Local notices and updates from town pages
Community brief catalog of moves sales repairs births and arrivals. Mayo family relocates to 432 East Madison street while Miss Charlotte Carson departs for Wellington Ohio to teach this year. A new baby born to Clarence and Mrs Johnson near West Chester. Umbrella repairs and seamless sacks advertised. New phone numbers listed for local businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora R. Mayo
E. Madison Street
Charlotte Carson
Wellington
Ohio
Clarence Johnson
Near
West Chester
Atchisons and Lemmon's Pharmacy Notices and Local Rubrics
Local notices list hosiery and shoe cleaning ads from Atchisons and Model Shining Parlor with prices. Residents travel for visits, returns from Des Moines and Omaha, and plans to pay water rent at West Side Drug Store. A raspberries crop prospects near West Chester are noted with a twig of ripe berries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Side Drug Store
Cr. L. Harley
West Chester
Journal
Fresh Cookies at Lyons and Local Notes
Local items report visits and travel from families including Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Busby and relatives to Minnesota and Wisconsin, a medical update on Rev. W. C. Allen, and social visits across towns. A mix of ads, marriage licenses, laundry services, and community notices accompany sports notes on Babe Ruth and league leaders.
Two Changes in Batting Honors Across Leagues
The National and American leagues show minor shifts in batting leaders. Hornsby (.395) remains top in the National, with Wheat (.675) close behind. Speaker swaps with Sewell in the American, still led by Cy Williams in home runs with 33. Young leads runs at 105, Frisch tops total bases at 260, and Grantham sits as base stealer leader with 38.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babe Ruth
Heisman
Detroit
Eddie Collins
Chicago
Collins
Sewell
Cleveland
Williams
St. Louis
Harris
Boston
Cobb
Manush
Associated Press
Speaker
Hornsby
Wheat
Brooklyn
Bottomley
Cy Williams
Philadelphia
Young
New York
Frisch
Grantham
Duncan
Cincinnati
McInnes
Fournier
Roush
Traynor
Pittsburgh
Hargrave
Barnhart
Pittsburugh
Visits and homecomings across Iowa and nearby towns
Mr and Mrs S B Weeks return to Kansas City after visiting their son Dewey Weeks. Hazel Leeper and brother Clarence come home from Burlington where they visited their father W M Leeper. Helen Mindenhall of Burlington visits Florence Rohrer then returns home. Emma Bennett accompanies granddaughter Lucille Jones to Crawfordsville. Clarence Lee goes to Keota to visit grandfather L Thompson. Clara Meyer of Keota spends yesterday in Washington then returns. John Hanna of Crawfordsville visits Washington on business. Helen Grosseup of Brighton visits here. A G Packenham with wife from Monmouth visits R L Wilson and their families who were former Monmouth neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Busby
Bessie
Lora
C. W. Crullnd
Virginia
Minnesota
Wm. Busby
Dodge Center
Mayo Bros
Rochester
Mason City
Lake Resort
Clear Lake
Littl Brown
Nashua
A. J. Winnas
Oklahoma City
Frank Gobble
Mrs. Gobble
Milwaukee
Winnas
Mrs
S. B. Weeks
Kansas City
Dewey Weeks
Hazel Leeper
Clarence
Burlington
W. M. Leeper
Helen Mindenhall
Florence Rohrer
Emma Bennett
Lucille Jones
Crawfordsville
A. G. Packenham
Monmouth
R. L., Wilson
Packenham
Wilson
Wilsons
Clinton native Wills takes Fremont HIgh athletic director post
Ernest Wills former Clinton high school and University of Iowa star has accepted the athletic director job at Fremont high school Nebraska. He played multiple sports earning letters at Town as a fullback in Sammy Gross and Parsons era. Wills last served as athletic director at Arizona State Normal and attended Illinois coaching school after visiting here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton, Ia
Ernest Wills
Clinton High School
University of Iowa
Fremont
Neb
Wills
Sammy Gross
Parsons
Arizona State Normal
University of Ilinois
The Perfect Y Crime
Rawlins plans a riverbank murder to steal 2000 dollars from Simpson and uses an alibi trick. After killing Simpson he dumps the body into the mill race and later fakes discovery, believing he has committed the perfect crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawlins
Simpson
Puddletown
It Isn’t My Dog Yet He Clips a Poodle
An itinerant dog artist clipped a poodle at the feet of a fashionable woman. After a half hour transformation the man demanded payment, but the woman refused, asking why she should pay since the dog wasn’t hers.
