Thanksgiving Visits Dot Monticello Area Homes
Miss Ann Stirton toured Cedar Rapids yesterday. George Chambers family visited Oxford Junction today. Alice Cowan spent Thanksgiving with Margaret Thompson in Mason City. Howard Hosford from Evanston Illinois visited his mother Amanda Hosford. Frank Pekosh and Altman sisters hosted in Oxford Junction. Redmonds and Buxtons joined relatives in Cedar Rapids and Wheatland for Thanksgiving. Linfred Hauss returned home for holiday from his Abe Adams home. Jed Eckland and grandparents A Muhbard hosted in Molin Illinois. Mary Locher returned from Mercy hospital Anamosa after surgery. Gwendolen Coder and daughter visited Anamosa for Thanksgiving. Maire family from Greeley Colorado visiting A Maire home. Grace Podhaski and Lillian Hogan away at Davenport business college enjoyed turkey with Monticello relatives. Ambuehl couple returned from Proctor Colorado to visit John Barney. Ernest Stambaugh home from Coe College for Turkey Day. Alta Farnham returning from Vinton for vacation. Harriet Clark home from Coe College Cedar Rapids for Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving News From Cedar Rapids and Surrounding Towns
Local society notes recount Thanksgiving gatherings across Iowa. Bert and Walter Hubbard families meet in Cedar Rapids. Ruth and Inez Young visit parents D. P Young. Mable and Susanna Heisey with Hopkinton and Austin ties. Arend Balster Jr. passes exams to become Scotch Grove postmaster earning 386 a year. K. B. Franklin marries in Cedar Rapids and plans to reside in Waterloo. A Balster family gathering with a Yossi orchestra precedes a Monticello move. Also notes Martin Van Buren as the eighth president and John Tyler as the first born after US independence.
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Martin van Buren
Oneland
John Tyler
United States
A Change for Them in Sports Column Inquiry
A sports columnist asks what professional fishermen do when they take attention. The piece hints at candid truth and mirrors a Boston Tran script tone.
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Boston Transcript
Love and Life Gift of Life Forever Verse
A fragmented line reflects a poetic reflection on love as life and life as a gift. The brief text emphasizes enduring affection and the sustaining nature of love without a clear narrative or event.
BEYOND DAY OF GUNPOWDER The Crossbow in Early Warfare
The crossbow, a reflex composite weapon, rose to its peak in Germany under Maximilian with a steel bow of great power. It spread through Europe, though England banned it to push use of the long bow. The crossbow’s lighter weight aided rapid fire, but it outranged by the longer bow.
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Germany
Maximilian
Boston Museum
Europe
France
Spain
England
Revolution in Old Egypt Unearthed by New Papyrus
A deciphered papyrus from 2000 BC depicts revolutionary sentiment in Egypt between the Old and Middle Kingdom. It portrays a king urged to save his people as social upheaval grows, with nobles and peasants clashing over drought, hunger, and dethronement, though the revolution’s success remains uncertain.
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Middle Kingdom
Fragmentary Quote Refers To Laughter Fading Into Misery
Extract shows a distressed voice lamenting laughter fading and misery in the land with a grim line about death directed at Ehret.
Elephants Leopards and Local Taxi of Sponges in Nassau
Africa trip notes describe elephants damaging crops in Uganda and leopards posing with a dead antelope while a Stillman department store fire ends with a rescuer praised. Nassau Bahamas centers on sponge trade with sponge brokers, boats, yards full of sponges, and workers sorting and drying sponges along Bay Street.
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Stillman
Mimele
Police Headquarters
Indianapolis News
Nassau
Bahama Islands
Bay Street
Narcolepsy Tied to Digestive Trouble in Medical Note
A Rocky Mountain News report outlines narcolepsy linked to digestion. Patients fall asleep briefly after meals or alcohol, yet remain able to awaken refreshed and alert soon after. Stomach relief may lead to full recovery. misdiagnosis as epilepsy is unlikely.
