Illyria Social Roundup Highlights Sunday Visits
Illyria residents and guests shared a busy weekend with family and friends. Libbie Klingman and Tena Wenger spent Saturday night together while Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Turnbull visited the Fred Reichert home Sunday. An orchestra gathering and a Children’s Day program at the WyLria church drew attendees, with many local families hosting and attending events across the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Libbie Klingman
Tena Wenger
Mrs
Oliver Turnbull
Fred Reichert
Daily social notices from a small town
Sunday visits dominate the item with numerous family gatherings and local events. Olson and family spent Sunday with E Houg while Edwin Olson joined friends at Clermont. A hospital nurse student returns from Chicago. a wedding anniversary and a granddaughter’s death prep prompt mentions occurences around Gander and Osage.
Poison Smoke Candles Add Lethal Element to War Tools
wartime contrivances include smoke candles used to screen troop moves. Americans developed versions emitting poisonous coal tar vapors that penetrate gas masks. Modern chemists refine these devices, producing dense opaque smoke with diphenylchlorarsine to add toxicity for future warfare.
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War Department
SCORED ON COUNTRY COUSIN
A country visitor boasts to a city lad about farm life as they walk the street. Two young men in caps cry out prompting a Glendale youth to feign a university reason for the headwear claiming brains grow from the caps under education.
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Glendale
Path in the Snow and the Open Road Charm
Dan Beard in Boys' Life extols the simple joy of beaten paths and the open road. He contrasts footbound exploration with the lure of distant horizons, noting boyhood draws toward mystery and travel beyond familiar fences and hills.
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Stevenson
Dan Beard
Heated Cave Discovered at Borse Butte Near Bend Ore
Bend fuel dealers CG A Yarnell and H D Bide report a naturally heated cave at the top of Borse Butte near Bend, drawing warmth from a subterranean volcanic source. A wave of heat issued from the mouth and tinder near the opening smoldered, testing the oven by cooking raw food briefly.
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Borse Butte
Bend
CG. A. Yarnell
H. D. Bide
Bend Fuel
Yarnell
Keeping Down Mine Dust In Kentucky Coal Cars
Dust in mines is a danger due to explosion risk and health issues. Automatic sprinkling of empty coal cars in a Kentucky mine reduced dust levels as cars moved after dumping, noticeably improving mine atmosphere.
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Kentucky
Age of Petroleum and Its Global Impact
The piece traces the rise of petroleum from 1859 to a dominant global energy source. It notes growing consumption and the ensuing international questions about production, highlighting the country that controls output as a world power.
Community Visitors and Social Rounds Near Ulria
Notable attendees include George Celis and Lucy Hanson visiting with relatives in Ulria. Local residents Louise Muehlerthaler, Lew Ehtenmacher, Lola Hanson, and Harry Hanson spent time with friends. Calls and visits occurred at the John Frederick and Fred Dennler homes, with multiple families from Guttenberg and Postville joining in social visits.
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Celis
George
Clermont
Ellen Hanson
Elizabeth Christen
John Frederick
Henry Robinson
Postville
Mra
Jake Reinhart
Martin Minthan
Fivens
Henry
Guttenberg
Thos
West Union and Surrounding Arrivals and Events noted
Advance guard of returning Shriners from Des Moines visits West Union and Clermont. Local residents greet friends and discuss pennant traces. Staff, students, and officials travel between Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Iowa for summer programs and school and bar association events.
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J. M. Lisher
George M. Simpson
Des Moines
Shriners
Will Crowe
Clermont
Hig
West Union
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Lykens
Penn
Mae Crowe
Wadena
Harold MccCreery
W. C. McCleart
Westinghouse
Pittsburgh
Ottlida Herwig
River Falla
Wis
State Normal
Latimer
Iowa
H. P. Hancock
W. H. Antes
Thirteenth District Bar Association
B. H. Estey
Fayette County
Decorah
Association
Atorneye
Hencock
Noted local visitors and workers in Clayton county
John Falk and family and Mrs C W Nicklaus came from Migin on Sunday. Atty W W Davidson and family returned from Riceville last Sunday. Mrs Wm Larrabes and B W Appleman with daughter visited relatives from Clermont on Monday. Elkader Light and Power Co employed ten men to change the ring on the primary road between Garnaville and Clayton Center Sunday. Frank Boyle of Elgin and Lawrence Touhey of Independence work in Clayton county for C G Patten Sons. Mr and Mrs A N Anderson and son Ted of near Elgin visited E W Stanton’s family, joined by Mrs Anderson’s aunt Mrs P N Watterud and daughter from Northwood ND. Phil Quinn returned from St Louis MO, aiming to pursue education at a vocational school. Vern Hulbert delivered egg case shipments to Ray Barton on Tuesday and backed his truck onto the sidewalk.
