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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1910
Page
7
A woman with a baby in a mail cart stepped from the curb behind a van on a Putney street. A cyclist struck the cart, tipping it onto the pavement. The baby and a pillow flew into the air. the pillow landed near the curb, the baby somersaulted but sat unharmed in the street, later appearing dazed.
A bride elect shows off a comically large wedding trousseau hat with a brim a yard wide. A friend questions feasibility while the couple discuss seating on trains and George’s height aligning with the bride. The young woman remains confident the hat will work for both.
Editor LeGrand Reporter notes filings by J M Parker J J Wauss con actfully J L Carney seeking Republican nomination for district judge in the Seventeenth judicial district, subject to the forthcoming district judicial convention.
Paris youth Andre Laturbe deceived Parisian diners by introducing real spiders into cheese plates then feigning disgust to trigger free drinks and apologies. A St. Louis Post Dispatch Paris correspondent reports the con man’s tactic relied on a restaurant’s unwary staff and a box of spiders found on arrest.
LeGrand flourishes as Chicago Northwestern expands quarry operations for ballast, drawing attention to local geology and rare fossils. The town’s paper, Palmar College, stores and mills signal a rising community tied to rail work and grain trade. a cross-country accident briefly interrupts rail traffic.
The Friends church group plans a July 4 picnic at LeGrand Iowa with a program of songs, music and drills beginning at 10:30 am. A bull session in the afternoon invites all to bring dinner and ice cream. No firecrackers allowed.
The writer informs that Fannie Crew has left the household as of April 30 and will no longer hold the author responsible for debts incurred by her. The notice is addressed to the appropriate recipient.
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