Elk Horn notices and business moves in Kimballton area
Local notes describe R J Hansen finishing Jens Rasmusen’s decorating and plans by Lara Petersen and P Rasmusen. Draco Sorenson buys a cream separator. Walter Olwen quits at the Knitting Factory for other work. Andrew Hebeck rents part of A Esbeck farm. Thomas Jorgensen starts painting and paper hanging in Elk Horn. Local families travel, telephones, land seeking, and social visits are reported along with a cattle shipment and college enrollment. A closing out sale by Ramus Hedegaard announces stock clearance and property for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Hansen
Jens Rasmuesen
Lara Petersen
P. Rasmuesen
Draco Sorenson
Thomas Jorgensen
Elk Horn
Montana
H. Cohn & Son
Chicago
Ramus Hedegaard
Kimballion Ta
Wanted tracts near Extra seek buyers for 160 and 60 acres
A brief classified notice seeks buyers for two improved tracts near Extra, listing 160 acres and 60 acres in the Other category. Send descriptions and price to Journal, with confirmation of confidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Extra
Confcience
Feathered Carrier Killed by Hawk Reveals Young Romance
Lawton Oklahoma reports a dead carrier pigeon found near a Big Pasture pond carrying a locket with photos and a heartfelt note to Clarence Packham from Grace Deliver of Chicago. The hawk killed the bird after a brief five minute fight, witnessed by a lessee’s son. the note pleads for reconciliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Okla
Grace Deliver
Clark Street
Chicago
Clarence Packham
Clarence
Southland
Maine Abandoned Farms Targeted by State Agency
Maine officials warn that New Yorkers and others buying up abandoned Maine farms for summer homes could cut state agricultural output. Commissioner Gilman notes continued summer usage shifts land from full farming to flowers and vegetables, despite efforts by University of Maine and agricultural bodies to promote year round farming and fruit growing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugueta
State Agricultural Department
Gilman
New York
Massachusetts
Agricultural Department
University of Maine
Natonal Sericultural Department
Washington
Pont
Prophet predicts calamities for New York within two years
A seer now basing his headquarters in York Pennsylvania claims to have foretold Queen Victoria’s death and the San Francisco earthquake and predicts New York will suffer a fate like the coast city within two years along with a series of other disasters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
York
Queen Victoria
San Francisco
New York Man Made of Soap Says Scientist Reveals Find
Professor J. G. Adams reports to the Harvey society that human bodies contain tiny myelin globules resembling primitive soap. The globules, discovered through polarizing microscopy, are linked to a self cleansing idea and may reflect a fundamental soap-like principle in biology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harvey Society
Academy of Medicine
J. G. Adams
Earth
Adams
Virchow
Lohlein
Carlarnte
Port wine glut prompts fraud concerns and cures
A Lisbon report notes Portugal faces a wine surplus that erodes markets for cheap ports and spurs adulteration for export. Authorities plan to curb misdescription, tighten customs, and restrict exports of inferior Douro vintages. French, Rhine Moselle, and Algerian vineyards report lower yields while quality improves elsewhere. 1906 wine praised as best since 1893.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Portugal
Lisbon
Cortes
Douro
Moselle
Croaking trout become witness in Connecticut pond dispute
Mrs Kama W Mitch elson testified in New Haven that trained trout in her husband Joseph C Mitch elson's artificial pond croaked to him and knew him. She described seeing him handle and feed the fish while photos were offered as evidence. The judge questioned if he ever caught trout for the table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Kama W. Mitchelson
Joseph C. Mitchelson
Gettle
Folly of the Wild Goose and a Humorous Talk at Home
An extended quirky piece blends tall tale on wild geese with folk wisdom about traps and winter frogs. It narrates a Maine hunter and a rustic exchange about clever geese, then shifts to a domestic vignette where George boasts of laziness and his wife chides him over chores and dinner, ending with a lighthearted assertion of appetite for supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olf Jed Darling
Coldstream Lake
New England
George
Cynthy
Embrace What You Cannot Change Says J D Afiier
The message urges acceptance of present circumstances and resolving to act. It speaks of a beautiful fire within, encouraging determination to make peace with unalterable factors and to choose a constructive path forward despite restlessness or discontent.
Humorous Exchange Panel From a Quotation Page
A collage of quips and gags features Mrs Pasaay and Miss Knox trading lines about appearances exchanges and fall fashions. It moves through comic chatter on theatre carriages stocks college life and social pretenses with brief captions and banter from multiple unnamed speakers.
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Kimballton
Elkhorn
Walter Olwen
Andrew Hebeck
A. Esbeck
Andrew
Louie Petersen
Maine and Elk Horn Telephones Company
Nick Frederikeen
Peteren
Your Hosmer
Rasmus Nissen
Wik Horn College
Jorgenson
Tine Curlaen
Frank Mardhesen
and. Christenson
Farmera
Audubon
Hik Horn
P. C. Petersen
Rik Horn
Soe
Telephone Association
Rorbeck
T. C. Petersen
Joe James
Kimballton Committee
Atlantic
N.B. Hansen
Jens Rasmussen
Here
Prof. Hansen
South Dakota
Peter Petersen
Lee
Eame
tHeo. Pally
Exira, Lywa
John Riley
Oflice
Ofice
Comer Drug Store
Exira
Lowa
James P. Jorgensen
Entra
Towa
Z. M. Rasmussen
First National Bank Exira
Wwwa
H. F. Andrews
WIM
Iowa
America
New Jersey
Patholingirl
Maine
TROUT
Sonny Side of Life
Mrs. Pasaay
Suny
Miss Knox
Paw
Tommy Figerim
Mrs. Nagget
Mr. Nagget
Hyker
Columbus
Pyker
Hannibal Oroas
Alps
Leason
Farmer Corntessel
Palitice
Brazil
Equator
Miss Prattlee
Mr. Rattlee
Miss Youth
Madam Wise
Cian
Aubcellar
Yourself
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