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Newspaper
Spencer News
Location
Spencer, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1909
Page
4
Spencer area weekly issue details local notes and notices.Publication information shows Randalls and Gillespie as publishers with the paper entered as second class in 1909. Subscription price listed as one dollar per year in advance.
Robert Leeds of Cherokee visits daughter and family. Mrs. Fred Jones and daughter travel to Minneapolis. H. N. Smith leaves for Waterloo to attend bankers convention. A A Phelps visits Minneapolis to see daughter. Miss Gertrude Ingalls and Miss Grace Gregory plan two month world tour via Omaha Denver Salt Lake Los Angeles Portland Seattle. Miss Mabel Brandon returns from Minneapolis study. Mrs. Grace Barnard and son Munson go to Solon Springs for the summer. Fourth of July celebration decided for Spencer. Mrs. Hedburg and Miss Marian Williams return to St Paul. Most Spencer teachers return home. Miss Neff to teach county normal. Rev. O M Bond heads to Bancroft to give IOOF address. will give Woodman memorial in Spencer next Sunday. G W Anderson to Waterloo bankers meeting. Mrs Oscar Anderson accompanies to Ackley.
Fostoria and Meadow township residents welcome visitors from Des Moines Spirit Lake Sheldon and Spencer. Several travels for family visits business and medical reasons are noted along with a child birth and a local lyceum bureau interview about five entertainments planned for October through April.
Nev J Lemke was summoned to Dows Iowa Saturday due to his mother’s dangerous illness but arrived after she had died and she was buried Sunday. The elderly woman was 84. Uncle Charley Scharf and his wife who had been visiting their son in Snohomish Washington since last fall returned to Spencer Monday, and Charley’s cheerful look as he stepped from the car showed his joy at being back in Iowa.
Court in Spencer Iowa requires all listed individuals to appear August 25 1909 at 1 PM to show cause why the will of Gunder Simonson deceased should not be probated. Clerk CG S Weaver signs the district court document dated June 1 1909.
A Travel Magazine writer explains how ships locate position at sea. Navigation relies on dead reckoning or chronometer and sextant observations. The sun at noon provides latitude, while longitude requires time differences from Greenwich.
A St Louis Globe-Democrat piece notes how a man’s hat invites laughter during mishaps at church, in lectures, or on windy streets. It contrasts modern hats with the old heavy felts, pointing out the social humor around hat misadventures and the lack of sympathy for the wearer.
The article notes that participants confess fear and nerve loss when exposed to heat and noise, yet courage resurges under fire. It discusses habitual cowardice as a temporary phase, the role of martial music in raising spirits, and how drums and bugles bolster morale to sustain campaigns.
A dialogue exchange from the Chicago Tribune features Trate Individual and The Other Man arguing about rumors and manners. Trate Individual defends his perceived habit of being unvoracious while noting how others press him for explanations and accountability.
In a brief quotation from WWoman's Home Companion the Marquis de Lafayette praises the Continental Army as iron men and notes their hard work pressing the redcoats, quoting the great commander with a sly twin lie.
A Baltimore American note recalls a Barn Party where traditional country dances delight attendees. The writer emphasizes the enduring appeal of old fashioned reels and community gatherings as a social highlight.
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