Picnic benefit and local visits mark Pht ersburg notes
Miss Ethel Kunnis visited at the O B Ophiem home over the weekend. A Y P S picnic May 17 at A J Anderson's brought in funds for St Olaf college ladies hall. Sophie Brunsvold and Mrs O B Ophiem returned from Kelseth and Lake Mills and Andrew and Peter Benson drove to Superior. Mr and Mrs Peter Benson visited N C Hoover who has suffered months of inflammatory rheumatism. Mrs Ralston and daughter Luella called at Barney Noll's Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y. P.S
A. J. Anderson
St. Olaf College
Sophie Brunsvold
O. B. Ophiem
Kelseth
Lake Mills
Louis Gilbert
Pine City
Twin Cities
Andrew
Peter Benson
Superior
N. C. Hoover’s
Fencing, farming tasks, and local social notes roll on
Goo Bergeson fences his farm with woven wire. Tyler shelled 2000 bushels of corn last week. Mrs I Reinhart has measles tassel illness. Miss Bertha Bliss visited Doris Ralston. Miss Henderson to close Sweet district school Jan 9 with a picnic at Mr Sweet's. She plans vacation with her brother in eastern Colorado. Will West sold oats in Grover. Paul Graves shipped two carloads of hogs last week. Ice cream social at Roy Merriott home drew a large crowd. Fielding's Graver market popular for ice cream, pop, and lemonade in this hot spell. Taylor Morton to return from State University Iowa City June 12 and work for George West. Mrs Charles Rosenberger visited Claus Clausen last Friday. Mr Ehrons left for Chase Lake to visit relatives. Mr Miner planted potatoes for P Broad. Cedar Rapids sign painter placed ads in Graver store windows last Saturday. Gilbert Sweet and family, Mr and Mrs West, and Mr and Mrs G Taylor picnic at Swan Lake Sunday. Mr and Mrs Aga Irwin visited Rob Woody Sunday. Relatives held surprise birthday for Miss Libbie Barber. gifts received. Henry Noll and family visited Martin Noll Sunday. Mr and Mrs P Chapman and children visited Grover friends. Chapman manages a lumber yard at Presho SD and doing well. Mrs Chapman had
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goo. Bergeson
Tyler
I. Reinhart
Grover
Paul Graves
Taylor Morton
State University
Iowa City
George West
Charles Rosenberger
Claus Clausens
Cedar Rapids
Qgraver
Gilbert
Sweet and Family
West
G. Taylor
Swan Lake
Aga Irwin
Rob Woody
Presho
South Dakota
Ole Anderson
Story County
Andrew Anderson
Frank Finley
S. Calkins
Mamie Hansen
Ryan Lake
Dr. Anderson
Estherville
Attorney Paulsen
Penn Farm
Jack Creek
M. S. Hanna
Chicago
A. Anderson
Alice Stinson
Lou Isaacson
Leone Staggs
J. Brown
Minnie Gilbertson
Sarah Nelson
Ida Gilbertson
Misses Quansatad
Forest City
Iowa
Local Social Rounds and Visits Noted in Community
Souver and family from Preshu South Dakota visited friends here last week. Mrs Musson visited sister in Armstrong. P Higinbotham and sons visited Forest City relatives. Geo Grems Jr and family visited Frank Grems. Selmar Berg returned from Forest City where he attended college. West party dined then went to the lake. Lizzie Prochasky returned home after two months with Mrs Graves. Mrs Broad visited daughter Mrs Irwin. An ice cream supper at the Merriott home hosted by the Ladies Aid Society drew a large crowd and good times were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Musson
Armstrong
P. Higinbotham and Sons
Forest City
Grems, Jr
2. C. Broad
A. ©. Irwin
RK. A. Merriott
Ladies' Aid Society
Andersons Attend Funeral and Community News Roundup
Mrs C J Anderson traveled to Lodi Wisconsin for the funeral of his mother. O J Anderson went to Lodi to attend the funeral. Harry Campbell died at Earthville early Monday. Mr and Mrs Will Geinitz welcomed a baby boy born Saturday May 27. Mrs Oscar Myhre recovered from a long illness and is improving. Elsie Condit and Iver Nelson were in town with Miss Wiese Condit. Sarah Nelson returned home from Forest City after attending school. Kredi Walden left for South Dakota for an extended absence. John Nelson and sister left for Forest City to attend graduation exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Condit
