Nevada business callers and local social notes
J A Knudtson and EH Erickson were Nevada business callers last Saturday. Fancy carpet sweepers at reduced prices to close out this style of sweepers. P A Salem C Penn of McCallsburg had an operation for appendicitis two weeks ago but relapsed and has been very low recently. Sma hopes are entertained for immediate recovery. Mr and Mrs Ed Osmundson and children visited over Sunday with relatives and friends as later noted. Mrs Osmundson continued her visit in to Jewell for a few days, while Mr Osmundson returned home on Monday. Mr and Mrs C T Thompson entertained Messrs and Mesdames O M Grove, Dr BE Rice, O M Anenson, EF G Schuarbusch, Mr Earl Rice and Miss June Rice at six o'clock dinner last Wednesday evening.
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C. Penn
McCallsburg
Sma
Ed Osmundson
Sunda
C.T. Thompson
O. M. Grove
BE. Rice
O. M. Anenson
EF. G. Schuarbusch
Earl Rice
Jone Rice
Manlove Marone Entertainers to perform at ntoland Opera House
Entertainment set for Tuesday evening February 16 at ntoland Opera House with the Manlove Marone Entertainers at a favorable rate. Next week will bring further announcements and details of events. Oysters cake and coffee to follow the sale event. The Ladies Aid of Trinity Church hosts a Saturday afternoon sale of handmade articles on February 5 to aid missionary work. Yesterday Miss Myrtie Hanson married Mr Adolph England at the Hanson home. The couple plans a spring wedding trip to Morris and Joliet. The Record offers congratulations.
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Ntoland Opera House
Ladies Aid Society of
Trinity Church
Opera House
Myrtie Hanson
Adolph England
O. T. Hanson
Rev. G. Smedal
T‘hey
Morris and Joliet
Postcard Rack Crafted by Amateur Carpenters
Girls interested in manual training build wooden postcard racks with three side bars two bottom bars and hollowed ornamental feet. End pieces form handles and decorative feet while oval holes near the top balance style. Perforated upper side bars hold slender brass separators to group cards from different regions.
Grating on Others Nerves at Breakfast Talks
A meditation on common habits that irritate others including sharing dreams at breakfast and quibbling over minor superstitions. The piece notes the social friction caused by such trivial ritualized digs and urges restraint in daily exchanges.
No Real Value In Unjust Gains Motto
A brief aphorism notes that immoral gains bring no real worth and equates unfair profits with loss, echoing Hesiod’s ethics. The maxim cautions against exploiting others for gain and emphasizes balance between benefit and moral consequence.
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Hesiod
Missionary Ashmore’s bold land deal made his fortune
The death of Rev. Dr. William Ashmore at eighty five recalls his Swatow mission purchase in 1863. He bargained for a mission lot at 800 dollars after the Boston board balked, paid himself, and the filled shorefront became valuable warehousing land. Proceeds funded a Swatow theological seminary and he later served as missionary secretary before returning to China for 15 more years of service.
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William Ashmore
The
Baptist Church of America
Missionary Review
Swatow
China
Board of Boston
Ashmore
Baptist
Boston
The Proverbial Shilling and Inheritance Custom
A discussion of wills and disinheritance cites Roman and English practice. It contrasts the idea of a shilling as minimal legacy with the belief a testator remains sane when not entirely cutting off a child. Sheridan and son anecdote illustrates the old refrain: Father I cut you off with a shilling, son I’d rather have it now.
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Blackstone
England
Sheridan
Tom
The Pursuit of Independence Joke in a Railway King Conversation
A quip about railway wealth has Mr Sirius Barker questioning the rail baron’s motive. The punchline imagines the magnate extending fortune to afford private travel and meals, avoiding his own trains and railway eateries.
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Sirius Barker
Longest Telegraph Circuit Between London and Teheran
London to Teheran telegraph line covers 4000 miles with automatic repeaters at ten intermediate stations. From Lowestoft to Emden to Berlin and beyond, messages pass without human handling until Teheran receives them, then the chain continues toward India.
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Persia
Teheran
London
Lowestoft
North Sea
Emden
Hanover
Berlin
Warsaw
Rome
Odessa
Kertch
Sukhum
Kalen
Tiflis
Tauris
India
Lost Opportunity of a Great French Actor Coquelin
The father of the late Benoit Constant Coquelin, a renowned French actor, was a baker. Coquelin showed an early pull toward the stage at eighteen, while his father urged him to stay with the bakery. Years of success followed, and the father recalled Constant’s talent and lamented what a baker he might have become.
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Benoit Constant Coquelin
Coquelin
le Figaro
Constant
Eskimo Health Riddles Degenerative Diseases and Diet
Eskimos reportedly suffer no arteriosclerosis Brights disease cirrhosis diabetes cataracts due to pure air and absence of germs. They catch a cold aboard ships and nurses keep babies on backs to feed with blubber. Eskimo women allegedly free from surgical diseases filling hospitals.
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Babe
Strange Provision of Nature at Dumas Debate
Noted aphorism from Dumas on human mortality contrasts creation and destruction. The remark claims most men die without creating, while none dies without destroying, reflecting on legacy and impact.
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Dumas
Milford News Weekly Budget item notes and visits
Severt Arneson has returned from Illinois. Mr and Mrs Take Tweet and children visited at the E. I. trove home last Sunday. Mr and Mrs. Ben Thompson and children visited at the J. B. Danielson home last Sunday. Mrs. Richard Tierson and children of Pleasant Grove visited with relatives here last Sunday. A comet of unusual brightness has attracted interest for two or three evenings. Miss Louise Rierson and Bennie Darby Ward Rierson and Lawrence Rierson attended the Reed Rierson nuptials at the Rierson home near Stadcliffe last Wednesday.
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Take
E. I.trove
Ben Thompson
Chidren
J. 8. Danielson
Richard Tierson
Pleasant Grove
Louise Rierson
Bennie Darby
Ward Rierson
Lawrence Rierson
Reed Rierson
Db. L.rierson
Stadcliffe
Swedish Lady Recovers Sight After Dr Arnts Aid
Mrs Anna Samulson of Des Moines testifies she was nearly blind for twenty five years until Dr Arnts restored her vision. She could read fine print again and perform all tasks, thanking him and urging others with eye trouble to seek his help. She is sixty two and plans to enjoy reading the rest of her days.
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Anl
Anna Samulson
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