Local notes and mixed events from Ouray area
Community updates include Frank Ahrens elected Recon lieutenant of Company D and plans for town improvements. New tabernacle measures 66 by 128 feet with 2500 seats. meetings start May 2. Brief mentions of church services, garage construction, city council on electric current, hospital appendix operation, and Decoration Day debate. Also notes on hotel reconstruction, staff changes, a gasoline fire injury, cemetery auxiliary formation, piano contest delays, and a marriage in Ratherville with local congratulations.
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Frank Ahrens
Ouray
Tngvall & Rhodes
W. T. Wilkens
Ellsworth
Ellsworth, Was Brought To the City Hospital
Byers
Spirit Lake
Orleans
Iva
RK. O. Bryant
M. Lt. Archer
Cemetery Association
Local notices of residents visiting relatives and moving
Will Turner visits Mason City this week as a business visitor while Geo Angtiv travels to North Dakota for land affairs. Mr. and Mrs. Kirby stay in Wnerts of Rimmoreburg. Mr. and Mrs. Nepifle visit Armstrong to see relatives. Brown returns home for Sunday then departs to Minnesota. Turner’s mother leaves to visit relatives. Hodge moves his real estate office over Hawkes Co store. Various residents, including Montgomery W. Chokie Minnesota, Ghoslin at Alden, and Whitmore selling broom stock, are noted for travel, visits, and business. Several others plan trips to Des Moines, Norway, Davenport, and Europe with family and state events.
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Will Turner
Mason City
Geo. Angtiv
Orth Dakota
Land Uainessa
Mra. M
Kirby
Rimmoreburg
Mra. O. Nepiflé
Armeatrong 'Wead
EF. Turner
GC. P. Turner
W. HW. Hodge
Ss. W. Hawkes Co
John Montgomery
Chokie
Minnesota
J. W. Ghoslin
Mr. Ghoslin
Alden
N. B. Egbert
Enoungtabypef
Sim Stedman
Warren Godfrey
Alice Stinson Sumpter
Osage
A. M. Sumpter
Minnesota State University
Hig Brother
P. J. Lerdalkett
Des Moines
Mie County
B. TI. Sandrol
Ison Romaine
California
Andrew Hansen
IP. O. Nash
Farmington
Montana
Oscar Hansen
Arthur Pitchor
Sherburn
Pitcher
KK. K. Nau
George Rugtiv
Norway
Europe
Emma G. Allen
Waterloo
P. EK. Q
Davenport
Woman’s Federation Club
Iowa City
Welfare Work on American Railroads Gains Steam
From William Menkel in the American Review of Reviews the piece argues that welfare work by railroad companies is expanding yearly. It notes larger firms invest heavily while smaller ones experiment, and predicts widespread adoption as success proves itself. The program strengthens ties between company and labor, boosts loyalty, reduces strikes, and ties employee welfare to corporate success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Menkel
American Review of Reviews
Work of wrecking crews in railroad rescue effort gains praise
The article notes dramatic improvements in wrecking facilities and crew comforts among railroads over five years. It recalls early days of wrecking with minimal gear, contrasting modern trains costing around $65,000 and better food, while praising wreckers for courage and life-saving work during wrecks and natural disasters.
England's First Windows Discovered in Eighth Century
Fragmentary note recalls earliest English glass windows arriving in England by the eighth century. The text mentions heavy wear near forty years and hints at mutual blame in quarrels, with a quoted phrase La Reche foncauld.
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England
Golden West Magazine Praised by Public in Iowa
Wis The Success Ana'ensation of The Year. The Golden West Magazine edited by Sam W Small evangelist and lecturer, Waterloo. Received with highest praise by press and public across the Union. Beautifully illustrated reading for live, new, clean families of the State. Jay Johnston & Co. advertise repair work and Pull Fastener sale by Vindicator and Republican Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden West
Sam. W. Small
Waterloo
Town
Union
Laways
Humble diners fraught with missing owner misfortune
A sequence from a vintage page recounts Mr Clerklie’s luncheon woes at a small northside eatery as the proprietor repeatedly disappears. A Fort Leavenworth recruit misses every shot in range drill. A Prague court convicts a man for harnessing his wife and dog to a vegetable cart.
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Fort Leavenworth
Harpar's Weekly
Prague
Bohemia
A Cockroach Remedy and Fables From Suburban Life
A housekeeper reports cucumber peelings as a cockroach remedy, reducing numbers by a quarter by the third night. The Eagle and the Arrow tells of an arrow piercing a hare from a rock, the eagle realizing the shaft was feathered with its own feathers. A Burns Concordance note shows Burns uses heart most, then sage and friend. Remedies for open cut advise alum water twice daily and powdered rosin to bind wounds.
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Aegsop
Hapre Voic Sing Helps Sleepy Child
A small girl named Mabel grew restless one night and could not sleep. She asked her father to sing, saying that singing always helps her rest.
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Mabel
Seat of the Divinity and the mind as God
Questioning whether divinity exists beyond earth sea air heavens and virtuous minds. The text argues God is wherever you move and asks why one seeks God elsewhere. It references Lucan and notes about debtor punishment in parts of China where a debtor may have a door removed to seal temptation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayer
God
Bee
Lucan
China
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H. Williams
Miles
Laura Russell
Logan
Iowa
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Raine
Johnny Peat
A. O. Paterson
Rhodes
First Church of Christ Scientist
Dillon Scharfenburg
Oswald Dillon
Jennie Scharfenberg
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Batherville
Frank G. King
Harry Hulse
Wilson
Rock Tatand
John Wilson
Pasadena
M. G. Wilson
Billy Sunday
Billy
Jana Ia
Parr
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Lay
James Wright
Spurlock
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W. W. Fullam
Lef Ua
Howard Graver Presidant
Hondrof View
R. I. Deport
James Faprsat
Onanler
Estherville State Bank
Dnc
M Barker
Sondrol
A.D. Root
A. F. Lough W
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Howard Graves Safety Deposit Boxes
Estherville
MR. Clerklie
Clarklie
Burne
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Big Springs
Berden, Martin, Dawson
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