Local society notes and town chatter from Ethan and surrounding areas
The Vadies Aid Society will meet February 7 at Mrs. W. Hi. Trow's home. Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Join Tobin died January 23 and funeral held January 28 conducted by Rev. H. H. Weak. Lottie Tillitson of Hawaii scheduled to perform at Toby's hall January 30 under I. C. C. auspices. Others report grain hauling, farm rentals, moving plans, and various local engagements across Ethan, Mt. Vernon, Loomis, and Mitchell with numerous visits, lectures, and entertainments noted.
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Frank Klotz
Mr. Johnson
Cherokee
I.a
Drother
Neil Weepie
Schurz
Iowa
J. A. Cathout
L. ©. Lowrie
Charles Punk
Nina Trow
Rural Route 6 Proposed for Mitchell Area Mail Service
Postmaster Bias gains approval for a new rural route numbered 6 out of Mitchell covering 2834 miles in 44 square miles. Route serves 102 families with a 502 population, requiring at least 76 pledges for approved rural mailboxes before starting. Farmers within 1.5 miles urged to erect boxes to avoid route discontinuation.
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Bias
Mitchell
James River Road
Hanson County
Middle East Line
Mr. Bras
Bras
Webster Portrait and Portraitist Healy’s Jackson Contrast
The article recalls Daniel Webster posing for G P Healy and Webster’s quip that the portrait showed a face he had long shared. It notes Healy preferred Jackson as a difficult subject and painted him with stark fidelity, yielding an ugly, savage, pallid likeness of Old Hickory.
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Daniel Webster
G. P. Healy
Webster
Healy
Andrew Jackson
Old Hickory
Jackson
Beavers Threaten Dam on North Fork Near Watchkiss
The North Fork Times reports beavers on the Metcalfe property north of Watchkiss are building a dam that could flood nearby land in spring high water. The state warden says the beavers belong to the state. a $1 permit can allow killing ten to twelve beavers if damage occurs, with pelts sold to fund the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Fork
Watchkiss
Little Fellows
Thomas Blackwell
Metcalfe
Metcalf
Kan
Unclaimed Jewelry Hidden in Jewelers Safe Vaults Hint
A Maiden Lane jeweler notes thousands of dollars in unclaimed pieces stored for repair or left by deceased owners. He recalls heirs tracing items after calamities like the Slocom disaster, while fire erased transfer records and added to the mystery of long overlooked heirlooms.
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Maiden Lane
Slocum
New York Press
Black fox breeding promises fur market future on Maine farm
A Maine farmer who raises only foxes claims the black fox is not a freak and is crossbreeding black and red foxes to produce all black stock for the fur trade. He says the first litters are ten weeks old, with pelts worth $200 to $300 each, and he already has four black foxes valued at about $1,000. He keeps them behind a tall wire fence and foresees profitable, low‑labor profit as the program continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethan
Philip Tobinari
Tyndall
Herman Teitz
Tillotson
Hawaiin Islands
Nina “Trow
Charley Garson
Siva Klotz
Mitchell
M. EB
Bihan
Te State
G.A. Cathout
Tripp
Jack Tobin
Washington
Maine
Ohio
Worcester Telegram
Tooth Ownership But Not Property? Court Rules Otherwise
A German court in Gera ruled that a extracted tooth remains the patient's property after removal. The dentist had claimed ownership as derelict but the patient prevailed, despite the tooth’s odd shape and the dentist's claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gera
Germany
Pall Mall Gazette
Sicilian Brigands Kill Man After Kidnap
A month after Signor di Martino was seized by brigands near Palermo while cycling, his parents hired soldiers to search. His corpse was found buried under a pyramid of stones, underscoring the brigands’ continued notoriety.
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Signor di Martino
Palermo
Haakon and the Hawkinses Featured in Local Lore
The passage notes how to pronounce Haakon and Olaf, yielding "Bawkin" and "O-laugh." It describes the Hawkins family as descended from Northmen crews that sailed flat bottom boats, carrying a tank flag rather than a raven, reflecting their marauding origins.
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Olaf
Rising Dakota Wesleyan enrollment boosts campus growth
Dakota Wesleyan University reports winter term attendance over 425, about 75 higher than last year, with total yearly enrollment likely not under 680. A revived religious movement under President Nicholson draws many students, causing seating expansions and plans for a new president residence on campus.
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Dakota Wesleyan University
Lummer
Nicholson
Methodist Church
Fayette L. Thompson
Minneapolis
Hanson County Carmers' Institute Attracts Large Crowd
Fulton January 29 The Hanson County Carmers Institute drew over 500 attendees with full seating in the church and chairs placed in aisles. In the afternoon a ladies meeting filled the church while the town hall overflowed with crowds seeking standing room for the meat exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton
Hanson County Carmers’ Institute
Brookings College Institute Delights Attendees
Miss Wardell lectures on domestic science at the Brookings college. Supt Greeley and assistants T C Warner TI A Rhodes and A K E Chamberlain field questions. Local talent August Neupert Elsie Neupert V Radabaugh Clair Gilmore and others perform. Gilmore supplies music. A corps contest accompanied the event with H C Warner as judge and prizes awarded.
Justice Sorely Betrayed in Iowa Bank Case
Springfield Republican notes western justice in Iowa where B. E. Spyder, who starved a bank at Olin by taking deposits with insufficient funds, was fined $100 after failing in 1904. Bank victims received no compensation.
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Springfield
Nebraska
Iowa
B. E. Spyder
Olin
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