Beggar Seeks Dime. Passerby Replies With Wry Question
Brief exchange from the Atlanta Constitution features a disabled man asking for a dime. The beggar says he is crippled financially, prompting a passerby to ask how the disability arose. The item captures a street encounter framed in period tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta Constitution
Credit Conditions Ample Says Report of Federal Reserve
Des Moines, Aug 31. The Seventh Federal Reserve district reports ample credit to meet legitimate needs for August. Price uncertainty, especially for farm products, prompts caution among financial institutions. Farmers see rising loans and hold crops for better prices. wheat returns ease large obligations. District land bank loans rose about 2 million in July, half the June increase. Wholesale and department store trade fell in July. autos and agricultural sectors show seasonal drops. Automobile makers report 297,173 cars built in July, down from June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Seventh Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve District
Federal Land Bank
Automobile and Agricultural Industris
Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Stage debut ends in grave mishap shocks audience
A friend asks about a stage newcomer who has played Hamlet for the first time. He recounts stumbling into Ophelia's grave during the performance. The crowd’s disappointment at his exit adds to the embarrassment, making the debut memorable for unintended reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamlet
Ophelia
Parrots Known for Long Lives in Domestic Settings
parrots are long lived birds with tame examples around forty years and some domesticated parrots reaching eighty years in age.
Cheerfulness as Duty Amidst Surrounding Mood
A brief aphorism asserts cheerfulness is an obligation, not mood driven, urging readers to project positivity toward those around them. It warns gloom is contagious and should not be allowed to spread.
How to Clean Plaster Ornaments and Busts
Housewife advises cleaning plaster ornaments by dipping into a clean starch and water solution, then brushing off once dry. The tip covers busts and decorative pieces to restore appearance.
Perfection in Art and its Hidden Germination
A reflective note on how artistic perfection often appears effortless yet rests on unseen preproduction stages. The quotation considers the contrast between surface polish and the quiet work that precedes visible results.
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Richard DIX and
Helene Chadwick
Quick Sands
Cosmopolit
Marion Davies
Adam And&on
Harold Lloyd
Arch Best
Oxfords
Wilson's
Per Sai
Blade and Ledger
E. V. Simons
Lester Carson
J. A. Work Insurance Agency
F. & M. Bank
H. L. Whittaker
City
New
Mt. Pleasant Stuart Hotel
Iowa City
Curtis & Ross
Atchisons
Lemmon's Pharmacy
H. A. Russell
Centerville
Carson
West Madison Street
J. W. Hess
White Way Garage
A. A. Beenblossom
Waterloo
Harold Perry
Model Shining
J. A. Wehr
May
E. V. McCullough
Omaha
W. A. Carson
Bloomington
Indiana
Lemnon's
Tena Simmering
Emma Hill
Frances
Riley
Frank Wells
Marinette
Wisconsin
Frank
Lyons
W. C. Allen
Prescott
Nebraska
Theodore
Whitman
E. J. Adams
Moline
Will Cunningham
Flora Stormfeltz
Princeton, Mo
Lytle Boys
Ansco Speedex
Roger P. Birdsall
Dorothea E. Wickham
Washington
George R. Liddie
Cedar Rapids
Mary Elizabeth Lyle
Keota
Blue
Lester St. John
Mildred
Bernice Shields
Oskaloosa
J. C. Madison
Myrtle Shields
Lela Adams
BE. J. Adams
Ill
Adams
Bradley Polytechnic Institute
Peoria
Ira Rathmel
Iowa
G. W. Dodder
Penn
Sylvania, Kentucky
Indiana, Illinois
Iowa Coals
John Shields & Sons
Harry Ward
Spencer Reed
Columbus Junction
James Cunningham
Minneapolis
Marcella
Marceella
McElhinney Drug Co
Clarence Lee
Marshaltown
L. Thompson
Clara Meyer
John Hanna
Helen Grosseup
Brighton
By Chase. Baxter
Western Newspaper Union
Awlins
Rawlin
Wilie Long
Federal Reserve
Harwood
U. S
W. W. Morrison
South Side Shoe Repair Shop
Starwood Shoe Store
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