West Union social notes and local visits
Mrs G W Kiple and Miss Mina were Elgin visitors Tuesday. Several residents report injuries and recoveries from recent weeks as Christmas visits occur in West Union and nearby towns. The county farm inventory is checked, funerals and travel to North English and Elgin are noted, and local businesses report deliveries and gifts including an Estey piano for the W R Blake family.
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G.W. Kiple
Miss Mina
Elgin
Hardy Rubger
Tonuilitis
Randall
Wild Blizzard Brings Grip Fears and Dr King’s Discovery
A wild blizzard brings danger and sickness with cold like symptoms and grip. The piece urges immediate use of Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs colds and bronchial illness. A. L. Dunn of Pine Valley Miss reports being cured after three weeks of grip. Prices 0c and 31.00, guaranteed by The City Drug Store.
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Pine Valley
Miss
Clermont News Holiday Travel and Family Gatherings
Dan Ellis attended Independence Christmas. H H Follette transacted business in Castalia Monday. Mae Sullivan returns from Iowa City for holidays. Mrs Ellis back from Independence. Tatro visits Greely for holidays with daughter. Groth from Geddes attends father’s funeral. Larrabes from Ft Dodge joins Montauk holidays. Mrs. Rolfs spends Christmas near Weat Union with parents. Nellie Sheehy from Cedar Falls home for holidays. Appleman returns from Cedar Falls for festive week. B Robbins from Cedar Rapids visits Montauk for holidays. Titus family from Spokane visiting Mrs. Wm. Quinn. Dr. Fred Becker holds a family reunion with Dr. F G Becker of Iowa City.
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H. H. Follette
Castalia
Mae Sullivan
Iowa City
Mrs. Ellis
Independence
Tatro
Greely
Anto ‘Appleman
Cedar Falls
B. Robbins
Cedar Rapids
Montauk
Titus
Little Son
Spokane
Wash
Wm. Quinn
Fred Becker
F. G. Becker
Oak Grove News social notes and visits
Mrs Win Boyle is on the sick list. Chris Dennler entertained company Sunday. Anne Baldwin of Elgin visited Will Pritchard. Ridge residents attended the Elgin show Saturday night. John Wilson and family visited John Kohler in Elgin. Ed Boyle and Tom Howard of Elgin spent New Year’s with Enos Howard. Ezra George Howard George Stansberry and families visited Frank Boyle. Will May and wife of Albert Lee visited Ira Bennett’s then returned home. Martha Vought of Randalia spent New Year’s with Ira Bennett’s then returned home. Chris Dennler and wife spent New Year’s Eve with his brother near Elgin. Mrs R W Reed left for Nebraska to visit her brother Nels Cain after 20 years. Ed Conner, John Howard, Perry Craft and families, Charley Smith and Mary Bennett visited C W Smith. Advertising item urges Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for injuries and skin ailments with a local 25 cent offer.
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Chas Bachtel
Postville
W.W. C. Lewis
Ben
H. L. Adama
Maynard
J. W. Dwyer
Mr. Dwyer
Westgate
M. C. Dershaw
Algona
Mra
Walter Besuman
Paul McKree
Valparaiso
Indiana
University of That
Chris Dennler
Anne Baldwin
Elgin
Will Pritchard
John Wilson
John Kohler
Ed Boyle
Tom Howard
Enos Howard
Ezra
George Howard
George Stansberry
Frank Boyle
Will May
Albert Lee
Ira
Bennett's
Martha Vought
Randalia
Ira Bennett
R. W. Reed
Nebraska
Nels Cain
Ed Conner
John Howard
Perry Craft
Charley Smith
Mary Bennett
C. W. Smith
Feeding the Quail Amid Deep Snow and Cold
Farmers nationwide feed quail during cold weather as snow covers ground. Birds struggle to find feed and shelter, risking starvation and death. Tame flocks seek barnyard feed, while wild quail face harsher conditions through the winter.
Making Life Safer Everywhere Vite Pills Promote Health
Dr King's New Life Pills advertise safety for constipation biliousness and indigestion. The product claims to support liver and kidney health and bowel function. Sold at The City Drug Store for 28 cents.
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Murray W. Ayers
Bridge N. Y
Dr. King
New Life
Thei. Health
City Drug Store
State University Enrollment Surges Across States and Nations
State University reports 2262 Iowa students among broader enrollment of 2472 for 1908 1902, showing strong five year growth from 1398 in 1903 1904. The Fayette county students listed include Mabel Appelman Joseph Stach Mae Sullivan Roy Becker Mary Blessin Gustaf Neuman Bert Boylan Ralph Clark Harry Tuller Harley Burling Nellie Messerli Catharyna Chambers Harley Wright Amy Himes James Ball Rollin Cook Edna Cooper Cecil Green Charles Gallagher Eva White. Oelwein Register.
