Local social notes from Illyria area on Sunday gatherings
Will Kerr hosted a Sunday gathering at Sigurd Hope's home. Families including the Yearous, Lena Hunsberger, and Bert Doty of Crookston visited Chas Doty. Meetings and visits continued with the Ladies' Aid planning for December 16 and various relatives spending days in Oelwein and Derwen. A quilting bee occurred at Wallace Peters home, and several residents returned from trips to Chicago and Dubuque with other visits noted.
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Illyria
Will Kerr
Sigurd Hope
Jerome Yearous
Lena Hunsberger
Bert Doty
Crookston
Minnesota
Chas, Doty
Cemetery Association and Ladies' Aid Society
C. L. Klingman
Walter Rothilsberger
John Rothilsberger
Martha Chapman
Arthur Craft
Annett
Derwen
Chas. Doty
L. W. MacKellar
Maria Robbing
Max
Kenneth Medberry
Walter Rothisberger
Ladies’ Aid
Wallace’ Peters
Local Social News From Brainard Area
Rev Barker of West Union called and friends in this vicinity heard records. Mrs John Johnson of Wig in visited with her daughter Mia. Willan Boyle and family spent Tuesday evening at Bidney Nutting home to hear the new radio. Niece birthday party for Mrs Melvin Boyer at Elgin. Sad news of John Peters death at the soldier's home in Marshalltown. Mrs Sarah Helms ill late week.
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Brainard
Barker
West Union
John Johnson
Wigin
Mia
Willan Boyle
Frank Lyons
Herbert Miller
Bidney Patterson
Jim Bartlett
Charlie Peters
Bidney Nutting
Elmer Boyer
Glen
Vern Boyer
Herman Boyer
Will Barker
Melvin Boyer
Elgin
John Peters
Soldier's
Marshalltown
Sarah Helms
Towns Water Tank Ruined by Woodpeckers
Kansas City Star reports Sully Ta residents faced water outages as woodpeckers pecked away putty sealing holes in the town tank from 1922 to 1928. Officials consider tearing the plant down for a peck proof replacement amid cold snaps and ice-filled storage.
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Sully
Bealdes
Qreyor Fred Andreas
Kausas
Columbus Believed He Found Coast of Asia
The Contarini map, long forgotten, is described as the flat engraving showing Columbus discoveries. It supposedly omits Central and North America, replacing them with an open Atlantic that extends to Asia, with Greenland and Newfoundland included in the Asian coast. The piece notes this as a cartographical relic of Columbus theory after his death.
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Contarini
Columbus
St Ag
South America
Central America
Mexico
North America
Atlantic Ocean
Asia
Greenland
Labrador
Newfoundland
Colurbus
North American Review
Quiet Nights in Paris Reflect a City in Quiet
The author portrays Doris as lacking nightlife apart from Scribner's with most streets deserted by 10 pm. Cafes and restaurants in the quarter close early as waiters eye patrons with disdain and begin closing tables and sweeping floors. The mood recalls an old song about a lone, deserted ball with a sense of emptiness.
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Paris
Doris
Scribner's
Dlemur
Village Romance Rumor In Cork Hotel
A London holidaymaker in a County Cork village boasts of kissing all the village girls except one. A newlywed farmer overhears, returns home to his wife, who asks intrigued who that man might be, leaving the village in amused confusion.
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County
Cork
London
Arran
Honey Unfit For Radiator Mix In Winter Says Expert
Prof Adolph Shane warns honey is unsuitable for car radiator antifreeze due to high freezing point, heavy viscosity in cold weather, and risk of engine damage from honey entering cylinders. notes witnesses Hip Smith and Miss Tyler of West Union.
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Adolph Shane
Shane
Hip Smith
Miss Tyler
West Union
Kinsel
Prildsy
Getting New Ones Major Muggs Loses Temper on Golf Course
Retired golfer Major Muggs plays 18 holes before lunch but errs from his norm. Frustration grows as a man shadows him from hole to hole. He finally snaps, asking what the observer is doing. The reply: I’m not looking, I’m listening.
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Muggs
Large Jade In American Museum Stuns Visitors
The Indianapolis News reports the world’s largest jade piece, seven feet long and four feet wide, weighs about three tons and sits in the American Museum of Natural History, New York. Found in South Island, New Zealand in 1902, the green jade ranges from apple green to emerald.
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Ti Lg
American Museum of Natural History
New York
Plymouth Rock
South Island
New Zealand
Indianapolis News
Reminder of the Cord Token in Freeman’s Journal
A quip from Freeman’s Journal recalls a man who ties a cord around his finger as a reminder to post a letter. The joke hinges on the wife forgetting to hand him the letter, leaving the task undone.
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Freeman
Dorcas Society Elects Officers in Elkader Area News
Myrtle and Agnes Olson hosted in HL. S. Houg home at Elkader while others visited Clermont and Clermont area. Dorcas Society held yearly meeting electing Mrs. Martin Nelson president Alma Nyborg vice president Tina Nelson secretary treasurer. Social visits noted with locals including Rev. Tysdahl and various residents. A Christmas spirit event planned at the home clothes shop.
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Gunder
Myrtle
Agnes Olson
HL. S. Houg
Trolver Loftagant
Elkader
Petit Jury
C. J. Olson
Clerwmont
Edwin Olson
Dorcas
MM Helerson
Edwin
Gilbert Lottsgard
Otto Gisleson
N Nelson
Lawrence Knudtsen
Martin Nelson
Grettinger
Dorcas Society
Alma Nyborg
Tina Nelson
Clermont
Tysdahl
St. Olof
Martin Nelgon
Arthur Landsgard
T. Li. Lottsgard
John Erickson
Ola
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Fayette County
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K. Ri. Mork
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Lessie Cooley
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Hadsel
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Cite Sensotate Bank
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Hart Shaffner & Marx Clothes
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H.W. Melme
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Chicago
Rudy Johnson
G. H. Kiple
Nels Olson
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