Local News Roundup From Mt. Vernon and Parker
Local items note visits by L. D. Rolph and Dr. Smiley from Mt. Vernon, and G. Froeschie of Fremont visiting relatives. Reports cover Methodist conference travels, preparations for Christmas box packing, highway crossings in poor condition, and upcoming railroad fare to Omaha for the exposition. Obituaries for Isaac Vermilyea and Mrs. M. W. Shepherd are noted along with suffrage remarks by Ida Crouch-Hazlett.
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Ida Crouch-Hazlett
Davison County
Bon Homme County
Hazlett
Denver
Colorado
Local notes and farm reports from Fulton Platte area
Plan o district updates include Rowley family traveling home from university by bicycle and neighbors moving plans for winter lodging. Fulton entries note corn huskers scarce workers and a show at Bard house draws small crowd. Other towns report sleighing progress and local visits to Omaha Mitchell Parkson and Parker with minor health scare cases trailing through Mt. Vernon.
Sudden Death of J W Mason at Beulah Township Farm
J W Mason died suddenly this morning at his Beulah township farm six miles west of the city while feeding stock. He collapsed in the barn with heart failure suspected. Funeral services were held Friday at 10:30 at the A O U W hall. Son Charles Mason and another son arrived from Waterloo, Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Mason
Beulah Township
Mr. Mason
A. O. U. W. Hall
Chas. Mason
Omaha
Waterloo
Iowa
Year’s Church Work At Methodist Church
Presiding Elder Hager preached a sermon at the Methodist church on Sunday morning and led communion services in the evening. Rev Mr Stevens delivered his last sermon before conference at Parker on Wednesday. The church board recommended Stevens be returned after two years of satisfactory work. In the past year 84 new members joined and 21 were dismissed by letter, increasing the membership to 306. Over $600 was raised for benevolent purposes. Stevens went to Parker on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Kelso
Omaha
Travis
Mitchell
H. Winsor
Howard
Abbott
J. L. Hannett
Sheriff Cook
Edward Underwood
Chas
Mix County
Parker
Underwood
Ida Crouch-Hazlett
Bon Homme County
Hager
Methodist Church
Stevens
The
Stevans
Mr. Hager
Round Robin Protest Origin and Naval Incident in 1625
The term Round Robin originated in France centuries ago as a non identifi able protest method used by officers to express dissatisfaction with the king or ministers. The first naval instance occurred in 1625 when English sailors refused to fire on Protestant subjects in Rochelle and sailed back to England after detaining orders from Admiral Bennington and Buckingham.
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France
Duke of Buckingham
Bennington
Rochelle
Louis XIII
England
Dieppe
Providence Journal
Maiden Speeches and Early Oratorical Trials at St Stephen’s
The article recalls early maiden speeches by Sheridan Brougham and Canning as notably poor. It notes Gladstone's February 21 1838 debut as nervous and inaudible, and includes a quip about torture by implying disease. It closes with a remark that colder climates correlate with larger brains.
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Sheridan
Bromwell Ballot Write-In Encouraged Despite Nomination Miss
Due to a storm J E Bromwell's nomination for county commissioner in the Third District did not reach the county auditor in time so his name does not appear on the ballot. Voters in Mt Vernon Union and Baker townships may write in J B Bramwell and mark the ballot accordingly.
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J. E. Bromwell
Mitchell
Mt. Verdon
Union
Baker
J. B. Branwell
Bramwell
Multiple obituary and civic notices from an Omaha area page
Obituaries and public notices describe funerals for Mrs. S. J. Moore at home with pallbearers and interment at Graceland cemetery. Public figures from Omahas road discuss plans for a Mitch ell to Sioux Falls passenger train. Court witnesses report on Abbott beer theft and a post office robbery case in Tripp. Correspondence defends county costs in a political ballot dispute. Reference to German militar Wochenblatt discusses horse racing as a socialist symptom.
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Tobin
Geo. H. Brooks
Howard
Abbott
Milwaukee
Woonsocket
Cook
Sioux Falls
United States District Court
Tripp
Mt. Vernon
Militar Wochenblatt
Herr von Ploutz
England
Herr Ploetz
Germany
Ancient chess king and royal haunt in moonlit verse
An archaic lyric imagines a king amid languid ladies in a distant age. A black nightingale sings of love while shepherds and lamps glow in a palace yet the king’s crown survives beyond fallen masters. A speaker laments loss and longing as the majestic town recedes into night.
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Ruth
Jean Ingolow
A Sad Night. Carlyle and Leigh Hunt Debate Hope
A party of famed men includes Leigh Hunt and Thomas Carlyle. Hunt argues with hopeful wit while Carlyle counters with heavy philosophical doubts. Under a starry sky Hunt proclaims harmony and hope, then Carlyle sighs in broad Scotch, It is a sad night. The room fills with laughter and thought.
