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Newspaper
Fayette Reporter
Location
Fayette, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1911
Page
12
The notice touts Wahlund Tekla Trio trapeze feats and Lavell Francisco stunts, plus a 36 member regimental band daily programs. It highlights corn premiums, new Seed Corn Special exhibit, rail excursions, and rain or shine attractions drawing crowds at the 1911 fair.
Locals share visits from Bert Hanchett S C Helms L B Cooley Mrs Noyes Lewis W B Qodekirk A Stranahan J A Humphry Ada Mumby Mary Cole Louis Schmidt and others. Mentions losses from lightning at I Robinsons, a new cement walk by D & Rathbun Co, Harvest Home events, and Harvest Home picnic attendees including Carlton Woods and Miss Dorothy Ainsworth. Also notes missing bag and fruit tree samples from Hood River trip.
The office of the university president requests a complete list of all rooms open for student rental. Please deliver to his office or mail to the post office the number of rooms available and designate whether they are for boys or for girls.
The Great Jones County Fair launches the 31st annual event on September 1 in Iowa. Featured attractions include a troupe of six trained seals and sea lions, expert acrobats performing high pyramid builds, and other spectacular acts by Ramza, Arno, and European talent enhancing the immense amusements and parade lineup.
Public Sale of School House School District No 8 Center township Fayette county will setl at auction on Saturday September 16 1911 at 2 oclock p m school house and board fence to the highest bidder for cash in hand By order of the board of directors August 21 1911 Bat W P Lewensyn
Thorough training in designing cutting and fitting offered with entry any time before September 1. Rooms above H. T. Robinson's jewelry store. Florence L. Creacer Viola W. Haag. 7 29 sees Mangera.
A man recalls testing Petruchio’s tactics from The Taming of the Shrew to win back his wife. He depleted his pride with false dinners and harsh discipline, then apologized and embraced restraint. The ruse backfired, leading to reconciliation and a peaceful household. The tale ends with the husband affirming his view on women and subjection.
The narrative outlines Larz Anderson of Ohio named U S minister to Belgium with prior diplomatic roles in London and Rome and engagement to Isabel Weed Perkins of Boston. It notes her grandfather William Fletcher Weed’s $15 million inheritance and their Boston marriage in 1897, plus Mrs Anderson’s literary renown. It also references Colonel Edward Howland Robinson Green, Hetty Green’s son, described as a fashion critic and bachelor seeking a suitable wife, with a Texas-born, New York-based fortune manager who built wealth from the Texas Midland railroad and other ventures.
A mixed-palette item collection features a child’s perspective on a new baby in the family, a comparison of a Chinese game to blind man’s buff, and a note on a shipload of Korean coins aboard the Seneca. It sketches family emotions, cultural play, and currency circulation through a Chicago News report.
An odd craft item explains making a Humpty Dumpty doll from an empty eggshell and scraps. It describes drawing a face, weaving wires as limbs, and using hair pins to form arms and legs, with tissue paper wrapping to create a grotesque toy that stands or falls as a playful illusion.
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