Ringling Bros to Exhibit in Albert Lea and Algona this July
Local brief notes report Ringling Bros will exhibit in Albert Lea and Algona in late July. Other items include end of school week, upcoming marriage of Leo Ash and Katherine at Oph, Epworth League meeting in Algona district, a porch fall injury to Mrs. A. G. Metzgar, and election of W. A. Streater as president of southern Minnesota bankers association.
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Ringling Bros
Albert Lea
Algona
Leo Ash
Katherine
Oph
Conception Junction
Epworth League
Purely Personal News From Estherville Area
Grace Porta went to Dolliver Thursday. Taylor Morton came from Iowa City last week. Lillian West was a Cedar Rapids visitor Monday. Peter Kline went to Town Falls on business. Cratty spent Decoration Day at her Armstrong home. Minnie Apathon returned from Town City last Friday. H Hf Scouberg returned from Minnesota trip last Saturday. Emma Nolson returned to Grover Thursday. Vera Galianei Dolliver visits Grace Porta and family arrived from Anamosa Thursday. Paulsen of Waterloo attending to business matters. Cashier Annetnou and Wainstenied were visitors from Eastville Monday. J W Morse left for Osage yesterday for a week with relatives. Roy Weir attended a Spirit Lake dance Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. L M Christanson visited Spirit Lake friends Thursday. Dr N Iverson of Wallingford was a pleasant caller Tuesday. Mrs Miller, cashier of Harris Savings Bank, in the city Tuesday. Andrew Woolcutt of Albert Lea was an Estherville visitor last week. Delos Wells visited his sister, Mrs. Dodson, over Sunday. Darrell Converse returned from Ames Friday for summer vacation. Beulah Gratrax of Spirit Lake visited Estherville friends. Mrs W H Jensen of Minneapolis visited the Hartung home this week. Leo Ash left for Conception Junction for a short stay. Mr Bailey of Grundy Center here to look after farm interests east of town. Mr and Mrs H Frank returned from Emmetsburg Friday. Oren Osmundsen of Austin Minnesota visiting relatives over Sunday. Will Smith returned from state University for vacation. Mrs Alvina Hangon and Roy Muril left for Ames Tuesday morning to attend Irvin’s graduation.
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Taylor Morton
Lowa City
Lillian West
Peter Kline
Town Falls
Miss Cratty
Armstrong
Minnie Apathon
Town City
H. Hf. Scouberg
Emma Nolson
Grover
Vera Galianei Dolliver
Gace Ports
Er. N. Iverson
Wallingford
Miller
Harris Savings Bank
Andrew Woolcutt
Albert Lea
Estherville
Bailey
Grundy Center
H. Frank
Emmetsburg
Oren Osmundsen
Austin
Fred. Anderson
Durell
Albert
Fay Pulign
Holstein
Iowa
Peter Christensen
Spirit Lake
L. M
Arthur Peterson
Sioux City
Orvilla Moste
Rock Rapida
EK. King
Mason City
N. Albert
Florence French
Eldorn
Mary
Esther Hartung
Arthur Hartung
Amen
Louise Hobein
Forest City
C. Pag
Bowen
Charles
Anna Crozier
Galesburg
Ilinois
Will Turner
J. B. Levi
Minneapolis
Jay Howard
Howard
Misa Mable Halverson
North Dakota
Drey
Winnifred Wickham
Clairmont
Frank Peterson
J.T. Johnston
Canada
A. N. Wetherell
Lake Park
Cedar Rapids
Building trade misfit notice from old ad
Estherville Produce Co advertises concrete blocks and building materials with unclear product list and payment note. The piece also mentions buying old iron from Bw. A. Fisher and a July deadline, with garbled items suggesting a general classified notice.
Weather Crop Bulletin for Des Moines Iowa Week Ending June
Des Moines Iowa reports an exceptionally favorable week for field work with scattered rainfalls May 26 27 and Friday night in southwestern areas. Cherokee county suffered damage from heavy rains washing fields and destroying bridges. Normal temperatures with cool nights. corn planting near completion and replanting progressing. First cultivation begun. fields clean and in good condition. Small grains and grasses advancing except in southwestern and southeastern zones due to prior rainfall. Late rains expected to benefit all regions. Winter wheat and rye heading. first alfalfa cut in southwest. Late planted potatoes emerging well. strawberries ripening in southern districts with fair to good yields anticipated.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Cherokee County
Yuood Ylalda
Safe Blower's Smart Work Dud in Berlin Heist
A Berlin thief attacked a money broker’s office above a hotel by drilling through flooring and cement to access a safe. Using an umbrella rescue device, rope ladder, and oxygen acetylene gear, he melted the door and gained entry, yielding the safe’s contents after a brief blaze of flame.
