Miscellaneous Classifieds Reflect Local Commerce
A stream of small ads seeks sales of motors, engines, and used papers, plus rental and real estate offers in Ackley and Eldora Iowa. Also listed are barber training, employment inquiries, and help-wanted notices for Wages and commissions, with several properties for sale or rent and household services postings.
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Asme &S
Acklay
Elders Granite Works
Eldora
Iowa
Wm. Martens
M. Botals
Buffalo Canter
Iawa
Facing the Camera in Familiar Incidents
An excerpt from Familiar Incidents in the American Magazine describes a photographer trying to capture a portrait of a man. The photographer enters, peers through a cloth, and at last deems the face wrong while the narrator argues a three quarters full view might improve it. The piece ends with a reflection on resolution and attainment.
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Stephen Leacock
Thackeray Relates Bowery Fireman Encounter In New York
A humorous anecdote from Wilson’s Thackeray In America recalls visiting a red shirted Bowery fireman. Thackeray asks to go to Broadway, and the Bowery man responds with a blunt refusal, prompting amusement from the author about American street characters.
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Thackeray
New York
Brookyx
Bowery
Wilson
America
Thoughtful Clocks Gift Sparks Curious Remark
In a witty exchange from a newspaper page, a bride remarks on four clocks given as gifts. One friend explains he gave two, citing affection and a memory if they wed or divorce, while another retorts about not wanting a lasting display of his time. The dialogue reflects gossipy social banter.
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Chicago Post
Strong On Pie and a Fair Start in Mississippi Tale
A southbound congressman recalls a Mississippi interior scene where a darky family child eagerly eats a plate of food, impressing the father with the boy’s appetite. The anecdote highlights a moment of racial and social caricature framed as a campaign tale.
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Mississippi
Pie Driven Power Plays In Family Table Scene
A humorous excerpt shows a child’s persistent demand for pie driving family dynamics. The father laments the stubborn appetite while the boy’s determined upper lip victory over the plate underscores a strong influence over food.
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Allence
Harper’s
Unexecuted Resolutions Echoing A Dry Season
A terse reflection on resolutions that fail to be carried into action, likening them to loads weighed down by drought and rainless prospects. The quote implies governance or decision making that stalls before execution.
Child actor John Draw recalls early Much Ado role
When John Draw was younger he played a minor part in Much Ado About Nothing as his mother’s company performed. He recalls doubting his performance until he heard his mother mutter that a gentleman should act better, a remark he overheard.
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Ghe
John Draw
Beechier Mixes Up Announcement About Next Sabbath
The Rev Henry Ward Beechier struggled to announce that he would not be preaching next Sabbath and that his son in law Rev Samuel Scoville would fill the pulpit. After repeated stumbles he declared Bam will preach here maxt Bebbath to the amusement of the audience.
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Henry Ward Beechier
Menta
Nuiptt
Samuel Scoville
Daughber
Bam
Beotland King Denies Lord Stanley Private Audience
Lord Stanley arrives to request a private audience with King James. The king exits to hear the quarrel about access and contemplates punishment. Stanley suggests a severe response by sending the offender back to Scotland.
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Staniey
Johnecn
Beotland
Lord Stanley
Scotland
Irishman Drank Whisky Twice Dose With Fatherly Hint
An amusing London Tit-Bit item recounts a physician ordering an ounce of whisky three times daily for an Irishman. After four days the patient was found drunk. The wife explains she misunderstood the dosing, insisting she followed the instruction exactly and that the lad at the shop said the ounce was fixteen dram.
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Pat
Loudon
Eating and Eloquence A Protest on Postprandial Talk
An Englishman laments postdinner gab as a civilizational flaw. He argues that after dinner speaking has become a ritual among English speaking peoples, rivaling religious function and Roman banquet, while guests are sacrificed to chatter and dulness.
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London
Tru
Turkish official’s telegram misrouted amid city fire alert
Interview with Mr Bedrog Keljik notes Turkish situation hinges on business focus not politics. Dr Riza Tewfik, MP for Adrianople, recalls a night fire alarm in Galata. He learns his telegram about his burning home never reached him, due to Osman Agha’s casual reading and assumption no fire occurred.
