Cave on Morse Farm Yields Hidden Limestone Treasure
On the J. W. Morse farm near Wyoming a cave used for cattle shelter hides a vein of finely pulverized limestone. Morse believes the deposit could lime his 275 acre farm and notes the potential for a larger cave if the back entrance is enlarged. Nearby community notices recount meetings, school events, church activities, and local social gatherings.
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J. W. Morse
Wyoming
Mr. Morse
Morse
Big Bear Creek
Monmouth
Amber area social rounds mark birthdays and gatherings
Amber residents hosted birthday celebrations and community events. Mrs. W J Zimmerman enjoyed a Friday birthday party with friends while Jackson township Farm Bureau women studied infant care. The Presbyterian Ladies Aid met for an all day sewing and comforter making session. Community members attended weddings, visits, and school vacations.
Local social notes and church activity update in Monmouth area
Onslow Herman Lightfoot hosted 15 boys for a card evening at four tables, followed by lunch prepared by Mrs. Lightfoot. Mrs. Charlie Ames, ill with pneumonia, is hospitalized in Anamosa for complications. Nearby visitors include the Duncans and their children Roy and Anna from Correctionville staying with Will Orr and family. Old friends and church groups share meals and meetings, including the Astrurian club hosting a picnic supper and discussions on local politics, taxes, women property rights, and a new secretary after Mrs. Miller’s move. Additional social calls come from Cedar Rapids visitors the Richardsons, and Velma Hall visiting A. E. B. Hall. The guild plans a mother and daughter Valentine party Feb. 12, a charity basket, and a church declamatory contest on Feb. 11 with entries in various categories. Clifford Howard underwent a serious operation at St. Luke’s Hospital Cedar Rapids after sudden illness, with hopes for recovery. George Paulsen travels to Colfax for treatment with E. L. Anderson of Wyoming assisting a sciatic condition.
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W. G. Wherry
Mary Platner
Ruby Roush
Belgium
Bruges
Wyoming
Memorial Hall
Bridge
Somerset
W. B. Brown
W. E. Demoss
Howard Demoss
Lodge
Arnold
S. H. Brainard
Lisbon
Hejinian
Anamosa
Madison Township
American Medical Association
Hefinian
Don Wherry
Des Moines
Joe Holub
Max Wortman
Frank Byerly
Arthur Wilcox
Paul Smith
Center Junction
J. W. Morse
Herman Jessen
Ida Grove
John Thomson
E. R. Marshall
John McDonald Hospital
Monticello
Elias Anderson
Colfax
Anderson
Edgewood
Dubuque
Gertrude Swordes
Gardiner
Kermit
Roscoe Anderson
Clinton
Robert Leewright
Mason City
Wiliam Reynolds
Ottumwa
Irvin Florin
LaCrosse
Odist Episcopal Church
Micah
Good Samaritan
Florin
Reynolds
Leewright
Manly Goodrick
Cornell
G. H. Goodrick
Earl Mallicoat
W. H. Alden
L. M. Koch
Woman's Missionary Society of the
Presbyterian Church
Oxford Junction High
Wyoming High School
Oxford Junction
Wyoming Girls
Woman’s Home Missionary Society
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Levi Mallicoat
Wilker
University of Michigan
Henry Wolfe
John Buchholtz
Carl Westphal
Lutheran Ladies’ Aid Society
Wolfe
George Luke
Inez Countryman
W. B. Curry
Henry Siler
J. S. Parr
Henrietta Boquist
Royal Neighbors
Order of the Eastern Star
Edith Dixon
W. J. Zimmerman
Will Rickels
Farm Bureau
Happy Hour Club
Jackson Township
Henry Wehling
William Benadom
Ray Stivers
Amber
Jones County
Presbyterian Ladies’ Aid Society
George Andrews
A. A. Allison
Ella Brickley
Lloyd Robertson
Peter Robertson
Jennie Belknap
John Otten
Scotch Grove
Amber Vicinity
John Barrack
Montidello
August Toenjes
Geo. Siebels
Rena Hoult
Herman Zimmerman
George Mardorf
John Behrens
George Zimmerman
Herman Folkers
George Schoon
Omaha
Neb
Schoon Brothers
Sam Thompson
Will Cook
Evelyn
Maquoketa
James Gray
Howard
Ora Andrews
Amber Shipping Association
Chicago
Charles Gray
Wallace Gray
Will Hildegardt
Cedar Sais Aere
Carl Eden
Lorraine Thuman
Chris Dirks
Herman Lightfoot
G. Hutton
Frank Walker
Astrurian Club
Harriet Lamey
Roy Miller
Earlville
Miller
Isabel Barber
Iowa
Jennie Hutton
Carrie McKinistry
Willison
Barnes
Will Richardson
Hoopal
Cedar Rapids
F. K. Barnes
Richardson
Billie Easler
Madame X
Dolores Hanna
Daddy Doe
Ethyl Mann
Audrey Morehead
Camille
Lucille Orr
Ruth Sears
Jane
Helen Babcock
Bob
Frances Carl
Martha Easler
Lorene Starry
Lucille Starry
Clifford Howard
St. Luke's Hospital
George Paulsen
Inside Information For The Busy Housewife
Biscuit dough has many uses beyond hot bread. Fruit shortcakes chicken shortcake crusts for pies and cobblers appear. Pinwheel buns toast with cinnamon sugar nuts and raisins then sliced. Jellied prunes mix cooked prunes with gelatin sugar lemon juice and optional orange pulp. Chill and serve with whipped cream.
