Community Notes and Local Social Updates From Cambridge
Afro-Frank Shoop improves after a week of illness. Miss Pearl Hadley visits Miss Bertha Stoughton in Cambridge. Miss Jean-Carruthers returns from Sicily to visit relatives. Miss Mary Rahn returns to Davenport after funeral. Forrester team holds practice with Glenn Tracy as chief. Visitors welcomed at Bennett home. Mrs. Johnson and Miss Weborg guests. Ethel Murrish to move to Mellon Wisconsin. local school repairs completed. Chester Stoughton heads to Urbana for a two week agricultural course after corn judging honors. G C ty WH January meeting set for the 26th. Anna Patterson to host. Royal Neighbors install officers on Jan 11 with Mrs. Gilliland as installing officer. lists of new officers provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Hadley
Bertha Stoughton
Cambridge
Jean-Carruthers
Silyis
Mary Rahn
Davenport
M. W. A. Forrester
Glenn Tracy
Forrester
Lorenzo Johnson
Alexis
Agnes Weborg
Orion
F. P. Bennett
Johnson
Jennie Weborg
Chester Stoughton
Urbana
The
Agricultural College
Chester
Farmers’ Institute
Mbridge
G. C. Ty
Fir
Anna Patterson
J. T. Murrish
Etther—Smith
Reading
His- Stubbs
Stoughton
Royal Neighbors
Alice Gillilland
Springfield
State
Jessie White
Oracle
Carrie Samuelson
Jennie Enroth
Frances Ohrn
Georgia Bennett
Mary Anderson
Edna Hopkinson
Jennie Neville
Bertha Noonan
Inner Sentinel
Esther Soderburg
Outer Sentinel
Local notices and family obituaries from Andover area
Andover G R Hultman visited Moline on Thursday. Funeral for Mrs. Ringberg attended by Mr and Mrs Tolin of Galva and Peter Henson with wife of Rock Island. Remains interred here. Carl August Svenson and Gustaf Larson of Falun Kansas arrived with brother’s remains Sunday morning. Frank G. Anderson leased Stefenson property. George H Johnson moving but staying. wishes for him to build. George TW Johnson dissolves farm partnership. public sale planned February 10 and 15 featuring 40 horses, 65 to 70 cattle, hogs and implements. last move as farmer and stock raiser. described as progressive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G—R Hultman
Carl August Svenson
Gustaf Larson
Falun
Kansz
Frank G. Anderson
Stefenson
George H. Johnson
George
Pxife
George TW Johnson
Osco Tax Collector PC schedule at Banks and Osco garage
Edwin C Noonan tax collector for Osco township will be at Brown s garage Osco village with his books until closed. He will be in Geneseo at Farmers Bank February 25 March 4 Cambridge Farmers Bank February 18 March 1 Orion Farmers Bank February 28 March 7 from 9 to 4 p m or 11 to 4 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin C. Noonan
Osco
Brown
Geneseo
Farmers Bank
Cambridge
Orion
Danger Ahead as Ice Wagon Sparks Passenger Flight
Passengers flee a drifting trolley after a slow-move incident near a “Danger” sign. They refuse to ride until the motorman promises cautious driving, then reboard. Two minutes later the wagon leaves tracks, revealing the hazardous ice wagon material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wago
New York Times
Observation on the voice of the people
An oracular alarmist asks what the voice of the people says. Senator Sorghum answers that the voice of the people is usually busy giving three cheers for someone, leaving little room for clear articulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sorghum
Obituary notices from Andover area mark multiple deaths
Ethel Vern infant daughter of Mr and Mrs died January 18 1911 funeral at home interment in Lutheran cemetery Rev Carl P Edblom officiated. Anders Ringberg born November 9 1829 in Skalvene Sweden died January 10 1911 married December 27 1862 emigrated to America in 1869 with ten children four preceded him in death survivors listed in Andover area. Charles Jacob Strand killed boarding a train January 7 1911 born February 16 1858 in Galesburg married Carolina Nelson 1877 six children survivors named. Nils Johan Swenson born December 2 1844 Sweden died January 11 1911 at Falun Kansas aged 66 years 1 month 9 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Vern
Ars
Carl P Edblomaffiei
Anders Ringberg
Andover
Skalvene
Pliborgs Law
Sweden
America
John
Goteberg
Hulda Tolin
Galva
Ellen Polson
Riverside
Cal
Augusta M. Bengon
Rock Island
Ida Hultgren
Anna Nelson
Lutheran Cemetery
Carl P Edblom
Charles Jacob Strard
New Windsor
Alpha
Galesburg
Carolina Nelson
Edwin
Ella Ester
Chas Lelderkin
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Elmer
Effie
Charles
Theodore Moberg
Strand
Nils Johan Swenson
West Eneby
Ostergotland
Carl August Swenson
Falun
Kans
Carolina Mathilda Peterson
Mary C. Ogren
Swenson Family Rites Held for Swedish Immigrant
The remains of Mr Ewenson were brought to the Lutheran church in Cambridge for funeral services conducted by Rev. C Ed biom. A quartet performed while pallbearers included A Is Anderson and Eric Wenstrom. Interment followed in the M E cemetery. Survivors include Mary Mathilda Swenson and three sisters Inga Larson of Salem Kansas Christina Carolina and Victoria Mathilda, with one brother Carl Swenson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Mathilda Swenson
Swenson
Sae Nee Carnot
Carolina
Saron
Mass
Sweden
Pusoc Sursixechim
Christina Carolina
Victoria Mathilda
Lutheran Church
C. Edbiom
Mabel Broberg
Anne Johnson
Esther Brodd
Allie Anderson
Anna—Broberg
Is. Anderson
Eric Wenstrom
P-A-Wenstrom
Fred Dahlberg
C. Peterson
August Peterson
M. E. Cemetery
Ball Game of Cherokees
A description of Cherokee stickball as played by the eastern band on the Qualla reservation in western North Carolina. Four sections compete in open-field games with pregame dances, no eating before play, and scoring by circling two end poles. women sing while men dance.
