Horrid Sciple Visits Boss Friend George Gilson
Last week reports list social visits across families in Elgin and nearby towns. Residents like L J Groth, Guy Whitford, Bower, Shaffer, Probert, Rothlisberger, Wenger, Kerr, and others are noted with gatherings, harvest help, and travel, plus a birth and illness mention.
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Sciple
Wigin
George Gilson
L. J. Groth
Gilson
Guy Whitford
Volzt City
Dr. Bower
Elgin
Alisner
Whitford
Bower
J. D. Shaffer
Richard Probert
Geo. Gibson
Ida
Bima Rothilsberger
Lamars
Will Kerr
G. L. Klingman
Ida Nydegger
Ruth Rothlisbberger
Dubuque
Herb Robbins
Matt Frey
Wadena
Mary Wenger
Henry McMillan
Chas. Rothlisberger
Ployd Patterson
Thos, Kerr
Waterloo
Lena Wenger
Fayette
Fred Rothisberger
L. Klingman
Ruth Rothlisberger
John
Walter Rothlisberger
Herman Larson
Ralph Reed
North Dakota
Arthur Gage
Andy Yearous
Studebaker
H. B. Gilson
Oliver and
Wayne
Elkader
Catharine Yearous
Frank Kimpéon
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure for All Stages
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh through internal use, claiming it targets constitutional causes and builds up the system. The ad offers 100 dollars for any failure to cure and invites testimonials, listing F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio as proprietors and promising sale by all druggists for 7 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Sulphuric Acid Usage Dominates Industrial Demand
The article notes sulphuric acid has grown crucial in industry and cites United States Geological Survey production statistics. It remarks the acid supports a wide range of chemical arts from petroleum processing to fertilizer, coke production, metallurgy, and synthetic products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Geological Survey
Chemical Arts
Mit
Mont Rtety
Fond of Strong Drink Quote Parade Across Histories
A fragment discusses strong drink in royal and noble contexts. Queen Elizabeth praises ale as excellent and potent while Lord Burleigh doubts any man could drink it. Catherine the Great’s era is noted for importing Burton's brown ale into Russia amid weather commentary and casual jives.
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Attoyalt
Copples
Tinkera
Elizabeth
Lord Burleigh
Catherine
Brown of
Burton
Russia
Carlyle on Americans as bores and traits from 1812 to 1840
Yale professor Max Farrand discusses how equality of opportunity spurred independence and self-reliance in early America, noting Carlyle’s remark that Americans produced many "greatest bores" yet fostered strong individualism and a devotion to leaders over principles. The Kansas City Star summary appears in Lowell Institute coverage.
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Max Farrand
Yale
Lowell Institute
The
Kansas City Star
Carlyle
Dear Old Lady phrase sparks call for change in tone
A writer laments the overuse of the phrase dear old lady in speech and print, arguing it dulls distinctive character. The piece notes many older women are active in public causes and proposes a new association to push back against the term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scribner's
Society For
Confessions of a Census Padder in Atchison
The Atchison Globe reports a census manipulation scheme where Atchison kept 1905 population figures after 1906 and later reduced the count to 15,263 to avoid overcounting county gains. Despite protests, officials faced no relief as new building activity suggested population growth with 1915 permits approaching eight million dollars.
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Atchison Globe
Atchison
D. M. Cain
Suspense at Crimson Guich as talk turns to disarm
Broncho Bob voices hope for peace and disarmament, while the crowd notes universal reluctance to lay down arms, fearing it may provoke suspicion and conflict. The general mood shifts toward cautious nonviolence amid guns in hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crimson Guich
Broncho Bob
Elverybody
Watch and harvest machine offered in a curious inquiry
A stationer is asked for a reliable inexpensive watch as a gift and a line-driven harvesting machine. The buyer, addressed as the man who was buying calendars, seeks a practical yet novel item, contrasting the hour glass and old timekeeping device.
Celestial Smile After Forced Grin Leaves Chang Bruised
In Alhambra two men, Charley Chang and A. B. Mills, rode a late Los Angeles car. Mills poked Chang, pulled his hair, twisted his nose, and finally struck him twice in the face to force a smile. Marshal Parker arrested Mills. Judge Northrup set bond and scheduled morning trial, after which Chang smiled.
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Charley Chang
Alhambra
A. B. Mills
Alhambra Dispatch
Los Angeles Times
Mills
Los Angeles
Chang
Milla
Barfield
Main Streets
Marshal Parker
Northrup
Nothing to Apologize For on a City Car Ride
A commuter tale from Baltimore describes a blue silk stocking wearing woman boarding at Madison Avenue and Seventy-ninth Street. She ignores prim glances from two women and mid-Victorian men, then breaks the ice with a bold Harlem accented remark about personal freedom.
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Madison Avenue
Seventy-ninth Street
Baltimore
Btar
Napoleon's Poor Horsemanship and Precautions
Describes extraordinary measures to keep Napoleon at an advantage on horseback. Horses were trained to endure torture, with head blows, ear blasts from drums, pistol shots, crackers, flags, and even animals flung near them. Training ended only when the emperor could stop them at full gallop without difficulty.
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Napoleon
Recognized Fighters at Queen Victoria’s Royal Review
Queen Victoria expressed admiration as regiments marched before her. Grenadier guards impressed with faultless drill, Highlanders received enthusiastic praise, and an Irish regiment drew a moment of silence before she uttered a sharp wartime remark.
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Grenadier Guards
Antiquity of Passporte and early passport use
Ancient references describe passports as an old institution. Monks’ chronicles credit King Canute with granting free passages for subjects to continental pilgrimages to Rome. The Chronicle notes a passport-like document called Tracturia de Itinere F Peragenta. Earlier writers cite passports in the time of Howard IV and strict enforcement under Elizabeth I and James I.
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Canute
Peter and Paul
Rome
Howard IV
Hitzabeth
James I
Realism and a Meeting with Antagonists in a Society
A fragmentary excerpt shows a dialogue on realism in a book and a scene where a meeting with anarchists is described. The president of the society glances at an Ingersoll timepiece to check the hour amid the discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buick
Delco
West Union Iowa Promotes City Pride and Services
West Union showcases itself as a thriving county center with strong economy and amenities. It highlights a top high school, water and sewer systems, parks, churches, and a growing population, plus plentiful housing, a large county fair, hospital, and prominent roads and services for buying selling renting and loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Iowa
Linden Park
Court House
Our City
Pike Roads
Just the Thing for Diarrhoea Remedy Adverts
A Bu Ford North Dakota resident recalls a severe diarrhoea attack lasting over a week. After a druggist recommended Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, a single dose gave relief and full recovery within two days. The remedy is widely sold by local druggists including R W Muchenthaler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ono
W. C. Jones
Buford
N. D
Chamberlain
Gale
R. W. Muchlenthaler
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Teolin
Celestial
John Falb
Agt
J. W. Bopp
West Union, Iowa
Eletn
Towa
Aitich
Lehman & Hanson
G. L. Freiburghaus & Co
Lowe
H. S. Hadsel, M.D
Citizens’ State Bank
Andrew J. Swezey M
Decorah
Colorado
Rock Island
Rocky Mountain
Hal
Ray
C. A, Akers
Elgin, LA
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