Local notices and travel chatter fill the page
The column catalogs a parade of social items. Dr R G Ross moves from Winterset to Tulsa for winter. Mrs Bert Walters and nephew head to Denver to visit relatives. Heffelfinger brothers visit Spirit Lake for pike fishing. Mrs Steinhauer returns to Cleveland after visiting in Estherville. Shriner meeting in Des Moines draws attendees. Various locals travel, visit, and relocate as winter nears, with sales, purchases, and neighborhood news sprinkled throughout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican
R. G. Ross
Winterset
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Bert Walters
Ellsworth
Estherville
Denver
Harry Heffelfinger
Colorado
John Heffelfinger
Grundy Center
L. Heffelfinger
Spirit Lake
Pike
Steinhauer
Cleveland
Ohio
David Frizzell
Lawrence
Ed Callendar
R. J. Ridley
F. H. Graaf
F. S. Kennedy
Shriner
Des Moines
W. H. Foote
Birney Hospital
W. A. Beymer
H. ©. Brees
Dar Rapids
A. C. Brown
Ottogen
N. P. Walker
Marietta
Wisconsin
C. W. Smith
Worthington
Minnesota
Wm. Peterson
Vere Bashford
Waterloo
W. A. Heidke
L. A. Fox
Webster
Harold Fox
W. H. Davidson
Daisy Keller
Welland Me
Daisy
Terris Tribune
John Ospood
Orville Turner
Third Avenue
Turner
Eugene
Oregon
Jed White
Excelsior Springs
Wm. Warner
Susan
Mary
L. H. Roudebush
John’ Keeler
W. E. Turner
Utica
Ilinois
Anton Fisher
Armstrong
Lena
Beth Long
Emmetsburg
Nurss
Cedar Rapids
Roy Blazer
Frank Woods
First Great Lithuanian Poet and War Time Work
The article notes Christan Donelattis as the first major Lithuanian poet with Seasons of the Year, hexized writings valued highly. It mentions the Russia Academy publishing his complete works in 165, and during the current war Baltrushalis and Kinov collaborated to produce The Joys of Spring on a Russi team station near Nexuteter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christan Donelattis
Russhia Dae Perlal Academy
George Baltrushalis
Vitecheslav Kinov
Russi
New York’s Afflictions Through Serious Epidemics
New York suffered multiple major epidemics concentrated in the early 18th and 19th centuries. The city faced yellow fever outbreaks in 1705, 1708, 1805, 1818, and 1822 and cholera outbreaks in 1832, 1834, 1849, and 1855.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Korean Religion and the character of Korean belief
An analysis of Korean religious life shows a Confucian public ethic, Buddhist philosophy in private thought, and folk spirit worship in hardship. The text describes dragons, devils, elves, imps, and goblins, with spirits of the dead pervading homes, trees, rivers, and even diseases, endowing nature with personality and fear.
Key a Prolific Writer Francis Scott Key
Francis Scott Key, author of The Star Spangled Banner, produced many poems and sacred hymns. He published works in 1857 and wrote the Thanksgiving hymn for the Fourth of July 1842, including hymns beginning “Lord, with glowing heart” and “When troubles wave.” He died in 1843 in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key
Francis Scott Key
United States
Washington
Powerful Explosive Lead Azide Sparks Mining Concerns
A historical report describes lead azide as a powerful explosive suitable for mining and other uses. The text notes it forms many salts including mercury azide and silver azide, with large crystals being highly sensitive to shocks, capable of exploding from a single fracture.
Nicaraguan Burial Customs Described in Vague Text
The fragment describes eastern Nicaraguan rituals where the body is buried soon after death, a small house built over the grave for the soul, and a field of sweet insects. About eight months later a ceremonial dance begins with a cotton string stretched across tree tops linking the spirit house to the dancing area, culminating in a major communal display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicaragua
Call for Reformation and Local News Update
A fragmented column reports social admonitions about thrift, a Chicago trip to the World Series, street paving progress on North South Street and Sixth and Ninth streets, and a list of local visits. Notices mention Mrs. Hill tea, sugar scarcity, and travels from Iowa to St Louis and Canada with brief community notes and a Mystic Workers meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Lesher
Cedar Falls
J. Vankman
Beef Corps
Song
Miuneapolis
Stabiies
Thig
Earl
Mystic
The Merit of a Book by David Pryde
The crowning merit of a book lies in its practical usefulness. If it makes you cheerful amiable or more appreciative of beauty or more inclined to follow what is good and noble its highest purpose is gained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Pryde
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Estherville Furniture Co
J. T. Johnston
Chas. D. Bixby
Jeanette Ralston
Chicago
Elizabeth Andreae
State Library Association
Jennie Doyle
Earl Buckingham
Fort Dodge
L. R. Buckingham
Niysson
Cleve. Miller
Sioux Falls
Iowa
South Dakota
J. D. Walsh
Teressa Booth
Dan Booth
John Osgood
Catherine
Orleans
S. P. Deming
D. W. Booth
Teresea Booth
Templar Park
W. E. Deming
O. D. Barnum
Lewis
Minneapolis
Barnum
F. H. Grant
Roy Barnum
Robert Penn
Omaha
John Hanson
North Eighth Street
Madame McKee
Childrens Hose
Lisle
Percales
Minerva Yarn
Minerva Germintown
Vietne
Frank Buckingham
Clair Jegjum
North South Street
Sixth
Lincoln
Goodell Street
Chas. Norby
Bristol
Geo. Lyon
Swea City
Herman Oransky
Day Rapids
Mr. Oransky
Athy. W
Johnston
Sac City
Kuppenheimer
Uy Ay Rs
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