Local Social Roundup At Quarry And Nearby Towns
From Our Special Correspondent Mr and Mrs Wilbur Asher visited Quarry one day last week. Mr T Evans and family spent Sunday at Frank Lewis home. Eva Smith helps Mrs Lewis with housework this week. Will Butler and wife spent Sunday with Butler parents at Quarry. Mrs Fred Butler hosted visitors from Marshalltown last week. Frances Houghkirk of Colfax visits uncle L L Taylor. Mrs L L Taylor and daughter Edna visit son at Stratford this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Asher
Mr. T. Evans
Frank Lewis
Eva Smith
Will Butler
Mrs. Butler
Quarry
Frances Houghkirk
Colfax
L. L. Taylor
Edna
Stratford
Carleton News Quiet as Schools Close for Term
In Carleton several schools closed Friday as the spring term ended. Rev N W Jennings led meetings at the Carleton church while many visitors were hosted at nearly every house Sunday. Joe Smaha hauled stone for a new house foundation and locals cleaned the Carleton Brethren church before its dedication. Mrs J R Morris and daughters left for Kansas City Missouri to settle there after visiting Claude Lowry. The Brethren church dedication last Sunday drew strong support, with funds covering the church and leaving it debt free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. W. Jennings
Carleton Church
J. R. Morris
Kansays City
Claude Lowry
Carleton Brethren Church
Mrs Harris and Mrs Mertha Visit Carleton Woman
Mrs Harris of Carleton visited Mrs L Mertha on Monday. Most residents not yet inoculated against whooping cough are now showing symptoms. Horace Asher spends time printing at Phoenix school guest list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Harris
Carleton
L. Mertha
Horace Asher
Phoenix
Local Social News and Household Updates
Mrs S T Asher remains ill though steady. Wm C Jubeck shows slight improvement after typhoid and pneumonia. Minnie Anderson of LeGrand visited her parents. Teddy Lunde cut under eye and is recovering. Bertha Anderson stays with sister Emma Shelton near LeGrand after an operation. John Woodeshek and daughter Julia visited Anton and Mrs Mertka. Julia to stay with grandma during vacation. Most residents work in gardens and keep chickens inside a woven wire fence to protect them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. C. Jubeck
Minnie Anderson
LeGrand
Hans Anderson
Teddy Lunde
Peter Lunde
Bertha Anderson
Emma Shelton
John Woodeshek
Julia
Cedar Rapids
Anton Mertka
Woodeshek
South County Line social notes and local events
Rev J A Delk and wife visited O W Kellogg on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs John Latham and Mrs Alpha McGrew stayed with Mrs Geo Bowen Sunday. Delmar Latham went to Oskaloosa Friday to attend Penn commencement. Farmers plowing corn report cutworm damage and hope for a shower. Oliver Rosdale’s hosted a full house Sunday with Andrew Bryngelson Eneas Sawyer and Gilbert Peterson. Jesse Sloat lost a valuable horse Friday evening. Miss Lucile Gorgis of Tama visited uncle Arthur Smith from Thursday afternoon to Friday evening for the school picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Delk
O. W. Kellogg
John Latham
Alpha McGrew
Geo. Bowen
Delmar Latham
Oskaloosa
Penn
Oliver Rosdale
Andrew Bryngelson
Eneas Sawyer
Gilbert Peterson
Jesse Sloat
Lucile Gorgis
Tama
Arthur Smith
Cherry picking season and robins in Stavanger region
The note reports cherry picking time and robin sightings in Stavanger with comments on cool weather aiding field work. It lists movements of T H Thompson and M Evertson, Michel Evertson, Edward Meltvedt visiting Nelson Rinden, and local road crews installing a new steel culvert near M A Thompson’s property. Squirrels and poor seed corn caused some replanting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robins
T. H. Thompson
M. Evertson
Gilman
Yerman
Kernel
Thompson
Marshalltown
Michel Evertsonu
Malinda Thompson
Edward Meltvedt
Nelson Rinden
M. A. Thompson
Local social notes from East Le Grand area
East Le Grand ram, Scott Moyer and sons at Amile Francih s Sunday Maude McNair travels to Toledo for Normal Jesse Tow visits Cedar Rapids for a few days Tow and Gus Nodland in Marshalltown Tuesday Mrs B A Tow and Cleo Leech spend Tuesday in Marshalltown Mrs Geo Renbarger Hazel and Merna in Marshalltown Friday Mr and Mrs J L McNair and daughter Maude visit CO D Wilcoxson near Garwin Mrs Edwin Banks arrives from Pittsburg for an indefinite visit at the A J Banks Mrs Amile Frundl and children Miss Anna Frundl and Mrs J McNair with daughter Maude were mentioned in the note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ram
Scott Moyer and Sons
Amile
Francih
Maude McNair
Toledo
Jesse Tow
Cedar Rapids
Gus
Nodland
Marshalltown
B. A. Tow
Cleo Leech
Geo. Renbarger
Hazel
Merna
J. L. McNair
Maude
CO. D. Wilcoxon
Garwin
Edwin Banks
Pittsburg
Swedish Scientist Denies Electric Trials On Children
Professor Svante Arrhenius, a leading Swedish scientist, dismisses a circulating tale that he conducted electric experiments on schoolchildren to boost growth and intelligence. He notes he never tested electricity on children, though he did a Stockholm hospital study on newborns years ago without notable results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Svante Arrhenius
Arrhenius
New York
Professor Arrhenius
Children’s Hospital
Stockholm
Babes
Norwegian Press Debates Emigration and Tax Burdens
The Norwegian press weighs effects of eroding emigration to America and urges measures to entice returnees home. It notes heavy taxes reaching about 18 percent in some communities, cites 10 percent in Christiania, and mentions a Norwegian American social scene with clubs in Christiania Bergen and Trondhjem. It highlights American minister Swenson’s visit to Trondhjem, the Christiania club admitting women, and profiles figures like Mr. Gade and Miss Rogstad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Hemisphere
Norway
Christiania
Bergen
Trondhjem
Swenson
Denmarkic thrift and farm loans praised by Egan
Maurice F. Egan, United States minister to Denmark, extols Danish thrift and farming success. He explains education, cooperative spirit, and government aid as pillars, noting government banks loan about 1582 to poor farmers with proven character to buy small farms of 3.5 to 12 acres. He describes land valued by production, blending dairy, bacon, and eggs. A separate notice: 2k Danish state railways sued by Windfeld of Aalborg for 3500 crowns after a recent accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice F. Egan
United States
Denmark
Department of State
Europe
England
Julius Caesar
Gaul
No. 29 Due mM o ed
A fragment notes a due item labeled No 29 in a sequence. Details are sparse but indicate a pending payment or obligation associated with a listed entry. No named individuals or organizations are clearly readable.
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