Happenings in the County and Nearby News
In Ainsworth on October 17 Mrs S. Sands spent Sunday at Mt Pleasant with daughter Grace Sands who attends school there. Mr and Mrs B A Nichols and two children visited friends at Junction. Miss Myrtle Bagley and Fayetta Chapel shopped in Washington. Gladys Dawson returned from Bennett after visiting sister Mrs Jas Trotter. Lew Duncan and family visited relatives in Columbus Junction. The Sands family announced a new baby girl. A theft or accident occurred when a motor vehicle struck a person, causing minor injuries and a damaged vehicle.
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P. Sands
Mt. Pleasant
Grace Sands
Myrtle Bagley
Fayetta Chapel
Washington
Gladys Dawson
Bennett
Jas. Trotter
Lew Duncan
Mr. Duncan
Columbus Junction
A. I. Sands
S. A. Walker
W. H. Mitch
Teiabeth Plannigan
J. &. Adams
A. Marsh Curtley
Mary Sirka
D. D Stephens
Matilda
Renerd Knaak
Faily
Local visitors and homebound youths in Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville Oct 17. Mr and Mrs Will Lease and their Muscatine son visited relatives yesterday. Mr and Mrs George Cunningham and their Cedar Rapids son stopped by. Miss Butler of Columbus Junction spent the evening at Dr W Huston’s home. Miss Florence McCleary returned to school near Winfield after a Sunday at home.
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GraPfordsville
Will Lease
Muscatine
George Cunningham
Cedar Rapids
Butler
Columbus Junction
Fifty Years Ago Sunday Oct 16 Women and a pugilist feud
Fifty years ago on October 16 Adah Isaacs Menken, famed actress and poet who claimed to be John C Heenan s wife, was denied in a New York court. Her sensational Mazeppa role boosted notoriety before her Paris career and celebrity status. An attempted regicidal incident against Queen Isabella II of Spain stirred unrest and foreshadowed revolution.
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Adah Isaacs Menken
John C. Heenan
Heenan
New York
Menken
Mazeppa
Paris
Liunias
Isabella Hr
Spain
Pardon Cuts Free Editors in Diaz Regime Cutback
Twenty five years ago on a Sunday President Diaz of Messes pardoned all political prisoners except editors of the Monitor Republican and the Carreo de Lunes. Editors and students were also spared as part of the release while Diaz served his second term.
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Diaz of
Messes
Monitor Republican
Carreo de Lunes
Simone
Diaz
Fifty Years Ago Today October 17 Fraud Case and Financiers
Fifty years ago today October 17 reports claim sensational developments in the case against Ferdinand Ward charged with defrauding the Marine Bank of New York City. General Ulysses S. Grant and William H. Vanderbilt are noted in money transactions related to the era.
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Ferdinand Ward
Marine Bank of
New York City
General A. §. Grant
W. H. Vanderbilt
Local Dispatches Highlight Community Visits and Departures
Howard Huston of Columbus Junction stayed home with his parents. Mrs A Davidson returned from a two week Washington visit. Fr Maxwell and family visited. John Anwyl and Mrs Lease attended Mr McMillan's funeral near Washington. Fred Sipe came home from Ohio. Mrs Hays of Washington visited relatives here. Joan Reed Roy Twinamn Jesse Riley and Mrs Martha Wortman traveled to Washington. H Cherryholmes returned from Burlington. Wallace Rankin from Kansas arrived for visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Huston
Columbus Junction
A. Davidson
Washington
Maxwell
John Anwyl
John Lease
McMillan
Fred Sipe
Ohio
Charles Hays
Joan Reed
Roy Twinamn
Jesse Riley
Martha Wortman
Cherryholmes
Burlington
Wallace Rankin
Kansas
Funeral of George A. McMillan Held Saturday
The funeral service for George A. McMillan was conducted at the family residence southeast of town on Saturday at two o clock by Rev. W O Fisher. Pall bearers were six First United Presbyterian church session members Dr J Boice L D Robinson Bruce Dill Isaiah Taylor T J McElhinney and J Dr McLaughlin. Interment followed in Elm Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. McMillan
W. O. Fisher
First United Presbyterian Church
J. €. Boice
L. D. Robinson
Bruce Dill
Isaiah Taylor
T. J. McElhinney
Evangelist Opens Second Baptist Church Service Week
Lincoln evangelist H V Comin leads two services in a Baptist church revival. A large audience attends from nearby towns and countryside as he presents allegorical sermons on character building and mercy of God. The youth service shifts to 5:30 with a lesson on the two houses. The evening theme is Stands Off with Beulah Land and The Ninety and Nine sung.
