Exceptional clever comedy with music at local playhouse
An unusually sharp music and comedy show will grace the local playhouse on May 9. Star Ralph Riggs leads a troupe of artistic dancers singers and comedians in what is billed as one of the season s best attractions. Nearby, Frank Barden reports his brother Sam Barden and Walter Coppock are en route to Colorado by auto after visiting the Lincoln Nebraska home of W. J. Bryan. The travelers report no major incidents and praise the journey. W. M. Maxwell arrived from Crawfordsville and will spend the day on business.
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Ralph Riggs
Frank Barden
Sam Barden
Walter Coppock
Colorado
Lincoln
Nebr
W. J. Bryan
William Quinn
Star
Sigourney
Roberts
Ida
Colorado Springs
Goldie Brier
Kate Frazey
Brighton
Frank McClean
Eva Crone
Happenings in the County Across Communities
Our correspondents report on local doings across the county including notable events, gatherings, and everyday news from the various towns and neighborhoods, highlighting community life, small milestones, and ongoing efforts shaping the region.
Sunday visits and birthday surprise in local area
Wm. Cherry's spent Sunday at Washington. Miss Dora Dunbar helps Mrs. Walter Johnson with housework. Roy Hesseltine and family of Havre and Wm. Anderson of Hillsboro visited Robert Dunbar over Sunday. About twenty friends surprised Dora Dunbar at her home last week for her birthday. Charles Baringer works for Lon Morgan. Ed Miller spent Tuesday at Frank Snider's near Eureka. Mrs. John Green is a Washington visitor today.
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Wm. Cherry
Washington
Dora Dunbar
Walter Johnson
Roy Hesseltine
Havre
Wm. Anderson
Hillsboro
Robert Dunbar
Charles Baringer
Lon Morgan
Ed Miller
Frank Snider
Eureka
John Green
Star Night Offers Gifts and Fresh Treats at Vienna
Local notes report Mr Sleepyhead at the Star tonight with every lady receiving a present. Vienna offers fresh nut fingers macaroons and kisses. Various residents travel for brief visits and returns, including Earl Hoyt to Oskaloosa and Miss Lou Vogt to Biltmore North Carolina. Several families host guests and plan arrivals from Brighton and Colorado Springs while local businesses welcome new proprietors and modify residences.
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Mr. Sleepyhead
Star
Earl Hoyt
Oskaloosa
Hazletts’ horse attack injures rider near Davenport
May 6 report from Davenport describes H D Hazlett returning from Washington with a horse. While riding another horse and leading the purchased one, he dropped the rein and was bitten on the arm by the second horse, tearing the arm and cutting above the eye two miles west of town. Medical aid arrived and prognosis expected swift recovery.
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Bills
Davenport
Eastern Star Lodge
H. D. Hazlett
Jim Clegg
West Chester
Washington
Economic Meat Tips From a Home Expert
A home meat expert outlines economical choices for a small family. He recommends a nine or ten pound pin bone piece with a pound fillet, plus tender and tall ends for roasting or stews. Emphasizes buying seasonal dry aged meat, and notes mutton and beef require proper aging. Suggests bullock sweetbreads at 35 cents per pound as calf substitutes, lambs liver, and using socket bone for stock as a cheaper alternative to leg meat.
Tray for Odds and Ends
A pressed glass tray with four compartments aids dressmakers by separating pins buttons hooks and eyes. Partitions adjust to enlarge compartments, allowing instant access to needed articles without sorting from a plate or saucer.
Local Visitors and Travel Flows Through Crawfordsville
John Taylor of Washington visited Crawfordsville yesterday. Tom Brown and Mrs. John Brown traveled to Iowa City to see John Brown in a hospital there. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Young went to Olds for a brief visit. Mrs. Wm. Twinam departed for Wyman to visit friends.
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John Taylor
Washington
Tom Brown
John Brown
Iowa City
Robert Young
Olds
Wm. Twinam
Wyman
Local visitors and home work in town May 6
May 6 notes show Win Smouse as a business visitor in town with carpenters soon to work on his planned house at the old place. H. A. Banta & Son of Columbus Junction are doing carpentry in town this week. W. F. Welleiver and daughter Lola visit Cedar Rapids, while Mrs. W. F. Welleiver stays in Washington with relatives. Pearl Sands returns home to Washington after weeks with relatives here.
Sunday school organized at Walnut schoolhouse
The Rev Mr Hulse of Keota organized a Sunday school at Walnut schoolhouse on Sunday at 5 o clock p.m. Mrs John Green was elected superintendent with Miss Blanche Helmick as assistant superintendent and Miss Della Fetters as secretary. Wm Cherry became treasurer, Mrs Earl Simpson librarian, Mrs Everett Shearer organist, and Miss Mary Cherry assistant organist. The young people will meet at the Shearer home Friday evening to practice singing.
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Hulse
Keota
Walnut Schoolhouse
John Green
Blanche Helmick
Della Fetters
Wm. Cherry
Earl Simpson
Everett Shearer
Mary Cherry
Shearer
Club Ignorant of American History Sparks City Debate
A Fifth Avenue luncheon sparks satire on culture classes as a sister questions the knowledge of American history among club members. The tale notes that many women misanswered basics like the first president and the first Supreme Court justice, calling for prizes to encourage society folk to learn U.S. history.
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Fifth Avenue
New York
United States
Supreme Court
George Washington
Europe
Queer Definitions From Public Exam Hints
Pupils offered curious meanings for words in a public examination. Reputation becomes how good you are written by others. Condense is a kind of milk. Millinery covers hats caps and women. Sympathy means to reason with anyone.
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