Local Socials Note Visits and Travel Updates
Miss Isebel Hoyman leaves for West Liberty then Cedar Rapids to visit relatives. Miss Grace Stone from Ainsworth arrives for a day. Miss Grace Applegate visits at parental home every Sunday in Ainsworth. Doris Robinson goes to Richland to stay with grandmother. Florence Rodman travels to Muscatine to visit relatives. Francelia Dickenson moves from Keota to Brighton for a morning visit. Mrs C L Chilcote heads to Fairfield to spend weeks with daughter Mrs James Dep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isebel Hoyman
West Liberty
Cedar Rapids
Grace Applegate of
Ainsworth
Applegate
Doris Robinson
Richland
Francelia Dickenson
Brighton
Keota
C. L. Chilcote
Fairfield
James Dep
Local society notes honor visiting friends and funeral matters
Mrs Seymour Martin and Mrs Dr Hinsdall of Keota spent yesterday with Mrs B Wright. Mr and Mrs M H Bickford of Keota attended the funeral of Mrs James Bickford and returned home. W G Robertson of Ainsworth spent this morning in Washington. Logan Ahrens Aspen iterdh at Oskaloosa with his son in hospital there. Mrs J C Huston and daughter Hippe of Crawfordsville came this morning to spend the day. Joseph T Stanhope of Toledo accompanied the body of his daughter Miss Alice Stanhope and left for home. Miss Helen Carson left for New York after the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour Martin
Dr. Hinsdall
Keota
Wright
M. H. Bickford
James Bickford
Logan Ahrens
Aspen
Iterdh
Oskaloosa
Mre
J. C. Huston
Hippe
Crawfordsville
Joseph T. Stanhope
Toledo
Alice Stanhope
Helen Carson
New York
Miss Stanhope
Terian Church
John Dodd
the Baptist Church
Washington
Prest-O-Lite Station visits and family funeral notices
Batteries charged at Prest-O-Lite stations on May 9 10 12 14 16. Mrs W B Wilde and Mrs W T White of Peoria along with Mrs Grace Anderson of Des Moines Mrs C B Slint of Montevideo and Mrs Anderson of Washington travel to Mrs Wilde s Peoria home for a weekend visit after attending the funeral of their niece Miss Alice Stanhope. Also a note calling for 20 worn women to sew buttons at home and a report that Miss Gladys Hawthorne went to West Liberty for a family visit over Sunday.
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W. BB. Wilde
Mre
W. T . White
Peoria
Grace Anderson
Dex Moines
Mra. C. BD
Slint
Montevedio
Minn
Anderson
Washington
Misa Gladys Hawthorne
West Liberty
Local shoppers note sales and errands around town
A jumble of notices lists battery services at Washington Motor Co and Exide Station with 75 cent charges, waists on sale for 98 cents, and a rack of wash dresses at low prices. People are visiting Ottumwa and Keota, with several residents traveling or at home for the weekend. Local schooling and church events are mentioned along with a reading by Maurine Mayhew at the Church of Christ.
Moon the smallest paper debuts in London
The Moon, a six page British publication printed in embossed type, appears from a national institute for the blind. It is the world’s smallest newspaper, measuring 11 by 14 inches and containing 700 words.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
National Institute For the Blind
The
Books as Levelers Perspective on Societal Equality
A concise reflection praising books as true levelers that grant universal access to the spiritual presence and achievement of humanity's finest minds to all who study them faithfully.
His Way Out In The Whisky Flask Bet Dialogue
A brief comic exchange features John the valet and his lordship in a witty wager about a whisky flask. The scene plays on clever wordplay and class contrast as the valet deflects a challenge with gentlemanly restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Revenue Bill Reshapes Tax Schedules Across Plan
The bill reshapes income tax rates with Senate and House versions diverging on brackets and surtaxes. Normal rates range from 2 to 6 percent, while surtaxes vary from 1 to 88 percent, scaling with income. Corporate tax shifts move to a partial rate plus undistributed profits surtaxes. Estate and gift taxes shift to new inheritance structures with tiered rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democrats
Senate
House
Board of Tax Appeals
Senate Finance Committee
Heilmann Maintains Lead In American League Batting
Chicago May 10 Heilmann of Detroit leads the American League with a .493 average after three weeks of play. He has 34 hits five home runs nine doubles and a current six game 12 hit stretch. Ty Cobb slips as Ken Williams and Joe Harris rise with .427 and .412 averages respectively. Babe Ruth tops homers with six while Barrett and Collins vie for stolen bases at seven and six.
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Chicago
Harry Heilmann
Detroit
Tigers
Detroiters
Yankees
Heilmann
Ty Cobb
Tiger
Ken Williams
Browns
Joe Harris
Red Sox
George Sisler
St. Louis Browns
Babe Ruth
Bill Barrett
White Sox
Eddie Collins
Barrett
Eddie
Summa
Cleveland
Meusel
New York
Cobb
Jamieson
Dugan
Veach
Boston
Simmons
Philadelphia
Sister
St. Louis
Sheely
Judge
Washington
Jacobson
Hooper
Rogers Horns
St. Louis Star
Zack Wheat
Brooklyn
Hornsby
Pittsburgh
Jacques Fournier
Dodgers
Cy” Williams
Phillies
Gabby” Hartnett
Cubs
Max Carey
Pirates
George Grantham
Carey
Kelly
Frisch
Grantham
Fournier
Grimes
Pinelli
Cincinnati
Harper
Cincinati
Bohne
Johnston
Heathcote
Blades
Olympic Village ready for 1924 athletes in Colombe
The Olympic Village near the stadium in Colombe has been completed and turned over to the French Olympic committee. It houses 300 athletes in two and four room villas with modern comforts. The United States requested four villas while Great Britain Italy and others secured several. Japan has declared its entire team will stay there.
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Columbes
France
Japan
United States
Great Britain
Italy
Finland
Spain
Belgium
Pierre de Coubertin
For Safety's Sake. Landlady and boarder exchange
A humorous exchange from a New York Sun and Globe column notes a landlady asking why Mr. Gay sings in the morning shower and the boarder replying the bathroom door won’t stay locked.
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Big Dan
Buck Jones
Christie
Y.mca
Atam
Ralph Lewis
Big
America
King Leary
Arch
Oxfords
Wilson's
Got
Grace Stone
Florence Rodman
Muscatine
W. G. Robertson
Ainswor
Lloyd Maxwell
Geo. Paul
McElhinney Drug Co
American Pearl Button Co
Ideal Bakery
Charles King
M. L. Rippey
Ford
Washington Motor Co
Ida Shearer
Roy McGuein
Willson’s
Edna Smith of
Adda Olive of
Mra
John McLaughlin
Ottumwa
D. A. Chalmers
Doris
Lee Stewart
Will Dupuis
Dempsey & Breitenbach
Hull
Boice
Des Moines
State Medical Society
H. J. Ward and Co
Florence Cunningham
State University
Iowa City
Helen Downs
Osceola
Cunningham
J. W. Scott
Church of Christ
Maurine Mayhew
Maurine
Women's Department of the Christian Church
Celesta Brinning
Dr. W
Law House Senate
Baptist Church
West Chester
Clinton Walton
Hazel Walters
Ruth Dayton
Ruth Sherbeck
W. O. Ralston
Nash
M. E. Church
Miss Leet
United Presby
No. 4 School
Marie Landau
Olympic
California
Florence Chambers
Washington Cleaners
Owen McGovern
W. D. Loftiss
West 2Nd Street
John Shields & Sons
Gust Bramer
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