Spencer News Highlights Local People and Visits
Local residents and visitors are listed in Spencer with trips to lakes, visits to relatives, health notes, and near-term plans. Dr Knight ships a pony to East Aurora New York for 300, families travel to Algona Ocheyedan and Lake regions, and several Spencer residents journey to Des Moines Minneapolis and Dryden for work, health, or rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Best and Wife
Storm Lake
Spencer
Dr. Knight
Lakes
A. G. Larson
Algona
al. B. Wood
Langdon
Donald Cole
Fostoria
East Aurora
New York
Helen Knight
Fargo
O. B. Scott
Ed Wilson
Royal
Hans Christansen
Spirit Lake
Minnesota
Chris Worn
Montgomery
G. W. Vandemark
East Waterford
T. L. Schroeder
Ocheyedan
Everly
William Jones
Carl Witt
Coulter
Mra
J. W. Cole
Dryden N
Mr. Cole
GW. Anderson
Minneapolis
Ranier
Minn
G. W
Mining for coffin planks from Upper Tonquin logs
Harper's Weekly notes a curious industry—mining coffin planks in Upper Tonquin, part of French possessions in Southeast Asia. Vast underground deposits of ancient pine trunks, known as nem-hou, resist decay and yield imperishable wood prized for coffins and export to Europe. The logs, sometimes over a yard in diameter, lie 2 to 8 yards underground and are dug by native labor as demand arises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Weekly
Upper
Tonquin
Asia
Europe
Ancient Essex parish boy bishop tradition described
In Mida parish Berden Essex an old St Nicholas day custom elected a village boy to rule the children as bishop for a year. After church the boy bishop wears cape and mitre carries a crozier and leads a procession with other children dressed as clerics, as shown in the illustration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mida
Berden
Essex
England
Men who never unveil veil wearing Touaregs of the Sahara
The Touareg people of the Sahara are described as veiled, using two facial coverings to shield from desert glare. Some link them to Crusaders, but hygiene and social safety explain the habit. The term mouth for files is noted for those not wearing the veil, and the veil is said never to be removed even at meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sahara
Old Hermit of Delaware Lived in Cypress Swamp
Arnold Hudson, a recluse residing about three tiles from Belbyville, Delaware, has spent nearly fifty years in a cedar swamp. His log cabin sits on a cleared two acre plot, surrounded by dense swamp, with deep ditches dug around to drain the land. He relies on a long rifle and scarce garden produce for sustenance, protected by the swamp’s barriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Hudson
Belbyville
Del
Cypress Swamp
Doll buried with Mrs. Calvert. keeps childhood token
A 90 year old woman from Media Prag Calvert had a doll buried with her as she requested before death. The doll, given by her father when she was four, had been treasured for many years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrg. Wlizabeth W
Calvert
Media
Prag
Tooth cure for cross eyes by dental extraction
Cleveland experts claim a schoolgirl named Sarria Mangino was cured of cross eyes after four teeth including the eye teeth were removed to relieve nerve pressure. The doctors say the result appears permanent and a sure cure for cross eyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Sarria Mangino
Bristol clergyman ties 3,515 couples in vocation
Reverend A. H. Burroughs of Bristol Tennessee has officiated at 8,518 marriages since starting his wedding ministry. His latest ceremony was a triple wedding involving three couples from Virginia who eloped together. He has even built a hotel to accommodate elopers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Burroughs
Bristol, Tenn
Virginia
Elopers
Tree of Father Jas Descends Magic in Batavia Graveyard
A wild fig grows on the grave of Captain Jas at Tanah Abang cemetery in Batavia. Locals say a woman’s wish made under the tree comes true if garlands are hung on the trunk. The tree, decorated at Christmas, bears many garlands and legends persist that “Father Jos” rests there.
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T nah-Amang
Weltervreden
Batiris
Isle of Java
Dutch East Indies
Vey
Jas
Old East India Company
Sabovenamed
Lativia
Heiag
Tanah-Abang
Batavia
Finan
Father Jos
Las
Death by Own Action in Paris: Man Dies After Self Inflicted Wound
In Paris a man named Blertot was arrested for failing to pay a restaurant bill. A temple wound was found during a search. doctors diagnosed a bullet in his head. He claimed he fell but later died after confessing a self inflicted attempt, living four hours with a bullet in his brain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paria
Blertot
Bleriot
Kandil
Birthplace of Telephone and Early Work by Bell and Watson
Alexander Graham Bell and his assistant Thomas A. Watson conducted early telephone experiments in Boston. Their shop at 108 Court Street became the site where the first cry of the new born telephone was heard as a clock spring twang traveled along a wire between rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orn Jones
Minnneapolis
St. Paul
Chas. Bailey
Dickens
Spencer
Howard King
T. M. Miller
Lewis and Wife
Cornell
Clyde Flindt
Fort Dodge
Charley Mauss
Milford
Geo. Grieve
Webb
John Price
Peter Milton
C. J. Ginger
Langdon
Win
Flindt
Albert
Lea
Minn
Livitta Sorenson
Fostora
Iona Sorenson
Mike Fell
Byerly
Mary Ewing
Lincoln
Neb
Margaret Swansen
Hans Anderson
Town
Bay
Clay County
William Cardell
Charley Johansen
T. BR. Townsend
Birdsall
East Mourth Street
Ahutomobile Association
J. A. Dabrant
West Second St
Alexander Graham Lell
Thomas A. Watson
Nell
Court Street
Boston
Natural Fireworks at Sea A Trawler Sighting
The Prince Consort William trawler reports a extraordinary event in the North Sea during a morning fog. A heavy hailstorm was met as a bright flash lit the sky, a cannonlike crash followed by a luminous glow that illuminated miles. The ship shuddered and a fireball crossed the bridge before dropping toward land. The compass needle reportedly deflected and the vessel later steered toward Hull guided by the Pole Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Ockleton
North Sea
Atoyn
Hull
Remarkable lunch table near giant clock display
A luncheon for about forty guests was hosted in the Free Trade unit, Lei coger, England. The highlight featured the world’s largest electric clock soon to be installed, mounted about 220 feet high with four dials of twenty five feet diameter and minute hands fourteen feet long and three feet wide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Trade Unit
Leicoger
England
Kiss Worth Jail Sentence At College Point
Jamoa Conway received ten days for stealing a kiss from Catherine Ackerman in College Point New York. Ackerman testified that Conway stepped up chased her laughed and walked away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamoa Conway
Catherine Ackerman
College Point
N. Y
Tesrified
Mise Ackerman
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Starrett Home
Mr. McCown
Smith
M.S. Green
J. R. Rose
Anson
CG. A. Seaman
Greenville
Anna
Rochester
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Odie
Des Moines
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Odle
Russel Ward
St. Louis
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Alfred Johnson
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Mr. Johnson
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L. J. Brandt
Florence Wilcox Wing
Ashland
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Chcago
Wing
Chicago
L. L. Atwood
Wilcox
Sioux, Olty
Chester Wilcox
Uthven
M. Stephenson
Milwaukee Bridge
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Wes
Hdin
Riley
Rock Valley
Prof
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Delaware
God
Paris
Ladies Oxfords
Hanson & Perry
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