Doings of the People in Dublin and County
Community notes from Dublin dated May 9 1912 report visits by J Th McCaleb and W F E Augustine to relatives, Mrs Sowash improving after illness, Hettie Myers returning from Des Moines, Ladies Aid cleaning Bethel church, cattle delivered to West Chester, busy plowing and planting, neighbors visiting Eddie Myers, visits to Richland, carpenters building a barn for Dr Engle.
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Dublin
J. Th. McCaleb
W. FE
Augustine
BE. D. Sowash
West Chester
Jake Myers
Eddie Myers
George Mangold
Geo. Frain
Mable Banks
Richland
Kate Bales
Dr. Engle
Local Visitors and Travel Highlights from Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville notes dated May 10, 1912 list Dr. C W Stewart and two daughters Ralph Smith W M Keeley and several Washington residents visiting yesterday. Le Mars Colorado guests James Martin and family arrive to visit relatives. Medical society meeting in Burlington noted by Dr S W Huston Dr N J Lease. Local trips include Mr and Mrs Eri L Davis and a death prompting Bert Jeffrey's sister. Washington visitors include Maud Bozeman family Chas Long Jennie Long Jno Brown and others.
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Crawfordsville
C. W. Stewart
Ralph Smith
W. M. Keeley
Howard McCleery
Washington
James Martin
le Mar
Colo
S. W. Huston
N. J. Lease
Burlington
State Medical Society
Eri. L. Davis
Bert Jeffrey
Ainsworth
Mr. Jeffrey
Miss Jeffrey
Wilkinson
Lockridge
Iowa
Maud Bozeman
Chas. Long
Jennie Long
Jno. Brown
L. Ll. Teas
Geo. Tens
Elizabeth Moore
Vogeldesang
Rain and Complaints Grip a Wry Farmer
A farmer laments alternating rain and sun as it affects crops. The narrator notes the farmer’s recurring gripes about weather, winds, and the weather bureau while praising occasional sunshine and predicting his endless woes about harvests.
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James
Tie
Weather Bureau
Gilliford Family Visits Oldbury Farmers Leave for Chicago
Mr Gilliford a farmer from Oldbury Kansas and Mrs Gilliford visiting her brother for two weeks impressed locals. They departed this morning for Chicago.
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Nations
Gilliford
Oldbury
Kansas
Train wreck near Kalona exits with cattle and hog deaths
Excitement in Kalona on Sunday as a west Kalona train wreck left four cattle and two hogs killed and several injured. Track cleared by Monday. Local moves include Kern Bros purchasing two new buggies and families visiting relatives in Wellman and OsKaloosa.
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Kalona
Here
Kern Bros
Snair & Allen's
Fred Skola
Washington
W. W. Miller
Wellman
Tom Adams
John Sakulin
Emmet Louck
Moline
Geo
Saur
North English
Press Figgins
M. Adams
Oskaloosa
Myrtle Snyder
West Chester Social Notes and Local Memorials
Miss Ruth James of California visits at the James Daniels home. Geo James noted as first Rock Island agent and postmaster. Dave Baker, brother of Mrs Augustine, dies near What Cheer. funeral Sunday. Aura Hopkinson returns home to help sister Alsey, who has la shppe, left Burling ton for work. West Chester contracts a new lecture course headlined by the Dunbar bell ringers.
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West Chester
Ruth James
California
James Daniels
Geo. James
Rock Island Railroad
Aura Hopkinson
Alsey
Lashppe
Burlington
al Augustine
Dave Baker
Keola
Dunbar Bell Ringers
Photographers Hold Annual Convention in Ottumwa
Reports from three Iowa Photographers association committees were delivered at the twenty second annual convention session in Ottumwa on May 10. Demonstrations on new portraiture methods highlighted the afternoon with a theatre party for about 800 visitors tonight. Committeemen named include W W Ferguson Denison and Thomas Wales Davenport.
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Ottumwa
Iowa Photographers’ Association
W. W. Ferguson
Denison
Thomas Wales
Davenport
H. K E. Veiland
Sioux City
F. P. McMillan
Red Oak
John Reeves
Pella
George Fahr
Juniors Visit Alma Humston for Pleasant Evening
The junior class guests of Miss Alma Humston were invited to her home three miles northwest of the city. They arrived by auto and carriage, enjoyed games and stunts performed by seniors, and refreshments were served during a pleasant evening.
