Local Miscellany Highlights and Community Notes
Local items include Hawes hats at Tilden's and a wall paper line by LoveuRAN and Bauer. Promotions for syrups, corsets, and Cream of Wheat at Kooser Co, with Church talks, Decoration day planning, and school board updates. Several local moves, repairs, and social events are noted, plus farm sales, and a car crash injury report.
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Grand Army
Relief Corps
Odd Fellow’s Temple
Yarley Sheldon
Geo. H. Maxwell
M. Hemstreet
L. M. Sisson
G. Lee
J. BE. Judge
F. H. Munn
Parley Sheldon
Thomas Thompson
J. M. Gilbert
Rev. Nye
M. E. Church
General Lincoln
Rovur
Tilden’s. Try
J. B. Kooser & Co
New in design fall fashion items at our counters
Rich in color effects, new neckwear shapes, fine hosiery and lighter underwear premiere in the store. Men’s shirts in Madras and Percales, negligee shirts in cream white Phoenix flannel, silk Mohair, and imported silk Mohair. Juvenile dress shirts, teens, and children’s shoes and gloves in multiple styles. Dress goods in black broadcloth, voiles, and grenadines, with special weekly values. Hosiery and parasols, ribbon ranges, and a broad sale on silk taffetas and sashes. Black Cat hosiery noted for value and quality, with family-friendly prices across sizes.
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Madras
Phoenix
Cdvicuie
Cay Pak Siees
Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin praised by Monticello dealer
Konighteville Indiana April 22 1898 letter from G H H Came extols Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin as the best selling laxative and physic he has offered, noting customers repeatedly return for more. Product sold by Ls M Bosworth. Ping Pong scarves at Tildep.
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Dr. Caldwell
L. M. Bosworth
Konighteville
Ind
Pepsin Syrup Co
Monticello
G. HH
Ls M. Bosworth
France's Red Ribbon Frays as Honor Loses Luster
A Parisian vanished and the police asked how to identify him. The reply: he does not wear the Legion of Honor ribbon, underscoring how freely the medal has been distributed in France and how it no longer marks a standout achievement.
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No. 10
Boone
Legion of Honor
France
Six Year Old Girl Healed By White Wine of Tar Syrup
A Clarksville Missouri reader praises White Wine of Tar Syrup for a six year old daughter with a sore throat and severe cough. The remedy, taken as directed, led to rapid improvement and full recovery. Recommendation extends to others. sold at Cove Pharmacy. HANAN shoes at Tildens.
Missing Word Contest Imitation Sparks Household Hilarity
Mrs Droptin exclaims in dismay as Mr Sputter imitates a missing word contest without actual words. Mrs Splutter defends the playful gag. The playful exchange appears in the Columbus Ohio State Journal.
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Mrs. Droptin
Mr. Sputter
Mrs. Splutter
Columbus O. State Journal
His Various Vocations and the Plowin Voting Baptizin
An Atlanta Constitution remark cites an old time darky describing how he subsists during tight times by doing a little plowing a little voting and a little baptizing. The quote reflects racial language and attitudes of the era.
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Atlanta Constitution
Preventing dangerous Whooping Cough consequences
Jessie Pinkey Hall of Springville Alabama recounts using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to care for three children including a three month old baby during whooping cough last summer. She claims all kept their plumpness and recovered healthier than peers whose parents did not use the remedy, while noting her oldest girl would call Justify for cough syrup between fits. Remedy sold by all druggists.
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Jessie Pinkey Hall
Springville
Ala
Reliable Goods and Spring Line Offers
It has always been our rule to sell reliable goods and provide satisfactory service at reasonable prices. We guarantee the lowest possible price for the desired article. If you thought you needed clothes made to measure, come here and we’ll change that idea. Spring Suits $7.50 up. Monarch shirts 50¢ to $1.50. See our spring straw hats.
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Monarch
Bliffkins Praises His Smarts Cited as Failing
A San Francisco Bulletin quotation notes Bliffkins repeatedly boasts of his intelligence. The item frames this self-praise as his core flaw and contrasts it with a counterpoint that his achievements or actions do not exceed such claims. The excerpt centers on vanity and self-importance.
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Bliffkins
San Francisco Bulletin
At the Wrong Shop
A patient laments insomnia yet reports constant hunger and tireless work. The doctor quips that the patient should see a veterinarian, implying a humorous misfit or ailment and a comic misunderstanding.
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New York Times
A Sure Thing
A New York Herald item quotes a social exchange about a man’s engagement. The dialogue centers on whether the suitor, who has proposed, is aware of the sister’s wealth and the implications for the marriage. The brief remark captures a candid, gossip tone from a bygone era.
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New York Herald
Secret It Is Often Asked How Each Startling Cure
The advertisement touts Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption and throat and lung diseases. It claims to cut phlegm and infected mucus, enrich blood with oxygen, and heal inflamed throats and lungs. It promises relief for hard colds and stubborn coughs with bottles at 50c and $1.00, trial bottles free at L. M. Bosworth's.
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Dr. King
L. M. Bosworth’s
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HH. Ll. Mirummnmn & Son
Hawes
Tilden’s
Loveuran & Bauer
Loughran & Bauers
Nick
Novelty
J. B. Strigerwalt
A. M. Perkins
Castine Shadows
The
Christian Church
Christian Endeavor
C. H. Seccombe
Congregational Church
St. Pierre
Baptist Church
Frank Bellamy
Raton
New Mexico
Des Moines
Methodist
Tuer Brotherhood of American Yeomen
Fanny Perkins
Burmah
Methodist Church
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society
Epworth League
Barrett
Claude Campbell
Ames
A. R. Swisher
Iowa City
Iowa
National College of Law
Nashville
Tenn
Frank Cameron
Robert Cairns
Livre
Claude Sellers
J. C. Campbell
Mr. Loughran
Hauser
Freeland
Brinty Shull
Jonny Allen
Len Morris
John
Martha Herrick
Jean Gilchrist
Story County
Frank Dippo
Belle Plaine
Clinton
Lynne McDowell
Sioux City
Carroll
Thompson & Graves
Hoyt
Gilbert
Fred Tilden
Illinois
Darrow
Drs. D. M
Jennie Christ
Douglass Street
Cramoplit
Frappe
Clover Club
Rose McLain
Beulah Bingham
Tilden
S. J
Rour
Eine Hunnewell
Dan F. Bradley
D. D
Iowa College
O. O. Smith
Groree Tallman
Charles Tallman
L. Nye
Perry
A. H. Macer
Jessie Person
C. H. Seecombe
BE. W. Beck
Coca Cola Company
Atlanta
Coca Cola
Fred Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Tilden's
Tornent
Kintzley’s
Pesuak
E.C. Macey
St. Paul
Fred. Tilden
Mr. Macey
Great Western
Chamberlain
Java
Ewes
Pryd
Ccc
Oxford
New York
Noge Disg- Bie Cos
Bps
New England
National Woman’s Consumers League
Minnesota
Thompson & Taylor
Tilden Bros
D. H. Groves
M. E
Clarksville, Mo
the Cove Pharmacy
Hanan Shoes
L. O. Keedick
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