Leander Remely’s Halloween Nut Heist and Reckoning
In Shedd’s Corners a boy named Leander 2d leads a band to raid chestnut harvests on Jacob Fessler’s farm after a soap misadventure. Jacob’s misfortune, the farm’s decline, and a late Halloween gambit unfold as the youths seek a final prank using the barn key, facing consequences and a cautious lesson.
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Leander
Remely 2d
Shedd's Corners
Jacob Fessler
Bills Island
Jacob
Awalup
Shedd’s Corners
Leander 2d
Swamp Farm Scheme Wins and Worries a Family
Leander and twelve boys stage a grand kindling wood fort at a swamp farm under moonlight. They stack boxes around a half-built house, then sneak away before dawn. The next morning Leander’s mother questions the sleep, while his father exposes the plan and its costs.
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Leander
Dobbin
Bissy
Mushy
Pisa
Leander 2d
Mr. Remely
Cere
Throat tight with plaster and talk of peddling
In a cluttered scene Leander endures a red flannel throat bandage and a mustard plaster as Stasy reports neighbors Jake and the old woman splitting boxes. Mrs Remely dashes in with talk of Mrs Fessler and a plan to dose Leander for a day of peddling. The Orient Bank Notes recounts China’s first bank notes from 2007 B. C. and a 1399 B. note preserved in St Petersburg.
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Stasy
Jake
Leander
Jacob
Mrs. Remely
Orient Bank
China
Asiatic Museum
St. Petersburg
Equinox Storms Said To Affect Weather
European weather experts note only slight support for the belief that storms cluster around the equinoxes in March and September. In southwestern Europe March is stormiest. January leads in the British Isles and Norway, but overall Europe shows storms tend to precede the equinox seasons.
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Weather Bureau
Europe
British Islands
Norway
Brave Newfoundland Hero Saves Boy From Boiling Surf
A Newfoundland rescues a young master from dangerous surf. L Oignon recalls a prior rescue that saved his life when nearly starving, expressing gratitude as Tete de Venu shows keen interest.
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L’oignon
Tete de Venu
L'Oignon
Scott as a young barrister at Jedburgh assizes
The article recalls Sir Walter Scott’s early legal career with a 1793 Jedburgh verdict defending a veteran poacher and a later housebreaker case. It recounts his remark to the poacher, a rival’s advice about a yelping terrier and a rusty key, and a judges dinner memory set to a rhyme at Jedburgh. The piece ends noting the idea that progress comes from using what is forced upon us.
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Sir Walter Scott
Jedburgh Assizes
Scott
Lockhart
Jedburgh
Rusty Key
Walter Scott
Westminster Gazette
Quieting Title Suit Notice in Marion County Iowa
Adolphus Waechter files in Marion County District Court a petition to quiet title to parts of Section 33 and 32 Township 74 Range 18 West alleging encumbrances from judgments in favor of J. Seymour J. W. Edgerly Liquid Carbonic Company and Samuel Smith and Company against Herman Rietveld. Appearance required by December term 1906 noon at Knoxville with default by defendants if not appeared.
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J.seymour
J. W. Edgerly
Liquid Carbonic Company
Samuel Smith & Company
District Court
State of Iowa
Marion County
Iowa
Adolphus Waechter
N. W
Samuel Smith and Company
Herman Rietveld
Knoxville
P. H. Bousquet
The Sea Horse’s Atlantic and Mediterranean Range
The sea horse is found along the Atlantic coast near Spain and southern France, in the Mediterranean, and in the Indian Ocean. It is a tiny creature that curls in oyster shells, with a head unlike a horse and rings like caterpillars. It swims with a waving motion, uses its fins to stay aloft, and winds its tail around weeds. It feeds on worms and small fishes and absorbs substances from the sea bottom.
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Atlantic Ocean
Spain
France
Mediterranean
Indian Ocean
Odd Marriage Proposal Painted in Scroll Request
A noted painter William Hunt was commissioned to portray a suitor kneeling with an open scroll bearing a marriage proposal. The recipient responded with a chalk sketch of herself holding a sheet marked Yes, delivering a concise affirmative to the unusual proposition.
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William Hunt
Rubbish Heaps In Europe Contrast With American Towns
The narrator notes scarce waste or roadside filth in Europe except for a single heap of old metal cans in Carlsruhe. He contrasts this with four vacant lots and dirty dumps common in American towns, stating such neglect is absent abroad.
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Europe
Carlsruhe
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Praised by Georgia Man
C N Cornell of Roding Ga recalls long starvation before buying four 50 cent bottles of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. After two months he returned to machinist work and three months later felt well and hearty. He uses it occasionally as a blood purifier and tonic, notes buyer H M Langerak sells Kodol. Aug 27 1906.
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Georgia
C. N. Cornell
Roding, Ga
H. M. Langerak
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the Pella Chronicle
Sadler Bros. Proprietors
A. Publishers
Postol Re
Pella
Alice Louise Lee
Slany
Sissy
Leander the Younger
Fessler
Remely
Presser
Otterdes
Drs. Fellows & Fellows
Walnut Street
Des Moines, Iowa
Cae
Fie
Ayer
Lowell
Mase
Rien Buntioniere Reoe
Ayers
Dod Ward
Jed Ward
Officers
Simon Vanderzy Wa
M Kruger
C Koyper -H den Adel
John Carson
Gases
Sheiener
Bb P
van Des Shula
Johoson
D Va Zante
James Jansmeeeereveeee
Cole -K. van Disselfors
Lat Ward
E. M. Cole
H. Kuyper, C.N. Cole
F. M. Frush
H. Rietveld
H. J. Vanden- Berg
Peter van Sittert
J. 5. Rhynsburger
Post Office Directory
Overland Mail
Durham
B. PF
KEASL
Sam Lam
L. A. Carrison
C. A. Hawley
H. J. Vanden Berg
W. A. Young
College
P Fon Lodge
Caalle Hay
Jn Opere
WM. Kruger
C. C
Ro ” T
Vander Myden
NG. G
Kinmell
Pabiska Tribe
Medta
C. Brulekaoi
C. of R
Cleeks
Helen Fullmoon
Re ‘Ds
Vierea
Lerburg
Welch
Lee
Church Directory
Second Reformed Church
Christian Endeavor
Third Reformed Church
First Christian Reformed Church
Second Christian Reformed Church
M. E. Church
Riddle
Ram
Gt Oe
Fisat Reformed Church
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