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State University
Iowa
Union
Canada
China
India
Japan
Mexico
Philippine Islands
Fayette County
University
Mabel W. Appelman
Joseph R. Stach
Mae A. Sullivan
Clermont
Roy A. Becker
Elgin
Mary M. Blessin
Gustaf J. Neuman
Eldorado
Bert G. Boylan
Ralph
New Auto Garage by Peter Johnson and Son on Washington Street
Peter Johnson and Son commenced work on a new automobile garage and repair shop adjoining their machine shop on Washington Street. The addition of 40 by 46 feet will join the machine shop to the south and cover the former entrance and plumbing shop, expanding their auto repair capacity. Oscar W Bauder will oversee the automotive repair division, continuing as an expert mechanic.
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Peter Johnson & Son
Washington Street
Oscar W. Bauder
Decorah Public Opinoin
Timber land under hammer at Rothlisberger tract auction
The undersigned offers for sale at public auction on Saturday January 8, 1910 at 2 PM in front of H. T. Erndtson's implement store. The 20 acre Rothlisberger timber land lies about two miles from town. Joan Rothlisberger is the seller.
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H. T. Erndtson
Rothlisberger Timber
Joan Rothlisberger
Probate of Will in Fayette County Iowa
In Fayette County Iowa the District Court will hear on January 24 1910 the purported last will of Francis K Robbins late of the county for proof and admission to probate. J W Winston Clerk dated December 27 1909 at West Union.
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Iowa
Fayette County
Francis K. Robbins
Said County
West Union
J. W. Winston
Noisy convalescent party heard at ganitarium balcony
Harper's Weekly recalls a scene at a well known ganitarium where several frivolously disposed young convalescents relaxed on sun balconies. A plaintive voice from a dark room requests silence, saying the noisy chatter prevents sleep as they wake.
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Harper’s Weekly
Girl Miner Laura White Hauls Ore From Death Valley Claims
Laura White a 22 year old San Francisco native and her brother operate a rich mining claim in Funeral range near Death Valley's eastern edge. She hoists ore to the surface while her brother minds the shaft bottom. She switched from skirts to miners' récula gear for efficiency. Other notes mention Richard Strauch leaving Champaign Illinois after visiting sister Mrs F W Hughes for holidays and Will Kohler returning home from West University to visit his ill mother.
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The
West
Laura White
San Francisco
Dreary Funeral Range
Death Valley
Miss White
Richard Strauch
Champaign
Illinois
F. W. Hughes
Belasco vents over nun swindler and debts tale
David Belasco recalls being duped by a nun posing as a millionaire who promised to invest 380000 in a model theater. He laments his own appetite for success and notes the insistence on living beyond means. A banker cousin story shows a son asking $15000 yearly to live as wanted while staying debt free in 1909.
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David Belasco
Belasco
Helasco
Atlas
Sam
Moaing
Utilising His Spare Moments in Domestic Scenes
A domestic vignette shows a husband in evening dress suggesting a night out while the furnace fails and the baby is ill. The piece shifts to advice on liver health urging diet changes and outdoor exercise, including a lemon water remedy for bilious feelings.
Singing as Evidence in Maori Courts
A correspondent notes that about twenty years ago a New Zealand judge ordered that singing not be used as evidence. Maori pleadings often began with lengthy, poetic sagas tied to ancestral legends, sometimes taking hours or days to reach a point.
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New Zealand
The Walrus Defenses and Dreaded Weap ons
The walrus weighs up to 2000 pounds and is armed with ivory tusks up to two feet long. When threatened, the bulk’s tusks strike like a guillotine, protected by thick blubber armor. A bear’s chances depend on luck and timing, with the walrus favored.
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Iaok
St. Nicholas
Dog Ghosts in English Superstitions
The phantom dog specter was a hardy old English superstition with many counties noting a black dog haunting lonely spots. Some legends call them devils, others spirits of punished humans. Lady Howard of Devon, in James I’s era, allegedly appeared as a dog at Okehampton for cruelty to her daughter.
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Howard
Devon
James I
Okehampton
Puzzle prompts unusual word Honybahmn from Gulliver’s Travels
The article notes readers are sharpened by the term Honybahmn a half horse half man creature Swift uses 30 times it discusses the word as a form of onomatopoeia and cites Prof Saintsbury approving its pronunciation to rhyme with minim and its use in English verse.
Farm land and property listings near Fay ette and Hawkeye
East of Donatini area offers 40 acres with house stables and cultivation, 80 acres north of Hawkeye with timber and water, also 25 acres timber pasture and 25 acres plow land. 8 miles on Union route, 3 miles north of Fay ette, several tracts described with good buildings, groves, spring, and water. Loans available on any security with favorable rates. New list forthcoming. free listings unless a sale occurs.
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Donatini
Union
Fayette
R. D
Hawkeye
Takeo
Tam
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