Wyominae Social Notes and Local Real Estate Moves
Frank Sinkey visits Wyominae while Chauncey Tompkins buys the Robert McKean farm on Pleasant Ridge. Mrs Vosburg, longtime resident, is buried today. Evans Bros. sell a farm implement business to A N Read. R 8 Vaughn leases Hopkinton hotel. Thomas Jacobs visits with Oklahoma-born wife. Mrs. Henry Kettelson hosts a large gathering. The Wyoming Telephone Co expands to three hundred phones and metallic toll lines. P F Church sells 70 acres to John Evers at 70 per acre and buys a 160 acre quarter near Redfield S D for 1900. Newton Jarrett notes large corn ears and a potential 75 bushels per acre. Vesper Rearick buys fifty acres from J R Walston at 66 per acre and moves the old Ricker house onto the land.
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Wyominae
Frank Sinkey
Walker
Iowa
Chauncey Tompkins
Robert McKean
Pleasant Ridge
Vosburg
Evans Bros
A. N. Read
John Dunning
South Dakota
R. G. Cousins
F. J. Sokol
Shimada
Henry Kettelson
Vaughn
Onslow
Hopkinton
Johnson Bros
Will Halsey
Wyoming Telephone Co
Chas, Hall
P. F. Church
John Evers
Mr. Church
Redfield
Newton Jarrett
Vesper Rearick
J. R. Walston
J. H. Lubben
Notable Visits and Local Happenings in Onslow
Onslow residents note visits from relatives including Mrs. Julia Miller in Missouri and Mrs. Ida Sutherland of Tarkio. Dr. Knepper relocates to Worthington, and A. I. Greiser buys the hotel business from Bert Dye. A large American Eagle mount is prepared for James Livingston. Voter turnout urged for upcoming election day with focus on judicial nominees.
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Onslow
Julia Miller
Gaines
Missouri
Knittle
O. McDaniel
T. H. Lightfoot
Ida Sutherland
Tarkio
S. O. Fowler
Milo Garrison
Wyoming
Knepper
Worthington
Frank Sinkey
Walker
Elias Anderson
Madison Village
Wm. Eckler
Jane Hanna
New York
Art Noyes
John Smith
John Miller
Iowa Telephone Company
Center Junction Briefs Highlight Visits and Local News
Merlin Moses attended Hopkinton school then spent Sunday at home. Will McDonald of Rhodes Iowa visits relatives. Chas Davis left for Battle Creek Kansas to visit. Geo Andrews family visit daughter Mrs Dodge at Center Point. Vaughn family to move to Hopkinton to run a hotel. Rev VanDeErve spoke at Cedar Rapids for Coe College. Margaret Sutherland to teach in Allamakee Co next winter. James Miles injured mounting a fractious horse. leg broken above ankle, under care of Dr. King and Dr. Kent. About twenty ladies sewed carpet rag at Mrs Serbousek’s home, then social time and a group photo taken by Andrew McDonald.
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Center Junction
Merlin Moses
Hopkinton
Will McDonald
Rhodes Iowa
Chas. Davis
Battle Creek
Geo. Andrews
Mrs. Dodge
Center Point
Vaughn
VanDeErve
Coe College At
Cedar Rapids
Margaret Sutherland
Allamakee Co
James Miles
King of
Anamosa
Kent
Frank McNeilly
Frank Serbousek
Andrew McDonald
Local notices from Castle Grove district
Jimmet Hall returned from Butler county. W A Krueger and I A Ieiken are building cream houses. A Chicago supply rep was in the territory. Jones County Telephone Co extends lines northwesterly. 8 M Hosford travels to Kasota Minnesota then home. The basket social at schoolhouse No 2 postponed to Friday Oct 24. Mrs Seism, Ottumwa resident, widow, mentioned in brief.
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Castle Grove
Jimmet Hall
Butler County
W. A. Krueger
I. A. Ieiken
Chicago
Jones County Telephone Co
M. Hosford
Kasota
Minn
Seism
Ottumwa
Education and careers for Dutch women shown in schools
In Holland mixed public schooling starts at six with coeducation. By twelve girls enter a five year higher burgher track. Proficiency in English French and German marks educated women. Women increasingly work as doctors dentists photographers gardeners and chemist assistants with many nurses and museum curators, reflecting rising independence.
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Holland
White Cross
National History Museum
Haarlem
Utrecht
Amsterdam
London
Amber in Rome as Reputed by Pliny the Elder
The passage notes Pliny the Elder’s sarcasm about amber's high price for tiny figures and his observation that amber beads on infants can guard against poison and witchcraft. It also explains amber’s use in imitating precious stones through artificial staining, aided by its brilliance and workable polish.
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Rome
Pliny
Silk in England: early adoption and costly fashion
The text notes silk first worn in England, with two noble women drawing attention at Elizabeth I's court. Silk manufacturing began in 1604 and improved by 1688 with Huguenot refugees. Silk remained expensive, stockings around $100, cloaks near $1,000, and Elizabeth left 3,052 dresses, only twelve of silk. Leicester valued silk breeches imported from Italy at over $500.
