Local notices and social items from Fairfield area
Local column lists visits and departures among Fairfield residents including Miss Jennie Coop of Fairfield visiting John Bellville, Joe Clyde returning to Iowa City after a home visit, and Miss Mary Masson returning to Oskaloosa. Also notes sales at The Fair for sherbets ice cream and croquet sets, plus various ads for sewing machines, plastering, and groceries.
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Jennie Coop
Fairfield
John Bellville
Joe Clyde
Iowa City
Mary Masson
Oskaloosa
D. J. Masson
Kate Buckley
Otto P. Dede
Star To Night At The Star A Funny Photo Feature
The item highlights the Star Theatre program with the most photographed man and Bunny in a good comedy. Also notes about the Fair and Miss Alice Taylor becoming principal of West Chester school for the coming term. Other notices include local business moves and Decoration Day activities.
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Mc Myall
Bessie
H. A. Otto
Edith
Harold
Wapello
Mr. Otto
The
Star Tonight
Bunny
Alice Taylor
West Chester
Princess Atalanta’s Race Ends In Lions’ Curse
Evelyn longs to run like Jack and hears of Atalanta a swift princess who loved racing. Hippomenes wins by three golden apples causing Atalanta to lose. They wed but offend a god and are transformed into lions, a tale from ancient Greece.
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Velyn
Jack
Evelyn
Daddy
Acadia
Hippogenes
Onin
Fio
Atalanta
Bins
Hippomenes
Doctor administers Holdtite amid pocketbook obstacle
The report notes a physician tried to apply Holdtite but failed to reach the patient’s pocketbook, implying the pocketbook hindered treatment. The dialogue suggests a humorous taking of the situation where medical action was blocked by a missing wallet.
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Holdtite
Rich Find of Old Silver Coins Near Ribe Denmark
More than 2 000 silver coins were unearthed in a field near Ribe the oldest town on Denmarks west coast. The short cross coins date from England under Henry II through Henry III bearing the name Henry and minted mainly at London Canterbury and Winchester.
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Ribe
Jutland
Denmark
England
Henry II
Richard I
John
Henry III
Henry
London
Canterbury
Winchester
Reptiles with Long Lives Told in Historic Tales
The text notes sacred crocodiles in India said to exceed a hundred years and Madagascar giant tortoises famed for vast age estimates. It mentions a Cape Town governor's garden tortoise believed 120 when arriving eighty years ago, with sevenity possibly still present.
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India
Madagascar
Capetown
Plans for Creation of Admirals for the Navy
The naval appropriation bill proposes two admirals and two vice admirals for the U S Navy without increasing tag officers or expanding the retired list. Admirals would command the Atlantic and Pacific fleets with vice admirals as second in command, holding rank only while in those commands and reverting to rear admiral when detached. The scheme aims to enable rapid promotion of rear admirals and avoid permanent rank inflation.
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United States Navy
Eet
House Naval Committee
Secretary of the Navy
Forty-Year Romance Ends in Philadelphia Wedding
Samuel Hauptil of Dinuba California and Miss Anna Murset of Philadelphia married in Philadelphia after a forty year courtship. Childhood sweethearts in Switzerland they were separated for three decades before reuniting last summer. Hauptil built a California raisin farm and never married. Murset ran a Philadelphia store before their wedding.
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Philadelphia
Samuel Haupuil
Dinuba
Cal
Anna Murset
Switzerland
Hauptil
America
California
Tie
Anna
Samuel
Miss Murset
Clark Poses with Indians on Capitol Steps
Speaker Champ Clark greeted a delegation of Indians in Washington as they visited the capitol. He posed with them for a moving picture session on the steps, shaking hands and featuring captions for distribution to reservations.
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Champ Clark
Capitol
Washington
Speaker Clark
Clark
Judge pays debt security ending infant custody dispute
In Cincinnati a month old baby was held as security for a debt. Judge William Lueders gave $10 to Mrs. Frank Farr so she would return the child to its mother Mrs. Frances Gerlig. The pair sought adoption papers while the judge provided funds to the father to secure a position.
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Cincinnati
William Lueders
Frank Farr
Frances Gerlig
Plan A Heceptor For Safe Young Meeting
A notice from the arrangements committee announces Lafayette Young will speak at the Colesen hotel Tuesday evening May 25 from 7 to 3 o clock. He will meet local elites and especially old soldiers, noting three of his brothers fought in the Civil War and were prisoners of war at Tyler Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham
Colense
Committee On Arrangements
Lafayette Young
Colesen
Tyler
Texas
A Reliable Hair Tonic Promises Baldness Prevention
An advertisement claims Meritol Hair Tonic prevents baldness dandruff and scalp diseases by keeping the scalp free of dandruff cells. Lemmon's Pharmacy states the product is guaranteed.
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Meritol
Tonite Lemmon
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