Courtland Arthur Zieske visits Wabassa for a week
Courtland Arthur Zieske travels to Wabassa on Tuesday for a visit with friends lasting one to two weeks. The community notes mention dances, travels, and local happenings including postal workers and shoppers, with several residents visiting nearby towns and celebrating the season.
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Arthur Zieske
Wabassa
Courtland
Mchlotiman
Hallow
C. H. Dirks
New Ulm
R. W. Zimmerman
Santa Claus
Benny Becker
Redwood
Fred Schlack
St. Peter
G. W. Schlottman
C. W. Block
Father takes two sons to Warrenton for orphan home
Sleepy Eye Herald Dispatch reports Henry Kolbe, a farmer near Lucan, left with his two young sons aged 2 and 4 for Warrenton Missouri to place them in an orphan home after the death of their mother. Kolbe plans the best rearing arrangement for the boys with A. Davieson, a music dealer with stores in New Ulm and St. Paul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Kolbe
Warrenton Mo
Kolbe
Lucan
A. Davieson
New Ulm
Beware of a Catarrh Cure Containing Mercury
Beware of a fer Catarrh that Contains Mercury warns of dangerous health risks from mercury in remedies. The text mentions Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by B. J. Cheney, and advises caution due to mercury’s destructive effects on the mucous surfaces and overall system.
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Hall's
B. J. Cheney
Realty Transfers of Multiple Minnesota Properties
Real estate transfers listed for various parcels in townships including Sleepy Eye and New Ulm. Transfers include Heise to Gumtow for 40 acres, Bloemke to Arndt for 160 acres, and several others up to 86 thousand dollars, with references to townships T109 R32 and R33, and include a marriage license noted for Ebilsison and Amann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sleepy Eye
C. A. Gehrmann
R. B. Hansen
M.M. Radi
Jos. Bruckbauer
Joseph Schloeg
John Amann
L. J. Fuller
John Steinmetz
Herman Bloemke
Fred Arndt
Griffith
Alfred A Berkner
Ste
Allison
Thomas E Hier
Southwestern Minnesota Land Co
Winona & One Land Co
Springfield
Joseph Helget
Wenzel Helget
Dane Ebilsison
Ebilsison
John
Avan
Clara Ebilsison
Foley's Kidney Remedy Promoted as Urine Cleanser
The advertisement touts a German chemical as an ingredient in Foley's Kidney Remedy. It claims hexamethylenetetramine acts as a uric-acid solvent and antiseptic for urine and urges prompt use at signs of irregularities to prevent serious illness.
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M. Olsen
Grain and Provision Prices From Minneapolis and Duluth
Minneapolis market reports wheat prices for Dec and future months with No 1 hard and Northern grades at around 1.11 to 1.13 dollars, Duluth lists No 1 hard at 1.12 percent, No 1 Northern near 1.12, No 2 Northern around 1.10, plus flax values at about 1.97 to 1.98 dollars with Dec and May delivery.
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Minneapolis
Northern
Duluth
St Paul Live Stock and Grain Prices
St Paul market reports show cattle with ranges for steers cows and heifers, hogs and sheep with various weights and prices. Chicago futures for wheat corn oats pork and dairy and poultry values are listed with December May and July dates and regional butter and egg quotes.
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Chicago
Chicago Live Stock Prices on Dec 24
Cattle Reeves group valued at 4.00 to 8.40 with Texas steers 4.00 to 4.20 and Western steers 4.00 to 6.25. Stockers and feeders 3.00 to 5.25. Cows and heifers 2.00 to 5.50. Calves 7.25 to 9.50. Hogs light 7.35 to 8.35, mixed 8.05 to 8.50, heavy 8.15 to 8.55, rough 8.15 to 8.80. Good to choice heavy 8.30 to 8.55. Pigs 7.00 to 7.90. Sheep native 3.50 to 5.60, yearlings 6.40 to 7.25, lambs 5.75 to 8.25.
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St. Paul
Chicago
Texas
Rival Discoverers of the North Pole
In a November scene Witherton notes tension between Miss Snob and Miss Knob as they confront each other while Grace and Harry observe the frigid rivalry.
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Grace
Miss Snob
Miss Knob
Harry
Que
North Pole
Noted quarrel over cigaret mishap in strange exchange
Brief dialogue recalls Arthur bystander remark and two women who glared as they passed. One wore a Dr. Cook hat, the other a Peary hat, hinting at a feud or rivalry between them. No further context provided.
