Steamboat Rock News Notes and Death in 1910
Steamboat Rock items report Dr Willard Caldwell writing from California with his father Dr J W Caldwell and wife praising the country. Local society meetings, visits, illnesses, and travel are noted. Theron Winters Prindle dies at 53 in Steamboat Rock after a long illness, with funeral held by Rev. E C Janzen and Rev. M L Hill. Community updates include visits to Eldora Union and Iowa Falls, school illness, and a comet sighting observed near the evening star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Caldwell
J. W. Caldwell
California
Grand Canyon
Los Angeles
Theron Winters Prindle
Millageville
Carroll County
Illinois
Steamboat Rock
Iowa
Margaret Mulich
Missouri
Franklin County
Amanda Hall
Ridgeway
Helen Atkin
E. C. Janzen
M. L. Hill
Sickness And Weather Mark Ackley Area Society Meet
Mrs. Fred Crippens has four very sick children with perimonia. J. S. Quiggle E. L. Cross and John Rutherford are ill. Henry Foster Fannie Mrs John Foster and Mr Mrs Mogel from near Ackley attended the M E Society at Mrs M A Wickhams last Wednesday. Roads nearly impassable hindered mail delivery. Geo Stotser and family visited daughter Mrs Jay Reimer in Iowa Falls last Saturday. Christian Aid Society at the Hall was well attended despite stormy day.
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August Gast
Buckeye
Carley Marks
Eldora
Williams
Henry Luiken
Ackley
Alvert Arnold
Whitten
Cable
Chas. Starr
Eidora
Progress Club
Passmore
R. P. Hughes
Bass
May Peterson
Union
Fred Haas
PH Eckhoff
Illinois
Ci Rv
Reed
John Hilers
Charley Starr
John Foster
Lou Eldred
Sam Shaner
Kidora
Frank Strahorn
Fred Crippens
J. S. Quiggle
E. L. Cross
John Rutherford
Henry Foster
Fannie
Mogel
M.E. Society
M. A. Wickhams
Geo. Stotser
Jay Reimer
Iowa Falls
Christian Aid Society
Bethel News Notes Local Visits and Church Events
Ben Havens spent Sunday at the Wilson home and Bethel Sunday School elected officers. John During joined Evan gelical church last Sunday. Mrs. Faden of Omaha visits sister Mrs. Charley Sampson. Grace Wilson visited her parents. Several youths attended church in Eldora. Miss Mable Linger Vera Snyder and Grace Brownell visited Hartley home. Floyd Hartley and Joseph Sampson spent time with old friends. Floyd Earl Hartley of St Paul visits grandparents Mr and Mrs W P Hartley. Rose Hill Farm hosts a coasting gathering. Hartley teacher slate includes Superintendent Henry Schwark, Mrs Hudson assistant, Miss Mable Lingle secretary treasurer, Miss Ruth Hudson librarian, with Hartley class and Clara Davis class.
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Sophia Putgeter
Delia Pening
Carrie
Lettie Campbell
Eldora
Fay Greenleaf
Mary McMuannes
Lulu Cartwright
Shattuck
Chicago
Chas
Starr
Lulu Wilers
C. E. Sentman
Union
Pearl Williams
Ben Havens
Wilson Home
John
Evangelical Church
Mrs. Faden
Omaha Neb
Charley Sampson
Grace Wilson
Henry Wilson
Mable Linger
Vera Snyder
Grace Brownell
Hartley
Joseph Sampson
Floyd Hartley
Kirkhoffer
Jake
Richmond
Indiana
Floyd Earl Hartley
St. Paul
Bethel Sunday School
Henry Schwark
Hudson
Mable Lingle
Ruth Hudson
John Rupe
Clara Davis
Radcliffe Notes and Local People Update
Reverend D A McBurney conducts communion at M E Church. Wm Hoffman becomes assistant cashier at First National Bank. DVV Needle Club meets Ella Dickson. Mrs Anna Whitney of Spencer mourns brother’s death and returns home. Mrs Peter Leplem visits from Marshalltown with daughter Agnes. Alva Drake at Culver Military School. Coeducation stats in US schools and colleges: elementary 96 percent coed, secondary 95 percent, colleges 68 percent admit women.
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D. A. McBurney
Fort Dodge
M. E
Wm. Hoffman
First National Bank
D V. V. Needle Club
Ella Dickson
Anna Whitney
Spencer
Peter Leplem
Louis Woloster
Agnes
Marshalltown
Alva Drake
Culver
Indiana
United States
Dean's Kidney Pills Promised Cure for Kidney Problems
Testimonial advertisement claims Dean's Kidney Pills cure the cause of disease by strengthening kidneys to expel poisons. A user from El Dora, Jaws, recalls back pain and kidney distress, credits the pills with relief, and notes no recurrence. Sold by Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo NY. price 50 cents. Remember the name Donn's.
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Dean
W. J. McCall
S. Jefferson St
Eldora
Jaws
Smith & Reed
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Mark
United
Donn
A Turtle Feasts While a Butterfly Hunter Watches
A butterfly hunter recounts a sighting underwater as a spotted turtle catches a large meal. The creature flicks its legs, nods its head, and settles under tussneck roots, appearing content and deliberate in its meal.
