Woodmen Help Nicholson Family Split and Store Fifteen Cords
A marching group of about thirty Woodmen aided Edward Nicholson by saw ing and splitting roughly fifteen cords of wood. The task, performed in Woodman style, filled the Nicholson barn and wood shed with stove length logs. Mr Nicholson watched from a window as neighbors carried out the timberwork in a grateful display of practical brotherhood.
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South
Washington
Nicholson
Adam Mayer
Frank Macon
John Titterington
John Davidson
Perry Davidson
John Little
David Knottnerus
Hugh Teeter
Gerry Schilling
John Teeter
James Warner
Roy Maple
George Schneider
George Teas
Pat Brown
Charlies Burham
Wm. Thompson
L. C. Denison
John Wilson
Charles Phillips
Cook Nicholson
Thomas McClean
Chamber of Commerce Adopts Unanimous Disapproval Resolution
Resolutions disapproving of Aldrich banking bill were unanimously adopted at a large Boston Chamber of Commerce meeting. The event featured broad attendance and strong endorsements of fiscal reforms.
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Aldrich
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Clemenceau
Pinchon
Paris
Edward
Ormond Beach
Fla
British Isles
Senate
Night saloons barred in Lincoln from May opening
Lincoln Nebraska March 9 excise board adopts rule banning night saloons with daylight hours 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and a license fee of 1 0. The measure takes effect with the new municipal year in May.
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Lincoln
Neb
Excise Odoard
Bank Receiver Takes Charge of Tri-City State Bank
J C Hinde appointed by Judge Moore as receiver for Tri-City State Bank in Madison HL. He assumed control after the bank closed its doors following a bank run started two weeks earlier.
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Madison
J. C. Hinde
Moore
Circuit Court
Tri-City State Bank
de Ae
Fragmented Quote From San Francisco Examiner Excerpt
Fragment from the San Francisco Examiner shows a line about being connected to the stage and a claim of being hired by a year by an actress to steal her diamonds. The readable text is fragmented and lacks full context.
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San Francisco Examiner
Giant disguise prank for playful merriment at home
A party suggestion describes a playful trick where one person carries a smaller youth on the shoulders, disguises the helper with cork facial makeup and a tall hat, and a showman prompts a humorous dialogue. The gag should be brief to avoid hurting the helper’s feelings.
Why Smoke from a Cigar Turns White Then Blue
A Chicago News explanation notes that fine particles in cigar smoke near the mouth reflect light differently than coarser particles drawn through the cigar. The finest particles alter color perception, while outer smoke reflects all light producing white, and a bluish tint is linked to upper atmosphere dust reflecting blue light.
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Jose
Chicago News
Jack Horner and the Plum Ruse in English Folklore
A folklore tale recounts Jack Horner as a real figure who served a Glastonbury abbot. He allegedly bribed King Henry VIII with a plum by lifting a charter crust to claim a manor deed, then returned claiming royal grant and saying what a brave boy am I.
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Jack Horner
Glastonbury
Henry VIII
Jack
Wells
Painter tumbles with paint pots in joke fall
A painter who fell while carrying paint pots quips I came down with flying colors. A crosseyed man is arrested for burglary and described as straight yet looking crooked. A man claims he cannot sit or stand, asserting truth to Philadelphia Ledger.
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Philadelphia Ledger
All In an Hour Fight o clock and school time
Ted wastes a whole hour as Dick boasts of time to read lessons run errands and help at home. The passage shows idle prep before school with playful procrastination and a glance at a child’s view of time.
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Ted
Brother Bob
Hungarian Princess Parlaghy Sketches Roosevelt Portrait
Woman artist Princess Lwoff Parlaghy visits the United States for a few weeks before heading to the Pacific coast. The Hungarian born, Russian married, famed painter is noted as Europe’s most decorated non-royal woman for her art. She has painted many royals and leaders but few younger women, and she may soon do a sketch of President Roosevelt. The piece includes unrelated furniture staining tips and a critique of women fixed in intellectual or professional ruts.
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Kitvna Pwoff Parlaghy
Pacific
Japan
India
Europe
von Linbach
Munich
Ans
Roosevelt
Maeterlinck
Panema
Rosa Jones
Domestic Rut Woman Sinks Under Duty
A woman sinks into a domestic rut due to duty driving self neglect and a desire to keep a house perfect for her husband. She ignores personal grooming and lets small tasks like news magazine pages go unfinished in her effort to maintain the home image.
Teaching Childe- Most enaa to Save
Lada Ballard shares techniques from Good Housekeeping to teach a boy thrift. A glass jar helped him see pennies accumulate, encouraging counting and saving. When the first jar filled, a larger bottle continued the habit, leading to pride in a bankable stash.
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Childe
Lada Ballard
Popular Japanese towels win American buyers
American women have embraced Japanese towels since their arrival. The home accessory, attractive yet plain in use, features blue green and red stencil prints. A yard long and fifteen inches wide, the cheese cloth like fabric yields versatile uses from couch cover to laundry bag. They are sold in department stores and can be ordered through various shops.
To Make Winkled Sleeves
A fragment describes the difficulty of shaping long wrinkled sleeves for a garment. It notes concerns about managing many tiny folds evenly from wrist to knuckles and the need for a precise white point.
Practical sachets delight bride with scented refills
A recent bride received a practical gift of sachets sized for shelves, trunks, cedar chests and bureaus. They are made of fine sheer powered betiste with wide borders and one side left open for refilling. The filling mixes cotton batting with sandalwood sawdust to deter moths and please the nose.
