Local Diddings and New Year Visits Across Town
The Julius White family held a New Year’s Day reunion at the home of Mr and Mrs C J White with plates laid for twenty one. Mrs J W Bower and Mrs A R Graham visited Mrs Adams in Newell. The Lucius Brown family of Gilmore City were New Year’s visitors at the Will Winter home. An announcement in the register noted the opening of Penick & Ford’s large 5000 plant in Cedar Rapids to produce corn starch and other corn products, employing Eugene Lighter of Rolfe. Des Moines Capital advertised a $4 subscription, with Sunday and total promotions. Williamson county Texas wool marketing paid sixty cents per pound to growers, higher than local buyers. Ulysses coal discharge from the Panama Canal’s Cristobal plant totaled 12,030 tons in 15 hours 25 minutes. Canada’s increased business spurred thousands of miles of new telephone and telegraph lines. London welcomed 29 American vessels in November, the port’s record for a single month.
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Julius White
C. J. White
J. W. Bower
A. R. Graham
Adams
Newell
Lucius Brown
Gilmore City
Will
Penick & Ford
Cedar Rapids
Douglas Starch Co
Eugene Lighter
Rolfe
Des Moines Capital
H H. Thomas
Williamson County
Texas
U. S
Ulysses
Cristobal
Panama Canal
Canada
London
England
For Sale Poland China boars and related notices
Multiple small ads list Poland China boars for sale in Rolfe Iowa with contacts J W Rankin M P Hancher and Guy Bendixon. Additional items promote dray hauling plowing services and a Watkins direct selling opportunity with territory details and company history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
J. W. Rankin
Telephone
Rolfe
Iowa
Guy Bendixon
Treasures In Constantinople Vaults Of The Sultan
Vast stores of treasure are believed hidden in Constantinople vaults belonging to the sultan. A gold throne, pearls and emeralds set in mosaic, and a second ebony throne with jewels are described. Two great emeralds, weights of two kilograms and slightly smaller, are highlighted amid countless diamonds rubies and pearls. Grace Dibson recounts lavish harem jewelry and a twelve year old granddaughter in a diamond crown. The sultan’s armor and weapons are richly jeweled and gilded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Turkey
Persia
Grace Dibson
Gretna Green Marriages Still Echo Through Time
Readers learn that runaway weddings to Gretna Green still occur when one party resides in Scotland for three weeks. The ceremony remains simple and legal, conducted by James Dixon the local smith, descendant of the famed Blacksmith of Gretna Green, with modest railway costs and tea for the couple and witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gretna Green
Scotland
James Dixon
Ride in Flaming Plane Demonstrates Fireproofing
Two American airmen once connected with Lafayette Escadrille staged a dramatic test in Atlantic City to prove a new aircraft fireproofing compound. They dressed in coated suits and helmets, sprayed themselves and the plane with gasoline, then flew for five minutes before flames were extinguished and both men and aircraft remained unharmed aside from soot.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Lafayette Escadrille
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Spit on the Street Incident Sparks Local Lively Tale
While touring Zion City a bold passenger proposed spitting on the street. Two young men shouted Tile y there and offered a lift after the near discovery turning the moment into a humorous local vignette. Mexican San Francisco residents seek cheaper sugar by importing pinoche from Mexico. The brown low grade substitute, used in cooking, costs about a third of refined sugar and is spreading from southern California to San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zion City
Tiley
Chicago Tribune
San Francisco
Mexico
California
Daughters of Eve Sign to Unveil Ready to Wear Line
A Boston Transcript note reports the group Daughters of Eve signing for a ready to wear clothing line with the phrase Ladies Ready to Wear Clothes. The brief item notes the sign scene and the branding moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
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H. K. Squires
B. P. R. Cockerels
Geo., Stinton, Rolfe, Ia. Mott
Ed Christiansen
Phone 911
Havelock
A.D. Sanford
RFC
Our Place
Fr. C. DeWolf
Ben Erie
W. G. Kennedy
L. W. Kennedy
W. D. Heathman
Plover
C. Wiegman
B. G. Rutgers
China
M. P. Hancher
Mallard
A. H. Steil
Watkins
J. R. Watkins Co
Dept. C
Winona
Minn
the State Savings Bank
Rore Rude
Chambray
Rude
Yar Rude
Voile
Pinoche
PLEO
Georgette
Ion
Tion
Tan
Sale
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