Enrollment Gains Mark Start Of City Schools This Year
City schools opened with strong enrollment totaling 816 as the High school reported 177 students. New principal L. J. Meade and German instructor Miss Jamison lead a largely unchanged staff. Kindergarten enrollment reached 49 with Vera Alberson replacing a vacancy. Academy enrollment at noon was 85 with more to come.
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Ien
L. '. Meade
Iowa City
Jamison
Burlington
Wallace
South
Centennial
Emma Buxbaum
Grace Hill
Gertrude Smith
Heights
Vera Alberson
Jay
Cnly
Margaret Doolittle
Evelyn Carothers
University of Chicago
R. D. Daugherty
Monarch machines replace earlier typewriters in Academy
The school has replaced old machines with Monarchs, which are nearly identical except they act as visible writers. The academy aims for a banner year, with summer renovations giving the interior a bright, varnished finish and grained woodwork.
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Monarch
Academy
Society Notes Highlight Johnsons at Wilson Dougherty Dinner
The Rev. Arthur Johnson and Miss Elizabeth Johnson were guests at dinner yesterday at the Wilson Dougherty home on East Second Street, according to society notes.
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Rev
Arthur Johnson
Elizabeth Johnson
Wilson Dougherty
East Second Street
Helping Hand Circle Hosts Georgia Hay Address
The Helping Hand circle of the King's Daughters at Second United Presbyterian met in church parlors. Miss Georgia Hay of West Chester gave an interesting address about her work in the south.
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King’s Daughters
The
Second United Presbyterian Church
Georgia Hay
West Chester
South
Dinner Honors Rev Arthur Johnson and Miss Elizabeth Johnson
Mr and Mrs F M McElhinney hosted a sixty o clock dinner last evening in honor of Rev Arthur Johnson and Miss Elizabeth Johnson of Beaver Falls Pennsylvania.
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F. M. McElhinney
Arthur Johnson
Elizabeth Johnson
Beaver Falls
Pythian Sisters Schedule Regular Meeting
The Pythian Sisters may hold a regular meeting tomorrow at 2 30 PM at their hall.
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Pythian Sisters
Social Evening at Ferguson Home Guests From Winfield
Mr and Mrs Ode Ferguson hosted a Saturday evening gathering at their southeast city home with music and light conversation. Refreshments of ice cream and cake were served and guests included Mrs Myrtle Renshaw and daughter Miss Pauline of Winfield, visiting from a distance.
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Ode Ferguson
Myrtle Renshaw
Pauline
Winfield
District Court Opens for September Term
Judge Preston arrived this morning and the September term of court began this afternoon. Probate cases were heard this afternoon and non jury business continues through the week. The petit jury is called for the first of next week.
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Preston
Wanted a saleslady inquires at Tondre and Benzs
Local notes list a day of social visits and travel. Dave Boyer spent yesterday in West Chester on business and returned home last evening. Alf Klepper and family from Muscatine visited F L Wilsons and will return tonight. Donaldson came back from Des Moines after the state fair. Shuman leaves for Beaver Falls Pa to resume school after summer break. Edworthy family visits extend from Des Moines to Victor Iowa with Misses Anderson and Florence Arthaud visiting and staying with Edworthy and Arthaud households.
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Tondre & Benz
Dave Boyer
West Chester
Alf Klepper
Muscatine
F. L. Wilson
DD. C. Donaldson
Des Moines
John Shuman
Beaver Falls
Frank Edworthy
Victor
Iowa
Nellie Anderson
Ainsworth
Josephine Anderson
Chillicothe
Amy Edworthy
Florence Arthaud
Wayland
Edworthy
Aithaud
William
Sadie Hamilton
L. T. Burham
Denver
Nellie Beauchamp
Bertha Anderson
Wyman
Local residents visitKeota visitors and travel plans noted
Vic Verchival of Keota and Mrs. Fred Smith of Richland visit in the city. Chariton couple Mr. and Mrs. C G Byram stay at the Doolittle home. Mrs. W O Wilcox and daughter Zola visit from the Junction at W D Crawford’s. PD 8 Cole departs for Texas. brother Dr Cole of Davenport is in poor health. Mrs Brindley and daughters Martha and Helen Wilson sail to LaGrange Georgia for Southern College for Girls. Laura Doolittle returns from Saginaw Michigan to spend time with the Doolittle family before resuming teaching at Kirksville State Normal. N H Denison leaves for Hereford Texas with landseekers. party includes Everette J H Potter Highland township Clark Roy Woods Ainsworth and eight men from Ohio. Denison expanding Ohio real estate business.
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W. O. Wilcox
Miss Zola
W. D. Crawford
Cole
Texas
Davenport
Frank Brindley
Martha
Helen Wilson
LaGrange
Georgia
Southern College For
Laura Doolittle
Saginaw
Mich
Doolittle
Kirksville
State Normal School
N. H. Denison
Kansas City
Hereford
Everette
J. H. Potter
Highland Township
Clark
Roy Woods
Ainsworth
Ohio
Mr. Denison
Infinite cosmic scale and Hugo cited musings on light
The passage discusses Victor Hugo's speculative biography and the debate over crossing space. It compares locomotives and projectiles with light, estimating light’s speed and journeys from Earth to the sun and beyond. The excerpt ends pondering the vast, unseen infinity beyond the known universe.
