Fortnightly club evening gathers Mrs Orville Elder host
Local notices recount a literary department gathering at Mrs Orville Elder's home on Monday evening. A wedding reception at W R Higgins home honored William White and Etta Stouffer with 18 guests, jack horner pie favors, and a hearts game won by Mrs J A Beck. Community box supper at Oakland school raised about twenty dollars for the school. A fifteenth wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs Meeks included gifts and music with out of town guests. Covenanter church ladies held an all day basket repast at Mrs Ed McConnaughey's home in southeast Washington.
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Orville Elder
W. R. Higgins
North Main Street
William White
Etta Stouffer
Cupid
Jack Horner
Hearts
J. A. Beck
H. O. Green
Spencer Reporter
Oakland
Mary Freding
Amos Stout
J. E. Meeks
West Madison Street
Riverside
WW. M. Terry
Lake Providence
Louisiana
Elmer Wright
Arkansas City
Kansas
Alma Brindley
Chicago
Besse Drummond
Davenport
Freda Harn
Rock Island
Leggett
William Campbell
Chas. J. Fulton
Fairfield
M. W. Welch
Crawfordsville
Dudley Crone
Keota
Ladies of the Covenanter Church
Ed McConnaughey
Washington
J. H. Hull
H. ©. Hull
East
Henry Berdo
Thomas Berdo
Mrs
Flossie Peck
Wilma Row
Mary Steck
Marguerite McGugin
Alice Denison
Florence Barrett
Mayme Rankin
Blanche Guthrie
Vienna
F. E. Smith
Corinth
Wm. Lowash
Allen
Allen Farm
Smith
Afternoon literary club to meet at Mrs Frey home
The Fortnightly clubs literary section plans a 9 30 afternoon gathering Monday at Mrs Frey s residence. Edna Jones is honored by high school friends at East Second Street party organized by Helen White and Kate Hartman.
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Edna Jones
East Second Street
Helen White
Kate Hartman
Eva Jones
Wanda Willis
Grace
Viva Jones
Rachel Knupp
Alice Meek
Eva Wolf
Florence Ward
Messrs
Walter Turner
Chas
Ladies Aid to Hold All Day Meeting at Methodist Church
The Ladies' Aid society of the Methodist church will hold an all day meeting Monday in the basement of the church.
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Ladies’ Aid Society of
The
Methodist Church
Farm Trespass Notice Prohibits Hunting
Wm Vinton and Charles Patterson as Trustee of Estate warn that hunting and all trespassing on the farm are strictly forbidden and that trespassers will be prosecuted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Vinton
Charles Patterson
Lax-Digest Promoted by Wagner Company
Advertisement touts Lax-Digest as harmless effective relief for stomach issues. Distributed by J. H. Wagner Company of Fort Madison Iowa with 10 and 25 cent tablet sizes. See promotional claims of no ill effects and superior headache medicine comparison.
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J. H. Wagner Company
Fort Madison
Iowa
U.S. A
Cuffs as a Sign of Cleanliness and Social Perception
A London Lancet perspective notes that cuffs should be clean and neat as a mark of personal grooming. Frayed or dirty cuffs are seen as symbols of slovenliness and poor regard for appearance, with cuffs picking up desk dirt also accumulating bacteria from surfaces.
The Surprise of Slivnitsa in World History
A writer notes why Slivnitsa is famed in Near East history as a major yet ambiguous battle. He argues the 1885 conflict did not decide the Serbo Bulgarian war and recalls both sides mistaking defeat as the tide turned. The village now appears quiet and worn beneath bright sunlit red roofs.
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Slivnitsa
Near East
Austria
Milan
Servia
Alexander
Bulgaria
Graft Rumors Reported in Hades Road Debate
A Kansas City Journal note reports rumors of graft in Hades with factions arguing the road was to be paved with good intentions. The exchange calls for examination of the material to judge if the intentions are genuine.
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Hades
Kansas City Journal
China Sunday Night Tour At Presbyterian Church
A guided tour by Rev W N Crozier begins at 7 00 pm Sunday at the Presbyterian church. His eight years in China and stereopticon views promise an interesting journey with a voluntary silver offering. A second trip Monday at 7 30 pm follows with Industrial China on view and same rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. N. Crozier
Presbyterian Church
Mr. Crozier
China
Woman’s dog kiss incident at Union Station
In a Washington waiting room a federal official’s wife, fond of dogs, tries to kiss a small showy dog from a neighboring seat. The dog owner rebukes the act, saying she never allows her dog to kiss strangers, in a remark noted by the Philadelphia Ledger.
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Union Station
Washington
Philadelphia Ledger
Wood saw service notice by O T Page
Notice states O T Page offers wood sawing service and accepts orders by phone at Mutual number 46. He is prepared to saw wood in town or country.
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Mutual
O. T. Page
Cobs for sale by H A Baxter at $1 per load
Several loads of cobs available for immediate pickup only. Each load costs $1. H A Baxter advertises marble cake at the Vienna this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Baxter
Vienna
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John Zaring
Glenn Zaring
Cotter
W. O. Ralston
West Chester
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Pearl Sharpe
F. M. Zeigler
A. G. Dethoff
Muscatine
George Rediger
Chillicothe, Ill
F. W. Wuerzburzer
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H. F. Steck
Ies
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