Edison predicts 1903 will annihilate space and time
Thomas A Edison foresees a transformative year with electricity supplanting steam, wireless telegraphy reaching commercial use, and medicine shifting toward surgery and prevention. He cites storage batteries, Marconi, and rapid scientific progress, noting newspapers will push public advancement and peaceful times ahead.
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Tn Pob
New York
Thomas A. Edison
Menlo Park
Yeatherday
St Joe Creamery Elects Officers and Locale News
Stockholders in the St. Joe creamery met last Saturday and elected Nic Thul as president and manager, G. Gran bach as vice president, P. Erpelding as secretary, and directors J. Kramer, N. Dreyer, C. Gales, John Becker, A. Berte, and J. Cunningham. Ed B. Jones was hired for the year as a butter maker. Upcoming debate set for January 17 on the education question. Also notes of residents planning moves to South Dakota and Gilbertville Iowa, two weddings in St. Joe and a sick baby of Mr. and Mrs. John Faber, plus a Canada land investment by Geo. Faber’s son. A. D. Clarke & Co. offer money loans at 5 percent with annual payments.
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St. Joe Creamery
Oflcers
Nic Thul
G. Granbach
P. Erpelding
J. Kramer
N. Dreyer
C. Gales
John Becker
A. Berte
J. Cunningham
P. Jones
Harry Borman
South Dakota
Joe Gales
St. Joe
Gilbertsville
Towa
Joe
James Reding
Mary Thiljes
Jobn Funk
Josephine Troutier
John Faber
Geo. Faber
Canada Land
Henry
Moving through states to Oklahoma reader shares life tale
A Long letter from Peckham Oklahoma recounts migration from Union Township Iowa to Washington state then South Dakota before settling in Oklahoma. The writer notes 800 fruit trees and grape acreage, yields of oats 30 to 40 bushels per acre, wheat poor due to spring rains, and a mild climate. He praises the Courrier and asks for renewal reminders.
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Union Township
Kossuth County
Iowa
Towa
Washinton State
South Dakota
Oklahoma
Courier
Charles Waa
Peckham
Generous Bequest for Church and School in Emmetsburg
The Emmetsburg Democrat reports a bequest from Mr. Tobin’s will likely funding a church and a free parochial school with an estimated total between 60 000 and 75 000 dollars. The residue of his estate after other bequests will support this philanthropic aim, according to informed locals.
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Emmetsburg
Democrat
Tobin
Lang's restaurant ad and milkmaid wanted listing
An old paper fragment advertises Gin Wanrep seeking a job at Lang's restaurant. It includes J. A. Lana praising market coffee at Durdall lunch counter with low prices, C F Gange offering special tank heaters, and Bertha Carey recruiting a German girl able to milk cows and assist with housework.
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Gin Wanrep
Lang
J. A. Lana
Durdall
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