Local visits and travels brighten town life this week
Vincent Southworth visits his parental home while Eugene Patterson of Pennsylvania stays with the A Barnhart family. Oliver Atkinson comes from Pocahontas for the Alumni Banquet. J H Inman attends a Britt wedding. Mrs T J Wheeler travels to Earlville New York to visit an aunt. Drainage District 24 assessment schedule. Lou Boucher heads to Chicago after a week with G H Larsen. Will Bartley sells a Cummins township farm to Ernest Sunberg of Palmer. Dr F C Nilsson spends Sunday with Sioux Falls relatives after motorcycle trip. A D Claussen acquires 240 acre farm east of Gilchrist in Sherman township. Mike Hurley injures his hand and will be laid up. Adrian and Vernon Lynch return from Kanakee to St Victor's school in Kanakee Illinois. Emma Swanson returns to Cedar Falls to resume studies after a week with parents. Mrs Fae McEwen of Rolfe visits farm north of town with Dr Florence Fuller. T N Saum and son Donald of Edgerton Minnesota visit F S Holcomb family at Pickerel Lake. Mr and Mrs H L Martin of Great Falls Montana visit. Mrs Martin is Miller boys' sister.
Miss Maude Wray Returns Home For Summer Visit
Miss Maude Wray, who taught near Edgewood South Dakota for two years, returns home Monday to spend the summer with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Wray. The Laurens area will have a single express company after July 1 when United States Express transfers business to American Express.
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Maude Wray
Edgewood
South Dakota
G. W. Wray
Laurens
United States Express Company
United States
American Express Company
Mrs Ainley's Homeward Plan Altered by Family Illness
Mrs George Ainley, who had been visiting, expected to depart today for Chester Montana but was summoned to Greenfield yesterday due to the serious illness of her parents.
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George Ainley
Chester
Montana
Greenfield
Wessman Family Returns Home to Laurens
C A Wessman and family are back at their old Laurens home and delighted to be there. They express no fault with Rolfe residents but affirm there is no place like home.
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C. A. Wessman
Laurens
Rolfe
Heavy Rain Deluges Laurens Area Last Friday
A severe rainstorm drenched Laurens and nearby areas last Friday with rainfall extending east and north while remaining just north of town. In town the skies opened and waters poured down, flooding streets and causing low visibility.
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Laurens
Town
Marathon Home Talent Presents Old Folks at Home
Marathon Home Talent brings Old Folks at Home to Marathon stage tomorrow night after enjoying a flattering reception in Hartley. J G Anderson, who directed the Marathon production, also directs the local show. See first page for announcement and cast.
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Hartley
J.G. Anderson
Marathon Dramatic Company to Stage The Old Folks at Home
The Marathon Dramatic company presents The Old Folks at Home on Friday June 19 in a production directed by J G Anderson who also plays a principal role. The show blends pathos and comedy with strong heart interest for local audiences.
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The
Marathon Dramatic Company
J. G., Anderson
Miss Maude Gilchrist Takes Leave From College Post
Miss Maude Gilchrist returned from Wellsley last Sunday to finish the college year. She has applied for a year’s leave of absence as professor at the college. She and her mother, Mrs H C Gilchrist, are now keeping house in the Warne residence near the school house.
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Maude Gilchrist
Wellsley
H. C. Gilchrist
Warne
Local residents make small moves and farewells noted
Carl J Gustafson and Axel John son drive new Studebaker autos. C O Davis travels to Conrad and back with family. Edith Barnhart returns from Eagle Grove after five years and attends a farewell party hosted by friends at the Geo Haines home. She then goes home to Laurens and remains an employee here. The Eagle Grove Eagle reports on her farewell with a gift of a silver salad fork from Miss Nellie Falk.
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Edith Barnhart
Eagle Grove
Geo. Haines
Haines
Miss Barnhart
Nellie Falk
Barnhart
Laurens
Bartley Emerson Wedding Near Town This Morning
Early morning ceremony at the G H Emerson home joins Pearl Emerson and Ray Bartley in marriage. Rev Seward of Marathon officiated. After a brief wedding breakfast the couple left for a honeymoon trip through Minnesota in an auto. Pearl Emerson is the daughter of G H and Mrs Emerson. Ray Bartley is the eldest son of Mrs S Bartley and is praised for his frugality and honesty. They will reside in the house near Mrs Bartley’s residence.
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G. H. Emerson
Goom
8. S. Bartley
Public Ridicule Punishments Through English History
A London Chronicle account traces how public ridicule served as a common punishment in Plantagenet times, with pillorying and public shaming for meat and wine offenses, bareheaded walks in Cheapside for serious crimes, and harsher penalties under later reigns including flogging and the grim Georgian era.
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St. Thomas’ Hospital
George II
Henry VIII
Gloucester
London Chronicle
Fishes Said to Vocalize Loudly in Nets and Hand
London Globe notes remarkable claims of vocal fish including the horse mackerel and herring, with the hammer or hardhead producing a buzzing sound felt in the hand when held near the ear. Observers attribute the noises to fear and internal vibrations within the head.
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London Globe
Early Skating in Europe and London Frosts
The article traces skating origins to northern Europe in prehistoric times and notes William Tlitz-Ste phen's mention in late twelfth century London. It credits the Cavaliers' Dutch brought skating to popularity after exile with Charles II, with Pepys recording skating on a great frost in Park on December 1, 1662 and again on December 8.
