Remsen Boy Dies From Spinal Meningitis and Local News
Special Correspondence reports Remsen boy dies from spinal meningitis at home, with two doctors and a nurse present. Also noted are hotel sale of Hoffman House to A J Custer and Cornelius Wolwert for 5500, current operators the Bellmyer couple, St Marys High basketball win over Cherokee 26 7, Remsen lineup Scheier Bunkers Deitering Altman Treinen, upcoming games in Danbury Fort Dodge Marcus and Cherokee tournament, and funeral of 3 month old Hilary Dale Meyer at St Pauls Remsen.
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Co. P. Corneliussen
Alta
Remaen
A. J. Custer
Cornelius Wolwert
Corneliussen
C. J. Bellmyer
J. A. Tierney
St. Mary’s
Remsen
Immaculate Conception
Cherokee
Bernard Scheier
Clarence Bunkers
Arnold Deitering
Cletus Altman
Elmer Treinen
Holy Name High School
Marcus
Catholic
Danbury
Fort Dodge
Hilary Dale
Richard Meyer
St. Paul’s Church
Reifschneider
Township Elections and Community Projects in 1926
The 1926 program includes moving pictures at meetings and officer elections in November. Townships plan community buildings in Lincoln Perry Elkhorn, with funds and church purchases aiding civic life. Miss Neale Knowles visits October 26 27 and 28 to organize home project groups.
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Lincoln Township
Perry Township
Elkhorn Township
Miss Knowles
Neale Knowles
Plymouth County
Co-Operative Elevator Managers
Co-Operative
Court House
Co-Operative Elevators
Plymouth County Marketing Committee
Garfield Township
Garfield Township Farm Bureau
Center School House
Iowa State College
Amesia
Ames
County Farm Bureau
Don’t Touch the Baby Four Year Old’s Flower Tale
Four-year-old Mixs Nell, taught that babies arrive in beautiful flowers, watches garden blooms closely. She explains she is looking for a baby flower. Later she leads her mother to a rose where a bumble bee gathers honey and exclaims the rose has brought them a colored baby.
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Nell
W. D. Coombs
Mumima
Los Angeles Times
Seaside retreats bring happy chaos and homey tasks
The piece humorously contrasts at home struggles with seaside bliss as husbands labour on hutlike bungalows while wives supervise. It notes the paradox of modern housing complaints versus cramped vacations. It closes citing Pearson's Weekly on seasonal grumbling and hopeful return home.
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Seaside
Father
Pearson’s Weekly
Bells in Early Days and the Carillon History
In medieval Holland and Belgium the town clock used three or four small bells to signal time with early melodies. As towns competed, bells multiplied and tunes were played automatically at hours and halves. The system evolved from bells to a keyboard and pedals, leading to the carillon in two to three centuries.
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Holland
Belgium
First Road Precedence In Early American Rail History
The article discusses competing claims over which railroad was first in America. It notes rivalries on precedence and notes Beacon Hill Boston 1807 as possibly the first road with vehicles, and the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company line 27 miles in 1827 as the first to employ steam power.
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Beacon Hill
Boston
Delaware & Hudson Canal Company
First passenger road linked Honesdale to Carbondale
A New York Herald Tribune note recalls the Baltimore and Ohio as the first passenger route, starting in May 1880 with a horse powered line from Baltimore to Ellicott's Mill, a 15 mile segment.
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Honesdale
Carbondale
Baltimore & Ohio
Baltimore
Ellicott’s Mill
New York Herald- Tribune
Force of Habit Poker Club Raid Tale
A remark about an experienced poker player notes he attended a Saturday night poker club. One night he arrived late to find the clubrooms raided, chairs overturned, and the room in turmoil. He slid his pay envelope under the door and left.
Distance First Gentleman of Color-Whaffo’ yo’ runnin’ go
A quirky line from American Legion Weekly features dialect filled banter about a race and a ghostly debt. The exchange shows humorous chatter with exaggerated rural speech and playful mishearing of events.
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American Legion Weekly
New Executioner Says He’s Got The Hang Of It
A prison visitor asks how long he has been on the job and the new executioner replies he has been there long enough to get the hang of it. The Globe Post notes the remark in a brief, era-appropriate voice.
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Jewett
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Remsen Boy
Hoffman House
Mary's
Chero
First” Road
The
Globe Post
Jewett de Luxe Sedan
Paig Jewett
Guy' A. Boyce
Central Ave
LE Mars, Iowa
Iowa
Comfort Charlies
Axminster
Footwear
Hawk
Kehrberg-schneider Company
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