A Fine Concert by Aldersons and Johnson at the Congregational Church
Last Thursday Miss Clara and Adeline Alderson and Frank Johnson of Alta presented a music entertainment at the Congregational church under the Young Peoples Society. A good crowd enjoyed a uniformly high standard of performances with Alderson readings Plane work and Johnson’s strong vocal numbers praised.
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Clara
Adeline Alderson
Frank Johnson
Alta
Young Peoples Society
Mise Adeline Alderson
Chiara Alderson
Johnson
West Elk and East Afton Items
Rain has improved fall plowing conditions on local farmland. District No. 4 lacks a teacher, sending pupils to District No. 3. Ed Matsdorf injured by stepping on a nail. Two young men seen riding together, ages five and six. Elk Stars lose 4 to 3 to married men in a ball game. one player jokes about a 24 year drought. A lightning strike on CY. W. Petton’s grain stack sparked a blaze. neighbors used a water wagon and hose to save three other stacks. A tent show in Elkton impressed with magicians and tumblers. Jay Petlon plans an outing to visit relatives. C. W. Petlon thanks neighbors for helping extinguish the fire.
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Ed Matsdorf
The
Elk Stars
West
CY. W. Petton
G. N. Booth
Elkton
Main Street
Jay Petlon
C. W. Petlon
A Fine Home Near Aurelia By Gust Peterson
Frank Rk Welch and helpers finished Gust Petersons house three and one half miles southwest of Aurelia. The two story stone basement home features a six room first floor and five bedrooms upstairs plus a large hall. Swanson Betsworth handle plumbing and Peterson Storm Lake J installs heating. Math ieus Hansen does interior varnish and decorate. It is billed as one of the finest farm houses in the country.
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Frank Rk
Welch
Gust Peterson
Aurelia
Stutz Bros
Swanson and Betsworth
Cherokee
Peterson
Storm Lake J
Mathieus Hansen
Not Foreman of That Jury Yeotton Shield
Manchester New Hampshire brief notes a speech recalling a neighbor in Mississippi and a grand jury tale. The Illinois Central railroad faced prosecution but pleaded guilty to 20 of 205 counts, paying a 2000 fine plus about 4300 costs for transporting miners between points without authority.
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Congress
John Sharp
Mississippi
Miastrg
Manchester
Illinois Central Railroad
Alligator Catch by Pinto Indian in Tabasco
A Pinto Indian of eastern Tabasco uses a harpoon a tarred lure and roasted meat as bait to trap an alligator. He places meat along a sand dam to attract the animal, then harpoons and clubs the creature after a tense struggle. The New York World recounts the episode.
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Tabasco
New York World
Dream Foretelling Lincoln Vision and Civil War Warnings
The piece discusses Abraham Lincoln's belief in prophetic dreams as warnings. It cites his repeated nocturnal vision of a dark vessel moving toward an undefined fate, linked to Antietam Fredericksburg and Gettysburg warnings, and notes cabinet discussions before his assassination as the nation's shock followed.
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Napoleon
Wilkie Collins
Armadale
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Gettysburg
t—Chilsdelphia Ledger
Odd Custom Rewards Model With Guinea In Royal Academy News
London Punch notes a quaint practice at the Royal Academy where when no new associate is elected, models rush to the artist's home with the news, and the first to arrive is rewarded with a guinea. The piece praises models for honesty and claims no known fraud cases among them.
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Royal Academy
Academy
London Punch
Not Her Fault Tells Duty of Marriage Age
A Philadelphia Ledger retells a lecturer urging marriage at twenty two. A woman, age thirty, counters that men should be addressed, not women. The brief exchange highlights social pressures on marriage in a dated tone.
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Philadelphia Leder
Consideration as the true source of puliteness
The passage asserts that genuine politeness stems from consideration for others moral sense and empathy. It argues that only this quality can harmonize perception and actions toward others, shaping a gentle tone in society.
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McCall & Bischel
Iowa
Fred Schroeder
Westside Restaurant
Diamond S
L. P. Nelson
Treadaisie
Pat
His Name
Was Miles
Dublin
Wisconsin Lumber Co
Ole Poulson, Mner
West Elk
East Afton
Central
Lincoln
W. B. Gillham
Southern Farm Products
Hainois Central Railroad Company
South
Northerntown
Tennessee
Alabamke
Louisiaga
Central Station
Lo Pete
Merry
Albare Cordiary
WH. Hanson Sog
Hatch Jopomberery Veer Prado
Chengo Chien
Manchester, Bays
Aladdin
Wiek
Seni
C. C. Hickey
Phone Rural
Aurelia, Iowa
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