The Greatest Folly and the Veil of Pretense
An analysis of pretension as folly undermining merit and real value. The piece argues make believe deceives and offers no lasting foundation, harming the pretender and society, while true virtue and wealth have no room for deceptive charm.
Weekend visitors and local moves reported
Meson City hosts weekend visitors from Br und Birs and Garrison residents. Frank Stary returns to Des Moines after Farm ers' Union convention. Hach travels to Waterloo on business. Jacobsen family listed. Dotecky rents Peak Hunt farm. sale of residence to Chas Roxnar noted. Spener family arrives from Minnesota to settle locally. Cedar Rapids callers visit Mr Hath and Mrs Ice Hath.
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PE Ad i Ben
Chas. Roxnar
Spener
Baby
Minesota
Ice
Local Social Notes and Health Updates from Newhall and Shellsburg
The year begins with a first meeting and officer elections. David Nabholz and Mrs Wm Nabholz host dinner for guests J P Smouse and Mrs FL King in Newhall. Niece Mrs Cecil Rammels hosts supper for the Nabholzs and others. Lydia Peterman visits her brother Henry Graham to care for her ill son Donald. Wm Magill returns to Shellsburg after nursing at Gordon Bixby home. Eva Barton plans to dine with Mrs Martha Schiotterback’s family. Airs Mrs Schiotterback recalls a foot scratch with blood poisoning healing slowly. Airs Harry Williams ill with asthma visiting Cedar Rapids parents. John Witt and Alpha Lampman selling cucumbers in Shellsburg. Winter apples and pears show a two-crop yield this season.
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David Nabholz
Wm. Nabholz
FL. King
Bessie Panisen
Newhall
Cecil Rammelsbore
Lydia Peterman
Henry Graham
Donald
Harry
Williams
Cedar Rapids
John Witt
Alpha Lampman
Shellsburg
Train warning quoted in Toledo Blade humor
A brief Toledo Blade excerpt warns that if the train passes by passengers may look out the window and think a motorist has sense. The remark reflects a street level quip about transit and driver behavior.
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Alesys
Toledo Blade
Remarkablé Notice Linguistic Fragments in Times Ad
A garbled OCR style item references a notice about Wet Paint and a test for acceptance of facts. It mentions Trae and Stars, plus a call to tell friends about the Times. The readable text is fragmentary and stylistically odd.
Faith Lane Faces Family Pressure on Bob Hathaway Visit
Faith Lane, 20, of a struggling family, eagerly faces her father’s plan to impress Bob Hathaway, a businessman seeking a contract, while Cherry schemes with Chester Hart and Faith audits letters from past suitors. The household scene shows chores, rivalries, and hopes for a better future.
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Smeré
Lane
Jem Lane
M.carpenter
Junior
Long Lane
Faith
Cherry
Joy
Preaks
Bob Hathaway
Chester Hart
Cherry Lane
Chester
Lane H
I Lane
Dad
Young Hathaway
St Louis
Chevy
Chicago
Tetum
Albert Ettleson
Bors
Hays
Benny Gorman
Arthur Higgins
Jos
Texa
Hathaway
Laughter
Diplomatic immunity blamed after fatal street accident
A foreign diplomat’s car in Washington struck an elderly man and killed him as he walked along R Street. The columnist argues immunity shields diplomats from punishment, noting recalls as the remedy, while condemning how immunity often excuses serious offenses.
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Charles P. Stewart
Ashington
R Street
Keystone Obituary and Keystone News Roundup
Wm. Heyer of Keystone dies suddenly from a diabetic attack. He was born in 1857 in Kroftorf Germany and immigrated 1879, leaving two brothers and two sisters. Funeral Saturday at 2:00 p.m. from his home with interment in Bender cemetery. Rev. Chalice to officiate. Alfred Offt, John Ohde, Henry Oehlerigh, and Henry Albers report steady cattle and hogs market in Chicago after delivering shipments. Various local items detail injuries, marriages, travels, and community notes from Keystone, including a church accident, weddings, visits, schooling, road work, and band performances.
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Wm. Heyer
Kroftorf
Giessen
Germany
Mrr
Heyer
Louis B
Elgin
Ill
Philip
Larchwood
Wilhelmina Bender
Catherina Paulsen
Bender
Chalice
Cedar Rapids
Alfred Offt
John Ohde
Henry Oehlerigh
Henry Albers
Chicago
van Horne
Herb Boysen
Claus Koepke
Iowa
South Dakota
Minnesota
John Phin, Jr
Vining
Adelas Krueger
Keystone
Miss Krueger
Albert Krueger
North Dakota
Pil
Albert
Sakramenskyy
Geo
J. R. Schenken
Farce and Frustration Inked in Odd Editorial
Fragmentary lines describe a confusion filled piece with political satire or misprints. Names and places are unreadable, but tone suggests skepticism toward rhetoric and party strategy. The jumble hints at a critique of a speech or column and public discourse.
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