Wolverine High Tops Fun and Local Notices
Community notes recount Max Thoma urging thrift and mention family visits and farm activity. Weibel Mill advertises Blackhawk Pure Brand and supplies including Pure Wheat Middlings. Local social items include M. E. Ladies Aid chicken supper raising about 70 dollars and funeral attendance for Mrs Kerr. Edwin Kruger builds a new hog house between here and Clermont.
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Edwin Kruger
Here
Clermont
Mr. Kruger
Illyria Social News Highlights and Local Visits
In Illyria group gatherings fill weekend, with Harry Van Auken from Chicago and A L Craft hosting visits. families such as Rothlisberger, Humphry, Shaffer, Medberry, and Doty share meals and calls. Numerous relatives travel toward California and nearby towns, while church events, Sunday services, and ladies aid plans unfold. weather and road conditions affect plans.
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Harry van Auken
Chicago
A. L. Craft
John Rothlisberger
Leo
Angeline Humphry
California
Jakie Yearous
Gon
Jerome
S. H. Foxwell
Cemetery Association
Ladies’ Aid Society
Chas. Doty
J. D. Shaffer
Elgin
Fred Rothlisberger
la Fonda Shaffer
Fayette
I. F. Shaffer
Perry Medberry
Glen
Volga
Chas. Medberry
Ruby Bark
Clara Holzer
Walter Rothlinberger
Gottfred Frieden
Fred Trafalet
Peter Larson
Elkader
C. L. Klingman
Cathryn Ogle
Neaponst
Novel luncheon plan aims to spread wealth among women
The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reports a plan circulating among women to host a chain of luncheons. Each hostess invites seven guests, who in turn invite others, recursively expanding to thousands of parties with small payments, potentially shifting funds through a network of hostesses.
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Lonatione Society
Woren
Rochester Democrat and Chroniele
Bells in Antiquity Show Sacred Use and Daily Comfort
Ancient bells served multiple roles from summoning attendants to religious rites. High priests wore tinkling bells on their garments for visibility in the sanctuary, symbolizing open prayer and mercy. Separately, Indian lotus seeds aged a century showed more activity than recent seeds, confirmed by Dr Ichiro Ohga’s tests at the Boyce Thompson Institute in New York.
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Israel
Ichiro Ohga
Education Institute of
Vast Mineral Wealth Hint in Skim of Global Finds
The report notes tin nuggets in Tasmania weighing 5400 pounds almost pure, copper blocks over a ton found in South Africa, and a copper ore mountain at 14000 feet near Peru. It mentions cobalt growth in Ontario and a dramatic incident in 1908 where a quarrel yielded a nearly pure silver lump.
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North
Dundas
Tasmania
South Africa
Andes
Peru
Ontario
Modest wedding mixup with mistaken bridegroom
A village wedding ends in farce as a man claims not to be the groom and a cleric seeks the real bridegroom who remains unseen. A city job applicant jokes about length of residence being 140 feet and notes freckles as a defect, in a light local item.
Habits and Grit Guide Life’s Direction Says Speaker
The speaker argues habits shape behavior as rail lines guide trains. Only good habits steer people toward worthwhile paths, with grit sustaining the chosen route. The message emphasizes discipline and steady practice as essential for progress.
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Wolverine
Max Thoma
Ernest’ Friederich
Joe V. Schnelder
Lou Martie
Lydia
Rose Baumgartner
Blackhawk Pure
Weibel ‘Mill Company
Wm. Wilson
Oelwe
West Union
Wyrs
Harry Fitzgerald
Jimmie
Fred ‘Gehring
M. E. Ladies’ Aid Society
John Falk
C. B. Schori
Louise Miller
Lime Springs
Kerr
the Elgin
Home Bakery
Athena
Kohler’s Store
Illyria
Fremont Ogie
Ruth
Henry Ositle
Alton
Howard Medberry
Clara ‘Holzer
Carl Gehr Ying
Lawrence Bannart
Leo Frieden
Eli Schneider
West Bend
Adolph Hanson
Leo Rothlisberger
Howard Shaffer
Ralph Shaffer
Lola Hanson
Ernest J. Starr
Warren C. Harrington
South Capitol Street
Iowa City
New University Hospital
L. B. Carter
Osage
H. &. Steele
Thos. Knudtson
M. E. Church
Walter Falb
John Falb
Falb
Dan Braude
Near West Union
Hugh Conner
Rochester, Minn
Mazeppa
Minn. R. 1
Arnold Bauman
Tulsa
Oklahoma
iEacky
GEO. E. Schori & CO
Elgin, Iowa
Fan Corporation
Kolster Radio
John Grimm
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