Woodmen Install Officers Seek Supper and Birthday News
The Woodmen held a public installation of officers on Friday by January 8 with a free supper for attendees. Mrs A H Pickell hosted a party Saturday for her son Lees 12th birthday with many young guests. J J Porta shipped two carloads of cattle Saturday and Lewie Pickell joined from Grover for the supper. Mr and Mrs J W Fields returned to their home from Dakota. Miss Lukart and Mrs Thomas traveled, then returned Sunday. Mr and Mrs Guy Felda welcomed a baby girl born January 8 and Thomas rented rooms behind the post office for living quarters with her mother and young daughter staying with her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Pickell
Lee
J.J. Porta
Lewie Pickell
Grover
J. W.’ Fields
Dakota
Local notes from Estherville and surrounding towns
Elsie Stoltenburg works for Mrs George West Jr Mrs Thomas Juhl of Superior visited at the G Juhl home. Lloyd Merriott has chicken pox. Mrs Gus Haust visits mother in Indiana. H B Colt and family attended the Wilson Fuller wedding at Estherville last Wednesday. Nels Anderson and relatives return to North Dakota. Center Township school contest set for Grover February 16. Rabbit hunt held despite zero weather with 44 hunters. Wolf tracked but not secured. Myhre brothers pursued a wolf. Geege Vosum led rabbit count. Broads side won by 80 points. Henry Taylor reports voyage from Honolulu to Japan with quarantine clearance. Mary and Annie West went to Huntington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Stoltenburg
George West. Jr
Thomas Juhl
Superior
G. Juhl
Lloyd Merriott
Gus Haust
Indiana
H.b.'colt
Wilson-Fuller
Estherville
Mercury
Charlie Higinbotham
P. C. Broad
Rwin
Alfred Myhre
Geege Vosum
Rabission
Wil Irwin
Harrison Taylor
Henry Taylor
Honolulu
Frisco
Japan
Mary
Annie West
Huntington
Forsyth area society notes and local anecdotes
Weekend visits reference family and neighbors including Mrs Albert Irwin and Miss Clara Nelson. Several notices mention sick lists, school activities, a Bry ant store sale in Estherville, and local errands. Filler jokes and ads for Foley’s remedy appear amid community updates and upcoming events.
Notable New England Doughnut Skill and Society Moves
Gilford veteran Mrs. Susan Emerson, eighty three, is famed for frying real old fashioned doughnuts. Miss Clara M. Howard is appointed to the Society of American Women in London international fellowship. Miss Julia Morrow travels to Cincinnati to organize training for rescue and purity workers. Mrs. John Jacob Astor expected to lead New York society after Miss Ava Willing’s marriage. Miss Ester Voorhees Hassan named chief nurse in the United States Navy for a 100-strong corps with expansion potential for war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilford
N. H
Susan Emerson
New England
Clara M. Howard
Society of American Women
London
Wellesley College
Julia Morrow
Cincinnati
National Purity Federation
John Jacob Astor
William Astor
New York Society
Ava Willing
Ester Voorhees Hassan
United States Navy
Medical Board of
Animal Oddities From the Ocean and Sky
The text describes strange animal traits including an elephant smelling with the roof of its mouth containing four nostrils. Moor hens swim with wings as they dive, while many aquatic birds use webbed feet. The peniophthalmus or walking fish lurks in the south Pacific crawling sandy shores on two yellow legs. The marabou adjutant, a tall Indian stork, can swallow a hare or cat in one meal, stands about five feet tall with a fifteen foot wingspan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Pacific
Humor of Philosophy and Social Snippets
A collection of wry aphorisms on gender roles marriage counsel and human behavior. The author notes two classes of women and jokes about legal strategy spending and happiness. A playful pondering on personal conduct and social labels concludes with a quip about the pronoun she.
Reach Kidney Pills Publicized in Local Ad Claim
Mrs. B. Strong of Estherville Iowa testifies to relief from kidney trouble rheumatism and back pain after using Doan s Kidney Pills bought at Williams and Anderson s drug store The ad promotes the pills as a kidney remedy with a 60 cent price and Forsure Milburn Co as U S agent reminding readers to remember the Doan s name and not to take any other.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Strong
I.N. 8Th St
Estherville
Iowa
Brest
Doan
Williams & Anderson
Fouster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Tales of Cities in Small Town Ballots
Sunderland Vermont tied the last election with three votes for Bryan and three for Taft. New Britain Connecticut names a series of tie streets for former mayors. New York has the most relief institutions worldwide. Cummington Massachusetts is a secluded post office free hamlet thirteen miles from the railroad and nineteen from another.
