Local residents depart for homesteading and visits
Over the county reports several residents traveling to Chance, South Dakota to homestead for fourteen months. Others visit Emmetsburg, Ruthven, and Graettinger. Rewd and O Halloran plan livestock movements to Chicago. Rev. A R Cuthbert leaves for Levon to inspect land and pursue homesteading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woo
Wright
Emmetsburg
D. &. Jones
Rewd
Chance
South Dakota
Curlew Local Notices Sparse Yet Notable Headlines
Charles Williams returns to Omaha. Ft Dodge visitors Ms Nellis and Ms Banton. Emmetsburg, Gilmore City, Des Moines and Rolfe residents drop by for Sunday visits. J P Bunter southbound. John Joenks, born Keil Germany 1833, dies 1908 in Rush Lake cemetery burial. eleven children listed with nine living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marthe Bly
Fisk Hame
Baird
Helen
Des Moines
Stoward Butcher
John Lenihan
Curlew
Geo. Japaom
Lillian
Gilmore City
Starway
Irvin Waite
Rolfe
Crown
Mary Drown
John Gusto Joenks
Keil
Germany
America
Jen Amelia Lindley
Davenport
Iowa
Nevada
Antil
Grand Nound
Clinton County
Palo Altoounty
Fred
Irving
Charlie
Frank
T. V. Fisk
G. Parker
Laurens
Wm. Joenks
Humboldt
G. K. Clanon
Fenimore
Wisconsin
Hebe Doss
Weeta
South Dakota
Joenks
Rush Lake
Sanborn Man Charged With Attempted Rape
Wallis Mitchell of Santorn aged 45 faces charges of attempted rape after a 16 year old girl accused him. The father intervened firing twice at the assailant but missed. Mitchell is described as a well to do farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallis Mitchell
Santorn
Mitchell
Local residents noted in town chatter
Graettinger James McCoy was there on business Tuesday. Mary Anna McCarty came from Emmetsburg over Sunday. Mr Booth and family went to Emmetsburg Saturday evening. Mrs Patton was visiting schools in Vernon township last week. Sim Robinson was here on business January Friday. Patrick O'Rourke returned from Colorado Sunday morning. Miss Costello visiting Graettinger relatives. Thus Conway was up front Dawes over Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alig
W. AH. Garner
Emmetsburg
Theo. Demouth
Afts
E. W. Reed
Emmeteburg
O'Halloran
Chicago
Vattle
Hogs
Alex Cullen
Eon Virgil
Ruthven
A. E. Anderson
Gus Gordon
F. GL. Harrison
James McCoy
Miey Anna McCarty
Myr. Booth
Mies Patton
Vernon Township
Sim Robinson
Patrick O'Rourke
Colorado
Miss Costello
Graettinger
Conway
Preparing for a Fast Race in the hometown
The note highlights Geo Edward's fast driving home investments and urges Mr Johnson to assemble a speedy team while Sim Robinson receives an automobile. It cautions not to let Edwards get too far ahead.
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Geo. Edward
Mr. Johnson
Sim Robinson
Mr. Edwards
Snow Flurry Briefly Falls on Early Thursday
A light snow shower occurred early Thursday morning on April 380, lasting only a few minutes. Most residents were still asleep and did not see the brief flurry.
Teachers’ Association Meet Planned in Graettinger
The Teachers' association will gather in Graettinger next Saturday with a well arranged program. Local hosts promise good care for visitors and a successful event ahead.
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Graettinger
Teachers’ Association
Teachers' Institute Set to Begin in City Next Month
The Teachers' Institute will commence in the city on a January date and continue for a week with further announcements to follow next week. Prospective teachers for the coming fall and winter are urged to make early preparations to attend.
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Jone
Musical trio shines in St Mary Academy recital
At St Mary Academy conservatory a Saturday afternoon recital featured Misses Mary OBrien Loretta Tobin and Edna Kerwick. A large invited audience praised their progress under the Sisters guidance, calling them promising players and complimenting the careful training this past year.
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Mary O'Brien
Loretta Tobin
Edna Kerwick
Conservatory of
St. Mary Academy
Thrifty Bro Johnson Invests in a Pony Printing Press
A note on Bro Johnson of the Free Press as a thrifty business man who embraces a pony printing press. He is described as money making and saving, avoiding costly newsroom furnishings, and a future marriage might require a brick building or Iowa land to complement an economical, modern wife.
