Local and Personal Notes from Vienna Bakery and Town
Lots of good pies at the Vienna bakery inviting customers to try them. Mr and Mrs George McClellan are the parents of a fine baby boy. A laughing scream is The Lottery Man at Graham Monday night. Miss Blanche Gordon returned home from a week in Chicago. Prof F G Robb left for an over Sunday visit with relatives at Winfield. Clifford Thorne came home Thursday from a business trip to Washington DC. Fleischmanns yeast for sale by J A Cunninghams Sons and Conner & Schilling grocers. Miss Paulena Froggatt of Knoxville arrived for a several days visit with Miss Anna Eagle. Robt Gormly of Crawfordsville returned home after a day in town on business.
Moving Pictures and Local Visits Highlight Week
Marcellus Moriarty returns from St. Louis while townsfolk announce theater attraction The Lottery Man and a Sunday bakery run at Vienna bakery. Several residents arrive for visits in the city, with many departures for family and business trips to Keota Topeka Davenport and Monmouth among others.
Opera House Visit and Local Notes from Ottumwa
Miss Ina Crone arrives from Muscatine for an over Sunday at home. Vienna bakery promotes fresh cakes pies and buns. Several residents depart for Des Moines Davenport and Columbus Junction after visits. Federal court opens October 25 in Ottumwa with local jurors named. Parsonage purchase by Methodist church on West Main. The Lottery Man runs eight months at the Bijou in New York. A 44 pound pumpkin is displayed at Bowman Bros. grocery. Various arrivals departures and social notes from local residents and nearby towns. Memory of community events and church activities highlighted with multiple personal mentions.
Keota recital by Miss Latchem highlights arts link
Miss Dorothy Latchem of Washington gave a recital for the P KE O at the Dr Richardson home on Thursday evening. She paired Tennyson and Chopin to show poetry and music intertwined, noting that advanced music is hard for the average listener to grasp. Despite this, her rare skill and genuine musicianship were evident in selections including Wagner pieces. The Fairfield Tribune noted the event as enjoyable and commented on the public’s limited familiarity with refined music.
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Keota Eagle
Dorothy Latchem
Washington
P. KE. O
Dr. Richardson
Alex Miller
Criticus Fhab-dubbe
Chicago Tribune
Keota
Local visits and social notes from area residents
Mrs. L. C. Daugherty visited Cotter with her daughter Mrs. William Jones for a few days. Mrs. J. C. Hutchinson of Williams Iowa returned home after visiting relatives. Mrs. Clinton Letts returned home after a brief visit with Mrs. J. J. McCreedy. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Hannawalt of Chicago have gone back after several days with friends. The Lottery Man comedy plays at Gra ham Monday night.
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L. C. Daugherty
Cotter
William Jones
J. C. Hutchinson
Williams, Iowa
Daddy's Bedtime Story Captain of a Gloucester fishing ship
A father's sea voyage and a fisherman's family in Gloucester are central to this bedtime tale. Dora, a captain's daughter, predicts her father's fate with quiet faith as a storm wrecks vessels. He survives, rescued by a larger ship and finds work on shore in Boston.
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Daddy
Jack
Europe
Gloucester
Dera
Flo
Corse
Ie «Ailor
Dora
Mamta
Boston
Couptain
Fairfield Couple Wed In Quiet Ceremony
The wedding united a Fairfield groom and bride with May McClain and Nellie Ogden performing and attending roles. The couple and guests, including Fern Ogden and Ernest Wyatt, plan to reside at 506 North Court after November 15. The groom is a son of Mrs Kate McClain, a Fairfield High and Ames Agricultural College graduate, and will spend a brief postceremony period in Chicago before settling at home in town.
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May McClain
Nellie Ogden
Fern Ogden
Ernest Wyatt
Derby
Fairfield
McClain
Kate McClain
Fairfield High School
State Agricultural College
Ames
Chicago
North Court Street
Neglected Opportuniting Site Prompts Ruin Construction Idea
An Arab guide proclaims the site as an ancient city while tourists remark on stone remains. The visitor jokes about using the ruins as building material, highlighting a lack of enterprise in developing the area.
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Pittsburg
Decide Once To Do It Atelioon Globe
A quoted aphorism from the Atelioon Globe warns that deciding twice not to act signals the eventual completion of the action. The piece emphasizes the inevitability of follow through when hesitation ends.
