Local News Highlights and Visits in nearby towns
G Van Vliet visited in Oskaloosa Tuesday while Miss Janet Gosselink visited Sully relatives. H Bruinsman of Newton plans several weeks in Pella. Will Ver Steege from Des Moines visits relatives in town. Prof D M Edwards and child visited Wednesday with Dr Payne and family. Miss Grace Flannigan and Kent Payne of Albia stay at Dr Payne’s home. Lost green silk parasol found on picnic grounds. Born August 25 1904 to Mr and Mrs Henry Schalekamp Sioux Center an eight pound girl. Mrs Schalekamp formerly Jennie Van der Linden. Rev and Mrs W J Van Kersen returned from Michigan. Miss Bertha Tysseling of Minnesota visiting. Mr and Mrs Rene Vanderlinden went to World’s Fair. Miss Julia Van Zante visiting Mrs Albert Torpstra north of Galesburg. Miss Selen Slob to Orange City Friday after eight weeks with relatives. Minnie and Hattie Tusseling of Knoxville visiting relatives.
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Henry Schalekamp
Sioux Center
Schalekamp
Jennie van der Linden
Impressions of the World's Fair by George Fitch
George Fitch of the Council Bluffs Nonpareil spent a week at the Exposition and shared sweeping notes on its vast size and surprising discoveries. He describes endless exhibits, a life sized mining gulch, a Filipino village, a presidentially ambitious university building, and a corn map of Rhode Island, all hidden behind a tight fence and best found with a guide. He concedes he walked a million miles yet missed the balloon race course.
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George Fitch
Council Bluffs
Jerusalem
Rhode Island
Seal of Minnesota Flour Guaranteed at Cole's Seed Store
Cole's Seed Store offers a money back guarantee on Seal of Minnesota flour. If you don't think it is the best flour you ever used, you may request a refund.
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Seal OF
Minnesota
Cole’s
A Flower on the Grave of Kruger in Canastota
A poem by Sipko Rederus commemorates Stephanus Paulus Kruger, depicting a mighty Transvaal trunk felled by fire and greed. The piece contrasts enduring strength with colonial forces and ends with a historian noting the trunk as a timeless symbol amid history’s shifting light.
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Stephanus Paulus Kruger
South African Republic
Transvaal
Sipko Rederus
Save the Housemaid's Knees and Warm Rugs
The piece suggests knitting soft rugs from old fabrics to protect housemaids’ knees and pass rainy days enjoyably. It encourages turning aprons and discarded garments into strips, joined by overlap, using large needles or crochet. A physician touts coffee as a preventive against typhoid and cholera, urging three strong cups per meal during contagious outbreaks.
Clark Visits Kindergarten Students Elephant Skin Question
Champ Clark of Missouri attended exercises in a kindergarten class and asked the children if they had seen an elephant's skin. A child proudly replied, I have, pointing to the elephant. The anecdote appeared in the Argonaut.
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Champ Clark
Missouri
Mr. Clark
Fragmentary Verse Snippet Traces Eclectic Quips
A brief, fragmented verse snippet features archaic phrasing about carrion, a bustard, a breese, and odd spellings like flees and frou. The readable text presents a playful or mysterious line with no clear event or人物 context.
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G. van Vliet
Oskaloosa
Janet Gosselink
Sully
H. Bruinsman
Newton
Pella
Will Ver Steege
Des Moines
City
D. M. Edwards
Dr. Payne
Grace Flannigan
Kent Payne
Albia
W. J. van Kersen
Michigan
Bertha Tysseling
Rene Vanderlinden
Julia van Zante
Albert Torpstra
Galesburg
Selen Slob
Orange City
Minnie
Hattie Tusseling
Knoxville
Globe
Southwest
RIAA
Rock Island
Texas
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
J. M. Cox
Iowa
Lion Coffee
Suy We
Woollson Spice Co
Second National, Bank
Toledo
Ona
Woolson Spice
Gro
Woolson Spice Comany
Soulara
Toledo, Ohio
Albion
Africa
Kruger
Canastota
N. Y
Guess
Cole’s Drug Store
California
Continent
Colorado
el Paso
Portland
Seattle
J. M
Cox
Agent Pella
Pressive
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