Laurens
Iowa
N. L
Harry Campbell
Eatherville
Ressell
Colfax
John Nelson
Forest City
O. J. Anderson
Lodi
Wisconsin
Will Geinitz
Oscar Myhre
Local notes record visits and church services
Rapidly now and we hope she will soon be as well as ever again. Mrs. H. Mack has been staying with her son, John, and wife for a few days. Mrs. G. Moore drove to Ratherville Monday. Chas. Anderson is working for T. O. Sando for a few days. Eli Jacobson was up from Graettinger Sunday visiting old time friends. Emma Sando visited at home over Rev. Severson held services in the Lutheran church Sunday morning. He is a very fine speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Mack
John
Emma Sando
Rev
Severson
Lutheran Church
Local Farm Notes and Visits Reported
Oscar Hannibal plows for Nick Rolling this week while County Superintendent T. J. Ler dall toured township schools the past week. Lank Laffey remains unwell. Cecil Watrons digs a new cave on his property. Hans Winis shells corn for John VanBuskirk and E. C. Holldorff on Thursday and Friday. Mrs. Frank Schwartz remains quite ill. John Weig bought a new corn cultivator in Armstrong recently. Rev. Nels Carlson of Racine and Cornelius Peterson with Mrs. Otis Olson dined at Andrew Eike’s Saturday. Frank Frost seeds thirty acres of flax. A Des Moines Mutual hail insurance agent reported success in town. An Assyrian peddler visited but did not sell much. E. C. Holldorf and family visited Minnesota Tuesday.
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Oscar Hannibal
Nick
T. J. Lerdall
Lank Laffey
Cecil Watrons
Hans Winis
John VanBuskirk
E. C. Holldorff
Frank Schwartz
John Weig
Armstrong
Nels Carlson
Racine
Wis
Cornelius Peterson
Otis Olson
Andrew Eike
Frank Frost
Des Moines Mutual Company
E. C. Holldorf
Minnesota
Rainy Season and Local Happenings in Estherville Area
Plentiful rain visits Estherville with social notes including Mr and Mrs Will Henderson shopping, Fred Richman’s trip near Highlake, Ole Anderson visiting from Story county, and Dr Anderson transporting Mamie Hansen after a run away accident. Local trades, chautauqua plans, school activity, and farm updates from Jack Creek township to Swan Lake marked the week with community chatter and notices of recovery hopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Henderson
Estherville
Fred Richman
Highlake
Russian Wealth Unevenly Divided Income Tax Study
Tax statistics on czarist subjects show 16,000,600 total population with only about 400,000 earning 515 to 1030 dollars yearly. In contrast 3,500 individuals hold combined annual incomes near 277 million dollars, nearly as large as the 400,000 with 285 million dollars.
Icelandic Bridal Dinner Superstition
A quaint Icelandic custom requires every bride to host a dinner at her home and prepare all dishes herself. Success in pleasing guests earns praise for the bride and signals her sisters will also excel at cooking, improving their marriage prospects.
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Iceland
Begging the Price in a Morning Walk
A man walking downtown faces a panhandler claiming money for his starving family. The beggar taunts the skeptic, who suspects liquor is the motive. The exchange turns on whether liquor harms the weak and whether charity should fund that harm, ending with the beggar urging the man to focus on helping others instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Telephone Blunders and Misheard Calls in Portland
A Portland businessman answered a caller asking for spare ribs and corrected a mistaken belief he was Adam or would give up ribs. The tale led to a new anecdote about Oakland's chief of police once berating a caller who asked about brains, only to learn she wanted a butcher shop.
