Social events and gatherings at local clubs and fairs
Woman's Country Club hosted by Mrs Albert Knop with member character costumes and a roll call of favorite patriotic songs slated for June 28 Miss Malone to lead. Mrs Henry Stie entertained about thirty at a carpet rag bee with sewing and social chat followed by refreshments. Also notices of an opera house show and chocolate sale at local stores with community ice cream event near Ernest Odem's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Country
Henry Stie
Ernest Odem
Laart
Random Tiny Local Items of Daily News
Short notes from a small town recount light rainfall totals and a new police uniform. Lincoln trip for supervisor Bell follows a telegram about his son. Gala Day at Crystal Lake draws 400 visitors amid lake and ball park activity.
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Lincoln
W.W. D. Bell
Massena
Piace
Lewis
Crystal Lake
Ball Park
Foot in frog ends tragically on Altoona yard
Brakeman H Ward Hall slipped from a car in the Pennsylvania yards and his foot was caught in a twitch frog. He signaled the engineer as a 24 car draft moved toward him. Rescuers found him under a steel car with his right arm and leg severed. He died four hours later at the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altoona
Pennsylvania
H. Ward Hall
Mmr
Chains His Prisoner. Sheriff Moves Man In Public
Kansas sheriff M F Moore of Yates Center escorts Amos Wilkins from Co Tuga into town with a chain ten feet long. The clerk jokes about meals as the prisoner orders ham and eggs and pie while planning to plead guilty to forging a twenty five dollar check after his stop in town.
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Kansas City
M. F. Moore
Yates Center
Kan
Co Tuga
Sul
Amos Wilkins
Mure
Wilking
Forbade His Burial Will Testimony in Probate Case
Robert P. Lyon died May 28 and left a $75,000 estate to Grace I. Lyon and two sons. The will orders tests of death and a surgery to cut the riding artery if death is apparent, expresses dread of burial alive, and directs the body be kept in a vault until a sarcophagus is erected. Fonds were left to fund the vault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yorker
New York
Robert P. Lyon
Grace I. Lyon
Lyon
Cow Charges On Baby In Philadelphia Case
Mrs Barbara Stoney, angry after her child slept in a red dinner blanket, was with two little ones when a cow charged a carriage. She freed the baby, shielding it as the animal knocked her and the fence before the crowd dispersed the cow. In San Francisco, June 26, pacific workers on strike are noted.
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Philadelphia
Barbara’ Stoney
Packingtown
Urgo Others
San Francisco
Pacifig -Onast Jongueromen
Young widows invited for change and marriage offers
A Paterson Paterson New Jersey letter from Gustave Jape of Cleveland calls for young widows to apply for marriage, offering change for cream sodas and movie outings. The note urges widows to share his name and address and to mail photos, claiming he owns a good home and wants a wife immediately. Other items mention Ruth Gillett returning from Mayo hospital, I R Wyckett selling thirty acres near Atlante for 12000, and a local theater advertisement for Leo the Lion at the Opera House.
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Paterson
Cleveland
Woman Runs Lumber Business After Widow Takes Helm
Bertha Young, widow of John D. Young, now manages a Southern Minnesota lumber company nine yards strong. She closed the La Crosse offices and moved to Minneapolis for market access. The firm, founded twenty three years ago, operates retail yards in Fairmont Fulda Whalen Donnell Alpha and Chandler, and Mrs. Young, a social favorite and mother of a large family, has shown notable managerial skill.
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Young
Carriles
Hila
la Crosse
Wis
Bertha Young
Minneapolis
John D. Young
Minnesota
Fairmont
Fulda
Whalen, Donnell, Alpha and
Chandler
Record Price Bulls and Auction at 9 Ranch
In a gale at a ranch near here eighty head sold in three hours for 54000, topping 4000 for a bull and 2100 for a bull calf while a heifer calf brought 500. The sale drew hundreds of stockmen from across the United States and Canada. Nearby, George W. Coombs in Lawrenceburg Indiana hauled nearly 200 pounds of snapping turtles from Tanner's Creek weighing up to fifty pounds.
