Garber's sale highlights Aurelia news brief
Local notes from Aurelia Iowa cover Garber's big sale ending Saturday and Garber's ad push, prices on sweaters and coal, harness repairs by J S Mummert, and visits by residents including J C Nelson and Mrs F A Becker. Readers hear about weddings and gatherings, church notices, and upcoming postmaster election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McCurdy
Alta
Peoples
J. S. Mummert
Sam Rigby
Sioux City
Garber’s
Death of Aurelia Pioneer George Baker at 90
George Baker, longtime Aurelia resident, died Monday at 2 PM at his daughter Mrs. M Parrott’s home after about ten days of illness. He was 90 years, 1 month, 3 days old. Funeral held Wednesday at 2:30 PM at the Methodist church, Rev. Hoon officiating, burial in Pleasant Hill Cemetery beside his wife. Attending relatives came from Slayton Minnesota Early Alta Storm Lake Sibley and other nearby towns.
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Ben Hollenbeck
Storm Lake
George Hollenbeck
Rockford
Illinois
Perry Taylor
Mr. N. Bell
Sibley
Grandpa Baker
Peoples Store
Georke Brothers
Aurelia
Rev. A. L. Lockert
Mt. Olive Parsonage
Ana
Edith Marah
Rev. Hoon
George Baker
M. Parrott
Baker
Methodist Church
Hoon
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
G. G. Baker
Slayton
Minnesota
Frank LaGrange
Millie’ Toomer
J.H. Allen
George Wall
Tom Wall
Prentice
Rob
Will Parker
Chas. Millard
Dan Burns
Alta
Smith
N. Bell
Needle Rock in Blue Hill Bay Maine Signals Hidden Hazards
In Blue Hill Bay Maine a six foot diameter pinnacle rock rises nearly perpendicularly from 78 feet deep, projecting within seven feet of the surface. Its existence shows the danger of unseen rocks even in well known waters, risking heedless mariners.
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Maine
Blue Hill Bay
Walt
Harper’s Wi
Hidden lives in New York cheap lodging houses reveal varied destinies
The New York Bible Society notes that lodgings attract not only criminals but also people of high talent. Among the residents are individuals who could sit on state benches or run major enterprises, including an ex governor who found shelter in a Bowery house for months.
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New York
New York Bible Society
Bowery
Clock with hourly tunes proposed by Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times envisions a clock that plays a different melody each hour, including Wake With the Dawn and We Won't Get Home Until Morning. It describes a six and a half foot hall clock by Wade that uses electricity from a standard battery and changes in gear could allow 24 tunes.
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Los Angeles Times
Wade
Westminster
Annie Laurie
Whittington
Recruitment Pitches in Queen Anne Era Wars and Laws
The article recalls Queen Anne era conscription pressures, describing recruiting officers as ruthless and corrupt. Justices could compel able bodied men without support to enlist, with parish officers paid for each man sentenced. Many deserted. England leaned on volunteers offered a $20 bounty and three-year discharge if earned.
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England
Origin of the Word Farm Tracing Noble Rent to Ferme
The term farm derives from Anglo-Saxon ferme meaning supper or hospitality. Tenants supplied lords with food for the manorial household in a system called ferme. It later became monetary rent fer me blanche and eventually the land itself was named ferme or farm.
Rides on Ostrich Reported in Hastings Street
Reports from Hastings in South Africa describe an Indian man seen riding an ostrich down the main street on several occasions. The bizarre sight draws curious crowds as villagers observe the unusual mode of transport and its sporadic appearances.
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London
South ‘Africa
Tick Ticking Through Generations Old Clock of W Nash
A Kansas City World correspondent notes a grandfather clock at 2619 East Eighteenth Street that has run for 75 years. It was crafted in Ireland for Nash’s grandmother, with wooden gears apart from one brass wheel, and has required only cleanings since 1859. The clock winds daily and includes a functioning alarm.
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W. Nash
East Eighteenth Street
Kansas City
New York World
Nash
County Tyrone
Ireland
Jonathan Frost
L. Reicht
Platte City
Goosebone seer predicts a cold winter in Muhlenberg
Reading dispatch to the Philadelphia Record reports Goosebone town seer John Drake predicts a cold season with a white Christmas. Local forecasters cite frost cues from hickory tips and chestnut twigs as signs of heavy snow and wind, with abundant chestnut hoarding by squirrels noted as supporting a hard winter.
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John Drake
Muhlenberg
Philadelphia Record
Drake
Ostrich Attack Kills Shepherd in Orange River Colony
An ostrich fatally attacked a shepherd named Kirk of Ostrich in Storslake near Orange River Colony. The assault occurred a few days ago and the shepherd died a few hours after the kicking incident.
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Kirk
Storslake
Orange River Colony
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First National Bank
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F. Scott
Richard
J.C. Nelson
A. A. Dingman
Linn Grove
Stone
Alton
E. M. Johns
Aische
Ie H. Kleeberger
Monroe
Garber’s Store
Aurelia and Vicinity
Henry Grashoff
Orlie Waddell
Harry Carlburg
Bert Hulse
Cherokee
D. Hankens
Donald
Monticello
Dubuque
Davenport
M. Clarkson
Alice
Springfield
Missouri
J. J. Howell
T. G. Will
Palmer Green House
J. B. Pillsbury
Peterson
Ida Mickelson
Myrtie Swisher
G. J. Lewis
John Murphy
Smithland
Iowa
Mr. Lewis
B. R. Olds
John Lorenz
Magdalene and
Marie
Lake View
W. H. Bischel
German Evangelical Hospital
Chicago
Bische
J. C. Nelson
F.A. Becker
R. E. McQuin
Archer
P. D. Wine
Dickinson County
A. H. Eddy
Elizabeth Streff
W. N. Streff Home
Mackinawa
G. B. Scott
Excelsior
R. R. Reynolds
Luella
Orlando
Florida
Silver Creek
Virginia
Aurelia Lumber Co
A. Frisbie
Mr. Frisbie
Council Bluffs
Alex Fraser
Zelda Chamberlin
Miss Imo
S. L. Chandler
Lyle
M. E. Parsonage
Ladies Aid Society
M. E. Church
Henry Heimsoth
Hanover
D. Stockberger
Winnebago
Arlington
South Dakota
B. H. Lloyd
W. C. Marsh
Inez Coombs
Miss Ruby
Z. Coombs
Misa Lucile Bell
Johnson Brothers
C. Mummert
S. Stone
Art Johns
W. D. Dice
T. B. Parker
Ward
Irving Oleson
O. D. Waddell
Garber
Emma Howell
Anthon
Mankato Commercial College
Mankato
L. H. Chase
Henry Stieneke
Manson
Rea
Wank NO
Pearl C. Crippen
Wade Corset Co
Garber’s Big Double
Tion
Geo. Garber
Chen
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