Wallingford Notes and Local Social Quick Dip
Wallingford notes report hog shipments to Chicago by August Rich and Andrew Juhl, Miss Clara Kennedy's school closing with a picnic, and Miss Berguin praised as a teacher. Town folks attend church, fish, and visit relatives. Wallingford baseball loses to Maple Grove at Graettinger, and Rev. McComas preaches in Mason City. County Auditor candidate A Peterson is urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Ricch
Andrew Juhl
Chicago
Clara Kennedy
Graettinger
Berguin
McComas
Mason City
Mr. Holts
Jol Morrice
Wallingford
Maple Grove
Chas. Heidecker
Bushnell
Merle Meisner
Lewis Sevatsom
Local notes from Estherville and Spirit Lake area
Sunday occurrences report visits and family events across Estherville Spirit Lake and surrounding towns. Residents attend picnics schooling commencements and showers of rain while some families share travels and training updates for horses and dairy farm life. A new householder Ray Peters moves to Spirit Lake and local politics conclude with a county auditor candidate appeal.
Estherville News Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Events
Community notes from Estherville recount visits by Mr and Mrs Joe Herbrandson and family to Mrs Herbrandson's parents, Lena Johnson staying with Stella Kortum, Dela and Alta Weir at Estherville graduation, and July 18 opening of Redpath Chautauqua. Local social rounds include Mamie Guest with Armstrong relatives and Vera Reisinger returning home near Swan Lake. Small grain looks good after rain. creamery drivers and local school term closure also noted.
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Wayside
Nols
Estherville
Mamie Guest
Armstrong
Vera Reisinger
Swan Lake
Ira Swarts
Mayiie Guest
Local Social and School Updates Share Nearby Visitations
Miss Mamie Donovan and Miss Mable Markley visited local homes last week. August Reich traveled to Chicago with hogs. J P Kennedy left for De Kalb. Ida Iruesdale closed a Thomson school term and hosted a program at Geo Amdal. About eighty attended. Estherville commencement events and a picnic followed Kennedy’s school closure. A social dance occurred at C W Koboring’s. Voters urged to choose Kk J Ridley for County Auditor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Reich
Chicago
J.P. Kennedy
de Kalb
Llinois
Ida Iruesdale
Thomson
Geo. Amdal
Janes Howe
Josephine
Emily Long
Esthervilla
Kk. J. Ridley
Local Residents Make Short Trips and Visits
Mrs C M Nelson was a passenger to Katherville Tuesday evening. Mrs Duwen of Heatherville visited at the L Taylor home Tuesday. J J Brown and Nels Andrews went to Chicago Tuesday evening. W S Reid drove to Katherville Wednesday of last week. Mr and Mrs Jas Merriott were Matherville callers Thursday of last week. Mrs Jas Merriott was on the sick list last week. Miss Mattie Westrum was a prisoner to Estherville Thursday evening. Mr Blank, visiting his son J J Blank, returned to Nebraska Monday. Mrs John Richards and daughter Myrtle drove to Estherville Friday. Miss Mayme Guest was a passenger to Armstrong Saturday returning Monday. Mr and Mrs Fred Dowden and daughter Opal went to Dolliver Sunday returning Monday evening. Mr and Mrs Frank Grems were guests at the Hoy Coldsbury home Sunday.
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Agnes Luikart
O. H W. Koehler
Sberville
B.A. Koenecke
Mabel Westcott
Ray Petersson
Frank Deering
Minnesota
H. Koenecke
Joe Heneman
Spirit Lake
Lewis Dobbe
OF Skog
Dakota
J. A. Anderson
Motherville
C. M. Nelson
Kathervile
J. J. Brown
Nels Andrews
Chicago
W.S. Reid
Katherville
Jas. Merriott
Matherville
Mattie Westrum
Estherville
Local report notes shooting near Colliver shocks community
Mrs Andy Baek and others report health updates while a Virginia worker Noah Cooper allegedly shot Henry McClune near Colliver. McClune wounded in the chin and neck, Cooper detained by locals until deputies and sheriff secure him. McClune recovering, neighborhood shaken, investigation ongoing. Decoration day movements linked to nearby towns and families. Weather notes describe a cold week with frost and poor corn germination outlook for Des Moines region through May 29, 1910.