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Baptist Church
Oroy
Aos Ween
Beulah Land
Jean
John
Ton
Sermons by Rev. H. W. Comin at Presbyterian Church
Rev. H. W. Comin of Lincoln preached both services at the Presbyterian church delivering two strong sermons. The morning sermon urged faithfulness to trust with the warning that being busy can cost health opportunities and souls. The evening message, titled echoes, offered a similarly forceful meditation on duty and consequence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Comin
Lincoln
Nebr
Presbyterian Church
Comin
Mr. Comin
Rally Day at the M. E. Sunday School
The M. E. church rally day met the usual busy standard with 807 in attendance and a collection of 23.46 dollars. After a period of classes a special program, excellent in all its features, followed, with the detailed sequence forming the core of the day’s events.
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M. E. Church
Declamations and songs fill large Sunday school program
Hazel Smith declamation cornet duet by Miss Jamison Ezra Ingham song and class acts feature a full program. Eloise Rice Dorothea Wickham James Work Jr and others perform declamations solos and Sunday School items. A. R. Miller S. W. Neal Rev Stryker Rev Smith lead short talks. S. J. Cocklin is superintendent.
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Hazel Smith
Miss Jamison
Ezra Ingham
Charles Lewis
Eloise Rice
Gladys Sigler
Cecil
Belleville
Dorothea Wickham
James Work, Jr
A. R. Miller
S. W. Neal
Stryker
Rev. Smith
S. J. Cocklin
Potatoes on Track at Iowa Rural Car Special Price
Potato sale notice from J A Cunningham's Sons offering lowa Rural potatoes delivered from car. Special price advertised with description and contact details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Cunningham
A Guide to Beautiful Hands Across Nations
The text praises slender wrists and tapering fingers, notes a short thumb as evidence of low intellect, and cites Newton. It describes nail shape and polish as signals of taste, then contrasts hand beauty among English French Spanish Italian and Indian women, praising diverse, richly formed hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sirsaac Newton
India
Psalm Verse Sparked Humorous Scottish Sermon
A north Scotland clergyman preached with a homely touch on the Psalms line I said in my haste all men are liars. He teased the audience recalling Davids haste and urged that had he been present David might have spoken differently, easing the bite of the proverb.
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Scotland
David
Humorous Quips A Bridge Player’s Noted Shortcomings
Carolyn Wells lists playful letter by letter failures of an amateur bridge player. He misreads openings, mishandles kings and jacks, and suffers through many missed leads and finesses. The verse humorously catalogs each flaw from A to Z in a light literary style.
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Yarborough
Carolyn Wells
An Essay on Boyhood and the Corn Cob Loss
The author recalls boyhood in a green corn season marked by a loose tooth. Eating corn from the cob slowed him for years while peers finished quickly. The fear of losing the tooth and the promise of a gold replacement linger, then fade as natural growth proceeds. The piece ends noting nature is kinder than imagined.
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Cleveland
Watch and Chat Card Causes Genteel Confusion
In a Sunday school classroom, young Caroline corrects her instruction card, noting it should read Watch and chat instead of Watch and pray, prompting a gentle classroom moment as the teacher Miss Appleton records the quip from the child.
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Caroline
Miss Appleton
Pipe and carpet dispute over ten years
Mrs Wallop quarrels over costs for a colored meerschauin pipe claiming $25 spent in ten years while Wal lop refuses, saying after ten years he owns the pipe but the carpet is worn out. The Boston Herald notes the exchange in a humorous domestic dispute.
