Neighborhood Gossip From Point Pleasant
Local news brief listing residents and their ailments and movements. Claus Hanson is sick. John Sheldon and wife visited Union Monday. Six Lynn family members have measles. George Mitchells son ill with typhoid pneumonia. Zielski family moved near Hubbard. Caraway traveled to Webster City on business. Miss Gertrude Hardin of Eldora visited M S Boody family. Wasson left after a month to Strathcona, Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claus Hanson
John Sheldon
Union
B. J. Lynn
George Mitchell
Richard Zielski
Hubbard
W. A. Caraway
Webster City
Gertrude Hardin
Eldora
M. S. Boody
Thos. R. Wasson
Strathcona
Canada
Reduced Fares On Chicago Great Western To Many States
Tickets on sale December 1 and 15, 1903 and January 6 and 19, 1904 for routes via Chicago Great Western to Arkansas Colorado Kansas Louisiana Missouri New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas. Inquiries to any Great Western agent or J P Elmer GPA Chicago Illinois.
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Chicago Great Western Railway
Arkansas
Colorado
Kansas
Louisiana
Missouri
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Great Western
J. P. Elmer
Chicago
Local notes report measles and social visits in town
Berlin Francis Jackson has the measles. Bert Hand returned from Webster City on Tuesday. Mrs. Rolland Wheeler visited Mrs. King Sunday. Jake Huffman of Wisconsin visited O Huffman this week. Tom Sheldon and family visited J Bender’s Monday. Ruby the stock buyer purchased stock locally this week. Sadie Adams left school for high school in Jows Falls. George Kusch bought Art Sunder’s store at Owasa, took possession January 1. Rev C W Cleveland was ill last Sunday, Mrs Cleveland preached. Howard Perkins birthday party at J Perkins drew a large crowd with music and games. Leap year supper and R Hughes and wife’s exercise drew much laughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Jackson
Bert Hand
Webster City
Rolland Wheeler
C. W. Cleveland
Timber for Sale on Mark Wilson Estate in Pleasant Township
Twenty acres of timber offered for sale by the acre or in quarters or halves on land part of the Mark Wilson estate in Pleasant Township. For information inquire of Mrs. B. J. Boyd Eldora Iowa or Joseph Wubbard Pleasant Township. Mrs. S. Boyn 36W
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark ‘Wilson
Pleasant Township
J. Boyd
Eldora
Joseph Wubbard
S. Boyn
Pleasant Ridge and Allen Putnam Families Suffer Illnesses
Pleasant Ridge Allen Putnam and two sons How ard and Earl are on the sick list L A Daggett is building cattle sheds for a much needed improvement Eldora Center Mutual Telephone Co elected officers of whom nearly all old officers were re elected Rolla Peters and wife hosting a weighing of standard weight at their home on Wednesday morning Miss Bessie Bevins Baskin school Melrose township Grundy county and Orville Daggett visited Conrad with friends and relatives over the weekend An anti saloon league meeting was held at the East Side M E church last Sunday and questions about a campaign last fall remain unresolved
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Putnam
Howard
Earl
L.A. Daggett
Eldora Center Mutual Telephone Co
Rolla Peters
Bessie Bevins
Baskin School
Melrose Township
Grundy County
Orville Daggett
Conrad
Anti-Saloon League
East Side
M. EK
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve Promises Pile Remedy
Chicago firm 3. O. DeWitt & Co claims a witch hazel salve is a specific for piles including blind itching bleeding protruding eczema cuts burns bruises and akin diseases. Counterfeits abound. ask for the genuine DeWitt's sold by Smith & Reed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. DeWitt & Co
Chicago
DeWitt
Smith & Reed
Lawn Hill and local notes from Pleasant Chapel