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Atelioon Globe
Windsor Castle Nickname Sparks Royal Gaffe Tale
A London story recounts Sir Ernest Cassel’s close ties to King Edward VII who nicknamed him Windsor Castle. At Windsor Castle garden party a peer mistook Cassel for the king’s bluff and playfully saluted him, prompting Edward to confront then laugh at the mistaken moment once explained.
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Ernest Cassel
Edward VII
Ernest
Windsor Castle
Sir Ernest
Old Windsor Castle
King Edward
London
M. A Pr
Fairfield Accident Senger Train Injures Father and Daughter
Will McCracken and his 19 year old daughter Tirza were struck by an eastbound any Rocksland passenger train north of Fairfield while driving a horse drawn buggy. The buggy was crushed, the daughter suffered both legs broken and the father one broken leg with other injuries. The collision occurred at a crossing half a mile north of town on a hill. Both are seriously injured but not believed to be fatally harmed.
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McCracken
Washington
Tirza
Card of Thanks from Mr and Mrs Herman Koonig
We thank friends and neighbors for their kindness during our son Triin illness and rapid progress. The boy had a rough time but is getting along now.
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Triin
Presbyterian Church to hear Dr Hughes at First Church
Dr C Hughes of New on preach at the First Church morning and on way home from the Synod. All are invited to hear the strong man of the Educational f the church.
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Florence Kelley
Sigourne
Iowa City
Synod of the Presbyterian Church
RC. Hughes
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Renall
Cook & Sherman
S. W. Cor. Square
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Oriez & CO
Vienna
George McClellan
Blanche Gordon
F. G. Robb
Winfield
Clifford Thorne
Washington, D. C
Fleischmans
J. A. Cunningham's Sons
Conner & Schilling
Paulena Froggatt
Knoxville
Anna Eagle
Robt. Gormly
Crawfordsville
Marcellus Moriarty
St. Louis
New York
Blodwin Jones
Davenport
Katherine Berdo
Bruce Cowden
Monmouth
John Simpson
Ralph Bunce
W. B. Marbourg
Ll. A. Bartruff of
Keokuk
W. H. Asher
Coon Rapids
Mary Montague of
Eldon
W. J. Ribble
Jean Stephens
Edgar Wilson
Velda Augustine
West Chester
City
Mrs. S. J. Kellogg
Mrs. Kellogg
Homer Darbyshire
George Dempsey
Katherine Browning
la Harpe, Ars
Carl Hedges
Ruth
Alvin Allen
Richland
R. W. Adams
Altavista Town
M. J. Adams
Elmer McFadden
G. A. West
Ainsworth
L. M. Jarvis
Rock Island
Elrod Dayton
Brighton
Opera House
Ina Crone
Muscatine
Vienna Bakery
H. Ik. Pauls
Des Moines
George H. Pauls
Mrs. C. Sturm
Peoria
Lil
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Edwin Knupp
Federal
Ottumwa
Earl Corbin
Elmer Thoma
A. C. Jacobs
Sigourney
C. W. Long
Columbus Junction
The
Methodist Church
Captain J. B. Teller
West Main Street
J. F. Simpson
W. A. Caughey
A. E. Caughey
Verdi
Albert Simpson
Graham
Frank Votruba
Baby
J. C. Mootbart
Harry Bennett
Bowman Bros
Margaret Wallingford
Mrs. Wallingford
Merle Crayne
Wade Gardner
Isabelle Kilgore
Bessie Bauer
Verna Lewis
Marion Engler
Kansas City
C. W. Schlatter
Wayland
Shuberts
Harp
J. A. McCall
Claude
Margaret L. Cowden
Home and Foreign Synodical Missionary Societies
Presbyterian Church
J. A. Carden
Jean
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Kedna Dempsey
Amy Folger
Wellman
George Schneider
Scotland
S. D
Margaret Morton
Sandwich
Ills
Mattie A. Smith
Marshalltown
J. W. Morton
Mother Morton
A In Sociefy
R. M. Hannawalt
Lydia Eicher
East Main Street
Charles Woodruff
Mable Buckley
Rose Club
West Second Street
Knoupp’s Hall
May Wamsley
Quincy, Ills
Will Wcracken
Ing Journal
Will McCracken
Tisza
Rocksland
Lee
Herman Koonig
R Presbyterian Church
Bowman
Adler
Dougherty Bros
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