Local rural Williams County notes and blizzard effects
A rural Williams County column details residents visiting and visiting homes, births, weddings, school disruptions from a recent blizzard, community events including a big dance, church and club meetings, and multiple notices of illness and travel. The piece mentions families such as Hoover and Nelson, schools on pause, and a Missouri Ridge Farmers Club gathering with new officers. A dramatic fire at the Nelson farm and a neighborly response are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Clark
Pearl
Myrtle
Birdie Clark
Hugo Clark
Maude DeSilva
William Posey
DeSilva
Missouri Ridge School
Miss de Silva
Iter Swab
Berdie Clark
Martha Honek
B. C. Keihl’s
Missouri Ridge Farmers’ Club
C. A. Wicks
N. L. Short
H. C. Blankenship
Pete Peterson
Maurice Thompson
George Albracht
Wick
Joe Honek Nowas
Siat Henry Anderson
Missouri Ridge
Washington
Mickles Maneuver and a Stenographer Detour
In Detroit a wife visits Henry Mickles and clashes over his new stenographer. While she fixes a hat in a glass mirror, Mickles uses the delay to steal away with his elegant stenographer by an improvised rope ladder, replacing her with a homey substitute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mickles
Henry
Detroit Free Press
Half a Loaf: Colored Church Seeks Doctorate for D D
A Louisiana congregation sought a Kansas college to confer a D D degree for 50 dollars. They raised only 25 dollars and sent it to obtain the first D so the pastor could be addressed as doctor. They hoped the title would aid in collecting funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Kansas
Harper's Magazine
Visibility of Planets in Daylight and Night
The text explains how planets appear brighter in daylight, noting that telescopes dim both planet and sky. It states Venus and Mercury are better observed in sunlight than darkness, while Saturn is hardly seen even with a one-inch telescope except at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venus
Mercury
Saturn
Tommy Crawford Plans a New York Romance
Tom Crawford travels to New York seeking excitement and a change from small town life. He pursues glamorous Martha while delaying engagement, encounters social whirl, and faces a late realization that Martha may outplay his hopes as she toys with his affections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Crawford
Mart
Tommy
Martha
New York
Walter
Brinton
Albany
Manhattan
Hippodrome
Fifth Avenue
Tommy Crawford
Tom
Mary
Mr. Crawford
Also Mentioned on This Page
Williams County
Wheelock
Alvin Bean
Chas. Woodfills
Epping
Hoover
Mae Einar Winger
Miss Mane
Fay
Insante
Nelson
Chas. Goudy
John Denise
Arthur ‘Hartsock
Frank Kerbaugh
Beaver Creek
Marvin Tancre
Arthur Harstock
Geo. McKay
Eva c
T. M. Getchell
Romer Gomes
Felting
Jack Frost
Mr. Flowers
Arthur Hartsoch
H. A. Wartenbe
Williston
John Landers
Montana
Iee
Geo. Gunderson
del Ames
H.A. Nelson
Nelson Valley
Windell
Mr. Nelson
R. Blankenship
G. Smoke
A. C. Wagenman’s
Mrs
Geo. Ford
Jenson
Mr. Meek
R. T. Wicks
E. A. Howe
E. A. “Cripe
8. M. Clark
Henry Anderson
Joe Hoon
Mr. Nordoune
Bonetrails
Mr. Skogberg
Bonetrail
John "Indholm
Oscar Booke
Willistone
Joe Gromatka
Gus Ritchel
Peter and
Agnes Browder
Clark
Mary Wilson Guthrie
Charles Browning
Spokane
William Hartman
Ande
Will Chamberlain
A. C. Wagenman
Hall
Tone Farm
Miss Pansy Short
Lord Noakes
Miss Short
N.L. Short
Miss McGrath
Elsie Baker
William Stranahan
Thia
Cedar School
Oliver Biggs
George Southard
Wm. Baker
Willie Hanson
Julius Caesar
Si Sy
Commercial Printing
Progressive Farmer
Graphic
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