Local notes on residents and events in Massena area
Local column lists residents visiting away from home, business travel and returns, church notices, social events, and minor incidents. Mentions include L L DeLano, Peter Landmesser, Will Malone, Mrs Jack Fargo, Mrs W Kstrooking, and several local families. frost noted. church services updated. Miss Nellie Lenon, May Jones, Julia Jones visiting. Presbyterian church plans. doctor Veno’s address. shipping of household goods. G A R Memorial day plans. dances at German Hall. arrivals from Des Moines and Des Moines visitors. various community updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Landmesser
Connell Huila
Will Malone
Des Moines
Jack Fargo
St. Joe
Jas, Brown
Kansas
Missouri
Jack Lemmon
Little Son
Avoca
P. I Appleman
Anita
W. Kt. Btrooking
R.M. Murray
C. W. Herstein
Henry Craven
Massena
Atlantic
Chris
Kringle
Walnut
Walent
Nellie Lenon
May Jones
Wieth
Julia Jones
Maine
Presbyterian Church
Veno
Fourth
Chestnut Streets
Fed
Red Oak
Judge Green
Audubon
P. EB. O. Sisterhood
A. M. Duval
Poplar St. G
Acker
F. N. Acker
G. A. R. Post
H. M. Boorman
Ann Farquharson
I. S. Farquharson
Powers Memorial Library Receives Fine Foreign Books
The Powers Memorial Library in Cedar Rapids received two valuable books on American art and architecture, with colored plates, likely from founder J. K. Powers. No donor listed. May Iarty and Florence McKinstry hosted a large gathering at a South Walnut Street home yesterday afternoon. Eastern Star officials will be installed in Mason City by Mrs. Jennie Rule, with notices sent to members. The eleventh grade held a class meeting at the high school gym Friday evening, where refreshments followed and an experiment with Geyser tubes was demonstrated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth and Chestnut
Worthing & Worth
J. A. McWaid
Avoca
W. B. Forester
Portland
Ovo
Frandsen
H. Hansen
Unlof
Gens. Kjer
Geo. Rasmussen
P. Knudsen
Audubon
D. P. Davis
Promanent
Goshen
Chamberlain
Perio
Powers Memorial Library
Cedar Rapids
America
J. K. Powers
May Iarty
Florence McKinstry
South Walnut Street
Eastern Star
H. A. Dicker
Jennie Rule
Mason City
National Educational Association
Buffalo
Iowa Teachers
Tifft House
Lake Shor
Michigan Southern
Michigan Central
H. G. Lamson
Jones
Episcopal Church
F. J. Macomber
Lewis
J. K. Macomber
Des Moines
Europe
B. A. Bishop
Lumpkin
Hannah Mewhister
Frederick Mewhister
J. 3. Hatton
H. L. Griffs
Carson
Rock Island Road
Maude Carter
Harlan
Shelby County
Miss Calkins
Anita
Harlan American
Silas Wilson Nursery Company
D. L. Heinsheiner
Glenwood
Mills County
Iowa
Maude Pitzer
Malvern
Red Oak
Shoudy Bros
Burt
Atlantic
How to Treat a Wife and Keep Her Well
Practical advice on marriage stressing patience and kindness to ease a wife’s troubles. Recommends maintaining a calm home and offering supportive words, and adds keep a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in the house as a sign of care and health protection. For sale by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
A Pleasant Place Ice Cream Parlor Reopened
W Harris has renovated his ice cream parlor and now offers a soda fountain and a wide range of confections. The shop promises refreshing drinks and fresh pastries, inviting patrons to try the new offerings and enjoy the updated venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GC. W. Harris
Hager Delivers Notable Speech on Pension Bill
A Washington dispatch notes Mr. Hager gave one of the session’s best speeches on the general pension bill. He was applauded by members and warmly congratulated by colleagues. His strong arraignment of the administration’s pension policy was praised as logical and masterly. He is cited as highly qualified on pension matters, making a practical case for reforms in pension legislation and the pension bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pension Bureau
Miscellaneous Notes and Local Visits in Massena
Local residents and visitors are listed with towns including Cumberland Anita Onawa Audubon and Sigourney. People mentioned include MundayBagley Delano Soper Anderson Platt Jackson Hunter Lamson Henshaw and Graham. Activities range from moves and arrivals to jury duty school updates and hotel maintenance.
Atlantic city names David Workman master of ctind
Long list of local notices reports lost items, visits, and events in Atlantic and surrounding towns. David Workman is appointed ctindmaster for Atlantic. Several residents travel, visit, and return. Local court decision, Y M C A meeting, school yard disturbances, and upcoming National Educational Association meeting announced with details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Workman
City of
Atlantic
Justice Court grants continuance in State vs Dorrell case
In Wallace's court a preliminary examination in State versus Dorrell was continued after both sides agreed that Geo Roderick's testimony would be taken. Roderick was later acquitted Saturday as the extortion case could not be proven beyond doubt. Tramps on Algona streets face ten day penalties, while Squire Chirke enforces work or bread and water. A church Sunday school class surprised Samuel Dennison at his home with gifts and thanks for his faithful instruction, including silverware and a silk handkerchief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Court
State Vs. Dorrell
Wallace
Geo. Roderick
Roderick
Algona
Squire Chirke
Jo Zanke
C. L. Lund’s
Squire Clark
Samuel Dennison
M. E. Church
Second
Cedar Streets
Rev. Wickersham
Mr. Dennison
State Teachers Association to Meet in Des Moines
Superintendent Lamson returned Saturday from Des Moines after attending an executive committee meeting of the State Teachers Association. The committee discussed arranging the December meeting to be held in Des Moines and Marshalltown, with plans and speakers to be announced. Topics include concentration of studies, functions of public schools at various levels, county superintendency, and fifty years of educational progress in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamson
Des Moines
State ‘Teachers’ Association
Marshalltown
Towa
Boxing at Olympia A Fierce Duel Between Glaukus and Xenokles
A vivid scene from A Day at Olympia recounts a brutal boxing match between Glaukus of Kroton and Xenokles of Messenia. Both fighters press hard, exchange crushing blows, and push toward exhaustion as the crowd urges decisive action and glory.
