Local and Personal News Highlights
A collection of brief items notes Miss Carrie Hamilton resumes fall vocal lessons at 221 East Main Street after summer study. Several residents travel to Des Moines and surrounding towns for fairs visits and visits with relatives. Luella Shaw M D offers women’s chronic disease care at Congress hotel, while others head to Crawfordsville, Davenport, West Liberty, Tipton, and Moline for work, visits, or studies.
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Carrie Hamilton
East Main Street
Luella Shaw
Congress Hotel
Community notes show visits and fairs across towns
Various residents travel for visits and fairs with multiple mentions of Wadesburg, Milton White home guests, and a Nebergall trip to Muscatine. Horse racing reports note Maxinell’s earlier win and Bruce Robinson selling McG to a Cheyenne circus man, while others plan millinery work and family gatherings.
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Washington
Iowa State Fair
Maxinell
C. R. Wells
Bruce Robinson
McG
Fair Grounds
Mr. Robinson
Cheyenne
West Liberty
Greg King
G. H. Paul
Robinson
Benz
North Marion
Wagon Driver Narrowly Escapes as Train Strikes Load
J. D. Martin living near Living Lake church faced a near fatal accident when a Rock Island freight engine struck his wagon loaded with cement blocks at North Second avenue crossing. The wagon was wrecked but Martin, crippled by paralysis, escaped unharmed though he had trouble leaving the wagon. The engine was moving slowly during the collision.
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J. D. Martin
Living Lake
Rock Island
North Second Avenue
Martin
Dr Irvin EB Huston Announces Eye Ear Nose and Throat Office
Dr Irvin EB Huston states he has opened a specialized office for eye ear nose and throat care with glasses fitting for children and youths. He emphasizes eye strain relief and headache reduction in young people. Office at 8S. W. Cor Square Washington Iowa near Lemley’s Grocery Store. Phone 710.
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Irvin EB
Huston
W. Cor
Washington
Iowa
Lemley
Roosevelt Invades West in 1924 Campaign Swing
Ex president Theodore Roosevelt arrives in St Louis and launches a six day westward tour, drawing large crowds from Stamford to Bridgeport while denouncing Socialist ideas and challenging rival platforms as he campaigns for a third party. Governor Wilson then speaks in Buffalo addressing about 1500 amid mud conditions, focusing on Roosevelt platform analysis and his own program.
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St. Louis
Theodore Roosevelt
West
Pacific
New England
Roosevelt
Connecticut
Springfield
Mass
Stamford
Bridgeport
Seaside Park
Wilson
Buffalo
N. Y
Trenton
Braun
Perk
Hin
Nelson Ketchel Draw In Fifteen Round Battle
Nelson and Steve Ketchel fought fifteen fast rounds to a draw here. The veteran fighter appeared slower but remained competitive throughout, keeping the match engaging. Believed to Have Been Killed. Clear Lake Iowa Sept 3 Inton Miller teenage grandson of Judge S M Weaver found dead in Clear Lake after vanishing Friday.
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Battling Nelson
Steve Ketchel
Clear Lake
Iowa
Lnton Miller
S. M. Weaver
Iowa Supreme Court
Kid Shaw Beats Rogarty in Third Round KO at Riverside
In Dubuque Iowa on September 3 Kid Shaw defeated Kid Rogarty of Chicago by a clean knockout in the third round at Riverside Athletic Pavilion. A solar plexus blow delivered the decisive blow. Earlier George Stevens of Milwaukee beat Young Nelson of Chicago in the fourth round on a foul.
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Kid” Shaw
Rogarty
Dubuque
Iowa
Kid" Shaw
Kid” Rogarty
Chicago
Riverside Athletic Pavilion
George Stevens
Milwaukee
Young Nelson
Stevens
Trial of a witch accusation shocks Washington courtroom
In Washington on September 3 a remarkable scene unfolded as Elizabeth Platt, a Black woman, stood trial in a justice of the peace court charged by neighbors of both races with witchcraft.
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Washington
Justice of the Peace of
Elizabeth Platt
Spiritualist Dies Jigging at Mam moth Hall Dance
A. A. Smith, seventy, longtime spiritualist and devotee who had prayed to die for three months, collapsed and died while jigging at a White Dove class dance in Mam moth hall Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Cal
White Dove
Bible Spiritual Church of Truth
Mammoth Hall
A. A. Smith
Ex-Sultan Mulai Hafid's Paris Spending Sparks Notice
Ex-Sultan Mulai Hafid of Morocco continues drawing a $60,000 annual allowance from the French government and spends rapidly in Paris. He buys hundreds of fountain pens, $2,000 worth of papier mache animals, visits the zoological gardens, and acquires four Great Danes for $800 and two cows for $259.
