Local and Personal Notes Quiet City Day
Fox and Dewey for shoes a6 if W. R. Mount went to Ottumwa this morning for a brief business visit. Dr Luella Shaw specialist of diseases of women Congress Hotel Bert Chapel of Ainsworth was a guest today. W F Crawford returned to his home at Ainsworth after spending the day in the city. Sewing machine needles for all machines at The New York Store. Miss Harriet Keck left for Nevada Iowa to enter an academy. Miss June Chase history instructor at the High school came in last Saturday. Mr and Mrs Silas Caldwell are the parents of a ten pound daughter born September 11. All are doing nicely. Mrs Sarah P Babwick returned home from a visit with friends in Cedar Rapids and Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silas Caldwell
Sarah P. Babwick
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Baseball Tomorrow at S E Ball Park Portland Monmouth League clash
Baseball tomorrow at S E Ball Park features the Monmouth League team facing Washington. Also notes social arrivals and local fair promotions including Columbus Junction Fair September 3 to 6 with big free attractions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. E. Ball Park
Washington
Columbus Junction Fair
Columbus Junction
Best Games of the Season Tomorrow in Monmouth League Match
Local sports hype lists Monmouth League versus Washington as a premier game for tomorrow. Included are upcoming events and recent arrivals, with multiple social visits noted among residents and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Washington vs Monmouth League clash tomorrow at 2 30
The report notes a Washington game against a Monmouth League team scheduled for tomorrow at 2 30. Several local residents are mentioned visiting and returning from trips across Iowa and neighboring states with numerous familial and home references.
Modern arms in the Sudan report from Abyssinia
London notes report that adventurers in Abyssinia have armed tribes in the Sudan with rifles and ammunition. French made rifles dated 1879, many apparently new, have reached the region between northern Uganda and the Abyssinian frontier near Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. During Leveson operations against the Anuaks tribes, previously naked savages were found armed and trained, with Arab and Galla commanders guiding them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Abyssinia
Sudan
Uganda
Leveson
Gallas
Alive fish transport experiment launches from Philadelphia
Thomas Keepfer leaves Philadelphia aboard the Kaiser August Victoria to test shipping fish alive 14 000 miles from Siam back to the United States in large freshwater tanks. He envisions selling edible fish alive at US homes and reducing ptomaine sickness, noting Chinese steamers ship fish long distances with minimal loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Thomas Keepfer
Siam
Hamburg
Keepfer
Nature Rescues Woman and Fire Vindicates Clark
A Louisville woman and Mrs Elien Clark were vindicated after a fire of unknown origin destroyed the house once floated onto a canal route. Clark had refused to move the property saying nature would remove it, later accepting $150 to sign jump claim papers and now points to the ashes telling federal agents I told you so.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Elien Clark
Nature
Mrs. Clark
Missouri Silo Liquor Disturbs Rural Missouri
A Missouri report claims fermenting silage in silos creates undistilled liquor in dry counties. The impure drink forms at the silo bottom, using water from corn processing and fermenting corn mash. It is described as similar to corn whiskey before distillation and aimed at rural thirst rather than city bars.
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Columbia
Missouri
Jamaica
PART OF PREHISTORIC MAN FOUND NEAR WILLows CAL
Teeth recovered from an 80 foot well borings near Willows are believed to belong to a man from a distant era. Shellfish and fine sea sands around the teeth indicate they were deposited when the Sacramento valley stood about 95 feet lower. Ranch manager T. L. Knock holds a 40 foot lizard skeleton from sandstone ledges in the nearby Coast Range.
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Cal
Sacramento Valley
T. L. Knock
Coast Range
Man Fined for Hugging Girl in Paterson Case
In Paterson New Jersey Louis Bucceri was fined $50 after hugging Freida Brickman against her wishes. The incident prompted local attention and a court fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paterson
N. J
Freida Brickman
Louis Bucceri
Salts Bound Over On Bank Robbery Charge
William R. Salts age nineteen bound over to the grand jury under a two thousand dollar bond in the Rubio bank attempted holdup case. He admits planning the crime alone and claims no accomplices. Salts, from Fairfield, worked at the Hollingsworth place and Loudon factory, attends Methodist church, and has no prior trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Salts
Rubio Bank
Squire Riley
Salts
Young Salts
Fairfield
James Salts
Malleable Iron Works
Russell
Bert Dickinson
Hollingsworth Place
Rubio
Loudon
Washington
Laithly
Rome
Iowa
Fairfield Hardware
Brighton
Clay
Milwaukee
Ross Succeeds Shonts as Clover Leaf President
Walter L. Ross became president of the Toledo, St. Louis and Western R R today, succeeding Theodore P. Shonts who resigned. Ross, formerly vice president in charge of traffic for the Alton Clover Leaf railroads, ascends to the Clover Leaf presidency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Spt
Walter L. Ross
Toledo, St. Louis and Western R. R
Theodore P. Shonts
Alton-Clover Leaf
Clover-Leaf
Ismay to Testify Before U S. Court Inquiry
J Bruce Ismay president of the International Mercantile Marine company was summoned to appear before Charles E Pickett clerk of the United States Court and master into the inquiry into an alleged steamship combination today. Ismay unable to go to America so the American committee traveled to England for the inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
J. Bruce Iemay
International Mercantile Marine Company
Charles E. Pickett
United States
Ismay
America
England
Little Good Work The Road to Endurance
Quote attributed to J G Holland reflects on steady progress and patience. It emphasizes there is no royal road to success and that slow growth lasts longer, encouraging perseverance one task at a time.
