What a Lovely Old World This Is for a Girl
A local paper notes reflections on love with a sentimental quote about a girl’s first love and later heartbreak. It also reports social visits, a theater production, and community notices about auctions, sales, and farm yields. The tone recalls a small-town August-October issue with briefs, ads, and personal items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Waldron
Mac Rolland
West Union Way
Cedar Rapids
Wurauk Bros
Rainy Friday Run Leads Kohlers to Oelwein Trip
A heavy rain Friday evening with lightning and thunder prompted Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kohler and Mrs. Ed Hanson to travel to Oelwein in the Kohler car. The text then quotes long proverbs and a Beecher quotation about virtue and crime, reflecting on early purity, consequences of crime, and forgiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Kohler
Ed Hanson
Oelwein
Kohler
Henry Ward Beecher
Don't Forget the Coat Sale at Capper's October 18 and 19
Iowa's former Governor William Larrabee lies ill at Montauk near Clermont as his age and frailty threaten his health. His sons Charles Larrabee and Senator Frederick of Fort Dodge have been summoned to his side. At West Union, Miss Edith White wed Harry Brown, painter, in the Cook residence with bright prospects ahead for the couple. Local notices mention barbers giving talk with shaves and a quip about liars and wives questions, plus Mrs. Fishback returning home from nursing in northern Minnesota. The article also notes Swiss water power strength and plans to electrify state railways, with early use in funiculars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin Woman's Study Club
Bowen
Doan
Gladys
Emma Baldwin
Nelle Stoehr
Schada
Don Hamilton
Court House
West Union
Boston Red Sox
New York Giants
Chicago Cubs
White Sox
Donnan
Iowa
William Larrabee
Montauk
Clermont
Charles Larrabee
Frederick
Fort Dodge
Harry Brown
Volga City
Edith White
Elgin
W. H. Cook
E. H. Gillet
Argo-Gazette
Geo White
Canning Factory
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Nyal
Nyal’s
Laxacold
Muehlenthaler
You
Halverson
C. J. Harrington
Lehman
King Bubger's
Capper’s
F. W. Hughes
Lewis
Mary. Matton
Minnesota
Hall
Wryter, Bros
Dr. Kall
Miss Robins
Anna Reusser
Minneapolis
Minn
L. J. Palda
Ninth Avenue
Second Street
Lane
Shergé Fuller
Satz
Johnson
Elvein
Towa
Opera
Aol
Congress of Hygiene
Washington
Moser
W. W. Lucas
Betty Lucas
George Vaughn
Clarion
Walter Lehman
Strawberry Point
Chas Kraft
Aurora
Floyd Puffett
Lamont
Edward
Clarence Retz
Arlington
Henry
Melbert
Marguerite Lehman
Norma Grace Larrabee
Ashland
Harold, Georgie and
Anna Moser
Waverly Kelley Canning Factory
Waverley Independent
Caroline Schaffer
Rev. T. Dons
Buffalo Center
Capper
M. A. Fishback
Mayhara News
Opera House
Switzerland
PaorTa
Aix Alten
Fayette County
Berg & CO
Fred G. Gehring
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