Local residents report sickness and visits in Bateman area
Miss Avis Cole and several neighbors were ill last week including Mrs. Charles Vanpatter and Miss Jennie Daily. Des Moines visitors Roy Seymour and J W Bateman's household were noted, with health alerts and social visits among families like the Lennons and Arnolds.
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Avis Cole
Bateman
H. B. Kelly
Ames
Roy Seymour
Des Moines
J. W. Bateman
Charles Vanpatter
Ethel
Grandpa Mills
W. H. Mills
Romaine
Carroll
Scott
Verne Moses
Allie Bateman
M. E. Livingston
Maude
Julia Arnold
Thomas Rice
E. Rice
Clara Nelson
Detroit
Mich
Carl Sandal
John Skagen
Decorah
Howard Minkler
Nevada
Anna Oleson
Margaret Henderson
Story City
W. T. Wierson
T. A. Thompson
Webste City
I. A. Iverson
A. A. Brige
W. E. Waugh P. A. Solem
Ole Rasmussen
Margaret Jacobsen
Bode
Jorgenson
O. M. Thompson
St. Peter
Martin Duca
Givine
Salem
J. N. Sandren
Luther League
Ed Osmundson
Josephine Evenson
Thimble Club
0. M. Grove
Oscar Larsen
Marie of Huxley
Novel Duck Decoy Phonygraft Slams Duck Hunting
The article recounts a tale of ace Goodwill and Algernon Pinckney using a phonograph driven decoy rig to lure ducks on the Indian River. The antics lead to a flock of birds and a Delaware legislator drafting a bill banning such devices.
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Philadelphia
Grover Cleveland
Ace Goodwill
Indian River
Delaware
Cleveland
Georgetown
Edison
Ace
Goodwill
Agernon Pinckney Bourke
Philadelphy
Algernon
Algernon Pinckney
Pinckney
New Year Socials and Local Notices Across Grant Ames and Surrounds
Local families in Grant Ames and nearby towns hosted New Year dinners and gatherings. Residents report colds and grippe, while several shopping trips and visits to relatives are noted. Multiple property transactions and real estate transfers are listed with various owners and lots.
European chocolate industry wastes vast tin foil fees
The chocolate industry in Europe spends about 4 million dollars annually on tin foil, with nearly all of it discarded by chocolate users.
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Europe
Meeting Eyebrows Folklore Across Regions
The London Chronicle notes beliefs about meeting eyebrows signaling health, luck, or doom. In Aberdeen shire a close brow is linked to a scaffold, while English Midlands see fame. continental gypsies claim the owner bears the evil eye and may charge pilgrims for protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeenshire
English Midlands
Germany
Austria
London Chronicle
Puzzled Storekeeper Fractions at Both Ends
A traveling man recalls a country store episode where a woman buys a ham priced at twenty seven and three quarters cents per pound. The ham weighs eleven pounds and a half, and the storekeeper admits uncertainty about the total cost because of fractions at both ends.
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Washington Herald
Boring Holes In Glass By Optician Method
An optician describes drilling glass with a heated drill dipped in quicksilver to harden and sharpen it. The drill is moistened with camphor solution and turpentine, and kept moist while drilling to bore glass as if it were wood.
Editor and contributor clash over subscription demand
An exchange quotes an unhappy contributor and the editor in a Philadelphia Press snippet. The contributor laments not being able to write something acceptable, while the editor suggests a year’s subscription payment as a test.
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Philadelphia Press
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G. L. Eastwood
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Fred Mack
Central City
Robert Porter
Farmer City
W. R. Hardcastle
Vina
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Vera
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Frank
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William Frey
J. F. Warren
H. C. Davis
Will Cole
Milford
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Swanson
C. M. Abrahamson
Jewell Junction
W. H. Totten
Oklahoma
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J. Gasaway
Albert Askelson
Linn Grove
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Clifton Ruth
Gilmore City
James Robinson
Oskaloosa
C. M. Johnson
H E Hadley
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E E Swartz
Albert Hill
Cambridge
F W Larson
Adelia Zook
Sarah J Gossard
H E Emery
Blairs Ist
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Melvina M Hodgson
Albert O Mark
Blairs Ad
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Mary Elmore
John
Cora Loomis Quinn
James
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Frank P Quinn
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