Christmas Tidings and Town News Across the District
Christmas greetings and holiday travel fill a week of community notes. Families including the Mitchells, Millers, Gardners, and Browns return home or visit relatives in Reinbeck and Webster City. teachers close school for two weeks. a recital by Agnes Butler draws a small crowd. Local trades, farm activity, and church notices mark the season with gatherings, gifts, and dinners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris
Charlen
Breckenridge
Minn
Harrie
Byron Parriott
Bernica Sinclair
Wertz
Sioux City
Mira Gardner
Misa Brown
Reinbeck
Cuthbert
Graettinger
Bugineest
Mian
Agnes Butler
Mise Agnes Ias
Fire destroys Stanerson house and contents Tuesday night
The Stanerson residence and all belongings burned while the household was at the Xmas tree. Sympathy goes to the family amid the loss. Local news includes wedding anniversaries, visits, travel to Nebraska and Chicago, farm sales, baby news, school events, and community notices across Town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Stanerson
Advertising and appearances shape business success in public view
A fragment discusses the impact of advertising on consumer trust and employment prospects. It argues that buyers judge merchants by how they present themselves and advertise, linking quality, reliability, and prosperity to well crafted ads and public visibility. It also mentions a testimonial about Folay Kidney Pills and general cautions about appearance.
Hints for Housekeepers and Foley’s Honey and Tar
A suggested home remedy note promotes Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a quick cold cure. It claims the yellow package contains no opiates, soothes inflamed air passages, calms a cough, and may save a doctor’s bill. The ad-like text emphasizes ease and self treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Abip
Additional Personal Visit Notes From Local Paper
Weal Mrs Chas Harris of Du Moines arrived Monday evening to spend New Years with her aut Mrs H A Jehu. Orlando and Miss Guella Tosdal are home from St Olaf College for the fast days. Mrs Cour Sracy and children are spending New Years in Bailiets bury.
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Tee Clark
Vernal
Hin Winter
Barney Noll
Henry Noll
Oklahoma
Alfred Davis
Mra. Davis
Glen and
Milas Mae Johnson
Grinnell
P. ©. Brood
K. V. Sweet
I. N. Sweet
New Hartford
Blom
Carrie Anderson
Manavenu
Bertha Rkokne
Bricelyn
Minn
Allmimner
Sevataon
H. Pisraon
Chicago
Peterson
C. Clemenson
Paul Paulson
Paul
Jobi Kelleot
Luthivan Ghureh
Chas. Kindle
Sophia Ophiem
Chas. Harris
Dua Moines
H. A. Jehu
Orlando
Guella ‘Tosdal
St. Olaf College
Northilela
Minnesota
Cour Sracy
Bailietsbury
Florence Nightingilé
Miss Gould
Atelety
Woodycrest
New York
Pullen Wins Prizes at Sioux Valley Poultry Show
Warren Pullen showed five Rhode Island Red birds at the Sioux Valley Poultry Show in Sioux Falls last week. He earned two first prizes, two second prizes, and one fifth prize among beat pens from South Dakota and previous Northwestern Juona winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Pullen
Rhode Island
Sioux Valley
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Northwestern
Juona
Pullen
Oxford Honorary Degree Refused by Veteran Soldier
A Victorian-era note recalls the University of Oxford granting the Duke of Wellington an honorary Doctor of Civil Law. A veteran officer declined the degree, lamenting the cost and preferring service over title. The verse hints at the era’s tensions between war service and academic honors. Mermaids feature in global legends, with tales of sea maidens cited from Bangor to Haartem, reflecting enduring folklore.
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Duke of Wellington
University of Oxford
Bangor
Belfast Lough
Adam
Haartem
Red Cross Society
Women's War Relef Association
Nation's Eyes on Helen Gould Engagement
Helen Gould, famed philanthropist and Jay Gould heiress, is engaged to Fintey J. Shepard of St. Louis, a railroad official and athlete. The announcement at Lakewood, N J, notes a late next month wedding. Shepard, 45, leads Missouri Pacific lines and has aided Gould charitable work and rail enterprises.
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Helen Miller Gould
Helen Gould
Fintey J. Shepard
St. Louis
George J. Gould
Lakewood
N. J
New York
Gould
Georgian Court
Miss Gould
Jay Gould
Shepard
B. F. Bush
Missouri Pacific
Iron Mountain
Denver
Rilo Granie
Mr. Shepard
Young Men’s Christian Association
Leaver
Rio Grande
Gould Railroads
Gould Lines
Bush
Pacific Coast
Middle West
Mauch
Thone
Pine Gould
Missy Gould
Russell Sage
The
Sage Foundation
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Fthel and
Lottie Mitchell
Prof. Miller
Pris
Qraver
Clifford Broad
Paul Graves
Trer
Claude Cobb
Dee
Grover
Karl Clark
Curtice
FE. Eastman
Wa. Ralston
Gruyer
Oliver Knode
Wil Knode
Waterloo
Fotka
Eayvening
Hard Wooda
C.F. Long
Manson
Misa
Ruthven
Charlies Fuller
Emmet
Frank Manalee
Qeo
Csborn
Henry Kirchner
Frank Leopold
Wm. Deming
Eatherville
Henry Weir
Ed. Holcomb
Wm. Milburn
Katherville
D. H. Howard
Ed. Melander
Dakota
Mrs. Cockburn
Olof Skog
Strawberry Point
Old Santa
Mrs. Henry Weir
Chas. Schultz
August Peterson
Fatherville
Mr. Johnson
Alice Anderson
Superior
Pearl Thompson
Mra
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RB. Thampson
FB. Thampson
ART
Merry Christman
R. H. Thompson
Petersburg
Lewis Dobbie
Frank Manelee
Jers Cole
Mra. Cole
Nebraska
A.C. Bnyder Apent
Wm. Rowey
Fillaworth
ER. H. Billerston
Wyoming
L. Dobbie
A.S. Anderson
Jackson
BE. Lee
Suntington
Mateloe
Frank Leupold
Hag. Schultaz
Ratherville
Dave VankKmen
Dave
Joe Hevneman
Wallingford
J. Q. Merriott
Rockwell
Kay Sprague
Lady Friend
Arimatrong
Wuesday
Bert Burkhead
P. H.raves
Sherburn
Harrison ‘Taylor
Barnice
Nichols
Maslherville
Higinbottain
Forest City
Gladys Grems
Swan Lake
Andrew Benson
Peter Betson
Ophiem
Luther League
KK. Knutson
John Rorx
W. P. Broyles
Aveton
First National Bank
Estheryville, Iowa
Oxford
D.C
Mil
le Ags
He Tod
Nation
Finley J. Shepard
Frances$ Self Made Man
Ba—Ila Bon
Marine Hospital
Smith Infirmary
Fort Wadsworth Hospital
Staten Island
Santiago
Women’s War Relief Association
Cuba
Montauk Camp
Montauk
Congress
Pennsylvania
Ilinois
Windsor
America
Anna Gould
Countess de Castellane
Prince de Sagan
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