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Bro. Johnson
Free Press
Iowa
A Busy Man Shadbolt Expands Cenant Plant Output
H C Shadbolt employs 22 men in his cenant plant turning out tile at six per minute. Sizes range from four to sixteen inches in diameter. Demand exceeds supply, with another plant north of the city soon in operation for larger sizes. He is determined to do business this year and is a capable town benefactor providing steady employment and good wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Shadbolt
Shadbolt
Bishop Morrison Confirms Four at Trinity Church
Bishop Morrison of Davenport confirmed a class of four at Trinity church on Thursday evening. He delivered a forceful sermon on living a Christian life and condemned the greed he said prevails in the country. Although weakened, he spoke seated and remained highly respected as a scholarly prelate while visiting Emmetsburg as the guest of Dr. Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrison
Davenport
Trinity Church Thoreday
Clagges
Jackson
Emmetsburg
Mitchell booster Patton visits, touts city’s growth
Matt Patton of Mitchell SD spent three weeks touring Wisconsin and Iowa with his mother and relatives, while Mitchell National Bank reported deposits of 1,206,006, surpassing Emmetburg banks combined. The town, now about 9000 people, has doubled in population in four years, with Sioux Falls and Aberdeen as the only larger SD business hubs. Patton, a leading booster, remains hopeful for Mitchell’s future prestige and growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matt Patton
Mitchell
South Dakota
St Paul
Wiona
Oelwein
Manon City
Mitchell National Bank
Emmetenburg
Sioux Falls
Aberdeen
Martini for County Supervisor in Second District
Joseph Martini announces candidacy for county supervisor in the second district. He places his bid in the Democratic primaries to be held June 2, seeking party support and electoral contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Martini
One Act Comedy Mina Civilization at Court House Hall
Entertainment at Court House Hall Friday May 8 features a one act comedy Mina Civilization by Richard Harding Davis with cast including Alice Gardner Mrs Alexander Peddie Uncle Joseph Rastch and others. Also a farce Kitty with Jeanne Pedaie and Margaret Gibgun. Admission 25 cents, children 15 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Andrew's Guild
Richard Harding Davis
Mies
Davis
Collier’a
Alice Gardner
James &. Gardner
Alexander Peddie
Kitty
Jeesamin Pedaie
Margaret Gibgun
Weather Bulletin for Des Moines Week Ending May 4 1908
Weather report from Des Moines Iowa notes unseasonably cold dry week with brisk northwest winds frequent frosts occasional snow flurries and freezing temperatures statewide. Daily mean departures from normal ranged 12 degrees in the southeast to 1 degree in the northwest. lowest 13 degrees in Cherokee on May 2. Fruit damage evident in southern central regions. northern areas less affected. Small grain pastures and meadows in good condition. corn planting likely to begin soon if weather improves. Copious rains fell in southern counties to close the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Missouri’ Divide
Cherokee County
Lightning Strikes Do Damage Across Counties
Lightning caused extensive damage in Palo Alto and surrounding counties during a recent wet spell, killing horses and livestock and burning buildings at a dozen or more locations.
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Palo Alto
Advaere Tract Near Storm Lake Sells at 138 Per Acre
A tract near Storm Lake was sold recently for 138 dollars per acre. The transaction details include the sale price rate and location, with the land purchase finalizing in the local market.
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Advaere
Storm Lake
Ready to Do Tiling in Enmetsburg Iowa
Fred Henry offers tiling services in Enmetsburg Iowa. He has completed 600 rods of tiling and is ready for large contracts. He guarantees all work and invites calls or written inquiries for prices.
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Fred Henry
Enmetsburg
Iowa
Horses Wanted to Pasture at Blair Lowrie Farm
Advertises pasture space in Blair Lowrie farm with good bluegrass shade and shelter. Also offers 973 acres of pasture in Nevada township for rent. Applicants directed to contact Arthur S. Gibson via application or phone.
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Blair- Lowrie Farm
Nevada Township
Arthur S. Gibson
Roomers Wanted Near Gadden Marble Factory
Roomers sought by Mrs. Martin Morrissey in the Erst block west of the Gadden marble factory. Enquiries welcome between 10 and 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Morrissey
Gadden
Market Reports Oats Corn Hogs Butter Eggs
Market notes show oats trading 433 to 440, corn at 60, hogs quoted 8.5 to 185.10, butter at 24 and eggs at 12.
Charles McCormick Seeks Sale of California Bank Property
McCormick plans to sell or rent his brick bank building in California, including Diebold safe with three time locks, bank furniture such as counters and desks, vault and vault door, and adjoining lots. The property includes the east city hall corner and a handsome building known as the Troyer residences near the bank of Medium Lake. Sale advertised at rock-bottom prices.
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Charles McCormick
California
Syishes
Diebold
Easbok Crt. & P
Call's
Troyer
Bank of
Medium Lake
Notice of Appointment for B E Kelly Estate
Notice is hereby given that Jennifer A Kelly has been appointed administratrix of the estate of B E Kelly, late of Palo Alto County, deceased. All persons indebted to the estate should pay promptly. those with claims must file with the District Court for allowance. Dated April 26, 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenesea
B. E. Folly
Palo Alto
B. EB. Kelly
Pato Alto County
Shallers
District Court
Jennie A. Kelly
Lincoln Bates Teletype Exchange Jest and Civility
In an anecdote from Lincoln in the Telegraph Office, President Lincoln jokes with Secretary Seward about the phrase By jings claiming it to be swearing learned from his mother. He explains to telegraph operators that he avoids swearing before them and shares a rule of life about yielding to others to avoid collisions.
