Colfax and Newton Notes Highlight Local Life
Renton, Colfax, and Newton area residents are noted in a sweep of social, political, and business items. Local visits include Miss Nellie Kelly and Miss Kittie Fulhern, and Fred Maytag attending county business. Reports mention hog cholera losses near Killduff, Bents’ Lynnville Herald improvements, and community events at churches and lodges with multiple families and neighbors in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
An. Rorabaugh
Colfax
Nellie Kelly
Friy
Kittie Fulhern
Albert Rhordanz
Killdull
Newton
Fred Maytag
Jasper County
Marshall County
Wm. Amos
Rand
Carns
Baumgardner
Eberhart
D.L. Lyon
Metz
Chris James
James Shelton
Galesburg
Sarah
Howard
A. M. Carl
Morgan & Hunter
Will Parrish
Des Moines
Coe
Homer Parrish
Killdat
Dennis Kelly
Kellogg
W. H. L. King
West McDonald Street
Alice
Miss Berry
Mr. Pease
Thos, Beals
Santa Rosa
Cal
Mr. Beals
California
Bent Clement
Lynnville Herald
Bent
Lynnvillians
Myrtle Downing
Sherman ‘McCracken
James Downing
Mound Prairie Township
Griewold
Paul
Perry Dodge
Monroe
James Barry
Congregational Church
Dick Cowan
Counterfeit Detectives Guard Nation’s Money 4 Million Notes Daily
A column extols U S treasury workers, many women, as experts in destroying worn notes and spotting counterfeits. It notes daily destruction of millions of dollars in various denominations and explains redemption rules. The piece emphasizes skill of clerks and the difficulty of forging genuine notes and mentions detection often by touch.
The Man in Debt and the Allure of Large Borrowed Sums
The Reston Journal argues that huge debts elevate status and survival in business, citing a $50,000 debt as a tastemaker among citizens. It notes banks lend readily to indebted founders and claims a young entrepreneur should seek large loans quickly, despite the risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balzac
Reston Journal
The American Girl in Fiction Portrays a Witty Modern Heroine
A Ladies' Home Journal piece discusses the evolving American girl in fiction. It notes she is quick-witted and capable, guiding men and managing affairs, while developing gentler manners and sympathy for others alongside her keen awareness of flaws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Droch
Ladies’ Home Journal
Equestrian Statue Riff and Chicago Deluge Quip
The Craze notes a wry take on a Detroit Free Press jab about an equestrian statue. An overheard Chicago quip mocks a Washington scientist predicting a 2097 lake flood drowning Chicago, with a Cleveland Plain Dealer retort about boiling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Chicago
Washington
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Serpent Symbol in Nicar Yucatan
A paper read at a Detroit anthropology convention by Rev Stephen D Peet outlines the serpent motif across North America. It notes the serpent as water god and raincloud, appearing in Iroquois Algonquin myths, Mayan glyphs, and Nicara guan architecture, with rituals tying water and seed to the serpent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sion
Detroit
Mich
Stephen D. Peet
Nicar Yucatan
Canada
Ohio
Ilinois
Minnesota
Central America
Nicaragua
Redeeming mutilated money rule explained
The United States treasury will redeem only fragments representing two fifths of a bank note or more. For two fifths to three fifths a note, the holder may receive half to full face value. A New England man once recovered four hundred dollars from torn scraps, but could not prove ownership or missing portions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Clifford Howard
United States Treasury
United States
Ladies’ Home Journal
New England
Treasury
Wanted bright intelligent men to move west and prosper
Wanted notice seeks bright intelligent men with progressive ideas and capable wives to head west and build homes raise crops livestock and engage in trades. It promises health and opportunities in mining lumber manufacturing and business with loans at good interest. Address F I Wursry G P A Great Northern Railway Paul Terville Block coal yard contact C J Co delivers promptly phone 469.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. I. Wursry
Great Northern Railwinn
Paul
Letters to John Beckwith Prompt Memory Loss
A round hand Oakland letter to warehouseman John Beckwith is torn without opening. Beckwith explains he writes letters to himself to remember items like braid, pearl buttons, and hair cloth that he must buy, noting past forgetfulness when mail was delayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Beckwith
Oakland
San Francisco Post
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Renton and Vicinity
Fey
Star Kussart
The
Democrat
Gertie Graham
Mt. Pleasant
C. E. Giles
Mrs. Eyes
Mesdames Cowles
Murray, McKee
Irwin
Taft
Knight
Kipp
Miss Foster
J. Cunningham
W.G. Clements
Monroe Mirror
A. F. Brown Esq
Grand Lodge
Davenport
Geo. Denniston
Lowa
Thas
T. Kilduff
Killduff
Frank Long
Cy Miller
West
Washington St
Grandpa
Grandma Townsend
J.B. Everly
Jane Bennett
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Mary Russell
Newton and
Murphy
Russell
Lizsie Hunter
Des Moines & Northwestern
Granger
Sade
Marie Evans
Oskaloosa
David
Dave
Perts
Jin
Farmers’ Institute
Special Institute
Homestead Co
Iowa
Mere
Boston
Mighty Fable Fom
Fidely
McFarland & Son
Cash Dry Goods House
Asper
C.J & Co
Art Press
Skift’s
Meredith & Ogg
Vaughan
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