Elkhorn Area Notices and Local Happenings
Elkhorn and Kimballton residents report social events, new buildings, trades, and small business notes. Local births, moves, and shop updates accompany references to bankers, cream separators, and upcoming community gatherings across Elkhorn, Kimballton, Sharon, and nearby towns.
Resolutions From the United Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
The 1903 Elkhorn Iowa convention records cordial thanks to locals for hospitality. Resolution requests printing in Harlan Atlantic and Audubon papers and minutes. Also includes notes on Prince Bismarck and U S figures as recounted by Kidney Whitman and Motley.
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The
United Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church In America
Elkhorn
Iowa
Wurmtas
Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church In America
Wuerens
Harlan, Atlantic and Audubon
N. Hansen
C. A. Hansen
Bismarck
Grant
Whitman
Prince Bismarck
Motley
George Bancroft
Bancroft
United
Tempelhoferfeld
Cnd
Bignrck
Miracle Cure Mentioned In Decatur Woman’s Letter
Mrs 8 H Newson of Decatur Alabama describes severe indigestion stomach and bowel pain lasting years. She credits Electric Bitters with miraculous relief and full recovery for liver kidney stomach and bowel troubles. Advertisement notes price 50 cents and guarantee by Nick Dorling & Co. druggists. Proceeding memory quiz ends with a playful Baltimore American exchange.
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H. Newson
Decatur
Ala
Nick Dorling & Co
His Last Hope Realized. Champberlain Remedy in use
The article recalls an Oklahoma settlement effort in 1859. A traveler suffered severe diarrhoea from bad water and heat until a neighbor gave a small bottle of Champberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. A big dose eased pain and sleep soon followed, leading to a complete cure. Sold by Nick Doffing & Co.
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Gebo
Montana
Oklahoma
Fortune
Gale
Nick Doffing & Co
Foundation tips from the parable on rock and sand
The Cosmopolitan Magazine excerpt argues rock foundations are stable but poor drainage matters ruin survival. It praises gravel soils and compact sand for drainage and building stability, noting wet cellars arise from water seeping through rock seams and the high cost of trenching.
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Cosmopolitan Magazine
Short and Long Courtships Across the World
A survey of engagements shows Russia favors long schemes with many delays, Siam has universal timely marriages, Argentina fines delayed weddings and taxes nonmarriage, and Bohemia holds engagements at fifteen to twenty years with one man dying at ninety nine after courting for seventy five years.
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Russia
Siam
Argentine Republic
Bohemia
Marble slab evidences crust viscosity in London Nature
A London Nature writer describes a white marble slab two inches thick and 85 by 70 inches, supported on stone posts and sagging three inches out of level. The find suggests marble is a highly viscous field, bearing on crust frigidity and gradual earth contour adjustment under gravity. The slab was set in its present position in 1853.
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London
Nature
Time-telling Bees and Birds Reveal Hidden Clues
Experts note that bees fed at a set hour reliably mark the time while pigeons of St. Mark's can distinguish visitors from locals by behavior. The piece compares American horses without blinders, said to be less skittish than English horses kept with them, hinting at learned cues and daily routines.
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St. Mark's
Venice
New Imposition in Town and Country Gossip
The item notes Harris-Walters appears despondent after his daughter’s marriage and Correll comments that he must support the son-in-law, implying ongoing family financial strain and social pressure.
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Harris—Walters
Correll
Taken It His Word Go After Marriage What No Fortune
Dialogue fragment shows a conversation about money and marriage. She recalls fearing a wealth-driven match, while he asserts happiness despite lacking funds. The exchange hints at romantic expectations and financial anxieties within a relationship.
Idle Talks on Industry and Idle People
An Atchison Globe quotation notes industry as the foundation of worth and warns that idle men and women harm a community. It states investigation shows idle people engage in bad scrapes and serve as a poor advertisement for their locality.
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Atchison Globe
The Young Man and The Lady Dialogue Fragment
A fragment from Hyman presents a short exchange where the Young Man remarks on long knowledge of the Lady's care while the Lady expresses surprise. The Young Man notes his sense of being snubbed by the Lady's people, highlighting social tension.
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Hyman
A Wasted Ornament
A short item notes a dialogue about a pretty bird in a cage and a hall display, featuring Mrs De Style arguing about its beauty and placement, from New York Weekly.
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Graybeard
Mrs. de Style
New York Weekly
The Hold Up of Mary Ashton
Mary Ashton uses her euchre skill to outwit the feared bandit Redhand Bill during a staged robbery. The tale follows her daring decisions, a card game with the robber, and a later trial where the bandit is revealed as Stone, a capital figure linked to a mining fortune and scandal.
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Mary Ashton
Mary
Colorado
Tallronds
Bill
Freud
Aston
Redband Bill
Beauty
Bil
Redhand
André Nod
Mary Ant
Gamie
Ashton
Ahyaya
Bud
Maury
Til
Stone
Ashtons
Laut
Uian
Maury Ashton
Charlotte A. Barbour
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Lars Albert Christensen
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Hans Madsen
Peter Rasmussen
Jacksonville
Chris Moulgaard
Soren Mortengsen
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White Knight
Nels Christensen
Peter Jensen
Nels Mortensen
Chris Bingard
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F. M. Leet
Ole Jensen
Kimbalston
Greger Gregersen
N. EF. Hansen
Council Bluffs
Chris Hansen
Kasmus Hedegaard
P. Larsen
Charley Schack
S. C. Pedersen
Elkhorn Bank
Atlantic
Avoca
Hans Peter Larsen
L. P. Peterson
Jens Hansen
Sam Arenkiel
N. P. Hansen
Carl Schroder & Co
de Laval
Schroder & Co
Andrew
Walter Jengen
New Denmark
Wisconsin
Franklin
Gro
Henningsen
Eikhorn
Towa
Kimballton Rifle Club
Thos. Thompson
Esmay
P. H. Andersen
Hocatea Inform
Aliens
N. Nieusen
Kimballton, Towa
Ekhorn Bank
P. J. Hansen
Drace Sorensen
Elkhorm
Severene Jorgensen
H. Scow
Nelson
Faaborg & Hansen’s
Penguson
Jorgen Hansen
Trge
Lars C. Christofferson
North Sharon
Maine
Lara
Atasmus Nissen
Brotherhood Lodge
Rorbeck
Andrew Christensen
Hans Peter Peterson
Johns Peterson
State University of Nebraska
Omaha
Rich & Clapp
Shelby
Audubon
Cunis J. Hanson
Harlan, Iowa
Nissen Sn
Mr. N. Esbeck & Co
Boberg & Rasmussen
Ayers
Ayer
H. B. Boxtiy
Bedda
Bian
Ait Menggtets
Lowell
Maus
Baltimore American
Honduras