Weathered Farm News From Estherville Area
Our nice weather continues as country correspondents report farm and village items. Farmers husk corn, sell Colorado apples at $1.10 per bushel, and communities host chicken pie suppers raising funds. Local visits, church gatherings, and social events weave through daily life in Ratherville, Dolliver, and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nela Andrews
W. Ralston
KB Thompson
Colorado
Knudson Bros
H. F. Clark
Winter Weather Notes and Local Social Roundup
Winter weather discussion appears alongside a community round up of visits and travels. Jens Smith departed for Colorado City seeking health relief while Mrs H foft attended her brothers funeral in Hudson 8 D with her mother. Mrs Kmina Shaw plans Texas winter travels via Des Moines. The Gavel and Studer families enjoyed a Horshoe game in Strawberry Point. Milburns hosted a Sunday gathering with the old bride’s parents present. Mrs Sehulty spent Thursday with Matherville friends. Prof Helden departs the state for unknown reasons. K F Rooneckey had a brother Jon visit Saturday night. Mrs Guilbart left for the Northwest to visit her daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jens Smith
Colorado City
H. Foft
E. Ericksoun
Hudson
Kmina Shaw
Texas
Dea Moines
Ro O M. Gavel
Stud
Lectura Course Update Amid December Week Schedule
News note references a Lectura Course with a December 6 date and promises contemporary material. Mentions a figure around 1800 and hints at a radical teaching topic. Provides no clear event location or organization names.
Real Estate Transfers Catalog Amid Loose Drafts
A garbled list of real estate transfers records numerous buyers and properties across towns with multiple names, parcels, and prices. Entries mention Chrta Rosenberger to Ino P Kirby, various Osgood and Hamilton connections, and scattered notes on lots, acreage, and assessments, but many names and details are partially illegible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chrta Rosenberger
Ino P. Kirby
Kistnerville
Alley
Stuart
Chaa. Kinney
Rayre & Branson Metzler
Witefaw
Wandaw
Suma Anna P Osgood
Henry
Henry P Osgend
Quaannn
Oegood
Edith
Orgood
Eneh
Ethel Wamilton
Mary A Hamilton
Estherville
Geo
Rale
Katella Theompyen Bao
Ua Wantamaker
Lite
Cisan
I. Atrmetrong
Daniela
Ta Po
Wand Lada Estheryite
Jathberine Bradford
Athi
Grea
Pregertek
Lyman
Ste Karte
Herve
Kasa
Moto
Fisher
Walling
Mandrip Kadmongen
Thorkihy
Anutdt
Theodore Aindih
Nonsee
Petersen Pon
Ringsted
Wan
Btockwell
Widr
Maggie Stalner
Frank Hirtelner
Eee
Aritrong
Delis Marile
Ushind
Rey Boar
Aon
Hel
Armstrong
Tockwell Widr
August Kalin
Baral
Tml Moffimen
Ratherville
F.H
Local Social Notes From Walters Grems and Nearby
Sunday visits filled the week with friends stopping at the Walter Grems home and FE Pickell residence. The chicken pie social at Chas Clump's and dances at Greenoom dusthervills were among events. families from Doliver and Superior joined in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mina
Baxtman
Rob Wood
Wm. Ralaton
Mre. Claries Clump
Fred Mungen
Walter Grems
Chas
Closing Out Sale for Jean Thomsen Estate
Auction to liquidate the estate of Jean Thomsen in Swan Lake township near Dolliver. Sale includes 5 horses, 40 cattle, 60 spring calves, and extensive machinery plus hay and grain. Began at 1 pm with 9 month credit on sums over $6.40 and cash under.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Thomsen
Swan Lake
Dolliver
Emerson Gang
Jens Thomsen
John Miller
Syrpuman
Public Sale At Huntington Iowa Auction Notice
J D Weir proprietor announces a closing out sale at his residence Huntington Iowa Tuesday December 4 19 2. Readable items include 147 head of live stock 16 head of horses and cattle 27 hogs and 12 calves plus 3 yearling colts ponies and several mares. Lunch at 11 80 sale starts at noon terms 10 months on approved notes at 8 percent interest. Geo A Porras clerk W A Fosnls auctioneers.
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Huntington
Iowa
J.D. Weir
Geo
A. Porras
Fosuiws
For Gale of Rent. A well improved farm 43 miles from Estherville
Property listing notes a well improved farm offered by John Montgomery located 43 miles from Estherville. 45-tf
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Estherville
John Montgomery
Queer Sensation During Anesthesia Below the Surface
A vivid American Magazine account recalls the eerie awakening after appendicitis surgery. The patient describes buzzing ears, fear, blurred sight, and a four hour mental blackout, with nurses, a cradling wife, and cups of water shaping the surreal ordeal.
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Tua
Jerusalem
Death Valley Desert
Two Visits to Trenmark Reveals Nordic Literary Feud
Edmund Gogse recites a reading from Two Visits to Trenmark detailing the old rift between Mosen and Bjornson. In Rome they clashed in the Scandinavian club, with Ibsen and Bjornson as bitter rivals. Molbech recalls Ibsen’s later rise and his uncompromising nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Gogse
Bia
Trenmark
Christan Molbech
Mosen
Bjornson
Rome
Thaen
Molbech
Moroself
Malbech
Ibsen
Brand
Bright's Disease as the Malady of Civilization
A terse critique arguing faulty living causes Bright's disease, blaming civilized white habits. It claims nine in ten digestive disorders stem from overeating, alcohol, and sedentary, polluted living compared with a hunter gatherer lifestyle and fresh air. The piece ends mid-sentence, noting the trouble sometimes begins in the...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
Lves
Oped
Internal poisons and chronic illness described in old text
The excerpt discusses alcohol related weakness and self poisoning, noting how faulty medical practice harms children and leads to internal poisonings. It mentions Bright's disease as a form of autopoisoning and death from within, reflecting medical views of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
Tleriie
A Scientific Defense of Milk Misrepresentation
A humorous courtroom exchange features a milkman pleading not guilty to selling adulterated milk while the judge cites that milk typically contains 80 to 90 percent water. The milkman quips that the product must be high grade and jokes about selling it for cream, highlighting the debate over milk quality.
River of Death in the Ganges Legend
The article describes a Hindu belief that the Ganges carried away one million dead annually before British rule in India and that those who could afford it were laid in the river to die. It notes the pestilence along the riverbanks from decaying corpses and their alleged impact on regional disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Ganges
Cacti Names and a Whig and Bridget Inn Sign
A piece describes various Mexican cacti with toothpick spines and other forms resembling sea urchins porcupines and fishhooks. It also notes a Boxted Essex beer house with a sign The Whig and Bridget built by a Whig resident nicknamed fidgety leading locals to call it the Fidgety Whig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Boxted
Essex
England
Bridget
Calamity in Conversation Cited in Fragmented Text
A fragmented dialogue portrays a stark exchange about calamity and widowhood. The speakers discuss hardship and emotional pain with phrases suggesting a tense domestic moment and a claim of enduring suffering.
No Need For a Leader Fragment in Philadelphia Record
Society reporters speak of a bride led to the altar as if she cannot find her way. A reflective note on luck and faith follows, pairing hopeful sentiment with tearful moments in a cut from the Philadelphia Record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alwave
Hiladelphia Record
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