Local notes and personal notices from Dumont
Personal matters and marriages births and deaths run through Dumont notes. Residents A W Wilcox and family attend a gathering with Perry State Deputy Hieley of the Mystic Workers. James Haslam recovers from a sickness since returning east. Bea Lowac arrives home from Delaware. Fred H Abrena back from Chicago on business. Sadie Hatteen returns from Idaho and Washington. J J Baumgartner travels via Allison to Hartford. M Halloran visits Dow on Saturday. Mrs Baumgartner visits Hampton. Funeral of James Trindle attended by O A Chambers and family. Mrs L Boachbaum visits from Aredale. Mr McKinney of Bristow visits Clark’s uncle. F J Knoll sells and moves to town. Amelia Day visits Dr Day in Cedar Falls.
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Idaho
Washington
J. ¥. Gregory
Allison
Waa
Hartford
M. Halloran
Swaledate
Dow
Mra
J. J. Baumgartoer
Hampton
James Trindle
Mra. L. Boahbaum
Aredale
Dumont Hriday
Trating
Glark
Mr. McKinney
Bristow
F. J. Knoll
J.J. Baumgartner
Amelia Day
Cedar Falls
Dr. Day
Ackley Area Weekend Notes and Farm News
Ackley residents report diverse farming updates in Franklin County. Farmer G Oelman notes profitable sheep operations while Slater J4 falls plowing in the unseasonable weather. Local creamery patrons receive checks. Peter Ammann shows improvement. several families visit Ackley and nearby towns. Emma Hanig weds Barry Barr in a large gathering. many presents and well wishes noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schultz
Ackley
G. Oelman
Franklin County
Oelman
Slater
Lauterhaub
Francis Hanig
Misa Emma
Barry Barr
McGough Place
Ed Caton
Bev Ott
Milas Bertha Meinberg
Peter Ammann
Grant Center
Minhe tonka medicine company to perform at the hall
Friday evening attracts many as Yankee acts headline the German prosr atations. The Minhetonka medicine company begins a Week's engagement at the hall on the evening of the 24th, they are now at Wellabueg. Local notices mention births deaths travels and school disruptions in Geneva township and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minhétonka Medicine Company
Wellabueg
Frodden
Mrs B Bowesons Death In Abbott Area
Mrs B Bowman formerly Sarah Rush born November 19 1842 in Dauphin County Penn. She moved to Illinois in childhood and to Iowa near Abbott after 1869 later married George Boyer and had three children. Widowed in 1893 she later married Mr Bowman died 1907 at 64. Funeral held by Rev O F Billman with burial at Hazel Green cemetery. survived by husband daughter two grandchildren a son sister brothers and many relatives.
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B., Bowman
Sarah Rush
Dauphin County
Penn
Illinois
George Boyer
Iowa
Abbott
B Bowman
BA Church
M. BE. Church
JV A.M. Qot
Isj
Masten
O F. Billman
Hazel Green
BR. Bowman
Mra
A. J. Gardner
Beary Boyer
Round Lake
Mion
Slater
Mra. Deemer
Lawa Fale
Joseph
Michael
Humane Rush
Qs Fy Biman
Hoone's story building to cost seventeen thousand
A list of local items notes Hoone's story building estimated at 17000 dollars. Other notes mention Lawrence Allwhite, a Great Western brakeman, killed at Clarion. the Fairstore in Webster City sold and mortgage bid. marriages, movements, and visits among area residents. a corn ear measured with 14 rows to 1 inches. several town trips and family visits. various repairs and relocations. and another possible farm project.
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Hoone
Siory
Lawrence Allwhte
Clarion
Webster City
P.P. Williams
Clatton
Misa Maud Edmunds
Elders
O Drage
Iowa Mine
Steadman Brox
Last Chance Sale for California Tickets Through Santa Fe Route
A Waterloo to California ticket sale ends October 21 with low fares. Lowa Central offers tourist sleeping car service Wednesday via Kansas City, Santa Fe Route through Arizona and New Mexico, arriving Los Angeles Sunday morning. Travel from Ackley departs 4:18 PM, ticket rate 28.95 dollars. Contact Cowa Central agents or A. B. G. 2. & T. A. Minneapolis.