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Ink
Dr. Cook
New Kings of Belgium Novel Playhouse for Children
Oath of office administered in Parliament Hall Brussels on December 23. Prince Albert becomes King Albert of the Belgians with foreign dignitaries present including United States Minister Lane. Princess Louise and daughter return to Brussels as Leopold’s will proceedings advance. Also notes on German Navy expansion and a New York playground association plan for a five story outdoor playhouse at Rivington and Cannon streets offering roof garden and gymnasiums for 2000 children.
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Brussels
Albert Ia
Albert
Belgium
Clementine
Stephanie
Leopold
United States
Lane
Louise
Playgrounde Association For
East Side of
New York
Rivington and
Cannon Streets
New York City
Parks and Playgrounds Association of
Howard Bradstreet
Association
Prison Sentences Six Years For Embossment Case
Charles L Warriner, former chief treasurer of the Big Four railroad, pleaded guilty in common pleas court to embossement and was sentenced to six years in the Ohio penitentiary. Prosecutor Hut indicated he would not press further charges unless Warriner shows he has hidden assets or money. The case highlights ocular fatigue term cinematophtalmia used to describe rapid retina excitations linked to cinematography.
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Cincinnati
Charles L
Warriner
Big Four Railroad
Common Pleas Court
Ohio
Hut
Johnson Defeated as Denver Mayor Victory Headlines
In the Denver Times office word spread that Tom Johnson lost the mayoral race. Staff and “newsie” boys rushed onto the streets with jubilant cries of “Jet wins,” signaling a rapid, noisy reaction to the defeat.
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Tom Johnson
Denver Times
Error of the Types notables marked but spaced wrong endings
A reader notes a typographical error in a Berlin newspaper item where the phrase notable was misread as not, followed by Keanans City Star. The correction highlights spacing issues and attribution in the error report.
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Keanans City
The Vanity of Man and a Mild Argument
A humorous vignette shows a couple in a domestic exchange about affection and honesty. The man teases his wife while a playful argument hints at fading intonations of love. A Creamy advertisement sits alongside claiming Mother Gray's Sweet Powders cure colds and worm troubles for children.
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Mother Gray
Mother Grey
New York
Ady Dress
Allen
Olarsted
LeRoy
N.Y
Worth While Golf Quip Sparks Social Banter
A witty exchange about golf reveals a speaker noting that while the player gains management insight from golf, the real value lies in the friends made on the course. The remark underscores social benefits and casual humor within the conversation.
Infomercial style health claim from old advert
An early print advertisement promotes Hollis ter's Rocky Mountain Tea as an internal cleanser promising pure organs and good health. It urges starting tonight and suggests the product will cleanse the body and improve overall wellness.
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Hollister
Loneer Drog Co
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Lena Struss
Dina Poshler
Mankato
Adolph Bierbaum
New Ulm Rural Telephone Co
Mies Emma Bobsin
Nicollet
Poehler
New
Otto Lisder
South Dakota
E. Stellmacher
Rochester
Paul Steinberg
Alfred Ouren
Hanska
Otto Oswald
Nels Swanson
Dundee
Prof
Jobn Raedeke
Fairfax
Tanley
J. W. Bobsin
Fred Wilking
Louis Etter
Isabella Etter
Elgin
Iowa
Julius Milbredt
Fred Precht
St. George
E.D. Precht
Emas
Paul Meyer
Julius Grand
Lamberton
F. Baier
C. A. Rauden
Peter
Guy Priddy Om
Peter Geschwink
Mike Kuells
Eden
Minnesota
Hovses
Mr. Kuells
Lena Gluth
Albert Speckwan
Herald-Dispatch
Herbert Reinholdt Heise
Guardian
August Gumtow
Wm. H. Moeyer
la Crosse
Wis
Amanda S. Frenzel
Ewald H. Nobach
Eva L. Patterson
Hexamethylenete
Trarine
Chicago Grain and Provisions
Witherton
Arthur
NEW Kings OF Belgium
Playhouse For Children
Parliament Hall
Bravia
Kaiser Wilhelm II
King Albert
Lok
Jim
New Ulm Wire Department
Turner Hall
Star Hall
Hep
Frits
Abbert Tau
Rane Ees Eo
U Sew Ulm
Wm. Pfaend
Real Est
Tim I. M. Zieske
Bing
Gira Elas
Hernan Ter
Family 1St
Bakers
Graham‘ Rye
Jewel
Want Mane
Seety Wommah
Sinee Revs
Ulm Bartuara
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