Local Social Roundup from West Chester Area
Mrs. Pearl Dusenberry attended gatherings with friends at West Chester. Mrs. Hervey Bell visited the D. C. Kilgore home. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith of Richland called on the C. J. Wilson home. Mr. and Mrs. Will White returned from an eastward trip. Miss Hattie Chilcote joined Thanksgiving at the C. R. Wells home near West Chester. Rev. B K Coates arrived from the West on the Rock Island. Mrs. George Brinton and daughter Mabel spent time at the J. H. Taylor home near Verdi. Father Pfeffer and sister from Keota visited Wednesday evening between trains with Father Walsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Dusenberry
West Chester Yesay
Fred Smith
Richland
C. J. Wilson
Hattie Chilcote
C. R. Wells
West Chester
K. Coates
Rock Island
George Brinton
Miss Mabel
J. H. Taylor
Verdi
Father Pfeffer
Keota
Walsh
Ed Grayson
Ainsworth
Hazel Barnett
Ruth McCutcheon
Harry Robertson
Dick Fisher
Chicago
Cohn & Share Advertise High Prices for Hides and Furs
The notice states we are paying the highest prices for hides furs and junk. Cohn and Share invite inquiries by phone 387 to the Washington House. A fragment mentions The Misses Carrie and Fannie Win as students at Lake Forest during Thanksgiving vacation at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohn & Share
Washington House
Carrie
Fannie Winas
Lake Forest
Clarence Shanafelt Visits Seymour Family
Clarence Shanafelt of Seymour Iowa arrived Wednesday evening and spent yesterday with his wife and other relatives in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Shanafelt
Seymour
Iowa
Cabinet Photos at Cole's Gallery for Christmas
Cabinet photos from old negatives offered at one dollar a dozen at Cole's Gallery. Advertising notes suggest trying his prices on new work for Christmas and mentions potential earnings. 36-126
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole
Mrs Clendenning Family Among Keota Day Trippers
Mr James Clendenning and wife with daughter Miss Mary and son Master Homer Vincent traveled with Mrs Ralph Junkin Mrs Adams and daughter Miss Winnie as part of a Keota outing yesterday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Clendenning
Mary
Homer Vincent
Ralph Junkin
Adams
Winnie
Keota
Paris Sees British Army as a Broken Reed in War
Parisians greet Lord Roberts's Lords speech and warn that Britain would need a stronger army and compulsory service before aiding France in a German war. They recall Waterloo over Trafalgar and urge England to mobilize and ally for mutual protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Britain
Lord Roberts
House of Lords
France
Channel
The
Temps
Germany
British Isles
England
Trafalgar
Waterloo
Napoleon
Social visits and travels noted across Sigourney and area
Dr and Mrs Geo Kerr and two children lingered with friends in Sigourney yesterday. Families including the Rupps Matthewses Barnett McCutcheon Grayson Stalker Shearer and Wickhams visited relatives or traveled to Ainsworth Columbus City and Chicago for Christmas shopping and Thanksgiving plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Kerr
Sigourney
Rupp
Clarence
West Liberty
Heroism of an Engineer at Portage Junction
LaCrosse Wisconsin November 26 Engineer Julius Severson of LaCrosse saved lives in a Burlington road collision at Portage Junction as No 47 from Chicago to St Paul neared a ahead freight. Fireman Edward Cater jumped and died. Severson applied emergency brakes and slowed the train, saving the passenger engine from the wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaCrosse, Wis
Julius Severson
LaCrossee
Portage Junction
Cunningham
Burlington Road
Chicago
St. Paul
Edward Cater
Akron Fire Truck Crash Injures Five Including Captain
Mrs. Elizabeth Hunteon of Minneapolis suffers a crushed leg when an automobile fire truck collides with a pole in Akron Ohio. Four firemen are injured and John Edmondson of Vincennes Indiana, a demonstrator, is hurt. Captain John Cummins sustains a broken shoulder and is among the most serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron, C
Elizabeth Hunteon
Minneapolis
Judge Milo A. D. Root resigns amid Bar inquiry
Seattle on November 26 reports Judge Milo A. D. Root of the Washington supreme court has submitted his resignation as the State Bar association investigates his official actions. In a letter to the governor he said he had done nothing to merit accusations but felt resignation would spare the court any cloud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Milo A. D. Root
Supreme Court of Washington
State Bar Association
Root
Fog delays ferry service disrupts New York traffic
The dense fog in New York on November 26 caused severe ferry disruptions with boats late or not running. Hundreds of heavy vehicles were rammed around the waterfront as drivers camped out overnight awaiting ferry service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robbers Blow Towanda Bank Vault and Escape
In Towanda sixty miles east of Wichita on November 26 robbers blew the Towanda State Bank vault and stole 2500 dollars. They escaped on a handcar as a sheriff's posse pursued, the incident flagged as a bank robbery near Wichita.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Towanda State Bank
Towanda
External Remedy for Eczema Claims Big Cure Success
Advertisement asserts eczema is a skin disease caused by a germ and not a blood disorder. It praises D. D. D. Prescription as a penetrating liquid that stops itching within a minute and offers permanent cures, recommending D. D. D. Soap as a companion product. Cook & Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook & Sherman
Box Supper Planned at Foster Residence
On Thursday evening December 3 a box supper will be held at the home of Mr and Mrs Geo Foster Jr located 54 miles northeast of town. Each lady will eat a box lunch for two. A Museum feature is planned and proceeds benefit the W F M 8 43 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Foster, Jr
Tornado Toll Rises in Western Arkansas
Reports from western Arkansas on a sweeping tornado raise the potential death toll to thirty six with sixteen confirmed dead and twenty others unaccounted for. Injured total twenty three and two children killed near Mena while fourteen died near Mulberry, ten from one family. Schoolhouses at Hot Springs and Berryville shifted but occupants escaped unhurt. One house wrecked but over thirty inside escaped serious injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Mena
Mulberry
Hot Springs
Berryville
Fragmented School Entertainment Note
Readable fragments show an entertainment item in a school setting titled 8-8. Details are missing due to heavy OCR corruption but imply a local program or event. Further text needed to identify date, place, participants, or outcome.
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Lori
Japan
Nickel
Rayo
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
Mrs
Will White
Yesterdy
East
DR. King’s
Dr. King
Earl Shamburg
Cadell
Kas
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
John Matthews
John, Jr
Mary Martin
Lexington
City
Willard Stalker
Mary Shearer
Columbus City
Frank Shearer
M. P. Miller
Harriet Chilcote
BE. T. Wickham
Dorothea
Marbourg
Kate
Burlington
Sia A Hearth
Philo Hay Spec. Co
Newark
N. J
Wank Tae
SWIFT
Atlanta
Pauls Lumber Co
Washington National Bank
Washington, Iowa
Nicola & Harmon
Orth Side Square
J. O. Sexton
Graham Opera House
Malcolm Dowell
Marie Whaley
Ewercis
Carl Meek
Turkey Morris
Nan
Room Girls
Wallace No
South
Wallace
Centennial
Ill
Heights
Centennial Il
Ill Heights
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