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Europe
William Tlitz-Stephen
London
Charles II
Holland
Pepys
London Chronicle
It Is Clear I Ought to Know Botany
The late Professor Coln of Breslau began his course by stating the four chief plant constituents as Carbon oxygen hydrogen and nitrogen. He wrote COHN on the board and joked that he ought to know something about botany.
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Coln
Breslau
Cohn
Just the Contrary in a Tiny Southern Morning
A father kisses his daughter Bessie good morning, and she solemnly rubs the kiss into her cheek with a bright, playful grin. Her innocent mischief captures the day’s gentle humor in a domestic scene.
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Bessie
Papa
Eau de Cologne Process Described in Contemporary Source
A foreign contemporary notes that true eau de Cologne requires prolonged storage. Ethereal oils are mixed with wine spirits and digested for two months before gentle distillation. The preparation rests in kegs in a cellar for five or six years before market.
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Cologne
Skin care routine for wind protection and glow
A woman golfer credits her smooth complexion to a routine using isinglass dissolved in hot milk to form a protective film on the skin. Gelatin or whipped egg can substitute. After wind exposure, she recommends rosewater with a dash of eau de cologne or lavender water, or cold milk as added emollients.
Chautauqua Schedule of Events for August Week
Chautauqua daily program from August 11 to 15 lists morning play festivals for children, afternoon concerts by The McDonald Company and Ferrante's Hungarian Orchestra, popular lectures on topics such as The Whir of the Press and The Panama Canal, and evening performances by The Merrymaker Sextette and The Meistersingers Male Quartet. Admissions range from 25 to 50 cents, with moving pictures and illustrated travelogues.
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Merrymaker Sextette
A. L. Blair
Merrymakers Sextette
McDonald Company
E. H. Lougher
Panama Canal
Walter G. Smith
Uncle Sam
Meistersingers
Lim Jackin
Opie Read
Boyds
Ralph Connor
Mareia J. Stevenson
Great Northwest
Our Coast
Arthur K. Peck
Ferante
Isaac L. Wood
Ferrante
Donald Bouchier
Isabel Courtney
Laurens School House Raised After Incident
25 Years Ago J B Kent of Rolfe visited town while Cc E Herrick traveled to Rolfe. Laurens boasts a band, and County Clerk W C Ralston was in Des Moines this week. Mrs FE D Anderson visited Humboldt to see Mrs F G Herrick. Lewis Ellis plans a big Fourth event in Laurens. C B Allen attended Cedar Rapids bankers convention.
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J. B. Kent
Rolfe
Cc. E. Herrick
Laurens
W. C. Ralston
Des Moines
Fe.d. Anderson
Humboldt
F. G. Herrick
Lewis Ellis
Town Conflagration Costs Sanborn Thousands
Sanborn suffered a costly blaze visited last week that burned through several buildings, while M. H. Maury rents the C. H. Hutchins lower story to operate a new restaurant. Hailstones as large as hen eggs shattered window lights in Palo Alto county and other local notes follow. George Lawson and F. L. Stout dissolve their partnership with Lawson continuing at the old stand. Fred Gilchrist resumes as Rolfe principal on a higher salary after election. Frank Reniff and W. F. Bovee fished at Pickerel Lake and reported good catches.
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Sanborn
M. H. Maury
C. H. Hutchins
Palo Alto
George Lawson
F. L. Stout
Fred Gilchrist
Rolfe
Frank Reniff
W. F. Bovee
Spend This Summer In The West — Low Fares
Spend This Summer In The West. Low round trip fares now in effect via Chicago and North Western Ry. Tickets on sale daily until September 30 to Colorado California North Pacific Coast and Yellowstone Park. Scenic routes favorable stopovers liberal return limits. Ask your local agent for details rate from your home station and for illustrated literature.
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West
Chicago
North Western
Colorado
California
North Pacific Coast
Yellowstone Park
Chicago and North Western Ry
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Pocahontas County
J. S. Vance
Pos
Iowa
LAFE
William Crowder
Ft. Dodge
Adam Roehlk
Vincent Southworth
Eugene Patterson
Pennsylvania
A. Barnhart
Oliver Atkinson
Pocahontas
J. H. Inman
Britt
T. J. Wheeler
Earlville
New York
Lou Boucher
G. H. Larsen
Will Bartley
Cummins Township
Ernest Sunberg
Palmer
F. C. Nilsson
Sioux Falls
A. D. Claussen
Gilchrist
Sherman Township
Mike Hurley
Adrian and
Vernon Lynch
Kankakee
Illinois
St. Victor’s School
Emma Swanson
Cedar Falls
Mrs
Nels Swanson
Fae McEwen
Florence Fuller
T. N. Saum
Donald
Edgerton
Minnesota
F. S. Holcomb
Pickerel Lake
H. L. Martin
Great Falls
Knapp Brothers
Magic Theatre
Carl J. Gustafson
Axel Johnson
Studebaker
C. O. Davis
Conrad
Bartley
Emerson
Chicago Record-Herald
Eau de Cologne
Tiedeman Elevator
CGO
Wilson Hinkley
Austin
Leonard Lund
Ray Wingright
Steen Brothers
Hupmobile
Reo
Ludwig Johnson
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