Local marriage and community notes from Grover area
The Vindicator reports Miss Mary Thompson wed Mr Ed Ingerman at the bride’s brother Arthur Thompson’s home with Rev Findley officiating before about forty guests. It also covers numerous local visits, travels, shop talks, and social events from Grover Estherville Dolliver and surrounding towns, including illnesses, concerts, and home improvements.
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Arthur Thompson
Mary Thompson
Ed Ingerman
Findley
A. H. Pickell
Grover
L. N. Sweet
G. V. Sweet
Will West
Abe Pickell
Dolliver
Graver
Grandma Merriott
G. Willey
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U.S
Erick Sgleaman
U. S. Civil Service
Boyes College
Council Bluffs
Jowas
Omnbu
Nebr
Samaritan Restores with Vinaigrette at Subway Station
A New York Times report describes a careful Good Samaritan who treated a fainting woman at the One Hundred and Third Street subway station. With no policeman present she used a vinaigrette found in a bag after watching three bystanders sign a written oath to guard against theft.
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One Hundred and Third Street
New York Times
Sherlock Helmes: Edinburgh professor and Doyle link
The Real Sherlock Helmes recalls an Edinburgh medical professor who unknowingly inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's detective. He told students clues like a cork cutter or slater and noted a soldier's Bermuda service, teaching observers to read character from manner and signs.
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Sherlock Helmes
Edinburgh
Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle
Bermuda
A Fellow Feeling
A burglar finds a parcel labeled The Burglar and believes it meant for him. He reads a note inviting him to take the contents as a gift, saying the owner will be pleased if he leaves with what he can find. The parcel includes a toy trumpet drum concertina tambourine musical box mouth organ tin whistles and an air gun.
First Jewelry Store in Chang On City
The earliest jewelry store arose in Chang On about 3000 years ago. Celestial millionaires of that era did not value diamonds, preferring pearls jade and coral. Artisans fashioned these unpolished minerals into gold and silver ornaments, costly beyond diamonds.
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Chang
B. C
Princes of
Chang On
Sparkling American Girl Entertains London Society
A handsome English guardsman asks a witty question about Americans and English, and a sparkling American girl replies that in America men admire them while in London society expects them to admire Englishmen, leaving the soldier surprised by the response.
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London
Hello Johnny and the politics paw wears a silk hat
A quip from the Washington Star has the village blacksmith noting that Johnny's paw enters politics after inheriting a silk hat and a Prince Albert coat from his uncle. The joke hinges on the coat and hat implying a political career.
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Johnny
Washington Star
The Remains Puzzle Spelled By a Girl
After many tries a girl correctly spells that. Her mother asks what remains after the letter t is removed. The girl replies with a humorous reference to dirty cups and saucers.
Another Shock Reported After Walk Ends in Death
A man describes a Sunday morning walk with a companion whose death by his own hand occurred that evening. The note notes disbelief and questions about timing.
Fragmentary Q&A on meaning of a wartime phrase
A Houston Post snippet captures a brief exchange where a reader asks about the meaning of a line and a clerk or speaker suggests freedom was what an individual likely fell on. The text hints at wartime themes without full context.
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Johnny
Reefrom
Roschusko
Houston Post
Patent Office
Greeley
U. S. Patent Office
Comforting Map Guides Weather Outlook Across Regions
A Dayton News weather brief notes that comfort and stability define the map for several U S regions with steady patterns, highlighting calm conditions in portions of the nation while noting variations elsewhere. The article emphasizes reliable, mild weather in the mapped areas.
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United States
Dayton News
Generous and Independent Woman Refuses Emperor’s Offer
In Paria a one legged confectioner’s shop sitter gave Louis Napoleon, then Prince, money to ease his poverty. He later became emperor and offered her an annuity. She declined saying the emperor should remember her, not owe her.
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Paria
Louis Napoleon
Prince Louis
Monsieur
Louis
Daring horseman John Mytton’s reckless ride ends unhurt
The London Stock Journal recalls John Mytton’s bold test of a carriage horse by driving at a turnpike gate with dealer present. The horse jumped the gate, the gig toppled, but neither rider nor horse was hurt though the gig needed repairs.
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John Mytton
Mytton
London Stock Journal
Too Rich For His Pocket in Havana Caper
A postwar American tour group in Havana includes Colonel Hecker of Detroit with a black messenger named Frank. In a Prado ice shop Frank takes multiple cakes after initially buying ice cream, racking up a $1.80 bill. He asks why no one stopped him, noting the cost could bankrupt the government.
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Spain
Colonel Hecker
Detroit
Cuba
Frank
Prado
Havana
Hecker
The Princess Royal's Curious Seasickness Remedy
A 1642 remedy for seasickness prepared for Sir Theodore Mayern and the English Princess Royal involved long edible tubes of cinnarvon coriander anise ambergris musk and sugar, a stomach plaster of balgam of Peru gum mas tich and laudanum, and inhaled vapors from a hash of toast orange and citron peel roses lavender cloves wine cinnamon water and elder flower vinegar.
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Theodore Mayern
Princess Royal
Belgium
Peru
The Reproof by Professor Blank Recitation Critique
A classroom scene during football season ends with Professor Blank rebuking students after declaring he has done nine-tenths of the work. The Youth's Companion notes the blunt delivery and the unprepared lesson.
Answering Anxious Inquirer on Rats and Cowcatchers
Browning's Magazine notes the editor, busy with research on whether Richard halted Henry’s bier and became the first temperance crusader, cannot answer Anxious Inquirer until he rests.
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Inquirer
Richard
Henry
Browning
Witty exchange on marriage and support burden
A humorous exchange features Mr. Hen peck claiming he didn’t know what supporting a wife meant before marriage. The response confirms the new understanding, noting the dictionary’s sense of endure as part of support.
Hewitt-Gruet Discharged Saturdays in City Scene
A terse New York Press line notes Hewitt-Gruet being discharged every Saturday night while Jewett-Yes remarks on weekday feelings of being between two fres. The quote closes with Nothing is law that is not reason from Sir John Powell.
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Hewitt—Gruet
Jewett
New York Press
Sir John Powell
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United States Land and Irrigation Exposition
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Chicago Union Stock Yards
Tere
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J. Hansen
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August N. Kriebs
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Washington, ‘D
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