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Norway
Here
United States
Cauda
Geta
Lawrenceburg
Ind
George W. Coombs
Tanner's Creek
Coombs
Aock Amaker
Lost Identity After Earthquake Restored in Milwaukee
Samuel Samuels, a 60 year old former San Francisco policeman, awakened in Milwaukee with amnesia lasting ten years after the San Francisco earthquake. He recalled owning a clothing store and money in California, yet could not remember his name or where he belonged, wandering in search of identity. Authorities report the case as a memory recovery and relocation mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Milwaukee
Mawatfree
Wis
Samuel Samuels
San Frangco
Samuels
OVD
Jawbone of Fossil Elephant Displayed in Baker Oregon
Local scientists declare a jawbone from a prehistorictetrapleodont species the tower jaw bone of an early elephant. The fossil was found during the Virtue mine excavation near Bear Creek and placed on exhibition.
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Baker
Virtue Mine
Gow Adopts Colt In Orchard Farm Scene Near Conneaut Lake
Farmer Pat S Brown reports a mare died after foaling a fine calf. The colt was fed briefly, then integrated with a herd of cows for care. One cow raised a Toulo calf and immediately adopted the colt. Bossy and the colt are now inseparable.
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Gow
Greenville
Pat. S. Brown
Conneaut Lake
Saya
Waa
Esercias
Bossy
Telegrapher Saves Chicks With Feather Duster Substitute
Shorty Eberle, a Postal Telegraph employee, raised fancy chickens and faced a hen that devoured her own brood. He improvised by placing a large feather duster in the coop to distract her, allowing the remaining chicks to thrive under the “unmanned” but protective arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shorty
Eberle
Iberle
Postal Telegraph Company
Sees Sights At Seventy
Mrs Bully Booker, a former slave from near North Middleton Ohio, visits relatives in Columbus for the first time in years. The seventy year old recounts lessons from slavery and describes modern inventions such as electric cars and elevators. Her tale reflects a lifetime of travel from rural Ohio to Europe and back, highlighting progress and memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bully Booker
d-Tormer
Shiva
Columba
Atortea
Pivaress
Europe
Nebe’s Opera House Tonight Surprises with Curated Themes
Local review notes a mixed program at Nebe’s Opera House featuring Sno Cura and Keystone Chinelly. Performances draw small crowds but receive praise for unique staging and compelling musical numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keystone Chinelly- Opera Housight
Keystone Comedy at Opera House Tonight
The Keystone offers a comedy program at the Opera House this evening with 5 and 10 cent admission. A brief local entertainment note highlights the show’s schedule and venue.
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Bwingg
Fay Tinehersandsd
Olf
Griffith
Ford Sterling
The
Star
Itc
5. C. Mappin
Nebe’s
Henshaw & Martin
People’s Store
T. H. Whitney
Sam Berry
Mappin
Chicago
Nebe Shoe Store
Frank Musson
W. C. Heera
Okoboji
Spirit Lakes
Musson
Thaninghla
Charles Jacobsen
Mies Marie Swart
Buick
Jake Wenzel
Homg
Detroit
Mich
Rockafellow
J. B. Rockafellow
Chestnut Street
John Jellicoe
North Bea Fleet
Ee Selig’ Presents
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Tay
Hearst ,Vitagraph News Phetorial Newspaper‘and Pictures
Cartain Jones
Horse Marines
Essanay
Ann Murdock
Ams
Richard
Cleveland Man
Rochester
Misa Ruth Gillett
H. C. Gillett
Minn
Mayo Brothers’ Hospital
I. R. Wyckett
Atlante
Roy, Squires
Brown
Ben
Seo Leo
the Big Lion
Opera House Tonight
S. C. Mappii
Mappin St Nebe's
Bull
CP. Meredith
Nebe
Anada’s
Edward
Bandsmen Singers
Will F. Newlay
J. Coates Lockhart
Canada
Wee Jamie
Clark
Pride of
Scotland
Pip
T. P. J. Power
Eules
Atlantic Theatre
Atlantic
Iowa
Daily Marke
Eb, Rothachild Co
Lamson Bros. & Co
Tran
Omaha
South Omaha
Fone
BL W
J.pellete
Nat ‘Shahan
Maine
Geners
C. D. Finley
News-Telegraph
W. A. McWord
Power Lubricating Co
Bile
Saee
SOR Sale
Loranzen
Iid A
Gor Sale
Heroes
R Lorenzen
Thos. Wooll
Wm. Menezes
Ivor Sale
Silas Nett
Black
Horace
Salor
J. C. Fudge
West Side
Zane
Pi Phi -Alpha Fraternity
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