West Union Notes Full of Local Visitors and Visits
West Union residents hosted and visited many nearby towns this week. Notables include Sam Greenie and family visiting, N. Selori as a West Union guest, and Mrs Levy Ainsworth visiting her new grandson in Bond. Others traveled to Cedar Rapids, Chicago, Dubuque, and Elgin for business, stock shipments, and social calls, with towns like Elgin, Oscorah, and Guttenberg cited as destinations.
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Unapar Sehneidor
West Union
Bualages
Sam Greenie
Bizin
Mies Lein Lehman
Cedar Rapida
Toate
Crater
Oscar Bauder
Oscorah
Elgin
Ferday
Chicago
Short & Son
Charles Dotyag
Beth
West Unio
Charley
Tna
Ind
Coolsy
Dubuque Antyrde
Wills
Uncle Sam
John Shaffer
Mr. Shaffer
Tamar Howard
Obas. Kober
Bart Butler
Vate Elgin
Any & Gin
Death of Mrs. Johanna Gunderson in Mitchell County Iowa
Mrs. Johanna Gunderson died at her son’s home in Mitchell County Iowa on April 5. The funeral was held at Rock Creek Cemetery beside her husband and mother. She was born in Norway May 17 1830 and married Nefi Gunderson in 1849. The family emigrated in 1849 and settled in Fayette County Iowa before moving to Mitchell County two years ago. Surviving are seven sons and three daughters. one daughter predeceased her. She was well known in the community and influential in local life. Sympathy is extended to the family.
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Mitchell County
Iowa
Johanna Gunderson
Rock Creek
Decg
Gunderson
Mlgin Havling Rasided
Au Tewneman
Elgin Benefit Dance Aims To Support Ball Team
A grand benefit dance at the Elgin Opera House is planned for next Saturday evening to raise funds for the Elgin Ball Team. Tickets are urged for those who cannot attend, with the event promising lots of fun and a strong contribution to the treasury.
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Elgin Opera House
Treasury
Elgin
The Storms of the Rocky Mountain Climate
The article describes Rocky Mountain storms as dramatic but short in duration, beginning with sharp winds and cyclones, then dissipating before the plains. It contrasts them with protracted Alpine storms and notes dramatic, varied weather patterns from sun to snow within hours. It highlights the continent-wide impact and the storms’ brief, intense cycles.
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Jersey Hill
Rockies
Swiss Alps
Old Salt's Philosophy Toll s Party of Hoye
A Chicago Edgewater forest scene yields a dead woodpecker entangled by a cobweb in its claws. A seaborne narrator cites a tropical superstition about male birds dying by self entanglement to explain the bird's demise and hints at exotic origins and mystery.
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Hoye
Edgewater
Chicago
Coleridge
Amal
South Sea Island
China’s Rural People and Hidden Mineral Wealth
The article asserts China’s rural population remains crude but rich in untapped resources. It claims extensive coal, iron, lead, salt, petroleum, gold, silver, and precious stones lie in its mountains and plains, awaiting modern extraction and progress.
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China
Jngeliaulisoi
Vaét
New England Firm Unveils Electric Car Concept
Buet Medric Car, a New England company, claims an electric vehicle capable of sixty five miles per hour. It is designed to cover a seventeen mile stretch between Providence and Fall River, with distance and endurance details highlighted.
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Buet Medric Car
New England
Provistyee
Fall Tlver
Ene Ieee Ce
Zionist Move Aims To Build Palestine As Jewish Homeland
The Zionist movement is portrayed as a transformative force toward a Jewish homeland in Palestine. It argues against treating Palestine as a dumping ground or hospital for the decrepit, envisioning a thriving center where intellect and labor can flourish. The piece traces growth from charitable aid to colonization and a global national movement rooted in Jewish history, foretelling a major chapter in world civilization with Zion’s revival tied to Jerusalem and Zion.
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Europe
Palestine
Hay
Israel
Zion
God
Jerusalem
M. Gaater
Sappling Time Remembrance of the Sugar Maple
Reading from Scribner's T'faes by Frank French, the piece recalls New England sap time and the sugar maple as a symbol of memory. It contrasts a thriving forest scene with the worn iron-banded sugar maple bearing the wounds of yearly tapping, as baskets fill and sap flows toward spring foliage.
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New England
New Hampshire
Mr. Burroughs
Frank French
Scribner’s
Earliest wills traced to Chaldea and Egypt ancient clay and papyrus deeds
The article notes inscribed clay tablets from Chaldea dating to 8800 B C and an Egyptian papyrus will around 2600 B C. It describes a priest bequeathing real estate to his wife with burial instructions and provisions to pass to children. Modern authorities compare the Egyptian document to contemporary wills and suggest probate may be possible under current law.
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Chaldea
Four Hundred Ferridiin Species Used In Murépol Purposes
Over four hundred Ferridiin species are gathered in Murépol for commercial use. Four thousand two hundred species are collected, with 420 varieties valued for perfume and largely used in making scents and soaps. White flowers predominate, with 187 species yielding distinct scents, and many taxa described as valued for trade.
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Murépol
Columbia Coeds Welcome Gymnasium Drills In Spring Session
A senior at Columbia University wandered into the gymnasium to find coeds practicing a tag time march and calisthenics. Women demonstrated hops and vaults with ease while the instructor supervised, giving the observer a surprising view of campus fitness culture and a softened view of gymnasium routines.
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Tate
Ron
Deniot
Rod Resterdey
Sirit
New York
Columbia University
Bloomini
Inebriated Bear Causes Townwide Commotion
In Altoona near Lisle a tame performing bear and its French owner drank beer with locals. The bear attacked a man named Dietz, bit his arm, chased youths, and men considered shooting. The sheriff allowed them to stay the night in a toolhouse and depart at daybreak.
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Altoona
Penn
Spe
New York World
Uttla
Listle
Lieua
Dietz
Briquette Factory Converts Sawdust Into Fuel in Austria
In Joseph Fi alla’s large Austrian sawmills, Banduet Briquettes turn sawdust into fuel. Sawdust is tar impregnated and heated, pressed into 6 by 26 by 1.25 inch briquettes weighing 0.4 pounds each. Plate yields 19 per minute, caloufie power similar to lignite with 4 percent ash. Factory produces over 6,000,000 briquettes yearly at about 16 cents per thousand, sold for roughly $1, yielding profit.
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Banduet
Joseph Fialla
Austria
New Line of Chapstoding in Postwar New York
A young woman in New York seeks work and agrees to daily school pick ups for a friend’s daughter. Initially paid 34 dollars weekly, she soon earns 190 dollars weekly as more relatives join, enjoying outings and social events while maintaining steady income through the arrangement.
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New York
Hiardly
Tor
Ahé
Helstibell
Roberts
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