Personal Matters and Marriages in German Township
Correspondence from Dumont and surrounding towns notes visits, travels, and social ties. Mia Anderson visited Fos toria Iowa. John Feeeue and Jett traveled. several residents plan or make trips to Minnesota and Burma via Mechanicville and Rockwell. Community events include a Woodman Picnic, and a missionary collection raised 60. Farmers busy with harvest. Rev Engelke heads to Canada. local farm notes highlight George Seevers, Thomas Blaine, and 420 acre farm with oats yielding 30 bushels to the acre at 264 cents a bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mia
Anderson
John Feeeue
Jett
Fostoria
Iowa
Jobo Frease
Clay County
South Dakota
George Seevers
Booth Dakota
Beta
Rockwell
G. Oelman
J. Ludemann
Gerhard
Parkernburg
Engelke
Canada
Dominion
Dumont
Lizate Scott
Parkersburg
Miases Jane
Kate Doyle
Woodman Ficnic
Bristow
Beary DeVries
Keeley
A. R. Martin
Martin
J. W. Miles
Wheaton
Minn
Mra. Cliver
Charlen
Ventura
Mr. Kightiner
Kight- Hoger
N. E. Fion
Bia
J. W. Qunningbam
Guy Grawford
Fred Ahrens
Minnesota
Lowa
Burma
India
Jack Sipea
Hangell
Waa
Oors Schmitz
Garner
Algona Upper
Des Moines
Republicco
Stevens
Thomas Blaine
Indian Tepee Etiquette Warns Guests About Seats
An Arapahoe Bee excerpt cautions visitors on Sioux and Indian etiquette inside tepees. It warns against taking the seat of honor, rushing into the tepee, or passing between a guest and the fire. The piece notes sensitivity and tradition, with a chivalric warrior risking consequences to avoid such breaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Seger
Walt
Hidden Whispering Gallery of Dionysius Unearthed Legend
A dubious tale describes the Bar of Dionysius cave near Syracuse Sicily as a 250 foot long ear shaped chamber built by slaves for tyrant Dionysius. Supposedly the first whispering gallery, it allegedly amplified prisoners’ words to rally surveillance and suppress plots during a thirty nine year reign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dionyaing
Syracuae
Bicily
Dionysius
Baby's Uncindaiout Chacin Club Commentaries
Members of a woman's club discuss babies with remarks on beauty and brightness. The president favors bright babies while the secretary values intelligence. A spinster hostess recalls caring for an unloved infant, then changing her view after two weeks, deeming it beautiful and smart when the mother returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wwere
New York Press
Odd ancient custom in Oakham Rutlandshire
The Dun dee Advertiser reports that every peer passing near Oakham Castle must give or pay a fine in horseshoes. Guests deliver a shoe from a horse or pay an ornamental replacement, often crowned. Authorities hold about 300 shoes, with prized installments from Queen Helabeth, King George IV, Sieh Vitoria, and Queen Alexandra.
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Oakham
Rutlandshire
Dundee
Walkelin de Ferrers
Hlabeth
George IV
Sieh Vitoria
Alexanra
Whiskers on the Upper Lip Through History
The passage traces the term whisker from early usage for lip hair to its literary mentions by Scott and Defoe. It explains Johnson s definition as lip hair and notes the word s etymology linking whisk to brushing actions and even a feather brush. It also records seventeenth century senses including a brazen lie or whopper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Defoe
Johnson
Recipe For Good Manners And Early Mental Health Reform
A humorous recipe lists tonics for manners and compassion as proposed by Sabin A Oliver in London Gentlewoman, urging use at the first sign of selfishness. The text also notes William Tube in 1704 York opening the first national asylum for the insane and mentions Pinel in France advocating nonrestraint as a radical idea ridiculed at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon
Sabin A. Oliver
London
William Tube
York
Hogland
Pinel
Living by Music and the Value of Doubling Up
A seasoned musician advocates playing at least two instruments, brass and string, to secure engagements and adapt to seasonal demand. He notes traveling companies favor doubling, with brass in summer and strings in winter, and warns that lip fatigue from constant brass playing can end a player’s career. Also includes a snippet of gardening guidance from a period Farm Journal column.
Celery Banking Worthwhile Only On Limited Scale
Beattie notes celery grown in solid beds requires hand sowing to bank earth 14 banks high, making banking with sall impractical except on a very limited scale. field observation highlights labor cost and limited profitability for this method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Beatile
Cunning of the Fox and Foxes in Pursuit
A discussion of fox craft as a hunter, comparing English and American foxes and hound packs. It notes foxes slipping unseen, leaping goats, and a tree refuge trick while dogs circle. Archbishop Claus Magnus from Upsala is cited regarding a fox leaping a herd of goats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Claus Mugnua
Upsala
Tumbleweeds Spread Across Regions In Wind Roll
The article describes tumbleweeds dispersing seeds by whole plant detaching at the root and rolling with the wind across western deserts and prairie regions. It notes eastern tumbleweeds like witch grass riding winds, spreading in sandy fields, while hair grain spreads coast to coast across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great West
Prairie
Paalle
United States
South Dakota Lands and a Patchwork of Ventures
A garbled early ad page notes South Dakota lands and a weekly rate for grain and stock ventures, mentions the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad extension, and touts excursion tickets. It includes an offer of a reward for catarrh treatment from Hall's and marketing pitches for Hall's Catarrh Cure and Family Pills, followed by a quack line about Rocky Mountain tea for nerves and digestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Minneapolis and
St. Louis
Hall
All Druggiate
Scuurrz
Settlement Reported in 10000 Dollar Suit
A threatened $10,000 suit against a resident who viewed a rag, bone and bank bal of risk has settled for $300. The case implies admission of liability or confession, though guilt remains unproven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of
Real Estate and Personal Property for Sale Near Stillwater OK
Offer for sale property in Payne County Oklahoma Territory located 13 miles from Stillwater and 3 miles from Ripley. Includes land and personal property near a Santa Fe station sidetrack named Tula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Payne County
Oklahoma Territory
Stillwater
Ripley
Tula
Descriptive Auction Listing for Estate of John Meyer
Properties offered include a Stallion 18 brood mares 1 head of young mules and colts plus farming tools and equipment. Harvester wheat drill corn shredder binder threshing machine engine blacksmith shop 7 or 8 wagons and harnesses enough to work 20 horses 12 cattle 30 hogs and corn for feed. All land crops livestock valued at 28000 with 10000 cash others financed. Executor Henry Meyers appointed by Hardin County District Court Iowa. Claims must be presented for allowance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District. Court of
Hardin
Iowa
John Meyer
Jate
Sala County
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William H. Tacht
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Hogsevel
Tea World
W.H. Cove
Guthrie, Oklahoma
Real
Cimarron River
Payme County
Guthrie
Algo
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