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Alma Humston
Humston
Knickerbocker Stock Company at Graham Theatre Tonight
Tonight the Knickerbocker Stock company presents Across the Great Divide with Dolores in the lead role played by Miss Yoder for two seasons. The performance offers full scenic equipment and 10 20 and 30 cent pricing, with a matinee on Saturday. Last night they staged The Young Wife, starring Miss Lynne Yoder, with Berry Jean Hunter Keasey and Har ry Dorrity delivering notable specialties. The Kilties band visit on Saturday May 18 and recount a Fiji Islands parade where locals misidentified Donald MacCormack in Highland costume, sparking a humorous scene with native women.
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Knickerbocker Stock Company
Dolores
Miss Yoder
Graham Theatre
William Dillon
Lynne Yoder
Miss Berry Jean
Hunter Keasey
Harry Dorrity
Graham
Suva
Fiji Islands
Donall MacCormack
Donald
Currie Host Witnesses Gilliford Cur rie Nuptials
About 17 guests gathered at Rev J C Currie's home to witness the marriage of Chae J Gilliford of Oldbury Kansas and Lydia L Currie of Sterling Kansas. Rev J C Currie officiated as violinist Virginia Walker played the wedding march. The decor featured pink and white flowers with carnations and candles. The bride wore a white embroidered dress and carried white carnations. A three course supper was served by Misses Laurene Moore Emma Wonderly Lois Maxwell and Cecil Walker.
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Crawfordsville
J. C. Currie
Chae
J. Gilliford
Oldbury
Kansas
Lydia L. Currie
Sterling
Virginia Walker
Laurene Moore
Emma Wonderly
Lois Maxwell
Cecil Walker
Grace Hill Community Notes May 10 1912
Grace Hill events include Mr and Mrs H H Beitel visiting at Al Rales on Sunday and Edith Miller arriving home from Kalispell Montana. Rehmel and Anderson families visited relatives in Washington. Harv Corpman and G Lemley hauled hogs to Chester with nine teams. Grace Hill Ladies Aid met at Mrs C C Strohm's. Lon Beitel repaired grace hill parsonage. Sam Henry worked near Valley at Mike Greiners.
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Grace Hill
H. H. Beitel
al Rale’s
N. T. Rehmel
Frank Anderson
Washington
Harv. Corpman
Geo. Lemley
Chester
Sentimental Woman Theme In Browne Note
A quoted line attributed to Junius Henri Browne reflects on love and sacrifice as sentimentality. The remark contrasts maidens dying for love with lasting remembrance in a Pantheon of feeling.
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Junius Henri Browne
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Petition
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for an incurable case of catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood and mucous system remedy. It includes endorsements from F J Cheney & Co and the National Bank of Commerce Toledo. It notes price 75 cents per bottle and urges sales by druggists and a related product Hall's Family Pills.
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Hall
I. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
National Bank OF Commerce
Strength of Tiny Insects Outpulls Humans And Horses
An article cites John J. Ward noting amazing insect strength. It describes a poplar hawk moth caterpillar pulling about 25 times its weight, a blowfly dragging 170 times its weight, and a bumble bee lifting a load over 300 times its own weight, comparing to horse or human strength.
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Little Bee
Strand Magazine
John J. Ward
Desperate Effort to Save Stranded Schooner Near Inlet
Desperate crews battle to reach a schooner blown ashore near the inlet where the Cherokee stranded seven years ago. Captain Castro conducts a thrilling rescue of twenty six passengers from a power boat as the vessel lists on the rocks. Thousands watch as efforts continue to save the unknown schooner before it breaks apart.
Riot at Cayuca colliery leaves workers and police wounded
Special to Evening Journal reports a fierce riot at the Cayuca colliery of the Lackawanna railway. A mob of seven hundred attacked police who fired into the crowd as women led the assault using themselves as shields. Two policemen injured and several workers wounded.
Hobby horse doubles as exercise device from Illinois inventor
An Illinois inventor creates a hobby horse on a stand with spiral springs and a tensioning device. Children bounce on it to simulate galloping and gain physical benefits while playing. Adults can use it to loosen legs as well.
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Illinois
Generation to Generation Dialogue on Family Cooking
Mrs B recalls her husband’s praise of his mother’s cooking. Mrs W jokes that the couple’s own sons will similarly talk about family meals after marriage.
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