Local Miscellany and Community Notices
Local items include Hawes hats at Tilden's and new wall paper lines by Loveuran and Bauer. The Novelty Store advertises corsets and waists. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is sold by L M Bosworth. Cream of Wheat at 95 cents from J B Kooser & Co. Community events feature sermons, meetings, scholarships, Decoration day planning, and a box social by the Brotherhood of American Yeomen.
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Dr. Caldwell
L. M. Bosworth
J. B. Kooser & Co
Brotherhood of American Yeomen
Knightsville
Ind
Pepsin Syrup Co
Monticello
Hil
New designs and colors in neckwear hosiery and slippers
A catalog style list details new design arrivals in neckwear, fine hosiery and lingerie, plus child and baby shoes. It highlights men shirts in Madras and percale, negligee shirts, toe slippers and two strap options. Also notes Black Cat hosiery lines and Misses and children's hose selection.
The Legions of Honor Ribbon Loses Its Luster
A Parisian disappears and confounds police by lacking the Legion of Honor ribbon. The tale suggests the honor is so common that the absence of the ribbon now marks the man.
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Legion of Honor
France
Six Year Old Daughter Recovered After Tar Syrup Cure
A Clarksville Missouri reader reports a sore throat and persistent cough in a six year old. After using White Wine of Tar Syrup per directions the child improved immediately and recovered. The note praises the medicine and mentions it is sold at Coye Pharmacy.
Missing Word Contest Imitation Sparks Quiet Fuss
Mrs Droptin protests Mr Sputter's imitation in the next room saying the language is dreadful while Mrs Splutter defends it as a playful imitation of a missing word contest. The scene unfolds in Columbus Ohio according to the State Journal.
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Minnesota
Thompson & Taylor
Mrs. Droptin
His Various Vocations
A Atlanta Constitution excerpt recounts a quip from an old time Black man who says he earns a living by plowing voting and baptizing, noting times are tight but he keeps working.
Preventing Serious Whooping Cough With Chamberlain Remedy
A mother recounts her experience with whooping cough and urges prevention. She credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for keeping her three children and baby healthy and plump despite the illness, noting her oldest daughter called for cough syrup between fits. The remedy is sold by druggists.
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Chamberlain
Jessie Pinkey Hall
Springville
Ala
Bliffkins Repeats Claims About His Smart Baby
A San Francisco Bulletin quote mocks Bliffkins for bragging about his own intelligence and his baby’s brains. It dismisses this as his worst failing and notes the speaker’s disbelief at a “good deal” of it.
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Bliffkins
San Francisco Bulletin
At the Wrong Shop
A humorous New York Times quip about insomnia hunger and overwork ends with a physician suggesting the patient consult a veterinarian.
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New York Times
A Sure Thing in New York Herald Dialogue
A short New York Herald exchange notes a man considering whether the suitor knows the sister holds money and confirms the proposal has occurred. The dialogue implies certainty about the engagement within a social vignette.
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New York Herald
Dr Kings New Discovery Cure For Consumption
A vintage patent medicine blurb touts Dr Kings New Discovery as a cure for consumption and lung diseases. It claims to cut phlegm and mucus while enriching the blood with oxygen and healing inflamed throats and lungs. Bottles cost 50 cents and one dollar with free trials at L M Bosworths.
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Dr. King
L. M. Bosworth’s
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Matarim & Son
Hawes
Tilden’s
Loveuran & Bauer
Loughran & Bauers
Nick
J. 8. Steigerwalt
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
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
Grand Army
Relief Corps
Odd Fellow’s Temple
Parley Sheldon
Geo. H. Maxwell
M. Hemstreet
L. M. Sisson
G. Lee
J. E. Judge
F. H. Munn
Thomas Thompson
J. M. Gilbert
Rev. Nye
M. E. Church
General Lincoln
J. S. Roor
Frank Cameron
Robert Cairns
Claude Sellers
J. C. Campbell
Mr. Loughran
Hauser
Freeland
Billy Shall
Johny 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 Ghrist
Douglass Street
Cramblit
Frappe
Clover Club
Rose McLain
Beulah Bingham
H. 8
Tilden
S. J
Rour
S. Eine Hunnewell
Dan F. Bradley
D. D
Iowa College
O. O. Smith
George Tallman
Charles Tallman
Boone
C. L. Nye
Perry
A. H. Mi.lerr
Jessie Person
C. H. Seecombe
Mrs. Miller
KE. W. Beck
Coca Cola Company
Atlanta
Coca Cola
Fred Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Yours
G. H. Came
la M. Bosworth
H. 3. & M. Suits
Prine Pone
Tonneur
Kintzley
Pesuak
E. C. Macey
St. Paul
Fred. Tilden
Mr. Macey
Great Western
No. 10
Monarch
L. O. Keedick
Java
Madras
Urkee
New York
India
New England
National Woman’s Consumers League
Oxford
Tildep’s
D. H. Groves
M. E
Clarksville, Mo
Coye Pharmacy
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