Week's Local News and Personal Notices in Four Counties
Summary of correspondence from Hardin Franklin Grundy and Butler Counties includes personal travels births and deaths. Notices report a sale by O A Murray, a move to Eugene Oregon, a land trip to White Lake North Dakota, and the death of Mrs Dave Williams in Nora El. Other items note family visits, church reports, and community social events.
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Hardin, Franklin
Grundy
Butler Counties
O. A. Murray
Murray
Eugene
Oregon
James Redding
Clem
White Lake
N. D
Dave Williame
Nora
Homer Page
Springfield
Missouri
Mina Ida Harver
Carl Ellenberger
Minnnesota
L. A. Patton
Steele
North Dakota
Sona
Don
Emmett
F. L. Liberte
Jobo Bunyan
Harry Smith
South Dakota
Plankleton
Odd Fellows
Wil
Mrs. Alekman
CHANGE IN DEPOT AGENTS AND LOCAL NEWS
Wilson to Shellsburg Mrs Bowman in critical condition after illness. Burnbom likely to leave due to heavy workload. Seevers sold 160 acre farm for 100 per acre and moves to South Dakota. Mrs Bowman exposed herself in spring and developed peritonitis. Lathrops and other locals noted. several brief visits and social remarks.
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Wilson
Shellsburg
Bowman Dangerously
Burnbom
Shelleburg
George Seevers Haw
South Dakota
Bowman
Abe
Round Lake
Iowa
Atl
Bown
German Townsitep George Seevers Returns Home Buyer of Land Near Bridgewater
George Seevers returned from South Dakota and bought a half section near Bridgewater paying 800 40 acre for lb. He will leave the old home place. Mr and Mrs Georges Fekker are the proud parents of a baby girl.
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George Seevers
South Dakota
Bridgewater
Georges Fekker
Chriah Neessets
Dick Brule
W. Tellingheusen
White
Ladies Aid
Duress Society
Albert Lutterman
Jon Splttjer
Wellsburg
Ral Peters
Arthur Neessen
Arco
Local Notes From Ackley Area Church, Farms and Travel
Fragments report a Nebraskan pastor missing a sermon at Rev Kuehos church and likely arriving in two weeks. Various brief items note births, relocations to Wellsburg and Arco Iowa, sales of a doe for 200 dollars, corn yields, a church picnic profit, and social visits. Other entries mention farm moves to Wellsburg, a large barn project, tile deliveries, a death in law, and a local funeral.
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Nebraska
Kuehos
O. Werf
Ackley
Mr. Riekeos
Jobo Huisman
The Rise of Carriere and the Bach Miracle Tale
The article surveys Eugene Carriere and his Salon 1877 reception noting a shift from mystery to understanding as his technique matured. It then recounts a Bach anecdote where a benevolent miracle involving herrings heads and coins changes his fortunes, framed as a London Academy reminiscence.
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Eugene Carriere
Uward
Henry Copley Greene
Pubte
Fing Aris
Johann Sebastian Bach
Bach
Hamburg
Reiniken
Lanceburg
Lineburg
Reinken
London Academy
Mire Maud Woodhouse and Arend Arams Wed in Sibley
Mine Maud Woodhouse and Arend Arams married Tuesday evening at 7:30 at the bride's mother's home in Sibley Iowa Rev W A Schwieley officiated The witnesses were Mrs Rev Soswimley and the bride's father The couple are well known in Sibley with many friends hoping for happiness Also A Davide moved into a new residence bought from John Conway and was warmly welcomed by Mountain Lake Minnesota residents
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Dr. Vroom Af
Ackley
Mra
BR. C. Bode
Austinville
G. W. Swyter
Britt
J. J. Schnap
Tens
Lena Spinker
John Bode
Kestey
New York City
Schafer and Son
Sibley
Jennie Relous
Fessenden
North Dakota
B. A. Lindeman
Lenox
D. D
Claus Peters
Peters
Iieltore Ab Thalr
L. A. Gerhardt
Minnesota
Iowa
Mine Maud Woodhouse
Arend Arams
O'Cloyk
Anna Woodhouse
W. A Schwieley
Congregational Church
Soswimley
Arenda
TE. Arenda
A. Davide
John Conway
Davide
Mountain Lake
Mion
What Barbers Must Know Says Barber Is Equal To Other Professions
The barber declares barbers study long and must learn many crafts beyond shaving including facial massage singing hairdressing undulating dyeing wigmaking and cosmetic compounds. He argues barbers deserve respect equal to doctors lawyers and preachers amid modern expectations.
