Westfield Items Special Correspondence
Westfield residents share visits across Akron Sioux City and Webster Daily life notes include Fred Husted and Mrs James Byroight visiting Akron and Mabel Eberly staying with Mrs Neil McFarlan Meals with Icelandic-born families nearby. The Westfield school ends for summer with no graduating class this year.
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James Byroight
Akron
Mabel Eberly
Neil McFarlan
Frank Dickerson
Fred Bichtmeyer
Mesdames E. H
M. P. Spaulding
Duke Spaulding
Sioux City
Westfield
Fred Waddle
Webster
Day County
S. D
Millnerville
Chatsworth Chat Special Correspondence Notes Local News
Chatsworth Chat reports a busy period with residents traveling to Sioux City and Pierre, bridge piers arriving, dances at Akron and Hawarden, and schools in Algona. Mentions J C Farnham, Fern Farnham, Ella Farnham, and local bands, plus a trip to Texas by Jack Bokelman for land seekers. Continuous local updates reflect community activity and travel.
Couple Plans American West Outing to Lake Chelan
The couple begins with Wenatchee Washington, then follows the Columbia River for a lengthy visit to Lake Chelan. In July they will travel to Seattle to visit her sister and ride at the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition in the evenings.
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Wenatchee
Washington
Columbia River
Lake Chelan
Seattle
Bke
Union Creek News item highlights and visits
The Ladies Aid plans a Thursday afternoon meeting with Mrs Isegren. John K Erlegon and family visited Henry Rossbach Sunday evening. Lutheran services are set for next Sunday forenoon and evening. Lee Brown of Hamburg Iowa stayed with his brother in law Chris Hummel for a few days. Hultgren Bros and Reemta Bros shipped several carloads of stock to Chicago last Saturday with John and Michael Hultgren and three Reemts brothers accompanying the shipment. Olga Eddie and Rudolph Anderson traveled to Beresford last Tuesday to attend their cousin Eggstroms wedding. Mr and Mrs Anderson left Wednesday morning.
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Union Creek
Ladies’ Aid
Isegren
John K. Erlegon
Henry Rossbach
Lutheran Church
Lee Brown
Hamburg
Iowa
Chis. Hummel
Hultgren Bros
Reemta Bros
Chicago
John
Michael Hultgren
Reemts Brothers
Olga
Eddie
Rudolph Anderson
Beresford
Miss Eggstrom
Ars. Anderson
Adaville Special Correspondence Highlights Local Visits and Sales
The region notes a string of Sunday visits by Oaks and relatives, a blacksmith shop sale from Ab Morshead to Andy Holmquist, and multiple family calls in Union township Akron and Westfield. Pearl Burrill and L L Moorehead's family visits are mentioned along with a Children’s day program and an upcoming ice cream social at the J D Tindall home. John Erickson sold his farm to Sam. Juba bought Frank Hoffman’s place in Westfield township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ab Morshead
Andy Holmquist
Pearl Burrill
Union Township
CG. E
J.D. Tindall
John Erickson
Sam
Juba
Frank Hoffman
Westfield Township
Richland Round-Ups Chronicle of Local Visits and School Close
Special Correspondence notes Jobo Swoyer in Akron Monday Henry Spoulds visited Elk Point Friday. Mr and Mrs Albert Amondson, and Mrs Antone Jacobson with children, visited Akron Sunday and Monday. W S Bennett and family also visited Akron Monday with Mrs Strong staying longer with the Strong and Lyons families. Richland school closed last Friday after a nine months term with teachers Mrs Louie Hitzemann and Miss Edith Douglass returning home. Mrs Hitzemann hosted her students at her Akron home Tuesday evening.
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J. S. Ofstad and Son
Hawarden
Howie
Fern Farnham
Algona
Iowa
Opera House
A. J. Crowell
Sioux City
Chalmers Detroit
Reese Harris
Akron
Misses Gallany
Quissley
Miller
Bernice
Kathleen Farnham
Harry Dalgliesh
A. L. Bennett
Jobo Swoyer
Henry Spoulds
Elk Point
W.S. Bennett
Hichland
Louie Hitzemann
Edith Douglass
Births Reported to Fisher and Karlmagan Families
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Fisher of this city on Monday May 31, 1909. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Karlmagan near Ruble on Tuesday June 1, 1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Fisher
Albert Karl‘gan
Ruble
Viewpoint as Wilson Tries to Collect from Spinks
A firm head asks Wilson to collect an overdue account from Mr. Spinks. Wilson meets Spinks who cryptically says you can have her and hints Alice is in the drawing room, then shuts the door, revealing a twist in motive and opportunity.
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Wilson
Spinks
An Effective Remedy and a Boston Doctor Narrative
A Boston physician reports a cure via psy chotherapy as Dr Mitchell prescribes a self help book. A hysterical patient improves after reading, ending an attack in minutes, with family discipline noted. An adjacent Want Column advertises a profitable investment.
