Local Social Notes Highlight Births Marriages and Visits
Village residents report births, marriages, and visitors from across Iowa and beyond. Ed Sephen gon's wife cables from Russia confirming he is safe. A Miss Turnseed and Miss Milter wed in Ottumwa, with home to the farm south of town after January 20.
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John Comingore
Offfield
I. Rue Davis
Fred Peebler
John Deere Plow Co
Maine
Edwin Sephengon
Russia
Ella Stansberry
Mrs. Shores
Roseville
Illinois
A. Swanson
Eldon
M. Clumkenbeard
Fairfield
Elder
Dick Howard
Portland
Oregon
Harry Mills
S. K. Hoffman
Moline
J. W. Hurst
Albia
Frank Hurst
Louie Kilzer
Camp Forrest
Georgia
Warren Fulton
Bartelsville
Oklahoma
Henry Hawkins
Ames
Richard Allen
Davenport
Lucile Turnseed
Fred Milter
Libertyville
Ottumwa
S S
Vester Starks
O. V. Klingamon
Chas. Hagans
Own
H. BD. Bavis
O. A. Swanson
Rebekah
M. EB
Vern Clapp
Grebe Farm
Ella Williams
Ed Hagans
D. Davis
G. F. Swanson
Trevor Roland
France
Carl Riggs
Tennyson Not Ideal Host In Portrait Visit Tale
Bir Hubert von Merkomer recounts his Freshwater visit to seek a portrait sittings with Lord Tennyson. The laureate initially shuffles in and resists sitting then helps with luggage and finally bids him good night, easing tensions with a quiet gesture.
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Tennyson
Hubert von Merkomer
KR. A
Freshwater
Eight Die in Fire in Italian Quarter
In Philadelphia on January 21 a blaze swept through a duplex, killing eight people. A mother, father and two small children perished in the kitchen fire as the families slept. Two children from the other family also died and one child remained injured.
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Philadelphia
Ono
The Earths Ancient Air and Water Vapor History
The article explains how early earth’s atmosphere contained more carbon dioxide and water vapor when hotter, with gases not yet bound to rocks or lost to space. It suggests plants grew rapidly from carbonic acid and notes the planet’s distant past where surface water could not exist as liquid.
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Earth
Laughing at Dickens Caricature Portrait Appears Again
A rare caricature of Charles Dickens, by William Miller, reappears after F. G. Kitton failed to publish it over twenty years ago. Dickens bought copies during a Piccadilly stroll with Disraeli and sent one to Mrs. Richard Watson, noting it amused him and was a livelier likeness than the earnest portrait.
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Dickens
William Miller
F. G. Kitton
Charles Dickens
Christian Science Monitor
Piccadilly
Disraeli
Richard Watson
Rockingham
Gad's Hill Place
Just Enough and No More: A Temperate Diet Doctrine
A writer in the Ohio State Journal urges moderation in eating. He argues that sustaining body and soul on minimal food fosters health and happiness. He cites an English author who thrived on bread, butter, and fruit and warns against overfeeding children.
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Ohio State Journal
Snowball Fight at Elmwood in an 1870 Winter Portrait
A Lowell essay titled A Good Word for Winter recalls a snowball fight at Elmwood with three nephews and an uncle defending a rampart. The reminiscence blends humor with memory of Civil War figures and battles, ending with a wistful note that they never returned.
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Elmwood
Lowell
Radetsky
Ball's Bluff
Fair Oaks
Cedar Creek
Truthful Grocer Eggs Joking Exchange
A housewife asks if eggs are strictly fresh and the grocer jokes that eggs stay strict to their youth. He adds that wet eggs remind many people and some eggs "retate" as they age, in a light humorous exchange.
To Hold All Navy Men In Des Moines Recruiting Shuffle
Des Moines reports demobilization cancelled and no more releases. Sailors on recruiting duty eighteen months will be sent to sea, good seamen may join recruiting. A recruits school opens in New York and sixty men will join central division, replacing about twenty detailed to sea duty. Des Moines tied Milwaukee for fourth in central division recruiting for the week ending January 18, with Louisville leading.
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Des Moines
Navy
New York
Des
Forerunner of the Bicycle In Early Washington
An 1868 Washington Star note describes the velocipede as a two or three wheeler healthful vehicle that could reach speeds of about 20 miles per hour. Graham of D Street imported a French style velocipede attracting crowds and showcasing easy steering suitable for sidewalks.
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Washington
France
Washington Star
Star
Graham
D Street
Sth
9Th
Smithsonian
Graham's
Yanloo Brothers
For Sale Items From Walnut Sideboard to Farm Tracts
Classified notices advertise a Walnut sideboard folding bed Superior Ideal range and baby items for sale with contact numbers and address on South Sixth street. Also listed are Cedar fence posts Par son College equipment Buttermilk and various real estate offerings including ten acres in Jefferson county Gilmer home with multiple lots and properties near East Burlington and East Washington streets. Exclusive agents Ralph W. Lamson RK Lamson and Mr Gilmer seeking health relocation and trading options with Fairfield business potential.
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South Sixth Street
Parsons College
C. B. McPeek
Jefferson County
Gilmer
Burlington Street
East Washington Street
Ralph W. Lamson
George BD. Clarke
Orpheum
New Postoffice
West Broadway
Fairfield
RK. W. Lamson
Coles
Grimes
For Sale Two Room Basement Near Schools and City Limits
Two room basement home near college high school and district school a half mile from city limits ideal for quick sale. Exchange possible for small farm by March 1. See R. W. Lamson exclusive sale agent phone 2392. Also six room house with good cellar well and cistern two big lots some fruit price 18000 phone 1719.
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R. W. Lamson
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May Murray
People's
East Adams St
Lincoln Terrace
T. F. McNew
East Lowe St
Jacob Scheffel
Fairfield Glove and Mitten Co
T. F. Higly
Iowa Cafe
Hawks Nursery Co
Wauwatosa
Wisconsin
Journal Office
John T. Davies
Frank D. Kerrick
Herth of
Trisane
Swift
Company Union Stock Yards
Chicago, Illinois
Swift & Company
U.S.A
Formu
Brassieres
W. B
W. B. Reduso
Wancarten Bros., Inc
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