Ruraldene Parades for Peter Grant in Witty Debates
In Ruraldene a satirical campaign unfolds with a mock card campaign and a playful skit about commuter life. The town hosts a parade led by Peter Grant supporters, featuring Zouaves and the Martha Grant League of Helping Hands, concluding with a fireworks finale and a sharp jab at Uncle Peter’s campaign finances.
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Gray
Peter
Bill Gray
Bunch Jefferson
Peter Grant
Conrad Puffenslotz
Martha Grant
Conrad
Lady Friends
Hank
Lizzie Joyce
William Gray
Lizzie
Barney Doolin
Man
William
Gaba Malone
the Rivers Side
Conrad Puttenslotz
Uncle Peter
G. W. Dillingham Co
Boneset Tea Scandal Unfolds In Strange House Visit
Beaver family hosts a tea party using boneset tea, a claimed cure-all misused as a family remedy. The drink sours the gathering as guests, including Doctor Biggs and a banker, overindulge in sugar and cake. The wife realizes Hilda has brewed the bitter boneset, turning a social visit into a comic caution.
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John Henry Beaver
Beaver
Jamprett
Mrs. Beaver
Beever
Doctor Biggs
Hilda
Out of All Comes Hope Quote by Nelie Tate
Hope is emancipation with possibility or realization and an inherent feeling in mankind. It is a divine provision for sustenance of life, a chord that strikes pleasant future desires and the sunshine after storms. It cheers the way and brightens the present cloud as an antidote to misery.
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Nelie Tate
Museum Muses on Bearded Woman Rough House
The manager asks for thoughts on last night’s rough house by a bearded woman. The Skeleton responds that he always believed she was a perfect lady.
Afraid of a Bath in a Nighttime Sleep Talk
Weary-Say Tim resists bathing fears, declaring he would not sleep near a river. He recalls a past incident where he woke and walked into a river, prompting his aversion to baths and water at night.
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Tim
A Misnomer Stormy Meeting of the Noises Society
A bystander notes a stormy gathering inside as a policeman mentions a meeting of the Society for the Prevention of Unnecessary Noises. The exchange humorously suggests the club’s formal name contrasts with the loud scene inside.
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the Society For the Prevention of
Thirteen Ward Champion Remains Unrecognized by Stranger
An elder questions a boy about his name while the youth proudly claims the fame of being the Thirteen ward’s forty-five pound champion, highlighting a moment of recognition or its absence in a local scene.
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Thorteenth Ward
Nothing Dumb About It Tramp Scene Hinting Illness
A dialogue fragment shows a tramp declaring sickness while a woman questions it. The exchange centers on alleged ailment and the possibility of being unable to speak about it, hinting at a dramatic or comic confrontation. No clear characters or setting beyond the two speakers.
Abstracts of Title a Specialty Iowa
Abstracts of title specialty firm listing at 616 Chestnut Street Iowa with Dr C L Campbell physician surgeon offices Gillespie Building room 6 and Musson phone numbers for office and residence plus Paul Gillespie architect at 457 Atlantic Green Iowa including Musson phone and location details
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4Th and
Chestnut
John H. Wood
U. Wood Co
W. Savory
Sta. Atlantic
Iowa
Max Emmiert
I. D
Fifth Street
Musson 299
Musgon Ey Bellatt
Dr. R. A. Gamble Opera House
Musson
Black Bell
Atlantic
C. L. Campbell
Gillespie Building
G.R. Miller
Butte
Paul Gillespie
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John Henry Makesa
Holiday
Uncle Pater
Josh
Bunch
Ruraldene Palladium
Ruraldene
Waters
Mayor Grant
John Henry
Mirabel
Claudius
Goosedipper
Salt Lake City
Bangor
Maine
Panama Canal
Spartacus
Augustus Appius
Insomniahurst
R. R
Gladiolus
Carshy
New York
Wiam
Sousa
John Henry Home Guards
George Washington
Pete Grant
Lamprett
Amelia
Museum
MUSES
Chas. A. Grubb
T. B. Swan
J. B. Rockafellow
Wood & Savery
D. O. Herbert
East Fifth Street
C. G. Clark
Chas. D. Finley
Chestnut Street
Dr. A
Mullins
Opera House
W.C. Heers
Smiley
Green
Owia
J. A. Giffen
C. Thurman Furniture Company
W. M. Bailey
Ball
Bt Atlantic
Butler
M. H. Butler
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