Minnie Myers went to Buffalo Center Tuesday W O Hall returned home from Randall Monday Meetings are still in progress at Pleasant Chapel Arthur Richardson has begun moving to the John Haas place southwest of New Providence Feeders have commenced shipping corn at this station again as it is cheaper than Iowa corn Arthur Richardson and wife and G W Beecher and wife visited H F Butts at Clemmons Sunday The annual telephone meeting was held at Thomas Walton's Monday Jan 11th officers elected Elmer Hubbard president Ed Thompson vice president Thos Walton secretary treasurer Alasco Horton voted in place of Peter Doty Horton purchasing Doty’s interest Jennie Sutzer Omaha I have gained thirty five pounds in two months sotaine did me any good until I used Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea A blessing to sickly woman Wilson Drug Co
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Myers
Buffalo Center
W. O. Hall
Randall
Pleasant Chapel
Arthur Richardson
John Haas
New Providence
Iowa
G. W. Beecher
H. F. Butts
Clemmons
Thomas Walton
Elmer Hubbard
Ed Thompson
Thos. Walton
Alasco Horton
Peter Doty
Horton
Doty
Jennie Sutzer
Omaha
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Wilson Drug Co
Rough Woods and Local Measles Update
Ford Lynn and family plus August Kusserow and family are quarantined with measles. W H Wehrman began assessing Monday. Emile Tietz suffers an attack of the grip. August Zilske hauls corn to E E Ostheimer. Martha Schwebke works for her brother as Milo Solomon visits Jaynes home. Bertha Jaynes visited by Henry Granner and Henry Hoelscher from Hubbard. Orville Jaynes returns from Maxwell. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea advertised with money back guarantee by Wilson Drug Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Kusserow
W. H. Wehrman
Emile Tietz
August Zilske
E. E. Ostheimer
Martha Schwebke
Milo Solomon
S.M. Jaynes
Maxwell
Henry Granner
Henry Hoelscher
Hubbard
Chaiivari
Bertha Jaynes
Orville Jaynes
Hollister
Wilson Drug Company
Steamboat Rock Lecture Series Announces Four Events
Walter Harned of Eldora visited Friday while Misses Manuel and Birdie Gearhart visited Saturday and Sunday. Robt. McCaw shows rapid improvement after a week of illness. Miss Jennie Neeson improves gradually. Citizens arrange an excellent lecture course: Robert Parker Mills January 27, Dr. George Hindley February 13, The Troubadour Concert Co March 1, Arion Male Quartette March 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Harned
Eldora
Manuel
Birdie Gearhart
Our Town
Robt. McCaw
Jennie Neeson
Steamboat Rock
Robert Parker Mills
George Hindley
The
Troubadour
Arion
Novel Liliputian company to perform at the Wisner
A novelty in entertainment arrives at the Wisner theatre Tuesday January 192. The wonder ful fourteen compact performers from 28 to 40 inches tall sing dance and joke. Dollieta the 28 inch leading lady shines as a singer. Boxers small men provide a comic highlight amid acts featuring Happy Hooligan Gloomy Gus Foxey Grandpa and Katzenjammer Kids. Reserved seats on sale at Wilson drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dollieta
Happy
Gus
Foxey Grandpa
Wilson Drug Store
Hospitality at Small Expense by Christine Terhune Herrick
Poat paid edition outlines how to entertain guests without lavish spending. Herrick emphasizes attitude and know how to extend hospitality rather than money. © E.J. Clode, publisher at 356 Fifth Ave New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christine Terhune Herrick
E.J. Clode
Fifth Ave
New York
Protest Against Release Petition Circulated in Ackley
D W Turner of Steamboat Rock head of Farmers Bank circulated a petition in Ackley Friday protesting the release of the Raims barger brothers who have served fifteen years in Anamosa state prison for the murder of E Johnson. The petition gathered about fifty signatures and another petition for parole by the governor is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Turner
Steamboat Rock
Farmers Bank
Ackley
Raimsbarger Brothers
Anamosa
E. Johnson
Turner
Ackley World
Bell Founding Through Antiquity and Saxon Bells
The art of bell founding dates to ancient times with Saxons using church bells and Crowland Abbey famed for a seven bell peal before the Norman conquest. Monks were chief founders, inscribing bells in Latin, often religious or superstitious, seldom dating them, leaving early history murky but later research revealing more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bede
Crowland Abbey
Lincolnshire
Gentleman’s Magazine
Melodrama Gaffe Ends Performance With Laughter
