Spring and Afton News Highlights Local Visits and Travel
Miss Lilly and Florence Ruehsam visited Aurelia last Friday. Linda Stief brought home her brother Carl Tuesday. Families gathered in Cherokee Wednesday for dinner with Mrs. Keortje. A Thanksgiving night crowd danced at Henry Ruebsam's home. Roy Phelan shelled corn for his father Friday. Fred Roggon visited Will Buddenhagen Sunday. John Beck and Bonetta left for Hartford SD to visit Jim Maine family. Fred and Dorette Hausenwinkle returned from North Dakota. Elgan Phelan overnighted with Edwin and Johnny Beck. Frank and Jim Cave shelled a thousand bushels of corn and hauled to Larrabee. Lester Phelan and Cedar township welcome an eight-and-a-half pound baby boy. Fred Kolpin left for Florida for the winter. Will Golnitz family visited Ernest Schewin Sunday afternoon.
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Spring and
AFTON
Lilly
Florence Ruehsam
Aurelia
Linda Stief
Carl
Jas
Phelan
Lydia
Jennie
Blanche
Keortje
Henry Ruebsam
Roy Phelan
Fred Roggon
Will Buddenhagen
John Beck
Bonetta
Hartford
South Dakota
Jim Maine
Maine
Beck
Fred
Dorette Hausenwinkle
North Dakota
Elgan Phelan
Edwin
Johnny Beck
Frank
Jim Cave
Uo Larrabee
Lester Phelan
Cedar Township
Fred Kolpin
Afton Township
Florida
Adlerika touted as quick bowel remedy in Aurelia
Aurelia residents praise Adlerika for fast relief of constipation gas sour stomach and stomach trouble. A spoonful is claimed to cleanse both upper and lower bowels and a few doses may help prevent appendicitis. J C Nelson, druggist, Make House Beautiful.
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Aurelia
Adlerika
Adler-ika
J. C. Nelson
Thanksgiving Service and Holiday News From Mt Olive
Miss Hannah Juber aids holiday trade in Cherokee jewelry shop. Miss Clara Ohison visits home. A Thanksgiving service graced Mt Olive church. Fred Philips returns to McGregor after weeks with relatives. Misses Nita and Nina Odlson trade places during vacation. Mrs J L Coppoe travels from Chamberz Nebraska to Palmyra. A T Fedderson buys a new adding machine as a Christmas gift and Needle Craft arrives. Rev Stark Aurelia and Rev Cop poc Mt Olive exchange pulpits. Congregations at both towns pleased with the diet change.
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Clara Ohison
Mt. Olive Church
Fred Philips
McGregor
Nita
Nina Odlson
Nina
Theodore Nordstrom
J. L. Coppoe
Chamberz
Nebraska
Palmyra
A. T. Fedderson
Stark
Aurelia
Coppoc
Mt. Olive
Engineering Not His Forte and Stevenson Friend
Reverend Archibald Bisset of Ratho, longtime minister, was Louis Stevenson’s close friend in Edinburgh days. Bisset recalled how the elder Stevenson challenged his son with a bridge pressure problem, Louis ignored the task, and the lighthouse engineer noted Louis should go home.
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Archibald Bisset
Ratho
Robert Louis Stevenson
Bisset
Stevenson
Edinburgh
Louis
Lewes
Goethe
Weill
Manchester Guardian
Grocery Item List From Historic Sale Memorandum
A fragmentary shopping list records items such as sugar cane, peaberry coffee, fancy rice, Honeymoon coffee, milk, peaches, pears, plums, spaghetti, sliced pineapple, post toasties, shredded wheat, puffed rice, Alaska pink salmon, and Van Camp pork and beans with assorted package counts and prices. The text reads like a wartime or domestic market note with several line items and unit totals.
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Alaska
Ancient Wine and Oil Labels Found in Samaria
Seals on wine and oil jars from King Ahab era Samaria record deposit year and origin. About seventy five inscriptions show royal and other storages in a government storehouse. Oil jars bear A Jar of Pure Oil with producing district name.
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Samaria
Ahab
Evading the Inevitable Quote by P. O. Ainsworth
A concise quotation warns that avoidance of facing one’s sins worsens consequences. It argues refusing to confront moral failings leaves the issue unresolved and deepens its harm.
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P. O. Ainsworth
Earth Stars of Autumn Asters Celebrate Simplicity and Life
A Cleveland Plain Dealer essay extols asters as earth stars of autumn. The piece calls them the year’s last floral fulfillment, thriving in every setting and varied beyond purple or white. It frames asters as humble, self-reliant symbols of life’s wonder.
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Cleveland
Plain Dealer
Fragmented Note on Hasty Speech and Errors
A garbled excerpt discusses hasty speech being erroneous and regrettable. It notes ungrammatical phrases and insults, suggesting people express themselves poorly because they lack language knowledge.
Cataracts and Their Treatment: Inside Eye Cure by Surgery
Cataracts form inside the eye, not on the surface, and surgery offers the only cure once vision is reduced severely. An average of eighty percent of operated eyes regain vision. early medical treatment may help in initial stages, though removal becomes necessary for near blindness.
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Will Golnitz
Ernest Schewin
MT. Olive News
Hannah Juber
Cherokee
Garber's
Velis
Doar Ee As
UUST
Snow Will
Ofa
Macaroni
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