Hurt Home Fire Destroys Doctor's Lebanon Residence
The two story frame house of Dr. H W Hurt president of McKendree College in Lebanon Illinois was burned destroying the building and a 1500 volume library. Hurt and his wife escaped with two children in their night clothes as the furnace area caught fire. Insurance stood at 2000 while loss was estimated at 5000. Regular community notes follow with local visits and births.
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Huber Hurts
Oskaloosa
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
H. W. Hurt
McKendree College
Lebanon
Til
Dr. Hurt
Stella McLeod
Dirk’ Freeken
Mitinie
Nellie Breen
Galesburg
Freeken
Simon. Steinman
Wm. Vriezlaar
J. B. Vriezelaar
Steinman
Fred Lankelma
Mere le Calhoun
Sacramento
Calif
Fred ‘Bongers
Bids for Township Road and Drag Superintendents
The Township Clerk is instructed to advertise for Bids and applicants for Road Superintendent and Drag Superintendents by the Trustees of Lake Prairie Township. They will meet at the office of Veenstra Nieberg Co. on February 7 1916 at 9 o'clock a m to consider bids and applicants. The township may be divided in 3 parts. For particulars see C Diele man G Hoekstra G T H Klein Trustees or Chas Porter Township Clerk.
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Lake Prairie Township
Veenstra Nieberg Co
C. Dieleman
G. Hoekstra
G. T. H. , Klein
Chas. Porter
Secretary’s service recognized at Pella lodge
Thursday evening the Odd Felons Lodge of Pella installed new officers and presented George Kimmel with a polished ebony cane with a gold top in recognition of his twenty years of service as secretary.
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Odd Felons Lodge
Pella
George Kimmel
Ladies G A R sale at Van Rees News Stand
The Ladies of the G A R will hold a sale on Saturday January 22 at the Van Rees News Stand offering cakes pies doughnuts bread rolls and cookies. Proceeds will support their activities and local community projects. The announcement emphasizes remembering the date and location.
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van Rees
Pella Produce Co Advertisement Pigeons Wanted
Local ad offers payment of $1.20 per dozen for pigeons. Contact Pella Produce Co for details and drop-off arrangements.
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Pella Produce Co. Adv
Ten medical fellowships funded by China board endowment
The Rockefeller Foundation endowed ten medical fellowships to enable medical missionaries on furlough to pursue post graduate work. Each fellowship covers the tuition and also pays the missionary's salary during studies. Chicago Baptists plan a downtown city Temple funded by all city Baptist churches. Dr Johnston Meyers chosen as manager.
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China Board
Rockefeller Foundation
Baptists of
Chicago
Johnston Meyers
Recipe for Gray Hair Dye at Home with Barbo Compound
Fragmentary OCR notes describe mixing rum with Barbo Compound to color faded gray hair. Instructions mention glycerine and adding water, with a half pint rum and small portions, suggesting a home treatment to darken hair at low cost. The text is garbled and incomplete.
Frederick the Great on Cavalry Discipline tale
In a tale from History of Frederick the Great, the king criticizes his cavalry as unruly and inefficient. He recounts a drill episode where messages pass through multiple officers, each avoiding duty until the chain collapses. He warns that the regiment cannot face the enemy in such a state.
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Frederick the Great
Leutenant
Cornet
Singular Kurdish marriage custom shocks crowd at homecoming
The Kurds practice a brutal homecoming ritual where a groom carried by a bodyguard enters with his wife while stones and sticks rain down from pursuing women. The attackers may include former lovers seeking vengeance, leaving lasting marks on the groom.
One of Barnum's Freaks Tadpole Joke
In a New York museum tale, P T Barnum pitches Gaylord Clark on a zoological marvel. The supposed creature shifts from fish to four legged land animal and tree climber, a batrachian tadpole. Clark jokes about the expense, while Barnum insists the creature is real and calls it a tadpole.
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P. T. Barnum
New York
Gaylord Clark
Mr. Clark
Mr. Barnum
Gaylord
Think and Live Long Says Brain Workers Live Longer
A medical expert notes brain workers outlive muscle workers and those using both skills fare best. The piece adds life insurance firms view lower education as higher risk, refusing illiterates as bad bets.
What He Lacked
A Chicago Herald quip on marriage and love at first sight. The innocent maid asks if the union stemmed from instant romance and the round-shouldered man concedes, lamenting that if he had second sight he would still be in the bachelor class.
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Chicago Herald
Music and Madness in the Great Composers
Handel and Mozart died insane while Donizetti and Schumann produced much of their finest work while confined in lunatic asylums, illustrating a link between genius and mental illness in classical music history.
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Handel
Mozart
Donizetti
Schumann
Humorous courtroom quip prompts sharp banter about taste
A judge delivers a playful line about a woman who buys items that appear cheap. The exchange centers on perception and humor within a courtroom setting.
The Old Time Surgeon Chronicle
A brief appetizing tale of preanesthetic surgery. It recalls Maisonneuve offering a watch for a one minute amputation, noting the rapid craft of old time surgeons. Langenbeck’s arm at the shoulder is cited as a two minute feat, with a young observer adjusting his spectacles in awe.
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Maisonneuve
Langenbeck
Germany
Mexico
J. W. Butler
Vanity Tickled
During the early excesses of the French revolution a rabble of men and women rioted in Paris. Lafayette ordered an artillery officer to fire with two cannons after the officer warned he would shoot. The officer, appealing to vanity, rode forward doffing his hat and announced he was ordered to shoot the rabble, clearing the street immediately.
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Paris
Lafayette
Fragmented dialogue hints at a moral lesson scene
A fragment shows a teacher urging a child to grow up properly while the child resists. The exchange hints at social expectations and seeking approval, with phrases about being looked up to and personal preference surfacing in a brief, incomplete dialogue.
Pella Corn Growers elect officers at annual meeting
Local notes report Rev C Muller preached at Third Reformed Church and Brak calls were renewed. Pella Corn Growers Association elected C Dieleman president J P DeCook secretary and Dick Den Adel treasurer. Other items include Des Moines visits and community happenings.
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C. Muller
West Sayville
Third Reformed Church
P. Brak
Chicago
Pella Corn Growers Association
C. Dieleman
J. P. DeCook
Dick den Adel
Koffee Klatch Kontinue at Mrs Rhynsburger Home
Fourteen ladies were entertained at the home of Mrs. H. Rhynsburger last week. Refreshments were served after which a silver token was left for upkeep of the ladies rest room.
Notice to Teachers for Regular Examination Dates
Notice to teachers. The regular teachers examination will be held in the office of the county superintendent January 26 27 and 28 beginning at 8 o'clock. Mae Goldizen County Superintendent.
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Mae Goldizen
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