Local and Personal notes from Keota and nearby
Dick Embree and Will Chariton of Keota visit the city. Vienna bakery advertises fresh pastries and chocolate rolls. Mrs. Miles Bradford travels for a month in Pennsylvania and Ohio. Dozens of residents visit relatives, attend meetings, or travel to Ottumwa Burlington Muscatine and Monmouth. Several teachers, editors, and ministers visit home towns or preach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles Bradford
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Harry Turner
Monmouth
Washington
Taft Iowa Tour Recap From Col C J Wilson Report
Col C J Wilson on Governor Carroll’s staff returns from President Taft’s Iowa trip. The party rode the presidential train through Council Bluffs Des Moines Fort Dodge Webster City Waterloo Albia Ottumwa and other cities. Taft’s speeches pleased large crowds and a Ottumwa audience heard veto explanations. Wilson Palmer and Needham joined the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Des Moines
Ft. Dodge
Webster City
Waterloo
Albia
Ottumwa
Col. Wilson
Towa
Col Wilson
Mr. Taft
Col
D. J. Palmer
Charles K. Needham
Washington
Congress
The Wolf and the Lamb and the Bond of Family
A fable about a deceitful wolf accusing a lamb of muddying his water and eating him despite impossible claims. It contrasts with a tale of a king’s sons who fail to break a bundle of sticks, learning unity is strength while division brings weakness.
Community notices from local groups announced schedules
The Standard Bearers of the M F E church meet Monday at 4 PM with Mrs. Robert Clyde. Knights and Ladies of Honor members gather Monday evening Oct 2 at 7 30. A M B A Lodge 297 meets tonight at 8 at C E Richardson home. Womans Missionary Society of First Presbyterian will omit October meeting due to tabernacle meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. FE
Robert Clyde
Order of the Knights and Ladies of Honor
M. B. A. Lodge No. 297
C. E. Richardson
Oscar Jugenheimer
L. N. Sage
Sec
Womans Missionary Society of the
First Presbyterian Church
Harvest Home Dinner at Lexington M E Church
Notice invites all to a harvest home dinner at Lexington M E Church on Thursday October 1911. Everyone is cordially invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington M. E
Italian naval bombardment hits Previsa seaport
The Italian division bombarded the seaport of Previsa destroying the government house and sinking a Tripoli vessel. There were no hostilities at Salonika as Turks and Italians await word from Constantinople and Turkey appeals to the powers.
Chafing Dish and Rose Club Gatherings Sporting Weddings
Society notes describe the Chafing Dish club entertaining at Miss Gertrude Smith's home on Marion avenue and the Rose club meeting at Miss Fannie Harwood's on West Washington. Mr. and Mrs. L H Wallace host a dinner in honor of Miss Lucy Wilson and Mr Albert Herr ett of Kewa nelk, with the October 11 nuptials. Ready Maids enjoy a linen shower for Miss Carrie Winter at Miss Vera Alberson's home on West Washington, a three course luncheon and pink white color theme. Miss Luba Parkinson of Los Angeles visits as an out of town guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Smith
Marion Avenue
Aee
Rose Club
Fannie Harwood
West Washington Street
L. H. Wallace
Lucy Wilson
Albert Hrrett
Kewanec,hl
Vera Alberson
Carrie Winter
Boyd Berdo
Luba Parkinson
Los Angeles
Calif
Presbyterian Endeavorers Meeting Report Night
The society will meet tomorrow evening at 6 o clock to hear reports from delegates who attended the recent state convention at Oska loosa. The convention was one of the most enthusiastic in years and all members should attend to hear the stirring reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa
Court Adjourns After September Term Finishes Work
The September term of court concluded yesterday with the paying case as the last trial. Several probate matters were settled before the term ended.
Rug dealer buys old carpet and woolen ingrain rugs
Bright new rugs made of old car pets of all kinds, all sizes and colors. If you have old carpet of any kind I can gave you money on rugs. All work guaranteed. We pay all freight and drayage. I also buy old woolen ingrain carpet, Roy Minick. Write or phone 325 Black. Agent for Fairfield Rug Works.
Common Colds Warned To Be Taken Seriously Remedy Emphasized
Colds sap vitality and resistance to serious infections. Foley's Honey and Tar Compound is recommended for coughs colds croup whooping cough bronchitis and throat chest and lung ailments with quick decisive results. For sale by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Spanish Hen Sets Record With Large Eggs
A Spanish hen lays eggs weighing seven pounds per dozen, claimed as the largest produced. The note highlights the unusual size and records attributed to the bird.
