Good Hope Screenings and Community Notes
Watson Graham shelled corn for Art Wethern on Wednesday. Rev Coppoe and wife visited Victor Prank Monday. Nearby shippers to Sioux City include Earl Crippen and Adolph Anderson. Louie Simmons and Harry Bengaton await navy service after enlisting in Des Moines. About twenty neighbors helped Victor Frank shell eight acres of corn fodder in two hours. Ladies Aid Society hosted a church basement dinner with Mesdames Chas Whitehouse, Roger Whitehouse, Raymond Crippen, and Roy Glidewell as hostesses.
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Watson Graham
Art Wethern
Coppoe
Victor Prank
Bella
Sioux City
Earl Crippen
Adolph Anderson
Low Ll Swisher
Cherokee
Louie Simmons
Harry Bengaton
Navy
Des Moines
Victor Frank’s
Ladies Aid Society
Mesdames Chas
Roger Whitehouse
Raymond Crippen
Roy Glidewell
Mt Olive News Highlights Local Visits and Meetings
Chester Foust visited friends near Galva this past week. Mrs. J. C. Burgess returned from South Dakota. Earl Crippen and Victor Gearke drove cattle to Sioux City. John and Will Hahn shipped hogs Tuesday. Anton Hanson hauled loads Saturday. Mrs. C. J. Sawwell suffers pain after a fall last week. Rev. Harry Burns from Diamond Center plans meetings at Good Hope after Mt. Olive, with Rev. Southwell assisting. The engagement ring event is set for Sunday evening and an illustrated sermon will be held Sunday morning.
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MT. Olive News
Chester Foust
Galva
J. C. Burgess
South Dakota
Earl Crippen
Victor Gearke
Sioux City
John
Will Hahn
Anton Hanson
Lota
Triplet
Missouri
C. J. Sawwell
Harry Burns
Diamond Center
Mt. Olive
Good Hope
Rev. Southwell
Elsinore Denmark Port Town Vividly Attached to Hamlet
The harbor city of Elsinore in Denmark sits on an island near Sweden and hosts shipyards and a summer colony. It is famed worldwide for Shakespearean Hamlets and tourist sights like Hamlets grave and Ophelia’s brook, though these associations are fake legends born from tourist lore.
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Hilsinore
Denmark
Sweden
Elsinore
Kipling
Shakespeare
Hamlet
Ophelia
Elsinore raises funds for Shakespeare monument
The tale says the original grave was altered for display and the people of Elsinore funded a fitting monument to Shakespeare's prince in a more accessible site. The ghost’s platform refers to a castle built long after the tragedy’s supposed era.
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Elsinore
Rot Rid of Aching Tooth
A Bath tale from Lon Wellman’s moving crew in Augusta recounts a Frenchman who, with a painful tooth, used gunpowder and a fuse to blast the tooth from his jaw after dentists were closed. The next morning he showed the empty socket and a smile.
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Bath
Lon Wellman
Augusta
Ile
Joe
Kennebec Journal
As Bad as Football A Harvard Man Recalls a Wreck
A Harvard man recounts a train wreck in which the engine and cars derailed, collapsing embankment chaos. Halfback Smith was trapped beneath toppled coaches with a pipe about his neck and a wheel rim pressing his face amid wreckage.
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Harvard
Smith
Belgium Day Ends in Hidden Necklace to Love
Nine year old Velda Barrett, Grace Drummond, and Esther Wilder stage a secret Tag day to aid the suffering Belgians. They raise funds, join a city salesmen on a picnic, and Grace’s borrowed necklace imparts a clue to a reunion between Grace’s Aunt Madge Williston and Norman Marsh, who had long sought his former fiancée.
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Velda Barrett
Esther Wilder
Grace Drummond
Velda
Esther
Grace
Mamma
Madge
Mttle Grace
Sud
Flore
Aunt
Madge Willston
Drummond
Norman Marsh
Madge Williston
Belgium
Tiny Grace
Origin of Conscription in France in 1798
The text states conscription began in 1798 during the French Revolution as France faced exhausted armies. General Jourdan proposed and enacted the law, establishing conscription as the basis of French military law and influencing other nations.
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France
Europe
Bonaparte
Jourdan
Which Girl Do You Prefer for a Life Companion
Two college youths discuss ideal life partner qualities. One favors constant walking without rest. the other prefers steady walking but occasional pauses by the roadside, revealing differing temperaments in choosing a mate.
The Ideal Mrs Neaurich Discusses Broker Matters
A fragment shows Mrs Neaurich speaking with her broker about investments and st. Louis real estate markets. The terse line hints at a social or financial negotiation involving a teen referenced as Z.
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Joe Wagstaff
Aurelia
Alta
Jersey
McCormick
Janesville
Litchfield
Waterloo Bay
E. E. Rutledge
WM. Gerke
Driscoll Bros
Maple Valley Township
Buena Vista
County
Hancre
St. Johannes Lutheran
Eee Ae
W. G. Chapman
Dr. Winfred Moulton
Farmers National Bank
Iowa
E. G. Bates
Dr. Bundy
Gene Clark
T. W. Teeling
A. B. Daniels
J. Knettle
A.B. Daniels
Live Stock Commission
Artford Accident and Indemnity Co
Live Stock Exchange
Nat'l Bank
Glee Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Asia
Baumann
J. C. Baumann
Maple Valley Mutual Insurance Association
Aurelia, Iowa
Cherokee County
Little Sioux River
Buena Vista County
F. H. Crepps
J. C. Lockin
W. C. Waddell
Nelsons Restaurant
L. P. Nelson
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