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Portland
Adam
Blank
Oakland
Cal
Chief of Police
Portland Oregonian
A Man Who Knew Everything Thiers as Universal Expert
Thiers, the French statesman, is portrayed as craving universal competence. In anecdotes recounted by Mgr Gabriel Hanotaux, he mocks an applicant for a Series factory director, jokes about his own limits, and quips that though unfit for certain posts he does claim knowledge in chemistry.
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Thiers
Mgr
Gabriel Hanotaux
France
M. Thiers
Champion Egg Layers Among Insects
The piece notes Plecoptera lay 5 000 to 6 000 eggs per female, but Isoptera or white ants far surpass that. Dr Howard explains the name, and African females reach enormous sizes with abdomens swollen like potatoes. Egg-laying rates exceed 80 000 daily, about sixty per minute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard
Rooms to Let Signs In Paris
A Paris householder displays room notices with color coded cards. White cards announce furnished rooms for rent while yellow cards signal unfurnished lodgings, visible to passersby across the street.
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Paris
Boston Post
When Knighthood Was In Flower
Dialog playful between Mrs Liteknight and Mrs Knightlight over mending a torn Sunday coat using a hammer chisel pincers and rivets, a humorous household exchange
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liteknight
Easter Way: Foots the Bills Tradeoff Joke
A Baltimore American humorous exchange contrasts living from hand to mouth with the idea of living from hand to foot. One speaker notes tradesmen issue the bills while the husband covers them, highlighting a wry domestic quip from the Easter Way column.
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Baltmore American
Stumble Upon Them Smiled Gerald Massey
Fragmentary line reads about unexpected greetings on life’s street. References a smile from the poet Gerald Massey encountered by chance. No clear event or date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Massey
Quote on bravery by Car Lyle
A compact motto from Car Lyle proclaims that the word impossible has no place in the brave man's dictionary. The quote frames resilience as a core virtue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlyle
Vanity of Augustus Robs February to Honor August
A wry remark on Roman history notes that Emperor Augustus took a day from February and added it to August to keep the latter month dignified. The anecdote links the calendar tweak to Augustus’s prestige.
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Augustus
Tigress Mauls Trainer After Bad Reaction at Nice Cinematograph
A performing tigress balked at a cinematograph display in Nice France. She could not reach the apparatus or operator and instead turned on her trainer Herryemann, mauling him severely during the act.
Get Little for Their Furs on Yukon River
Furs are collected in great numbers along the upper Yukon. Indian or white trappers often receive prices far below market value after marketing costs. When shipped to the United States, the same furs bring two to three times as much for the trapper.
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Yukon River
United States
Unselfishness and motherhood in sacrifice
A reflection on how unselfish motherhood shapes a child, suggesting that sacrifices by a parent may risk awakening selfish instincts in the child if boundaries are overstepped, urging readers to ponder the balance between care and restraint.
Not Too Big for the Pot Ad in Continent Notice
A Chicago weekly advertisement in Continent requests a missionary net over five feet six inches tall and weighing about 190 pounds, noting a possible insertion by the cannibal Pittsburg Gazette Times.
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Chicago
Pittsburg Gazette Times
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Rock Island and
Moline Plows
Mandt Wagons
Litchfield
Paul H. Graves Graver
Phtersburg
Ethel Kunnis
O. B. Opheim
Roy Merriott
Mr. Fielding
Graver
Mr. Ehrons
Chase Lake
Miner
P. Broad
Suver
Chapman
Preshu
Wallingford
Mrs. C. J. Anderson
Mr. Anderson
C. Anderson
Mr. Morrice
Spirit Laake
Owa Lake
Wayside Notes
Chris Asenbeak
Hanna
Winchester
Austin
Mason City
U. V. James
Estherville, Lowe
Dow
Anderson Drug Company
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