Illyria Social Notes and Local News Recap
November activities fill the column with visits and entertainments. Families including Gibson, Kohler, Rothlisberger, Shaffer, and Wenger host gatherings, while Curtis Chapman and Mary Palmer return from Elgin. A school event in Dis No 3 and a Darlington Opera House outing are noted, plus a travel plan for Frank Smith to visit Iowa relatives. Sloan's Liniment promotion concludes the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Chapman
Mary Palmer
Elgin
Charley Wenger
Jessie Medberry
West Union social notes and health updates
West Union residents report a busy weekend with visits to Wadena Elgin and Elgin area travel. J S Willimon remains under smallpox quarantine at home in the west part of town. Mrs Frank Boyle returns from Iowa City and they plan to move into a new home purchased from Mrs E A Ainsworth. Mrs W M Boyle and children visit Mrs Simon O Neil near Elgin as she recovers from appendectomy under nurse care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Kobler
Wadena
Elgin Blanchard
Elgin
J. S. Willimon
M. W. DeSart
Frank Knight
Dunginness
Wash
Frank Boyle
Iowa City
E. A. Ainsworth
W. M. Boyle
Simon O'Neil
Puritan Sabbath Spirit Urged For American Wellbeing
Universalist leader warns that Sabbath neglect aids business and pleasure and weakens the nation. He cites Gladstone’s health, Puritan moral fiber, and sabbatarian ideals as essential to strength, urging a revival. He notes moderns suffer from restless sports and profit driven rides, proposing simpler Sabbath meals to free time for worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladstone
America
Earth
Sugar From Sawdust Process Reveals New Food Source
A. Zimmerman described a method at the Royal Society of Arts to convert sawdust into sugar using closed retorts and weak sulfurous solution at high pressure. Reportedly up to 25 percent of material becomes sugar, offering a potential feeding additive for horses cattle and sheep. Trials included draft horses feeding on cacchulose molasses replacing oats and a weak colt gaining 260 pounds in six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ea Colt
He Didn't Want Them at the Frivolity Theater
A dejected clerk sits in the theater box office as a man and his family request seven middle row seats for tonight. The country visitor dismisses the show, claiming the play cannot be any good, then leaves in a hasty good morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paterfamilias
Diagnosis by Electricity in Nervous Patients
A condensed remark on using electrical agitation tests in nervous patients to gauge emotional state. The method involves electrodes and a galvanometer to record subconscious responses as topics are discussed, aligning with claims from Harpers Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred W. Hastman
Harper’s Magazine
Wrong. Jackson-Bunker in a Nica Fix Over Ideal Wife Item
Jackson is in trouble after a ladies’ paper printed his article on The Ideal Wife. Johnson asks how it affects him as a reader tries to find a trait that matches his ideal. The woman reads the piece and finds no match while Bunker dines in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Bunker
Johnson
Sale of Chester White Boars and other property notice
Auctioneer invites disposal of additional property on sale day. Bring items to the auction for sale at a reasonable charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
White Boars
Local notices and social happenings in Clermont area
Community joys and misadventures fill a Clermont page. Salvin Hoag returns from Forest City while Miss Beton Nelson visits relatives near Clermont. Ruth Kirkeberg travels from Fayette for a weekend at home. Birthday surprise honors Enoch Mork on October 31 with games singing and a late hour. Frank Martin buys Frank Miller residence and plans Elgin home. An Elgin event at the Deestrick Skule and a Baptist church benefit on the coming Saturday are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beton Nelson
Clermont
Ruth Kirkeberg
Fayette
Ann
Will Nelson
Jessie Halverson
K. BE. Markhome
B. Nelson
Mrs.Wold
Gunder Gunderson
Enoch Mork
Mork
Hall's Catarrah Cure Promises Universal Cure
$100 reward offered by FP J Cheney 4 Co Toledo Ohio for any failure to cure catarrah a constitutional disease requires internal treatment. Cure claims rely on blood and mucous surfaces. Sold by all druggists 75 cents Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
J. Cheney
Toledo
All
Brainard News Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Voting
John Peters visits relatives in the community while Mrs. C. Denuler rides to West Union on Monday. Perry Craft and family were Sunday guests at D. H. Craft's. Voters from the area travel to Elgin on Tuesday to cast ballots with Henry Mathys Iva Emma Bennett and Mr. Thorp in attendance. Fred Crowe heads to Oelwein Thursday for W. J. Bryan speech. Fred Gruver family and Miss Etta Gruver join Geo Gruver at his home Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Wengar Jr
Geo Gibson
Andrew Yeurous
John Kohler
Chas Rothlisberger
Ruth Rothlisberger
John Peters
C. Denuler
West Union
Perry Craft
Henry Mathys
Iva
Emma Bennett
Elgin
Mr. Thorp
Lima
Fred Crowe
Oelwein
W. J. Bryan
Fred Gruver
Etta Gruver
Geo Gruver
The Robert Wilson Farm For Sale In Fayette County
The Robert Wilson estate offers 190 acres of prime Fayette county land with 160 acres of usable soil and a never-failing spring plus a school on the farm. At 128.00 per acre the property is marketed by The Elgin Land Agency, Weibel Bros & Hughes, with an adjoining 234 acre farm also available at a favorable price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette County
Robert Wilson
Elgin Land Agency
Weibel Bros & Hughes
Elgin
Elgin-West Union Road
Satz
Depot Hotel
Depot
High
Weibel Bros and Hughes
Nile
Farm bargains abound on Elgin area farms and timber lands
A long list of farm properties priced from 85 to 200 dollars per acre fills a regional sale. Listings include 175 acres near West Union with 150 tillable acres and timber, a 211 acre Clarkmont area farm with 9 rooms and modern outbuildings, 36 acre timber and tillable plots on the Ridge road, the Old JGC Rounds 280 acre farm between Gunder and Postville, and multiple Elgin Clermont-West Union corridor parcels. Many offer wells, windmills, springs, orchards, and new or improved barns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton Farmaés
West Union
Eigin
Haas
Thia
J. GC
Rounds Farm
Gunder
Postville
Clermont
Elgin
Dewey Hotel
Frank Miller
West Elgin
Elgin Land Agency Adverts Quick Farm Sale
owner of Maple View Farm in Fayette County cuts price. farm described in another column. See listing and come visit to inspect description and details as offered by Tan Evain Lanp Acxnoy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple View Farm
Fayette County
Tan Evain Lanp Acxnoy
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Illyria
Mary Shaffer
Louisa Herbold
Fred Reichert
Guy Moore
Alfred Wenger
Herve Robbins
Grafton
Dis
Fred Carmichael
Max Guyer
Opera House
Lena Wenger
Alfred
Henry McMillan
Gay Moore
Wenger
Frank Smith
Hoof River
Ore
Iowa
Mr. South
Chas Fritz
Sloan
Scientista
T. N. Carothers
J. B. Brackin
Gunder News
Salvin Hoag
Forest City
Trygve Berg
Deestrick Skule
Elgin Opera House
Frank Martin
The
Baptist Church
Young People’s Society
Brainard News
Schori
Brus.uyers of
Smith
Turkey River
Brainard
Brain Ard
Asnap
Aorr
Ridge Road
Eldader-Weet Union Road
Clermont View Stock Farm
Jon Main
Pleasant Street
Geo. L. Miller
3 & Hoses
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