World Correspondents Report Local Movements and Events
Personal notes from German Township and Washington Townships recount ice cream socials, visits, horse trades, and farm work. Marriages, school elections, and church meetings are noted along with travel, livestock purchases, and farm labor plans among neighbors and relatives in Lyon and nearby counties.
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Rosda
Wibe Kanengleter
John Ludeman
Cleves
Aleye Kruse
B. B. Lindeman
Jerry Spieker
A. Johnson
Ben Willard
Willard
John Harken
Grant Center
Fred Sailer
Atock
Vietor & Eteter
Julia Abbas
Kealey
Fred Eichmeier
Avon South Dakota caucus names for city election
Report from Avon Iowa area notes a mayoral ticket with D. Whord as mayor, 0. A. Voogh as assessor, C. G. Whaley as recorder, Al Dreger as treasurer, H. J. DenBuler and W. A. Koring as council prospects. Local social events include a basket social at district No. 6 and visits among residents.
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Avon
South Dakota
D. Whord
A. Voogh
C. G. Whaley
al Dreger
Couochmeh
H. J. DenBuler
W. A. Koring
Grant
Osceola
Will Diamond
Ackley
Edward Lynch
Ite
Arthur Lynch
Will Richtmeier
McCollough
Frank Hanig
Gertrude Kopfel
Ella Banig
Milas Rose Hoffer
Wesley
Iowa
Hotan
Adoot House
Misa Ella Hanig
March Weather and Local Notes from Iowa Papers
The report details continued cold in March with several days at six degrees above zero and a string of daily temperatures through mid March. It notes a Grundy Center secretary's long service, a 1,000 delegate missionary convention planned for Fort Dodge, tax collection issues for railway taxes, and various agricultural topics including cattle feeding, pea diets for lambs, and stump removal methods.
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Upper Iowa
Northwest Town
Fort Dodge
Modern house design with detailed features and cost
A detailed ad describes a two story stone and wood house designed to cost 2500 with electric bells, full cellar, cement floor, coal bin, cold storeroom and hot air furnace. It lists spruce and hemlock framing, plaster walls, cypress and whitewood trim, oak stairs and mantels, and built in cabinets, with green and ivory exterior colors and brass hardware. It claims knitting of North Carolina pine floors and queen anne style details, suitable for various locations near New York.
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Stanley A. Kennis
Broadway
New York
Waa
North Carolina
Bethlehem Steel Opens Rivetless Structural Steel Venture
Bethlehem Steel will invest about 10 million dollars in additions and improvements to manufacture rivetless structural steel girders. The new process eliminates rivets in columns of certain sizes and is claimed to be stronger and more durable. The project marks a first in the United States and follows efforts by an American inventor who gained support from Mr. Schwab.
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Ackley
Hardin
Sacred Meat Academy
Ackle
Towa
Warun
Iowa
George
Lowa
George Courier
Chartes Rocker
Prder
August Schroeder
Lyon County
Supreme Court
Amon Veenker
Lew Autons
Aultman- Taylor
Charles Feldman
William van Gerpen
Avon
South Dakota
Amanda Koobs
Grundy Center
Kooba
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Great Stone Architecture and Heavy Bridges in Ming Era China
The piece praises massive Chinese stone architecture from Ming tombs to river bridges on the Fukien coast. It notes how enormous stone blocks, hauled from distant quarries, strained supports and caused arches to collapse over time. A cited example during Colonel Gordon’s Taiping campaign describes a bridge widened for steamers, where arches gave way after passage.
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Ita
Rivera
South Fukien
Gordon
London Saturday Review
Average Humanity Observation Quietly Noted
A fragmentary note questions current human behavior, contrasting overall goodness with widespread flaws. The text mentions a map and a sea reference, but lacks clear events, dates, or identifiable people or organizations.
The Common Man Yields to Life’s Shared Flaws
A reflective essay on morality and humanity notes that people vary little in virtue and vice, moving through life with similar motives. It questions generosity and cruelty, citing shared human frailties, while contrasting public virtue with private acts and the fading line between good and bad.
Budapest Recalled as Great City of Arts and Science
A traveler praises Budapest’s vast population, its renowned university with about 6,000 students and 280 professors, and its claim as a hub of arts and sciences. He notes the trolley’s origin in Budapest and mentions the Danube dividing Buda and Pest with numerous bridges and large electrical works.
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Duiapest
vAnierlegns
Bue Fope
Budapest
Bypest
Ogue
Buda
Europe
Zork
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J. J. Agena
Lne
Parkersbura
Aplington
Methodlat Abureh
Enry Bust
Henry Smith
J. J Mendricks
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EB. A. Chambere
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Eldridge Bandy
Milwaukee
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Gen. Sutton
Name Railroads Company
F. W. Watson
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al. Austion
Faulkner
Mee
R .S. Aslake
Dubuque
Mise
Lola Bangasser
Milas Johnston
Hampton
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Hanly
Deimera
Raisch
Cone
Hardin County
California
Imperial Council
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R'y
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Apawan
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E.ceeeny
Ackley i
Evening Press of
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S. Bluoh
Job Hancock
S. G. Mendell
Hampton Chronicle
Hardin District Court
Prenare
Hamilton County
Tt. W. Hersey
Colorado
San Lule Valley
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Gulct Vater
Harry Scham
Gozz and
Atthagtives
Seqoni
Deng Koan
Meiko
Hitchen Were
Sr Hia
Letrece
Lusch, Martin & Cagert
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Gold Rath
Moung, Cashien
Wi Ts, Balis
Ate T. Cashier
Rath’s Exchange Bank
Roosevelt Bros
Will Cry
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Coast Guards
Augustine Birrell
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