Local Notes From District 48 and Neighboring Homes
District 48 reports Mr O Neal with a frozen toe. The We Kellys boast a fine new cook stove and top buggy. Nora Bartlett visited home folks. H Ames sold 40 hogs to Mr Newbury. Chester Loofbourrow gutters hay for Mr Snapp. T Gile and H Walters put up ice for W H Beatty. B P Bartlett and Q A Kelly shelled 1800 bushels of corn for W O late Friday. Q A Kelly and family and Dr Hall visited Oxel Larson Sunday. Mrs Gertie Gile and family and Aunt Liza Ames visited Mrs Gallery Monday. A skating party was held on F Ames pond last Wednesday. Invitations go out for a reception at Mr Anderson's next Saturday in honor of Mr and Mrs Wesley Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora” Bartlett
Folks. oMr
H. Ames
Gertie Gile
Linda Skeels
Liza Ames
Gallery
F. Ames
Light Snow Falls in Rydal and Local Happenings
In Rydal and vicinity a light snow fell on Saturday. News covers residents such as Esley Milburn working for J A Mosher, Mr and Mrs Kallman visiting, and local schooling events. The community reports travel to Topeka on business, wheat hauling, skating, and social visits including Swedish periodical subscriptions and a box supper at Poplar Grove school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esley Milburn
J. A. Mosher
Emulsion ads and a wedding notice blend in one page item
An old advertisement for Scott's Emulsion promotes its fatty nourishments for invalids convalescents and weak children. The text then shifts to a wedding with the bride and groom, bridesmaids and attendants, a blue satin dress, an elaborate feast, and a long list of wedding gifts received from guests and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Lone Tree Weather and Farm Notes Highlight Local Activity
The bulletin notes good weather and farmers finishing corn harvests. Sam Christie shelled corn. Walter Bowling ill with lung fever. Mrs. Mary Cowle and Grande Adams sick. G W Cowle butchered beef. Than Houghton herding cows for health. Doctors Billingsley and Arbuthnot not seen. WT Adams hauled hay from Bockoven’s farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Bowling
Mary Cowle
Kackley News Sketches Socialism and School Notes
Baker Williams of Concordia lectured on socialism Tuesday night. Arthur Kackley started to school. The orchestra adds a bass viol and viola and plans events as they improve. Leonard Nelson went to Concordia with Will Hedges Ire and Arthur Kackley going to Courtland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker “Wiliams
Concordia
AL Lundblade
Robert
Arthur Kackley
Liéonard Nelson
Will
Hedges Ire
Courtland
Olson's Cash Store Brief Notes
James Fitzgerald arrives from Jamestown on Tuesday. Luther Carlson travels to Gheenwood county to visit his brother. John Carney journeys to Contordia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Fitzgerald
Jamestown
Luther Carlson
Gheenwood County
John Carney
Contordia
Courtland Notes Highlight Local Social and School Events
Carl Anderson shelling corn for Frank Buchner. Miss Minnie Chrysong working for Mrs Betty Buchner. Sherman Wray and Claud Buehner start school after corn husking. Mr George Verian and Miss Cora Black wed last Tuesday. Center school box supper planned for January 30. Skating parties every night on the pond north of Courtland. Community visits, travel to Topeka, and hospice visits noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Peterson
Chrysong’s
Minnie Chrysong
Betty Buchner
Sherman Wray
George Verian
Cora Black
Center School
Courtland
Local Notes From Norway Bulletin and Nearby Visits
A collection of brief items notes Miss Roxanna Williams of Texas visiting aunt Mrs J Summers. J R Hugos hosted ice. Alex Scott visited Kansas City business. Miss Ga Larson boarding in Concordia taking Nazareth Academy lessons. Svaumers visited Kansas City. Dr Brewer clerks in Beatty store on Saturdays. Mrs J McGriegor visiting relatives near Scandia Everts family. George Thompson in Jaimes town Monday. Owen Dickerhoof of Belleville visiting. Birth Jan 10 to Arthur Noviste and Mrs G C Hugos. Mrs Reynolds returned near Marvin after visit. depot friends saw her off. Henry Dutton shipped stock car. Dr W Scott in Concordia. Yearly Lutheran meetings held. Miss Hla Mellen clerking at Famous in Concordia. Ole Peterson and John Ingebretson shipped two cats of stock. Mrs W J Beatty flew to Rackley. Morehead hauling farming implements to Jamestown. Mrs Totten visiting Miss May Dickerhoof. Totten sister of Mo P agent dead 1900. Art Ledbetter went to Jamestown. John Parkwood visiting. Lars J Larson to give a Friday dance. C Hugos in Topeka for legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ga Larson
