Akron Notes and Notices from a Rural Iowa Town
Local items report visits and trips by residents to Sioux City Beresford and Homer Nebraska. Akron merchants advertise goods while the community plans alumni events and a charity basket social. A board meeting sets a June 7 1902 date. crop and coal conditions, real estate sales, and a new brick hotel in Spirit Lake Iowa are noted along with local crime and law updates.
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B.W. Edgington
Akron High School
Akron ‘High
Alumni Association
Sarah Baier
Jane 1
Templar
Chamberlin’s
Clark- Cilley
Ray A. Smith
Spirit Lake
Iowa
Plymouth County Taxes Reach Over 200000 for 1901
County editor Kistle's 1902 tax roll shows Plymouth county taxes total 915,725.22 with about half funding schools. Remaining funds cover teachers, school houses, contingencies, bonds, township special charges, and improvements.
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Kistle
Plymouth County
Board of Supervisors
Stores to Close Early in Alston Town Season
Merchants of Alston Town agree to early closure of businesses from January 1 1902 to April 1 1902 except Saturdays at 8 o clock to give clerks a breathing spell. Signatures include J B Kennady N Noble Beck and Burvill Burgess and Smith Waterbury Co.
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Alston
J.B. Kennady
N. Noble
Beck & Burvill
Burgess & Smith
Waterbury Co
Attack of Poemonia War ded Of
A Jamaica merchant cites Chamberlins Cough Remedy as preventing pneumonia in his daughter after chest pains and a severe cough. He endorses seven years of use in his family and claims rapid recovery after following directions. Sold by B. Conb druggist.
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Chamberlin
James Prendergast
Amato Bay
Jamaica
West India Islands
Perfumeda Cigars and the Camphor Mix-Up Tale
In a Treasury Department anecdote General Rosecrans bought a box of cigars praised as finest. A guest smoked one and warned of its tang. Rosecrans learned the cigars reeked of camphor, discovering camphor balls in the drawer and realizing the mix-up. The tale highlights the ironic misunderstanding of quality and scent.
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Treasury Department
Washington
Rosbenins
Cigang
Reglate
Calliig
Rosecratis
Rosecrans
Ho Wyas
Wise Don’ts for Poets and Critics From a St. Louis Paper
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch counsels temperance in art and speech. It urges practitioners to avoid hauteur arrogance overbroad superlatives and loud preaching, stressing deeds over words and politeness as diplomacy.
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St. Louis
Post-Dispatch
A Railroad Man's Story of a Pig on the Rails
A veteran engineer recounts a near disaster caused by a pig burrowing along the track. He recalls misreading signals, a red flag, and a clothesline scene that triggered a fatal fright, illustrating how a single animal could halt a train and unsettle a crew. The piece shifts to a Newfoundland fishing memory, noting once plentiful herrings and lax enforcement that led to mass slaughter and wasteful poaching with barrels discarded at sea.
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Newfoundland
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Making It Clear Definition Epitome Lesson At London Spectator
The London Spectator recounts a public speaker addressing children about St. Paul. He defines epitome as a synopsis and proceeds to present a simple, clear explanation before continuing his tale.
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London Spectator
St. Paul
The Diplomats Solution and the Idea of Settlement
A witty Puck quotation discusses diplomacy as a match between an immovable force and an irresistible argument. The speakers concede that mutual restraint and reasonable concessions could yield an amicable settlement, avoiding conflict.
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Hle
Feqi
Puck
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Racine Corn
Hermnéy, Robinson, Bradley
LaCrosse’ Buggies and
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Thaye'a
Sama Al-Redneésd
Majestic Steel Ranges
Victor
Alhery Yor Haven, Egg
Akron
Lowa
Mellen Bros
Masestro Manini
Albert von Hagel
Wilbur Smith
Sioux City
Fred W. Sargent
Wisconsin
New Hampshire
Wade's
Missea
Malissi Allen
Dells Jones
Beresford
H.J. Bradley
Fay
Homer
Nebraska
August Rasmussen
Bowl
Dng ‘Alley
Ray
Ogden
Humboldt
Hawarden
Prater
Angie
N.s.moore
Doll Rapids
B. O. Searls
Hydene
Jane Helmer
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Armour
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Struble
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Centerville
Fred Knobble
John
J.C. Clark
Arde Pollock
David . Wistrom
Beck
Laura. D. Hall
Akron Milling Co
F. M. Knobbie
Akron Opera House
M. W. A. Lodge
M.A. Agnes
LeMars Globe
John R. Jeffers
Oregon
May
Healey
Sioux Falls
Waterbury
Bronx City
Jacke Treasler
Gee. Hitzemann
Nettie Daly
Susie Tinshler
Opera
Akron:orchestra
Hos
T Snyder
Dodd
Union County
August “Anderson
Doda
G, M
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Ivolent
Pete
Assehier Rttt
Garland
HL. J. Mune
Kendall
Reed Strait
Clark-Cilley Building
R. D. Clark
M. A. Agnes
Prev W. Laurent
Hanky
Sargent & Ferguson, Lawyers
Towa
Toy
Johnson Bros
A. W. Peterson
Osteopathist
Adams
Aicron
Albert H., Smith
A. H. Smith
Alron
Jowa
Apy
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GEO. J. W
Allison
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M.M. Nesiéf
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Optician
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