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Jands
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Rice In the Salt Tip From New York Press
In humid heat salt clogs in shakers, but a clever fix is to add a spoonful of hot rice. The rice absorbs moisture, keeping salt dry and free flowing. About twenty grains suffice for a small shaker, preventing packing even with pinhole taps.
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Hest Q
New York Press
Peripatetic Investment and Scallop Folly
A short clumsy quote filled note recalls a Frenchman attempting a scallop plantation on a quiet New England beach. He released thousands of geallops only to find they fled the next day. The tale contrasts cleverness and laziness with a wry Baltimore American joke about social climbing.
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New England
Note From Customer Upsets Drug Store Owner
A large city drug store owner received a curt note in an angular feminine hand reading I do not want vasseline but guaseline Is that plain enough I perform you can spell The missive reveals a sharp customer dispute over a requested item and the proprietor’s terse reaction.
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Vasseline
Guaseline
Exacting trainer and match end in a sprint victory
In a Chicago Record-Herald snippet, the crowd questions who won the long distance match and who trained Spriggins. The reply identifies Spriggins as the winner and notes Eis ten months old, framing the curious exchange around the trainer’s name and the athlete’s lineage.
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Spriggins
Eis
Chicago Record-Herald
Fate writes the willing guiding stubborn French proverb
A brief note on fate guiding those who consent to its course while stubborn minds resist, echoing a traditional French proverb about choice and inevitability.
It Should Not Have Ended Thus on the Northwestern Car
An athletic young man quarrels with a streetcar conductor on Northwestern avenue near Sixteenth Street over a bell signal to alight. The conductor stops the car abruptly after the man pulls the bell card. The man leaves into a puddle, and the conductor keeps his advantage as the irritated rider exits. Indianapolis News.
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Ibehutri
Rannier
Sixteenth Street
Indianapolis
Earthquake In the Desert Narrative by Hans Dorling
Hans Dorling describes an earthquake during travel in Gobt desert. While asleep he awakens with overwhelming anxiety then a subterranean sound grows louder. The ground shakes the hamlet as mud houses sway but remain intact due to simple elastic construction and lightweight walls.
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Hans Dorling
Gobt
Specialization and the Quack Doctor
A humorous Puck excerpt contrasts a patient with sudden pain seeking relief with a doctor who uses intricate instruments, tapes, and measurements to prove his specialty. The man protests as the pain intensifies, and the doctor retorts that the patient deserves old time methods, highlighting skepticism toward overreliance on precision.
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Puck
Perplexing Madrid Bulletin About Hayes Nomination
In 1876 the late John Tay and Alvey A Adee, serving in Madrid, read a Madrid paper misprinting Ruthay ford B Hayes as president. They spent days deciphering the intended note as the Republican nominating convention. It took Aden and Hayes a week to figure it out.
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John Tay
Alvey A. Adee
Madrid
Rutebart
Noyes
America
Republic of the North
Ruthayford B. Hayes
Aden
Hay
The Modern Way Parson Questions Marriage Promise
An Atlanta Constitution piece recaps a humorous exchange at a wedding rehearsal where the groom hesitates over whether to vow obedience, while the bride insists on addressing the parson's wording. The cartoonish dialogue contrasts bluffing aristocracy with a sharp heiress's wit.
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John
Atlanta Constitution
The Worst He Had In Our Talk
A bad exchange shows a woman scolding a mail boy about education. He deflects by saying he has no such advantages, while she insists his upbringing is lacking and remarks that his case is worse than he imagines.
The Head of the Family Seeks a Drive for Woman
A New York Press snippet quotes Mrs Doyle and Mr Boyle debating household roles. She desires a choice a woman can drive while her husband embodies decisive action. The piece reflects attitudes on gender and bold action in daily life.
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Equirrek
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The
Chicago Trio
Ada Sallee Soprang
Puss Grace A. Siagons Sopring
Ravh Klopp
P. Hall
Ackley, Towa
Sbele
Weluluseburg
Flollister
H.N
Baltimore American
Inzy Gentuas
Couuti
Japan
Ti Raayo
Hagon
Standard D Oil
Company Atin
J. A. Miller
Frudden's
Mont Wheral Terman
Frudden Lumber
C. Lusch
Sggert
S. 5
Tvrainer
First National Bank
Sobn
B. Young
Casper
Rath’s Exchange Bank
EstraBsiis Heep
Trey
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