Onslow News Roundup From October Local Happenings
Clover seed harvest and hulls mark the week in Onslow. Miss Fannie Noyes visits Chicago. Mrs. Sokol returns from Osceola county. Thomas Corbit enters McCormack Theological Seminary. local I O O F hall anniversary set for October 2 with D D Van Ness speaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Blanch Johnson
Vera Vaughn
Wyoming
Anna Orr
Lamey Bros
Paul
J. G. van Ness
D. D
Marion
J. A. Paul
Sadie
Dan Cooley
Keating
McKinley Club
N. B. Noyes
C. L. Butler
T. S. Lightfoot
M. M. Franks
J. A. Hanna
Illiam Roberts
C. C. Overly
C. E. McDaniel
Lou Sears
Ethel Chase
Opera Hall
John Russell
Wind mill erected and travel notices in Cass
Cass notes report Captain Stickle built a wind mill. Mrs. Plume returns from Missouri. Ezra Ketcham visits New Jersey and returns. Mrs. Clothier and Mrs. Brown visit Mrs. Conde. Bert Atwood to run Matt Jranks farm next year as Frank Barlow moves. Two caucuses and a silver speech at Center led by John Welch. Arthur Lake returns from New Jersey. He and James Ketcham shipped a horse car to New Jersey last December and report slow sales for part of the lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Plume
Missouri
Ezra Ketcham
New Jersey
Arthur Lake
James Ketcham
Social News From Castle Grove Plains
Castle Grove notes report Mr John Delay is seriously sick. A new windmill rises at James Hogans. A dance occurred at J B Hoss home on Monday night. Mr and Mrs James Shane visited Sand Spring last Sunday. A W Cramers sociable drew a large crowd. Mrs J A Deischer returns from Western Iowa. John Haley remodels his house with a new coat of paint. P Hogan was severely hurt by a horse that shied from a bridge and fell on him. Wm Willer left for Minnesota to visit his old home and will return in a few weeks.
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John Delay
James Hogan
J. B. Hoss
James Shane
Sand Spring
A. W. Cramer
J. A. Deischer
Iowa
John Haley
P. Hogan
Wm. Willer
Minnesota
Horkintoon News Sketches and Local Happenings
Nellie Campbell sick list and a routine town council meeting share space with visits from Geo Sweesy and R G Sutherland to Monticello. Mrs Clark of Scotch Grove visits in town while Winnie Kirkwood and L G Ifague plan east side house foundations. Harry Sill heals after stepping on a rusty nail. A four foot six inch gourd weighs 1344 pounds at the corner drug store. Mr and Mrs David Johnston return from wedding trip and settle in town. McKinley club stays quiet as plans form for a marching club and anti free silver push. Lenox college shows fall vitality amid lower attendance from political agitation.
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Nellie Campbell
Geo. C. Sweesy
R. G. Sutherland
Monticello
Clark
Scotch Grove
B. McKean
Winnie Kirkwood
L. G. Ifague
Harry Sill
David Johnston
Alice Ferguson
Chicago
Dubuque
McKinley Club
Lenox College
Daly and Mayberry Wed at Langworthy Home
John Daly and Lulu Mayberry married at the bride’s mother Mrs. Rachael Mayberry home two and a half miles north of Langworthy on Tuesday evening Sept 26, conducted by Rev J N Blodgett. Immediate relatives attended and gave gifts. the supper was superb. Daly, recently from Nebraska, was praised for industry and prospects.
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John Daly
Lulu Mayberry
Rachael Mayberry
Langworthy
J. N. Blodgett
Daly
Nebraska
Glassware trends imitate flowers in American factories
The piece notes glassware development in U S factories with candlesticks and vases mimicking flowers like tulips lilies and roses. It highlights iridescent veined glassware and ornamented pieces from an American firm praised for rich color effects. The second item describes spleen regeneration in a dog after surgical removal and discusses uncertain spleen functions.
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New York Tribune
Mice Sings Hint at Impending Death, Says St. Louis Republic
Report notes that singing and whistling by mice signal imminent death. The sounds arise from a parasitic infection in the liver causing spasmodic breathing, as described by the St. Louis Republic.
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St. Louis Republic
Architectural Wizard The Emperor Constantine and Byzantium
A Fortnightly Review essay discusses Constantine founding a new Rome in 330 shaping a resplendent capital in a decade and Justinian’s later role. It notes extensive looting from various regions to adorn the city and outlines surviving remains from late antiquity, with much buried relics beneath modern Istanbul.
