Local notes and visits from Keokuk to Sigourney
Keokuk resident Smith Hamill visits Keokuk friends while Mrs Teeter travels to Keota and many residents, including the Lembonen and Yockey families, move through Washington Sigourney and Davenport for visits and events. Washington high school notes a baseball win over Winfield with upcoming Sigourney game. High school commencement and local shopping, studio ads, and travel to Crawfordsville and Ainsworth appear throughout.
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Washington High School
Winfield
Sigourney
Jack Strongheart Traps Giant in Forest Tale
In a bedtime tale a boy named Jack Strongheart is mocked by townsfolk for wanting to stop a giant pest. He sneaks to the giant’s cave, paints lifelike spiders, the giant wakes and drowns chasing them, and the town names Jack mayor, dubbing him Jack the Wise.
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Mamma
Jack Strongheart
Jack
Egypt
Jack the Wise
Daddy
Local Social Notes and Fresh Candy at Ross Drug
The city saw shoppers from Mrs. C. D. Chapel Mrs. W. A. Goble and Mrs. Sherd Wilson of Ainsworth Miss Edith Chesney from Keota and Miss Anna Eagle with others visiting friends in the city. Mrs Letts of Chicago to visit Marion Anderson home and Davenport and Moline trips noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.waterman
Fairfield
John Yockey
Joe Lohberger
Iowa City
E. B. Knox
Keota
John Lowry
L. A. Brier
A. W. Hamil
Hubert
City
D. Curry
What Cheer
Iowa
Mary Bush
Keola
Myrtle Coop
John Belville
Lena Shafer
Crawfordsville
West Chester
O. KE. Lewis
Burlington
M. E. Brown
Ainsworth
Sarah Campbell
Rebecca Proudfit
Hubert Nicola
H. L. Kendall
Ross’ Drug Store
C. D. Chapel
W. A. Goble
Edith Chesney
Mrs. Letts
Chicago
Marion Anderson
Anna Eagle
Mathis Lorain
Davenport
Clara Shugg
Moline
Moving Books: Better with Small Boxes and Bundles
The moving company head advocates using small boxes for books citing less damage and easier handling. He notes long narrow book boxes with handles for storage, warns barrels ruin books and large boxes cause injuries, and suggests tying books in small bundles with strong paper and twine.
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New Idea Woman's Magazine
The Drummer's Sermon on Cigars and Men
A cigar salesman, mistaken for a man of the cloth, delivers a platform sermon comparing men to cigars. He notes wrappers mislead about filler, fame vs substance, front stage vs home reality, and that all men, like cigars, end in ashes. The piece cites the San Francisco Chronicle.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Moods Unknown to Nature Quote by Auerhach
A clipped quotation states that moods belong to man alone, while nature itself has none, attributed to Auerhach.
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Auerhach
Origin of Commerce Traced to Phoenicians
The Phoenicians originated international commerce long before other nations. Their ships sailed the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts reaching Tyre and Tyre’s colonies, trading dyes and wool. They established a merchant marine that persisted into Greek and Roman eras and into modern Italy republics.
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Mediterranean
Atlantic
British Isles
Phoenicians
Greece
Rome
Italy
New York American
Education and Ambition Amid Narrow Life Choices
A brief note discusses how limited opportunities curb ambition and steer people toward settling for minor roles or distractions, framing education as a path to wider prospects and personal fulfillment.
Methodist class to bid farewell to Miss Jericho
The B E B Class of the Methodist church hosts a basement banquet this evening to honor their teacher Miss Marie Jericho. Fifteen junior high students from the high school attended a group outing to the Star theater last night, continuing their reputation for lively gatherings.
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Milo Smith
George Brown
Ina Gearhart
Jessie Adams
Wellman
Crawfordsville
The
Methodist Church
Marie Jericho
Star Theare
Rest Room Association and Degree of Honor Meet Tonight
The Rest Room Association plans a Saturday afternoon meeting at 2 p.m. at the Rest Room. The Degree of Honor schedules its regular gathering tonight and all members are urged to attend. The Ladies Aid Society of the M. & (incomplete) is mentioned in the notice.
Church Sewing Session and Meeting Notice
The Woman's Mission Circle of the Baptist church will hold an all day sewing tomorrow in the lecture room. The church will meet tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock in the basement. Members are asked to bring scissors and thimbles. The Bethlehem Commandery will hold its regular meeting on Friday evening May 20 at 7 30 with Wilber Miller EC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman'’s Mission Circle of the Baptist Church
Hinitis Templar
Bethlehem Commandery
Wilber Miller
Foley Kidney Pills End Backache Says Comrade
Commander Julius A Pratt Post member Isaac Cook describes relief from backache and kidney pains after two months of Foley Kidney Pills. He says the pills reduced painful bladder issues, improving his health and he will recommend them to friends and comrades through drugstore opportunities.
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Isaac Cook
Kewanee, Hi
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Fox & Dewey
Kodak
Frey's
Smith Hamil
Keokuk
John Teeter
Mrs. C. W. Long
Washington Vs. Sigourney
Mrs. R. D. Lemon
Maud Limerman
Mary McKelvy
Corydon
Ball Park
William Dawson
Brighton
Mrs. Allen
Wayland
Rev. B. Jacobsmeier
Frank Knoteck
Joe Schnoeblen
Riverside
J. M. Walsh
Pleasant Plain
St. Joseph's Church
Wright
W. R. Sawhill
M. &. Sawhill
Vinton
Frey
Daniel Leichty
Noble
Washington
Sigourney, Which
India
West Side
H. E. McCollum
Addie Rickey
Bowman Bros
Tom Dewess
RE. F. Riley
Hill McCleary
Maud Moreland
Helen Stewart
Des Moines
Hazel Webb
R. D. McFarlane
Olive Wilson
Minneapolis, Minn
Mort Keeley
Ray Minick
South Dakota
Ella Proudfit
Mary Clark
J. T. Clark
William Edgington
Simons
Susie H Edgington
Tressa Stephens
Blanche McConnell
Verdi
G. W. Black
Allen C. EB. League
A. M. E. Church
the Royal
Postoffice
Stuart & Son
the Evening Journal
Airdome
O. J. Simons
C. A. Monson
John Thompson
Hiome
Marie
Adama
Amos White
Nettie Finney
Allerton
Ethel Bestor
Golden State Limited
Milwaukee
Wis
Milton White
Caner Music CO
Just
China
Good Clothes Store
Rest Room Association
P. m
Sors
Degree of Honor
the Ladies Aid Society of the
Julius A. Pratt
Dept. HL
G. Alr
Love Brothers
Mellotone
Lowe Brothers
Emmons Pharmacy
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