A country theater beheld a bold actor mocked by his own crowd when a stage prank goofed the tomb scene. The father statue toppled as Albert unveiled it and the crowd roared, ending the scene amid jeers, anger, and a manager’s fury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert
Laudon Tit-Bita
Lambs and Goats Fear at Judgment in Brooklyn Life
A child frets over goats at judgment after a father reads the parable of the sheep and goats. Weeping follows the tale as the girl worries she may be a goat, while her mother reassures her she is a lamb and will go to heaven. The pattern repeats with renewed fear the next night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Odd Hair Styles Across Islands Also Horned Heads
A fragment outlines hair customs among New Hebrides and Ombai islanders with yellow dye plumes and tube-formed headdresses. It notes Marquesas chiefs shave most of the head leaving two horned sections for intimidation and space for tattooing. Concludes with stray quoted chatter about a newly elected legislator and local editorial protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hebrides
Ombai Island
Marquesas
Master of the Vessel At Twelve Farragut’s Early Command
A historical note on David Farragut at age twelve commanding the Barclay, a prize ship. The boy defies a wary captain, asserts control, and orders the sails, recalling his journal as tension rises and authority shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farragut
Barclay
Porter
Marragut
A Paradox Explained Why does not a man weigh a pound more
A short explanation notes that eating a pound of food does not increase body weight by a full pound because respiration perspiration and muscle activity burn or exhale moisture and carbon. The amount of loss during chewing swallowing and digestion offsets the gain in mass from the food itself. The rate of eating affects respiration and perspiration but not the net weight gain.
He Was His Own Grandfather and Prodigality of Life in Egypt
A curious piece explains a man being his own grandfather through a chain of marriage and offspring. It contrasts this odd genealogical example with a separate note on ancient Egypt’s prodigality, citing massive labor costs in stone transport and pyramid building. The article illustrates remarkable feats of history and a playful deducing puzzle amid scholarly commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Elephantine
Sais
Red Sea
Pyramids
Notice bids for Hardin County bridges due Feb 1 1904
Sealed bids will be received by the county auditor for bridge lumber and piling to erect or repair bridges in Hardin County during 1904. Bid items include specific lumber sizes and cedar piling. Deliver to any railroad station in the county. Bids may be rejected. Administrator and estate notices follow with dates in January 1904.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Horthy
Wis
District Court
Hasdip
Iowa
Mary Schwartz
Lute
Guio Romy Feraigante
Sis
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Herald’s
al Wnile
Point Pleasant
Berlin
Pleasant Ridge
Lawn Hill
Ford Lynn
Wisner
Liliputian Company
Bell Founding
Pew
Philadelphia
Catholic Standard and Times
the Herald
Anne
Jane
George
Henry
David
Gronan Bghwants
Conde Perso
Payne
Capran
Wilbert Shallengerger
Winchester
Eldere
Shallenberger
Bright
Wilbert Shallenberger
Oakwood Bivd
Orexel State Bank
San Antonio
Katy
St. Louis
Kansas City
Bliseveport
Mk&t
George Morton
St. Lous
Neney
Enoy
Chichester
Orichrater
Cramical
Adison Square
Phils
Humphreys
Humphrey
Hors
Humphreys’ Medicine Co
Fobu &Ts
Ang
Stephen Whited
Winchester Pharmacy
Herald Office
Ghectlonsa
C. B. Davis
Frank H., Noble
Albrook & Lundy, Attorneys
Hardin
W. E. Whitney
E. H. Jones
Whitney & Jones
Physicians
Haas’ Store
N. C. Morse, M. D
Centra Lows Railway
South Side
McKeen Doran
Alicer D. Moeeaed
L18
D. Rope
Oaehle
Jas Nuckolec Arent
Hardin County Bank
Surpina
Alice D. Hubbara
McKeen Uren
J. D. Newcomer
C. E.’ ‘Greet
P.davis
B. J. Biles
A. W. ‘Miter
T, J, H, Bales
D. E. Byam
W. Prew
WJ. Murray
First National ‘Bank
Burplus
J. H. Bales
W.H. Martin
W.J- Mole A
B. Albrook
E. Byam
A. N. Drake CA. David
Examina’ Abstract
A. N. Drake
Espora
Court House
C. Burling
Intereast
Nuckelle
Eldota
Orig
Peorla Walt
Acc
Fanae
Drea
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