Local social notes and trades from the region
Mrs. Joe McGraw and her baby visited her parents Mr and Mrs James Shotts nine miles north of town in Keota. Charles R Brown shipped horses to St Louis and traded for a saddle horse from Mr Farrier of Ollie. Florence Hagen of Quincy resigns from Asher millinery and returns home. Rothschild's advertises children’s cloaks and Lewis lye 8 cents at the Fair department store.
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C. P. Dede
John Buckley
Joe McGraw
Babe
Keota
James Shotts
Charles R. Brown
St. Louis
Mr. Brown
Mr. Farrier
Ollie
Florence Hagen
Quincy
Asher Millinery
F. L. Woodburn
Ainsworth
M. E. Brown
East Second Street
Fair items and visits fill local notes in brief
The column lists multiple social items: Fair at Lem Cherry to Aberdeen for a business visit. Rothe child’s M Mol McFarland returning from Davenport. Jewels mosaics carving tools. W W Neal visiting Crawfordsville. fall dress goods at Jamestown. Rothschilds hosting visitors from Brighton. Dr. LeRoy Tripp visiting Lawton Iowa. funeral attendance for Mrs J C Smith. Belle Johnson arriving from Mt Pleasant for aunt’s death. ready-made suits praised. a Teeter daughter born Friday. advice on burning wood for Christmas. Mrs BE Chandice and Eva Chandice visiting Hunter home. Ross Drug offers candy and millinery display.
Soldier tale warns of future need for peace
A bedtime tale recasts a German soldier misreading royal questions into a moral about misunderstandings in war. The father hopes future generations avoid warfare as hints of conflict fade and nations seek better quarrel resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dren
Jack
Daddy
Noiseless Corn on the Cob Eating Method Prize Idea
A humorous notion credits a man who invents a noiseless corn on the cob eating method and explains eating watermelon without wet ears as a true public benefactor.
Final Farewell at the Davenport Office
An effusive farewell unfolds in a newspaper office as Indice Davenport exits the sanctum after a long tenure. She warmly greets the editors, bids goodbye to Mr Bliss and Mr Davenport, and heads toward Ninety-third Street amid backstage banter and theatrics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Occasi
Davenport
Saturday Evening Post
Les
Goodby
Bliss
Doctor’s gentle rule prompts a child’s clever reply
A noted doctor raises his eight year old daughter with a rule to avoid gossip. When he tests her by mentioning Mary Goodgirl sticking her tongue out at a man she asks why he told her this. The daughter quickly counters with a witty question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ter
Mary Goodgirl
Mary
Philadelphia Times
Our Increasing Longevity From Life Expectancy Trends
The article notes rising average lifespans with 1880 data showing 6.6 percent over sixty, forming 62 percent of that group, and 1900 figures near 6.5 percent. It cites investigators in the United States and England observing longer life spans and questions the attainability of legendary ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
England
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D. A. Chalmers
Rothschild’s
John Waymack
New York
Peck & Roberts
Aberdeen
Heulah Eichelberger
Thomas Lewis
Oskaloosa
George H. Pauli
Samuel Cocklin
Chicago
Will Woolston
South Bend, Ind
Ft. Madison
Ted Rogers
Shellabarger
Mrs
D. A. Boyer
S. D
Harry Boyer
Pantatorium
Wind
the Royal
Libby
Stuart & Son
the Fair
Lem Cherry
Mentor
Rothechild's
W W. McFarland
W. Neal
Crawfordsville
Jamestown
Rothachild's
Mrs. Port Lewis
Brighton
LeRoy Tripp
Lawton
Iowa
George Tripp
William P. McMahen
Middletown
J. C. Smith
Eekles
Marl Jackson
Eodsats
Belle Johnson
Mt Pleasant
Rothschild's
Misa
Hugh Teeter
BE. Chandice
Eva Chandice
A Hunter
Winfield
Ross Drug Store
H. L. Parrott
Iowa City
U.S. Express Company
Midel
Lewis
Sive
Your Majesty
Dan Hesseltine
John Sullivan
Burlington
Journal
Rose McGugin
Bridges Millinery
E. DeMarce
Eldon
Hanna Bicher
Milwaukee
Wis
Downer College
the Journal
Ladies’ Aid Society of
The
Methodist Church
Just
Asher Co
Raymond Buckley
University of Chicago
A. A. Green
Osmmar Lewis
Gertrude
Los Angeles
Calif
S. L. Ronaldson
Ray Guest
Retta Halsey
George H. Paul Co
Corpus Christi
Texas
Aya
Sete
Martha Donnahey
W. J. Bradley, Jeweler
S. W. Cor. Sqt
Matt McGrath
Valley Junction
Mr. McGrath
Rock Island
Ross
Rita Schreckengast
Edna Webb
Mide
Company D
Columbus Junction
Rk. W. Borman
Roy Hill
Davenport Locomotive Works
D. Young
Beatrice, Nebr
J. G. Smith
Asher
Ed Page
James Hawthorne
Mrs. R. le Cherry
Verdi
W. A. Cherry
Susie Johnson
City
Mra
BE. Greer
Hattie Thomas
J. P. Thomas
Celesta Fetes
J. Kyle
Jane Mealey
Whiting
McClellan
Pleasant Plain
DD. Amspolter
Des Moines
J. D. Finney
Luverne
F. W. Amspeker
Helen
McGrath
Iowa Gas & Electric Co
Ashero
A. G. McCullough
Gale Reynolds
O. M
P. M. Powellson
Ashby
Harriet Montague
Kate Buckley
Otto Dede
Presbyterian Hospital
Harry Turner
International Correspondence Schools
Scranton
Penn
W. A. Turner
Ee Eee Ferries
Miss Connell
Trimmer
Miss Wolf
Boston Harbor
Silver Creek
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