Remsen Area Social Notes and Visits Highlight Week
Remsen and nearby communities report visits and travels among residents. Families Penning, Rees, and McArthur visit Ashton and other relatives. Rev. Wallace returns from Washington educational work. Local gatherings include a women’s meeting with fundraising, and a Memorial day service at Falke opera house. Numerous guests arrive from LeMars, Sioux City, Cedar Falls, and Tucson as school terms wind down.
Social notes and local visits from Struble and Sioux City
Struble residents and neighbors record a week of visits, picnics, and events. Carl Wilde visits Sioux City. bankers association meeting attended by Pete Kaiser and John Garding. Miss Puetz and Miss Sweeney honored at a card party hosted by Mrs. T. J. Henkels. A son is born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Alberts. Various trips to LeMars and Remsen for Decoration day, and a serious arm injury to Richard Nolan after a wagon accident.
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Sioux City
Pete Kaiser
John Garding
Bankers Association
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Miss Sweeney
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Mabel Nicholson
le Mars
Sie Gerd Null
Hudson
Leo Keough
Vern Keough
Ted Henkels
Irene Paetz
Isadore Sweeney
Kate Kaiser
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River Stouw
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Phyllis
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Rochester
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Emily of Stanton
Ablers
Ed Durband
Will Nicholson
L. (. Husby
Sergeant Bluffs
Richard Nolan
Dr. Null
Ireton
Local Notables and Drownings Include Weekend Travel and Farewell Visits
Emil Schuette and Fred Renken rode to Sioux City Saturday afternoon. Emma Palutz spent the week visiting Akron and Westfield. H D Albert near losing youngest Fern by drowning Monday evening. she was revived. Onnie Croon and Fred Popken attended a funeral in Pipestone. Ruth Englert, Sioux City nurse, leaves for Norfolk Neb.
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Emil Schuette
Fred Renken
Sioux City
Emma Palutz
Akron
Westfield
H. D. Albert
Fern
Mr. Albert
Onno Croon
Brunswick
Neb
Howard O. Grubbs
Lukas Patrick
LeMars
Ruth Kusch
LeMars High School
Onnie Croon
Elvina Luschen
Pipestone
Minn
Herman Erks
Fred Popken
Ruth Englert
Esther Kusch
Norfolk
Akron visitors and local movements noted in Wagner South Dakota
AKRON residents report Miss Agnes Thorne and Ruth Curlson teaching at Wagner public school have returned home. Bennett family moved to Sioux City for sales work. Alex Curd arrived with sister-in-law Nettie Wilcox from Hawarden. Lee Thornburg travels to Perry for his sister’s high school graduation. BAL and Frank Neal visited family and Grace Tike at a Sioux City hospital. Mrs. Pike underwent cancer surgery with serious condition. Johnsons from Balboa, California, visit farming interests northwest of town. Mrs. Smith and children from Marion, Iowa, visit sister Art Wee. Kate Smith to Omaha for eye treatment with aunt Mrs Smythe. Woltenbergs from Harrisburg, S.1. visit. L. Uroff visited Sioux City.
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Ruth Curlson
Wagner
S. C
Bennett
Sioux City
Tom Green Brick Company
Alex Curd
Hawarden
Nettie Wilcox
Lee Thornburg
Perry
Bal
Frank Neal
Bradley
W. A. Neal
Grace Tike
Inlaw
Frank Lewis
Pike
PL Smythe
Kate Smith
Omaha
J. Vb. Woltenberg
Harrisburg
S.1
L. Uroff
Olive Introduction in America Sparks Debate
The article discusses the olive tree's arrival in America amid emigration, noting Spaniards brought olive cultivation wishes. Historians and agriculturists agree the tree was not native to the western hemisphere and likely originated from the Mediterranean region, suggesting its introduction here.
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America
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System of Hog Sanitation Promoted by USDA
The USDA outlines a worm control program for hogs showing success in McLean county Illinois. Begin with clean pens and hot lye wash, move sows and piglets to worm-free pasture within two weeks, and keep young pigs on clean ground away from wormy yards for four months. Proper feeding, water, and shelter follow. Benefits include faster growth, fewer losses, and higher quality pork. Veterinarians note worm-free pigs resist mange and necrobacillosis better. The exhibit highlighted the program before its conclusion.