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Constantine
Byzantium
Rome
Italy
Greece
Asia Minor
Syria
Egypt
Maurithéhia
Athens
Justinian
Paspates
Theodosius
Sophia
Soap salesman outwitted by sharp customer
In a brief exchange a soap seller pushes a pitch on a wary man who denies needing soap. The man defends his age and family, revealing he is the youngest of four and quickly dismisses the seller’s con, showcasing a sharp retort from a skeptical buyer.
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Detroit Free Preas
Trade customs and a Kansas hotel tale in one reading
The piece contrasts aboriginal honesty in Siberia with London trade flaws and Christianization debates. It then presents L M Martinez’s Kansas hotel anecdote about sickness and smallpox fears, noting the landlord’s humor amid illness and the quick travel onward.
Fayoum Portraits and their Victorian echoes
The Fayoum funerary portraits are not fine ancient art but hurried works by inferior craftsmen. They reflect fashion closer to early Victorian taste with oversized eyes and elongated noses, foreshadowing later Byzantine formalism as seen in Ravenna. The piece notes a hiatus in portrait painting into the early Middle Ages.
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Fayoum
Ravenna
Justinian
Theodora
Origin of canard traced to half a duck sales phrase
Darmesieter cites seventeenth century usage where selling a person a half duck implied passing off a whole duck, giving canard the sense of a lie. Lit tre adds canard from Vendre un canard moitié with moitié dropped, illustrating that selling half a duck equates to getting nothing and thus fooling someone.
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Darmesieter
Littre
King Solomon and the diamond pin question
A visitor asks King Solomon if a woman loves him after a blush and apology over a diamond pin. The king considers the meaning of a gentle reaction and lingering interest, keeping the exchange brief and wise.
Belief in Heroic Sacrifice and Anglo-Saxon Heritage
The passage extols heroic sacrifice and the influence of forefathers on American character from Agincourt to Bunker Hill. It also offers a practical tip to soften stiff shoes by applying Vaseline and rubbing it in to restore pliability.
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Agincourt
Bunker Hill
Garfield
Bank Run Sparks Fury as Depositors Pack Bank
A speaker mocks the rush of depositors describing it as causing money tightness while another man reveals he has no funds in the bank. The exchange highlights tension over financial panic and flawed confidence in the banking system.
Simple Stone Cream with Gelatin and Almonds
Dissolve half an ounce gelatin in water then add a pint of lemon peel flavored sweetened milk boiled and cooled. Pour slowly over a jam layer in a glass dish. When set, press blanched almond strips into the cream and serve.
Two girls sought for housework with good wages
Two girls, first and second, are wanted to perform housework with good wages and steady employment for competent persons. Apply by letter or in person to Mrs. Dr. G. R. Skinner at 515 Sixth Ave Cedar Rapids, Ia.
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G. R. Skinner
Sixth Ave
Cedar Rapids
Administrator's Notice of Ezekiel Letze Estate
District Court of Jones County Iowa appoints Joan Letze as administrator with will annexed. Creditors must file sworn claims with the clerk and debtors should pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated Monticello September 26, 1806. Attorney J W Doxee represents the estate.
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District Court
Jones County
State of
Iowa
Ezekiel Letze
Monticello
A. D
Joan Letze
Administratrix Notice in Anamosa Iowa 1886
Public notice states Grete Siamers is named administratrix with the will annexed of the estate of Henry H Siemers deceased in Anamosa Iowa. Creditors are to file sworn claims with the court clerk and prove them. debtors must settle promptly to cover costs. Dated September 15 1886.
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District Court
Jones County
State of
Iowa
Henry H. Siemers
Anamosa
A. D
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Cass
Castle Grove
Horkintoon
J. T. Brady
Scotch Grove Township
Ada Florence
Geo. E. Wall
Onslow
Blanche Applegate
Fannie
V. FE. Stockwell
Carrie Stottlemeyer
Clinton
Nfall
New York Ledger
Surrey
Farmer's
Christian Trade
Siberia
Tobolsk
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London
Quarterly Review
Kansas
L. M. Martinez
Washington Star
Solomon
King Solomon
Chicago Tribune
J. W
Qgrette Siamers
W. Doxree
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Samter & Samter
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