Bentley Post Installation at Gilbert Iowa
The 89th Frank Bentley post held its annual installation of officers on January 13 1909 in Gilbert Iowa. Comrade A S Liddle installed officers including W Reynolds C J Harnden and T B Jones. A committee was named for a Lincoln birthday service and the post then closed amid a warm reception. Also noted is a pneumonia outbreak with one reader, A S L, recovering after a serious bout.
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Gilbert
Iowa
T. B. Jones
Frank Bentley
Offic
S. P. O’brien
A. S. Liddle
12Th
N. Y. Battery
J. A. McFarlan
M. Gretten
Jones
Reynolds
Naly
Congregational Church
W. Reynolds
J. Harnden
V. C
R. W. Liddle
O. D
C. M. Wilson
L. Oliver
Q. M
F. M. Downs
O. G
F. T. Wilson
C. Barker
Liddle
A.S
Miss Winona Craig Marries B. B. White in Burlington
Miss Winona Craig formerly of this city and stationed in Des Moines wed Mr. B. B. White a traveling man based in St. Louis on December 29 in Burlington Iowa The couple will reside at the Chamberlain hotel in St. Louis A lost gold banded back comb between O K barber shops and Ames laundry prompts return to this office for reward 39 11
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Winona Craig
Des Moines
Burlington
Iowa
B. B. White
St. Louis
O. K
Ames Laundry
Pure Food Law and Chamberlain Cough Remedy Claim
Secretary Wilson outlines the Pure Food Law aims to inform consumers about harmful drugs in medicines. The label for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy asserts no habit forming drugs, and the maker notes the remedy is safe, effective for coughs and colds, with J. K. Cagwin selling it.
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Wilson
J. KK. Cagwin
Another Typhoid Case Strikes Local Youth
Max Hoover, son of Mr and Mrs G T Hoover, lies ill at his West Boone street home with an attack of typhoid fever. The report notes his parents seek medical care for the probable illness.
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Max Hoover
G. T. Hoover
West Boone Street
Old Time Turkey EAS in Blue Mountain Traditions Vanish
The piece laments the loss of the turkey cat and related Pennsylvania Dutch rural customs once thriving in the Blue Mountain region of Pennsylvania. It recalls log cabins, woodmen families, and a feast featuring roasted wild turkey, paan has, head cheese, rye bread, and dancing, now fading as old occupations vanish and laws change. The article notes the last remnants of these traditions, including the apple cut and quilting bee, fading into memory.
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Blue Mountain
Pennsylvania
Schuylkill
Juniata
New York Sun
Poem in the wastebasket spurs a editor’s quick fix
The editor asks a boy to check a rustling sound in the wastebasket. He discovers a poem described as a passion throbbin. The editor jokes to pour water on it and drop it out the window since the building isn’t insured.
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Kansas Independent
Uncle Zeke and Jed on Cheap Riding in Chicago
A humorous snippet from the Chicago Tribune recalls Uncle Zeke returning from the city bragging about riding twenty miles on a street car for four nickels while Uncle Jed touts a year ago free rides to the top of town’s tallest building.
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Zeke
Jed
Chicago Tribune
Automatic Intelligence on the Football Field
An old player recalls a 19th century Annapolis game between Columbia and the Naval Academy. A Columbia quarterback was kicked in the head yet finished the match in a trance like state. On the train home he asked the score, revealing his actions were subconscious and later discussed in Columbia psychology courses.
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Annapolis
Columbia
Naval Academy
New York
New York Sun
Turner Masterpiece Rain Steam and Speed in London Gallery
The essay recounts Ruskin’s tale via Lady Simon about Turner's Rain Steam and Speed. A Great Western railway journey from Exeter to London reveals the painting’s origin and the narrator's pivotal recognition of the eyes in the scene. Helen Zimmern retells the anecdote in Metropolitan Magazine.
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Turner
London National Gallery
Ruskin
Simon
Great Western Railway
Exeter
London
Bristol
Tre
Academy
Great Western
Helen Zimmern
Metropolitan Magazine
Boiled Chicken Mold with Salt Pepper and Butter
Prepare two chickens by boiling until tender then remove bones and finely chop the meat. Season with salt pepper and butter, add enough cooking liquid to moisten, mold and chill. Turn out when firm and slice for serving.
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Zoston Post
The Crafty Spider and the Debt Payment Fable
A northern Nigeria folk tale tells of a spider who borrows 2000 cowries from five creditors the cat dog hyena leopard and lion. He hides them under a calabash and pays each with a ruse until the last, after a deadly struggle, the spider remains unscathed and is nicknamed Mali wayo the crafty one.
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Nigeria
Spider
Maliwayo
Praying Time Grabs Five-Year-Old For Breakfast Remark
A five year old boy interrupts grace at breakfast and, gravely noting the danger, says he only says prayers at night. The remark reflects a child’s view on prayer timing and routine.
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Grace
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H. W. Wagner
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Craig
Turkey
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Cato
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