Local Notes From Washington Visit Friendly Wayland Shoppers
Dr. P. L. Fiter practices osteopathy in the former Arthaud office. Mrs. George Pixley shows improvement from illness. Mrs. E. B. Blain of Wayland and S. H. Riner of Wayland visited Washington. Mrs. J. N. Hunter of Wellman toured Washington yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Wenger of Wayland shopped here yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. L. Fiter
Arthaud
EB. Blain
Wayland
Washington
Riner
J. N. Hunter
Wellman
Jake Wenger
Dean's Ambience and Local Happenings Highlight Ottumwa
A jumble of social visits and errands fills Ottumwa life as residents travel to Oskaloosa Burlington and Crawfordsville for fairs colleges and family events. Dean's advertises hot and cold lunches while multiple residents plan visits to relatives and attend events. notices include land restrictions and a farm sale with details.
Local Notes From Bluffton and Washington
Mrs. Bessie Speheger returns from Bluffton Indiana after visiting. Lyons offers special lunch for 35 cents and new necklace and yar drops arrive at Stephen the Jeweler. Miss Alice Rownd and Mrs. M D Yard travel to Kansas City due to Dr F L Rownds death. Mrs C M Keck and Rose Carey journey to Burlington and Boulder Colorado for university. Mrs W D Augustine of Weldonstown visits Washington on business. Mr and Mrs W N Cassell visit, return to Ainsworth. Miss Sadie Powell of Keota shops in Washington. Miss Wilda Augustine of West Chester visits. Martin Little injured Sunday, recovering after head wound. Tooman shop offers traveling bags and suitcases at reasonable prices.
Marriage of Merle Wright and Professor Carter at Fairfield
Society notes report the marriage of Miss Merle Wright to Professor Carter of Parsons College in Fairfield on Monday evening. Wright, a former hospital nurse and war unit member, has served as Jefferson County nurse for two years. The Fortnightly Club sections cover fruit and canned goods talks, demonstrations, and discussions of personal accounts, saving, and nutrition with several speakers and members attending gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Wright
Carter
Parsons College
Fairfield
Miss Wright
France
Jefferson County
L.S. Patterson
O. F. Boller
H. T. Carris
Frank Gobble
W. F. Glascock
F. L. Wilson
Carl Keck
Carl Youngbluth
J. Ross
H. E. Case
Ambrose Cunningham
Dan Bevins
Etha Dawson
Kittle Haines
Mare Shearer
Ethel McCreedy
Edna Purvis
R. E. Daugherty
Venice
Switzerland
Hunting Season Opens Saturday in Iowa
The Iowa hunting season begins this Saturday September 16 with wild fowl and snipe opening. Fox and gray squirrels may be killed from September 1, but light foliage yields small bags. Law covers migratory birds and game limits with severe penalties for protected species. Br'er Rabbit remains legally killable with no closed season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Iowa
United States
Towa
Br'er
Rabbit
Bunny
Origin of Drinking Pledge and Viking Influence
The work Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain traces drinking pledges to a French term pledge and notes historic Danish influence. It cites that Danes would stab a drinker. thus Englishmen required a pledge for safety before drinking, as described by Brand and Henry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
John Brand
Society of Antiquaries of London
Pledgins
Dr. Henry
Stay Focused and Realize Your Purpose
A short motivational piece on concentration and choosing a single purpose. It cites figures like Thomas Edison and Marie Curie as examples of disciplined minds. The text argues that consistent thought on one topic leads to achievement and that belief in one’s own potential drives success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Moison
Mme, Curie
Luther Burbattk
Chicago Industrial Research Laboratories
Live Like Their Ancestors on untamed Solomons
A traveler notes the Solomon Islands remain wild with head taxes uncollectible on Choiseul and Malaita. Choiseul demands armed guards ashore, while murders roam as law pursues offenders. Bougainville coast glows with beauty amid stories of skulls, cops, and a Chinese trader recalling a brother slain in a police clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon Islands
Choiseul
Malaita
Bougainville
Ancient American Horses Varieties From Forests To Plains
A government scientist notes North America hosted four to six distinct horse lineages living concurrently. Some ranged broad and slow in forests, others were swift with deerlike feet on plains. Among them were horses larger than today’s Percherons and smaller than Shetlands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North America
New Steel Wheel Forged in One Piece for Automobiles
A single piece steel wheel with rims spokes hubs and brake drums is announced as a new automobile wheel. The invention promises strength and fewer parts.
Caterpillars Weave Silk Nests in Central Africa
Silk nests about the size of coconuts are woven by Anaphe caterpillars found in central Africa.
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Central
Africa
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Frank Mayo
Saturday Evening Post
Thiusasus
Fimed Vom
Co-Operative Exchange
Iowa Ave
Washington Cleaners
Vhone
FE. Wash, St
Opera
A. D. Sanders
B. Lupton
John Shields & Sons
D.C. Russell
Guy Knauss
McElhinney Drug Co
George Pixley
Dean's
A. W. Yard
Ottumwa
NeHie
Lovie
Ainsworth
Frankie Bennett
W. H. Ilindahl
Burlington
Big Mora
Frank Swickard
Oskaloosa
Frank Globe
Crawfordsville
Gust. Bramer
H. l. Whittaker
Ford
W. Huston
Rena Pose
Mise Elma Vacha
Cedar Falls
O.r
F. M. Strickland
Rubio
Washington Cereal Mill
Marion Crawford
Crail’s
Sarah Shaw
Monroe, Ja
Williamsburg
Nellie Ryan
A. Canning
Noble Iowa
Pres. M. D. Yard
Allie Rownd
Kansas City
Frank Rownd
William Gibson
Mansfield
Ohio
W. M. Conner
Dean’s
Nellie Wright Mason
Joe Wright
D. Branch
Omaha
Tom Holland
Yellowstone National Park
Burlington Route
Burlington Road
W. S. Hess
Iowa City
Keota
Dewey Hess
Robi
Cook
Hadley
Minn
A. D. Week
M. Finlay
Chicago
James Wilson
George and
Herbert Formes
Harry White
Sidney Coon
John Rath
Holmes and Stansbury
Mattie Garigus
Ella Stone
Terre Haute
Indiana
C. A
J. T. Bernes
L. S. Foster
Arch
Oxfords
Wilson's
Miss Mae Campbell
John Campbell
North of Town
Miss Mae
Perkins Hospital For Children
State University At
Fayette County
South Side
Sherman’s
Crail
Mrs. Elmer
Haskell County
Kansas
J. M. Finney
Beaver Falls
John Belville
Belville
Lafe Coop
Gus Flinspach
D. W. Thompson
Des Moines
Myrtle Coop
E. Plumly
Piano House
Thompson
Lyon's
Bessie Speheger
Bluffton
Lyons
Stephen
Alice Rownd
M. DD. Yard
F. L. Rownd
C. M. Keck
Rose Carey
Miss Carey
Boulder
Colo
University
Mrs. W. N. Cassell
Sadie Powell
Wilda Augustine
West Chester
Martin Little
Altho
Tooman Shop
Nimrods
Dailey’s Taxi
Whione
Local and Country Service
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Ensilage
Swayne- Robinson
Washington Motor CO
Harry
Brunswick
Margaret Young
Birdie
Yankee Leodle
Isham Jones
Brunswick Records
Mee
Hes
England
America
Dayton & Son
Washington, Iowa
Westphal the Jeweler
West Side Square
H4allimark
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