Onslow Local Notes and Society Updates 1897
Lulu Noyes visits Wyoming as Onslow residents report visitors sick children church activities and a week of prayer. Fraternal lodges install officers for Modern Woodmen and I O O F with local gatherings, plus home improvements at Mackrill’s Drug Store. A Mange cure anecdote from New York Tribune ends the column.
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Davenport
Edwin
Agent Rowe
Presbyterian Church
Rev. McConnell
Wyoming
Palmer
McIntosh
Hopkinton
W. Berdececk
V. C
E. 5. Overholt
W. A
B. Cowell
E. B
John Klema
Will EK
Lamey
W. H. Alexander
C. Silsbee
O. C. Cooley
Onslow Lodge I. L. H
P. G. Abrams
J. B. Lyon
Pres
T. H. Lightfoot
V. P
M. M. Franks
Fin
Geo, Chase, Treas
N. B. Noyes
C. Brulo
Usher
D. K
F. J. Sokol
Grand Lodge
Milner
Knight
Mackrill
Chandler's Bank
Center Junction
C. E. McDaniel
Prof. Williams
Onslow I. O. O. F
D. R
J. A. Doutrick
Monticello
C. C. Overly
N. G
R. R. Miller
V. G
J. A. Overly
R. S
Anamosa Visit And Epworth Trip Noted In AMBER Skimm
In AMBER January 19 update, W H Sanford visited Anamosa on business. Jno Elvidge returned from Epworth. Phillip Dailey came back from a Chicago business trip. Eugene Ramsey resumed bridge work on the Northwestern after a brief vacation. Center Junction invites a ball for Friday January 22 under M W A auspices. Revival meetings led by Evangelist Haney draw large nightly crowds.
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Amber
W. H. Sanford
Anamosa
Jno
Elvidge
Epworth
Phillip Dailey
Chicago
Eugene Ramsey
Northwestern
Center Junction
Evangelist Haney
No preaching service at Hickory Grove Church Sunday
The Hickory Grove M. E. church will have no preaching service next Sunday evening January 24. Pastor F. W. Bretnall announces the cancellation.
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Hickory Grove M. E
F. W. Bretnall
Dialect Test Delights a Cleveland Reporter
A prominent lawyer tells the Cleveland Post about hearing many variations of the word transfer from conductors aboard big consolidated cars. He claims fare takers are largely Canadian and notes six distinct pronunciations from six trips, with one likely from a German descent official. He urges readers to listen for the dialects on future rides.
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Consolidated
Cleveland Post
Canada
Little Johnny Uncovers Drum Noise at Home
A Toronto Globe item notes that Johnny opened a drum yesterday and discovered the source of the noise was himself, with the father returning home and confirming the finding. The short anecdote highlights a humorous domestic moment.
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Johnny
Toronto Globe
Rapid Photographic Printing by Friese Green
London inventor Friese Green unveils a rapid printing system using a flexible celluloid negative wrapped around a glass cylinder. A sensitized film band travels in contact with the sheet, receives a positive impression as the cylinder and band move in sync, then moves to fixing and developing baths.
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Friese Green
London
New York Sun
Outdoor Work Extends Life More Than Indoor Occupations
The St Louis Republic cites Mr Sargent showing outdoor occupations and regular exercise reduce mortality. Rural living correlates with greater longevity due to time spent outdoors despite bad weather. City scavengers and sewer men reportedly outlive tradesmen and professionals for the same reason.
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Sargent
England
Mgr. Sargent
St. Louis Republic
The Irish Funeral Who Had No Name
An anecdote from Pearson's Weekly recalls a famed Irishman now dead who would attend any Irish funeral. He rides with a stranger in a passing funeral procession and asks, not knowing the deceased, whose funeral it is, stating he is just out for a ride like the other passenger.
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New England
Lucy
New York Tribune
Pearson’s Weekly
Whittier and Emerson Visit an Old Calvinist Neighbor
Whittier and Emerson discuss a nearby unpainted house and a devout Calvinist woman who Prays for Emerson daily. Emerson reflects on gratitude for life and the beauty of the world, mentioning Boston in early morning contemplation.
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Whittier
Emerson
Boston
Curious Sixteenth Century Knife Set From Irish Monastery
A Cincinnati Enquirer note describes a monastery in Ireland preserving a quartet of sixteenth century knives. Each blade bears musical notes for the grace before meals on one side and the grace after meals on the other, kept in a stamped leather upright case before the singer.
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Ireland
Cincinnati Enquirer
First U S bank chartered in Philadelphia in 1781
The first bank within the United States was chartered in Philadelphia in 1781. It was incorporated by Congress under the title the President, Directors and Company of the Bank of North America.
