Remsen Social Notes Mention Local Visits and Travel
Clarence Knapp of Elkton and FOR. Wentz visited relatives in Remsen and Polle Tlaine while plans to Iowa City and other towns were noted. Local residents including Joes Boikers, Mrs. Adolph Teoh, and Miller were mentioned with travel, hospital visits, and family moves. Henry Kramer returned from Alexander while Fred Kriege visited Lou in Remsen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Knapp
Elkton
Treneen
Wentz
Polle Tlaine
Towa City
Raymon
Dobttser
Meron Daly
Dsr
Ted
Joes Boikers
Mini
Adolph Teoh
TeeMarsa Saeco Pheart Hospital
Breday
Nick Thoffinai
Remsen
John Brune
Paul Schmidt
J. P. Beck
LeMars
Adolph Beck
Ephart Moser
Sioux City
Frida
Wm. Erickson
John Mohr
Henry Kramer
Alexander
S. C
John
Fred Kriege
Lou
Utech sale draws solid bidding and farm moves
Elgin report notes the C. J. Utech sale attracted strong prices. Several residents headed to new farms, including Henry Brabander to the C. Jd. Utech farm and E. Klave to the Ed Durband place. Others moved within the area to Joever, Preston, and Sioux township, with local buyers shipping cattle and corn to Sioux City markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Utech
Henry Brabander
C. Jd
Ed Detloff
Aug Hulsebus
LeMars
H. Johnson
Leona Gehrtz
Sioux City
Mete Bros
Preston Township
George F Hulsebus
Brunsville
Armand Weiss
A. J. Justman
le Mars
W. P. Justman
Will
AL BL Steeh
Cherry Laughton
George Barner
Leerta Laughton
No. Y
Stopped Greased Pig Chase at Olympia Park Outing
The Associated Bible classes of McKeesfort faced a chiasing of a greased pig at a rural outing in Olympia Park. Wives blamed the event for crowd displeasure while authorities arrested participants. A Philadelphia Ledger summary notes a girl’s wish to write papers and confront her father’s occupation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bible Classes
McKeesfort
Pin
Olympia Park
Wetion
Gweetei
Philadelphia Public Ledgers
Social Roundup at Local Homes Featuring Andersons
Skimpy notes show Mr and Mrs Ben Anderson hosting supper with Henry Anderson relatives on Wednesday. Other visitors include Mrs Hoy ree and Mirai at Nieto Berherty Lane, plus Roy Phas and John Malzen assisting with various events. several names appear in scattered, unclear phrases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Anderson
Mro
Herman Anderson
Henry Anderson
John Sand
Tlauber
Soo
Peach
Hoy
Nieto
Gabel
Theian Milbradt
Roy Phas Wits
Merrill Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Charity Drive
Merrill special correspondent reports Baye King and daughter Dar Veen visiting Sioux City Monday. Claire Kale stays with friends in Tawa City. Pied Sanders called in Merrill earlier in the week. An American Legion auxiliary and community club drive benefited the Salvation Army, raising a good sum for the charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mires
Baye King
Dar Veen
Sioux City
Claire Kale
Tawa City
Pied Sanders
Merrill
American Legion
Women's Auxiliary
Bennett
Salvation Army
Benefactor of Human Race and chloroform’s dawn in Edinburgh
The death of Sir Alexander Simpson recalls his uncle Sir James Simpson a pioneer in anesthesia at Edinburgh University. He introduced chloroform into surgical practice in 1848 despite early opposition, with Guthrie and Soubelian noted as possible earlier discoverers. Simpson reportedly tested the agent, but the room of first experiments survives in Edinburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Simpson
Edinburgh
James Simpson
Edinburgh University
Sir James
Guthrie
Soubelian
Doctor Simpson
How Trees Become Freaks In Snow Load
A Popular Science Monthly explainer notes heavy snow in mountainous areas bends young trees then, upon thaw, they may spring upright causing distorted shapes. A famed example near Tunnel Hill, Johnstown, Pa features a century old sugar maple grafted into a younger tree to extend life. The report mentions a rising syncope like stomach paralysis among Chinese salvors on the S S Wisley with a virulent, undiagnosed illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popular Science Monthly
Tunnel Hill
Johnstown
China Mail
Salgon
Telamachus
Cape Burilla
Fragmented Pottery Excerpt on Glass and Putty
A brief fragment notes removing ponies of glass and an off soup over the putty. In a few hours the se sof and the glass easily.
Abolition of the old washhouse ways and new labor saves
An essay argues that traditional dishwashing and washday routines stifle innovation in homes. It examines how steam powered cleaners and vacuum devices challenge the old methods, yet face cost objections. The piece notes how labor saving devices could alter maid work and domestic duties, while urging women to adopt practical innovations for efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aladdin
Wireless record set across ocean by Marconi towers
A new wireless record was achieved with messages sent 4468 miles to liners Sonoma and Ventura between Page Page and Sydney Australia. Shore and ship operators talked for over an hour exchanging weather and news with messages returning clearly. Days earlier a Japanese government station near Yokohama was connected, with regular service to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonoma
Ventura
Page Page
Sydney
Indi
Marconi
Yokohama
San Francisco
Country's Lowest Death Rate in 1915 Figures
The U S Bureau of the Census reports the registration area recorded a death rate of 13.5 per 1000 population in 1915. Based on 00155 deaths across 25 states plus the District of Columbia and 41 cities, the area housed about 67.0 million people, representing 67.1 percent of the nation. The prior year’s rate was 13.6 and the five year average from 1901 to 1905 was higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Homes for Rural Teachers
The practice of providing teacher residences is common in England, Scandinavia, Germany, France, Denmark and Switzerland. Yearly employed teachers often spend a lifetime in the same school, and teachers cottages foster social centers and broaden schoolhouse use for community purposes, promoting better citizenship.
