Community notices and society gatherings across Washington
Local society pages list skating party at Phoenix rink for K O S members events of the Fortnightly Club Mothers department meeting at Mrs Caulley s home Rose Springman hosts a china shower for Lucile Peck and other entertainments in Southeast Washington Ainsworth and Redfield visitors noted with dinners and a large Rebekah lodge anniversary box supper in I O O F hall and a Fraternal Aid picnic program in Fairfield with a large Washington council turnout and a hotly contested baseball game report
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Rose Springman
Washington
Lucile Peck
Edith
Shannelt
East Main Street
3. T. Club
Miss Peck
Ausie
Trice Smith
Beulah Coffman
Leora Tay
Rebekah
Odd Fellows
Peterson Orchestra
Odd Fellowship
Peterson
Fairfield
Order
Fraternal Aid Association
Iowa
Sunset Park
Ida J. Stephenson
Ek. L. Stephenson
Muscatine
E. P. Day
Kansas
D. Page
Ida Ward
E. L. Stephenson
Vienna Bakery Celebrates With Pies and Prominent Moves
Local notes highlight party and picnic orders at the Vienna bakery and a stream of city visitors. Miss May Bell arrives from Cotter, Mrs Grace Anderson and Miss Alice head to Chicago, while Frank Bergquist returns to Chicago. numerous calls at Geo Stewart Hardware and shifts in surrounding towns reflect a busy Vienna scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Meetings of Knight's Templar on Black Monday
Wilber Miller of E. C. announces a work meeting for the Knight's Templar tonight described as Black Monday with participation expected from members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knight’s Templar
Hares a Nuisance in Turkey
Turkish districts report increasing hare populations harming crops. In Angora about 60,000 hares are killed yearly for fur shipped to Marseilles for hat manufacture.
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Turkey
Angora
Marseilles
Austria Exports Rabbits Turns Pest into Profit
Australia has turned her pest into a profitable industry. Over five years 14,433,000 frozen rabbits were exported from Victoria mainly to England, and 96,242,000 skins were sent abroad while 5,000,000 skins were used locally, totaling 103,242,000 skins.
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Austria
Australia
Victoria
England
Public sale listed for 30 Poland China and Duroc Jersey swine
A public sale is announced for October 27 featuring 30 head of big type Poland China and Duroc Jersey swine. Auction official: Al Darbyshire.
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Poland
China
Death of Mrs Stranksy at Riverside
Mrs Mary Stranksy born Mary Herman in Bohemia in 1825 died at 7 a m at the home of her son Joseph Stransky located 1.5 miles southwest of Riverside. She came to the United States in 1854 and married Wenzel Stransky in 1860. four children survive Joseph Frank Anthony and Mrs Josephine Thone. Funeral Monday at 9 a m at St Marys church with Rev Jacobsmeier. interment Riverside cemetery.
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Riverside
Mary Stranksy
Joseph Stransky
Mary Herman
Bohemia
Wenzel Stransky
Joseph
Frank
Anthony
Josephine Thone
Dighton
Neb
Stranksy
St. Mary's Church
Father Jacobsmeier
Riverside Cemetery
Plumber Phillip Kin nett Dies by Carbolic Acid
Keokuk Iowa September 18 Phillip Kin nett a plumber killed himself by taking carbolic acid Despondence over unrequited love is blamed for the act
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Keokuk, Ja
Phillip Kinnett
Railways charters in Canada reach limited construction
Canada’s parliament granted 206 railway charters in the twenty years ending 1909. Only 28 have been built, 86 lapsed, and the rest received extensions. Excluding CPR, GTP and CNoR, charters called for 63,809 miles of construction.
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Canada
Canadian Pacific
Grand Trunk Pacific
Canadian Northern
Perry Davis Pain Killer Promoted For Cold Prevention
Advertised remedy urges exposure to wet dampness and cold to be countered by a teaspoon of Perry Davis Pain Killer in warm water or milk. Claims heated system and avoidance of cold with two million annual bottles sold. Promotes 35 cent and 50 cent sizes.
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Perry Davis
Man Known as Mr Jervis Fails to Correct Bank Mistake
A bank assistant cashier rejects a customer’s claim of a mistaken check payment. The farmer, Mr Johnson, torments him with a verdict of not rectifying errors after leaving the bank. The next day the bank shows a forty dollar shortfall linked to the cashier’s balance. Mr Johnson later visits the dealer at his gate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Jervis
Johnson
Millton Road
Mr. Johnson
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Phoenix Skating Rink
Mother’s Department
E. E. Caulley
Alice Dennison
Fannie Winter
Ladies’ Aid Society of
The
Methodist Church
Stella Wells
E Club
Eastashington Street
Ray Latchem
V. P. McCaulley
Ronig
Missouri
Martha Krataw
Redfield
N. W. Thompson
Buttonactory
H. E. Case
North Washingon
Kneese
Sdna Foss
Burlington
Claire Dewey
Helennderson
Rose Club
Miltan Norton
Rose
Rebekah Lodge
Hugh and
Harry Elder
Viva Stevens
Brigh
Ruth Lehrer
Minnie Moothart
Clara Miller
Kate McKee
Myrtle Norton
Florence Ward
Lorene Jones
Glenn Moothart
Hugh Elder
Harry Knauss
Fairfield Drill
Fairfield Drill Team
May Bell
Cotter
City
Grace Anderson
Miss Alice
Chicago
Blanche Stewart
S. W. Clapper
Brighton
C. W. Porter
Frank Bergquist
Anna M. Real
Cedar Rapids
Olive White
Geo. Stewart Hardware Store
En Air
W. N. Heckethorn
Ainsworth
Mason Transfer & Stor
Age Company
Gale Boyer
H. T. Nutt
Nettie Gardner
Wellman
West Chester
Co. E. Brett
Ruth
Paul
Oskaloosa
Alice Despain
J. W. Shaffer
Mrs. J. Maxwell
Crawfordsville
Milan Shields
L. A. Lyman
Frank Johnson
Winfield
Dennis Brown
James Porter
William
Majestic
William Coppock
Anita
G. D. Rogers
Mt. Union
Yarmouth
S. S. Convention
Baptist Association
Joseph Wolfe
West Washington
M. C. Pattison
Windsor
St. James Church
Fox & Dewey
S. S
Major Latta
John K. Steen
Moline
J. M. Wilson
Columbus Junction
T. T. Keeley
W. M. Keeley
Clifford Thorne
Frank Collies
Iowa City
W. B. Thompson
Henry Davis
Wayland
W. M. Sutherland
Geo. Stewart's
J. W. Coffman
Carrie Blake
Keota
Charles Critz
H. M. Doig
William Sutherland
Creston
George Stewart
H. EF. Brimhall
Prairie Flower
Monmouth
A. M. Friend
Marshalltown
W. D. Shearer
Graham Tonight
Edmund D. Morrison
Francis V. Boyce
St. Louis
D.S. Cole
John Wagner
Maquoketa
Briggs
Andrew
Barre
Governor Briggs
Ansel Briggs
Corning
J. S. Barnett
Carbon
Here
John F. Wild
Barnett
R. Sandy Goudie
Michigan
J.a.work & GO
West Side
Wilber Miller, E. C
al Darbyshire
Self
Keokuk
Dakota
Geo. Peck
SFA A Ae
Naptha Se
Foreys Orino
Orino
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
Vicinity
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