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Qualla ‘Reservation
North Carolina
Red Man
Yellow Hill
Soco
Big Cove
Birdtown
Red- Man Magazine
Wolf hunting with eagles by Kirghiz falconers
A Wide World Magazine writer describes Kirghiz use of golden eagles to hunt wolves and foxes in Central Asia. Hunters train large birds hooded for winter use, aided by slim greyhounds that pursue and finish the quarry after the eagle disorients it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wide World
Central Asias
Europe
Desertion Debate Over Taxicab Excuses
In a quarrel over divorce grounds a lawyer questions desertion as a basis since the husband has stayed at home, while the wife, jailed for smuggling, challenges the notion by noting her husband’s taxi club trips and denial of relation. The exchange, in satirical form, critiques legal standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper’s Weekly
Soap and rooms at Fairmount inn spark friendly advice
Captain Larrabes counsels Eddy to equip three rooms with extra soap to please Marshby visitors. He warns that lacking generous lathers may harm reputation among old friends, noting the higher cost could pay off in goodwill and future advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshby
Larrabes
Eddy
Fairmount Via
Never Too Old to Learn
An essay urges openness to new ideas. Elders who cling to fixed views may miss wiser perspectives others can offer. The piece emphasizes lifelong learning and cites a proverb about changing one’s mind as a mental safeguard.
From Near the Hub Excerpts on Early Massachusetts Lore
A fragment from examination papers in Massachusetts cites quirky early American lines. It includes notes on capillarity in milk at a bottle edge, a three day Thanksgiving for Indians, a war party with warhoops, Henry VII expanding England’s population, Esau selling fables, the Lupercat as the wolf of Romeo and Juliet, and Lincoln’s high forehead as a sign of brains.
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Massachusetts
Lupercat
Rome
Lincoln
Pody
A Strange Situation in a Humorous Exchange
A dialogue between Binks and a philosopher explores language and humor. Binks notes French jokes he cannot tell yet understand, while the philosopher remarks people struggle to see an English joke. The exchange underscores linguistic wit and cultural perceptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binks
Philosopher
Harper's Weekly
Danish Government Allows Name Changes for Clans
The Danish government grants heads of families the option to change names with no legal costs. It describes the population as divided into three great clans the Hanzeng the Pefarsens and the Schrensens. In a town of 25 000 inhabitants over four fifths bear one of these names.
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Denmark
Self-Respect Restored By Tea Party Gossip
A society man dismisses women with college educations. He hosts a tea for a young college graduate, whose hair and skirt are blown by wind. Mrs Society derides higher education as unsuitable for domestic life while inspecting cups for dust and recounting past tea party dust blowing.
COMMUTER MADE NOT BORN
A Judge column defines the commuter as a modern urban product who travels by rail daily from the suburbs to the city. It stresses the need for superior executive discipline, calm mornings, punctual travel, and criticizes those who rush or are late. It advocates college courses in commuting as business preparation.
Mixed 2s to Names
A young woman with a faulty memory for names misidentifies a railway station acquaintance. She recalls meeting him at a friend’s house but cannot remember his name until he corrects her with a twist, saying he is Mr Stonegrave rather than Mr Tombstone.
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Mr. Tombstone
Grows Out of Death Life is a nnanc that grows out of death
A cryptic note attributed to a writer named BReecher hints that life or a form of life emerges from death, framing death as a source of renewal or "nnanc" in a terse aphorism. The fragment suggests philosophical musings rather than a clear event.
Government remarks on water levels and source limits
A brief exchange quotes a government voice noting that water cannot rise above its source. The remark attributed to Vy and Gaynor frames a principle of hydrology and governance.
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Vy, A. Gaynor
Like Engines Without Steam
A brief aphorism contrasts ideas with energy, noting that energy powers engines, implying that ideas alone lack effect without execution or momentum.
Secret service urges weekly counterfeit detection note
The Milwaukee Sentinel questions how a man who only sees a five dollar bill once a week can reliably recognize counterfeit money and notes the need for public education.
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Secret Service
Milwaukee Sentinel
Hubby and Keen Match Wading into City Talk
In Pittsburg, a Boston Transcript snapshot shows Mr Hubby declaring his wife believes no man compares to him. Miss Keen remarks her wife has not traveled much and asserts there are some homely men in town.
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Pittsburg
Boston Transcript
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Frank Shoop Witho
Ethel Murrish
Mellon
Wis
Miss Murrish
Coors
Ilinois
Moline
Illitois
Kirghiz
R. M. Morgan Osco, Wlineis
Knox
J. Hadley
Osco, Illinois
Enroth & Horberg, Osco, Ilinois
General Merchandise
Enroth and
Horberg
Hilinois
Hu Johnsa Se
Taylor Osco
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