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New York Sun
Bedrog Keljik
Riza Tewfik
Adrianople
Tewfik
Kade Kony
Accross
Bosporus
Osman Agha
Hunting the Hippo Methods of Native Hippo Hunts in North Africa
A historical account describes native hippo hunting in dugout canoes using harpoons and ropes. Hunters await the surface breath, strike then retreat, and renew assault as others distract the animal. Death often follows wounds, with hides dried for trade to Arab traders and shield-making, while meat dries into coarse beef substitutes.
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North Africa
Sobat
Berat
Hippopotanus
Omdurman
Egypt
King's Dog Lost and Royal Theft Claims
The London Chronicle cites King Chariles in search of his Black Dog with a Greyhound and Spaniel mix, noting the dog is royal property. The ad appeals to Whitehall and Court, urging informants to report the thief and return the royal hound.
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Lord Northellife
Chariles
London Chronicle
Charles
England
Whitehall
Burning Mountain Folklore and Turbulent Tales Across Reports
The clipped items mix a crude colonial anecdote about a new cook named Horeatinu with a misnaming of a Montet coal mine in Aveyron. The Montet feature, linked to the so-called burning mountain, is clarified as a coal mine buried for years, counter to sensational volcanic myths.
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Montat
Montet
Aveyron
Hrapve
In a Bad Way Cleveland Iain Dealer
A fragment quotes a doctor named Bermi advising against eating when worried and questions a character’s constant fear of not getting food, reflecting a tense exchange about appetite and anxiety. The readable lines hint at a larger dialogue on stress and hunger.
Sweeping remark on a husband and a brain injury case
A fragmented notice-like excerpt discusses a husband and a wife involved in a complex incident. It references sweeping arguments and a claim about a brain injury and the ensuing consequences, with unclear connections and no concrete outcome.
Wealthy farmer flees with cash after bank tale ends badly
A London Citizen story recounts a remote district tale where friends fear for a wealthy farmer's safety and persuade him to bank his money. The bank manager offers no fee but promises to pay him, provoking the farmer to march off with his money.
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St Tng
Prewdaye
London Cit
Life with the Eskimos in a Blood-Stained Igloo
An travelogue scene describes Uck Gluck and family inside a seal and walrus meat strewn igloo. Blood spattered walls, a heap of entrails, and dog meat preserved amid weapons fill the crowded space as Bernard and Dutta arrive to share a stark Arctic feast and discuss future hunts.
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Uck Gluck
Uck-Gluck
Kooner
Ull
Tee
Fred
Dek-Gluck
Bernard
Dutta
Uck-Glock
Gluck
Ishya
Ee Bove
Swinburne’s morning walks attract curious visitors
A London Chronicle admirer traced Swinburne’s routine of daily walks to Fill Place, visiting the hostelry where the poet read and drank. A pilgrim asked the barmaid if she knew the great poet, and she replied he is known but “isn’t much good to us, he only drinks beer.”
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Swinburne
Putney
Gays
London Chronicle
Baid
Misplaced Button in Church Collection Basket
A humorous tale from a church service follows a man who admits he dropped a button into his pocket by mistake. His wife expresses horror as his exact words reveal he intended to place a quarter into the collection basket. The anecdote ends with the husband clarifying his misplaced item.
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Magnaioe
Inn Joke Turns on Bird Nest Padding Reply
A brief pun from Short Stories recounts an English traveler at an inn asking for bird's nest padding. The hostess quickly answers that the cook made it, delivering a witty exchange about the source of the nest padding.
Local Druggist Urges Adlerika for Bowel Relief
Ackley residents with stomach or bowel trouble are urged to try Adlerika, a buckthorn bark and glycerine remedy. H N Sonultz, a local druggist, claims one dose relieves constipation and stomach discomfort quickly, noting it became famous for curing appendicitis.
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Ackley
Adlerika
HN. Sonultz
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Gasolina
Theodore Zolkoske
Kot
Leonard
Gov. Post Office
Samuel Smites
Mr Olsport
Washlogton Star
Efesaary
Dr. Tewick
Frodden Lumber Company
Hippo
France
THE
Eskimos
James Oliver Curwood
H. R
Sauerkraut
East Main
Ackley, Iowa
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