Local social notices fill city with visitors and arrivals
Numerous visitors and residents travel through the city with guests from Keota West Chester Oskaloosa Crawfordsville and Des Moines. Families, jobs, and shopping trips are noted as Mrs Janes O Loughlin Mrs Will Helscher Miss Mary DeVoe and many others visit or return home after brief stays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janes O'Loughlin
West Chester
City
Will Helscher
Mary DeVoe
Keota
Grace Hunter
Daddy and the Shaking Elephant Tale
A father recounts an old tale of an elephant who shakes to think and learns balance after clashes with other animals. The piece follows the elephant’s chain linked sway in a menagerie and the lessons drawn about calm behavior. The column also lists visits and travel notices involving towns and residents, including Crawfordsville and Sigourney, with brief personal updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daddy
Jack
Kvyelyn
Elephant
No Inquest Decided in Patterson Death Case
Coroner G W Hay ruled no inquest is necessary in the death of Campbell C Patterson found hanging in his home. The scene shows a self-inflicted hanging with a cloth line attached to a door hinge and a chair nearby. Sheriff McCarty County Attorney Dewey and Attorney Keeley aided the inquiry. The investigators concluded it appeared to be a deliberate self strangulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Hay
Campbell C. Patterson
Patterson
Hay
McCarty
C. A. Dewey
W. M
Keeley
Mr. Patterson
Court Adjourns. Jury Trials Set For Monday
Judge Willcockson adjourned the court until Monday when the jury cases will be taken up for trial. Several jury trials are assigned for this term, signaling busy weeks ahead in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willcockson
Mary Keeps Little Lamb Through Many Years
A terse verse line recalls Mary keeping the lamb long ago, implying enduring ownership or memory of a childhood companion across time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Thomas J McKee Died After Long Illness Funeral Monday
Thomas J. McKee died at two this morning at his daughter Mrs J A McGuire's home six miles north of the city after a long illness. Funeral services will be held Monday at ten o'clock at the McGuire home with interment in Elm Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WB Gardner
Nate Crawford
J. B. Crooks
Mrs. Lisle Nicola
Norfolk
Nebr
Mrs. Nicola
Mr. Nicola
Seattle
Wash
J. G. Maxwell
Crawfordsville
Will Shearer
Keota
Ralph Burnside
Raymond, Wash
H. F. Steck
Oskaloosa
KE. L. Garrett
City
Cameron, Mo
Lyman Bunce
Brighton
Sherm Welch
Columbus City
John Welch
Sherm
W. H. Riley
G. E. Hancock
Rockford, HI
Riley
Rock Island
Mr Riley
Sidney Ander
Thomas L. McKee
J. A. McGuire
McKee
McGuire
Elm Grove Cemetery
Thomas Lyon McKee
Mercer County
Penn
Greenville
Iowa
Kansas
Chicago
Washington
Mary Eliza Kelly
Josie
Alford
Samuel McKee
David Benson
C. C. Glass
Milwaukee
E. E. McDonald
J. C. Howe
Gary
Ind
Fortnightly Club Literary Department Meet Monday
Evening section of the Fortnightly club literary department will convene Monday at 7 30 with Miss Mide Lewis. 1212 retreat
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Mide Lewis
Silent Partner Joke Signals Deaf and Dumb Business Pair
The dialogue playfully notes Goldstein going into business with a silent partner, making a pun on the phrase silend partner. The humor relies on a deaf and dumb man as a punny co entrepreneur within a historical slang context.
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Goldstein
Den
Apt Description of a Bigot by John Foster
The celebrated John Foster described a bigot as seeing religion as a line he moves within. He would not perceive beyond his own narrow path, likening the view to a buffalo that sees only straight ahead and ignores nearby angels or devils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Foster
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A. He Wwerth
Hart, Schaffner and
Marx
Eagle Hall
Lege Woodburn
Acele Clapper
Crawfordville
R. R. Me Beth
Fairfield
M. Jones
H. A. Bennett
Roy Hartman
Hedrick
Dougherty Bros
C. H. Pickens
Ainsworth
Mary Masson
D. J. Masson
T. C. Reynolds
West Liberty
Agnes Swift
Europe
New York
Arthur Johnson
Childrejounty
George
Des Moines
Roy Young
N. H. Jones
D. A. Chalmers
Doris
Stafford
Eas
Samuel Wallace
W. B. Adcock
George Johnson
Macomb
Ill
J. F. Buxbaum
Esav
C. G. Sehmoeller
Kansas City
Will Charlton
Jean Huysmans
Post Office
Thomas Downing
George Hi. Paul
San Luis Valley
Colo
J. W W. Briley
J. T. Risk
Aberdeen
McCall Bros
J. W. Teeter
Cora
Grace Simerman
Maude Simerman
Blanche Waters
Cc. C. Rice
Ed McGee
Wm. R. Hamilton
Jennie Williams
H. KE. Page
Winfield
R. H. Faris
Neva Pauls
Havre
Ed Lins
Homer Cooley
Burlington
Cloyce Kerr
Iowa City
Floyd Shaw
State University
J. W. Davidson
J. B. Eckerman
Mary Weible
Charles Hays
Musca
Sigourney High School
Muscatine
E. A. Pope
Guymon
Okla
W. A. Alexander
Corinth
A. C. Brookhart
S. W. Brookhart
Tle
A. H. Hearne
Maggie Warren
Brookhart
Mrs. Henry Sanford
Mrs. Sanford
H. H. Beaty
Howard, Kans
Steck
the Royal Market
R. Stuart & Son
Mutual
Thomas J. McKee
Washington Coun
J. A. Wee
Tiuire
Elm Grove
Kee
Washington County
Benjamin Runnels
Greeley
Rebecca Donahey
Columbiana
Ohio
P. J. Booth
Christian
South Chicago Baptist Church
Prairie Flower Baptist Church
Big Ben
Cc. S. Lemmon Jeweler & Optometrist
W. W. Wilson
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