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Paris
Sultan Mulai Hafid
Morocco
Zoological Gardens
Orrs Celebrate Twenty Seventh Wedding Anniversary
Yesterday Mr and Mrs Madi son Orr marked their twenty seventh anniversary with a surprise party at their home organized by daughter Miss Katie Orr. About twenty friends attended as neighbors gathered while the couple were away. Refreshments were served and the event concluded with a pleasant two course luncheon. Guests included Mrs Harry Hathaway of Kansas City and Miss Gertrude Boyer of Chicago. Helen Wilson hosted the Ready Maids at her East Washington street home in honor of Miss Eugenia Bradshaw of Kansas City.
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J. P. Pelley
Miss Ona
St. Joe
al Crone
Gertrude Boyer
Chicago
Joe Boyer
Mrs. Madison Orr
Katie Orr
Orr
Helen Wilson
East Washington Street
Eugenia Bradshaw
Kansas City
Martha Brindley
City
Harry Hathaway
D A R Home Talent Play Cast to Meet at Eagle Hall
The D A R home talent group will gather at Eagle hall Wednesday at 7 30 PM for the church charity committee garments drive for the county hospital. Chapter 1 PL BE 0 will meet at Miss Helen Wilson's home Thursday at 2 30 PM with garment making and sewing supplies requested.
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Eagle Hall
Helen Wilson
Plow Ahead Motto Sparks Quirky Dialogue In Youths Companion
A bustling caption contest exchange in Youths Companion features a crossroads oracle and an auditor in blue jean overalls debating literal and figurative turns at the end of a furrow. The humorous exchange reflects rural life and periodical whimsy.
Imagination’s Limits in Acting Highlighted by Tragedian
A leading tragedian says an actor who imagines himself fat will look fat to audiences. He notes that the reverse can occur when one believes he is a good actor yet appears unconvincing to spectators.
Polite Brakeman Tales and Early Morning Jokes
A Grove County Advocate column blends humor about a courteous brakeman who never tires of describing scenery with quick quips about teachers students and farmers. The anecdotes mix wit about clever responses and everyday rural life in a dated homey style.
Ashes of Percival Pollard Laid In Elm Grove Cemetery
The ashes of Percival Pollard es sayist novelist and playwright were interred yesterday afternoon at Elm Grove cemetery beside his father. A brief service was led by Rev W R Sawhill. Pollard died in Baltimore from apoplexy and had shown promise as a literary critic and writer. He was remembered as a loyal friend with a buoyant youthful spirit and strong attachments to Washington.
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Percival Pollard
Elm Grove Cemetery
W. R. Sawhill
Pollard
H. A. Burrel
Baltimore
Europe
Washington
Iis
America
Fitting a Cork to a Too Tight Bottle
An exchange advises placing a cork on its side and rolling it under steady pressure with a tile beard or ruler. The cork will gradually elongate to fit the bottle in a matter of minutes.
Vermont election forecast as five governors race unfolds
VeriMont, Vermont once called the barometer state, faces a historic gubernatorial race with five candidates. Republican Allen Fletcher seeks to hold a long-standing majority amid a tariff focus and multi-party contest.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Congress
United States Senate
Allen M. Fletcher
Cavendish
Harlan B Howe
St. Johnsbury
Frazer Metzger
Randolph
Clement F. Smith
Morrisville
Fred W. Suitor
Barre
Recital Program at A. M. E. Church Featuring Leone Basfield
The A. M. E. church hosts a recital Thursday evening Sept 5 at 8:00 led by Leone Basfield of Pueblo Colorado with Helen Motts as accompanist and local talent. The program includes duets solo numbers mandolin and violin readings and a Rosary and Kiss Watts set with admission 25 cents. Proceeds go to the church.
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Miss Leone Basfield
Samuel Hall
Walter Williams
Helen Motta
Walter Williame
Kiss Watts
Kiss Watts, (c) Good-Dye—Miss Leone Basffield
Miss Basfield
Must First Pass Ordeal
A note describes a Central African tribe granting citizenship and marriage rights only after a man completes a treacherous descent into a rigged crevasse described as pregip itous elif, detailing the strenuous rite as gate to social status.
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Central Africa
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