Christmas entertainment and obituaries mark Woolson area
A Woolson Black Hawk column reports a Christmas Eve program at Moyer M E church with free admission and gifts for friends, plus remembrances of residents. Notices announce deaths of Miss Verle Ireland and Mr John Quakenbush, with funeral details, and community updates on church services and local visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred L. Hannah
Pekin
Clyde Jones
Richland
Verle Ireland
Colorado
Richland High School
Jesus
Woolson Friends’ Church
Libertyville Local News and Society Notes
Mrs Martha Trout, 73, fell downstairs sustaining a broken right shoulder and dislocated arm. Presbyterians' merchants fair at the K of P hall netted 100. Lloyd Warner family moved into part of Aunt Martha Trout's house for a time. Cora Watkins left for Cedar Rapids for a months long visit. Rev and Mrs Truitt returned home to Tremont Ill. Mr Truitt and Mrs Truitt sail from New York on January 6 for Burma India. Leonard Welday remains ill with typhoid fever care continuing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Libertyville
Martha Trout
the Presbyterian Church
K. of P. Hall
Lloyd Warner
Cora Watkins
Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Troitt
Tremont
Ill
Mrs. Truitt
New York
Bermah
India
Leonard Welday
Local notes from Abingdon and surrounding area
Abingdon reports various visits and events including Elbert Caldwell and family traveling to Hedrick to visit relatives. An infant daughter of C W Peters of Packwood was buried in the local cemetery. Eldon Ramey visited Ottumwa for business. Abe Lafferty set up a monument for Frank Jones wife in Eddyville. Dave Black and sons plan a Boulder Colorado trip to visit Dr Jones. Rev Pearson spoke on Odd Fellowship at the Christian church. Local lodge members attended in regalia. W J Fleenor and wife and Chas Hood and wife shopped in Ottumwa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abingdon
Elbert Caldwell
Hedrick
C. W. Peters
Packwood
Eldon Ramey
Ottumwa
Abe Lafferty
Eddyville
Frank Jones
Messrs. Bradshaw and Woodruff
I. O. O. F. Hall
Dave Black and Sons
Clarence
Merle
Boulder
Colo
Dr. Jones
Rev. Pearson
Odd Fellowship
Christian Church
Regalia
W. J. Fleenor
Chas, Hood
Christmas Eve tree planned at Germanville schoolhouse
Richwoods and Germanville residents note a snowy weekend. Ellen Park wed John W. Green of Iowa City with vows by Mrs. C Fattland. The couple left for West Liberty, Iowa, after the ceremony. Various locals visited, celebrated, and prepared for Christmas Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richwoods
Germanville
Adam Linn
Fairfield
Henry Kientz
Matt Kessel
Cooper
Henry Diers
Bric Gentner
Jane Croy
Clarence
Park Green
Bernard Diers
John Messer
Adam Messer
Frank Berg
Ed. Craft’s
Ellen Park
John W. Green
Iowa City
Elm Grove Notes From Dec 19 With Local Happenings
Elm Grove reports Ed Ramsay recovering from a cut by a vicious hog. Fred Bowermaster hunted with W J Kennedy. Residents attended Mr Greeson s sale. C E Hisel hauled hogs to Fairfield. Seth McCarty and W J Kennedy visited Fairfield on business. Wm Tait and Jonk Thomas bought E W Woolums corn. Several began feeding cattle. Mrs Seth McCarty to Grand Junction Colo for holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elm Grove
Ed. Ramsay
Fred Bowermaster
W. J. Kennedy
Mr. Greeson
C. E. Hisel
Fairfield
Seth McCarty
Wm. Tait
Jnok Thomas
E. W. Woolums
Social gathering at Mrs Fiedler's hosts pleasant afternoon
A cheerful Cedar Two event at Mrs Fiedler and daughter Mrs Jessie Monfort home with Mrs Cassie Fisher Mrs Anna Ball Miss Edith Rev Burdine Mr and Mrs E Stout Mrs Fanny Dunlavy Mrs Clara Culbertson and Dr Jones of Cantril Iowa. After a dinner the afternoon featured music and reminiscences. Kate Calhoun and Harvey Erickson visited the Ball girls Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Two
Harvey Erickson
J. J. Cummings
Richard Fisher
Elsie Stout
Stockport
Bethseda
Clair Nady
Gertrude Rodgers
Muscatine
Lulu Cox
Wilson Turner
C. D. Cox's
Ernest Parker
Illinois
Curious Deaths Reflect Strange Motives of Great Men
A collection notes that many famous figures consider self harm for odd reasons. Examples include Napoleon escaping ruin with a friend’s aid, Bismarck’s claim after Sadowa, Byron writing Childe Harold, and others driven by pain, money woes, illness fears, fashion, or social mockery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon
Bismarck
Sadowa
Byron
Childe Harold
Seine
Danube
Rise of the French Restaurant and Culinary treatises
The passage traces the modern restaurant's birth at the end of the eighteenth century after the French Revolution. Nobility once controlled cooking, but cooks opened public eateries that gained rapid popularity, wealth, and fame. It notes the surge of culinary literature led by Almanach des Gourmands, published from 1804, aiding public gastronomy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Almanach Des Gourmands
Humboldt Colonel Sells Bonnie Brae Farm for 45000
Col J J Smart of Humboldt sells his Bonnie Brae farm to Minneapolis buyers for 90 dollars per acre. The 500 acre property brings about 45000 dollars, a high sum for the county, reflecting Smart's desire to simplify his holdings as he may move to stay in Humboldt or maintain Minneapolis business interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Smart
