Township officers elected in German and Pleasant Valley townships
German Township chose Justices George Peters and D. E. Aukes constable O Hulsegega J E Abbas trustees A F Lents J B Lindamann John Schlampp clerk H Deters assessor G B Wubbins Pleasant Valley elected Justices F C Eberline J Schultz constables W R Galpin Dirk Waltera trustees Dan Fritzel Pred Wiltfacg H F Maboke clerk F M Bergeman assessor J G Ellinger A contract was made to sell the McClung farm of 120 acres in Melrose township at 126 an acre to B E 3 Doughty.
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George Peters
D. E. Aukes
0. Hulseega
J. E. Abbas
A. F. Lents
J. B. Lindamann
John Schlampp
H. Deters
Ayeesaor
G. B. Wubbins
Pleasant Valley
F. C. Eberline
J. Schultz
W. R. Galpin
Dirk Waltera
Dan Fritzel
Pred Wiltfacg
H. F. Maboke
F. M. Bergeman
J. G. Ellinger
McClung
Melrose Township
Doughty
Weather and farming notes from Cleves area
Glorious weather prompts farmers to plan and adjust tasks for the season. A Thanksgiving service is announced at the German Presbyterian church. Garm Lanten will build a barn from octive wood, aiming for a top county standard. Martin Jansen adds to his elevator office. Local children recover from illness and improve.
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Servicea
Garm Lanten
Martin Jansen
Mra. A. Jaepera
Alek
Old Saying on Alfalfa and County Gossip
The article shares a rural saying about alfalfa not thriving in wet soil and recalls Mrs. Silas Bennett, a philosopher who jokes about her many children and near misses with illness and accident. It notes a dry summer episode and a fall that left her injured, reflecting local humor and hardship.
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Silas Bennett
Bennett
Township gains in public service noted after election
Mrs Jansen reports improvement as George Bleeker joins township trustees and siblings John Jacob and Bee also serve. Farmers advance harvest as most corn is out of the fields.
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Jansen
George Bleeker
John
Jacob
Beo
Growing rhubarb a high yielding crop with low input
A garden instruction item explains Linnaeus rhubarb as an early tender variety with lower acidity. It covers planting, spacing, staking, leaf trimming, mulching, and harvesting to yield about 35 to 40 dollars per acre per month, plus notes on handling and packing in berry crates. It also mentions spraying potatoes and alfalfa soil needs.
In Extremis Clergyman Questions Dying Man’s Status
A late night scene on a railway worker’s deathbed ends with a clergyman unsure of the visitor’s status and a blunt assertion that the elder brother confirms the patient is near death. The exchange reveals social gaps and stark urgency in a Cornhill Magazine vignette.
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Hils
Cornhill Magazine
A Corruptionist Tale in a Voter’s House
A satirical caricature recalls a politician described as a corruptionist who visits a voter's home to press terms. He offers $25 for a kitten, pleading excuses to the wife as the voter’s opposition had already paid $50 for its brother. The excerpt portrays underhanded tactics and election time moralizing.
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Depew
Jim
Monument for Emigrants to be Erected in 1920
The Ancient Order of Hibernians continued its session after a national convention adjourned and approved plans for a monument to 12 000 Irish emigrants who perished in the 1841 famine at Grosse Isle, near Quebec. The board will carry out the plan, aiming to erect the monument before the 1920 Portland meeting.
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Ancient Order of Wibernians
Board of Directors
Grosse Isle
Quebec
Cummings
Hibernians
Portland
Domestic Moose Joins Farm Cattle Near Houston Me
A cow moose recently emerged from the woods near Houston Maine and has settled on Tra Porter's farm, living among the cattle and appearing to have lost her wild instincts, choosing farm life over the wild.
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Houston
Tra Porter
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted As Constitutional Remedy
Voiced claims that catarrh is a constitutional disease and that Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co, Toledo Ohio, is the only constitutional cure. It is taken internally, priced at 7 cents, with a $100 reward for failure to cure and requests readers to send for circulars and testimonials.
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Hall
F. J. Queney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Chaney & Fo
Tolada
Druggiata
In One Lesson He Your Sister Said She Couldn’t Dance
A Yonkers Statesman quip contrasts a sister who cannot dance with a self-assertive companion. The remark implies a playful misstep on the dance floor and entertainment of social banter.
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Yonkers Statesman
Misnamed Towne Cholly Noah Fetherbrane Debate
In Philadelphia Press debate over misnaming Noah Fetherbrane as Cholly Noah had sense enough to stay out of the rain. Browne notes the misnomer is inappropriate and cites Noah’s correct first name.
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Towne
Young Fetherbrane
Cholly
Noah
Browne
Philadelphia
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