Old Witticson Recorded In Pall Mall Guest Book
London May 19 Celebrities of the past penned witty lines in the Pall Mall restaurant guest book. Patti Yvette Guilbert Rider Haggard Ada Reeve George Edwards and others leave aphorisms as they shared the stage and life in Paris and London. Also notes on rail tax and Queen Mary antique shopping habits reveal a lively glimpse of era society. Hyde Park bird census figures by E M Nicholson document thousands of birds observed across seasons.
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London
Pall Mall
Haymarket
Patti
Yvette Guilbert
Rider Haggard
Camille” Bernhardt
George Edwards
Ada Reeve
England
Miss Reeve
George
Edward Morton
Queen Mary
Spain
Kensington
Hyde Park
Prince George
Unkept Hands Spoil Entire Effect
An old advertisement urges women to keep hands soft and white to complete a dainty image. It recommends massaging with juice from lemons added to Orchard White lotion, sold by local dealers, claiming it refines skin and hides toil-worn hands.
London Girls Defy Uniforms With Lively Summer Dress Reform
London schoolgirls across higher grades revolt against dark blue and green uniforms. They propose summer outfits in blue pink mauve and white with detachable collars. The shift reflects modern fashion as bobbed hairstyles render wide brim hats impractical and Hecht straw chapeaus gain favor. Bridge craze draws women to lenders as plausible rogues exploit mixed clubs.
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London School
London
Assault hearing set for William Levels May 27
Judge George J. Sager set the assault with intent to cause great bodily harm trial for William Levels at municipal court on May 27. Levels allegedly slashed William Young in a fight Monday evening. Young is hospitalized at Allen Memorial with improved condition.
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William J. Levels
Fourth Street East
Wiliam Young
George J. Sager
Levels
Young
Allen Memorial Hospital
Committee reports on medical college conditions at Iowa
Faculty committees of the board of education in Town City Iowa are preparing a report on conditions at the University of Iowa medical college after hearings. The report will go to the full board at the May 26 meeting in Council Bluffs. Dr Lee W Dean resigned as dean and later from the teaching staff amid policy disagreements.
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Town City
Board of Education
Medical College
University of Iowa
Council Blaffa
Lee W
University
Dr. Dean
Detective Brings Stevick to Face Hit Run Charge
Detective Hugh R. Crumlins will arrive at midnight from Cornell Bluffs with Raymond Stevick, held on orders from Sheriff TH Wagner for failing to report an automobile accident that caused injuries. The case concerns a hit and run incident investigated by city authorities.
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Stevick
Hugh R. Crumlins
Cornell Bluffs
Raymond Stevick
Th.t. Wagner
Stevick Accused in Train Incident and Injuries
A county indictment cites Stevick for driving the vehicle that hit and injured Ramona Smith last Monday. He was imprisoned in Olmots Central freight car after an altercation in Cornell Gluffs yards. A trainman freed him after Stevick shouted and pounded on a door. Stevick had boarded a Waterloo train Monday night aiming to reach Fort Dodge but was blocked.
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Stevick
Ramona Smith
Olmots Central
Cornell Gluffs
Waterloo
Fort Dodge
Pape
Vernon Township Notes May Births and Job Moves
In Mt Vernon area notes from May report Ruth joined Falls Credit associations. Mr and Mrs Pearl Burkhardt welcome a daughter born May 15.
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MT. Vernon
Vernon Township
Ruth
Falls Credit Associations
Pearl ‘Burkhardt
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British Railways
Churchill
Edinburgh
Kensington Gardens
Parks
E. M. Nicholson
Oxford
Nicholoson
Wyde Park
Nicholson
Scholl
der. Scholl
Pitzgeralt
Young Man
Panama
Vicinity
Davenport
EATON
Marchwood
Court House
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