Story County Newslets Briefs Aggregate Local Happenings
Seymour Hix and wife celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with friends on Tuesday evening. Obituaries note Levi Neilie of Cambridge and Grace Oleson of Roland, with several services upcoming. Farmers Institute in Story County set for March 13–14 with speakers from Des Moines and IA College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour Hix
Farmers’ Institute
Story County
Wallace and Sage
Des Moines
Holden and Kennedy
Nevada Watchman
Two Accidents Claim Lives and Injure Eye in North Iowa
Euclid Harsh suffered a severe eye injury while removing a fence wire and faces possible loss of sight though doctors in Des Moines hope to save the eye. The nine year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Rierson near Nevada died after a tree fell on him while two men felled a large tree on Eggland farm. an operation failed to relieve the brain pressure and he died at 11 p.m. Saturday.
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Euclid Harsh
Knepper
Des Moines
Henry Vasey
Collins Liberator
Peter Rierson
Eggland
Rierson
Roland
Story City
Nevada Journal
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Prevents Pneumonia
The tendency of medical science is to ward preventive measures. Chamberlains Cough Remedy is claimed to prevent pneumonia by counteracting its progression from colds or grip. It is recommended to take the remedy at the onset of a cold and is marketed by all druggists.
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Chamberlain
Later Departure from Chicago For Sault Ste. Marie
The through sleeping cars for Manistique and Sault Ste. Marie leave Chicago at 8:00 p m daily except Saturday, linking with late trains in Chicago. It is the only through sleeping car line between Chicago and The Soo. For tickets and full information apply to agents Chicago and Northwestern Ry 41-31.
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Chicago
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Northwestern
Manistique
Soo
Chicago & Northwestern R’y
Could Not Be Better Cough Remedy Stock Outlook
After selling Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for some time the seller says it cannot be improved and plans to keep it in stock at all times. The remark emphasizes continued availability and satisfaction with the product.
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Chamberlain
Fruits and Flowers Cultivation Tips and Domestic Quips
A companion piece discusses mulberry tree yields with 218 pounds of leaves per year and monthly bean plantings for continuous harvests. It notes variable lighting effects on undergrowth, best watering practices for pot plants, and suggests camphor to extend cut flower life. It ends with a light domestic exchange from the Boston Transcript.
Endorsed cough remedy praised by Michigan family
Mrs J A Moore of North Star Michigan says Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the best cough cold and croup remedy her family has used. Sold by all druggists.
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J. A. Moore
North Star
Mich
For Sale Ames Iowa Residence Lot in Black's Second Addition
Property listing describes a residence on lot Hight eight block Four in Black's Second Addition to Ames Iowa. Inquiries directed to CO M Soper referee.
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Ames
Iowa
CO. M. Soper
Tea Root Carvings From the Orient A Prosperous Fuchan Trade
The New York Post describes tea root carvings from the Far East, mainly made in Fuchan. Artisans shape pedestals from roots and figures from trunks, using humor or satire in saints and warriors. Specimens include a fifty legged pedestal and mushroom forms in animals such as buffalo and dragon.
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Orient
Far East
Fuchan
Yokohama
Quang Ti
New York Post
Waterfalls of Japan Inspire Pilgrims and Gardens
The article describes Japan’s countless waterfalls adorning gardens and shrines visited by thousands each year. Pilgrims begin after age forty five, often forming bands with banners, traveling from coast to coast to visit temples and waterfalls.
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Japan
Lavish Entertainments in the French Monarchy
A narrative on royal splendor describes the Comte d Artois extending a queenly visit by rebuilding and refurnishing his castle with 900 workers round the clock. Marshal de Soubise hosted Louis XV for a day and night at a cost of £80000, provoking a jest on debt.
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Comte d’Artois
Marshal de Soubise
Louis XV
A Rigid Dutch Law on Jungle Cinnamon
More than two centuries ago Dutch rulers in Ceylon made it a capital offense to buy or sell wild jungle cinnamon and claimed all plants as state property. If a shrub appeared in a yard it could not be destroyed or used under severe penalties. Times have changed since.
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Ceylon
Where He Located Stuffer and Simpkins Exchange Blame
Dialogue from a party scene queries Stuffer about a missing over coat. Simpkins asks if it is in the refreshment room, Stuffer responds that it isn’t there and questions where else the coat could be.
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Stuffer
Simpkins
Fate's Injustice and Social Quips in 19th Century Columns
A compilation of satirical lines from New York Weekly and Atchi son Globe. It mocks wealth disparity with Noecash lamenting fortunes widening while Miss Fullpurse marries Mr. Coupon. The Globe quips about body image and good nature as social expectation.
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Noecash
Nocash
Miss Fullpurse
Mr. Coupon
New York Weekly
County Supervisors Choose Bridge Bidders in 1903 Session
In a special Feb 18 1903 session Story county Board of Supervisors awarded wooden bridge construction to Geo A Armstrong as lowest responsible bidder and iron bridge work to N M Stark & Co of Des Moines. They corrected deputy clerk salary to 720.06 dollars annually and adjourned to April 6 1903. Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets advertise in the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Story County
John Tweet
E. R. Silliman
Miles Pearson
Geo. A. Armstrong
Skunk River
Ames
N. M. Stark & Co
Des
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Cole Banner
Levi Neilie
Cambrige
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Dan McKinzie
Gilpert
Larson
Journal
Howard McDowell
Cambridge
Mr. McDowell
Chas. Aaronson
Calumet
Omaha
Cambrige Phoenix
A. Leonard
Detroit
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Walter Fish
Elmer Bence
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Swafford
Aiken
Grace Oleson
Miss Oleson
Carl Oleson
Osmond Johnson
Slater
Trenton
Johnson
Rock Island
Barrett
E. A. Graff
Marshalltown
Central Teachers’ Association
Iawa
Carroll
R. D. Harlan
Lake Forest University
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Judge Deemer
F. W. Hill
California
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Anamosa
P. A. Shope
Maron
Maxwell
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the Board of Supervisors of
Sheffield Iron Bridge
O. B. Peterson
Joan Tweet
Gale
William A. Girard
Pease
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A. & C. Railway
Leave College
A.M
A. M
P.M
Leone
Serene
M. K. Ere R
W.W. M. Greeley
Esident
H. Westerman
Church Directory
John Chandler
Young Peoples Meeting
F. D. Ferrall, Pastor
Sund
Junior Endeavor
Christian Endeavor
First Congregational Church
Cor. Kellogg and
Sts
Chas. H. Seccombe
Bible School
Methodist Episcopal Church
Charles Lyman Nye
Epworth League
United Brethren Church
O. L. Winson
Schoo
F.C. U
Pr’ Er
Waterman’s Ideal
IDEAL
L. E. Waterman
Geo. E. Baker
Geo. W. Little
Boone
Saylorcoal
Kellogg Street
Bower & Perkins
UST
Waseca White Rose
W. Adams
Grocrey
Judisch Druggis
Parley Sheldon
Pres
F. H. Schieiter, Ass’Cash
Story County Bank
Western National Bank
New York
Knautle, Kachod & Kuhne
First National Bank
Alonge
Des Moines Savings Bank
Surance
Hamilton Ames
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