Harvest Picnic and Local News Across Story County
Story County items report Henry Helvig and Amanda Thompson attending a harvest picnic in Ames, Miss Thompson visiting a football game, and Marie Hegland returning home with Henry. Other notes cover Guy Curtiss taking a civil engineering post near Waterloo, S. Hanson selling his elevator and grain business to Atlas Grain Co, town caucus results in Ada City, a Zearing depot burglary, and family milestones from Ayrshire to Collins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Helvig
Amanda Thompson
Ames
Thompson
Marie Hegland
Henry
Roland Record
S. Hanson
Elever
Atlas Grain Co
Chicago
Chamberlain Cough Remedy Praised For Sleep Relief
W. S. Brockman of Bagwell Missouri touts Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy after three years of bronchitis and sleep loss. He credits his wife with obtaining the product and reports complete relief. The note adds the medicine is available through all druggists.
Old People Have Their Troublies
Mr. Francis Little of Banton Harbor Michigan is over eighty and long troubled by indigestion and constipation. Since 1865 he tried many remedies until using Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets last August. He reports after three boxes he is well and that the tablets improve appetite and energize the stomach liver and bowels. Sold by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Little
Banton Harbor
Mich
Bhe
Chamberain
Confession letter touts tar syrup for lung relief
A letter to a Sir recounts using a white wine tar syrup and claims significant lung benefits, praising the remedy and recommending it to others with respiratory issues. Signed by A. M. Homparey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Homparey
Jealous Wife Discovers Husband With Hired Man
A Fayette woman suspected her husband kissed the hired girl. Saturday night she crept into the dark kitchen with a shawl over her head, saw him enter, and was surprised when the hired man kissed her. She struck a match and confronted the couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette
Salisbury
Kan
The milkman and the pump cow ruse
A farmer jokes that the pump is the best milk cow after he finds a cache of car rots turnips and parsnips piled by the pump. Pat answers with a pun about the old pump being the best milk cow after all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat
Farm Journal
Gossip and Straw Man Debate Sparks on Perkinses
A short exchange in the Washington Times features Mrs Abel-Hlow and Mrs Cuttle arguing about Mrs Perkins and Mrs Cain-Neither. They scorn gossip yet acknowledge Mrs Cuttle’s remarks as “awfully interesting” about the Perkinses.
What a Man Thinks a Woman Matters in Time
A quotation from the Indianapolis News notes a young man at twenty values beauty while a man at thirty values loquacity, and by forty he thinks only of himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis News
Danforth's Finest Confectionery At Service
A brief note praising the Danforth's establishment for best confectionery and attentive service at the Danforth's venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danforth’s
Notice of Will Probate in Iowa District Court
An instrument on file seeks to prove the last will of L N Poage. A probate hearing is set for November 10, 1902, or the October term at Nevada Iowa. Interested parties must show cause why the instrument should not be accepted as the decedent's will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Iowa, Story Co
District Court
L. N. Poage
Nevada
Said
C. M. Soper
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Mery
Buck
Buck’s
Story County Newslets
Guy Curtiss
Waterloo
Illinois Central
Fort Dodge
Nevada Journal
Ada City
E. H. Mook
E. J. Penfield
J. R. Larson
W. O. Payne
G. W. Shugart
A. V. R Boller
A.S. Alderman
Zearing
Bromley
MrCallsbury Tribune
McCreary
Ayrshire
James McCreary
Hancock County
Ill
Daugh
Oklahoma
Ventana
Jas MecQuistion
Lil‘McQuiston
Collins Liberator
Nelson Bros
F. W. Shultis
Shultis
Cambridge Dispatch
Leona
F. T. Calkins
Drs. Brown and Dotson
Rennes
France
Lormandiere
Des Moines
St. Paul-Minneapolis
North-Western
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Pullman
Baptist Church
Trilla, Cales Co
Coye Pharmacy
A. & C. Railway
A. M
P.M
Wes
M. K. Smith
W. M. Greeley
H. Westerman
Geo. E. Baker
Chicago & Northwestern
Overland Lim
Portland
Atlantic Express
Omaha & Chee Ae
the Mail
Chicago Express
Overland
Lim
Pacific Express
Ves South
Ocedar Rapids
Omaha Pass
Carroll Mail & Express
Des Moines & Dakota
Des Moine
Dakota
Artwaies
Rogers
Great Western
Dubuque
St. Pau
St. Joseph
Leavenworth
Kansas City
J. Brooks
Corbin & Walnut Streets
Iowa
Webster
Webster’s International
Story County
Boone County
Palo Alto County
Winnebago County
Calhoun County
South Dakota
Brown County
Spink County
North Dakota
Burleigh County
Dickey County
Canada
Assiniboia
Minnesota
Wright County
Sherbourne County
Dayton & Wiggins Real Estate Agents
Kodaks and
Kodak Supplies
L. M. Bosworth
UST
Waseca White Rose
W. Adams
Grocrey
Colgate
Judisch
Brox Pharmacists
Parley Sheldon
Pres
F. H. Schreiter
t.Cash
Story County Bank
Western National Bank
New York
Kinautle, Kachod & Kahne
First National Bank
Marshalltown
Des Moines Savings Bank
Surance
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