Christmas notices and local updates from Spencer Iowa
Local page notes Christmas visits and travels of residents including P A Clark and Miss Olive Browman. Classifieds list high scoring Rhode Island Red cockerels for sale and farm items. Social items mention Grinnell Glee Club at the Grand and various family preparations for the holidays. The piece records births, illnesses, travel to Des Moines Chicago Racine and Milwaukee, and public clock and courthouse news.
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P. A. Clark
Olive Browman
Central Hotel
Greenville
Rhode Island
EK. F. Tibbets
Peterson
Iowa
Local shoppers spotted in Estherville and Spencer
Lake Center Mrs. Cuttshall and Miss Pearl were shopping in Estherville Saturday. Misses Iona Whiteford and Zepha Smith were shopping in Spencer Wednesday. Charley Lewis spent Sunday at the
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Mrs. Cuttshall
Miss Pearl
Estherville
Iona Whiteford
Zepha Smith
Spencer
Charley Lewis
Christmas travels and school closes in the county
Royal Mrs Birdsall and two children left Saturday to spend Christmas at Webb. Mr and Mrs Gus Sandburg went to Laurens Saturday to spend Xmas with a brother. School closed Friday afternoons with a program and Xmas tree. The children all did well and enjoyed the tree. Miss Margaret Smith expected to spend Xmas with Spencer relatives. Miss Marie Christengen planned to spend Xmas at Hartley with her brother. Mrs Wmn Roberts received word of her father’s death at Sioux Rapids and left for home. Mr and Mrs Chas Bailey came from Drckens to stay until after Xmas. J O Johnson will spend Xmas with relatives south of town. Havel Keene had a program and Christmas box at her school Friday. P Speake was here to look after interests in the Royal creamery. Editor Glasgow of the Spencer News was seen on the streets Friday.
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Lionel Knight
Cody
Wyoming
Hazel Campbell
Marathon
A. L. McCargar
Montevideo
Minon
L. P. Knight
Mr. K
Ben Enochson
Spencer
Kenaston
North Dakota
Riley
Court House
Clay County
H. Kunath
Archie
Bert Rossiter
Tour Derry and Son
Dickens
Anna Johnson
Green Ville
Geo. Prichard
Graetlinger
Georgia
Eula Miles
R Ruthven
Zelda
Grace” .Prichard
Ruthven
QO. J. Sampson
A. S. Johnson
Gus Sandburg
Laurens
Margaret Smith
Marie Christengen
Hartley
Wmn. Roberts
Sioux Rapids
Chas. Bailey
Drckens
J. O. Johnson
Havel Keene
P. Speake
Royal Creamery
Xmas Eve church programs and local travel notes
Webb reports both Baptist and Methodist churches prepared Xmas eve programs. Mrs Hoeting of Manson visits, school closed for the week. Prof Crowder leaves for a short visit, Miss MacRush home for Xmas, Lulu McLaughlin home near Marathon. Fred Wagner from Spirit Lake visits. B M Wesche brings ten cattle, Mrs Post returns from California. Roy Addington comes home from Carthage for a final visit.
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Baptist
Methodist Churches
L. E. Baughman
Ionda
Iowa
Rose Selzer
St. Paul
J. L. Dorton
B. M. Wesche
Sioux City
F. WW. Post
California
Mrs. Herrington
Pasadena
Roy Addington
Carthage
South Dakota
Roy
Community entries on district program and sales noted
Lula Wilson presented an engaging program at district No. 7 on Friday. The event delighted both seniors and children. Lou Shatto returned to spend Christmas with his parents. The W A Laucks sale drew a large crowd and exceeded expectations, with Mr Lauck pleased. The note ends by advising the young people to...
