Local Figures Attend Celebrations and Visits Across Areas
A sequence of social rounds shows neighbors visiting, hosting, and traveling. Events include Medberry and Klingman families visiting Chas Medberry and West Union friends, an assortment of calls in Btkader and Decorah, and Fourth of July gatherings near Volga and Fayette. Mrs. Ben Kohter passes away. services held at Il yria cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tal
Chapman
Jerome Yeatons
Martha Chapman
Lena Wenger
Libbie Klingman
Odlwath
Wadena
Steven Rothiisberger
Sor
Jim Yearons
Steven Rothlisberger
Ployd Patterson
Volga
Albert Glenapp
Robert
Fort Dodge
C.D. Chapman
Lena Medberry
Hilda Klingman Himer Prieden
Rex’ Medberry
Belwein
George Gibson
Richard Probert
Buesta
Roy Kimball
C.M. Klingman
Lenant
Hilda
Zella Westcott
West Union
Ruth Adney
R. H. Peters
Andrew Yearous
Martin Klingman
Tom Hanson
Mary Wenger
Fayette
Ina Roberts
Ben Kohter
Ilyria
Brainard Items Hint at Local Social Movements and Voters
A crowded Brainard social update lists visits, picnics, and Sunday gatherings at multiple homes, including Eliza Grimes and Helms families, Dollie Boyer’s South Dakota visit, and Gleaner picnic attendance. It notes the first Y P A program and locals sharing news before addressing veterans returning home and their political stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza Grimes
Helms
Mervin Brown
George Craft
Gleaner
Dollie Boyer
South Dakota
E. G. Boyer
Emiline Reed
Elgin
Jim Bartlett
McGregor
B. H. Gillett
Oelwein
Baptist Church
Theodore Blanchard
Waucoma
B. G. Boy
D. H. Craft
Wm. Barker
Wadena
Martin Hovey
George Waldron
West Union
Sarah Helms
Chas
Craft
John Craft
Henry Burnside
Erva
E. Bartholomew
Cedar Rapids
Mabel (Barker) Boyles
Mary Boyer
Waterloo
Wreek
D. G. Boyer
E.G. Boyer
Mary
Arthur Patterson
Biggest Pig in the World Attracts Visitors Near Algona
The giant pig owned by James Vipond west of Algona weighs about 11 000 pounds and measures sey feet from snout to tail. Vipond bought it for 725 dollars years ago and rejects a 26 000 offer, saying he could not sell for 50 000. The creature has not been exhibited at fairs but draws daily crowds.
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Algona
Des Moines
James’ Vipond
Wonder 'Am
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Adverts Reward
A vintage advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for an incurable case of catarrh. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a blood action remedy, claims thirty-five years of use, and asserts guaranteed improvement in general health with continued use. Sold by druggists for 73 cents from FP J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Council Proceedings Elgin Iowa June 2 1919
The Elgin Iowa council met in regular session June 2 1919 with Mayor Hughes and councilmen Feller Grether Harrington Phillips Schori present. Minutes from prior meeting approved and bills totaling various small amounts approved after roll call and discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Iowa
Corncil
Hughes
Feller
Grather
Harrington
Phillipa
Schori
Grether
Phillips
Caesars Rhine bridge feat inspires later American effort
A historical note compares Caesar's 10 day timber bridge over the Rhine with General Pershing's engineers who built a Rhine crossing in four hours, finishing in two. It cites superior American facilities and notes repeated wartime efficiency, then shifts to local life including a Christ family reunion with a long guest list and a curious remark about beer, followed by a tale of a raccoon episode near Logan with a pet cub.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Caesar
Germany
Rhine
Pershing
Caesar
Christ
John Christ
M. Hemmingway
Waseca
Minnesota
Familly
Emma White
Buster” Brown
Davenport
George Fertig
Dubuque
F. B. Belle
Andy Lynch
Huron
South Dakota
Will Christ
Eegin
Lew
John
Clifton
Ma Christ
John Christ Sr
L. Meyers
Logan
Mr. Meyers
Dt An
Mr. Meyera
Joint Indian Family Practice of Shared Labor and Equality
Bhupendranath Biswas notes that all able members of the Elindu family must contribute labor and earnings to the common stock, while weaker members and dependents are supported equally. He describes strict kinship definitions, enduring family ties, simple living, and the joint family’s stability despite potential breakups into smaller clans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elindu
Bhupendranath -Biisu
Sohn
Courteous Venetian Greetings and Harsh Punishments in the Sixteenth Century
Pompeo Molmenti notes that seventeenth century Venice showed daily politeness from nobles to foreigners with greetings like raising the cap and placing a hand on the heart. The people remained obsequious, yet ceremonies avoided ridiculous etiquette. By late sixteenth century a decree banned overblown salutations despite strict penalties for blasphemy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pompeo Molmenti
Benigna
Bertelli
Venice
Patron Saint of Skating
A fourteenth century tale from Schiedam in Holland centers on Lydwina, patron saint of skating. At fifteen she was injured on a frozen canal, later dying in 1433 after visions and reported miracles while Thomas a Kempis documented her life for readers.
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Lydwiina
Schiedam
Holland
Thomas A Kempis
Lydwine
Lydwina
Early Skating Clubs Sparked Global Ice History
An overview traces skating club origins from 1742 in Scotland to the first American club in Philadelphia in 1849 and its influence on surgical blade production in 1850. It notes Boston’s arena prominence before a fire, with Prince's Skating Club in London likely surpassing it, and praises British rink architecture and winter friezes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Philadelphia
Lear
Boston
Precocious Child Smokes At Six In Odd Exchange
Rare Forethought recounts a quirky dialogue where Meandering Mar Maduke boasts he began smoking at six. An aghast old lady questions the stunt as the boy explains he saved coupons for a ragor by the time he could shave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mar Maduke
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Eleanor Schneider
Rose Grimm
Hilda Klingman
Marlon Township
Council Proceedings
Hardihood
United States
John Falb
Elgin John Whittenbaugh
J. AL
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