News Notes from Neighboring Towns and Country
Mr and Mrs Gerald Teets returned home Sunday after a week visit with relatives in Gary Indiana M B Fhrenfelt and Ora Ginger sch have gone to Waukesha Wisconsin where they expect to remain for a time Glee Dunlap was an Iowa Cl visitor Tuesday Gladys Page of Riverside was a weekend visitor with her mother
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Kalona
Gerald ‘Teets
Gary
Indiana
M. B. Fhrenfelt
Ora Gingersch
Waukesha
Wisconsin
Glee Dunlap
Iowa
Local People and Weekend Visits Highlight Community News
A mix of social notes and sports results details residents’ visits with Nellie Page and families moving into the Elijah Hasty property. Church group planning an all day Baptist Ladies Aid meeting with Mrs. Della Dawson. Kalona and West Branch provide basketball scores, 29 17 and 26 22, with Wellman mentioned.
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Nellie Page
Chas
Chabal
Elijah Hasty
FR. Conklin
W. R. Conklin
Iowa City
Cloyd Small
Martin
Whitman
Jed
Fred Simsil
A. J. Wotruba
Baptist Ladies Aid Society
Della Dawson
Tocal
Kalona
Katona T
Fast West Branch
Katona
Community Notes From Douglas Weekend Gatherings
Douglas residents Andy Kaufman and family hosted a weekend of visits with Fran Stalder and others. Several households welcomed relatives during Saturday and Sunday, including Mr. and Mrs. Walter Keeble, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Clark, and Mr. and Mrs. Thornton Alter. The weekend also saw Otto Stalder and Ivy Lauber visiting neighbors and a newly named infant son of Andy Kaufman.
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Douglas
Frances
Gladys Herth
Walter Keeble
Arthur Conrads
Fran Stalder
Harnest
Freda Rich
Hlyde
Andy Kaufman
Velia
Rich
Clyde Clark
Thornton Alter
Dausiter
Myrtle
Henry
Dave Rich
Otto Stalder
Arthur Conrad’s
Mma Lauber
Albert Toose
Tittle
Cascara the Ideal Laxative Candy for Regularity
The text promotes Cascara as the perfect laxative and the familiar candy Cagsaret as its ideal form. It notes that many people rely on this tablet for regularity, claiming that every drug store stocks them and that it is the preferred habit for a smooth bowel movement without alternatives.
Local Socials and Upcoming Literary Night at Douglas School
A mixture of community notes from Riverside detailing butcher duties at the Zihlman and Conrad homes, a Friday literary event at Douglas school house on February 1, and social gatherings including a card party at St. Mary’s hall hosted by the Forester lodge. Names include Leroy Clarence Albert Manning Joe Zihlman Arthur Conrad Louie Zihlman Nina Zihlman Walter Keobel Emma Mary Leah Roth John Beck Louis Dautremont Pauline O’Loughlin Mrs William O’Loughlin Roy Adifer R. H. Heitzman and others.
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Leroy Clarence
Albert
Manning Joe Zihlman
Arthur Conrad
Louie Zihl
Leah Roth
Emma
Mary
Nina Zihlman
Louie Kaufman
Walter Keobel
Douglas School
Riverside
Jan
St. Mary’s Hall
Forester Lodge
Hich
Euchre
John Beck
Louis Dautremont
William O'Loughlin
Muscatine
Pauline O'Lowghlin
Roy Adiler
Wm. O'Loughlin
R. H. Heitzman
Red Brick social notes from the Marguerite Herring column
Janus 3 Mr and Mrs Linkmeyer of Chicago visit C R Wilson home Mrs Lloyd Neiswanger undergoes dental work George Wilson breaks his arm amid ice conditions Lloyd Neiswanger loses a valuable item last week Miss Dorothy Babb visits home folks Mrs J A Walker of near West Chester returns home after seven weeks recovery West Rouse buys a cow at Roy Libe sale Victor Wenger and son visit Jacob Wenger home Elsie Wagner visits parents with uncle Joe Roth Sam Sigafoose visits Homer Kephart home.