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Lincoln
Bates
War Department
Mr. Bates
Seward
Jings
Pay as I Go Declared by Pompous Citizen
A garbled civic exchange notes a self important resident asserting payment as he moves, while a janitor responds about separate spaces. The Louisv ille Courier Journal fragment preserves a tense social moment with unclear context.
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Luisville
Wisdom of the Seer and Fortune Teller Advice
A fragmented 19th century query asks if the engaged man will be a good husband. The fortune teller claims guidance and warns the world favors self-made unions, suggesting skepticism toward romantic assurances.
Two Roads and Letters Directive from Family Dialogue
A brief humorous exchange shows a mother reading a college letter from her son sending her to the dictionary, while a second mother notes that Jack’s letters always lead to the bank, as captured by Puck.
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Gear
Jack
Puck
Power of Deceiving
A Brooklyn woman with a flawless servant faced growing deceit as she urged Nora to admit error. Nora finally confessed with a smile that the power of deceiving had been given her for a purpose the mistress could not deny.
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Brooklyn
Nora
A Wise Critic Francisque Sarcey of French Drama
Francisque Sarcey dominated French literary life as a forty year drama critic with authority and fearless honesty. He spurned academy membership to avoid influencing plays by other members, believing the public would soon forget insult and remember his name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francisque Sarcey
French Academy
Sarcey
Got Even With Dickens at the Capitol Steps
Charles Dickens, in Washington, shared a humorous exchange with a Tennessee congressman about Little Nell from The Old Curiosity Shop. Dickens claimed a close likeness, prompting the man to joke about the novelist writing as a grownup.
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Dickens
Charles Dickens
Washington
Capitol
Tennessee
Little Nell
Kitte Nell
Nell
Old Curiosity Shop
Ten- Hesseean
Chinese Laundry Tickets and the Gods of Wash Day
A historical note describes how Chinese laundries used weekly duplicated wash tickets. Each batch bore god or celestial names such as Moon No 1 and Sun, with numbers and the owner's alias between the legends. This vivid system linked religious imagery to routine garment care in early 20th century depictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tepetell
Wong Lee
Harper’s Weeklye
Tenure of Office Act Passed by Congress in 1867
The Tenure of Office Act, enacted in February 1867 during the Johnson era, restricted presidential removals by limiting cabinet dismissals without Senate consent. It declared appointees would serve for the president’s term plus one month, removable only with Senate approval. The president vetoed, but Congress overrode the veto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Andrew Johson
Senate
New York American
Coal joke fuels editors clash over size
The Philadelphia Press quips about a new fake artist and humor in a terse exchange between the editor and assistant. The editor asks about the chestnut size while dismissing the joke as another fake tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Press
A Lesson in Grammar and The Regular Verb Debate
In a remote region teachers face reform exams. A prompt asks if the sentence The bird flew over the house uses a regular or irregular verb. One man offers a practical rule: a wild goose would fly in a straight regular line, while a peckwood would zigzag, making the verb irregular. The examiner and others accept this rational explanation.
Artistic Slips Across Royal Painters and Painters
A Chicago Record-Herald excerpt humorously notes how artists flaw details in works. It cites Royal Academician misplacing fingers and a lobster's glow, Goodall dragging laborers and a doubled crew, and Dover painting a soldier smoking in Peter’s denial. Turner is mocked for a rainbow beside the sun and getting tangled in rigging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodall
Desert
Albrecht Dover
Peter
Christ
Turner
Chicago Record-Herald
Fixing a Photografter at Missouri Capitol
Senator Stone of Missouri drew ridicule after a photographer demanded a $10 payment for a portrait. The senator resisted at first, then issued a check with the label Photo grafter. The photographer endorsed the check with the same label at the senate disbursing office.
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Senator Stone
Missouri
Capitol
Stone
Nopelesis
Senate
St. Lows Republic
Source of Supply
Minister questions why Jakey lacks an umbrella after his father stops attending church. Jakey explains since pa quit going to church he never brings home any more umbrellas.
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Boy
Jakey
Jewish Ledger
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Harry Daley
Agena
BE. W. Reid
Battie Jacobs
George F. Hughes
E. E. Hughes
Ed Merriman
George Hughes
Rev
A. R. Cuthbert
Levon
Botte County
Charles Williams
Omaha
Miesee Nellis
Ethel Banton
Ft. Dodge
J. 5. Williams
Boggs
Bertha Campbell
Fisk
Myre. S. Treasler
Montana
Jennie White
Myrtle Morgan
John Daley
Ayrshire
Wm. White
Alx
Sherm Clark
Arthur Wilcox
Manda
Ema
Jack Armstrong
Jennie Treesler
J. P. Bunter
Sanborn
Teachers Institute
St. Mary’s
Thrifty
Court House Hall
Socrates
Casey
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