Iowa Old Press
Algona Courier
Algona, Kossuth co. Iowa
December 8, 1905
YOUTHFUL SLEEP WALKER
Wesley News: Saturday night little Raymond Studer, son
of Mr. Ed. Struder, performed a somnambulistic feast worthy of
mention. One of his duties each day is to carry milk and in doing
so he takes a certain short route of his own, which is not down
on the official survey. Saturday night about 11:30 he arose in
his sleep without disturbing any of the other members of the
family, and went over his customary route in his night clothes
and bare feet. Arriving at Chas. Jones’ house several blocks
away he knocked as usual and stood dumbfounded and frightened
when awakened by the opening door. Charley wrapped the little
fellow up and returned him to his home and bed, where he soon
fell asleep to dream again, dreams less real, of the many
incidents which occur in every busy boy’s daily life.
A WORTHY ACT
Burt Monitor: The friends and neighbors of Mr. Heiter
had planned to give him a husking bee Monday as a lift on his
fall work which was in a bad condition on account of his extended
illness. The day was anything but ideal, but in spite of the
weather a score or more of men turned out and succeeded in
cribbing five hundred bushels. This is a practical kind of
sympathy that benefits the giver as well as the receiver, and we
should be glad to see more of this spirit manifested in the
world.
[transcribed by L.Z., December 2013]