Local Society Notes and Church Meetings
Miss Alliene Bailey invites. Ladies Aid meets at Mrs. Elias Handy on West Second. Twentieth Century Reading Circle gathers tonight with Mrs. H. F. Samon. Household Economics meets with Mrs. Bishop on North Iowa Avenue Tuesday at 2 30. Epworth League annual business meeting and social at 7 50 tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church
Elias Handy
West Second Street
The
Epworth League
Bans Read at St James Church for Dr J A Marie and Miss Matilda
Yesterday morning at St James church the bans for the marriage of Dr J A Marie and Miss Matilda Harmeier were read for the first time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James Church
J. A. Marie
Matilda Harmeier
Washington High Seniors entertained by Miss Veda Striyer
Friday evening Miss Veda Striyer graciously entertained the Washington high school seniors at her West Second street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veda Striyer
The
Washington High School
Second Street
Funeral of Mrs Abram Pearson Held at Pearson Home
Funeral services for Mrs Abram Pearson were held yesterday at 10 a.m. at the Pearson home seven miles northeast of the city. Rev. Gilbert Voorhies of Haskins Presbyterian church conducted the rites and interment followed in Elm Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abram Pearson
Pearson
Gilbert Voorhies
Haskins Presbyterian Church
Elm Grove Cemetery
Card of Thanks for Ollie Devel Family
Mr and Mrs Charles B Devel and family thank friends and neighbors for kindnesses during the long illness and at the death of their daughter and sister Ollie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Devel
Ollie
DeLong Family Returns to Crawfordsville
Mr and Mrs Allen DeLong and their son Claus returned to Crawfordsville this morning after spending Sunday in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen DeLong
Claus
Crawfordsville
City
Walter Hughes Visits City with Parents
Walter Hughes passed through the city this morning and visited briefly with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hughes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Hughes
Mrs
W. H. Hughes
Local residents arrive from several nearby towns
Will Hokenkamp arrives from Muscatine and Mrs. E. A. Henderson travels to Fairfield. Dewhirst family returns to Oskaloosa. Miss Sarah Crawford arrives from Crawfordsville. Mrs. Dave Lemon visits Pleasant Plains. Grace Smith Leona Colthurst Ella Porter return from Ainsworth. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Matthews come back from an over Sunday stay in Ainsworth. Rev. H. H. Brownell returns to Monmouth after a visit in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Hokenkamp
Muscatine
E. A. Henderson
Fairfield
J. T. Matthews
Ainsworth
H. H. Brownell
Monmouth
City
Canal Employes 27000 in April at Panama Canal
The Panama Canal company reported 27 000 employees on its April rolls with 5 000 paid in gold and 22 000 in silver. The workforce exceeds the French company’s record by 9 000, and the May tally notes continued employment growth.
Perkins Precinct Drives Cummins Lead in Highland Caucus
County caucus returns show Bailey for judge with a liberal majority at next county convention. Perkins precinct reports a strong 28 to 3 governorship vote for Perkins, with numerous delegates listed from Highland and surrounding townships and wards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey
Judge
Wrockhart
Cummies
Perkins
Highland Township
Cummins
Wellman
H. G. Moore
M. ©. Struble
H. L. Foster
C. Gardner
A. L. Palmer
F. B. Rickey
Jesse Longwell
C. F. Shaffer
B. P. Shaver
N. Bh. Dorrance
W. B. Darnell
W. L. Romine
I. N. Carr
A. J. Nichols J. D., Yoder
M. L. Wetetar
W. T. Hamilton
Auction Notice by Ed L. Spahr Public Auctioneer
Auctioneer Ed L. Spahr announces regular Saturday auctions at 2 PM in front of the former Thomas Chilcote second hand store three doors south of Casey's livery barn. He invites items for listing. Rev. Elias Handy heads to Shell Rock to address the Cedar Falls district Epworth League convention this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Chilcote
Casey’s
Ed L. Spahr
Elias Handy
Shell Rock
Cedar Falls
Epworth League
Consumption of Liquor Across Nations
American drinkers are described as moderate compared with global totals. The United States averages one and a third gallons of pure alcohol annually per person including women and children, while France records three and a half gallons. Other nations range from Belgium, Switzerland two and four fifths gallons to Norway about half a gallon, with Sweden at one and a sixth. The piece notes Americans drink one and a third gallons of proof spirits, one third of a gallon of wine, and sixteen and a quarter gallons of malt liquors yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Pearson’s Magazine
Mecca Mecca Ecstasy Described by Ibn Jubayr
