Onslow News Highlights and Local Deaths
Onslow reports include Eva Byerly visiting the Miller family and Laura Johnston visiting Manson. A cement crossing at Elm and Main improves safety. Harvest Home Day amusements and a merry go round are planned. Mrs. Walston dies at 40 with nine children. funeral at Oxford Junction. several local spins, illnesses, and travels noted. Florence Noble survives fall from a second story window with minor injuries.
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Onslow
O. C. Johnston
Chicago
Eva Byerly
Anamosa
Geo. Miller
Eter Schofieldt
Bryant
Cal Chase
Laura Johnston
Manson
William Johnston
Oxford
Lost Nation
Algo Garriown
Schofieldt’s
Peter
Peter Jr
L. Johnston
Nebraska
Arthur Young
Center Junction
Methodist Episcopal Church
Arthur
Walston
John Walston
Monticello
Knittle
Chamberlain
Wyoming
Thomas
Stevens
Oxford Junction
Mr. McCoy
Waterloo Cream Separator Co
Waterloo
Iowa
Little Linn Howie
Margaret Noble
A. W. Cramer
C. R. Wilder
Childern
S. M. Mhosford
William Hiller
Buck Creek
Cascade July 25 local notes and transfers
Cascade notes from July 25 report Rev W C Halbert on a business call in Plymouth Illinois, land purchases by Thomas Skahill near Armour South Dakota, and other social visits. The Mystic Workers paid in full on Henry Bearth death loss. A residence burned at C Gavin in Washington township with an estimated 1400 dollars loss, insured.
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Cascade
W. C. Halbert
Plymouth
Illinois
J. B. Atchingon
East Cascade
Thomas Skahill
Armour
South Dakota
John Dennison
Rochester
Minnesota
W. W. Hamilton
Trelsa
David
Alice Kingsley
George Cowan
Prairieburg
C. J. Cash
Anamosa
N. Shaffer
Eastside
Fred L. Kay
Ighland Park
Des Moines
W. T. Sullivan
St. Louis
Missouri
Edger Wall
Storm Lake
Towa
Sam Ganfield
Onslow
Margaret Meyers
Manchester
Thos. Kingsley
Mary Wenner
Remsen
Iowa
Nick Knapper
Richland
L. C. Dunnigan
Gilmore
Annie Beatty
Mystic Workers of the World
Henry B. Bearth
Board of Supervisors
C. &. Gavin
Washington Township
Farmers Mutual
Local Notes From Castle Grove Area
Castle Grove July 26 residents wind down haying and harvesting. Miss Ella Humble of Marion visited Miss Blanche Noble. Eda Cramer and Blanche Noble attend Wyoming teachers institute. Blanche and Elsie Noble joined a Coe College picnic near Monticello. Philip Hiltenbrandt of Scotch Grove, Rawleigh remedies agent, in the vicinity last week.
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Castle Grove
Ella Humble
Marion
Blanche Noble
Eda Cramer
Teachers’ Institute
Wyoming
Blanche
Elsie Noble
Coe College
Monticello
Philip Hiltenbrandt
Scotch Grove
Rawleigh Remedies
The Mermaid Myth Of The Dugong And Manatee
Naturalists recount the dugong and manatee as the strangest fish, living in Indian Ocean and Red Sea shores. Mothers fiercely protect offspring, while clans defend against harpoons. Arab legends and Jules Verne tie the mermaid myth to the dugong’s form and diving behavior. Flesh of both species is praised as savory, leading to hunting and near extinction.
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Indian Ocean
Red Sea
Gulf of Manani
Jules Verne
Neuron Concept Explained By Early Research
The article discusses the neuron as an independent brain cell with multiple processes enabling complex acts. It uses a memory retrieval analogy where mental names are found by a neural search, likened to a telephone operator connecting lines. Dr Joseph Walsh notes the search delay before the correct word surfaces.
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Cayal
Joseph Walsh
Booklovers Magazine
The Russian Icon and Its Place in Worship
The article explains icons as religious pictures central to Russian worship. Icons, blessed by a priest, appear in churches offices homes and shops. Soldiers and regiments keep icons on their bosoms and use them as portable altars during prayer and battle.
The Price of a Life Under Anglo-Saxon Law
The London Telegraph notes that Anglo Saxon law fixed life values with peasants at 200 shillings, nobles at 1200, and kings at 7200. Fines could be paid to purge murder, allowing heirs to remove rulers by killing and then refunding the payment. This system tied sovereign fines to personal prerogatives.
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England
London Telegraph
Late Schoolmaster Punished by Students in Turn
In a British school a master who punished late scholars by detaining them longer kept students after morning lessons. When he arrived half an hour late a clever pupil suggested the class punish him, so they would all stay to detain him for an hour this afternoon.
Browning Replies to Young Poet on Publishing Poems
A Browning letter to a young poet offers publishing guidance. He recalls struggling for years to get a line printed at his own expense, noting he began over half a century ago. The remark underscores perseverance in early literary careers.
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Browning
The Young Woman and Man Clash Over Misread Phrase
In a Chicago Tribune excerpt a young woman confronts a man over a misinterpreted remark. She insists she did not invite a kiss, while he notes she said it with an exclamation point, revealing a comic misunderstandings in dialogue.
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Chicago Tribune
Settling talk sparks playful dilemma in town
A lighthearted exchange features plans to marry and settle down between Smith and Jones with a jibe from Humph, who jokes about remaining single. The snippet captures social banter over commitment and domestic plans in a small community.
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Smith—Jones
Jones
Tomeer
Rose to the Occasion. A Cipher Wire Story
A Wall Street financier seeking secrecy in industrial consolidations rewrote a plain English message using alternating words on Postal and Western Union blanks. His clerk split the two halves between companies and later sent a second line instructing to read both messages together. The plan succeeded.
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Wall Street
Brooklyn Eagle
High Finance
Chicago
New York
Odd Whist Hand Confounds Players With Eight High Trumps
A noted whist hand with Hearts as trumps claims six tricks are all that can be taken. The hand shows Ace through Ten of Hearts, plus Ace King Queen of Diamonds and Ace King of Spades, while Clubs hold King Jack. The dealer and partner hold the rest, making the hand unbeatable beyond six tricks if played perfectly.
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Yarborough
Baltimore Sun
Annual Whipping Days in English Schools Through History
The article recalls a medieval to early modern belief in corporal punishment as a reform tool, citing Canterbury and famed heads like Dean Colet and Dr Keate, with references to Erasmus and Charles Lamb at Christ's Hospital. It notes a February 1866 no full moon period and muses on long astronomical gaps. A separate notice offers 418 acres for sale near Monticello Iowa by Alonzo Hosford.
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Canterbury School
England
Green
Canterbury
Dean Colet
Keate
Erasmus
Charles Lamb
Christ’s Hospital
The German Professor and the New Academic Elite
A Baltimore American excerpt contrasts the old and modern German professors. It notes the shift from shabby garret life to well dressed, well paid academics who command high salaries and enjoy opera and sports, with critics calling their aspirations often clearly commercial.
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Munich
N. Sudson Moore
Pantomime Memories and Moral Snippets From A Gentle Household
The exchange shows a son addressing his bachelor uncle at a festive event while the mother encourages kindness. A remark about charity contrasts independence and poverty, followed by a moral quote on idleness and a religious reflection.
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Australia
Charlie
Uncle
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