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Casex
Berlin
Monay
Benevolent Mule Ends in Selfish Lesson
A farmer names a mule Tough Hide and keeps him in a clover field. The mule lets a thin troop of asses into the field by prize of sweet clover, then the farmer thrashes the animals and the mule. The moral warns generosity should not abuse others property.
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Toarket
Travelers Test The Abyssinian Raw Meat Challenge
James Bruce, famed traveler, grows irate at a claim Abyssinians will not eat raw meat. He returns with raw beef seasoned Abyssinian style and challenges a guest to eat it or fight. The guest chooses to eat, and Bruce comments that the claim is not impossible.
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James Bruce
Abyssinia
Ciruce
Remarkable RnD Claim Sparks Sewing Circle Quip
A humorous exchange features Bilkins boasting about driving for over a year without injuring anyone and Mrs. Bilking retorting their sewing circle met for five years without incident. The quip captures a light moment from Harper’s Weekly.
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Bilkins
Unprofitable Sport Plays Odd Local News Card
Wattsboro area boasts abundant possums per the Luenenburg Tribune. A local hunter, pursuing game after dogs chased something, felled two trees and inadvertently drove his own cat into his dining room.
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Wattsboro
Luenenburg ‘Tribune
Thackeray Anecdote Sparks Novel Title Tale
A Colquhoun club dinner reveals a Thackeray anecdote about a heroine named Charlotte guiding the hero’s name. Philip Newman recalls his wife and Miss Thackeray discussing a hero named Philip, Thackeray approving the name and creating the tale The Adventures of Philip with Charlotte as the principal female character.
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Thackeray
Colquhoun Club
Philip Newman
Miss Thackeray
de Eider
Mra Newman
Charlotte
Philip
Pall Mall Gazette
Swift Prank on Partridge Almanac Maker
Partridge, mentor to Old Moore, became the victim of Swift's elaborate hoax in 1708. Swift issued a rival almanac predicting Partridge would die on March 29 at 11 PM, followed by a pamphlet claiming the almanac maker's death and admitting imposture. The deception led to an elegy and a bid to bar Partridge from almanac publication, though Partridge claimed to be alive.
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Swift
Partridge
Old Moore
Dean Swift
Alemanac
Stationers Company
London Chronicle
Waste In Coal Range Demonstrates Cooking Losses
The London electrical exposition tests show economic waste from coal ranges. An eight pound eight ounce leg of mutton shrank two pounds eleven ounces in a coal range, while a nine pound leg lost one pound four ounces in a coal range versus electric ovens. A gas oven caused a shrinkage of two pounds four ounces on an eight pound leg.
Nervy Woman Sparks Transit Conductor Exchange
A prominent citizen recalls a nervy woman who asked the conductor aboard a crowded city car if the next car was as full. The conductor, busy collecting fares inside, responded curtly that he could not tell and signaled the car to move. The anecdote appears in the Indianapolis News.
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Indianapolis News
Christmas in France as a religious festival
The piece notes that Christmas in France is not a mere family gathering or festive occasion but fundamentally a religious celebration. It emphasizes the sacred nature of the holiday beyond merriment and secular customs.
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France
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Shing
Hugh B. Lawrence
Good Shoes
Brief City News
South Ninth Street
Avas
W. A. Streater
Winnebago City
Southern Minnesota Bankers Association
Streater
First National Bank
Fatherville
A. A. Wilcox
Ketchum
Bowers
Brookey
Big Victim
Corp
Fleida
Auperviaord
Ladies Guild of the Epicopal [Church
Mra
Eastern Star Lodge
Rock Iealand
J. Pannell
North Sixth
Clarence Rees
Edith Ritchhart
Grimer
May Silat
R. GC. Mitchell
Rees
James Cox
Presbyterian Reharch
S. R. Ferguson J. D
Spencer Herald
Sioux Rapids
Storm Lake
Grace Porta
Dolliver
Delos Wells
Beulah Gratrax
Estherville Friends
W. H. Jensen
Hartung
Sueaday
Mariareee
Washington
A. E. Gaylord
Win ‘Trousdale
W. G. Nichola
West Liberty
Clyde Roswell
H. G. Grant
T. O. Berg
Samantha
Minneapolia
Miss Berg
Kenneth McLean
Fort Dodge
Altonia
Dr. Alton
Dubuque
Mixalasippi
Gulf
Florida
Europe
da Planty
de Fleury
Dea Fluery
Journal of the American Medical
Iowa State League
PWL Pet
Eatherville
Bork Aehs Ribae
Cement Propuors Co
Estherville Produce Co
A. Fisher
Lee Hardware Company
USA
Briss Jonelle
Audi Yeeusier
Erik Herr
Ward
Asie
Armstrong Grove
Center
Walp
Anscdemmark Township
Elaworth
Emmet
Town Lake
Jack Greek
Ewan Lincoln
Twelve Mile Lake
Lowa
USA Wasswail
Azul Aga Ae
Bork
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