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Henry MecClune
Colliver
McClune
Virginia
Noah Cooper
McCluine
Dolliver
Butler
McClane
Vera Coleman
Esther
O. Peterson
Ed Sinclare
Algona
Des Moines
Iowa
Relief From Cut Worms Threats Soars Across State
State readers report widespread damage from cut worms. Entomologist suggested remedies include poisoned bran mash with Paris green, applied at night to attract and kill worms. Do not place bait near plants to avoid rain washing poison onto leaves. Bait kills after a few hours. boards as traps help reveal worms in morning. Birds and other insects help control them. frequent cultivation in fields exposes worms to predators.
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Paris
June Woman's Home Companion features and notes
The first summer issue of the Woman's Home Companion arrives with rich illustrations, fiction by Grace S. Richmond and Juliet Wilbur Pomeroy, and works by Alice Brown, Annie Hamilton Donnell, Mary Hastings, Hulbert Toomer, and Fannie Heaslip Lea. It includes articles on weddings gifts graduation programs Europe trips strawberry culture fashions for graduates and a children’s department with Selma Lagerlöf. The issue also discusses motor cars market trends and industry consolidation and contains reports from the Iowa Drainage Association and other farm-focused pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RK. Ford Harper
Grace S. Richmond
House of Healing
Juliet Wilbur Pompkins
Alice Brown
Annie Hamilton Donnell
Mary Hastings
Hulbert Toomer
Fannie Heaslip Lea
Woman's Magazine
Woman's Home Companion
Europe
Kate V. Staint-Maur
Alfred G. Robyn
Grace Munyrvaret Gould
Selma Lagerlof
Nils
Auto Trust Is Coming The Newcomer In Capitalist Ranks
An early 20th century profile of the car industry explains the maker of the automobile as a popular toy whose mass appeal drives forecasts of 160 million dollars in annual production and a near quarter billion in potential business if demand holds. It notes independent retailers and agents fund distribution, with agents surrendering bonuses and paying the balance upon delivery.
A Game of Ball and the Stranger’s First Impressions
An article explains baseball as America’s national sport through a playful scene: 20,000 spectators, a ball, a bat, and a birdcage spectator. The ball is pitched with power, the batsman stays calm, and the crowd erupts as the umpire calls strike one amid cheers. Why does this spectacle captivate both natives and foreigners?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis Parker Butler
Success Magazine
America
Grub Street Pawnshop and Its Old Legend
The Grub Street pawnshop in Fleet Street is hailed as the oldest and best known in the world. The London Mail recalls its long history dating back to Shakespeare and Ben Jonson, noting its role as the poor writers’ uncle across the centuries. An old legend proclaims Old Literary Friends Never Forgotten, with many sayings and traditions of great men tied to its patronage when they went broke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grub Street
Shakespeare
Ben Jonson
Fleet Street
Grub _street
London Mail
Newfoundland seal folk spell fails to spell
A St. John’s correspondent notes a local quirk among Newfoundland seal folk who call sea soaked objects swells and say they spell them by hauling rather than spelling. A young cleric once asked a burly hunter how he spelled snails and was told they haul them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John's
New York
Retort Courteous Exchange Over Wrinkled Memo
In a humorous exchange, a tatish creditor cites a wrinkled memorandum of accounts while Slow Pay declines urgency, saying he already has a dozen fresh copies at home. The judge notes the lighthearted tone of the confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slowpay
Wanted Horses of cattle to pasture in blue grass land
A fragment from the Boston Transcript reports a classified notice seeking horses or cattle to pasture on good blue grass land with ample running water and shade. Enquiries are directed to Saint Perking, Route 6.
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Estherville
Person & Pitcher
Lowa
Sain Perking
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