Neighborhood News Wraps Up Week With Socials and Visits
In GRACEHILL and surrounding towns residents report visits from friends and family, church gatherings, and community events. Notable notes include Mrs. Strobm’s Chicago trip, Asahel Robertson's illness improving, a Baptist supper raising about 25 dollars, and ongoing work on an overhead railroad bridge. Local schools reopen with new teachers. cornhuskers boast higher yields. and telephone service expands in Dublin.
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John Wallace
Iowa City
Harbaugh
Calvin Craven
Danville Sn
Ira Bowman
Washington
Elmer Burham
Nicola
Howard
Frank Moothart
Oskaloosa
Elliot
Grinnell
Mrs
Cal
Washington Academy Leaders and Thanksgiving Travel
Thursday notes show Wm Derby in court, Fred Taylor and Carl Miller founding a Washington Academy, and many residents visiting relatives and attending events. Entertainments, church rededication, and community movements mark the town as bustling with travel, marriage plans, and local updates through Thanksgiving week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Taylor
Carl Miller
Washington Academy
Washington Will Pave Rises From City Council Vote
The city council approved a paving resolution with six votes in favor and two opposed by Brookhart and Teas. Vitrified brick on six inches of concrete will pave the square area and adjacent blocks, with 67 foot wide streets from the square and cement curbing at least 18 inches deep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookhart
Teas
Messrs
Holida Pleads Guilty to Second Degree Murder
Charles Holida, raised in the county, pleaded guilty in Iowa City district court to second degree murder. He had avoided charges of seduction in Lone Tree years earlier and used an assumed name while working for James Gallagher, whom he later killed. Mrs. Gallagher was tried for accomplice and acquitted, leaving Holida’s conviction the expected outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Holida
Iowa City
Holida
Lone Tree
James Gallagher
the Gazette
Sermon Tests Congregation Attention by Its Drowsy Deacons
A New England parish minister says his test for a satisfactory sermon is the opposite of city pastors. If Deacon Drew and Deacon Snow nod off, he knows the message is hitting home. only when they stay alert after ten minutes does he suspect minds are unreceptive.
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New England
Deacon Drew
Deacon Snow
Perfumes In Ancient Days
The article notes roses as the queen of flowers in ancient Greece and Rome. It describes lavish rose use at feasts and wine cups, and Spartan soldiers after Cirrha refused unperfumed wine. It also recalls flowers strewn over Luerine lake at Baise regatta.
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Cirrba
Baise
Luerine
Dahlias Offer Colorful Variety for Gardeners
The message highlights dahlia varieties in pink, white, yellow and crimson with tall and dwarf forms including cactus types, suggesting a dependable splash of color for gardens.
The Governors Peril and the Prison Mutiny
Thomas Barlow, condemned for the murder of his wife, faced life in a state prison where a nightmare mutiny by “E. D.” inmates unfolded during the governor’s visit. Barlow, protecting the governor, defied the rioters and saved the executive, though he had been labeled guilty of murder and later cleared by an accidental confession in another state.
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Charney Harry
Peoria
Til
Edgar
Esther Coder
Letts
Iowa
J. M. Coder
J. M. Lewis
Oskaloosa
Thomas Barlow
Barlow
Ile
Clara
BH. Dpd
Desian
Barloy
Certa
Bargain Hunter Presses for Cheaper Bill of Exchange
A bank cashier recalls a persistent man who sought lower rates for a bill of exchange. After negotiation, the bank offers one-eighth of a cent, matching a rival, given the customer’s long-standing status. The exchange still costs the man extra cents he could have saved.
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Farmers’ Bank
New York Times
Forget me nots need partial shade amid taller blooms
The passage discusses myosotis as needing partial shade, avoiding deep shade from taller flowers or rosebushes, and notes yellow blossoms as bright, cheerful additions for sunless or low light spots.
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Walter Johnson
Arthur Woods
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Sidney Coon
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Frank Salladay
Jim Potter
Jake Lantz
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Will McCreedy
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Horace Steele
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Lottie Owen
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T. E. McMillan
Your City
Charlie Thomas
Wm. Myers
Grace Hill
Grant Blick
Samuel Anderson
Geo. Fetters
John Briley
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James Stevenson
Ains Worth
Prof. Barnes
Bluffton, Ind
Olive McClanahan
George McConahey
Ladies Schuman Quartette
Opera House
Miss Smith
Mabel Fordyce
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Maude Erdice
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Alberta Kerr
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Sadie Davis
Max Morrow
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Rev. Williams
W. H. Compton
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P. A. Jeffrey
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Arthur Griffith
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Dr. Jenkins
Sam Huston
Ettie Wooley
Cedar Falls
Dave White
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P. L. McKinnie
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Milt White
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Wortman
Marion Neal
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E. K. Annas
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Wm. Poston
W. H. Cress
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Henry Rogers
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