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Linkmeyer
Chicago
C. R. Wilson
Lloyd Neiswanger
John Caldwell
Wilma
Will Caldwell
Fred Sayre
George Wilson
Dorothy Babb
J. A. Walker
Near WestChester
West Rouse
Victor Wenger
Little Son
Near Wayland
Jacob Wenger
Elsie Wagner
John Wagner
Joe Roth
Sam Sigafoose
Homer Kephart
Oldfield, Patterson families visit during weekend
Mrs. W. W. Matthess reports in Lexington that Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Oldfield and Leo visited Jim Schulty Sunday. In Byestone the farm bureau meeting was held in Des Moines last weekend. Mr. and Mrs. John Patterson and their children visited Mrs. Patterson's parents in Burlington over the holiday weekend.
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Lyle Oldfield
Leo
Jim. Schulty
Byestone
Farm Bureau
Des Moines
John Patterson
Local Social Notes From Warren Matthess Area
Myo and Mrs Fleming and Donald visited Warren Matthess Sunday. Mrs H L Huber had dentist work while HL attended jury. Supper at the church Thursday night. Jennie Lucille Strum and Mrs Ola Knotts were Washington visitors Saturday. Mrs Albert Paul and children visited January Frank Fleming’s yard Saturday. The Fleming family celebrated birthdays. Jesse Shalla visited James Shaila Sunday.
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Myo
Ble
Fleming
Donald
Warren Matthess
H. L. Huber
Jennie
Lucille Strum
Ola Knotts
Albert Paul
Frank Fleming
Washington
Walter Patterud
Mr. Fleming
Jesse Shalla
West Chester 3. D. Dayton proposes road and farm focus
A West Chester correspondence argues that interest in homes and farms will grow, urging support for primary and secondary road funding, affordable farm investment, and less gasoline tax. He critiques auto advertising and promotes preserving rural roads, noting radio commerce and road maintenance plans.
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Wes
Jon Gaseline
St. Patrick
Odd Moroccan Customs In Andjia District Head Shave Cure
A Person in Andjia district Morocco treats a headache by shaving his head and burying hair at a Saint’s grave. An extracted tooth is placed at a shrine to demonstrate belief in teeth training slecgine.
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Andjia
Morocco
Fifty Fifty Between Thief and Financier
A New York dinner tale recounts a financier buying four seats on the stock exchange for 240 dollars and praising improvements. A humorous bank robbery anecdote follows, featuring Buster Bill and a banking institution president who joke about collaboration for depositors.
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AL BL
Funin
New York
Tnancier
Pkin
PHL
Townon
Red Finance
Ap.ared
Anelalmor
Twain and Halley’s Comet Farewell Motto
A garbled wartime reminiscence notes Mark Twain's quip about entering with Halley's Comet in 1835 and joking he would depart with it. The passage asserts Twain predicted a grand exit with the comet, and hints at a cautious farewell tied to cosmic fate, reflecting public fascination with his death prophecy.
Indian Summer Weather and Death of Mark Twain in 1910
The piece notes an April 20 1910 comet and marks the following evening Mark Twain's death. It discusses Indian summer a warm, clear period in the Central and Atlantic states usually in October November sometimes December. It traces origins of the term to 1774 and its cultural associations with Indigenous peoples and war camouflage.
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Mark Twain
Central
Atlantic Coast
Atlantic States
Obscure Poet Paraphrases Classic Lines in Wit
In a literary gossip column an American poet is paraphrased about making lives sublime and mastering mind and body. The writer then notes an English wit reworking Hamlet’s to be or not to be, suggesting sharper phrasing when attention wanders.
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Felend
Sen
William Lyons Phelps
Serihuer
Marble name echoes in Massachusetts stroll tale
A fragmentary report recalls a man named Marble seen strolling along a shore in Massachusetts. The piece hints at a conservation or encounter involving a person nicknamed Henson, with scant readable context and no clear event outcome.
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Harry
Marblehead Remark Sparks Prominence Debate
In Satem Massachusetts a Marbleheader debates who qualifies as prominent. A citizen quips that a local man, claimed to be prominent, has only sixty seven years in Marblehead and is not entitled to such status.
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Harry
Marbleheader
Marblehead
Mass
Study in Birds Title and Dress Your Little Blue Bird
A classroom exchange features Mary declaring she is a blue bird because she is dressed in blue, followed by William countering that he is a red bird since he has red underwear. The dialogue captures playful self-assignments by two young children in a kindergarten setting.
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Mary
William
Wrong Conviction and a Visit to Aineworth
A visitor from Aineworth, Mrs. Harry Duncan, spent a few days with her mother Mrs. M. ly Orris at her home, amid reflections on unequal treatment and the appeal for better justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Duncan
Aineworth
M. Ly Orris
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