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California
Ca Ifornia
Lowa Central
Kansas City
Arizona
New Mexico
Los Angeles
Ackley
Oo Cowa Central
Minneapolis
It Should Not Have Ended Thus on Northwestern Avenue
A Northwestern Avenue streetcar incident ends with an athletic young man arguing with a conductor over a belated alighting signal. He jerks the bell cord, stops the car, then steps into a puddle of dirty water as the conductor, laughing, gets the last word.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woren
Sixteenth Street
Indianapolis News
Earthquake in the Desert Observed by Hans Doring
Hans Doring relates a desert travel earthquake in the Gobi. He awoke with anxiety, felt a looming danger, then heard a subterranean roar as the ground shook intensely. The mud walls and timber frame house withstood the shock, its design seeming to resist quakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans Doring
Gobi
Specialization and the Doctor's Slow Precision
An old humorous excerpt shows a man in sudden pain seeking relief from a doctor. The doctor measures with compasses and tapes, explaining every detail to confirm the pain location fits his field, while the patient protests. The scene satirizes overtechnical medical specialization and mockery of quackery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lis
Puck
It It Didn’t Go Lady I’m Out of Work
A fragmentary humorous slice features a tramp seeking aid from a farmer’s wife while claiming he is a deep sea fisherman out of work. The piece includes quips about safety, misanthropy advice, and a parable from Lip pincott’s Practical and a Breezy aside about a bishop and brick stockings.
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Unois
Belin
Pacific
Lippincott’s. En
Perplexing Madrid Bulletin About 1876 Nomination
In 1876 the late John Hay and Alvey A Adee, then in Madrid, followed the Republican convention with keen interest. A Madrid newspaper misrendered Rutherford B Hayes as Rute bart 18, Noyes of America, and Adee and Hay took a week to decipher the garbled bulletin.
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John Hay
Alvey A. Adee
Madrid
Rutebart
Noyes
America
Republic of the North
Rutherford B. Hayes
Adee
Hay
The Modern Way in Atlanta Wedding Exchange
A humorous wedding scene from the Atlanta Constitution features a bride and bridegroom challenging a parson over traditional vows. The groom agrees to fulfill the customary duties after a witty exchange about who is in charge. The piece captures light domestic humor and societal expectations of marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Atlanta Constitution
Fortunes and castles in mountain tales tease the heiress
In a clipped exchange Bluff boasts old family castles on high mountains while the wise heiress notes the kinship. A separate line shows a boy answering a question about education with stubborn wit, revealing rural schooling gaps and language quirks.
Declared to Mrs Biddous Hearing Sparks Applause Debate
Apel and companion recall a hearing where audience applause was deemed necessary for actors. They argued it boosts confidence and breath, while a speaker labeled the combination of inspiration as key to theatrical performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apel
See
Unclear excerpt seeks a horse for a woman driver
Fragmentary lines from a New York press piece show a woman needing a horse she can drive and a bold approach urged for action. Names and proper nouns are garbled, preventing full reconstruction of the event or persons involved.
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Hardin, Franklin
Grundy
Butler Counties
Osckola
Faulkne
Grant
Shanerie
W. A. Wickham
Central City
Nebraska
W. A. Wickhaw
Rutherford
George Ott
Guy Huse
John Milliken
Stone Macon
Joe Huse
Sue Syvernon
Eldora
Quiggle
Thomas Wilson
Sever
Nara Vista
Blatemily
Mr. Wilson
Mra. Windecker
Alethota
Bidwileria
Wellsburg
Buse
Péterka Jaspers
W. T. Neasaen
Kuhne
Postville
B. Koolman
Bernie
O. Kupel
Rev Lindeman
Mobher
Aplitton
Dena Neessen
Atore
Auld
J. A. Schafer
Monroe
D. Misa Bolton
Peters
Cedar Falla
A. Neesaen
A. G. Geerdes
Ilinota
Mra. Wm. Lynch
Blaely
Geneva
Ming
Nellie Waddington
Emma Day
Planklogton
Cemetery Society
al Bobst
Eliza Bayes
Misa Ida Porter
D. W. Mote
Clayton Stoner
Jacob Venter
George Kwan
North Dakota
Gayton
Balfour
Lisbon
Chan
Mra Mayer
Tolarn
Goneall Bluffy
Mary
Thoa
Doleov
Abbott and Vicinity
Hardin
Washington Township
Westesdorp
Buffalo Center
Missea Tike Rewerta
Anna Havenpa
Oregon
Ilinois
Peaterday
John Abkea
Stein Brothers
Ben Blan
Parkersburg
Yieltet
Suunday
A. Harkee
Forreston, TiHowis
Dice Bode
New York City
Cleves
Ed Jenna
Heyes Boyenga
Algeola County
E Kaull
J. F. Schultz
Livermore
Austinville
Misa Eloie Austin
Waterloo
Mrs. Simpson
Archbishop Whately
Hea
Nettles
Giphe
Oxfords
Arie Deer
Kesley
J. A. Miller
Frudden Lumber
2USCH
Eggert
The
First National Bank
le Trey
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