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J. G. Holland
Weddings and gatherings span weekend events in town
A dozen or more relatives celebrated at the J H Kyle home in honor of Dr and Mrs W S Kyle and son Donald Brent from Shannon City. Numerous guests performed music and snacks were served. Essie Allen and Claude Hines wed in Maquoketa and plan to live in Rochester NY after September 1. Leora Taylor married Harrison Dodder in a quiet family ceremony at the Taylor home with a four course dinner. The wedding party included local and out of town guests and the couple will visit Clinton and Chicago before settling in a cottage on East Main Street.
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J. H. Kyle
Town
Essie M. Allen
Claude Valentine Hines
J. M. Allen
Maquoketa
Iowa
Hines
Delevan Street
Rochester
New York
Allen
J. F. H. Taylor
Alice Eyestone
Bnor Klayes
Clinton McGee
Charles Dodder
A. S. Smith
Out of the City
5. M. Henness
Carl Henness
East Main Street
Washington
Navajo Club Meeting Set at Mrs Gibson’s Home
The Navajo club will meet at the home of Mrs. W. A. Gibson Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priscilla Club
T. J. Berda
Navajo Club
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. R. Mount
Ottumwa
Luella Shaw
Congress Hotel
Bert Chapel
Ainsworth
W. F. Crawford
City
Harriet Keck
Nevada
June Chase
Victoria Satorek
Riverside
D. J. Rose
Leta MccConaughy
Des Moines
R. P. McConaughy
Graham
Gladys Carson
Tarkio College
Tarkio, Mo
Harry L. Kaga
Illinois
Glenn G. Hayes
Express
Hampshire
F. T. Quire
E. T. Dankwardt
Burlington
Veda Stryker
Cedar Falls
State Teachers’ College
Corabelle Teachman
Peoria
Edith Chilcote
A. Cer
Charles Brown
J. A. Glendenning
the Fair
J. P. Babcock
Allen Beck
I. Rothschild
Chi
Cago
T. Y. Wickham
BE. T. Wickham
Edna Galloway
Maggie Foster
Lewis
Mrs
Melle Eaton
Muscatine
Arthur Weade
Frank Eagle
Omaha, Nebr
Louis Eagle
Samuel Matthews
J. T. Matthews
R. H. Faris
Harold
Winfield
Marie Dittmer
Tipton
Mrs. Hunter
L. 8. Patterson
Elma Girlie
Canton, Mo
Karl Blanchard
Chillicothe, Mo
J. C. Bowie
Christine
Cincinnati
Mrs. Dorrance Dean
Rock Island
Marengo
Madelin
Esther Cook
Sigourney
Mary Forman
D. B. Romig
Grace Hill
Crawfordsville
J. F. Buxbaum
Claudia de Houx
Florence Headen
W. M. Terry
Will Marshall
Worthing
W. T. Hearne
Independence
S. W. Brookhart
Mr. Hearne
Hearne
Col
D. J. Palmer
Los Angeles
Stella Berry
Martina Swift
Davenport
Sister of Charity
Miss Berry
St. James School
F. J. Haubenschild
North Avenue C
G. HW. Kerr
Macanac
Sao St. Marie
Snow Island
N. E. Lease
Porter Institute
Greenville, Tenn
United Presbyterian
Southern Mountaineers
Kemp & Wagner
Lytle Bros
the Royal
Todd Stuart
Harriet Shinnabarger
Mrs. Stormfeltz
Princeton, Mo
A. G. Cunningham
Sam Shannon
Alice Morris
Amherst
Colo
Dave Ripley
Atlanta Gibson
C.D. McClellan
David Gilbert
Colorado
Stockport
Chester Wilson
C. F. B Steirwalt
F. G. Kiesling
Brooklyn
N. Y
J. A. Harwood & Son
South Side
The
California
Faltafield
Father
Ross
Shonts
WM. A. Whiting
Washington High School
Chicago Art Institute
Helen Wilson
East Washington Street
Eugenia Bradshaw
Kansas City
Martha Brindley
Tau
Mystic Workers of the World
A. O. U. W. Hall
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