Community Notes From Wagner Township Friends Visit West Union
Local residents and visitors are listed with numerous social calls, visits to relatives, and weekend guests in Wagner township and nearby areas. A Delco Nightingale plant installation at Gunder Ringland’s is noted, with Dorcas society planning a church program and oyster supper on Sunday evening February 18 at 7 30.
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Mable Nass
Clegis Jacobson
Martin Nelson
Hilder Opeand
W. Wetleson
Gilmer Knuritson
Inwood
Gena Nyborg
Ernest Guisvin
Thomas Loftstuon
West Union
Alfred Gisleson
Monons
Halver Halverson
Askrin Olson
O'T. N. Loftegard
Johnnie Wald
Olaf
Ferdinand Knudteon
Mable Hrickson
Wagnar Township
Ole Loftegard
Eewin Olson
Herry Gunderson
Monono
Knudt Christianson
Melvin Qleen
Kenneth Mark
Ainor
Christ Anderson
Thomas Loftytuen
Cornelius Referson
Honry
Olson
Helmer Loftsgard
Harry Gunderson
Near
Monona
H. Stollie
West
Sophia Landegardle
Theatore
Gunder
Nora Borpes
Osdge
Local residents share visits and events in District No 3
Cecil Klingman, Ruth Rothlisberger, Eva Tehman, Bernice Ernst, Olpha Lehman and others are listed as visiting and hosting friends and relatives. Notes mention cattle trips to Chicago, weekend gatherings in Oak Grove and West Union, and a February 22 lecture and Washington Birthday dinner at the Alyria church with an afternoon program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Klingman
Ruth Rothlisberger
F Shaffer
Eva Tehman
Fred Burrow
Bernice Ernst
Bert Benson
Olpha Lehman
Aselsby
Mes Perry Medberry
Illyria Church Notes Sunday Services and Tidbits
Illyria church notes announce Sunday school at 1 30 and church service at 2 30. The note invites readers to read Roosevelt's ten reasons to go to church and ponder them, expressing a welcoming tone.
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Roosevelt
West Union Social Notes Include Illness and Visits
In West Union Thursday a number of children suffered from pink eye while families visited relatives. Maury Paters spent time at the George Hoan home, and Mr and Mrs George Craft hosted friends at the Harl Bennett home. Harvey Ammmett of Oolwell visited the Crafts, and Frances O Nell of West Union spent Sunday with the Boyle family. Mrs Arthur Patterson and Mrs George Howard went to West Union forenoon Tuesday. Several calls were made at the Peters home Friday and Saturday afternoons. There was no school this week as teacher Agnes Kneeland remained home to care for her sick mother. Mrs George Craft endured a painful knee injury Saturday afternoon but is recovering. At the D W Mays home Master Raymond celebrated his tenth birthday with friends and a late lunch after games.
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Katells Paters
West Union
Maire Melvin
Boyer
Maury Paters
George Hoan
George Craft Calle
Harl Bennett
Harvey Ammett
Oolwelh
Jover
George Crafthams
Frances O'Nell
Bt Boyle
Arthur Patterson
George Howard
Melvin Boyer
George Craft
Charles Peters
D. H. Craft
Dorothy
Clarence Tripp
Cecil
Agnas Kneeland
George CratfHiet
Hile
D. W. Mays
Raymond
Courtin Hot Drama Fragment From Ainsworth Note
An excerpt from David Ainsworth's poem presenta courtship scene with speech fragments. The narrator references a woman widow and a suitor pressing for consent to court, with interruptions and fragmented dialogue reflecting tense social courtship.
Cheery Valleys Busy Humidity of Local News
Local notes list residents and visitors across the valley, including Bodmer aiding Earl Kiple on the farm, new baby for Swadhursky family, Leuchtehmacher and Christen guests, and several social visits. A literacy test proposal for voting dominates town discussion, with officials Amessup and Cunning named. A tall Robinson brother and aging local veteran Nathan Harry mouth are mentioned, alongside broad reflections on American war work and aid to orphans in Asia Minor.
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Bad Colda
Baddie Bodmer
Earl Kiple
Peter
Swadhursky
George Leuchtehmacher
Waterloo
Hagel Frieden
Martin Hanson
Joe
Laster Baumgartner
Thex Hanson
Anna Schneider
Mikader
Jake
State l
State House
Meetvine
Walter Amessup
The
State University
J.C. Cunning
Baih
Ames
W. Q. Robinson
Knoxville
Des Moines
Robinson Brothers
Barnuma Circus
Grigell
Guthrie Center
Bagley
Guthrie County
Nathan Harrymouth
James K. Polk
Jesus
Asia Minor
America
Alexandropol
Worthy of Remembering John Harvard
A brief tribute notes John Harvard as a shared link between Shyland and American graduates, detailing his birthplace in Southwark on November 20, 1607, and his father Robert Harvard a prosperous butcher. The piece questions authentic records of John Harvard's family and hints at unsettled speculation about Shakespeare's involvement.
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John Harvard
Mlhu
Yale
Co Reference Monitor
America
Harvard Collage
Southwark
Robert Harvard
William
Shakespeare
Getter
Golony
Green Glass Snake Not A Snink But A Lizacd
An eminent naturalist Dr. R. O. W. Shufeldt notes in the Journal of Heredity that the green glass snake grows over three feet in length, inhabits the eastern United States including Florida, and burrows for earthworms and surface insects. The reptile mimics a snake in disguise, is pale green with a dark stripe, and can shed its skin when pursued.
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RO W Shufeldt
Journal of Heredity
United States
Florida
Matador Life and Rules in Bullfighting Circles
A fragmented description outlines matadors earning 2000 to 10000 per fight while paying their own men. It mentions vows to kill or be killed, long bouts on foot, prohibitions on helpers, spectator riots if entry occurs, social ostracism of matadors, and rules for handling enraged bulls and succession of killers.
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Pia
Ratador
bullAghter
Beards as Loan Security In Historical Europe
In mid ages Europe beards could serve as collateral. France used three hairs from a beard as a pledge for royal promises, while less exalted beards carried similar weight. The Portuguesa Admiral Juan de Cuatro reportedly pledged his beard to borrow a thousand pistoles from the city of Gua.
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Benrde
United States
Frence
Juan de Cuatro
Corporation of
Gua
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Ole Bensen
Bert Jeft
Chicago
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Enok Howard
Oak Grove
Nettie Peters
Mert Kilngman
Perry Medberry
Fred’ Rothlisberger
Fred Rothlisberger
Jakia Yearons
Amelia Strong
Leonard Humphry
Weat Union
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Dorie Probert
Juwa City
Walter Rothlisberger
Men Hanson
Cheery Valley
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Bigit
Adolph Hangon
Combe
Myria
Washington
Alyria
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Tebie
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Fia Evan
Lizzie
Amy Arrant
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Arrantiadone
David Ainsworth
Etthu
Marly
Marie Bide
Hel Paers
Edgar Aryfaret Erhérdt
Helen ‘B Grimm
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Baroya
Reamtenes
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F. R. Berg
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