The Pawnbroker Life From His Point of View
A Detroit Free Press feature portrays a pawnbroker reflecting on clients who cry poverty to obtain quick cash while he candidly admits frequent deceit and hardship. He recounts a sobbing borrower who offered a watch for $25, the woman selling a wedding dress for $2 after paying $4, and the sorrowful tales behind diamonds and a pearl locket left for cash. He notes he buys items cheap, resents being perceived as heartless, and emphasizes the business profits amid widespread distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac
Detroit Free Press
Walls Hide Bones in Louvre Vaults Mysterie
The Louvre houses dark vaults beneath Egyptian halls and a crow’s‑foot passage network. Critics argue the masonry is newer than the fortress, with theories that revolutionary victims were immured there or that passages connect to Catherine de Medici’s hated spaces. Further archeological study is blocked by the annual grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louvre
Egypt
Pilacs
M. Vaugneux
Colonne de Juillet
M. Blondel
M. Normand
Society For Protecting
Catherine de’ Medici
Lescot
Chamber
London Chronicls
How Fast Does Electricity Travel
A 19th century quote notes that electricity in a proper conductor is practically instantaneous. Estimates place its speed at not less than 124000 miles per second, described as inconceivably great and beyond full contemplation. The St Louis Republic cites this remark.
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Wheatsatone
St. Louis Republic
Procrastination as thief of time in classroom quip
A class dialogue joking about procrastination ends with a boy’s pun that delays the point. The passage recalls paper making in Europe via Constantinople, tracing the process from China through Samarkand to AD 651. It closes with a Dobell quote about steadfastness before the divine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlow
Europe
Constantinople
China
Samarkand
Elephant saves girl from bear at Ringling circus
Report from Tattersall's Chicago shows 10 year old Bessie Rooney nearly seized by a bear named Growler. Babylon one of Ringling Bros elephants struck the bear, freeing the girl. Bessie fainted but the elephant carried her to safety as attendants rushed to help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ringling’s Circus
Tattersall's
Chicago
Bessie Rooney
Michael Rooney
Babylon
Ringling Bros
Growler
Bessie
American Field
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Eatruday
L. L. DeLano
John Spoore
Villisca
Cha Fill
CG. A. Brown
R. M. Westphalen
Fred Brown
C. S. Fletcher
Cripple Creek
M. W. ‘Tilney
C.S. Crain
Intermediate League
Ged. Bayliss’ Farm
German Hall
F. Furst
Bager and Pensions
Munday
F. Bagley
L. Delano
Onawa
Ralph Bair
Cumberland
Tom Malone
Wiotu
M. H. Elliott
Bruce
L. D. Soper
John Anderson
C. Platt
F. C. Temple
Frank Jackson
Sigourney
W. R. Cadwallader
Alista
J. Warner
Wickham
Christian Church
Miss Hunter
Prof. Lamson
W.N. Henshaw
Windsor Hotel
D. R. Graham
Cady
Seventh
John McCormick
Knoxville
W.H. Sawyer
J.C. Cary
Losti
Finder
Atlantic House
D&wit
Peti Voorhees
Howard Saunders
Ed Lighter
Harry Calkins
Chas. Osgood
Boston
Mass
Frank Whipple
Buck Creek
D&w
W.B. Jayne
Oakland
Neb
Dr. Rose
West Liberty
Tay
Gro. M. Lion
Wm. Bennett
A.M. Deval
West Sixth Street
Denver
Col
Will Eggers
Della Eggers
SS. Peter and Panchurch
Father Daly
Louise Haller
San Francisco
Evenin
W. W. Parker
M. Parker
Theo. G. Steinke
Commercia Exchange Bank
Levi Downs
Sherm Edwards
Bob Dickerson
Cumberland Potterony
A. M. Beers
New Comerstown
Ohio
A. M. Nipper
Phil Southwick
Geo. Curtis
Y. M
Peterson
M. I
Salvation Army
Julius Ruebeck
Omaha
Jacob Bosen
Emily Bates
Richford VI
Lick Observatory
George Junior Republic
Freeville
Bill Nye
New England
Current Literature Publishing Co
Lafayette Place
New York
Kruger
Transvaal
The
California Fig Syrup Company
Olympia
Xenokles
Glaukus
Xenoklos
Krotonian
Hephestus
Alyte
Evander
Messenia
Duffield Osborne
Scribner's
Dobell
Chestnut ST
Eggers Bros
Eggers Bros. Supresaora
Gao
Marsh
Rock Island
Fine Repairing
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