Swan City News Notes and Local Happenings
Readers in Swan City hear about Dr Felling deemed insane eight months before his death and Mrs Polling caring for him. Will Salisbury pitching for Los Angeles in California League reports. Swan City farmers form a company to buy Percheron stallions with officers named. Lars Johnson building a Ringsted home after wife’s asylum admission. Miss Jahoonah M Peterson wed Charles A Little on Christmas night. L B Sanford shells 1033 bushels of corn daily, sparking veracity questions. Florence Gallagher loses thumb in felon case. Wesley drugstore patrons drink freely, Dr Heal guards time water. Conductor John Smock’s train dispatch led to a mishap but he aided a passenger.
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Swan City
Hera
Carrigan
Watts Temata Champlon
Felling
Pioneer
Tows
Ibia
Whittemore
Will Salisbury
Los Angeles
California
Swanity Farmers
Fie
Offléers
John Ouin
8. H. McAdams
A. L. Abdofson
W. Monta
J. L. Vaux
Charles A. Little
Sexton pharma+ clat
Wesley News
L. BE. Sanford
Buttle
Florence Gallagher
Wesley
Wesley Drug Store
Dr. Heal
Union Cullings and Holiday Visits Across Iowa
Local notes recount Lews I Jenkinson visiting Woodhull Illinois and staying through holidays, farm rentals swap among Alex McArthur and others, and several families hosting relatives. Shipping poultry, teaching near Burt, and planned moves to Minnesota mark a busy period with farm sales and arrangements near Audubon and Clayton counties.
Mr Wed Bourne Elected Superintendent for 1900
The notice states Mr Wed Bourne was elected superintendent of the M B Sunday school for the year 1900. It mentions a new editor arriving and occupying the house vacated by D M Hell, and notes Burt McChesney visiting for a few days with his father and mother.
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Wed
Bourne
M. B
Hell Look
Burt McChesney
Local Social Notes Include Visits and Meetings
Mrs and Mrs Chipinah visit their daughter Mrs Mile Brown of Dunton. Hatina will visit Bagle Grove for six days. Will Baths and Mrs Grahaiy plan late business in Lions Rock soon. Miss Gottle Slade visited Burt friends last week. Wilbur Hodieon and Juda now returned to Fenton. Mr Whitfield at special meetings in Buffalo this week. Missionary Society meets with Mrs Wotuisby next Saturday. Mr Will Easterly visited J B Cork’s family for a few days. Arthur Marble teaching at Lotts Creek. Ed Cork and family left for Colorado last Thursday. Marie Wheeler home from Whittemore for two weeks.
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Lews I. Jenkinson
Frank Jenkinson
Woodhull
Ill
Steinman ‘Poys
Clark Peels
Mr. McArthur
EB. W. Dovogan
Nebraska
H.d. Relbhof
Audubon
Minn
Alex McArthur
Jennie Thompson
Buffalo Center
Schenck
Burton Xmas
Henry
Fatally
G. L. Carroll
Princeville
Tis
Albert Wheeler
Nellis
Whittemore
Alfred Klamp
Minnesota
Bishop Farm
Frank Srouse
R. Hohenstein
Grant Salisbury
Wonoros
Julius Ames
Marshall
Wm. Miner
Alexander
Hannigan
Ames
James Hanenagan
Chipinah
Mile Brown
Dunton
Hatina
Bagle Grove
Grahaiy
Lions Rock
Gottle Slade
Burt
Wilbur Hodieon
Juda
Fenton
Mr. Whitfield
Buffalo
Presbyterian 'Church
Missionary Society of the M
Wotuisby
Will Easterly
J. B. Cork
Arthur Marble
Lotts Creek
Cork
Colorado
Marie Wheeler
Quiet New Year Tales and Neighborhood Notes
Sexton News reports a comic Friday night scare as local lads misread a man’s status and rang a tin pan march for a nonbride. Fr Telller of Nummersburg visited. Frank McCorkle spent New Years at home. J W Robngon installed three ranges locally. Lewis Kranty, Ed Johnson, and Pete Lickteig bought. Chas Little settled into a new home. wedding bells seem quiet despite frosty weather. Kennedy of Bancroft visited town Saturday. Lamb Lumber Co advertised coal orders. Rocky Mountain Ten is recommended by doctors. a verse about love and fortune closes.
