Family Christmas Gatherings Highlight Rural Holiday Clicks
The paper details a series of Christmas events across the area. Antho Van Sickle and relatives share a five year reunion with E A Lewis Vic Van Sickle and Fred Van Sickle. Highland Sewing Circle celebrated at Center Schoolhouse with songs speeches decorations and a Santa Claus. Various households hosted dinners and programs with roast goose gifts and poems. A Reicherne home invite promises royal entertainment. The Hesseltines Browns and Faulkner households held meals exchanges and tree events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antho van Sickle
E. A. Lewis
Vic van Sickle
Fred van Sickle
Highland Sewing Circle
Center Schoolhouse
Claus
Charles Rothileberger
Wm. McCreedy
Reicherne
B.S. Bishop
Mrs. Bishop
Santa Claus
Charles Faulkner
Davahbier Mies Abieal
Clyde Fishburn
Frank Bishop
Christmas Gatherings Fill Homes Across Towns
The article lists multiple Christmas Day reunions at J. F. Hemmings East Second Street home and at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Salladay near Ainsworth with relatives from Chicago Des Moines Albia Burlington Rock Island and Oakdale. Tables decorated with turkey dinners and festive refreshments marked gatherings attended by dozens of relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Harwood
South 2Nd Avenue
Childere
J. F. Hemmings
East Second Street
Frank Salladay
Ainsworth
Ernest Salladay
Myron
Reed Salladay
Cecil Kirkhoff
Chicago
Glenn Green
Gladwin
John Martindale
Jack
Burlington
Lorena Salladay
Mary Stewart
Marie Martin
Des Moines
J. D. Martin
Lea Tedford
Albia
Miss Martin
Leland Malcolm
W. W. Cherry
J.S. McElhinney
Dan Ward
Harriet McArthur
Rock Island
Emma Cherry
Floyd Crayne
Merle Crayne
West Chester
Hoy McElhinney
Robert Cherry
Oakdale
Teachers College Opens December 30
The Iowa State Teachers College winter term resumes December 30 with first recitation Tuesday morning. New students enrolling December 29 or 30 avoid a $1 late fee and can credit the full term. Free tuition is offered to eligible veterans, with two county nominations for two young men and one hover scholarship per graduating four year high school class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Teachers College
Harness Maker Notice by Floyd D Rainson
Notice from Floyd D Rainson of Brighton Iowa that F P Randall of Washington is employed as a harness maker for repairs and skilled work in all lines of harness making in connection with the implement business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. P. Randall
Washington
Floyd D. Rainson
Brighton
Lowa
Yellowstone Park’s Vast Geology and Wildlife
Yellowstone Park covers 2,228,000 acres with a 6,000 foot average elevation. It hosts 5,000 to 10,000 hot springs of varied colors and numerous geysers with columns rising 50 to 800 feet. The area is rich in game and wildlife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolling
Helgte
Work and Avoid Fretting
Principles urge steady labor as healthful and fruitful. Worry wastes energy and erodes strength that could drive real effort. Quiet resolve, like a mustard seed, can overcome obstacles and move you toward success.
Date Trees Flourish in Arizona Experiment Station Says
The University of Arizona agricultural experiment station shows date trees thriving in alkaline soil with available water. Its orchards include S08 trees representing 12% different varieties. Fruit ripened artificially is marketed in the East. The trees are said to bear fruit for 100 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Agricultural Experiment Station
University of Arizona
Not Alarmed by Crows Scaring Crow
A local scene depicts crows ignoring a scarecrow as not alarmed. The joke suggests birds view the figure as a harmless artist from the city drawing pictures. The exchange underscores a rustic, humorous rural conversation with dated diction.
Wet Porphyry Pebbles at Nantasket Beach
Fragmentary note describes wet porphyry pebbles and a statement about approving a taste that clothed emperors in purple at Nantasket Beach. The text cites Eierson as a probable author or speaker in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nantasket Beach
Eierson
Plia Trouble on Trouble Reported in Novy Deny
Fragmentary text notes trouble themes in Novy Deny with phrases about enduring hardship and expectations. The passage hints at sustained burden as a recurring condition affecting residents and daily life. Named individuals or organizations are not clearly identifiable in readable portions.