Stocking Supporters: Fixes for Silk Hosiery Tears
In these days of low shoes and thin stockings it is discouraging for a woman to find that her tant hose supporters have ruined her only pair of silk stockings at the rat wearing. When the stocking supporters are fastened to stockings, place a small two piece of tissue paper on port sides of the stockings and fasten the Clasp upon this paper. It will not tear the holes that are the despair of a tidy woman.
Finger Bowls And Wicker Baskets For Japanese Style Use
A woman hosted with a mild interest in Japanese things. Wicker baskets sat before each guest containing folded napkins of Japanese fabric moistened with perfumed water. Guests followed the host’s lead and used the napkins on lips and fingers while still folded.
How to Launder Lace Curtains Without Shrinking
A practical tip notes that lace curtains stretch unevenly when dried and suggests sewing narrow strips of cloth on each side and across the top before the first wash to keep them true to size. The method aims to prevent length changes and maintain original dimensions after laundering.
Scented handkerchiefs by arrowroot in water
A fragment notes placing arrowroot in a muslin bag inside the boiling water used for washing and ironing handkerchiefs. The method aims to impart a faint agreeable scent and suggests adding borax to the final rinse to achieve proper stiffness without stiffness-like hardness.
Japan’s fashion tradition said to endure for 2500 years
A remark claims Japan alone has kept virtually unchanged styles in women’s dress for two and a half millennia, highlighting a rare continuity in clothing customs.
Women keep annual meeting of First United Presbyterian church
The Woman's Missionary Society met Saturday at Mrs. T. J. McElhinney's home on South Iowa avenue. Attendance was large, missions offering $21. New officers elected: President Mrs. Robert Cherry, vice president Mrs. Fannie McDowell, secretary Mrs. John Warnock, treasurer Mrs. Oliver Hicks. Delegates to the upcoming Woman's Presbyterian meeting are Mrs. Eliza Beard and Mrs. S. A. White. Fortnightly club household economics department will meet Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. with Mrs. Maud Stewart.
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Woman's Missionary Society
First United Presbyterian Church
T. J. McElhinney
South
Iowa Avenue
Robert Cherry
Fannie McDowell
John Warnock
Oliver Hicks
Woman's Presbyterian
Fortnightly Club Events Meet With Miss Laura Noyes
The current events department of the Fortnightly club will meet this evening at 7 30 with Miss Laura Noyes on East Main Street.
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Laura Noyes
East Main Street
Helping Hand Circle Elects Officers at West Jefferson Home
The Helping Hand circle of the Second United Presbyterian church met Saturday afternoon at Miss Etta Conner's home on West Jefferson Street for officer elections. Officers chosen were President Mrs. Nellie Stewart, vice president Mrs. W. R. Sawhill, secretary Miss Ella Gordon, and treasurer Miss Rose Springman.
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King’s Daughters
The
Second United Presbyterian Church
Etta Conner
West Jefferson Street
Nellie Stewart
W. R. Sawhill
Ella Gordon
Rose Springman
Libe Home Hosts Shower for Lizzie Fetters and Albert Simpson
Saturday evening Mr and Mrs Earle F Libe entertained about twenty five friends at their southwest city home in a miscellaneous shower for Miss Lizzie Fetters and Albert Simpson. Guests enjoyed party games and music and the couple received many gifts before a luncheon. The wedding is set for Wednesday at 4 o clock at the George Fetters home.
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Earle F. Libe
Lizzie Fetters
Albert Simpson
George Fetters
Piano pupils to give musicale at Miss Latchem's home
The piano pupils of Miss Dorothy Latchem will perform in a musicale tomorrow evening at her home, 732 East Main Street.
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Dorothy Latchem
East Main Street
If It Is Not Destroyed It Will Destroy Address
The Rev. U Smmith will speak Wednesday at 2 30 PM in the Sab bath school room of the First United Presbyterian church on the topic If It Is not Destroyed It Will Destroy A prior engagement with the W C T U caused the postponement and the author hopes for full attendance The first half hour will be devotional to prepare for the address
Piano Tuning Visit by Davenport Expert
J. F. Funk, Davenport piano tuner, will be in the city soon on his regular trip. Parties wishing work done may leave orders at Saling's music store, 20-26.
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J. F. Funk
Davenport
City
Saling’s
School Board Election At City Hall Leads To Tight Vote
Voters as 250 ballots were counted this afternoon in the City Hall school election. Dr. E T Wickham and C Cunningham were nominated for school board with Charles H Keck as treasurer. An opposing ticket backed Charles Mercer and Fred L Stewart for board.
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E. T., Wickham
C. ©. Cunningham
Charles H. Keck
Charles Mercer
Fred L. Stewart
Meat Bargains at South Side Market
Crone and Lohrer offer cut meats at low prices, advertised as the best value from the South Side Market. Prices and exact cuts are noted as offering superior value for shoppers seeking affordability.
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South Side
Crone & Lohrer
Nutt Couple Visits Winfield for Weekend
Mr and Mrs H T Nutt were passengers Saturday evening for Winfield for an over Sunday visit.
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H. T. Nutt
Winfield
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Lodge
Wu Ting Fang
United States
Chicago
Princess Lwoff Parlaghy
President Roosevelt
Princess Lwoff Paklaghy
Maud Stewart
Bowman Bros
Smith
North Side Shoe Store
Chas D. Gorham
North Side Square
Corner Square
Don Hawkins
Mgr
Masonic Fraternity
Third Degree
John H. Steck
W. M
A. H. Wallace & Son
J.C. Smith’s Cash Grocery
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