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Carlyle
Leigh Hunt
Hunt
Noted conversational blunder and deck crew actions in warship tale
An anecdote of a polite guest misreading portraits ends with learning about a artist and sitter. A second excerpt discusses life below decks on a Brooklyn warship during the Santiago engagement where Admiral Schley’s orderlies briefed stokers on the battle, illustrating strategic calm under fire.
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Brooklyn
Santiago
Schley
Colon
Argonaut
Stone Age People Survive in Paraguayan Jungle
A La Plata museum report describes the Quayoquis, a 500 to 600 strong tribe near the Acaray river headwaters in Paraguay. Timid and harmless, they fear whites after past abuses, possessing only stone tools and simple weapons like bows and lances.
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Europe
Asia
la Plata
Paraguay
Acaray River
Impressive Neighbor Mixup Echoes on Porch
A Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet shows Mr Wigsby and Mrs Wigsby arguing over seven trunks left on the front porch by a baggage delivery man who plans to return after dark for five more. The exchange blends domestic humor with social friction.
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Mr. Wigsby
Regiments, War, and Papermaking Facts From History
A quirky blend notes Willie quoting regiments attacked by enemies then repelled by government. It cites England's 72 000 tons of paper used for postcards annually. It recalls a Ptolemaic era law punishing cat killers with death.
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England
Growing a Grandmother and a Kentucky Language Tale
A fragmented humorous column recounts a brave eight year old and a grandma taken far from home. It contrasts a child’s tender loneliness with a poignant memory of a grandmother. It also includes a Cincinnati Enquirer quip about language gaps in Kentucky.
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New York Times
Australian Oysters Two Varieties and Their Habits
The piece describes two Australian oysters the mud oyster and the rock oyster. The mud oyster grows larger while the rock oyster is highly valued for flavor. Rock oysters inhabit tidal beds attached to solid objects and even cling to mangrove roots, adapting to salt and brackish water and long exposures out of water.
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Australia
Chambers’ Journal
Irish Bulls and Wry Courtside Quips
A collection of vintage jests cites Sir R Steele’s clever blunder inviting a nobleman to stay within a mile of his home. An alderman jokes over a deficient pool with a shilling wager. Amid home rule disputes a speaker quips that their trouble cup is running over but not yet full.
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Rale
R. Steele
London Telegraph
A Fighting Diet
G B Shaw remarks on vegetables as a fighting diet noting that 99 percent of world fighting was done on farinaceous food. He contrasts Tipperary peasants who ate potatoes and buttermilk with the modern carnivorous gentleman who fears doctors dogs disease death and truth telling.
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G. B. Shaw
Tipperary
Premature references to a young woman and a quiet night
A weary voice at a stairway questions Stella about kissing a young man. The young man hesitates but implies concern for her fate as the dialogue hints at an impending outcome. The passage reflects dramatic tension and implied danger without explicit detail.
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Chicago Tribune
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L. D. Rolph
Burnside’s
G. Froeschie
Fremont
Neb
Gottlieb Scheurenbrand
W. I. Graham
S. H. Scallin
L. P. Hauser
Aberdeen
City
C. W. Ainsworth
Plankinton
Will Slade
Clyde Kimball
Missouri
G. A. R. Hall
Manilla
J. E. Babcock
Isaac Vermilyea
Davison Street
B. W. Burleigh
Geo. Anderson
C. I. Miltimore
John Tannehill
R. T. Robinson
James McKinley
R. P. Hall
Graceland Cemetery
M. W. Shepherd
East Second Street
Chicago
Frank
Harry
Jone
Helena
Mont
Fred Ful
Plano
Will Rowley
Chas, N
Jerus Rowley
University
J. Sanders
Clark
Jennie Stafford
Jewett
Noymore
B. Rowley
Alpena
W. Rowley
Rowley’s
Rowley
Ethel Jewett
M. Miller
C. E. Brown
Fulton
Olive Cross
Fred Colfix
Misa de Meyers
Sioux
Cy. Graves
Cross
Min
Brady
Oy Hart
Sioux Fal's
Pencer
Caus
Ethan
Than
Drake
Beall
Man
Donk
O. Rosenquist
J. Brown
Las Center
Re. Nicholson
Parkston
R. Carlow
Annie Schlimgen
Ikston
Re. Craig
Nellie
Raystad
Odgen
Rchie Vegus
Ousia Schmitz
Elia Braig
Herman Schurze
Parket
Badger
Mrs. Hazlett
Ual
Seth Greenachre
F. D. Tyler
Karl Swartout
Gann Valley
Eben Fraiser
Asa Tyler
Leander Eager
Annie 4Ynes
Mitchell Saturdy
M. C. Betts
U. S
H. H. Garey
Maha
Rey, Jolley
Jolley
Jud Mason
Rev. Stevens
S. J. Moore
Minneapolis
Edgerton
Ohio
A. H. Pheraon
John
Omaha Road
J. C. Stewart
W. A. Scott
James F. Clark
H. Spencer
L. W. Champlin
Champlin
Champlie
Willie
Harper’s Bazar
Ptolemy
Kentucky
Baron Cassiers
Lexington
Paris
Cincinnati Enquirer
Detroit
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