Eskimo Igloo Life Embraces Modern Church Change in Alaska
In Unalakleet Alaska the Episcopal church influences Eskimo life as reindeer camps and igloos blend with new garments and parish art. Oliver Ongeolook a chief herder at Tralakleet is shown with a bride as missionary efforts expand. Ballon campaign and 25 missions extend church work across Alaska a landmark note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olver Ongeolook
Unalakleet
Alaska
Oliver Anllie
E. A. McInetosh
Episcopal Church
Oliver
United States
McIntosh
North Pole
Herder Cagoolenit
Foglia
Aliela
Gypsy trade ends in formal custody and land transfer
Mary Guy claims royal gypsy lineage and agrees to sell her husband Peter Guy to another tribeswoman for 85 600. The deal includes deed of property and custody of three children barred from leaving the United States. The parties wore ornate dress as the contract was drawn in front of an attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Mary Guy
Peter Guy
Guy
Peter
Day
United States
Sioux Rapids to Host State Agricultural School
Sioux Rapids will host a three month agricultural school offered by the state board of vocational training. It will be held in Berna Vista county at one of five centers and opens January 5 for boys under fourteen and youths not enrolled in other schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene County
Board of Supervisors
Marsh Construction Company
Jefferson
State Highway Commission
Sioux Rapids
State Board of Vocational Training
Berna Vista County
Park School Becomes Iowa Standard Rural School
Concordia Township Des Moines County marks its Park school as Iowa’s first rural standard school under a new law erected in 1915. Miss Margaret Ochiterie teaches. Vail Cordell is county superintendent. A state certificate and sign will confirm Standard School No. 1. About 300 rural schools await standardization while Cedar County book-fraud arrests surface involving Compton brothers of Toledo Ohio indicted by a federal grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar County
Internal Revenue Department
Compton Brothers
Toledo Ohio
Dill Carlisle capture details highlight Wyatt band splinters
In the Dill Carlisle arrest narrative the Wyomin g penitentiary escapees who held up passenger trains are tied to former Towans. RN was shot and captured in the Newell shack on a Wyoming ranch. Newell lived near Finch ford, ten miles northwest of Cedar Falls. Charles and Oliver Saul aided the sheriff's posse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dill Carlisle
Wyoming Penitentiary
Prison population totals at Iowa facilities reach 1148
Reports from the parole board offices show Fort Madison housing 458 inmates Anamosa reformatory 637 inmates and Rockwell City 53 women inmates. The combined penal population sums to 1148 persons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parole Board
Fort Madison
Anamosa Reformatory
Rockwell City
American Soldier Henry Ritter Loses Both Hands and Eyes
Henry A. Ritter of Dubuque is the only American to lose both hands and both eyes. Injured at St Mihiel in France, his case reached Congress via a pension bill by Rep Sweet. The bill proposed a $250 monthly pension for life with no dissent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry A. Ritter
Dubuque
St. Mihiel
France
Congress
Sweet
The Sea-Wolf Dolphin Destroys Walrus Cubs At Sea
The sea-wolf or large dolphin reaches up to 14 feet and 3000 pounds. A mother walrus tries to shield its cub by throwing itself onto an iceberg. The predator dives, resurfaces with force, striking the mother and tossing the cub into the water where it is quickly devoured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocean
Tea as stimulant and digestive aid
Tea acts as a mild brain stimulant raising blood pressure and heart fullness with deeper breathing for a period. It also sustains secular power, while its main drawback is slowed digestion and delayed gastric activity.
Page county man dies aged 82 with family deaths reported
Peter Swisher of Page county, a longtime local soldier and prominent citizen, dies at 82. His daughter Mrs Harry Bennett of Seattle rushed to his bedside after a telegram and died en route to the old home. Both were buried together. The fragmentary copy also notes corn husking feats by Miss Merv cos of Walnut Jew, a twenty year old, with daily records and impressive daily and weekly totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Swisher
Page County
Harry Bennett
Seattle
Omaha
Eam
Tokses
Merv
John Foor
Walnu
English Lady Visits Convict Seeks Freedom of City
An English visitor to a convict in prison asks what she can do. He replies that she should appeal to the mayor to extend him the freedom of the city, a request the Boston Transcript quotes as his plea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Arabian hides enter world markets via Jedda ports
Arabian hides sheep skins and goat skins originate in Jedda and near Mecca. The trade notes high quality though volumes are limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Feypt
Sudan
Jedda
Mecca
Fragmentary OCR note on twine and figures
Incoherent fragment describes men near a well and a question about twine. The text is garbled with missing context and unclear events or identities. No clear publication details or complete actions are discernible.
Household Hint Sparks Muddle Over Hinged Wall Pat
A fragment reports a household note about Hing cov eed Mr Brown and his wife in a curious exchange. The garbled text suggests a wall pat or panel purchase leading to a domestic mix up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpert
Brown
Episcopal Church Seeks Five Ships to Win Campaign
Rev George Craig Stewart rector of St Luke's Evanston outlines a nation wide Episcopal Church campaign for five ships or aims. Member ship disciple ship fellow ship steward ship and leadership are presented as goals to strengthen church and finance and cultivate lay leaders in a wartime like effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Church
George Craig. Stewart
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Evanston
A.B. E
United States Shipping Board
Lloyd George
Stewart
St. Paul
A Strange Sheathing Fish in the East Indies
A hollow cylindrical beak fish in the East Indies uses a water jet to knock insects from plants into the tide. It spots no fly on shore plants and quickly ejects water to drop the prey into the current.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Indies
Lass of Salts If Your Kidneys Hurt
An old health notice explains that regular meat intake burdens kidneys and recommends Jad Salts as a remedy. It claims four ounces in water before breakfast will flush acids and sediments, relieve kidney and bladder irritation, and prevent dull kidney aches.
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Arthur Wead
R. S. Young
Hugh Frew
Kansas City
Ralph Hesseltine
North Sixth Avenue
James Hesseltine
J.C. Nicola
Mae
Ruth
Wellman
Charles Lowe
Cecile
Clarence Lowe
Tillie Pairer
Havre
J. W. Meyer
Young
J. D. Buckley
W. GB. Patton
Graham
Teachers College
Yellowstone Park
Eity
Novy Deny
Muere
Mr. and
Mrs. Oliver Ongoolook
Iowa
Denison
Ernest Johnson
Casey
Guthrie County
Johnson
Edie
Havner
Mascatine
A.b.cummins
National Guard
Davenport
Vzaist
Dabuque
Edith Strauss
New York
Women’s Activities Division
Department of Justice
Clere
What
Wanted
Pie Works
Tver
Folland
Mhioe Cres
Trek
Hetene
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