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Sunderland
Bryan
Taft
New Britain
Conn
New York City
Cummington
Mass
Royal Family Names Long Balkan Lineage
The Royal Box notes King Edward VII of England traces ancestry about 800 years. Princess Henry of Battenberg has completed a history of the Sale of Wight, serving as captain and governor to aid the island. King Charles of Roumania, ruler for over forty years since 1804, was then prince.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward VII
England
Henry of
Battenberg
Wight
Charles
Roumania
Balkan
Inventions Reveal New Torpedo and Kitchen Gear
A navy tested torpedo that bores into hulls before exploding. A patented roasting pan automates basting by spraying collected juices over meat. A roller skate with a fifth transverse wheel supports fancy figures and sudden stops.
Theatrical Notes On Artists And Plans In London And Cleveland
Things Theatrical reports Fola La Vollette joined a Cleveland stock company while Sam Bernard contemplates vaudeville if a satisfactory play cannot be secured. A son of William Pruettels appears as Harold Le Ray in Algeria. W Somerset Maugham finished a play for Marie Fempeust and Mary Mannering is slated for Every Woman production later this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fola la Vollette
Cleveland
Sam Bernard
Willian Pruettels
Algeria
Harold le Ray
W. Somerset Maugham
Marie Fempeust
Mary Mannering
Sporting Notes from Adirondacks and Regatta Roundup
About 17,084 deer were shot in the Adirondacks as the season opened with The Leading Lady recording 2:07. Bin ben led with a 2.10% Minos pace. Meir achieved 1.59% after eight starts with six wins, one second, and one third. Narragansett Bay yachtmen formed a close association for next year, with a knockabout event offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adirondacks
Binben
Meir
Narragansett Bay Yachtamen
Yalq
Castor Oil Uses and Alleged Culinary Alteration
Castor oil is used medicinally and for lamps in the East Indies. The Chinese are said to have a method to deprive its medicinal properties to render it suitable for culinary purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Indies
Sicily Lemons Fuel Citrate and Essential Oil Trade
About one third of Sicily's lemon crop is used to make citrate of lime and the peel yields most of the world's supply of essence of lemon. The peel is even exported in brine for candling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sicily
Vine Protectors In France Use Smoke To Ward Frost
French wine growers burn resinous materials to the windward of their vineyards at night. The dense clouds of smoke are meant to protect vines from frost in spring and fall.
A Fragment on Historical Figures in Rome and Politics
A clipped antiquated note discusses oats as flesh-building fodder for animals, then shifts to Pope Leo X who rose quickly to the papacy. It mentions his age at taking office, and compares it to Charles James Fox entering Parliament at a younger age, reflecting early life milestones of notable figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pope Leo X
Leo X
Pope
Charles James Fox
The Frog Breathing Mystery
A note describes a frog that cannot breathe with its mouth open because its breathing apparatus is arranged to exclude air except through the nostrils. This peculiar setup highlights an unusual anatomical adaptation in amphibians.
A Long Gyunday Vacation in Sarajevo
In Sarajevo, Bosnia, residents are evenly split among Christian, Jewish, and Mohammedan churches. To prevent friction the community observes a four day vacation from Thursday evening to Monday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarajevo
Bosnia
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Thomas
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Nels Anderson
L. P. Ane
Center Township
Albert Irwin
AMMET
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Wm. Luikart
Willie Hendrickson
Snyder Brothers
Frank Kortum
Ames
Bessie Bartlett
Eatherville
L. J. Robinson
Clara Nelson
Fort Dodge
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Ruby Weir
W.J. Weir
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L. Matwig
Weir
Pennell
Graver
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Jessie Schultz
Roy McKibben
C. H. Walker & Co
Mre
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Mre. Walrath
Walter Schultz
Business College
Misa Bigelow
Bessie McKibben
Foley
Edith
Jack
Téin
Heck’s Store
M. M. Heck
North 6Th St
Nate
Ayer
Ayers
J. C. Aver Co
Lowell
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Humor of Philosophy
By Duncan M. Smith
American Express
The
First National Bank
O. P
Owa
Tales of
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Sporting Notes
A. W. Chase
H. Martin
R.F.D
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Mich
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MA Books
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Miller
Andehrbon Onabi Inter
Farmers Savings Bank
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Peter G. Miller
F. W. Converse
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Bando
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Hartung
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