Hidden Gold in Guatavita Lake Myth or Reality
The Guatemala Review reports a draining of Guatavita in Colombia revealing mud deposits with gold bowls emeralds gold snakes and carved stones. It recounts how the Chibeha allied chief offered treasures by a raft ceremony and notes legends of vast sunken riches once hidden to thwart Spaniards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colombia
Bogota
Guatavita
Guatemala
SIFTING DIAMONDS NEAR LUDERITZ BAY
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports a new method in German Southwest Africa where diamonds are recovered by sifting ash in sand near Luderitz Bay. Negroid boys wearing bine goggles kneel with spades and use fine meshes, sea water baths, and a table to extract stones, placing them in a pickle bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luderitz Bay
Africa
Philadelphia Inquirer
Leprosy Census in Egypt Suggests Rising Cases
Egypt's latest census reports about 6000 lepers, a figure higher than earlier official counts. The Lancet notes limited health department study and no laws yet, but mentions proposals in the annual health report to isolate beggars and vagabonds with leprosy and bar lepers from selling cigarettes or foods and from indoor work as servants or cooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Nc Health Department
Wild Fowl Decoy Revival in English Fens
In the Cambridge shire fens a new decoy site is forming on about twelve acres of land planted with aspers and willows surrounding a large pool. Tame birds lure wild fowl into capture pipes, reviving an old fenland method that attracts considerable interest.
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England
Cambridgeshire Fens
lLondon Times
Lead Pipe Alternatives in Paris Water Supply
Paris health authorities oppose lead pipes for drinking water due to slow protective coatings that can be displaced by water hammer. Copper pipes are recommended though costly, while aluminum pipes are suggested as a less expensive alternative with lower copper salt concerns.
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Paris
Opposites Meet at Post Office Desk
A clerk told new chief clerk Mr Hurry that he wished to present Miss Delay. Miss Delay has served ten years in the department as the World notes the humorous remark from the post office division.
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Hurry
Miss Delay
Post Office Department
Plan boosts new city site in Henderson and Hancock counties
Fort Madison Iowa September 30 William T Love and city promoters announce success of first effort to establish a model manufacturing city. John Clover Beverly Vaughn and Harry Crane file options and land contracts for 10 825 acres part of a 59 000 acre townsite now being secured across Henderson and Hancock counties. The city will start on initial acreage at Lomax Station along the Santa Fe Burlington and T P W railways midway between Chicago and Kansas City with Mississippi river frontage. A $27 000 000 power dam on the Mississippi enables power to factories in the new city at low cost with some allocation free of coal. Twenty one manufacturing concerns are negotiating for locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Madison
Iowa
William T. Love
Big City
John Clover
Beverly Vaughn
Harry Crane
Oquawka
Henderson County
Henderson
Hancock
Lomax Station
Saneta Fe
Burlington
Chicago
Kansas City
Mississippi River
Missisippi
Pleasant Plain Missionary Society Meeting at Mrs Smith Home
The Pleasant Plain Missionary society will be entertained at the home of Mrs Ezra Smith on Wednesday October 4th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Plain Missionary Society
Ezra Smith
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Havana
Kol
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H. F. Samson
Alice Wright
Join Malin
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Henry Stichter
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Win Smouse
L. D. Robinson
Belle Smith
Will Townsley
R. H. Walker
Ralph Daugherty
Marguerite Parker
Florence Patterson
Cincinnati
D. M. Bridges
Grandview
Misses Bridges
W. T. Barnett
J. M. Dickson
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R. D. McFarlane
Blanche McFarlane
R. F. McFarlane
J. O. Canfield
Frankie Porter
Packwood
A. R. Miller
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Col. W. B. Bell
Taft
Jeannette Robertson
Valley
Alvie Nebergall
Clarence Kendall
Muse Catine
Belle Wagner
Kate Herring
Riverside
R. D. Lemon
J H. Pearson
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J. K. Bryson
John Bryson
Jessica Strawbridge
Sigourney
Fred Stewart
B. W. Pettit
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Rulie Walker
Brighton
John O'Keefe
Mell Benham
Ralph Junkin
St. Louis
Ella Savage
Omaha
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W. J. Gillespie
James Nichols
Rebecca DeCook
Pella
Alice Yard
Faulkner
Hilda
Sigred
Freding
Eliza Beard
Isis
Cloyce Beard
Galesburg High School
James Baird
Ainsworth
Nell Wheeler
Winfield
Mary Porter
Bowman's
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Wis
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John Matucha
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C. L. Walker
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J. H. McIntyre
J. G. Latta
Denny
Disciples Church
W. W McFarland
Gossard Corset Co
S. W. Hole
HL. H. Rathmel
Wellman
Oklahoma
Jean Huysmans
Post Office
William Reeves
Town
Murray
Ruth Brindley
Rubio
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Talma Thompson
Wellington
J. A. Porter
Lois Maxwell
H. A. Mudge
Rock Island
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Greenfield
Ohngemach
Gul. Wilson
President’s Party
C. J. Wilson
Colonel Wilson
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Ernor Carroll
STECK
Steck’s Jewelry Store
the Wolf and the Lamb
Daddy
Jack
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Bombard Seaport
Previsa
Salonika
Turkey
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Tripoli
Ing Journal
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Stantinople
Ers
Italy
Tion
Presbyterian Endeavorers
Roy Minick
Black
Fairfield Rug Works
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South Africa
Keokte Power
Encourag
Frey
Washington, Iowa
Smith & Gibson
Washington, Lowa
J. A. Harwood & Son
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