and Son
Durand
Iowa City
Elizabeth Dawson
Mary Louie Harwood
Keda
Virsnia Droz
Mary Louise Stewart
FL. Kirkpatrick
Keota
Washington
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Pyesen
Todey
McElhinney Drug Co
McCall Bros
Smalley
Fairbanks- Morse
Beatrice Heaseltine of
Crawfordeville
VV. Brown
Antio
Dane Ewing
Colorado Springs
Col
Sioux City
Joy Tripp
George Maxwell
Vi Brown
Auto Top and Paint Shop
flitSeodt
Matt Braunhausen
Pleasant Plain
Matt Redlinger
John Braunhausen
Bernice
Iadt
W. KE. Brown
Charles Richard
Topeka, Kansas
Carl Hancher
Ecomomy
Vmobileil
Aek Wa
Tranele Auto Supply Co
Dr. Frey
Triangle Auto Supply Co
Priingte Rico Supply Co
Macon
Tf., Davis
Tone
Ainsworth
Vo Brown
Pillseod
Allen Custer
Oskaloosa
Arthur
Alton
Marcell
Call
Midlay
Me Call Bros
Mrs. John Woods
Muscatine
Mr. Woods
Lou Hedley
Yellow Taxi Cab Co
Inez Loftie
Moeline
Rex
White Yard
West Cheeter
D. H. Wentworth
Brighton
Kartman’s Ice Cream Factory
Vpiione
Mutual Oil Lied
N. L. Black
Des
Hartman's Ice Cream Co
John Anwyl
Hazel
Crawfordsville
Harrs Langdon
Becky Spars
America
Fifth Avenue
Barbara
McCormick
Suzanne
Pictoil
Jstese
John Shields & Sons
Palm Beach
Washington Cleaners
W. Brown
Glenn McFarland
Wellman
Kralkl
Tornado Insurance
Croll & McCoy
Bailey
Washington, Iowa
J. A. Work Ins
N. DD. Anderson
Taxi Jou Tral Service
Owen McGovern
Wells-Crail Sales Co
Roger
Hans
Wardrobe Cleaners
Os Ia Ae
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