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Boston
Congress of Medical Men
Weir Mitchell
Local visits and notices from LeMars area outtakes
Local residents and visitors listed with brief notes on travel and family ties. Individuals include Mr and Mrs R B Ogden, Mr and Mrs Ross Weldon, Miss Nettie Capus, C A Knapp, Mr and Mrs J G Hays, Victor at Morningside College, Paul Anderson and daughter, Mrs A Armstrong, R R and J H Pollock, Olaf Mofstad, Miss Ethel King, and Miss Edith Douglass. Judge Gaynor rules in district court case over old Wamsley farm. Akron schools close for summer. Ida Lamberty resigns teaching post for Cedar Falls. Junior Linotype machine installation affects newsroom operations.
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J. G. Hays
Sioux City
Victor
Morningside Cotlegs
Paul Anderson
Canton
Augustana College
A. Armstrong
Leake View
L. F. Root
Gaynor
Loch Mars
Boynon Ross
Walter W
Wamsley
Olaf Mofstad
Ethel King
Tere
B. R. King
Garnatt
Kansas
W. H. Ross
Huron
Arthur Johnson
Louis Hitzemann
Edith Douglass
Richland
Douglass
Akron
The
Register-Tribune
Mise Ida Lamberty
Cedar Falls
Old Cy Young and the Long Distance Telephone Joke
Baseball figure Cy Young is described as economical. Unglaub recalls an incident in Cleveland when Young tried to make a long distance call to his farm manager. Bud McConnell teased that the line makes you "short" as Young counted his change to pay.
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Cy Young
Unglaub
Washington
Boston
Young
Cleveland
Bud McConnell
McConnell
LeMars showkeeper Mc Wester dies of heart failure
From the Houston Post. Mc Wester a well known LeMars showkeeper died suddenly of heart failure last Sunday. The report notes rumors about his wife and remarks that she was a terror and might have warred her husband to death with a grim quip about him living.
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Houston Post
Mc. Wester
Boxing Day in Cockneyland at Hampstead Heath
A New York Times report captures Boxing Day crowds at Hampstead Heath in London. It depicts crowded processions, street hawkers, donkey rides, boxers touting matches, traveling actors performing Othello, and festive revelry from dawn until after midnight with workers seeking rest the next day.
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England
Cockneyland
East End
Hampstead Heath
London
Artiel
Kernel
Felis Scott
Liverpool
New York Times
Four Year Old Helen Delights Church Collection
A four year old girl named Helen attends church with her mother for the first time. She is handed money for the collection to help the poor and, during the service, asks loudly when the poor are coming. Her eight cents are described as getting hot and sticky.
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Helen
Maumu
Lippincott’s Magazine
Flowers of Speech An Englishman Address in Siam
An English visitor at a Siamese ladies seminary delivers a talk on England. He believes his English is understood but the audience deciphers his words differently, prompting a humorous miscommunication about his praise for women’s intellect versus a crude mistranslation that highlights cross language errors. London Tit-Bits.
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Siam
Imaclf
Auccess
England
Hotty
Mat
London
When You Weep Tears Act On the Human Organism
An 19th century style report cites Parisian Professor Waynbaum noting tears act like anesthetics on the brain. Sorrow lowers brain blood pressure and tears benumb the senses, relaxing the mind to indifference. Crying relieves nervous systems, especially in tender children, and explains why slaughter can trigger tears.
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Waynbaum
Paris
Dr. Waynbaum
The Only Safe Way
A speaker argues against staying late, insisting he must return home before the baby wakes. He notes his wife would sense lateness and that darkness cannot delay a child's hunger. He concludes the only safe way is to get home before the baby wakes.
A Dog Story From a Farmyard Scene
A terrier named Mough shares breakfast at a farmhouse routine. He breaks bread for Rough, licks cream from a crust, then fetches it to a hen at the gate. Rough guards the hens, while his favorite feasts, as a morning ritual described in the London Spectator.
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Mough
Rough
London Spectator
Study of law turns to game shooting rules
A reader seeks exact and reliable information on months and days when shooting game is permitted in different sections of the country. The exchange highlights a quest for precise legal and regulatory details.
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Washington Star
Deacon Jones Crept From Missionary Work Three Years Past
Judge questions a speaker about Deacon Jones a missionary who served among the people three years ago with a Cannibal remark noting he had reportedly left for consumption.
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Jonasl
Deacon Jones
Billionaire wealth and farm power in America
The article argues true billionaires are rare and highlights the vast, tangible wealth tied to U S agriculture. It compares farm capital and annual farm output to industrial giants, noting the 20 billion in farm capital and 7 billion in farm products for 1907, and stresses farming's enduring economic weight and its link to 75 percent of U S manufacturing raw materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Agricultural Department
Dillendoulgr Steel Trust
America
Bringing Home the Catch
Col Ata pheng urges humane fishing rules never taking more fish than one meal. He condemns waterlogged catches and dragging fish by gills, praising a nine pound pickerel caught on light gear and the importance of proper handling for taste.
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Col. Atapheng
New York
New York Press
The Oath In Court and An 18th Century Facts
The piece discusses the evolution of kissing the gospel in oaths from the sixteenth century Protestant innovation to the older three finger Trinity gesture. It also notes Tehran Teheran's rise as capital amid Persian turmoil and a brief court exchange about a lost trick between Mr and Mrs Mleck.
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England
George Fos
Fragmented OCR Notes Point to Unclear News Item
Readable fragments suggest a historic newspaper snippet with dialogue heavy phrasing. Names, places, and events are obscured, yielding minimal clear details beyond a rushed exchange and possible character names.
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