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Boston Herald
Making It Fit to Personality in Play Noted
The eminent actress says a play is being tailored to her persona. She reports it nearly finished, needing adjustments in the first set, minor widening in the third, and pew style trimming with morals cut further biased.
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Tam
Washington Star
Last man surveys fading world and vanishes
A lone figure exits a dying era, declaring relief from preserving posterity and seizing a final moment with Alaska coal, as reported by the New York Sun.
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New York
Tan and thousand islands offer a wary bargain
A fragment from the Cleveland Plain Dealer notes Li hesitates over a deal, insisting on counting the thousand islands before agreeing to a week away, highlighting cautious spending and valuation of money.
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Thousand Islands
Cleveland Plain Dealer
He Did Evangelist Converses With Boggs About Neighbors
An exchange in Harper's Weekly shows an evangelist asking if Boggs loves his neighbor as himself and Boggs replying enthusiastically that he does, describing a widow as the dandiest woman he’s met.
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Boggs
Harper's Weekly
Bell Buoy in the Clouds
Nervous passenger gazes at the sky as an aeronaut explains a bell buoy sighting amid tall buildings. The exchange captures the era of air travel and urban skylines with a playful note on navigation above cities.
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Harper's Weekly
Veracity Question Cited by Baltimore American Quote
A reader note references a quote about veracity from the Baltimore American. The fragment hints at doubt about answering and fear it would not be satisfactory. The line captures journalistic skepticism in a historical press excerpt.
Friendly Counsel on Beating Heat in Cold Climates
A Philadelphia Ledger quip offers practical tips to dodge heat effects. It suggests cold climates may help, implying lifestyle tweaks or relocation as mitigation for hot weather challenges.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Summer Plans in a Houseboat Proposal
Mrs. Noah discusses a summer plan to spend the season aboard a houseboat, presenting it as her best option despite cautious notes. The remark appears in Puck magazine, reflecting light social chatter of the era about seasonal travel and domestic comforts.
I Never Break My Word remarks in Spokane
A sharp quip from a Spokane Sporleoman Review notes a man’s famed reliability and resolve, with a colloquial exchange highlighting trust and stubbornness in a humorous light. The piece frames a character study through witty dialogue and local slang.
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Spokane
Spoleoman
Hallowe'en Party and Ladies' Gathering Highlight Wellman Socials
Mrs RR Cherry hosted a Friday afternoon thimble bee at her country home with a four course dinner and a display of fancy work. Guests included Mrs Wishard, Mrs Downing, Mrs Smith, and others. The Miller sisters hosted a hallo we'en party at Smouse's hall for eighty friends with jack o lanterns, games, and a two course luncheon. The Degree of Honor held an oyster supper in their hall with about 100 attendees and music by Peterson's orchestra.
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Wellman
RR. G. Cherry
W. H. Wishard
L. M. Downing
E. F. Smith
J. ©. Adams
W. N. Shaw
W. L. Romine
J. W. Hunter
Maude
Muriel Miller
Smouse’s Hall
Peterson
Fortnightly Club and Royal Neighbors Meeting Notices
The Current Events Department of the Fortnightly club will meet with Miss Minnie Conner Tuesday evening at 7 30. The Royal Neighbors will hold their regular meeting tomorrow evening at 0 o'clock. A. Re-Regular post meeting tomorrow night. A good attendance is desired. H. L. Kendall, P. C.
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Minnie Conner
H. L. Kendall
P. C
Navajo Club to Meet with Mrs McLaughlin Wednesday
The Navajo club will meet with Mrs. C. W. McLaughlin, Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navajo Club
C. W. McLaughlin
Twentieth Century Reading Circle Change of Time
The Twentieth Century Reading Circle will meet promptly at 7 o clock Tuesday evening. Members notice change in time of meeting.
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Twentieth Century Reading Circle
Losses Paid by Washington County Mutual Insurance
Secretary Sidney Coon reports last week’s losses paid: James Stamp of Keota received 24.01 for a hog, Wes Witrick of Wellman 30.00 for a steer, and John Greenwood of Keota 75.00 for a colt.
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Sidney Coon
Washington County Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Association
James Stamp
Keota
Wes Witrick
Wellman
John Greenwood
Colt
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