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United States Department of Agriculture
McLean County
Middle West
Worm-free pigs resist mange in exposition
International Live Stock exposition pigs infested with mange mites show worm-free specimens resist attacks. Compared with wormy pigs they display little worry from mites. Savine raisers in the corn belt may profit from this sanitation system, while purebred breeders gain advantage from modest size and appearance for shows and sales.
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Corn Belt
Horses in Spring Need Proper Collar Fit
Spring fattening makes horses neck and shoulder muscles full so collars appear large at first. Long workdays cause rapid flesh loss, making early collars too loose within weeks. Sweat pads can help in some cases, but best to have collars that fit rather than rely on pads.
Oats Fed to Sows With Exercise for Strength
A farmer notes whole oats scattered on a close floor help feed sows and keep them active for a portion of the day, improving vigor and strength to endure furrowing.
No Cure for Scours Calves Warned Ridgely Bulletin
Calves suffer scours with no sure cure, but prevention is urged. The article stresses handling calves to prevent scours rather than seeking treatment. It emphasizes the old proverb that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Four languages boast by hotel doorman in Rome
A Rome hotel doorman tells an American guest he speaks four languages Italian French English and American. The guest notes English and American are the same, but the doorman insists they differ with a playful exchange about accents and weather. He imagines an Englishman arriving and mimicking a refined speech before confirming the second floor.
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Rome
Mike
Invention of sleeping-car berth by Cobb and Pullman
In 1858 Zenas Cobb invented a sleeping car berth and sold the invention to George M. Pullman for 4000 dollars. Pullman perfected the invention and Cobb later manufactured car-spring seats supplying the Pullman service.
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Zenas Cobb
George M. Pullman
Koolish Garage Sioux City Car Storage Ad
Sioux City's lowest price and best located garage offers 16 cents per hour with an 11 hour minimum at KOOLISH GARAGE 314 Jackson St Sioux City Iowa.
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Sioux City
Koolish
Jackson Bt
Sioux City, Ia
French Convulsionnaires in 18th Century France
The Convulsionnaires gathered at St Medard's churchyard near Paris beside Abbe Francois de Paris's tomb where miracles were claimed. Members contorted violently, rammed the ground, mimicked animals, and fainted from exhaustion before Louis XV ordered imprisonment for such displays, yet the movement persisted for years.
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St. Medard's
Paris
Francois de Paris
Louis XV
Word Bum History Traced From British Beginnings
The term bum, long seen as vulgar Americanism, earns a dignified history. Originating in England as bum mer, a fish peddler shunned by markets, it later signified a dishonest person. It appears in 17th century English market by laws as bummaree and reached the United States during California’s gold days before spreading east.
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United States
California
Grand Finale Car Tow Fails Like Opera
A musical professor explains why his new car was towed in. He describes engine staccato reports, shifting keys, four flats, and a grand pause, likening the breakdown to a musical performance.
Good Will and Action miss in modern thought
A short Grit quote laments excess thinking and insufficient deeds. It argues that goodwill must move to practical results to meet the world’s needs, warning that faith without works yields no real progress.
Origin of the Gypsies in Europe Traced to Hindu Roots
The article notes that Gypsies appeared in Europe in the early 16th century likely from Hindu origin. It suggests exile or flight from persecution by rulers like Timur. Some German scholars speculated they were Egyptians, a view reflected in the common name Gypsy derived from Egyptian.
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Timur
India
Ravagea by Rats and Economic Losses Cited
An estimate places U S economic losses from rats at 200 million dollars annually and prewar Britain losses at 70 million. Rats, carriers of bubonic plague and other diseases, are blamed for more human deaths than all wars in history.
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United States
United Kingdom
Memorizing Worth While
Vernon Lushington argues that memorizing passages of real excellence reveals unseen gains beyond passive reading. Learn one true poem by heart and observe beauty unfolding in language, music, and noble suggestion as if viewed under a microscope.
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Vernon Lushington
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