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Sexton News
Fr. Telller
Nummersburg
Frank McCorkle
J. W. Robngon
Lewis Kranty
Ed. Johnson
Pete Lickteig
Chas
Hag
Mr. Kennedy
Bancroft
Henry Kennedy
St. Banedlet
Peaches and Beureer in a Canadian Ode to Oxford
A Canadian poet recounts sending autumn peaches from Ontario to Oxford professors and scholars. The tale includes a diplomat young author and a dispute about whale blubber versus local fruit, with a bill of lading proving the origin of the peaches from Kent County Ontario.
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Redgard Kipling
Dominion
Arthur Dt Hager
Oxford
Goldwin Smith
Toronto
York Powell
Christ Church
Hayes
Canada
Irving
Ontario
Aus Thor
France
Stringer
Kent County
Tame Wild Rabbit Tells of Philadelphial Record Tale
A Philadelphia Record account describes a boy’s tame wild rabbit kept with a guinea pig and an alligator. The trio roamed yard and porch, with the rabbit chasing and biting like the wind when threatened. Neighbors’ youths later killed them with an ax, ending the unlikely companionship.
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Montgomery County
Philadelphia Record
Balloon wireless telegraphy experiments near Vienna
Experiments at Vienna test balloon to ground wireless telegraphy using a tethered copper line. A second freely suspended balloon carries the receiving gear with a 60 foot downward wire. Signals travel up to six miles at about a tide high elevation. Challenges noted include placing a transmitter in a free balloon and fire risk near inflammable gas. Further tests anticipated by researchers in wireless telegraphy.
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Vienn
Marconi
Cenda
Tolling of Great Bell Marks Death in 1861 Lord Mayor Duty
Fragmented OCR notes recount the English royal tradition of tolling the great bell on a sovereign's death. It describes the home secretary notifying the lord mayor, who then informs the dean of St Paul and orders the bell to toll, as in the Garfield era and earlier. The passage cites Prince Albert’s death and the ceremonial tolling in England.
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Ana Caft
Genvarbany
Garfield
England
Prince Albart
Home Secretary
St. Paul
Englishman in New York Praises American Geography Method
An English resident in New York lauds the American method of teaching geography, noting its effectiveness for girls and their grasp of U.S. states. He recounts his daughter’s progress from mapping American states to learning about England, Scotland, and Ireland, fearing overemphasis on continental Europe.
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New York
the Tribune
England
Scotland
Ireland
United States
Planted by the Queen tree planting legacy in Britain
The passage notes Queen Victoria and Prince Albert fostering tree planting across Britain from 1845 to 1868 including visits to Stowe and Lancaster. It mentions an oak at Aston Hall and a royal penchant for trees, with ongoing growth of oaks at Muckross and Killarney reinforcing the queen’s arboreal legacy.
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Great Britain
London
Ham
Stowe
Lancaster
Aston Hall
Prince Albert
Muckross
Funeral Customs in Old Times and Burial Rites
Fragmentary text notes funeral customs including burying with a coffin and an object placed near the body. Mentions origins in historical practice and front influence in rites. The readable portions hint at burial symbolism and evolving customs discussed in a historical context.
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First National Bank
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PhLip
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Glatike
Prea
Chubb
Joe’ Bros
Kier
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Fred M. Milles
Myron Bdhenok
Thos. F. Cooke
General Banking
Private Safety Deposit Vault
Lewis H. Smith
Ashier
W. B. Ingham
Theos Chrischilles
Kossuth County State Bank
Algona
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Bualneas
W. B. Agham
John G. Smith
J. B. Jones
T. Chrischilles
Lewis H.smith
W. Wadsworth
Barnet Davine
Butler
Manila
Ji.r. Laird
Big Kossuth
J. FR. Laifrd
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Algona Milling Co. Incorporated
Manufacturers
Woodford, Wheeler & Tompkins
China
Langdon & Hudson
State Bank
B. Williams
Proprietor
Coxsee
Satterfield
Janeon
Satq
John Smock
Sexton
Hobart
Union
Lucy Haswell
Hagwell
Burt News
Lamb Lumber Co
Rocky Mountain Ten
Ehler & Co
J. L. Sutton
Waverly
Suta’s Hog Cholera Co
Ausvin
J. L. Sutton & Co
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Olenmaskoorx
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Samson & Paine
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Frankfort
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Peila
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