Local arrivals and visits headline community notes
Oscar Jones arrived from Cotter yesterday. Smylie came from Crawfordsville for a city visit. Rev Mills J Taylor returned from Burlington after Sunday preaching. James Boyd Sr returned from Has kins. Mrs H Davis returned from Wayland after her granddaughter’s graduation. John Matthews left for Pittsburg to attend a United Presbyterian church assembly. Mrs Edwin Griffith and daughter Mary left for Wyman for E G Jackson’s eighteth birthday. Charley Clendenning visited from Centerville with his brother Dave, en route to Keota. Will Roberts family returned from an over Sunday visit to Cotter. Rev and Mrs W G Robertson from Crawfordsville traveled to Pittsburg for the general assembly. Robertson to take a month’s vacation.
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Fox & Dewey
the Royal
Oscar Jones
Cotter
Smylie
Crawfordsville
Mills J. Taylor
Burlington
James Boyd
Haskins
H. Davis
Wayland
John Matthews
Pittsburg
General Assembly
The
United Presbyterian Church
Edwin Griffith
Mary
Wyman
E.G. Jackson
Charley Clendenning
Centerville
Dave
Keota
Will Roberts
Beula
W. G. Robertson
General Assembly of
Robertson
Golden Medical Discovery claims aged care and cures
Dr Pierce claims his Golden Medical Discovery and allied preparations cure a wide range of ailments from indigestion and biliousness to chronic catarrh and bronchial coughs. The ad touts printed on bottle labels full ingredient lists and oath attestation, promoting natural roots and glycerine as key components and recommending Sage’s Catarrh Remedy for nasal passages.
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Dr. Pierce
Nature
Pierce
Presidential Snapshots of White House Winners Face Value
A contemplation of presidential leaders, noting many came from distinguished backgrounds, with many lawyers among them. The piece extols their appearance, character, and moral stature, comparing them to other sovereign rulers in spirit and intellect.
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White House
Washington
Taylor
Grant
Henrys
Websters
Clays
Bryan
Adamses
Lincoln
Garfield
Jefferson
Monroe
Jackson
The Presidential Portrait and the Next Candidate
By James A. Edgerton the piece explores how the president embodies national unity and character, noting that most leaders have been soldiers or lawyers. It analyzes height, age, origin, and names, then surveys possible 1920s hopefuls like Harmon, La Follette, Foraker, Bryan, Taft, and Cortelyou, concluding no clear favorite fits all criteria.
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James A. Edgerton
White House
Grover
Ben
Bill
Teddy
Judson Harmon
Robert M. la Follette
Foraker
Bryan
George Gray
Joseph G Cannon
Hughes
Taft
John A. Johnson
Cortelyou
Joe Folk
Chanter
Fairbanks
Knox
The Twenty-Fifth President Roosevelt and US Presidency
A reflective piece exploring the presidency as a national household topic. It reviews Roosevelt as the twenty-fifth official leader, contrasts numbering with Cleveland, and muses on birth months, ages, and term lengths of past presidents. It weighs public interest in leaders against a light, philosophical take on history.
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Roosevelt
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Washington
Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
Two Thugs Guilty of Murder in Omaha Saloon Case
Omaha May 25 Two robbers named Gerald Smith and Charles Blair are jailed after an attempt to rob John Wrede’s saloon in South Omaha. Wrede was shot four times and died. He identified both assailants before losing consciousness, arresting one at the scene and the other later by police.
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Harrison
Tyler
Taylor
Fillmore
Johnson
Garfiell
Arthur
William Henry Harrison
Lincoln
Garfield
McKinley
Virginia
Ohio
New York
North Carolina
Massachusetts
Kentucky
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Vermont
Tennessee
Lt. Jois
Indiana
Louisiana
John Quincy Adams
Omaha
Gerald Smith
Charles Blair
John Wrede
South
Wrede
Tornado touches down in Council Bluffs May 26
A small tornado swept the western part of Council Bluffs destroying barns fences and small outbuildings. It uprooted trees and toppled telegraph telephone and electric railway poles, causing scattered damage across the area.
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Council Bluffs
Burglars Steal 63 Dollars From Mercantile Store
Coal City Indiana on May 25 burglars forced the safe with nitroglycerin and fled with 63 dollars. No clues to their identity have been found.
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Coal City
Ind
Mercantile Company
Local Soldier and Kinross Visit Tale
P. J. Hanley arrived home Saturday evening from Kinross where he has been visiting relatives. Homer H. Kronn is back from the Philippines after enlistment and discharge from the regular service. He served with Troop B, 4th cavalry, at Ft. Meade, South Dakota, leaving the Philippines last October as a sergeant.
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P. J. Hanley
Kinross
Homer Hkrown
Philippines
4Th Cavalry
Ft. Meade
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