Scribes and Pharisees in a Country Newspaper Town
A small town newspaper pokes fun at social life and town figures while defending its role as community chronicler. It highlights the balance between wit and responsibility, portraying key locals such as Marshal Furgeson and Mail Order Petrie, and notes the paper’s influence over public opinion and local mercy.
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URS
Weat
Alleghanies
Rockies
Social Clearing House
Daily Grind
the Statesman
Elyairs
United States
New York
Portland
San Francisco
New Orleans
Coronado Beach
Buzzard’s Bay
Faust
West
Petrie
St. Louis
Marshal Purgesen
Brighton Notes Speak of Town Life and Local Moves
Brighton residents report a busy week with visitors and travel. Bruce Fox called on Fairfield business, families visit relatives in Des Moines and Louisville, and Misses Lemley plan studies at Iowa City and Chicago University. The Brighton Mutual Telephone Co. held its annual stockholders meeting naming new directors across three- year terms. Local projects include Henry Snyder’s sidewalk and several residents visiting hospitals, with the last band concert of the season.
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Brighton
Bruce Fox
Fairfield
M. R. Edmondson
Columbus Jet
E. L. Edmondson
FE. O
Luella Tayter
Hugh Henry
Monmouth
Henry
Oscar
Bert Christie
Wapello
W. 5S. Parks
C. G. Picken
Mary Friend
Des Moines
C. H. Bonner
E. H. Faris
California
Morning Sun
Geo. Hyde
Louisville
Kentucky
Joe Lemley
Mildred Horton
Iowa City
University
Jeanette Lemley
Chicago University
I. A. Polish
Mitchell
B. W. Tenny
F. A. Williams
Chicago
Brighton Mutual Telephone Co
Princess Theatre
u.Grant Horton
Otto Fritz
R. W. Hinson
Henry Snyder
James Bales
Stockport
W. W. Jamison
Tri T
Valda Prizer
Wood Hartley
Baby
Iowa City Hospital
Geo. Pauls
Miss Masters
Neal Whisler
Carrie Peassey
Kenry Lee
Henry Speilian
Wm. Bucker
Elmo
C. A. Edwards
Dora Clingman
Linby
G. J. Saunders
Infant dies in Olds as Petersons mourn loss
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Peterson died Tuesday night in Olds. Mrs. W. D. Stoner died Saturday at her home with funeral services at nine and burial in Kirkwood, Ill. Carrie Anderson moved to Lundquist apartment. Parsons college visit notes. several local visits and a ladder accident in Mt. Pleasant are mentioned.
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Wayland
O. P. Hough and Son
Langer Bros
James Long
Crawfordsville
Robert Long
Harold Crawford
Mt. Pleasant
Mt. Pleasant Hospital
W. D. Stoner
Kirkwood
Ill
Carrie Anderson
Lundquist
Hope Shepherd
Kalona Social Notes and Local Transfers
Kalona scene includes Mrs. A J Van Scoy visiting in St Charles and a meat market sale to Hall and Seemuth of Iowa City. Local weddings births moves and student relocations noted. Lois Snair to Iowa Wesleyan. Marie Sakulin and Gertrude Lakey to UC for the fall term.
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Kalona
A. J. van Scoy
St. Charles
Iowa
Elizabeth van Sery
Kauffman and Kinsinger
Cahall
Seemuth
Iowa City
Chas. Faulkner
Cedar Rapids
Local Briefs from Crawfordsville Sept 21 Misses Sipe Strain and Davidson attend Iowa City college
News from Crawfordsville reports Lucile Sipe Oma Strain and Milton Davidson leaving for Iowa City to attend college. The Milton family from Evanston IL visits Mrs Fannie Williams after selling a hardware business and planning a new millwork and supply company in Illinois with goals to manufacture millwork, operate a lumber yard, build homes, and run a real estate arm to aid moderate income home ownership. The piece also notes Rev G J Kelgus’s return from Kangaa and a Presbyterian missionary society meeting with Mrs N J Lease, plus a saxophone and violin duet by Doris Fletcher and Myrtle Orris.
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Crawfords
Crawfordsville
Lucile Sipe
Oma Strain
Milton Davidson
Iowa City
J. L. Milton
Avanette
Evanston, II
Dominion of Canada
Milton
Fannie Williams
Illinois
G. J. Kelgus
Kangaa
H. D. Cherryholmes
Helen Cherryholmes
Washington
Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
N. J. Lease
Bert Orris
Whitfield Davis
Mary McCoy
Doris Fletcher
Myrtle Orris
Inventions Boost Wealth With Simple Sealed Can
A simple seam under the can top enables easy opening. A Chicago packing house ordered ten millions of the experiment and the inventor grew very rich from its success.
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Chicago
Yellow Fever Carried by Mosquito, Tiny Insect Described
The article explains yellow fever is transmitted solely by the stegmoyta mosquito. It notes the insect is extremely small and not blocked by ordinary screens. It describes a silvery lyre-shaped pattern on the thorax and white and black banding on the abdomen and legs.
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Tropics
Thought for the Day Gambit Sparks Online Debate
A brief reflection notes that in negotiations some people see opposing tactics as corruption. The line suggests that avoiding perceived dishonesty requires steady conduct under pressure and fairness in bargaining.
Dr McAfee to Speak at University of Iowa Vesper
Rev Cleland Boyd McAfee, professor of systematic theology at McCormick Theological Seminary Chicago, will lecture at the University of Iowa Sunday afternoon during the first vesper service of the new academic year. He has taught philosophy at Park College and written religious works while serving on editorial staffs of Continent and the Christian Endeavor World.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Cleland Boyd McAfee
McCormick Theological Seminary
Chicago
Iowa
Mr. McAfee
Brooklyn
Park College
Mr McAfee
Continent
Christian Endeavor World
Presbyterian Board of Publications
France
The Secret of Success in The Survivors by Lucas Malet
A fragment from The Survivors quotes Lydia on social success. She learned early that dressing well and presenting style and conviction helps one enter society.
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Lydia
Lucas Malet
Prodigal Son Quote Prompts Homeless Boy Debate
A Washington Star excerpt quotes a proverb about a prodigal son type figure who shows he had sense enough to return home, contrasting foolishness with the idea of choosing home cooking over boarding horses.
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Washington Star
Indiscriminate Pickin Up With Strangers Warned
A column warns against picking up strangers at town venues and in transit. It cites cases of heartbreak and crime, naming Miss Goldie Plum and Jack Dumont later identified as Oscar Witherby, a fugitive tied to multiple offenses across states.
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Luis San
Jake Bentley
Goldie Plum
Jack Dumont
Jack
Apple Grove Park
Plum
Applehove Park
Goldie
Oscar Witherby
Montana
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Collis
Kt. Hatcher
T. J. Norton
High Street
Marshal Purgeson
Julia New Worthington
Priscilla Winthrop Conklin
Marshal Furgeson
White Front
Golden Eagle Clothing
Bee Hive
John Markley
Charlie Hedrick
Metropole
South Main Street
Wise Cub
Cutglass Society
Golden Eagle
Dee Hive
Hall
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
BE. Swanks
T. V. Knerr
Muscatine
M. FE. Hochstetler
Lois
Colorado
Erils Troyer
Hous
J. B. Critz
Geo. McGraw
Hitchcock
South Dakota
Pressley Figgins
Lois Snair
Iowa Wesleyan College
Marie Sakulin
Gertrude Lakey
U. I
DR. McAfee
Drees
A.E. Putnam & Sons
Washington, Iowa
Abe Martin
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