Local notes from Hardin to Grundy county marriages and visits
A period column from Hardin Franklin Grundy and Butler counties covers personal matters and life events. Carrie Kramer arrives from Ackley. Grandma Arends listed. Rev Western attended Cedarsfulle conference. Dr H N Blackmore from Ackley visited. Jacob Ruiter visiting Balmund. J P and wife return from Burlington. Archie Stockdale and wife welcomed a baby girl. Barm Dreyer returns from Minnesota trip. Miss Rena Harma employed near Steam Boat Rock. Mrs N A Relots returns from North Dakota visit. Henry DeVries buys Kesley hardware stock for 3200 providing immediate possession. The piece also reprints historical passages on constitution and dialogue by Garibaldi and Rochefoucauld, plus Goethe on conversation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OQ. Krell
Ackley
Carrie Kramer
Grandma Arends
Western
Cedarsfulle
H. N. Blackmore
Jacob Ruiter
Balmund
J.P
Burlington
Archie Stockdale
Barm Dreyer
Minnesota
Rlendar
Rena Harma
Steamboat Rock
A. M. Whaley
N. A. Relots
Wella
North Dakota
Henry DeVries
Thomas & Jasper
Ellsworth College Offers Broad Programs and Endowment Appeal
Ellsworth College in Iowa presents multiple departments including Liberal Arts, Normal School, School of Commerce, Conservatory of music, and schools of expression and art. The college touts an endowment over $500,000, three year accelerated paths, and extensive programs to attract prospective students. Readers are urged to request catalogs and visit to see advantages firsthand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellsworth College
Ellsworth
Iowa
College of Liberal Arts
Conservatory of Music
Gems In Verse and Readings From a Historic Page
A collage of verse and prose passages including The Last Road poem about the piper summoning crowds, uplifting advice to “hang on” in Milwaukee Sentinel, fairy fiddler imagery by Nora Hopper, and nostalgic pieces from The Atlanta Constitution and Westminster Gazette. Also includes Evelyn Sharp’s The Other Point of View and Henry Wadworth Longfellow’s Anticipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patyn
Milwaukee Sentinel
Evelyn Sharp
Westminster Gazette
Humor on Philosophy by Duncan M Smita
A collection of witty quips and short verses on life, society, and human folly. The pieces lampoon miserliness, vanity, luck, and moral pretenses with playful wordplay and rustic humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philosophy
Duncan M. Smita
Unprofitable Dreams And The Cardinal's Wife
A poem contrasts a man obsessed with grand schemes over practical chores with a neighborly call for repair. It questions thrift, governance, and responsibility while noting the Cardinal Gibbons as a democratic, witty figure in a joke about a Baltimore reporter seeking church insight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardinal Gibbons
Catholic Church
America
Baltimore
Cardinals House
Iather Fletcher
Quips and Quirks from a Parlor Round of Jests
A compact collage of humorous exchanges and moral snippets from a late Victorian to early 20th century style column. It threads anecdotes about a minister at dessert a cranky wife a bet with Shakespeare speculation a ship of fools mischief and a motor car jest. The pieces feature brief lines attributed to unnamed readers and playful social observations.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hardin, Franklin
Grundy
Butler Counties
Garibaldi
Sicily
Sorrento
Ang
Rochefou
Goethe
Iqwa Falls
Iqwa
Towa Falla, Iowa
Aes
Fall Mall Magazine
Olive
Nora Hopper
Rhine
Atlanta Constitution
Edith M. Thomas
Hoeary Wadeworth
Wall
Peeatr
Hiike
Sonrang
Trusta
Yestermorn
Thia
Jack
J. W. Foley
Woman's Home Companion
Miss Knox
Philadelphia Press
Bacon
Stormington Barnes
Washington Star
Chicago Record-Herald
Briggs
Griggs
New York
Wmlegal
Ethel
Edith
Vudge's
Philaelphis Press
Oxfords
iDeberg
Kesley
J. A. Milter
Fruddene’s
Plaa
Frudden Lumber
B. le Trey
J.C. Lusch
Eggert
S. S
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First National Bank
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