Presbyterian Church Ladies Elect Officers At Craver
The Presbyterian Church at Craver held a meeting last Saturday electing officers led by President Mrs I N Sweet Vice President Mrs John Henderson and Secretary Treasurer Mrs Robert Wood The league plans to meet with Mrs Nels Andrews on Thursday April 10 entries mention social visits and local farm and town news with several residents attending services and a near fire incident at the barber shop due to a gasoline stove explosion.
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Ladies of the Presbyterian Church
Craver
Mra
I. N. Sweet
John Henderson
Robert Wood
League
Nels Andrews
P.O. Broad
Asa Irwin
Roy Marriott
Nela Andrewa
A. W. Chamberlain
Waterloo
Frank Coughlin
Pleasant gathering at East Riverside Country Club
The basket social at Origer school house featured recitations readings music and dialogue How the Story Grew enjoyed by attendees The sale of boxes yielded 87.86 with hot coffee served by ladies free Proceeds will fund rest room improvements and a reserve for future good causes
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East Riverside Country Club
Origer
Meal Estate Transfers and Property Listings Summary
A dense transfer list records numerous parcels and deeds. George J Marriott and PH Graves trade interests. Geo Isham sells to LP Stillmen Trust. Waterman & Co. and Thos Francis Coughlin exchange properties. Peter Martens and Allen Bancroft family deals noted. multiple transfers involve Grover, Wood, Graves, and Peterson entities. Prices range from 1 to 11 thousand dollars with various lot descriptions and street references.
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Geo
J Marriott
PH Grave L l & I
Ben Grover
Bancroft &W
Allen
Goto J
Brewert
Ches
Wood Aw
Wood
Herman Gransky &W
Person &W
Possingham & P
Peterson
Gus
Ammon
Clyde
Brenton &W
Ostherine Bradford
Ridley
Tillie
Hut
Harry L Sunde
KU Erickson
Paterson le
Shadle & Co
Curiosity Deed Sparks Noted 1881 Beardstown Curio Case
A historic deed drawn in 1881 by J Henry Shaw at Beardstown Illinois is presented as a legal curiosity. The document pledges land conveyance for seven hundred dollars to Wyman, with a promise of forever clear titles and a waived homestead. Justice Sylvester Emmons certifies delivery as voluntary, dated August 1, 1831.
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Beardstown
I. J. Henry Shaw
Charles
Wyman
Ilinois
Both & Goodby
J. Henry Shaw
Sylvester Emmons
Beardatown
Cans
Tiltmels
Hera
Hila
Emmons
I. P
Do Flying Fish Fly Observations and Ancient Conquest Tale
William Allingham discusses do flying fish fly arguing wings act as parachute though some observers report directional control. Accounts include a fish altering course at twenty feet and a cinematograph study proposed. The Turk In Constantinople describes 1453 sack, mass killings, and captive slavery with vivid detail from Gibbon.
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William Allingham
Nautical Magazine
Allingham
British Meteorological Office
Wessel
Scientific American
Purifying the Air In Rooma
A historic note describes purifying room air using brown paper soaked in saltpeter, dried, then laid with lavender flowers on a tin pan to emit a refreshing aroma. In hot water, a few drops of lavender oil can be added. The method claims to purify air and repel insects effectively.
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Rooma
Scientific American
Motorist's Luck in a Funny Car Tale
A Humorous Harper's Weekly quip recounts Blithers luck with a new car. Three minutes after the car blew up another vehicle arrives with a busted tire and the owner buys Blithers old tires for sixteen dollars each.
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Blithers
Jarroway
Harper’s Weekly
No Help. Adventurer comments on house near station
A fragment from Harper's Weekly quotes an agent praising the architecture as fierce while stressing the home's convenience being only four stone's throws from the station. Tomkins, weary, admits poor marksmanship, deeming any satisfaction unlikely.
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T.is
Tomkins
Harper's Weekly
Bulldog Kennel Motto Prompted by Friends
Paranist asks Lessup for a motto to post over a bulldog’s kennel. Lessup jokes about using a dentist sign Teeth inserted here. The exchange reflects a witty local paper tone and playful wordplay.
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Lessup
Loula Globe-Democrat
Strange Yellow Dust After Great Tornado Trail
Residents awoke Monday to a yellow dust covering roofs and sidewalks across the state, traced to a tornado that devastated the Missouri Valley and Omaha. The dust, likened to volcanic ash, drifted hundreds of miles, dimming the sun and covering windows and shoes as people returned home. An earlier account notesMt Pelee's eruption as a comparison, while the local Menan Journal reports the event and its unsettling impact.
