Funeral attendance and local visits span Maresilles to Estherville
Mr and Mrs M B Ongood traveled to Maraeilles DL Monday evening for a brother's funeral near Armstrong. Estherville visitors Misses Brown and Josie Espeset with Johnson called on local residents. Several residents attended visits and social events, with Fred Heidecker hosting a party and band concert attendees from Es itherville. Agricultural activity includes harvest help and furniture moving to a recently vacated building. Reverend Strand will resign to take a college professorship.
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Ongood
Maraeilles
Armatrong
Misses Brown
Estherville
Jacobson Giria
Josie Espeset and
Johnson
Andrew Juhl
Dora Heidecker
Emmetsburg
Arthur Calkins
Wellington
Til
Stanley Jalking
H.T. Arbur
Helle Plaine
A. Oliver
W. Thompson
Stella
Thompson
Mra
K. H. Hauge
Fred Heidecker
The New Furniture Store in Wallingford Opens August 8
The Paulsen Furniture Co. will open its doors for business August 8. They will carry a complete line of furniture and undertaking goods. An entirely new stock has been placed in the building vacated by Myhre and Gunderson, giving Wallingford a fine up to date furniture store. P. J. Paulsen is proprietor and Irwin and Bando will be managers. We are sure that the business will be a success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paulsen Furniture Co
Myhre & Gunderson
Wallingford
P. J. Paulson
Irwin & Bando
Debtors urged to settle with Herman G Graaf promptly
A notice asks anyone owing money to Herman G. Graaf to call and settle now. After August, accounts will be kept at Byron Coon's store, implying a change of location for records and collection efforts.
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Herman G. Graaf
Byron Coon
Absentminded Miss Amy and the Blind Suitor
Amy Culver visits Henry Scott, a blinded man, and promises care. She discovers his eyes may be restored and learns he plans to marry while roses from Senator Ellsworth hint at prior entanglements. Amy faces social constraints as she confronts love, duty, and a looming marriage in the parsonage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Amy Culver
Miss Amy
Mrs. Wridgely
Henry Scott
Doling
Willie
Lie
Amy
Senator Ellsworth
Bilsworth
Amat
Scott
Sle
Guntle
Etis
Harry
Curiosities of Coffee Absorption in Damp Rooms
Coffee, as experts know, has an extraordinary property. It is highly absorbent and can draw in moisture from a damp room, causing beans to swell and nearly double in weight.
Dishonest grocer adulterates coffee for profit
A Washington Post report describes a grocer deceiving customers by adding water to coffee beans, swelling profits by about 50 percent. It notes coffee’s absorptive nature, warns shippers avoid hides aboard ships to prevent taint, and mentions roasted beans as a deodorizer in sickrooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Trade Signs Through Ages Marking Shops Across Europe
The article traces how ancient and medieval signs, dating to pre Christian times, shaped shopfronts from cobblers to dairies. It notes relics in Europe and Pompeii era discoveries, including Cupid with shoes as a shoemaker emblem, and discusses the progression to enduring highway signs in the new world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europa
Ierculaneum
Pompei
Europe
New World
Vague Proverb Origin Aims at Old English Sayings
The fragment references a living woman guiding bakers shops and a evergreen bush directing a weary traveler to a tavern. It notes this image inspired the English proverb about a “Good wife pecks by bush” and hints at symbolic coastal wanderings and folk wisdom.
How a Flea Jumps Insects and their classification explained
A note on flea jumping, leaping up to 200 times its height, its landing on feet or failing on smooth surfaces, and how its long legs and heavy body aid balance. Wings are tiny scales of little use, yet tell entomologists about classification while being of no value to the flea itself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas
Polishing Small Articles by Tumble Polishing with Rouge
The article describes polishing small steel items by tumbling with leather scraps and dry rouge in a barrel. Rouge coats the surface acting as a polishing wheel. Canvas strips may replace leather.
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Sueb Ag
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wallingford Department
J. M. Wolden
Lena Larson
Iowa
Farmers Savings Bank
J. M. Wolden, Optician
J. Ferguson
Wallingford, Iowa
Gus Merklin
McCormick
T. Sevatson
Wallingford Telephone Central
Walter Espeac
Juhl
F. Paulson
Myhre & Gunder- Bon
Martin Attsland
Strand
Lutheran Church
Flossie Hobein
J. O. Overholt
Hardy
M.S. Sevatson
Simonson
Anna
Mary Soeffing
Graettinger
Emma
Anna Hanson
Calmar
Visting
John Krantz
Hulda
Duanwell
Myrsie & Gunderson
James Refsell
G. Miller
Shree President
Anderson Bier
James Refaall
Peter G, Miller F. W. Converse
H.K. Groth
T. O. Bando
Aevation
Habtung P
Anderson
Royal Lumber CO
E. G. Hauge
Wolden
Wolden Drug CO
J.O. Kasa
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