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Lula Wilson
District No. 7
Lou Shatto
W. A. Laucks
Lauck
Christmas gatherings and local social notes in Spencer area
The village recounts dinner with the Slaters, a district No. 8 program by Marion Calkins and students, a Santa gift surprise, and a Webb family reunion on Christmas. Meteor dig resumes on Laurence Whalen’s farm, Hoffrichter sells cattle, Fisk couple celebrates nineteenth anniversary with music and gifts, andWill Lauck visits Redfield while Roy Muetzel spends Christmas in Curlew before returning to work for Cliff Griggs.
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Jud Moody
Will Slater
Spencer
Marion Calkins
Old Santa
W. R. Webb
Laurence Whalen
Jedd Briediiver
Lou Auck
C. C. Lilly
John Hoffrichter
8. Fisk
Will Lauck
Redfield
Roy Muetzel
Curlew
Cliff Griggs
Christmas News And Social Notes From Fostoria
Rev Harry Decker returned from Sheldon and feels fine. Miss Hazel Derivan came home from Sheldon for holidays. Mrs J H Graham visited Des Moines for winter holidays with family. Christmas exercises and a tree program were held at the church and the German church. Mrs George Henderson visits Brewster Minnesota. Rev Asa Ford led Sabbath services. George Heikens works at the state bank. Georgie Anderson visited Spencer grandparents. Carrie Wright and Mrs O J Anderson shopped in Milford. Local merchants hear about Milford shopping. Foster Heneman and Fred Mitts visited Motherville. Glen Chapman substituted on rural route. West school hosted a Christmas program and plans a short vacation. Alfred Anderson arrives from Chicago to study veterinary medicine with brother Chris. J L Anderson proud of the brothers. Miss Peterson gains extra post office helper amid heavy holiday mail. Frank Hubbard and wife visit son in Albert Lea. J A Benke from Whitemore Wis delivers an improved cookery book. Opal Gillette returns from Eagle Grove for holidays. Millie arrives next day.
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Ed Marker
Des Moines
Chicago
Racine Wis
Saue
Spencer
John
Gladys Axtell
Sunshine Hawks
Chautauqua
E. C. Cammerrer
Merle Fish
Dickens Review
Merle
George Henderson
Brewster
Minn
Asa Ford
George Heikens
State Bank
Georgie Anderson
Carrie Wright
O. J. Anderson
Milford
Messrs Foster, Heneman
Fred Mitts
Motherville
Alfred Anderson
Veterinary College
Alfred
Chris
J. L
Peterson
Frank Hubbard
Albert Lea
J. A. Benke
Whitemore
Wis
Fostoria
Opal Gillette
Eagle Grove
Millie
Local Youths Return Home for Vacation Visit
Muscatine resident Oscar Hofstadt visiting home from Chicago while his brother Louie also returns from W Northfield Minnesota. Mr and Mrs Cornell depart Saturday for several days with relatives at Carroll. Mr and Mrs Jim Mitts visiting Miss Peterson at the Cornell home during the autocrat’s absence.
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Oscar Hofstadt
Chicago
Louie
Northfield
Minn
Cornell
Carroll
Jim Mitts
Miss Peterson
Autocrat
His Own Tailor Fashion Tips for Modern Cutaways
The article outlines practical men’s tailoring tips from living in New York and London influences. It urges braiding edges to match coat color and repurposing old pocket flaps to refresh sleeves. It also suggests removing rear buttons if short on matching ones and adopts a single creased trouser line.
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London
Edward VII
New York
Gellett Burgess
Bells Like Human Beings Description
Bells are described as having moods and voices, with organs like tongues and throats, capable of loud anger or gentle persuasion. They can be joyous or sad and, like humans, can be irreparably cracked.
A New Honor Parade Tale From The Delineator
A five year old recounts a Decoration day parade where the father and children witnessed the event. on return they compete to tell their mother about the sights. the child exclaims with shock that they salooned the old soldiers in the parade.
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Mamma
Logical Reason for Argument in Dialogue
The passage counsels not to cling to a position during a debate. It advises listening to the opponent and following their lead to reach the core conviction. It notes most people talk to hear themselves and interrupt to advance their own points.