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Iowa
Missouri Valley
Omaha
Nebraska
Lowa
Mt. Peele
Martinique
Dountrey
Mansen Journal
What To Do When An Animal Chokes
Farm and Fireside advises quick egg administration to relieve animal choking. Break the egg into a wide mouth bottle or use a funnel or makeshift paper tube, raise the animal’s head, and pour the egg down the throat to smooth the passage and allow it to reach the stomach.
Weather Crop Bulletin for Des Moines 1915 week ending April 6
Des Moines 1915 weather summary notes six months from Oct 1 1912 to Mar 31 1918 were mild dry and pleasant with no severe winter storms. Average temp about two degrees above normal and precipitation slightly above normal. March was cold and stormy with snow and high winds delaying field work. Soil in good condition, plowing and seeding expected to resume. Winter wheat acreage up and other small grains up to normal. fruit buds dormant with good prospect for fruit crops except peaches.
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Des Moines
Estherville readers urged to try Adler-i-ka remedy
A local notice claims chronic appendicitis is misdiagnosed as gas or stomach trouble. It promotes Adler-i ka and buckthorn bark glycerine compound as a quick single dose treatment, promising instant relief for sufferers in Estherville.
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Estherville
Johnston , Co
Settlers From Emmet County Eye Chippewa County
P Lo Broad and a large Graver family plan to move to Rud yard and Dryburg after selling a farm in Emmet County for about 200 dollars per acre. They will bring ten other people three log carts of stock and household goods arriving around April 1. Broad praised local farm potential and expects agrarian workers to improve Chippewa resources.
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Chippewa
United States
P. Lo. Broad
Graver
Town
Rudyard and
Dryburg
Brood
Hadyards
Clifford
Leonard J. Brood
A. C G. Irwin
Thun
Beault St. Maria Nova
Ground Bone Available At Special Price Per Pound
Ground bone kept fresh on hand at all times sold by Jamen Meat Market. Special price at 100 pounds quantities. Phone number 85 for orders and inquiries. Local market ad emphasizing steady supply and bulk pricing.
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Waterman
Barney Noll
Ladies Aid Society
Wm. Nabring
Adam Anderson
Huntington
Heten
Mies Bernice
Pruitt
Armstrong
Jake Taylor
Dakes
Harvey Solomonson
Glen Belainger
Rob Woods
John Porchasky
Ray Sprague
Paul Graves
Fred Metzlar
Ommet
Mrs. Lewly Dobble
Petersburg
Job Kriebs
D. H. Howard
A. Weir
State Line
A. GC. Irwin
Hantington
F. Maneice
Walter Hetineman
Cromb
8. M. Chambera
Kethereville
Eupertor
Miss Atlee Garling
Hardwick
Minn
Olson
Ralph Rankin
Milburn Boys
Grandma
Grandpa Weaver
Kidora Tuesaday
Misa Louise
Blanche Rankin
Miss Faun Milburn
B.ef. Westbrook
Ketherville
Dennis and
Mark! Milburn
Mra. Kades
A. J. Yock
Chag
Merriott
Spirit Lake
Elsie Dobberstein
Flossie Weaver
Swea City
O. H. Rawleigh
Ponca
Neb
Hero
Chas
Beaner
Grover
Dave Johnson
I. G. Willey
Mia
Willeys
Logan Andérson
Myrtle Pickell
M. Wilkindont
Geo. Grems
Marie Pickell
Eatherville
Andrews
Chan, Reid
Babe
Des Motnea
W. Reid Jr
P. Richards
W. Hartranft
W. FB. Stemple
Chas. Nelson
Ernest Anderson
Retherville
Mra. Trimble
Ole Quested
J. F. Brown
Max Miller
Ustal Huntington
Gausne
BNEN
Epring
Mrs. Haden Jr
Wallingford
Mr. Gaade
P. A. Fouta
Andy Buck
Ringsted
Ohbria Ellerson
John Ammunson
Rochester
Unithdomo
Board of Trade
Sala
H, Richman
Louis Itepublic
Constantinople
Mohammed II
St. Sophia
Gibbon
Aum
Areka
Minneapolis
Ageton Brothers
North 6Th St
Weather Crop Bulletin
Emmet County
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