Community notes from Sully and nearby towns
A long column of local notices from Sully Iowa detailing improvements, social events, visits, and family news. Mrs. Leighton and family are improving slowly, Roy Fleck owns a Page touring car, Len Ver Steeg buys an Overland, and various residents attend gatherings, drives, and Sunday visits. Several children take exams, and J C Smith plans a Winnipeg trip. The piece ends with a shoe maker explaining bunions as shoewear-related.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy
Ladies’ Aid Society
A. J. Klyn
Roy Fleck
Page
B. van Maanen
Wm. Ver Steeg
New Sharon
B. van Zink
Family visits and relatives noted in local area
W Rootselaar and his family visited relatives in Pella on Saturday while Piez Dé Moss with his wife and two children spent Sunday at the home of Mr De Mone's parents near Cordova. Dr Rawson is noted as the possessor of a
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Will DeVries
Albert Colyn
N. P. de Jong
Gerrit Schuttinga
Marie Weyers
Jennie Vander Kieft
Otlay
Otto van Speren
Junitta
Lane Weyers
Lou Vander Linden
Dave Dykstra
Mitchellville
Case Verdugt
Prairie City
David Fennems
Knowville
Edgar Stuff
Will Verdugt
Fairmount
Pella
Cyrus Keuning
Frank van Eseen
C. Lille
W. O. Brezer
Alma
Norris
Given
Capital City
Misa Elegie Frazer
Henrietta van Polen
Henrietta van Ginkle
Mesdamea van Zante
Klein and
Kaldenberg
Misa Kate Mulenberg
Coffova
Misa Jennie Vander Linnen
Garret Stroves
Near Kellogg
Stroves
Will Talbot
Grandma Haines
Talbot
Will Enfield
Hazel
Wilbur
Fay
Mr. Enfield
Henry Meridith
Bessie Haines
Newton
Meredith
Sally
Perry Talbot
Grinnell
Lawrence DeJong
Lewis Shotts
Sully. Motor Co
C. V. Shipman
Mr. and Butts
W. Rootselaar
Piez Dé Moss
Mr. de Mone
Cordova
Dr. Rawson
The Cynic Confirms Swayers Object to Marriage
A cynical note reflects a viewpoint that opposed marriage for the speaker, with emphasis on reluctance and social pressure. The fragment suggests a doubtful stance toward forming a marital union. The tone hints at interpersonal tension and a critical social stance within a broader context.
Beecher Quip Converts Heathens to Missionaries
A well known agnostic attended Henry Ward Beecher's lecture and offered his daughter to Beecher, calling her a heathen. Beecher replied that if all heathens were as pretty as she was, everyone would become missionaries.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Mr. Beecher
Ladies’ Home Journal
Wanted: a man who can speak French and understands horses
A humorous collection of quotes from old newspapers shows a bore who talks endlessly and a young lady's growing interest at 11:30. An ad seeks a French speaker who knows horse language, with a quip about French and “ze horses.”
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Louisville Courier-Journal
London Standard
Also Mentioned on This Page
fRuyper Lumber Company
Leighton
Jno
Rempe Sr
Len Ver Steeg
Liberty Corner
Mra. Dyketra
Mra. and
Esther
Holdeworth
Elmer Burnham
Murphy
Jake
Dan Skeels
Sully
Woodbury Mudgett
Galesburg
Harry Haines
Aytie Sparks
Emerson Sherman
John Sherman
Rev
Aylmore
Win Talbot
Cong’s Association
Des Moines
Mr. Pierce
Henry Meredith
Mise Ollie Shriner
Inez Burnham
Eva Youngkin
Harry Klyne
Laura Talbot
Delia Boat
Lewis
Muriel Vanderpol
J. C. Smith
Winnipeg
Canada
M. E. Church
John Eldbridge
Psare
Otley
Cynic
Sway
Vander Linden
Royal
M. Vander Linden
Harlem Oil
Holland
Dr.ironing Tilly” Brand Vander Linden
Bazar
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