School Opens With Enrollment Up As Community Encouraged
The school began on the 5th with about one hundred enrolled, rising to one hundred eleven. Parents are urged to cooperate with teachers, visit the school, and foster home study to develop regular habits. Rena Mack was missed yesterday, and Ethel Bane has left due to ill health. Bane plans to attend Omaha's Trans-Mississippi Exposition.
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Longfellow
Pat
Rena Mack
Omaha
Trans-Mississippi
Sitton
Ethel Bane
Teachers reveal quirky exam answers in Polk county
The Des Moines Register notes 150 of 409 teachers failed the Polk county teaching certificate exam. History papers showed odd modern condition related answers, with some test takers ignorant of Iowa current state affairs. One woman claimed never hearing of a gentleman when asked who Kirkwood was.
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Polk County
Des Moines Register Biys
Iowa
Kirkwood
Iowa Senate Answers and Misconceptions Afloat
A reader debate reveals confusion over Iowa's U.S. senators with names like Frye Thurston Hanna and a claim that Drake was governor. A lady incorrectly equates the adjutant general with vice president and explains contraband of war as naval stores ships guns stamps and coinage reflecting era misunderstandings.
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Law
Parrott
McFarlie
Drake
U.S
Iowa
Frye
Thurston
Hanna
Joe Wheeler
S. B. Ball
Yowa
United States
Annual Report of Treasurer of Ladies Aid Society
Money collected during the year 390.60. Paid for lamp shade paper painting and labor on church 25.40. Fee material and labor on cistert 27.92. Lumber for platform. Pomp and parrot hinges 838. Balance on hand 2.10.
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Ladies Aid Society
Sidewalk Resolution Issued for Renwick Town
The Renwick town council adopts plans for a new sidewalk starting forty rods north of the northwest corner of section 88 township 98 range 27 and running north along the west side to Main Street. Construction requires four foot width, three 2x4 stringers, and one inch boards, to be finished by November 1, 1898 per Recorder A S Fruton and Mayor JoN Keexry.
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Rexchck
Tow
Renwick
S& W
Manning
A.S. Fruton
Jon, Keexry
Rival editors hurl insults amid odd town tales
The piece recounts editor feigns and taunts between rival papers, an Oregon gunner’s letter from the Horn voyage, a Gowrie carnival ruse involving beer and a cemetery scare, and local officials chasing pranksters who sold a beer load for 25 cents. It preserves named locals and places while avoiding graphic details.
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Gowrie
Fort Dodge
Fowler
Parsnip Balls and Onions With Eggs Recipe
Boil parsnips mash to one pint then mix with batter salt pepper milk and an egg. Shape into balls and brown in lard. For onions, boil sliced onions with salt baking soda then drain and scramble with melted butter and eggs. Suitable for delicate stomachs.
How to Remove Grease From a Waxed Floor
Pour spirits of turpentine on the spot and give it time to soak into the wood. Then cover with talc powder and press with a warm but not hot iron. The talc will absorb the grease. Brush off and polish the place anew.
Baptist Reverends Absent. No Sermon Next Sunday
Due to the pastor's absence the Baptist church will not hold a preaching service next Sunday. Harvest Home collection last Sunday totaled seven dollars.
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Beno
Harvest Home
Revival Meetings And County Fair Campaign
Revival meetings continue this week while those reported sick improve and new corn appears in markets after recent rains. District court met Monday with a fall docket. Soldiers on furlough return home. Humboldt county faces a land shortage with many seeking farms to rent. Citizens urged to attend the three day county fair starting September first. Officers vow to make the event entertaining and successful.
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Humboldt County
Goldfield Notes: Social Visits And Land Transfer
Goldfield News reports Bert Harvey calling on old friends last week. J French and Joe Lanbauch went to Pipestone Saturday. J R Wightman came from Holmes on business Monday. Nora Van Dorsen returned from Bancroft after a two week visit. Mrs Egan and Mrs Cunningham returned from Minneapolis after a week there. The Bridge farm of 280 acres passed to A R Paul’s father and brother of Clarion. W Turner's parents and sister visited from Clear Lake and Pennsylvania. Mr and Mrs W K Zane visiting friends with a reception planned next Tuesday at the Baptist church. Ernest Hann, Goldfield’s soldier, returned home Friday night.
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Belmond Werald
Kiemme Times
Thomas B. Lemon
W. B. Bloom
Rio
Callao
Cervera
Santiago
Oregon
Syren
Holmes
Nora van Dorsen
Bancroft
W.K. Zane
Baptist Church
Ernest Hann
Goldfield
W C J C Pacts and the Red-Faced Monstrosity Fight
A muddled column condemns oppressive powers and declares bold resistance against a coercive force. It laments surrender, praises American resolve, and urges continuation of the struggle despite threats. Includes weather notes and crop statistics for September, detailing yields and conditions across crops, with a brief ad for One Minute Cough Cure.
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