Local Holiday Social At Powers Hall Draws Eighty Three
A town entertainment at Powers hall brought seventy or more residents together for a lively evening. Guests included Mrs Riles Mrs Lott and families, J C Aultfather and Clara, Charley Peterman home from Dakota, and Charley Bowers visiting from Austin. The program featured music and a chicken song by Guy Powers, followed by dancing into the night with refreshments served by local hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riles
Brooks
Mra C. Lott and Son
Grandma Lott
Mrs. Felch and Son
Powers’ Hall
Charley Peterman
Dakota
C. W. Dade
Andrew Aultfather
Will Pace
Herzog
Ed Osbourne
George Aultfather
Charley Bowers
Austin
Guy Powers
Local Social Notes From Waltham and Nearby
Waltham F C Hartshorn of Clarion visited with his daughter Mrs Wakefield. Mrs Geo Churchill went to Austin to visit her daughter. Mrs Geo Ziemer shopped in Austin. Miss Alma Meyer of Sargeant called. Miss Mary Martin is sick under Dr Baker. Oscar Fossum of Hayfield visited. Dr Baker trip to Waterville. Mrs H F Kezar and son Lyall of Sargeant visited town. Art Ziemer returned from Dupree SD for holidays. L S Chapman is new bank cashier. A baby boy born to Mr and Mrs Herman Nemitz on Sunday. Misses Adelia and Esther Ziemer shopped in Austin. Gladys Stephans from Austin came to spend Sunday with her parents. Mrs H Grimm of Sargeant visiting Ph Martin home.
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Alma Meyer
Sargeant
Mary Martin
Dr. Baker
Oscar Fossum
Hayfield
H. F. Kezar
Son Lyall of
Art Ziemer
Dupree
South Dakota
Adelia
Esther Ziemer
Austin
Gladys Stephans
East Adolphe Adjoins Hog and Stock Buyers Scene
East Adolphe Arthur Seavey buys hogs and stock for Will Decker. George Winn in the vicinity buying stock. Dee’s 15th boy born to Mr and Mrs Jo Blowers. Ed Nitzkowski of Austin visits Edwin Neller. McEldoon’s daughter ill. Dr Baker called. Mrs Carll visits Minnie King. Wachlin visits William Baumgartner. Henry Sherman heads to Boston to visit relatives. Carrie Anderson visits daughter Joe Blowers. Noble families from Newry and Lansing visit Stephen Noble. Amil Anderson’s infant ill. Geo Ward caregiver.
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Jo Blowers Dee
Ed Nitzkowski
Austin
Edwin Neller
W. _J. McEldoon
Dr. Baker
Waltham
Carrie Anderson
Joe Blowers
Alexander Noble
Newry
John Noble
Lansing
Stephen Noble
Amil Anderson
Geo. Ward
Not a Born Forger Indorsement Woes At Bank
A woman tries to cash a check made to Mrs. M J Smith at a bank where she had previously presented checks to Mrs Lucy B Smith. The teller says indorse it as written, but the woman hesitates and doubts she can imitate the distinctive M. The incident illustrates the pitfalls of signatory forgeries and idiosyncratic initials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy B. Smith
M.J. Smith
M. J. Were
Prepared For Emergency Inquires About Dinner Pattern
A Washington Star excerpt shows a man asking why fish is served repeatedly for dinner while the woman insists she is not fond of it. She mentions reading a recipe on removing a stuck fishbone and wanting to try it, framing a small domestic moment.
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Washington Star
A White House Jest and West Monuments
General Harrison humorously objects to too many monuments in the White House. Mrs Harrison shows plans for renovations including three niches marked West as a contraction for vestibule. The president, amused, approves the architect’s meaning after a quick clarification.
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White House
Wiliam H. Crook
Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post
Harrison
Roy Dear
Lincoln
Grant
West
An Unlucky Day for Jean Paul Richter Comment
A lively exchange features a sharp rebuke to Jean Paul Richter from a strong willed woman. She condemns his imagined Halt command and wishes him perpetual misfortune and a string of comic miseries, ending with a mocking jab at a faded bachelor’s fate.
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Jean Paul Richter
M. Jean
High Sounding Names in a Paris Paper
Clement Vautel notes parents give children grand names like Anacreon and Hipparchus while siblings bear Franklin Voltaire and Socrates. He recalls a Marseille nursery scene of a mother correcting Epaminondes, dramatizing the clash of lofty names with everyday life.
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Paris
Clement Vautel
Hfe
Anacreon
Hipparchus
Franklin
Voltaire
Socrates
Marseilles
Epamimondes
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Gem Food Choppers
Universal Bread
Klipper Klub
Gillette
Holmes
Hardware Company
Austin, Minnesota
F.C. Hartshorn of
Clarion
Mrs. Wakefield
Waterville
L. S. Chapman
Bank
Herman Nemitz
Mrs. H. Grimm of
Ph. Martin
East Adolphe
Arthur Seavey
Will Decker
George Winn
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