Gleanings of a Week From the Notbook of a Lively and Wide-Awake Correspondent
Mary Rogers recovers from pneumonia and attends life goes on after illness as communities note funerals, visits, and minor misfortunes. Messages recount Mrs. Marshall’s funeral, farm work, and local names including Bishop, Webster, Mee, Reed, McPherson, McGoak, Wilberham, and DeLongela amid a stream of small town events.
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Mary Rogers
Sirs. Marshall
Mr. Bishop
South Dakota
Hattie Webster
Milbank
Bishop
Ipewich
Bert
Madge Reed
Mesdames McPherson
McGoak
Wilberham
Andrew MicMillan
Coude
Federation
Effie Howard
Elma
Mamie
Rose
Lee Copeland
Minneapolia
Mr Terrill
Ridlington
West Park Street
Mya
Bente
Jackson
Minn
Alice Lewis
Will Johnson
Mr. Lewis
Charles Cole
Rand
Fred Swenson
Lutheran Church
Olive Goabel
Albert Lea
P. J. DeLongela
Abe Upton
Ruth
Rutherford
Joe Fessendan
Dan Platt
Wiensachs
Cresco
Longban
Kansas
Misa Emma
Beadle
Matt Cole
New
Oregon
Ham Brown
Frank Lowry
Mildred Rairb
Minneapolis
Church Society News and Local Visits Report
Grandma Maloog hosted church society events on Thursday. Mrs Frank Moen and Agnes visited Kendallville on Sunday. Walter Evans’s body arrived from California per his wish to be laid in the family lot. Mrs Rose Stevens served as cashier at Alliance during Ruth Evans’s absence. The Twenty First Century club attended the funeral of Mrs Eliza Marshell, longtime secretary. Mrs Otis Howes and baby visited Grandpa Fred Salisbury. Mrs Lloyd Barker met her mother Mrs Farringtoo of Winnebago City.
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Grandma Maloog
Thorsdey
Frank Moen
Agnes
Kendallville
Walter Evans
California
Rose Stevens
Alliance Store
Ruth Evans
Twentieth Century Club
Iis
Eliza Marshell
Otis Howes
Baby
Fred Salisbury
Lloyd Barker
Farringtoo
Winnebago City
Lime Springs sidewalk ordinance and tax assessment plan
An 1905 Lime Springs ordinance requires cement concrete sidewalks four inches thick and four feet wide along town streets, to be paid via assessments on abutting properties if owners do not build. It excludes certain blocks and streets and takes effect after publication. The document also includes an ad for Electric Bitters with patient testimonial.
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Lime Springs
Howard County
Iowa
Carey
Uiagenat
Willard Street
McGregor
W.F. Kotrwax
A. D. Caay
Fragmentary OCR reads like a domestic quarrel tale
A damaged clipping shows a married couple in dispute over money and conduct. The wife accuses the husband of improper behavior, offers to go to her mother if he provides cash, and suggests moving forward with separation. The text is heavily garbled with missing words and symbols.
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Bine
A Merchant's Kick in Lime Springs Ad Pages
The Lime Springs Sox run ads for Montgomery Ward & Co with weekly changeable columns. A country merchant laments declining trade, debtors, and pressure to donate or provide credit while mail order houses attract cash in advance, weighing his scales and pride as he considers a $360 sight draft tomorrow.
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Lime Springs
Montgomery Ward & Co
Fayette
Oves
Sam
Montgomery Ward
Jan A Walt
Tam
Another Side of the Question on Merchants and Loyalty
A newspaper note argues merchants too seek articles via jobbers rather than patronizing local brothers. It cites grocers buying through wholesale houses to charge items to their accounts, inflating pride with the profit swallowed by distant suppliers and neglecting local shopkeepers.
Merchants urged to boost local trade over mail order
The Observer laments lax local purchasing habits causing money to sit idle while merchants rely on mail order and stamped envelopes to cut costs. It argues residents should buy at home to strengthen the economy and support printers, warning that ongoing indiscretion risks broader economic harm.
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Lam
Welsh revival noted and arnica salve advert misfire
A London journalist notes Welsh revival meetings show men outnumbering women by two to one to five to one. The item mocks claims of religion being for women while highlighting male attendance. Also includes a testimonial for Buckleano Arnica Salve and Dr King’s New Life Pills, with brief health tips and a telegraphed joke about social manners and fashion risks.
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London
Wales
Too Early in the Game Bride Bets on Fortunes
In a humorous line from the Northern Budget a preacher asks if the bride will take the groom for better or worse and the bride responds with a quip about a fortune teller. The brief item notes a playful newspaper moment.
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Bride—Bhay
The American Bathing Habit in London
An early observation from a London hotel shows Americans view baths as luxuries funded by guests. The London Chronicle notes English guests rarely bathe, while Americans average two warm baths daily costing about 16 shillings a day for a family, implying large hotel profits from baths.
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London
Becton
London Chronicle
American Capital Saved England in London Graphic
Marmaduke asks if without US capital English society would be solvent, noting millions entered Britain in the last forty years via American heiresses and assets traded for land art and antiques. Titled Englishmen likely benefited, with an estimated $100 million flowing to the West End, posing whether its bankruptcy would have occurred without it.
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England
United States
Marmaduke
London Graphic
West End
The Story of a Statue in New York’s Madison Square
A London Strand contributor claims the William H. Seward statue in Madison Square is a two person statue. The sculptor allegedly offered to swap heads from a Lincoln statue to Seward’s, placing Seward’s head on Lincoln’s body to complete the work.
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London Strand
William H.seward
Madison Square
New York City
Strand
Seward
Lincoln Hera
Wiliam H. Seward
Abraham Lincoln
Almaka's Wild Animals in Alaska and Columbia Frontiers
The mountains and remote coasts of Alaska and Drilieh Columbia yield extraordinary wildlife. Reports mention the huge Eadiak bear said to be the largest in the world, the largest moose, sea otter, and Alaskan mountain sheep. A newly discovered inland white bear, distinct from known bears, is described as a true species.
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Almaka
Alaska
Drilieh Columbia
Will Fight No More Gulla Bombita Banquet Celebration
Bombita, Spain’s top matador who retired after a wealthy father-in-law’s intervention, was the guest of honor at a banquet with thirty peers. Afterward his Andalusian wife ceremoniously cut his “colita,” the bullfighter’s badge, as a symbolic gesture.
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Bombita
Spain
Colita
Passing of the Sword Ends Inf Offs Field Equip
Military critics say the sword as field equipment for infantry officers is doomed and useless. A proposal to remove it is understood to have War Department approval.
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Ita Uselesanesa
United States War Department
Judge Not. A caution on gossip and truth
A reflective piece on judging others and the harm of rumor. It advises ignoring tainted reports, resisting denials, and responding with steadfast truth. The essay urges living righteously to counter falsehoods, noting one cannot stop lies but can limit their impact through honest actions.
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Terrence
Thos
County boards plan jail rock pile for road work
The Howard County board of supervisors in April approved establishing a rock pile at a convenient site near the county jail to pound rock for road improvements. The plan, tied to a sidewalk platform near the courthouse park, aims to have inmates pay their fines by labor, drawing approval from residents and potential disapproval from bootleggers. A judge’s jury charge is noted in the text with dismissive humor about verdicts.
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Board of Supervisors
Howard County
Econins
Court House Park
Republicas
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