Humboldt
Minneapolis
J J. Smart
Smart
Chicago man buys OskaIoosa Daily Times Journal
A bill of sale filed in Oskaloosa Iowa transfers Richard Burke interests in the Times Journal to C E Dickens of Chicago. The price is believed to be ten thousand dollars. Burke remains editor of the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicagoe-Man
Oskaloosa
Richard Burke
Oskaloosa Daily Times-Journal
C. E. Dickens
Chicago
Burke
Insects and the Moral Life in Social Insects
The excerpt notes that social insects like ants and bees show moral qualities beyond instinct. It cites patriotism in ants, communal rescue efforts, respect for law and order among castes, and bees’ sense of duty and loyalty to the queen as examples of a “soul life” in insect society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haeckel
Huber
Hugh Wheeler Sentenced for Lye Attack
Allison Iowa December 19 Hugh Wheeler convicted days ago of throwing lye in the face of Mrs Painie Ramsey was sentenced at noon today to four years at hard labor in Anamosa The motion in arrest of judgment and for a new trial was overruled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Wheeler
Allison
Painie Ramsey
Anamosa
Farmer shoots quail after discovering chintz bugs in crop
A local farmer believed quail ate his grain. Cleaning a quail he found the crop distended with chintz bugs. In two birds he counted 550 insects. He cleaned his gun and vowed no one on his farm would point a gun at a quail if he could prevent it.
Booze or Medicine Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Ad
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as alcohol free and effective for female ailments. It features testimonials from Mrs Leneth Kinny of Mount Pleasant Iowa and urges women to seek free medical advice from Dr. Pierce and to request his Common Sense Medical Adviser. It also promotes Original Little Liver Pills as a vegetable laxative derived from Native American plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leneth Kinny
Madison Street
Mount Pleasant
Iowa
Dr. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
R. V. Pierce
Mont Blanc Remains Unconquered Monarch of Alps
S E Hilles notes in Harper's Weekly that unlike Jungfrau and Vesuvius Mont Blanc remains an absolute monarch. Modern railways reach others, but Mont Blanc’s snowcapped peaks and avalanches still terrify climbers beyond all other dangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jungfrau
Righi
Vesuvius
Mont Blanc
S. E. Hilles
Harper’s Weekly
Definition of Education in a Boy’s Composition
A boy’s essay defines education as daily schooling with marks and exams, promotion and graduation for girls with flowers, but only college for boys, presenting a biased yet comprehensive view of education.
Curriculum in College Life
A playful exchange defines curriculum as the routine of college students and their grooming, reflecting a humorous misunderstanding and a poke at college culture. The quip highlights student habits and campus life in a lighthearted tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amzi
Tim
Timrod
Renfield and Merritt Debate Literature Ambitions
Town Topics records a brief exchange where Renfield questions an author's breadth of aims in literature and Merritt concedes the writer is attempting too much while seeking to make a living from his work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renfield
Merritt
A Remarkable Machine Harnessing Trade
Harness maker J. D. Scothorne recently purchased a Landis hard wax lock stitch harness machine for 300.00. After years of refinement it outperforms hand stitching, using stronger thread and waterproof wax, with more stitches per inch and tighter seams. The Landis rep offers 1000.00 to prove hand work cannot outwear machine work if stock is the same. Visitors are invited to see the machine at Alston Block, one door south of the Tribune Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Scothorne
Landis
Scothorne
Lewis
Landis Machine Co
Farm for Sale in Jefferson County by Court Order
By order of court in a partition proceeding the referees will sell the Mace Clarridge farm in Liberty township by private cash sale. The 181 acre property is described as one of the county’s excellent farms. Bids may be informed by referees Frank Light Ed Norvell or John McLean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Ella Pratt
Edmund J. Clarridge
Als
Mace Clarridge
Liberty Township
Jefferson County
Frank Light
ED. R. Norvell
John McLean
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Woolson and Blackhawk
God
John Quakenbush
Jennie Free
Wm. Quakenbush
M. E. Church
McDowell Chapel
McDowell M. E
McDowell
B. G. Neville
Tie
Woolson Friends
Elsie Stansberry
Black Hawk
Arlie Claypool
M. E
Mt. Zion Church
Tom Raglan
Texas
Raglan
Burlington
Cedar Twp
Gaies Bros
China
Bonnie Brae Farm
Kodaks
Shriner & Swayze
the Mountain Monarch
J6figho
Groom
Amarillo
Michigan
Indiana
Georgia
PH. Fisher
Fairfield, Low
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