In Everybody's piece "With the Pilgrims to Mecca" Ibn Jubayr Ali of Bandar Adaa depicts Mecca during the hajj as a vast solemn shrine. The Kaaba looms in a sea of white robed pilgrims, with silver nailed doors and a gold rain spout, while voices rise in prayer and the Talbih chant fills the air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mecca
Ibn Jubayr Ali
Bandar Adaa
Ishmael
Mina
The Sense of Smell and Gas Phase Theory
Dr John Aitken argues smell is triggered by gases or vapors rather than solid particles. He tested musk and twenty three other odorous substances, finding no solid nuclei and concluding odors arise from gaseous particles in air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Aitken
Aitken
Beauty and the Beast Remark Sparks Broadway Duel
A prominent southern churchman visiting New York with his wife faced taunts from two young men on Broadway. The husband swiftly knocked out the instigator after a jeer about his wife, declaring I am a man of peace, but I never allow anyone to call my wife a beast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Broadway
New York Tribune
Women and Reindeer Dower in Lapland
In Lapland a newborn girl receives a dower of branded reindeer after a ceremonial birth rite. The more reindeer she accrues, the better her prospects for a favorable marriage, as these animals become her special property and mark her social standing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lapland
Prohibition County Convention Chooses Delegates
The Prohibition county convention met Saturday night in city hall to select delegates and alternates for the state convention in Des Moines on May 22 and 23. W. S. Runyon was elected chairman for the year, with a slate of delegates and alternates named, including Rev. W. R. Sawhill and Rev. Elias Handy among the delegates and S. P. Keifer and J. H. McCleary among the alternates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prohibition County
Des Moines
W.S. Runyon
W. R. Sawhill
Elias Handy
Dite McMasters
R. G. Vincent
Frank Boling
Robert Cherry
W. S. Runyon
H. BE. McCollum
Charles Corette
Frank Bacon
J. A. Kyle
G. G. Vincent
S. P. Keifer
D. H. Mcloughlin
Wm. Hamil
Isaiah Taylor
Wm. Coppock
John Jaynes
Howard Laughead
J. H. McCleary
Chas. Atkinson
Albert Kuhn
John Bryson
Geo. Alexander
Blair Family Visit Stirs Brighton Attendance
Chas. Blair and his wife and son were visitors in Brighton yesterday, drawing local notice and word of their appearance around town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Blair
Brighton
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertisement and testimonials
One hundred dollar reward offer for an incurable case of catarrh using Hall's Catarrh Cure. Endorsed by Walding Kinnan Marvin and others, with 15 years of acquaintance with F J Cheney and assurance of his firm's reliability. Internal remedy claims to reach blood and mucous surfaces. Price 75 cents. sold by all druggists. Family Pills for constipation promoted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
I. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Steck
East Side
H. F. Steck
Ss Society
Alliene Bailey
Twentieth Century Reading Circle
H. F. Sameon
Mrs Pearson
Miseas Grace Smith
Leona Colthurst
Ella Porter
Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Greene
John G. A. Leishman
Turkey
Paris
St. Petersburg
Maxim Gorky
Bonaparte
Argentina
Aaron Kronkle Hughes
Washington
Anna Depew
Upper Sandusky
Senator Depew
James Mills
Pittsburg Post
Washington, Pa
J. J. Spouffer
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Columbia Pharmacy
J. E. Lemmon
Prop
Brookhart
Eral
Oregon
J. B. Spencer
F. Li. Jackson
T. H. Will
A. E. Sands
W. S. Eldridge
Jesse Marr
J. Eb. Adams
W.tl. Trotter
Fred Sands
J. C. Edmundson
Clay
C. Bi. Morgan
Geo. Whittaker
F. EK. Mikesh
Ford Brier
Jackson
Geo. W. Reed
Oevar Davis
Charley Noacker
Will Kerr
Marion
Ed Benson
Ed Linty
Will Darbyshire
Ward Essley
Geo. Hopping
Nira
Harry England
Joe McClelland
Ad White
Richmond
Newt Arnold
Banks Mouser
John Gresian
Highland
Sam Anderson
Robert Gardner
J. G. Fordyce
L. F. Woodburo
West Chester
Chris Pauer
A. G. Leet
J. D. Dayton
Kalona
F. &. Skola
A. L. Kepler
A. G. Snider
Wm. Smith
Levi Troyer
Franklin Center
Harry Klegse
Blues Dill
Fred Mauthe
Washington Township
W.A. Birbey
James Palmer
G. M. Stewart
T. L. Dodds
T. T. Maxwell
W. W Wilson
T. J. McMillan
BE. R. Harvey
al Eldridge
Dutch Creek
U. KE
C. G., Tilden
W. J. Kueneman
Wm. McCreedy
Washington City
Geo. Ross
Sam Gardner
Ralph Livingston
Ira Sproull
Frank Webb
John Rupp
M. H. Sweet
E.G. Fox
J. M. Lytle
W. A. Shannon
Wm. Long
W. Livingston
E. D. Morrison
J. A. Y. Ashby
J. L. Brookhart
C. C. Cunningham
A H. Essiey
M. W.S
Norway
Quality”Rear Pet
Washington, Iowa
Prohibition County Convention
Louisville Varnish CO
Louisville
McElhinney Drug Coq
Cash Grocery
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!