Poultry Show Success Boosts Community Spirit
A community notes the first show exceeded expectations with 1000 entries for Shaw’s Vance Fanciers Association in 1909. The piece links poultry quality to local sales, breeder profits, and overall health benefits, praising editors and urging continued support for better stock and healthier living. A testimonial claims Dr King New Life Pills improve health, with a local drugstore offering refunds if unsatisfied.
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Shaws Vance Fanciers Association
Farmer Discovers Onion Potato Interplanting Boosts Dry Season Yields
A farmer reports that planting onions and potatoes together in Iturn, urows improves moisture in the vines and yields a big crop during a dry season. The claim suggests a practical field technique to combat arid conditions.
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Iturn
Whitestown urged to form business club for town growth
The writer argues a well organized local business club can advance town prosperity better than any other method. They urge Whitestown to form such a club, noting neighboring areas benefit from organized enterprise and suggesting reader support would help their effort.
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Comlu
Itc
Whitestown
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Praised by Maine Man
Mr EE Chamberlain of Clinton Maine says Bucklen’s Arnica Salve does the business. He used it for piles and it cured them, for chapped hands and it cured them, and on a bad sore it healed without leaving a scar. Burrin Drug Store sells it for 25 cents.
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EE. Chamberlain
Clinton
Maine
Bucklen
Burrin Drug Store
Poultry Show Postscript Highlights Local Pride
The Advance fanciers reflect on the recent poultry show, praising the weeks of effort and celebrating the week’s great success and community pride.
The Twins and the Toothless Trickster
Two twin brothers in a town look identical despite Lem lacking teeth while Dave has them. The only sure way to tell them apart is to place a finger in Lem’s mouth and feel the bite, proving which twin is which.
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Lem
Dave
Judge’s Library
Chickens Pay? Father Bets Daughter Increases Her Livestock
A county formal gifted his daughter a hen and a rooster and promised four years of feeding the flock. The girl reportedly raised 200 chickens and accumulated $64 in the bank, with the farmer predicting she will own the farm in four years and charge him rent.
Satirical reader quips about local paper size
A reader mocks the hometown paper for being small and less newsy, then hints that such sneering folk rarely contribute to improving the publication or aiding coverage. The remark exposes a frustrated, self serving attitude toward community journalism.
Parading Mistakes and Hair Counts in Old Washington
In a Wash ingtown street parade a coachman created a minor error by calling for two congressmen and two gentlemen. A separate remark notes that men go bald earlier than women due to shorter hairstyles.
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Washingtown
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Hustler
Glen Waters
Gosrell Laundry
Crawfordsville
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J. A. Parr
Neal—Cason
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D. Sullivan
Dolance
Dr. King
Jacob Springer
West Franklin
Burrin
Ufria Drug Co
Kommercial Club
Mose
Riley
the Twins
the Jonés
Boone Co
Clark & Jones
Bank of Advance
Geoj Funeray
Iment
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Lebanon, Ind
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