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England
Germany
France
Denmark
Switzerlam
First tron boat built at Faskine near Glasgow
A historic craft from Faskine near Glasgow sparked belief its floatation would succeed as it was tested on the Forth and Clyde canal between Port Dundas and Kirkintilloch. An old woman peeling potatoes by the canal pushed an iron pot with one potato aboard to prove the point.
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Faskine
Glasgow
Forth and Clyde
Port Dundas
Kirkinti Noch
Gun Bore Lining Life and Repair Costs Described
A 19th or early 20th century technical note explains how heat and pressure cause internal gun bore wear. It details the sequence from heat expansion to corrosion and gas leakage, the need to replace liners, and cites approximate costs and firing life for small arms and naval guns.
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Steeb
Ster
Surprise Lion Gift At Lake Erie Station Prompts Investigation
At Hartford City the express manager told Lawrence Marshall of Marshall & Alexander hardware of a package for him. The box allegedly contained a growling lioness in a cage. The incident arose from a wild animal show visiting the fall festival, with the show promoter later recalled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Marshal
Indianapolis News
Global metals race reshapes wartime power balance
A Metalurgic study notes Britain controls about 60 percent of precious metals, the United States leads in copper, lead, and tin output, with Germany 25 percent and France-Russia sharing fourth. America supplies roughly half the world’s zinc and normal times’ copper share. The piece highlights how war drives nations to secure sources and alter output, stressing strategic metal dominance.
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Revere Cabough
Great Britain
United Sites
United States
Germany
Trance
Russia
How Seals Breathe Through Arctic Ice Holes
A northern sea seal drills holes in meters of ice to reach air. The hair seal uses its warm nose and blubber to keep a breathing hole open all winter, sometimes through 50 feet of solid ice, while polar bears and Eskimos hunt nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Far North
Arctic
Savings urged in a bank urge in a drug store scene
In a drug store a man buys a cigar with a two four dollar bill and remarks that money will disappear by evening. The piece argues the surest way to spend is to keep money in pockets and suggests opening a savings account to avoid daily temptations and spend on small, unnecessary items.
Chicken with Sheep Ride Inspires Local Oddity
Neighbors Albert Leisure and Winifred Trout report their sheep daily escort the flock to pasture northeast of Tipton. A White Rock chicken, about a pound and a half, has taken to riding sheep to Trout’s farm each evening and sleeping between two lambs. It returns with a sheep to the Leisure home each morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Leisure
Winifred Trout
Tipton
Leisure
Trout
Indianapolis News
Soldier billeting ruse in a town hoax
A householder claimed four children suffering from whooping cough would protect soldiers from danger, prompting the billet officer to flee. Later the officer returned, saying six men were recovering from whooping cough and the householder must shelter them, though the householder was childless and unaware of any illness.
Supplying Indian Names for Post Offices and Parks
The bureau has issued no circular and compiled lists of Indian language names for Dakota Oranda Osajre Blackfoot Delaware Cheyenne Cherokee Seneca Chippewa and others. Some names are interesting and musical in sound in this effort to meet demand for Indian time names for post offices parks villa sites and outing organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakota
Oranda
Osajre
Blackfoot
Delaware
Cheyenne
Heavcen Ratea Misses Night Run Through Vermont Hills
Mrs M arrives at a small Vermont station on a stormy eve and hires an old man to drive to a friend’s hillside lodge. Roads are poor from the storm and the night is tense as the driver quotes a high fare while the weather worsens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soho
Chthor
Boston
Tips Cost More Than the Hat in New York
A New York Telegram editorial argues tipping excess drains income as hotel and restaurant practices profit from tips. It notes a five month tip run of eight dollars for a single acquaintance and questions the fairness of staff tips for hat hanging and retrieval, urging managers to abolish the practice and ensure proper service without extra charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Telegram
Austria Seizes Church Bells in War Mobilization
Austria faces widespread bell requisition as military authorities melt church bells for munitions. Estimates show about two thirds seized, including famed bells from Admont and Wetterglocke in Tyrol. In Woerg peasants offered cow bells to replace melted church bells, while some churches retain the smallest bell.
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Austria
Admont
Mur- Nag
Tyrol
Woerg
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Patina Hetthe
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Radio
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Indiana
Des Moines Creamery Company
Iowa
Tae
PIA
The
First National Bank
Seney
P.t
Bert Vander Zee
Prop
G. E. Eilers, Auctioneer
Duroc
Kingsley
Sensation Jr
Congregational Church
E. S. Kitterman
Duroc Farms
Bank of Kingsley
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