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United States
Philadelphia
Congress
The
Bank of North America
Come for Death's Quiet Call in a Lyrical Poem
Ninetto M. Lowater in the New York Sun recounts a speaker urging four figures a port, a statesman, and a mother to come, only to reveal the voice is Death. The statesman’s sun climbs toward fame, the mother fears leaving her children, and all must obey the call as life’s final wage is paid.
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Asafe
Death
Ninetto M. Lowater
New York Sun
Magistrate Public Transport Gaffe Sparks Humble Rescue
A city police court magistrate rides an omnibus without money. A stranger pays his fare and refuses name. The man hints at a past debt, reminding the magistrate he once sentenced him to three months hard labor on November 5. London Tit-Bits reports the odd exchange.
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London
Transformation of street screener lessons on Gray's Inn Road
A street artist turns chalk on pavements into a language school, teaching Hindostani and Tamil on a public blackboard style surface. He offers to spell names and phrases for a penny or halfpenny and envisions expansion as a languages lesson hub amid waning support for traditional chalk art.
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Gray’s Inn Road
The Matabele Bridegroom Defined by Notable Bloodline
The Matabele girl values alliances that prove lineage and prowess. She takes pride in a husband who bears the marks of war, even if old and frail, for the agsegai blade signals a history of victims and status in the kraal.
Physicians Debate Use of Hot and Cold Water
A medical association report notes that both hot and cold water have eye and bruise benefits. Patients should choose based on pain relief and side effects. Warm water aids perspiration for colds, and bedside water may ease sleep and help purify smoky rooms.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Nursery stock sold or stored for spring shipment notice
The nursery stock offered for sale has all been sold or stored in cellars for early shipment. We cannot supply anything in that line until spring. All who have not bought this fall must wait until spring. We still have some hay and buckwheat bran left. Send or write to.
District Court Notice in Jones County Iowa
In the district court of Iowa for Jones County Adiam Reichart files a suit against Julius A Reed and wife and various heirs and unknown claimants of land described as the H% of the SH4 of the NWX and the NW of the NW% of Section 6 Township 8 North Range 2 West Fifth Principal Meridian Defendants and related parties listed.
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District Court
State of
Iowa
Jones County
Adiam Reichart
Julius A. Reed
Margaret V. Thewipeon
Margaret V. Patterson
EB. W. Thompson
Aura Belle Dearborn
Wm Dearborn
James Thompson
Wm. Thompson
Emma Thompson
Keziah Wager
Frank Weyer
Iowan
North Range
Section 6
Township
Hth P. M
Samuel &. Gillis
St. P. M
Samuel E. Hillis
Sarah A. Patterson
William A. Patterson
Margaret W.thompson
W. Thompson
Julius A Reed
Marah
A. D
J. W. Coxsee
Monticello
Notice of probate for Ann Sinclair will in Jones County
State and county court in Jones County announces that a document claimed as the last will of Ann Sinclair, deceased, was filed and read. A March term date is set for final proof and probate, inviting interested parties to appear and show cause against probate. J B McQueen district judge date January 13 1896 J W Doxser attorney for the estate.
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Loy District
Jones County
Ann Sinclair
A. D
J. B. McQueen
Olk District Court Jones Co
J. W. Doxser
State OF Iowa
Elizabeth White
J.B. McQueen
K District Court of Jones Co
Hubbard V. Graham Defendants In Jones County Court
In Jones County Iowa district court William A Hubbard sues Kate Graham John Graham Charlotte Hart and unknown heirs and devisees of Charlotte Hart in the March Term 1807. The case seeks relief against the named defendants and claims interest in property or estate involved. The record notes a civil action filed within the March term of the county court system.
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State of
Iowa
Jones County
William A. Hubbard
Kate Graham
John Graham
Charlotte Hart
Daily Hawk Eye and Hawk-Live ads from Monticello Iowa
Local paper notes over one hundred correspondents sending news by mail and telegraph. Offers The Express and The Weekly Hawk-live subscriptions for one year at 2.15 dollars payable in cash at the office in Monticello, Iowa.
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Hawk-Eye
The
Express
Tak Express
Hawk-live
Monticello
Towa
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W. L.douglas
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John Branner
G. Whitney
John Shuntle
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Alfred White
Mahala White
Lucinda White
Amanda Smith
Henry Smith
Rose White
Amelia White
Alonzo van Zant
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William van Zant
James Vain “Zant
James van Zant
Leroy van Zant
Wendall Parker
Township 86
North Range 2
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Leratees
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Parker
J. W. Doxshe
Tak Monticello Express
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J. W. Doxsue
H. M. Remiery
Burlington
SALE
Samter
Goldstone Bros
Golden Eagle Clothing
Chicago Record
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America
New York
Prof
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