Escape of John H Morgan Highlighted in Civil War Lore
The article recounts John H Morgan and his raiders’ 1862 1863 Kentucky Ohio Indiana raids destroying military stores and rail infrastructure. It details Morgan’s swift tactics a prison escape from Columbus Ohio and subsequent reprisals and rumors about tunneling and official investigations.
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John H. Morgan
Hunt Morgan
Morgan
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
States
Columbus
Hines
Cincinnati
Tennessee
Georgia
Richmond
East
Iis
Hall of Ethics
Sec
Confederate prisoner escape and railway ties mystery
A historic relic related to a Confederate prisoner escape is noted as retained evidence, with speculation that a Confederate sympathizer aided the escape though no proof remains. The piece cites a French railway inspection noting scored ties suggesting derailments, prompting a remark about when the raft road was laid.
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Wheeler Syndicate
ABF
France
Oliver
Railway Age
New York Woman Sells Family Tree Research Overseas
Seventeen years ago a clever New York woman found that the newly rich would pay for family trees. She built a business turning genealogical research into luxury, expanding from domestic work to branch offices in major American cities and in London Paris and Berlin.
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New York
Shue
Cffes
London
Paris
Berlin
Donkeys Foot Mechanism Described as Ingenious and Unique
The article explains the donkey foot as a remarkable mechanism with about five hundred horn joints forming a complete ring. It compares the hoof to elastic springs attached to coffin-bone, noting roughly four thousand springs in the feet, arranged to distribute weight and provide support via oblique action.
Parade service humor in Lucknow bishop sermon cited
The London Morning Post reports a case where troops in northern India attend church with arms after a bishop’s sermon in Lucknow. The unit note directs soldiers to carry 20 rounds of ammunition at the parade service next Sunday morning, a practice linked to mutiny-era tensions.
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India
Nestanti Fafautey Regiuent
Lucknow
Fred Off and Edison’s early motion picture notoriety
Fred Off is noted as the first motion picture notor since he appeared in the first picture Edison took during his 1886 experimentation. The remark places Off in the early era of film history as a subject connected to Edison's pioneering work.
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Fred Off
Edison
Cleaning Paintings With Soap and Warm Water
Cleaning paintings to remove fly specks involves washing them with warm water and pure soap that does not contain dye. Use a soft cloth to gently wipe the surface for best results.
Left Handed Pondering On a Golf Course
A farmer owns fields beside a golf links. A disruptive club member spends minutes warming up and missing swings. He finally hits the ball a small distance as the farmer quietly observes. The farmer jokes he will say nothing if he is left alone. London Answers.
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Felds
London
Paganini as a Father and His Patience
The article recalls how Nicolo Paganini spoiled his son as a major relaxation, ignoring a doctor’s demand for rest after a leg break. He kept the child on his lap for eight days, soothing and entertaining him, until the doctor mandated outing. The tactic healed the bones though he became dazed from continual sitting.
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Paganini
Genon
Gilfan Day
Creaking Shares Linked to Temperature Changes
Fragmentary notes describe wooden floorboards and a shared structure groaning at night as temperatures shift. The passage hints at how wood expands and contracts, affecting building joints and noise, without detailing specific events or locations.
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Hawthorne Club
Erna Holub
Florence Herzberger
Wagner
Shepherds of the Sun
Africa
Verna Hanold
Althea Goodrick
Just
Pseace Ees Are
Apex
Arend Balster Stores
Bessie
Aemse
Eharaeter
Draaa
Telife
Star Meat Market
Prairiebure
Durham
Deering
Sattley
Emerson Gang
John Deere
McCormick-Deering
E. J. Noble
Albert Hutton
Frank Story
Monticello State Bank
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