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Victor Hugo
Licht
Earth
Sun
Oceanus
Oeanus
Centaurus
Pole Star
Milky Way
Canes Venaties
Gapes in Chicks A Classic Poultry Ailment and Remedies
Gapes in chicks is caused by gape worms in the windpipe leading to suffocation in small birds. Separate affected birds, use solid coop floors, and avoid earthworm exposure. Treatments include turpentine dipped quills and looped horsehair dislodging methods, or tobacco fumes in a sealed space, though the latter is dangerous.
Radium Color Changes on Gemstones Described
German experiments show a colorless Borneo diamond pale to yellow after eight days with radium bromide and deepen with more exposure. sapphire light blue shifts to green then yellow. colors vanish on heating but reappear on cooling. Amethyst ruby blue topaz chrysoberyl unchanged. tourmaline with a green end turns green where exposed.
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Borneo
Husband protest over muddy lot in Chicago suburb
An irate suburbanite storms about in green water and mud arguing with a land agent. He recalls recently being married and questions if the site is proper for a bride, noting he heard the agent call her Duckie.
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Duckie
Chicago News
Man Quarrels Over Dowry Style in Trashy Novel Reading
A humorous Washington Herald item depicts a suitor insisting he can support a daughter in the lifestyle she is used to, but the father questions whether he can match the “style” of trashy novels she prefers.
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Washington Herald
Better to help a person than to pursue things today
A concise Wall Street Journal aphorism urges choosing actions that aid people over pursuing material aims, encouraging timely compassionate effort as a daily mindset.
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Wall Street Journal
Aristotle on optimal marriage ages
The philosopher argued that men should marry at thirty seven and women at eighteen, reflecting his views on proper social roles and family formation in ancient thought.
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Aristotle
Guinea fowls facts and breeding tips from Farm Journal
M. Lewis Harding explains Guinea fowls originate from Guinea coast and are naturally wild, nest-hiding, and hardy once grown. Eggs are speckled and smaller than hen eggs, with a pointed end, and hens can hatch them for tamer juveniles. They lay about 150 eggs a year and respond to threats with loud cries while defending against hawks.
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M. Lewis Harding
Farm Journal of
Philadelphia
Guinea
Pigeons For Profit In Breeding Advice
The article urges improving stock through judicious mating and notes tobacco residues do not hurt birds but lice. It mentions the Carneaux pigeon as a booming breed expected to revolutionize the squad business and warns that hard luck stems from mismanagement.
Go Slow In Pigeon Raising Says American Pigeon Keeper
The American Pigeon Keeper urges careful, scaled start in pigeon raising. Start small to learn needs, then expand only as capital and knowledge permit. Avoid rushing into large ventures without preparation.
Molting Timetable for Domestic Birds in Summer Months
The article explains that molting starts late in August but heat causes plumage to look rusty and feathers loosen. Young birds tend to shed first feathers in July and some early hatched pullets may shed as early as June. January hatched birds are more likely to molt later in the cycle.
Rearing Bantams: Prevent Lice With Weekly Checks
Keep bantams lice free as they tolerate cold poorly when infested. Inspect chicks at least weekly. if drooped wings or poor appetite appear treat for lice even without visible signs to ensure survivable flocks.
Ducks and Drakes Ratio in Flock Management
The guide explains early season breeding with one drake per four ducks, and later a ratio of one drake to five ducks. It notes that with only five females, a single drake suffices to cover the flock.
Local Travelers and Health Ad for Dr Shoop’s Restorative
Notes list residents and visitors traveling to Muscatine West Liberty Keota Cedar Falls and Denver with brief business trips and visits. An advertisement promotes Dr Shoop's Restorative from Racine Wisconsin with claims of quick relief for stomach heart and kidney issues and offers free samples by mail through J H Stewart.
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Dr. Shoop
Shoop
Racine
Wis
J. H. Stewart
Beamer Leaves for Council Bluffs on Business
J. T. Beamer departed this morning for Council Bluffs to attend to business matters for a short period.
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J. T. Beamer
Council Bluffs
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STECK
H. F. Steck
Vic Verchival
Keota
Fred Smith
Richland
C. J. Wilson
C. G. Byram
Chariton
North
Washington
Tk Brand Clothe
Our
Nicola & Harmon
North Side
Eva Neiswanger
Will Hudler
Walker
Harvey
L. Samson
George H. Paul
West Liberty
Oscar Burham
Bureau
Ill
P. M. Powelson
Frank Stewart
George H. Lee
Grover Neiswanger
Harvey Shannon
Fairfield
May Cocklin
Cedar Falls
J. C. Smiths Cash Grocery
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