Campbells and students return home for Christmas vacation
Blockton residents share holiday updates as students from various colleges return home. Uncle Robert Judy’s funeral is noted, and local church meetings led by Rev. C D Priest continue to grow. Other items report lagrippe cases, a debt notice from J W Tate, and an oyster supper with a watch party at Forest Grove church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Judy
Pennsylvania
C. J. Loutzenhiser
Myers Judy
Thomas A. Ware
Knowlton
Howard Mercer
Will Mercer
Cecil King
Cornell College
Bourke Hickenlooper
Iowa State College
Ames
The
Christian Church
C. D. Priest
Mr. O'Dell
Drake University
Priest
Forest Grove
Earl Pace
Indianola
John Marsell
Webster
Kan
Joseph Marsell
Lloyd Combs
Farmer, S. D
Mr. Comb
Burr Combs
Clyde Cavender
Randolph, Neb
L. W. Cavender
W. D Reynolds
Villisca
Sarah Crale
Allie Pullen
Farmer
S. D
Clyde Shafer
Stockton
Della Foster
South Dakota
Chas, Clark
Robert Coy
Canada
John Coy
Speed of the Spark Across the Telegraph Wires
A Harper's Magazine excerpt describes the fast paced telegraph network during the World Series. It follows the chain from the Polo Grounds in New York to San Francisco as Cobb’s hit travels to Murphy and is relayed by reporters and police along the way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pacific Coast
Robert Wells Ritchie
Harper's Magazine
Telegraph
Polo Grounds
San Francisco
Harlem
Golden Gate
Cobb
Murphy
Kearny Street
Luxury in the Bastille and other scattered notes
The article discusses the Bastille during Louis XII as a luxurious prison for notable detainees with comfortable rooms, tapestries, and even family portraits. It also recounts miscellaneous anecdotes including Falb’s failed Etna prediction and humorous quips about language and daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis XII
Bastille
Richelieu
Paris
Mme. de Smet
Faubourg St. Antoine
Tongue as Health Gauge and Its Varied Signs
A medical note explains how the mouth reveals internal health. The tongue reflects systemic condition, with fever causing furred, strawberry, or dry states, and illnesses like typhoid or throat inflammation showing characteristic coatings. It also discusses misnamed Armenians and historical claims in a London Spectator excerpt.
The Big Dipper and Other Brief Traditions
The excerpt mixes astronomy with folklore and light jokes. It notes the Big Dipper in Ursa Major with star names Benetnas Mizar Anoth Megres Phad Merak Dudhe and the pointers toward the pole star. It also includes a venomous serpent distinction and a string of quips from various periodicals about manners and marriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benetnas
Mizar
Anoth
Megres
Phad
Merak
Dudhe
Community Interest lecture highlights Hop kins events
Nels Darling Hopkins popular lecturer on municipal affairs speaks at the Presbyterian church on Community Interests. Local life includes a car crash near the bank corner with four occupants unharmed, successful church bazaars raising 423 dollars, and numerous holiday visits and gatherings across Hopkins, Lenox, and surrounding towns.
Card of Thanks for kindness after loss
We express gratitude to friends for kindness and help during illness and after the death of our wife and daughter. John Keith Clarence Douglas and family acknowledge support and sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Keith
Clarence Douglas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hamilton
Clarke’s Theatre
H. S. Athletic Association
Blockton
R. H. Campbell
St. Joseph
Robert Campbell
Floyd J. Ware
Walker, In
M. B. O'Neill
George Schoenman
Lagrippe
J. W. Tate
Bruce J. Flick, Paul Hunter
G. B. Haddock
J. P. Standley
R. V. Lucas
A. P. Evans
W. Melvin
Ladoga Church
Allen & Stephens
RS. Miller
F. E. Payton
Bedford
Ladoga Bedford
J. A. Minor
E. McCormick
S. N. Bristow
F. B. Webb
Frank Greeley
C. E. Spencer
Severs
H. W. Childs
Conway School
Geo
Mre
Geo. Young
M. E. Church
Conway Bedford
Falb
Rudolph Falb
Erma
Vienna
Sicily
Etna
Faith Shaw
Westminster Gazette
Indianapolis News
Willie
Chicago News
Ropers
Thomas
Boeston
Tein
Haik
Vaiasdan
Japhet
Alexander of
Macedon
London Spectator
Aweel
Sea Rover
London Mirror
Guthrie
Braddyville
Nide Harris
Woodmen Lodge
Frank (Cox
New York City
Mrs. Sargent
Arthur McMaster
Meadville
A. S. Ingels
Fremont, Neb
A. J. Wiley
F. E. Miller
Sacramento
Dr. Miller
W. Kirk
Kansas City
Henry Clark
Masonic Lodge
Lewis
Hopkins
Sharpsburg
State Savings Bank of
E. B. Ulrich
EF. L. Hamblin
Auburn
Eunice Hall
Rimpson College
FP. L. Hall
Lulu Sweigard
Cedar Ialls
Lois Sisson
Des Moines
Raymond
Bernice Sanders
Lenox
Everett Coolgrove
Girard, Kan
Abbie Richey
Raymond Sisson
McAlister
Okla
Grace Robinson
Clarinda
Elva Knott
Lulu Smith
W. T. Beckett
William
Chester Welch
SEW Market
Tressie Reeves
Osceola
Mrs
Wm. Rowe
Geneva
Neb
Mae Farmer
Omaha
Richard Morgan
Ruth Thompson
Lyman, Colo
John Dougherty
Wm. Bell
Nora
Arence Bryant
Hubert Pressnall
Atlantic
George Paymall
I. A. Hall
Mrs. Huber
Rock Island
Hofer
Monmouth College
Bessie
Evelyn McCain
Harold Hoover
Monmouth
Helen
Annie Turner
Thesald Benison
Lela Tully
Roy Long
Tarkio
Charles Webb
Esma
Glenn Hewitt
Morgan
Jack McFee
Creston
Winifield Rogers
Vera Meagher
Ray Meagher
Wyoming
Meagher
Dr. Ellis
Diagonal
A. H. Peacock
Pruce Rogers
J. H. Rogers
Viola
Rose Walters
Ft. Moargan
Liviag
Frank Wisdom
Bedford National Bank
Iowa
Foley
Blago
Simpson College
Corning
Company K
Simpson
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