Local Notes and Social Roundup in Wellman Jan
Community news from Wellman includes visits from Henry Polton of Wayland and others, a move by Glen Cook to Montezuma, marriage announcements for Zoe Varney and Dr. Harry Webster, and notes on club installations, anniversaries, and local occupations. The period also mentions osteopathy plans, business trips, and community events around New Year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Klockenteger
Siebert
Colo
Fred Klockenteger
BE. L. Jones
Tom Moon
Iowa City
Fred Durian
H. L. Foster
Lewis Sharpe
Oakdale
Cynthia Sharpe
Lizzie Yokum
Kimball
Neb
A. Oldaker
Zoe Varney
Harry Webster
Varney’s
Cedar Rapids
J. C. Gingerich
Texas
Floyd Weidlein
Kirkpatrick
Local notes from Ainsworth and Kalona communities
Ainsworth items report visits by Mr and Mrs J R Butler Col W D Gordon and others amid travel and church plans. Kalona notes include weddings to Amish, travel, family visits from Iowa City and Des Moines, a Davenport drug store job, and New Year gatherings with several local residents mentioned by name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Yoder
Sharon Center
Wm. Weeber
Iowa City
Walter Weeber
Geo. Weeber
Wile
Lizzie Berkey
J. Weeber
Jonet Jackson
Ed Wertz
Davenport
Oscar Crawford
Nebraska
Katona
Ben Shetler
Mr. Shetler
Michigan
Miss Morrow
Washington
Kalonha
Dunlap
Norval Snider
Des Moines
Warren Snider
Prairie Center and Crawfordsville Notes Include Illness and Church Meetings
In Prairie Center the week brings sickness with Miss Minnie Jackson and Miss Christie’s illness. a strong northwest wind impacts homes and plants. Prairie Flower church meetings end, sewing circle plans a dinner for husbands. In Crawfordsville reports show travel to Washington and Muscatine, college study, and church services with Rev Griffith preaching on heavenly topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Hill
Clarence Work
Bert
Snowba
Minnie Jackson
Christie
Wester
Prairie Flower Church
W. T. Brown
Will Phillips
Ohio
Ethel Nagley
Ekra Fleming
Washington
Prairie Flower Sewing Circle
Prairie Center
John Adams
Charlie Long
Crawfordsville
Leo Adams
Brown's Business College
Muscatine
A.L. Armstrong
Frank Schneider
C. J. Rueknam
J. G. Maxwell
Iowa City
John Cannon
D. H. Fox
Harold White
Myrtle Carter
Sterling White
Mina McCleary
New Concord
Muskingum College
Collie
Ethel Lease
Winfield
H. D. Cherryholmes
Burlington
United Presbyterian Church
The Friend at the Door at Local Revival Service
At a community service two young men declared their faith and twenty three conversions have been recorded. During the day thirty family altar lease cards were signed and twenty conversions noted overall. Afternoon topic is My Responsibility and evening The Friend at the Door. Tomorrow talks include Bring Others to Christ and The New Birth.
Unexplored Canada and its Hidden People
Excerpted observations discuss vast Canadian wilderness areas lacking government knowledge and few non Indigenous residents. It notes 600000 square miles largely unknown beyond well worn routes and a small population with limited white blood content. A second anecdote recounts a naturalist’s monkey study misinterpreting learning by sampling insects in plates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Europe
Ohio
Leslie’s Weekly
Napoleon's First Love Spoiled by Local Drowning Tales
In Auxonne, a small French town, Napoleon spent cadet years. He nearly drowned twice in the Saone and is said to have nearly wed a bourgeoise maid named Manesca. Two ivory counters with the name Manesca appear in the local museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon
Auxonne
Power of Lotomotion: Engine Strength Compared to Horses
A railway engine is described as equivalent in power to 900 horses. The note emphasizes the engine’s strength in terms of this animal-powered benchmark.
Miller's Dypepsia Cure for indigestion
Advert describes Miller's Dypepsia Cure as a remedy that aids digestion without restricting diet. It claims the medicine helps the stomach perform its functions and improves indigestion. Sold by Cook & Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook & Sherman
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Ures
Fox
Dewey Est Shoes
Iowa
WM. A. Whiting & Son
Dolcgherty
the County News
Coounty
Wellman
Jan
Henry Polton
Wits
Wayland
Masons
W. M
J. L. Kirkpatrick
P. A. Jones
J. W
W. S. Henderson
J. A. Dodds
F. D. Cedarburg
Geo. Bell
Baptist Church
Arther Woods
Wellman Cemetery
Wes Whetstine
Whetstine
C. (. Gardner
Ed Mackey and
Riverside
J. Crossett
Lows City
Kr. G. Butterbaugh
South Dakota
George Hamilton
Dan Wolfe
Keota
C. C. Gardner
Singleman
Owen
Beacon
Wim. Wagamon
Cedar Rapids Business College
O. E
W. M. Nettie Stephens
A. M
L. K. Fleming
Vena Kirkpa
Kalona
C. Rawson
C. A. Kempf
Holyoke
James Empson
Ana
Emmett White
Fred Skola
Richmond
M. Church
Goldie Grady
Rogers Drug Store
George Eglin
Ainsworth
Jackson
Second United Presbyterian Church
Ethel Peterson
West Chester
G. Hl. West
Allen Breed
Perry
Reed
Chas, McCreedy
Madge Pearson
Sam Thompson
W. A. Walker
C. C. Chambers
S. A. Chambers
South Prairie Flower
Route
Mmn
Fred
J. DB. Moothart
Walt
Life
Walt Mason
George Mat_thews_ Adams
Washington and
Washington County
John Shields
Fairbanks Morse
U. S
Mason Transfer & Storage Co
Washington, Jowa
Goughs
Lemmon
Aim Sochefy
Ella Conner
West Madison Street
Rose
Margarite
Melugin
Presbyterian Church
East Main Street
Benjamin Coppock
J. B. Crooks
Navajo Club
L. J. Cherry
Laputa
London Spectator
Bowman
Nicola
Harmon
Trace Marke Desians
Munn & Co
Roadway
New York
Washington, D.C
Frey
Studio of
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