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Rocky Mountain News
Hunter boasted of bear love and fled from grizzly
A boastful hunter on a bear expedition quips about preferring bear steak. A huge grizzly appears atop a rock, prompting the man to yell and flee into the woods. He is chased by a companion who asks why he runs if he loves bear. The runaway replies the bear isn’t cooked yet.
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Bear
Up Against the Real Thing
Maurice resisted while Robert, two years older, tried to discipline him. At last Maurice moved toward him and seized the flag by the collar, declaring that he faced a foe tougher than his father could handle.
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Maurice
Robert
Flag
Auctioneer Generates Early Bids at Jones County Office
L P Waddick Auctioneer based in the Just & Saving Bank Building advertises early sale dates. The notice notes the auctioneer’s office service in Jones County and urges potential buyers to place bids.
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L. P. Waddick Auctioneer
Jones Co
T Just & Saving* Bank Bidg
Black Smith
Jones County
Addreas - Box
A. Care
Monticello Rixpress
For Sale Notices from 1911 Remington Typewriter and Organs
For sale a No 7 Remington typewriter in good condition at the C M St P ticket office. In addition ten very good second hand organs, some practically new, offered at real bargains by Frank Locher Music Store.
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Remington
Frank Locher Music Store
Huyck
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Anditional Jaca
Ann Stirton
Cedar Rapdis
George Chambers
Thomas
Oxford Junction
Alice Cowan
Margaret Thompson
Mason City
Howard Hosford
Bvanston
Illinois
Amanda Hosford
Frank Pekosh
Misses Altman
T. M. Redmond
Cedar Rapids
Mrs. I. Ww. Buxton
Wheatland
W. F. Rohn
Linfred Hauss
Abe Adams
Jed Eckland
Molin, Ilinois
Mrs A. Muhbard
Mary Locher
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
Lee Coder
Gwendolen
George Maire
Greeley
Colorado
A. Maire
George
Monticello
Grace Podhaski
Lillian Hogan
Davenport
Andrew Ambuehl
Proctor
John Barney
Ernest Stambaugh
Coe College At
Alta Farnham
Vinton
J. C. Farnham
Harriet Clark
Coe College
N. P. Clark
Petercon
Peterson
Clothes
Tim Brand
Madras
F Buckle
Bert Hubbard
Ernest Landis
Carlton
Mrs Walter Hubbard
Ruth
Inez Young
D. P Young
Cresco
Iowa
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Mable
Susanna Heisey
Henry Heisey
Hopkinton Public
Austin
Minesota
Arend Balster Jr
Scotch Grove
Arend
K. B. Franklin
Mera Verheran
Samuel Adamson
Waterloo
Mr. Franklin
Franklin Barn Equipment Company
John Balster Sr
Bowen's Prairie
Yossi Orchestra
Vwaioh
Phesot
Old Egypt
Africa
le Souef
Taronga Zoo
Sydney
Uganda
Ent
le Soueft
New York World
W. ‘W. Stickford
Albert and
Hliza
Zea Holler Bros
Will Aldrich
Henry Rice
W. Brazelton
Henry Boner
Alfred Ross
John Hygers
Taa Tawny
Byes
L. G Stuhler
Dr. Redmond
Chevrolet Cars
J. A. Waddick
Rhodes Island
A. P. Donahue
Hopkinton
Poland
W. T. Kehoe
Carl Heussler
China
Charles Rice
First Street Gold Chain
Lavalier
Margaret Stott
Duroe
Jersey
A. Schatz
W. Balsiger
C. W. Balsiger
Roan
Cumberland
G. J. Eiben
Clark & Staley
Lestus L. Kuhns
Town
Stambaugh Place
W. H. Winans
Bridget Haley
Edwin Wilcox
Wyoming
Brady
William HB
Henrichs
Best Avenue
Catholic Church
N. K. Beechley
Bly
Caroline Hicks
Roy D. Cooley
Kans
J. E. Bateman
Monticello, Iowa
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