Local notes from Storm Lake and vicinity update residents
A long list of community items from Storm Lake area recounts births such as a May baby at Valley hospital and an Alta area birth. visits by Alvin Parker and Mrs. Glenn Parker. farm trade and local sales from Larson Bros. ongoing illnesses including a stroke recovery. church and social club activities. school events including the Class of 1896 commencement and the Senior Class play Second Childhood to be staged May 21 at the school auditorium.
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Larsons
Mary Ann
Rapp’ Hadne Co. Sas
Hartigan
Sioux
Glenn Parker
Storm Lake
Larson . Bros
Alvin
Parker
Waterloo
Richard Glawe
Chas
United States
Albert. Carlson
Alta
Farmers Elevator Company
Harry
Miller
Herman Frey
Marvin
Melvin
C. F
George C
Larson Bros
Miss Fern
Robinson
Porl Johns
Rebekah
Will Macuz
Olla Eding
Roy Whitney
Peterson
Hazel Asterman
Fort Dodge
Nels Swanson
Murphy
Fred L. McNear
Frank
Sioux Falls
Gold Lace General Abercrombie Challenged by Colonists
Abercrombie arrived in America in 1756 to lead English forces against the French and Indians but earned little favor from colonists who mocked his gold lace naming him Missi Nabbycrombie.
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Abercrombie
America
Missi Nabbycrombie
Original Falstaff figure Oldcastle tied to Henry V legend
Stig notes that John Oldcastle, early companion of Henry V, inspired Shakespeare’s Falstaff. Oldcastle died a traitor and heretic during the reign of that monarch.
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Stig
John Oldcastle
Henry V
Shakespeare
Oldcastle
Common Fault Jud Tanking on Money Bias
A Star Washington source notes two types exaggerate money's importance: those without funds and those who have. The remark highlights a common bias about wealth and value.
Measuring. Zero 1 Interview Notes Prompt
fragmentary OCR reads interview fragment with questions and responses about a reporter. unclear names dates places or organizations present. document shows incomplete dialogue and disrupted punctuation.
Aurelia High School Class Day Exercises entertain crowd
Seniors at Aurelia High School held class day exercises in a large auditorium. Superintendent C E Day praised the class followed by Girls Glee Club performances. The program featured prophesy history chalk sketches class song and a wreath and key presentation with light humor from seniors and juniors.
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Aurelia High School
C. E. Day
Glee Club
Gena Paulson
Raymond McLaughlin
Harold DeVries
Berniece Harrison
Orville Hickey
Roy Nelson
Pauline
Harold
Dorothy ‘Scott
Blue Fox Color Variants Across Arctic Regions
The blue fox is described as a color phase in Arctic and subarctic zones. Its winter coat is dark bluish fading to brownish in summer. Intermediates show blue and white spotting or blue blending into white, yielding a dingy or pale-white look.
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Deacoas
Arctic
Language complexities and word counts across major tongues
A fragment notes English being simple to learn while German grammar is complex and English pronunciation poses challenges for some learners. It cites English about 700 000 words and German around 800 000, with French at 210 000 words, highlighting varying lexicon sizes.
Fortune Close at Hand Says a W. L. Watkingon
A reflective quip from W. L. Watkingon proclaims that improvement and happiness are near, with wisdom lying in the mind. It compares fortune to a ship of gold waiting at the quay, not a prize at sea or a rainbow’s end.
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Watkingon
Triumphs of Philosophy and the Ills We Endure
A reflective musing on philosophy’s past and future triumphs over present ills. The text asserts that virtue yields endurance of suffering and that weakness succumbs to wrongs that reason cannot overcome.
Pebble Pickers Face Loss as Steel Ball Destroys Market
Along the Pacific coast a once profitable pebble industry declines after Science introduces a steel ball that mills faster and lasts twice as long. The pebble pickers now hunt for new jobs as demand collapses and markets vanish.
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Pacific Coast
Science
Jjobs
For Sale Classified Items in Local Ad
For Sale all glassified locals 10e per line and various items listed. Cabbage tomato geranium plants strong and rooted. For Sale new baby bed never used bargain taken at once. Three burner Perfection oil stove in good condition. Card casings and potatoes offered by local firms and farmers. Contact Mrs Geo A Hansen H L Carlberg Guarantee Oil Co Dawson Dawson Aurelia.
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George Bischel
John, Grashoff
St. ‘Paul
George Booth Jr
Bates Hospital
Geo
H. ‘Hansen
Axel Kruse
Alta
Carlberg
Rapp Holwe. Co
Wilford Dierks
Wm. Diercks
Henry
Turnholm
From
Minneapolis
Larson
Geo. A. Hansen
H. L. Carlberg
Guarantee Oil Co
China Population Distribution Explained
An 1900s style report notes that about six sevenths of China's population concentrates on one third of the land area, leaving roughly two thirds of its 4 000 000 square miles sparsely populated.
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China
Happy Medium of Food and Human Comfort
A historical note describes food as the human holy balance, comparing it to the right amount of heat in a furnace. It warns that extremes of too much or too little cause discomfort and lasting harm when repeated.
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Aughter
M. Bengtson
Gay
Kittén
Valley Hospital
Chero
Mummert
Daniels
Currie
Oran Briggs
Mr. Whitten
Visa
Alice Karges
Mins Luella Lewis
Webster City
Webster
Lewis
Addie’ Willits
Whinery
Tom
Bell
Nut Grove
Minnesota
Mr Mummert
H .H.carroll Perel
Haem Eoi Amuspelsia
OWA Pianos
Freeburn & Dubes
Halligan
the Quality Store
Frank & Frank
Dawson & Dawson
Aurelia
Phildelphia Botanical Gardens
Dawson’s Gardens
Cherokee
Iowa
Morman
Cherokee County
A. Robbins
Storm Lake, Iowa
Tennessee
Rats
Sioux City Ghosts
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