Christmas Visits and Holiday Travel Across Langford Area
Local residents travel for Christmas visiting family in Langford Aberdeen Vermilion and nearby towns. Containing multiple names including Mrs Scheffer Miss Treick Mrs Boot and Mr Wicks with notes on church services and job changes. Residents plan holiday stays with relatives and note travel to Yankton Parkerton and Bronx City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Zolnowsky
Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Shindler
Bronx City
Ladies Aid to Host Christmas Evening at Local Homes
The Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist church plans a Christmas evening at Arthur Brown and Clinton Cass homes next Wednesday night. It is the last old year gathering for 1918 with hopes for 1919. Services are set for Sunday night at the Methodist Church with an Evening of Christmas Song replacing the usual preaching service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid Society of
The
Methodist Church
Arthur Brown
Clinton Cass
City Weighmaster Ordinance Sets Scales for Scotland SD
Ordinance establishes the city scales with five ton capacity to weigh grain coal hay and other property. The mayor appoints a city weighmaster for one year starting the first Monday after appointment and he must take an official oath and post a 500 bond. He must keep records and issue weighing certificates. Weighing fees apply and false Certificates punishable by fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotlan
Scotland
South Dakota
Weighminster
Saia
Arrangements With G. D. Brock On Piano Con Test
The Citizen reports arrangements with G. D. Brock to pay votes on his Piano Con test during January 1914. All accounts settled with the Republican office. Applies to payments on new subscriptions renewals delinquent accounts and job printing. See us for rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. D. Brock
Red and Blue Heads Reveal One Honeysucker
The article explains a New Zealand honey eater stained by flower pollen. Early summer pollen from flax reddens its head, naming it red headed honeysucker. Later, blue pollen from fuchsia turns its head blue, leading to mistaken identity as two species. The true head color is blackish brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Harper’s Weekly
Drunken Monkeys Entangled in Congo Beer Scheme
A Congo region letter reports monkeys addicted to native beer used by locals to trap them. Natives lure inebriated primates by offering beer, causing confusion as humans and apes mingle. One or more monkeys are captured as intoxicated groups are gently separated and carried away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congo
Africa
Never Mind Do What You Can Says Judge Sawkins
An elderly man of seventy confronts Judge Sawkins over a harsh sentence of 20 years penal servitude. He protests with outstretched hands, but the judge urges him to do what he can, insisting the sentence stands despite the plea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sawkins
Pollen From Amazon Tree Reaches Paris Bloom
In Paris a rare exotic tree blooms unusually after pollen from a distant Amazon origin arrives by wind. A merchant earlier brought a young plant to Marseilles, and the wind carried its pollen four hundred miles to fertilize the Paris specimen, producing a unique bloom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Christian Herald
Amazon
Marseilles
Really Not His Fault Love Letter Misfire
An illiterate young man had a friend write a letter to his Sweetheart. The letter’s blunt tone prompted him to apologize for its lack of tenderness. He notes the writer is married and cannot hide his awkward phrasing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jan
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E. H. Treiber
Jeweler and
Optician
J. Dak
Farwiers
H. J Trumbull & Co
West South Water Street
Chicago, Ill
Wheeler's
Phon
Merry Xmas
Mrs. Scheffer of
Langford
John Schmierer
Agnes
Ella Treick
Aberdeen
J. BE. Boot
Armour
Dunmire
T. W. Hardinbergh
John Schmiarer Jr
Parkatoni Bere
WW. G. Grant
Rey
Walter Wicks
Springfield
Edwin Stark
Vermilion Teesing
Jina
Goodridge Gall Yard
A.L. Turner
Eiban
H. P. Carson
Huron
Wm. Barrett
Harding County
W. D Griffiths
Miesas
Ruth Schaefer
Ruby Tomlingon
Mary Wheeler
Prieda Levdmannia
Leroy Haynes
Bicure
Belvidere
Roonag
Charmberlain
W. C. Haynes
O. J. Bruhn
Annhor
Albert Kaye
Alpena
Adeline Hernisse
Hattie Wellek
Ravinia
Anna Uach
Dante
Mary Yeterka
Wagner
D. W. Newell
J. W. Brown
Rootland
Mary
Nellie Simpson
Dell Rapids
Miss Wallen
Volga
Pattee
J. B. Gano
J. B. Meyers
Lobrville
Mr. Meyers
Iowa
Tie
Ij. J. Bardell
Treeport
Ill
Journal
Wis
Lon Willian
Henry Ames
Charles Anderson
Lost Foresk
Wen
Ius Top
Que
Anderson
J. H
United States Secret Service Department
Linquent
Dakota
Santa Claus
John F. Hirsch
Mgr
Goodridge
Call Ler. CO
S. Dak
Merry Christmas
Bonhomme County Bank
Henry Stoller
Christ Neth
August Reich
E. Morris
John Neth Jacob Max
Star Express
H. Johnston
Dray & Line
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