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Newspaper
Audubon County Journal
Location
Exira, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1901
Page
1
A sweeping patchwork of names, moves, farm cargo, health and social life fills a rural column. Orin Welch buys steer stock from M D Crow, Gus Forsbesk ships hogs, and Webster neighbors share visits and business trips. Mrs Nela Christiansen adds a piano, Alice Gray battles pneumonia, and 100 tons of ice go up for storage. Townsfolk aid, adjust losses after a fire, and plan hall events with Odd Fellows and local churches.
Rear Admiral Bradford promotes a new compass card designed by S B W Dick to replace the current 360 degree card with 34 ten degree divisions and decimal subdivisions. The plan aims to simplify courses by degrees, reduce conversions, and improve navigation accuracy across navy vessels.
A fatal stabbing in Des Moines is reported with suspects Sean Wy and others arrested. The incident involves George Port and Charles Jobst, with details of a drunken vow and tower setting. Separately, Judge Matheson rules on insolvency related mortgage claims, and Des Moines records show Iowa electors meeting to cast votes for McKinley and Roosevelt. Ezra Tucker named messenger to carry returns to Washington. Jell-O advertised as a dessert. Four flavors listed with a grocer promotion.
Clayton Bates and others spend evenings at homes around Ross as townsfolk plan social dances, farm sales, and Saturday gatherings. Many residents travel to Audubon, Gray, and Sioux City for events, auctions, or business, while the Ross Creamery meets to discuss profits and prices.
The Newport Harbor View dining room hosts the wedding breakfast of Miss Elslo Preneh and her bridegroom. A grand center table carries a giant bridal wreath of roses and orange blossoms with the bride’s cake at its heart. The cake walk will feature a clever mechanism, and Senator Depew is slated to speak as guests toast the couple.
The piece critiques church outreach methods and businesslike aims to draw worshippers, noting bouquets given after services and altar decorations. It cites a Daily News column praising altruism as society’s greatest gift while mocking sensationalism and commercialized religion. It ends with unrelated health ad phrases about cough remedies.
George M. Daniels argues in the New York Herald that the nineteenth century's railway progress shows transportation drives prosperity. He predicts continuous industry growth, broader facilities, and lower costs, while he opposes government control, insisting corporate management offers a superior, well-organized system for faster, safer travel.
The two travelers Herman Dalylyk and Chartes Hirsch journey from New York to Mexico by wagon, traveling up to twenty miles daily with two dogs and a horse drawn cart, cooking their meals, carrying provisions, and living freely as they tour through the United States. Their motto proclaims a life of travel and independence, with shotguns in cases ready for emergencies.
Anson Phelps Stokes Jr, assistant rector of St Paul’s Yale secretary, reportedly invented a table golf game similar to tidelidewinks and filed for a patent. A private exhibition was held at New Haven County club where he plays daily. The World notes his golfing background and plan to manufacture implements for the new game.
A London church introduces a brass instrument called a monsterphone to preach sermons with musical interludes and a magic lantern showing pictures. A skilled pianist leads an orchestra as the crowd gathers, drawn by the sensational method that has already filled the church on Sundays.
A Frenchman in New York introduces a squid based formula to produce hair undulations without hot irons, claiming safety and lasting effect for six weeks. The method aims to replace dangerous styling and is praised by observers of Parisian fashion as a notable advance.
The Mornting Oregonian reports John Kinney of Leland Josephine county holding a large contract to furnish cordwood to the Southern Pacific railroad. In Portland the workers, a group of Japs, are paid 1.25 per cord piled beside the spur and work about 25 days a month, with some earning around 6.25 for two days. They generally take easy nights and often quit for hunting, while white workers receive easier tasks and privileges.
A silver bound leather book sent to Germany for the emperor’s recognition, valued at $5 pullets widl cost Incre tun $L200. Pages bear German and American tags, enamel work, and engraved resolutions in praise of the emperor. The final page shows a crest and a seal.
A London paper announces a new periodical named The Thirast, dedicated to poetry. It will be published monthly at fourpence, aiming to sustain exclusive verse content.
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