Local Happenings in Sus Fainsworth Area May Day
The column notes residents traveling and visiting nearby towns. Georgia and Eva Gookin rode to Muscatine yesterday morning. Mrs. F L Woodburn and her children Marion and Ka visited her parents in Washington. Several locals including Mrs. Turbott of Louisville, Rev P H McClanahan, and Mrs J P McClanahan were noted for recent travel or visits.
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P. H. McClanahan
Chicago
J. P. McClanahan
R. E. Rhea
Washington
Keota and Wellman Community Notices and Dying Remembrance
George W. Cady dies at Wever age 82 after moving from Lee county to near Keota then to Keota with family later to Wever. Funeral at Keota Baptist church conducted by Rev Ayrault. Survived by wife five sons and one daughter including Ida Orton. Local society and town news cover gatherings, visits, measles, births, and moves among residents.
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Keota
George W. Cady
Ida Orton
Wever
Iowa
Baptist Church
Ayrault
Mr. Cady
Lee County
Cady
Charles
Sioux Rapids
Perry
Lorenzo
Ernest
Harry
Humansville
Carl
A. A. Long
St. Louis
Woman's General Missionary Society
United Presbyterian Church
Post Office Hall
Dad Is Coming Home Song Framed By Simple Domestic Scene
A 1910 verse celebrates a father’s return home described through a hausfrau’s toil and children awaiting his arrival. The piece portrays loving, steady family life as the core of a nation’s prize with a hopeful, comforting tone.
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Dad
Local residents travel and visit in Washington
Miss Edna Moore was shopping in Washington today. Mrs. Thomas Harding, visiting relatives in Rock Island, returned home this evening. Mrs. Julia Brown and two children were in Washington today. Miss Rachel Parrow of Fresno, California arrived to visit her parents. Miss Mary Prockway returned home after visiting Nichols West Branch and Coneville. R. E. Rhea was a Washington visitor today. Mr. A J Peterson shopped there and Mr. and Mrs. J H Rhea of Crawfordsville visited their son Robert Rhea and wife yesterday. Mrs. J A Glendenning and two children Janet and Jean, visiting her parents in Bloomfield, returned home this evening.
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Ainsworth
Edna Moore
Washington
Thomas Harding
Rock Island
Julia Brown
Rachel Parrow
Fresno
Calfornia
Parrow
Mary Prockway
Nichols West Branch
Coneville
R. E. Rhea
A. J. Peterson
J. H. Rhea
Crawfordsville
Robert Rhea
J. A. Glendenning
Janet
Jean
West Chester Lecture Tickets Sell Slow Then Improve
In West Chester on May 13 the lecture course committee reports ninety tickets sold with plans to sell ninety more. Augustine and Lewis shipped hogs to Muscatine, Jacob Hotle delivered hogs here, Aaron Huber delivered logs. Miss Grace Schwartz closed a year at DeLong school with a picnic and good time. Frank Mull of Muscatine was here on business Thursday. Dr Caldwell Rev Graham and Rev Baumgarten were present.
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West Chester
Augustine & Lewis
Muscatine
Jacob Hotle
Aaron Huber
Grace Schwartz
DeLong School
Frank Mull
J. Caldwell
W. F. Graham
C. E. Baumgarten
Canvassing for Season Tickets At Oskaloosa Mahaska Day
Canvassing for season tickets offered at $1.50 each or two for $3.00 or three for $4.50. Al Augustine and family attended Mahaska day at Oskaloosa Thursday. Dave McLaughlin was here on business Thursday.
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al Augustine
Oskaloosa
Dave McLaughlin
Richland High School Commencement Tonight at Opera House
The Richland High School will hold its commencement exercises at the opera house next Friday night with twelve graduates. Ernest Jackson of Cedar Rapids is stopping in town visiting relatives. Mrs. J. Hunt returns to Des Moines after a brief visit. Mrs. Z Bales and Mrs. J McConnell depart for Canada to spend the summer with their children. Mr and Mrs Ban Waters celebrate the birth of a daughter. Rev and Mrs J Sopher depart for Washington to attend the National Sunday School convention and hear President Taft.
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Oskaloosa
Charles Y. Shurts
W. C. Fish
Chicago
Carl Rust
Pelta
Jack Longman
L. E. Hulse
South Dakota
J. KR. Hanley
Josephin
Centerville
J. F. Robertson
Charles Unger
Baby
Frankfort
Ind
Mr. Unger
Richland High School
Opera House
Ernest Jackson
Cedar Rapids
Louisiana
J. Hunt
Des Moines
Z. Bales
J. McConnell
Canada
Ban Waters
J. Sopher
Washington, D. C
Taft
Unlucky social at United Presbyterian in Crawfordsville
The Christian Union society hosted an Unlucky social at the H Manners home on Friday the 13th. Guests passed under a ladder and hunted for four leaf clovers and other signs of bad luck while pantomimes and stories filled the evening. Miss Jennie Lease won a prize for finding hidden clovers. Refreshments included fruit cocktail and wafers.
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Henry Crooks
C. J. Sherry
Hallie
Vessa Wiley
Dot Williams
F. E. Young
Edna
John Cochran
Henry Hough
N. J. Lease
Accie Clapper
Sarah Yeager
T. W. Rickey
J. G. Maxwell
Isaac Wilson
Washington
Christian Union Society of the United Presbyterian Church
H. Manners
Jennie Lease
Married Men Urged to Return Home After Work
A brief court-like admonition from Judge Willis urges married men to go straight home after work to cure life’s troubles. The message presents a domestic guidance tone rather than a formal ruling. The remark appears as a civic or moral note in a periodical.
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Judge Willis
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