Mrs Kranert quarantined in Methdist Hollow for small pox
The M'Gregor Iowa item notes the Mrs Kranert home in Methdist Hollow under small pox quarantine. Local social updates include visits from Mrs Mable Gross and Effie Anderson of Cherokee to the J Sawall home and other townsfolk visiting relatives in Dubuque Reedstown and Pleasant Ridge. A December 26 Masons dance in Sullivan's opera house with a Dubuque orchestra is announced.
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T. J. Sullivan
Marie
Dubuque
Waukon Junction
Marie Phillips
Pleasant Ridge
Arthur Fritz
Esther Allen
Peter Kleinow
C. W. Bean
Lyle
Leona Librandt
Had a Hard Cheek and a Doctor’s Witty Hit
A traveling man Mr. Cooke is slightly injured in a railroad accident when a wheel strikes his cheek. Mrs. Cooke rejects damages, blaming the railroad for unsafe property and insisting on insurance. A crusty laird with gout snarls at Dr. Abernethy, who then smashes a decanter to illustrate striking at the root.
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Harper’s Magazine
Dr. Abernethy
All the Ingredients Town Tovics Scene
Clara asks about nerve to kiss while Bella responds with witty line about a cheese. The fragment hints at a playful confrontation set in a casual town scene.
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Clara
Bella
Tovics
New Y Teams Are Filled Up For YMCA Events
Schedule for twelve teams of nine members each announced under H R Lee. Junior A and B squads compete in field, track, and basketball with a new pool event. Teams include Cornell Adams, Wisconsin Cardinal, Westby, Sioux Blue, Apache Orange, Cherokees Crimson, Winnebago Brown, Hyerdah, Seminoles Yellow, Iroquois Purple, and Dumke. captains listed with rosters.
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H. R. Lee
Xyin
Sioux
Sheel
Croider
Reeser
Frazer
Boynton
Pengra
Apache
Jacobs
Anderson
Taylor
Twing
Falk
Oleson
Cherokees
Crimson
Gorder
Mollison
Klaus
Neibuhr
Hawkins
Weisse
Winnebago
Brown
Fritz
Ruden
Kooz
Hoffman
Shell
Hanks
Hyerdah
Killian
Sletten
Fuller
Pitzner
van Anken
Seminoles
Eyerly
W. Hurtgen
Spence
Fluick
Prucha
Iroquois
R. Hurtgen
Geiwitz
W. Fluick
McDonald
Gran
Dumke
Addams
Hankerson
Merrill
Kienzle
Gordon
Striking City Night Scene In Boston Traffic
A stranger drives through a crowded Boston street at night as a traffic cop halts him at Tremont and Boylston. The officer notes a headlight issue and dim illumination with a formal, humorous remark about the car’s lights and rear indicators.
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Boston
Tremont and
Boylston
Cincinnati
Requirements for Admission to the Freshman English Course
University bulletin by E. C. Woolley outlines how Wisconsin freshmen must qualify for English. Freshman English is required for graduation across all colleges and departments, with 15 to 20 percent of entering freshmen from accredited high schools deemed unfit and excluded due to unclear requirements.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
E. C. Woolley
Strengthens Ship Keels For Rough Sea Shocks
The article notes that ships endure enormous shocks in heavy seas. Bottoms are reinforced with double thickness and air space, then flooded with water to create a cushion that distributes impact forces and prevents rivet failure. Pearson's Weekly.
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Pearson’s Weekly
Pedler Wins Point in Wisconsin Supreme Court Ruling
In Madison on December 12 the Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds the pedler license law. Justice Marshall states a transient merchant is not necessarily a deceitful person and may be honorable, defining pedler and clarifying Jacob’s Law Dictionary terms.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Marshall
Comment of a Barbarian
A barbarian quip about a daughter who plays piano without relying on ears. Mr. Cumrox says she uses both hands and both feet, but doubts she has learned to use her ears. Published in Washington State context.
B. & O. Directors Reelect Officers at Annual Meeting
The Baltimore and Ohio railway directors re-elected all officers at the annual election. Newly elected directors Charles A. Peabody of New York and John E. Shedd of Chicago attended for the first time, elected in Baltimore in November.
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New York
Baltimore & Ohio Railway
Charles A. Peabody
John E. Shedd
Chicago
Baltimore
Light Thread Weighs Two And A Half Pounds
A strand of sixty miles of thread spun from Italian nettle fiber weighs just two and a half pounds indicating remarkable lightweight strength and texture.
Pine resin prediction shifts turpentine source
It is predicted that western yellow pine will furnish an excellent source of turpentine as southern pine becomes exhausted.
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L. P. Bickel Co
McGregor High
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EF. Foster
G. A. Anderson
Bert Sturdevant
Clear Lake
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Orville Wilder
L. N. Kramer
Charles Rait
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Po Baa Deli Ks
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Shaw
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Lee
Cornell
Adams
Kinnear
Peterson
Nutting
Haller
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Eggert
Root
Netwell
J. Sanders
Lueck
Stavrum
Caldwell
Bunge
Coulam
McConnell
Heileman
Knothe
Wisconsin-Cardinal
W. Sanders
Nean
Holcomb
Hedgcraft
Oyen
Cone
Johnson
Westby
Capt
Hirshheimer
Weiss
Rowlison
Yer Iy
Roche
Lehman
Herman
Brindley
Jre Boo
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Matt J. Johnson CO
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K, St. Paul, Mi
ODC
Doll Carria
Gur
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Thomas Ashe
Pedler
Horlick
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