Concordia
Nazareth Academy
J. Svaumers
Kansas City
Brewer
W. .H. Beatty
J. McGriegor
Everts and Family
Scandia
Mrs. Totten
Litton
May_ Dickerhoof
Local Notes on Mules Mares and Visits
Several small items recount local activities including Jas Lowden selling a mule for 100 dollars, Peter Kallman selling a team of mares for 300, Miss Bertha Fogelberg visiting Fred Brown, Miss Ella Fogelberg visiting Stella Hay, and Jessie Hay resuming duties. Also mention of a horse dying after a wedding procession and Miss Kate Lowden planning to attend the State Normal at Emporia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha
Fogelberg
Frred Brown’s
Peter Kallman
Ella Fogelberg
Stella Hay
Kate Lowden
Emporia
Norwal
Seeds Sent by Congressman Calderhead for Gardeners
About 50 garden seed packages are being mailed by Congressman Calderhead to the first 100 individuals interested in gardening. Each family may receive only one package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calderhead
PET SUPERSTITIONS IN HISTORY AND DAILY LIFE
A Rochester Post-Express excerpt surveys old beliefs and quirks about luck and manners. It notes beliefs about sneezing, seating, stockings turned inside out, loading horseshoes, and charms, while tossing in literary references to Byron, Johnson, Saxe, and Sala as examples of superstition and its suspension in modern life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Johnson
Marshal Saxe
Peter’ the Great
Byron
Mohammed
Pitell
George Augustus Sala
Shylock
Rochester
Post- Express
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mr O'Neal
Mr. T. Gile
Mr. H. Walters
W. H. Beatty
B. P. Bartlett
Q. A. Kelly
W. O
Dr. Hall
Oxel Larson
Rydal and Vicinity
Ralph Bowersox
Grace Turpipseed
Central School
Anna McGowan
Minnie Sinder
Topeka
D A. Bowen
Ora
Rydal
Ainsworth
Bert
Estery Johnson
Charles Kallman
Helen
Allahiua Mosher
Grace Kallman
Union Valley
Scotch Plains Presbyterian
Fry
Belleville
Maggie . McGowan
Mary Lowden
Pueblo
Colo
Jas
Maggie Sells
M. Hancock
A. B. Whitla
Sanford and Tweedy
Billy
Hill
Mor. Hill
Republic Co
Poplar Grove School
Dist
Olson-Vesterbelg
Caroline Olson
Axel
Theodore Westerberg
Aug. Olson
Scandia Township
Edith Maxell
Maxell
Swedish Lutheran Church
Scott & Rownme
Pear S
Helga Hermaanand
Anna_Lorige
Albert Sandin
Nimil “Olson
Follo
Sundine Jand
Misses Almquist
Charles Anderson
J. G. Larson
Carrie
Amanda Wohlford
Martha Hay
Gerda Aberg
Helga Herrman
Ernest Burns
Adolph
Carl Hugos
Fred Brown Ani
Gabe
Edith
Regina Maxell
Millie
Ellen
Victor Herrman
Arthur Hay
Mr. Floodberg
Mr. Loring
Estella Murphy
Ella
Sylvia Fogelberg
John Fogelberg
T. Hay Ard
Ed ‘Loring
John Nystrom
Messrs
Samuelson and Westerberg
Nels Anderson
Lem Cooper
John Loring
A. L. Aspegren
Mrs. Maxell
Lone Tree
Sam Christie
Cowle
Grande Adams
Than Houghton
Adams
Bockoven
the Kackley News
Orchestra Boys
Manu
Olson’s Cash Store
South Courtland
Carl Anderson
Frank Buchner
Aaron Anderson
St Joe
J. L. Peterson
Clara
M. A. Larson
Elsie Bettis
Huldal Anderson
Polliamer
Mrs. Carl Anderson
Claud Buehner
Anna Houghton
Boyd & Beans
Norway Bulletin
Miss
Roxanna Williams
Texas
Mrs. J. Summers
J. R. Hugos
Alex Scott
Kansas
City
George Thompson
Jaimestown
Owen Dickerhoof
Arthur Noviste
G.C. Hugos
Kenyon
Charlie Kellog
Bertha Sherwood Attanched
The
Teacher? Association
Hans -Krogmoe
Joe Lehn
St. & Jimo
Frank Reynolds
Marvin
Henry Dutton
Lutheran Church
Hla Mellen
Ole Peterson
John Ingebretson
W. J1. Beatty
Rackley
Morehead
Lars J. Larson
C. ©. Hugos
Jas. Lowden
Olson
Husking
Corg
Aberg
Jessie Hay
Garstensen
Coopers
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