A Daring Argument By a Clever Lawyer
A quick witted lawyer saved a guilty client from a poisoning conviction by proving the cakes shown in court were not poisoned. He mocked the prosecution and ate a cake to demonstrate, then fled to an emetic and antidote, and the jury acquitted.
Do Tell Me About Mr Oldplot's Latest Play
A London Scraps quip describes a misread theatre scene where a ground-floor observer misinterprets stage actions. The heroine kneels with a dagger behind ribbons while the hero emerges among purple flowers, and a spectator notes the lady in front refused to move her bat, shaping the scene into a comic, subjective impression.
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Hind
London
One of Florence's Jokes and the Fishing Hoax
Florence comedian W. J. Florence teased a target with promises of game on hunting trips. Day after day letters and telegrams claimed the game would arrive, though none appeared. Eventually, a large fish or deer would arrive with the compliments of Wood Florence, delivered unexpectedly.
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Florence
W. J. Florence
Quaint Hymns and Death in Hymns Ancient and Modern
A London Chronicle note recalls eighteenth century sentiment in hymns such as They cannot rise and come to church with us for they are dead. The remark highlights humorous or unconstrained lines about death in the Hymns Ancient and Modern collection.
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London Chronicle
Number of Nails to a Horseshoe
A London News item recounts a tale of Watter le Brun the farrier honored by Edward II for a forge grant on Thames tilting greens. The king’s quit rent required six horse shoes and sixty one nails annually, nails likely over by one for accidents as forefeet shoes used ten nails each.
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Watter le Brun
Thames
Edward Iir
Edward Ill
London News
Had to Walk Sign Riddle on Bridge Restriction
An intoxicated man inspects a bridge sign that warns loads must not cross faster than a walk. He misreads it and quips that clever folks with large ships could do better than a walk, revealing a humorous misunderstanding of the posted rule.
A Disraeli Anecdote at Dinner
Mrs Jeune notes Lord Sherbrooke shows patience with his wife. Disraeli asks if he has ever seen Sher, revealing a humorous glimpse into manners from Memoirs of Lady Stirling.
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Disraeli
Why did you divorce amid a poisoned life tale
A Cleveland Leader fragment presents a dialogue on divorce and remarriage. A man cites poisoning of his life by his wife as cause while noting he remarried, joking about an antitote. The quote reflects fragmented 19th/20th century newspaper prose and foreign proverb insertions.
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Cleveland
Early phrase “to a T” traced to 1693 origin search
London Notes and Queries surveys earliest quotations for the idiom “to a T” and related forms. It notes no clear pre1693 example or consensus on origin, discusses theories like the T square, and calls for earlier instances of “T square” or “to T” to settle the question. The piece stresses evidence mainly negative and invites further findings.
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London Notes
The First Wire Nail Emerges in American Industry
The wire nail, a small item, becomes essential as millions or billions are used each year. The first American nail appeared in 1872 when a German machine imported to Covington Kentucky began production, later expanding to multiple machines. In 1881 Beaver Falls started wire pail production and, a year later, a cut-nail strike surged demand, solidifying the wire nail’s dominance.
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United States
Dusseldorf
Covington
Beaver Falls
Chicago
The First Fireless Cooker In Pleasantville NY
A Pleasantville housewife on Bedford road hid rising bread loaves baked in a Dutch oven between two feather beds during a momentary military encounter as American forces moved toward North Castle. After the soldiers passed, she recovered the bread and finished baking to the queen's tastes, described in the Magazine of American History.
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White Plains
N. Y
North Castle
Pierce
Bedford Road
Pleasantville
Magazine of American History
Clever beggar turns sixpence into ninepence
A beggar boy asks an old man for sixpence. He promises to turn it into ninepence, then buys a threepenny loaf with the sixpence and returns threepence. The ruse leaves the baker with threepence, the boy with threepence, and the old man with a loaf valued at threepence.
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Pearson's Weekly
Late Hour Explained by a Suffragette Wife
A Detroit Free Press quip humorously recounts a suffragette wife explaining the late hour to her husband. She notes the greeting took an hour the meeting lasted thirty minutes and the remainder was spent saying goodbyes.
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Detroit
Quote heavy dialogue on gender roles and civility
A compact collection of satirical quips features a debate among chiefs and commentators about women in plain clothes and the futility of torturing a baldhead. The excerpts critique social norms and highlight cultural attitudes through sharp one liners from the Buffalo Express.
Mi o na Stomach Tablets Claim Fast Indigestion Cure
An advertisement extols Mi o na Stomach Tablets as instant relief for indigestion and a remedy that removes poisonous gases, cleanses and strengthens the stomach, and promises cure or money back. George A Starr sells them for 50 cents a large box with free samples from Booth's Mi o na Buffalo New York. A testimonial from Mr Joseph Grondine Falls River Mass cites nine months of treatment.
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Geo. A. Starr
Booth
Buffalo
N. Y
Mi-o-na
Joseph Grondine
Fountain Street
Falls River
Mass
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