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England
Elizabeth
Leicester
Italy
Ants Used by Brazilian Tribe to Stitch Wounds
A Brazilian Indian tribe uses large black ants to close gashes. The Indian places the ant heads at the wound and the jaws bite the flesh together. The ant bodies are removed while the heads stay attached to hold the sides until healing.
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Brazil
How to Remove Ink From Clothes
Ink spots may be removed from linen with tartaric acid while wet. For cotton silk or woolen goods saturate the spot with spirits of turpentine and let it remain several hours then rub between the hands. It will crumble away without injuring the color or texture of the article.
Merchant Tests Applicant With Chinaware Reply
An exchange shows a merchant grilling a job applicant about chinaware experience. The applicant jokes that when breaking a valuable piece he rebuilds it and hides it for a customer to knock over, prompting the merchant to hire him.
Warts Cured by Straw, Snail, and Bacon Folklore
In Wexford and nearby counties Irish folk remedies for warts are described. Straw tied to a wart and buried, or rubbing with a white snail and sticking it on a thorn, are believed to cure. Accidental water in a hollow stone may halt growth, and in Cavan a bacon fat rub is linked to wart outbreaks.
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Wexford
Pale
Cavan
Larry
Dr Miles Offers Free New Heart Nerve Treatment
An experienced physician promotes a new treatment for heart, nerve, stomach, and dropsy diseases with $40,000 value and hundreds of testimonials. Patients cured after failures by many top doctors in major cities. free $250 treatment offered to readers by Dr. Franklin Mines of Elkhart Indiana.
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Miles
Grand Rapids
Chicago
New York City
Philadelphia
W. Bell
Dayton
Ohio
Foreign Missions
State Sunday School Union
J. S. Zent
Hartford Block
Indianapolis
E. G. Reynolds
Elkhart
Ind
A. Kranch
Huntington
Franklin Mines
Main Street
Elkart
German Master At An English Public School Affair
The new German master at an English public school faced warning about rough treatment from his class. On his first appearance he asserted his name Banck with German pronunciation and declared he would not be bombarded by the boys, recalling a similar Eton tale of a short French master.
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Banck
Eton
M. Banck de Paris
Heirloom Laughs At Boastful Possessor Of Ancient Table
A wealthy man boasts a 500 year old table. A guest counters with a 3 000 year old table from India. The punchline reveals the second table is a multiplication table, turning the boast on its head.
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India
Lace Bark Tree of Jamaica Produces Natural Lace
The lace bark tree of Jamaica yields a fibrous inner bark used to fashion caps ruffles and full lace outfits. Its material bleaches to a whiteness rivaling artificial lace when sun bleached, and the natural product compares favorably in beauty.
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Jamaica
Gained Forty Pounds In Thirty Days With Tablets
A Long Branch Missouri merchant advertises Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets after claiming their use led to a forty pound gain in thirty days for a younger brother troubled by indigestion. The testimonial notes full recovery and ongoing trade in the product. Bacher and Abel supply the tablets.
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Chamberlain
Nail Through Hand Healed by Pain Balm Remark
J. C. Mount of Three Mile Bay New York stapled a nail through his hand while opening a box. He used Chamberlain's Pain Balm and soon found pain and soreness removed with rapid healing. Bucher & Abel supply the balm.
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J. C. Mount
Three Mile Bay
N. Y
Chamberlain
Tor Sale
Bucher & Abel
John Wesley and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
An old anecdote about John Wesley and his wife, noting repeated guidance to a child. The item then promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a safe cure for colds and grip and as preventing pneumonia, with a brief mention of sale by Bacher & Abel.
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John Wesley
Mistress Wesley
Chamberlain
Gale
Bacher & Abel
Sale of two farm tracts and timber in Iowa 1902
The will of Catharine Shannon directs offers be received at J. W. Coxsee law office Monticello Iowa on November 15 1902 from 2 to 4 pm for two described tracts in Union and Castle Grove townships Delaware and Jones counties. Abstracts available at Coxsee. Also 41 acres of timber belonging to Frank Sheridan offered at the same time and place. Nicholas Kruor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catharine Shannon
J. W. Coxsee
Monticello
Iowa
Union Township
Delaware County
Castle Grove Township
Jones County
Frank Sheridan
Nicholas Kruor
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Grand Band
Kempf
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Cole
INC
D. E. Pond
North America
Hartford
North British and Mercantile
Pennsylvania
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Ayer
Buckingham
R P Hall & Co
Nashua
N.H
Franklin Miles
M. D
Great Horse Sale
A. Phelps
W. A. Hogan
Wm. Abel, Jr
Wpnidocq WO
Monticello Tile Factory
John Dibson
E. R. Perkins
Lovell
Marks Business Company
Atate
Des Moines
Kota Land Co
Northwest
Missouri River
North Dakota
Parker
F. F. Beardsley & Co
First Nat'l Bank
Citizens’ Bank of
Kempf's
Hans Hanson Co
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