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B. M. Henson
Wlyria
Flossie Robbing
Arthur Kelly
Chas. Snyder
Frank Howell
Fred Rothlisberger
Mildred Fisher
Littleport
McQuilken
Margaret Musser
Foxwell
Fred Odell
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Ed Gehring
Reynold Strong
Fred Rothilsberger
Otis
Ossian
C. Wenger
Lena
Chas
Wenger
Rothilsberger
Rev. McDonald
Israel Shafter
Ladies' Cemetery Association
Ladies’ Aid Society
Don Cummings
Christen
Hanson Young People
Bert Thoman
Adolph Hanson
Jerome Yearous
Frank Hunsberger
Mlyria
Elgin Chautauqua
E. E. Medberry
Walter
Rex
Chas. Medberry
Stephen Rothisberger
Wilberr
Mary Albright
Fayette
Mary Foxwell
The
Democrat
John Falk
C. W. Nicklaus
Migin
Atty
W. W. Davidson
Lusk
Riceville
Wm. Larrabes
B. W. Appleman
Clermont
Elkader Light and Power
Co J
Garnaville
Clayton
Center
Frank Boyle
Elgin
Lawrence Touhey
Independence
Clayton County
C. G. Patten & Sons
Charles City
A. N. Anderson
Ted
Near Elgin
E. W. Stanton
St. Louis
U. S. Army Hospital
Phil
Vern Hulbert
Ray Barton
Masonic’ Planté
West Union
Hart. Bennett
Ira’ Bennett
Holm
Mra iKandtaon
Neds
Wikader
Ae Seapolis
The Clairvoyant Brain Reveals Surprising Insight
A fragmented editorial voice discusses inner certainty and sudden revelations in the mind. It describes a night vision moment when a new conclusion becomes clear, asserting that the clairvoyant brain yields the right expedient solution through reflection and memory.
Rabbit foot charm explained as a South superstition
The article describes the rabbit’s foot as a powerful talisman for good luck and protection. It claims the foot must come from a graveyard rabbit, be taken at midnight, carried in a pocket, and dipped three times in water from a stump to complete the charm, noting its acceptance among Southern people.
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South
Tallaman
Construction crew foreman injured in Bikader accident
Ole Lendstrum of Decorsh, foreman for Olson Construction, was badly hurt when a steel piece fell from a unit during unloading at the Clay ton Center bridge project in Bikader on Monday. He was taken to Dr. Miller and Hom mell’s office and is expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Ole Lendstrum
Decorsh
Olson Construction Co
Clayton Center
Bikader
Picabnen
Dra. Milléra & Hommell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Illyria
T. J. Olson
E. Houg
Edwin Olson
Ruth Hetlom
J. N. Nelson
Stella Stollie
Christ Anderson
Young Ladies’ Society
K. Kirkeberg
Lou Relerson
Abel Larson
Highland
Arlola
Burdette Wold
St. Olaf
B. Nelson
Tom Landsgard
Gander
Sophia Landsgard
Mable Kirkeberg
Chicago
K. Odegard
Jardee
K. B. Mark
Will Nelson
Landsgard
Sophia
Arthur
Osage
Mre. N. Arveson
J. Olaf
B. E. Landsgard
Cameny Valletatems
Eleader Notes
Lucky Rabbit
Ceaters
Nowskid
H. W. Falb
Peice
Fotheraili
M. D
Si . Offien
Calla
State Board of Optimetry Sire
Edward E Krider
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