Do you dance and other small town items
Mrs August Beyer of Postville visited, friends held last week. Mire Chas White and two boys spent Sunday in West Union at Mrs Amos White's home. Mesdames Jerome Mealey and James Curley were Waterloo bound Monday. Schaer left for Dakota Tuesday. Unique Penny Photo Co locates in Becker building offering 10 photos for 10 cents. Stray red spotted steer claimed by owner at farm. proof of property and expenses required. Center Point Journal notes one in five religious in town meetings versus Cedar Rapids one in fourteen. Chicago cattle market peaks with nineteen prime steers at 9.50 and ten yearlings at 9.50. single critter sold at 10 cents a pound. Arlington Hotel at New Hampton destroyed by fire. loss estimated 14,000 with 6,000 insured. fire thought from basement heating plan. Court in session. guests escaped.
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August Beyer
Postville
Mire
Chas. White
West Union
Amos White
Jerome Mealey
James Curley
Waterloo
Fairbank News
Alexander Schaer
Dakota
Unique Penny Photo Co
Becker
Samuen Yost
Center Point Journal
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Arlington
New Hampton
Santy Claus and Christmas Eve Told in Riley Verse
A nostalgic reminiscence in the voice of Tames Whitcomb Riley about Christmas Eve. The speaker recalls waiting for Santy Claus, the fireplace scene, and old folk tales, with vivid dialect and sentiment. The childlike wonder fades into skepticism about the legend.
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Santy Claus
Whitcomb Riley
Christmas Shopping Ordeal at City Department Store
A humorous Chicago News piece follows a wife shopping for her husband at a big department store. She frets about neckties collars hats gloves and hosiery while politely arguing with clerks and the floorwalker about sizes prices and suitability. Her miscommunications reveal social norms of shopping and married life.
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John Vinchnt
Uris
Coutier
Harris
Mr. Floorwalker
John Vincent Garris
Floorwalker
John Vincent Harris
Chicago News
Bure Sign Tt Alignment in Age for Gift Search
A brief note from the Atchison Globe advises readers to seek useful gifts as friends search around. It highlights the value of thoughtful presents and practical options for different ages and occasions.
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Atchison Globe
New York Central switches to yellow signal lights systemwide
The New York Central has ordered the replacement of white signal lights with yellow ones across its entire system. The change aims to reduce accidents caused by mistaking white lights for switch lights. Engineers, especially on fast trains, have often misread white lights, prompting the shift. Railroads nationwide show similar plans to adopt colored signals. Nearby, northern woodlands face a record timber cut, with most timber not floated to the Mississippi due to cleanup and distance limits. Harry Halverson of Cut Bank Montana visits and returns home after a week. Christmas shopping concludes.
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New York , Central
New York Central
Wisconsin
Upper
Michigan
Mississippi
Harry Halverson
Cut Bank
Montana
Irving the abstemious one and the port of Tennyson
A humorous anecdote recounts poet Alfred Tennyson pouring a glass of port for actor Irving at a Isle of Wight visit. The tale ends with Tennyson reminding the guest how much port he consumed, as the actor had finished a mock battle in a dinner setting.
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Irving
Tennyson
Isle of Wight
Lord Tennyson
East for Their Ancestors Feasts Describe Chinese Banquet
A dated account describes Chinese feasts held in honor of ancestors with tables laden with pork rice pickled cucumbers and poultry. Guests dine in silence until chopsticks loosen the crowd with the hush and a babel of voices fills the temple as strong drinks begin.
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Allence
Irish Guards Officer Recounts War Humour at Windsor Eton Dinner
Gol Nugent, commander of the Irish guards, told a story of a soldier in the last war during the Windsor and Eton chamber of commerce annual dinner. The tale depicted a battalion under fire receiving orders as an Irishman rose, brushed off, and joked about the situation.
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Iriah
Gol. Nugent
Irish Guards
Windsor and Eton Chamber of Commerce
The Decorations of a Housekeeping Bride
The bride kept a vase of greenery on the dining room table. One afternoon she arrived late and began arranging roses when her colored maid exclaimed she thought green decor was necessary. The bride entered the dining room to find romaine salad leaves in her finest vase as the centerpiece.
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Ladie
Jeweler
Stoehr
Fe Elgin
Monnahan
H. S. Hadsel,m. D
Greenly Bros
Iowa
Blacksmith
R. Lehman
Henry Topp
C. O. Fothergill
M. D. fRouxerre
Burgeon
Galle
Dewey Hotel
Hugin
Santy
Uystt
Kittle
Mother
Quar'r
Claus
Abstemious
Port Himaalf
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