09 Dec 1915
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Newspaper
Pocahontas County Sun
Location
Laurens, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1915
Page
1
Miss Jessie Carnot, staying at Towser's Point with relatives, pretends deaf and dumb to avoid unwanted male attention from a nearby camp. A young painter, Clarence Denton, tries to woo her with vegetables and notes, eventually earning a patient response after a boating mishap and a rescue, sparking a shy romance that leads to familial blessing and plans to wed.
A remark on Lord Lansdowne's style and humor recalls a tale from The Fourth Generation. He once rang Turner's house in Queen Anne Street without reply, then an old servant appeared and asked, Be you the cat's meat man.
Mrs. George Schlinkmann a former Carroll county resident now living near Glidden Texas is recovering from glanders at St. An thony s hospital in Glidden. She moved from Glidden to Texas about three years ago and in February this year contracted a severe glanders case. She has been moved to the hospital annex to prevent spread, and an auto vaccine derived from diseased tissues was used with regular injections of anti toxin resulting in marked improvement.
The remains of J S Wattles civil engineer longtime servant of Northwestern and Sioux City and Pacific arrived by special train from Sioux City where he died at eighty five. Funeral held at First Presbyterian church Missouri Valley with interment in Missouri Valley cemetery. He was a longtime resident influential in city affairs and active in drainage engineering in western Iowa.
Mrs. R. R. McBride, wife of a Des Moines undertaker, sues Laeta Jaques for 25000 dollars in district court alleging Jaques attracted her husband away from their marriage. She says they wed May 17 1896 and that in October 1914 Jaques began winning his affection and gifts, gaining control over his conduct.
George Swallow former Booneville postmaster was arraigned in Des Moines federal court on a charge of making a false return on canceled stamps to boost pay. He pleaded not guilty and awaits trial. The case mirrors a second similar charge in the current term following E A Hall of Bondurant whose jury disagreed and will be retried next term.
Light fire equipment replaces heavy apparatus as Davenport adopts a mosquito fleet. Hose wagon bodies mounted on small chassis form a new, cheaper fleet. council and fire department believe the experiment will succeed despite initial ridicule.
G Perkins testified in federal court in Des Moines accusing Dr Samuel Miller of selling him morphine daily for months. Miller, a Des Moines physician, faces indictment by the prior federal grand jury for violating the Harrison Drug Act.
The new alumni hall at Grinnell costing 200000 will be completed by next summer and ready for use at the opening of the September 1916 term. It will stand north of the Carnegie library and serve as a recitation hall.
Two patients exposed to rabies are responding to Pasteur treatment in the University of Iowa bacteriological laboratories. Both are expected to escape hydrophobia. The patients are Mrs. A. O. Barnes of Des Moines and three year old Hazel Hickle of Ames.
Horace Barton aged twenty, recent Council Bluffs high school graduate noted for his athletics and academics, died when a nail punctured his brain during a house teardown with his father.
New commodity rates from Chicago to Des Moines were approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The plan bases rates on Chicago to the Mississippi River plus a pro rata share from the Mississippi to the Missouri River.
Otto Schunke of Grant township won the trip to San Francisco for the best acre of corn in the O’Brien County contest. The prize was provided by Mrs Schee of Sheldon. Schunke also a fad by.
The United States, in a lengthy note to Great Britain, denounces the war era blockade as ineffective, illegal and indefensible. Ambassador Page delivers the note urging adherence to neutral rights and international rules, with a table of hundreds of vessels detained by British authorities since the war began. A separate communication will address Britain’s contraband list and enforcement.
Donald B. Macmillan recalls wolves invading Axel Heiberg Land camps during Sverdrup and Crocker Land expeditions. He describes wolves leaping at sleds, killing dogs, attacking men, and preying on musk ox, caribou, arctic hare, lemmings, and possibly seals.
Frederick T. Tanner of New York, chairman of the Republican state committee, married Miss Jane Ogden daughter of Charles C. Ogden of Albany at State Street Presbyterian church Albany. Hundreds attended, including Governor Whitman, Mrs Whitman, Senator-elect J W Wadsworth and Mr and Mrs H H Gary.
Railroad analysts report a broad rise in western rail traffic for October indicating strengthening national prosperity. Grain movement grew steadily, west and northwest records exceeded those of October 1914, ore shipments stayed strong, and east to west freight, led by manufactured goods, saw a notable upsurge.
Forty Villa garrison deserters crossed from Nogales Sonora to Agua Prieta. R Garduno Douglas consul reported that a deserter told him Villa, though greatly depressed, traveled to Candnea to get drunk.
Cold storage eggs sold in New York after November 15 must be stamped as such. The rule aims to label eggs kept in cold storage to ensure traceability and consumer awareness.
The great naturalist Cuvier found time short to complete his goals and learned shaving wasted hours. He noted shaving took a quarter hour daily totaling about four days a year, so he resolved to let his beard grow to save time.
Be a Real Power In the World. It is a great thing to start out in active life, with the resolution that you will not be a mere cipher in your community, but a real constructive force, that you will stand for something more than a real living getter or a dollar gatherer.
Mme. Melba recounts a small Australian town moment when two boys barred from a concert were allowed to sit behind the orchestra. After the show she told them they owed a guinea each, and the older boy saluted, saying they owed her much more.
Mica mining began in the United States in New Hampshire, which supplied all domestic production until around 1868 when North Carolina and others joined. Today most sheet mica serves the electrical industry while scrap mica is ground for decorative uses, notably wallpaper.
Palmistry splits into chirology and chiromancy. Chirology studies the hand’s outward form including the thumb and fingers. Chiromancy, from Greek, means divination by the hand using lines mounts and other palm marks.
Clinton reports the planned marriage between Linton and Glocker was declared off, while Chicago News notes no ceremony occurred. The status of the couple remains unsettled amid conflicting local coverage.
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