Dickens Review Editor Visits Sheaver and County Board Meeting
Local editor Merve Fusit of the Dickens Review is in Sheaver today. The first 1911 county board of supervisors meeting will begin Tuesday Jan 3. Various local notices recount a lost fur collarette, a sick public, and community events. Weather notes report a cold region with ice on the river and a near absence of snowfall.
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Spencer
Merve Fusit
Dickens Review
Sheaver
Mr. Fish
County Board of Supervisors
Moulton
Scott Case
Scott
Meaning of Clubman fades in modern New York era
The New York Evening Sun notes that the term clubman once defined a social figure in Vanity Fair circles but has become meaningless in today’s sprawling metropolis. It contrasts a once clear definition with the indistinguishable private lives of modern city dwellers.
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New York
Vanity Fair
New York Evening Sun
The Best Companion Quote by Lessing
A concise saying extols a frank man as the best companion. It lauds simple kindness, a golden temper, life’s use, and steadfastness over genius wit or profound thought, valuing everyday reliability above grand intellect.
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Lessing
Robbed of Distinction
A grandmother tells a friend that Mary has fever while Albert shows he is ill, prompting Albert to ask how she would feel if someone said she had no fever. The exchange reveals the siblings' illness and Albert's tearful reaction.
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Claud Parish
Martin
Dresden
Chateaubriand
Atala
Mary
Albert
Gilded youth schemes to steal via bank note plan
A gilded youth seeks a simple life by writing a note to his bank asking for money and sending his valet to retrieve it. He hopes to avoid drawing checks, detailing a scheme to obtain funds through a backhanded bank transfer.
Notable Fostoria Personal Moves and Local Notices
Fostoria residents and visitors are noted in a round of movements and events. Shipman party from Milford conducts business in Fostoria while Riley and Noehren travel to Sioux Falls for an implement dealers convention and return shortly after. Several locals travel for employment, medical appointments, or meetings, including Decker and Wigdahl preparations, with church and social activities highlighted.
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Sioux Falls
B. H. Decker
Sheldon
Sheldon Hospital
Graham
Des Moines
Teddy
Billy
Peterson
Henaman
Odebolt
Sioux City
Nebraska
Wigdahl
Ruthven
Effie Marshall
Mason City
Alva Graham
Rochester
Minnesota
George Douglas
Yestern
Ohio
Foster Meadow
Archie Cutler
Langdon
Henry Brigham
Minnie Anderson
Harmony
Frank Brigham
Decker
Philadelphia
Fostoria
Ladies’ Aid Society
Mra Oliver Erffmire
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Ed. Little
D. E. Knight
G. Kk. Phelps
Mampton
Iowa
Bice
Poole
Merchants Hotel
Primghar
O'Brien County
Kelley Hounshell
Witheville
R. I. Lloushell
Clay Co
R. W. Coats
Methodist Church
Everly
Brother Coates
HW. M. Gallagher
Clay County
Folley
North Dakota
Excelsior Springs
Montana
Dakota
Mr. Gallagher
Ladies of the Christian Church
Union Hall
M. E. Griffin
Union Block
Ilasday
Toggery
Vers
Earth
Hart of
Rockford
Barkford Silver Plate Co
Rockford, Ils
Dickey and Forney’s
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