Local and Otherwise Mrs Millsaps and daughter return home
Mrs Frank Millsaps and daughter came back from a Portland and Seattle trip last Saturday. The town notes growth with Wernicke building demolition for a new edifice by Fred W Gooding and a Wernicke project. Reports on land office staff, ranch development by Fred W Gooding, and various building and farming efforts abound, including the Custer stone block and McFall hotel annex. An obituary for Mrs G E Pickren notes her life from Plattsburg New York to Bliss Idaho, ending with a funeral in May 1909 led by Rev W J Bancer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Millsaps
Portland
Seattle
Wm. Rose
Wernicke
Fred W. Gooding
Jerre Purdum
Shoshone Falls
Wm. Wallace
Purdum
Greer
W. Wernicke
Post and
Greenwood Streets
Topeka
Kansas
Miss Greer
Tarkio
Missouri
Miss Purdum
Geo, Purdum
Wallace
U. S. Land Office
Hailey
Land Office
F. E. Whittington
Sage Brush Tonic Co
Denver
Salt Lake
Geo. Purdum
HL. A. Brown
Sam
Brown
Roessler
T. S. McMahon
Tress
Canada
O. A. Truman
Tommy Godley
St. Anthony
Mike Kidzie
Kidzie
Hanna
Land Sales Department
Idaho Irrigation Company
Shoshone
North Shoshone
Carey
McFall
Custers
A. I. McMahon
T. H. Gooding
C. W. Wernicke
Thompson
Cirkut
Lincoln County
Gooding
G. E. Pickren
Platsburg
N. Y
G. G. Pickren
Bliss
Snake River
Janch
Mathew
Rev
W. J. Bancer
Christmas in the home and Shakespearean bits in Argyle
A collage of holiday memories and misc. notes from Argyle custom, including a home Christmas scene with family crafts, a Shakespeare anecdote from Stratford, humorous maxims, and town gossip about events, parties, and local happenings. The column, lively and dated, reflects community life and seasonal reflection in Argyle.
Butting In On High Society Bridge Party Gossip
A narrator mocks high society by recounting incidents around an invite to a bridge party at a stylish mansion. The piece parodies social climbers and deflates the allure of elegant gatherings while noting the mansion’s opulence and a flirtatious guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acequia
Wedding ends in grand social scene and comic moments
A lively wedding described with exaggerated Southern dialect. The bride glides down the aisle amid rushing attendants, guests, and a light, humorous interruption by a couple of jokers. The ceremony proceeds with solemn vows while the crowd reacts with emotion and wit, ending with the groom listed as the conventional Black.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuggle
Eharry
Pahson
Bagster
Gamblin
Grizzly Diets Change by Locality in Rockles Region
A Fur News report notes that in one area the grizzly eats dog tooth violet sprigs and spring beauty leaves, while hundreds of miles away the same bear may ignore them and instead feed on young shooting star plants along the Bitter Root mountains in the Rockies. The piece argues locality explains many debated questions in nature writing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockles
Shooting Star
Rockies
Susie
Sea Shore
Praise of the American Woman by Claire Ducreux
Claire Ducreux, traveler, lecturer, and writer, told an Alliance Francaise branch that the American woman, though still forming her type, is a major factor in the new civilization America offers the world. Her independence and readiness to aid man determine the strength or weakness of that civ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mile
Claire Ducreux
Alliance Francaiao
America
Ataatlon
Wild Dogs Pack Attack in Grimes Lands Forest
Raleigh Correspondent Forest and Stream reports wild dogs have hunted in packs for 20 years in the Grimes lands west of Raleigh. A February hunting day ends with two large dogs chasing a rabbit, attack by a colored man, and the pack fleeing as the owner retrieves the rabbit bearing the dogs’ marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grimes
Raleleh
Raleigh
Peculiar Author Postures Across Literary Greats
The article notes how writers shaped their thoughts by unique positions. Pope dictating from bed, Hugo standing to write Les Miserables, and Napoleon dictating while lounging or patting Bourrienne. Scott lounged with his secretary dictating, Morris translated from a moving train, Whitman and Trandel favored inventive poses to spark ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Pope
Hugo
Napoleon
Bour Rlenne
Sir Walter Scott
Wo Amacuenses
William Morris
Walt Whitman
Horace Trandel
Mr. Tranbel
Silencers and a Sea Trip Mentioned in Mixed Anecdotes
A domestic scene recalls a family planning a sea trip while the husband weighs tasks and repairs, and a brief note reports Hiram Percy Maxim Jr announcing government purchases of Maxim gun silencers. European powers and King Alfonso are also linked to silencers through Maxim’s representative Hart O. Berg and a French demonstration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Percy Maxim, Jr
United States
Spain
France
Mr. Maxim
Hart O. Berg
Wright Brothers
King Alfonso
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Dietrich
The
Paul §. Haddock Land Co
F. W. Humphrey
Burrell
Mr. Humphrey
Christ
Tony Tink
Son
Bestiellem
Carini
Jove
Mathar
Shakespeare
Henry Irving
Toole
Stratford
Mr. Shakespeare
Lewis
Dad
Dave
Doc Larson
Blanchardville
Thorspoon
Put & Refrigerator
Argyle
Whey Atlas
Buncheau Scads
Buech
Pomeroy Martine Burgundays
Boneh
Snoot Judson
North Carolina
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