Turki sh amuse hawks with meat toss by Bosphorus
In a London Globe description Turks along the Bosphorus entertain themselves by tossing raw meat into the air for hungry fishhawks. The birds pounce before the meat lands, then carry it away to feed their young.
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Bosphorus
London Globe
Buttermilk Salmon Recipe from Older Cookbook
One can salmon with two eggs, melted fat, and buttermilk mixed with soda. Salt and pepper, corn meal, and crumbled crackers. Bake in greased dish for half an hour. Described as delicious and light, enough for five.
Brandied Peaches Without Cooking Method
Large peaches are selected and scrubbed then packed in jars with skinless layers alternating with sugar and agar. Boiled fruit is covered with brandy, jar sealed and stored. An alternative uses brandy as the final two inches in the jar during canning.
Not In Haste In Genesis Scots Parish Preacher Texts Psalms
A northern Scottish clergyman, speaking plainly, used the Psalm line I said in my haste all men are liars. He joked that David might have spoken differently if present, noting haste alters judgment and inviting reflection on truth and temper.
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Scotland
Greenback advocate Peter Cooper reflects on beauty of world
In 1880 at Irving Place New York Peter Cooper eighty nine recalls his views on irredeemable paper money and the beauty around Gramercy Park. He notes the world’s enduring good and the value of daily wonder before a final visit.
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Peter Cooper
Cooper Union
New York
Mr. Cooper
Irving Place
New York City
Little Gramercy Park
Parkland
Cooper Institute
Gramercy Park
PB. J
The New Cook in 1920 Ends in Pieces
In 1920 a wireless from Europe delivers news to a man and son about their automatic cook breaking apart after the ice man hugged her too tightly. Ma plans to sell the wreck to the junk man, preferring human cooks of old days. The tale comes from the Sandusky Register.
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Europe
Sandusky
Description Hurts His Pride in Harsh Ad Self Portrait
A New York traveling salesman recalls meeting a man who disappeared for 15 years after seeing a harsh newspaper description of his appearance. The man, with deep-set eyes, protruding teeth, a nose scar, and freckles, fled home westward rather than face public ridicule. The tale suggests others may hide from print rather than risk similar exposure.
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Chicago
New York
Bill
Not Their Time to Die At Sea off Jamaica wreck survivors rescued
A Glasgow ship wrecked off Jamaica left nine crew clinging to a four foot rock for 20 hours as waves washed over them while carrying a wounded comrade. Fishermen risked their lives to pluck them to safety. The second mate floated with wood bundles, became jammed between rock pinnacles, then survived by living on oatmeal mustard and water for six days before rescue.
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Jamaica
Glasgow
Causes for Tuberculosis by Walter S Mills
Walter Sands Mills argues tuberculosis chiefly preys on those with lowered vitality and predisposition rather than healthy lungs. He cites factors such as domestic work for women, dust inhalation, poor air quality, existing lung disease, trauma, bad living habits, and unhygienic workshops, and urges maintaining child vitality and infection protection as prevention.
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Walter Sands Mills
A Boston Brahmin’s Theory of Toast and Character
A century ago William Tudor Jr., noted Bostonian, authored a memoir on the consumption of toast in the United States and its effects on national character. He discusses classifications of toasts, bread burning, and claims about fried or burnt toast shaping ethnological ideas and historical diets.
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William Tudor, Jr
United States
Africa
Voter's Train Ride Turns Into Ballot Box Blunder
An 1900 England tale shows a pluralist voter who travels by special train to his distant constituency only to find the railway engineer present in the same polling town. The engineer uses his fleeting presence to cast a vote for the opposite side, illustrating a comic yet instructive voting mishap.
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England
Reud's Good Idea Prompted A Bargain Confrontation
A fragmented exchange shows a speaker negotiating over tickets with a cashier. The dialogue touches prices from a dollar and a half to two dollars and ends with a demand for change and a curt command to be quiet. The readable text captures a tense bargaining moment.
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