Huntington revival closes as Emmet residents attend
Local notes report revival meetings in Huntington wrapping up Sunday with strong township participation. Several from Emmet Township attended, Maggie improving, others gained back windmills after storms, and many small community updates follow including road work, windmill repairs, and travel notes from residents and visitors.
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Huntington
Maneive
Maggie
Ed. Kirchner
David Weir
Miss Thelma Kennedy Wins Hoping Contest Prize
Thelma Kennedy wins the prize at the Hoping contest as friends extend congratulations. Mrs. Fred Fisher has visited her daughter in town for the past week. Emma and Adelaide Nichols spent Sunday with their parents in Estherville. A sociable at Booth school Friday night was enjoyed by all attendees.
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Hans Nelson
Rice Lake
Wisconsin
Halyer Olson
Ben Nelson
Nels Nelson
Hagle Grove
Geo. Schmidt
Huntington
Geo. Weir
Farmers Institute
Estherville
Emmet Twp
Misa Clara Nelson
A. S. Anderson
Fort Dodge
Mr. Peacock
Gruver
P. Riley
L. Dobbie
Olof Skog
Frank Maniece
F. C. Synder
Maud Sattleman
Chicago
H. Leopold
Illinois
Hudson
C. A. Logue
Huntington Creamery
Eagle Lake
Margaret Maneica
George Weat Jr
Glen Reisinger
Kansas
Myrtle Richards
Maple Hill
A. W. Atwood
R. B. Taylor
Oskley
Algona
Gruver Band
Aid Society
Thelma Kennedy
Fred Fisher
John Mousel
Emma
Adelaide Nichols
Sociabio
Booth School
Weather and road woes disrupt Sunday church plans
Bad road conditions kept Rev. Kauffman from his Grover appointment while Presiding Elder Maynard failed to reach Dolliver for Sunday services. An Aid Society social at the hall Friday drew a large crowd and thanks were given to teachers Mrs Whomas and Miss Lukehart for a fine program.
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Kauffman
Aid Society
Whomas
Mias Lukehart
Garland Shifflet
Miles City
Montana
Geo. Shifflet
Maynard
Dolliver
Pickell Bros
Code Rabb
Senate Hole in the Wall and Early Capitol Dining
A Washington Post reminiscence recalls the Hole in the Wall, a small circular room near the upper house post office used by senators for drinks and a simple bill of fare. The so called restaurant offered ham, corned beef and cheese, with sandwiches often eaten in the post office when crowded.
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Senate
Supreme Court
Maile
Washington Post
The Aurora Borealis Explained by Experiments
The aurora borealis or northern light baffled scientists who largely credit electricity for its glow. In 1882 M Lenstrom tested a copper wire array on a mountain top near Finland, charging it to produce a yellow light at tin tips. Spectroscope analysis revealed a greenish yellow ray akin to auroral light, offering convincing evidence of the phenomenon.
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M. Lenstrom
Finland
Fox blades and the Toledo legacy in sixteenth century swords
London notes recount the fox blade myth linked to Julian del Ret, a Morisco forge founder in Toledo. His mark a little dog led to fox blade fame, with Toledo’s swordcraft long famed and exported, inspiring later Solingen imitations.
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Julian del Ret
Toledo
Julian del Rel
Solingen
London Notes and Queries
Royal Snake Slaughterer the Secretary Bird in South Africa
The secretary bird is a royal game in South Africa valued for killing snakes. A fine of £50 applies to destruction. The three foot tall drab bird with black feathery legs spots reptiles and uses wing stomps then claws to stun and drop snakes from height, destroying thousands of venomous reptiles.
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South Africa
London
What Is You Been Workin Up to One o’ Deshere Garridges
A collage of quotable quips from periodicals. Motor car versus mule humor contrasts with a Washington Star remark on cars. Oil City Derrick jokes about women’s mental load while Pick-Me-Up offers a pun about a ring and a man’s address. Harper’s Budget hints at a recipe for rich milk toast with cheese.
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Miami Brown
Washington Star
A Sponger Deflects Claims and Deflections in Discourse
A snippet shows Grabbles chiding a sponger for avoiding payment while another voice taunts him to settle his debts. The exchange hints at social reliance and evasive behavior without specifying any names beyond Grabbles and Spongely.
Does Not Color Hair Advertisement Claim
A vintage advertisement by the J. C. Ayer Co. of Lowell, Massachusetts touts Does Not Color Hair and asserts it will stop hair loss in most cases unless a serious health issue arises. The copy advises consulting a physician and asking about Ayer's Hair Vigor.
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Ayer
J. 0
Ayer Co
Lowell
Mans
Wedding Mishap Crowns Carriage Cross With Peace
A New York Times passenger recounts a wedding decor faux pas. A four foot floral cross of white and red roses with green leaves bore the word Peace at its center. An elderly man misreads it as a funeral tribute, provoking disbelief and quiet embarrassment aboard.
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New York Times
Annie Ly
All Newndeslers W & Co
New York
Washington, D
Death and Snuff Funeral Arrangements by Margaret Wilson
Margaret Wilson of Westminster, famed for snuff, arranged her funeral with six bearers and six maidens all known snuff takers. Snuff colored hats for bearers, boxes of Scotch snuff for pallbearers, and snuff thrown on the threshold and along the route. The clergyman’s fee would depend on the amount of snuff he used during the ceremony.
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Margaret Wilson
Westminster
St. James, Westclnster
London Globe
What the Peruvians Believed
An ancient Peruvians future state idea describes the soul’s journey after death. If the soul rests on the left rock it enters oblivion, akin to Nirvana. If it rests on the right rock, it endures a purgatorial hell where fiends grate flesh from bones over about ten thousand years before returning to Earth for another chance.
First Australian theater history and early playhouse pay
The earliest Australian play is The Recruiting Officer staged in June 1789. The inaugural pay night raised about £20 for a drowned man’s family. A rough 1786 playhouse opened with shilling admissions paid in kind, wheat flour or rum. The London Standard notes changing home life and the Fortnightly Review comments on domestic life and babies.
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Australia
London Standard
The Queen Within the Home and Moral Life
A period piece urging the strength of a nation through orderly homes led by wise wives. It extols married life, mutual self-adjustment after marriage, parental influence, and daily acts of kindness as foundations of character, warning that selfishness spoils home harmony. It ends with an advertisement for Blymer Alloyed Silver and Foley’s Honey and Ayer product.
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Wallingford
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Claude
Palmer
Weat
Maile Hill
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Laura Sabb
Crawford Dickinson
Nebraska
Birdie Thomas
L. J. Bigelow
Washington
Queen Esther
Oil City
Harper’s Bugar
Grabbles
Bsalebilla
Vindicator
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the Home Circle Department
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Catherine of
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Anne of
England
Marie Theresa
Germany
Vindicator and
Foley
Williams & Anderson
Castoria
Howard Graves
James Erpeset
Emmet County Land and Abstract Company
Estherville, Iowa
Emmet Co
Offich
Eatherville State Bank
W. Fullam
R. I
James Espebe
Cushior
Estherville State. Bank
Incorpo
Capital
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Estmerville, Iowa
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