Lewis News Local Trades and Tales in Atlantic Area
Davis firm advertises a complete teacher's Bible for one dollar and crokinole boards at 1.25. Friday trips report F B Van Ornam and A B Sims in Atlantic, families visiting, and Miss Ethel Smith visiting Audubon with Dr. Brooks. Sheep price to A Hillier at 450, local health notes on Ellis, Davis holiday trade strong, and incidents include Ed Woodward fracturing a wrist at sock yards.
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F. B. van Ornam
Atlantic
A. B. Sims
Miases Woodward
B. B. Lynch
D. F. Casad
Davis
Lewis
Ethel Smith
Audubon
A. L. Brooks
A. ¥. Hillier
Jennie Roush
Local notes recount farm, travel and social events
Brown Bros sold ten steers for more than expected while Chas Murnan aided by Robi Burckbaker engages in cattle work. C B Halasy plans to move to California in spring and Herman Kerchoff visits family from Streater Ill. Iva Pennell visits Atlantic and skates on the river. W E Palmer heads to Indiana for a future trip while Mrs Harris starts a bank position. Various town activities follow including a late train from Griswold, a Prof. Gale entertainment, a Grane shooting match, church trees, an orchestra dance and Masonic meeting. August Herman ships household goods to Utah. Clarence Jones buys a wild horse. Disbrow buys baking powder and dishes. Dr Harris returns from Grinnell improving. Local lodge attendees from Lewis, Rev Kneady’s Hampden trip, soldier lecture by Prof Arnold on the Philippines, Duncan the blind tuner, church fair with booths, popcorn, aprons and supper. Special music by polyphone and Griswold Mandolin Club. Strong emphasis on community gatherings, travel, and commerce.
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Church of Christ
Opera
Griswold Mandolin Club
A Breezy Time at the Opera House Presented this Saturday
Amusements note announces Fitz and Webster's company will perform A Breezy Time at the Opera House on Saturday December 28. The review says the show aims to amuse with clever specialty acts, pretty girls, music, and jokes with no moral or social message. The cast excels in talent and timing, delivering a humorous, lighthearted program with several novelties and a grand cake walk.
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Fitz and Webster
Opera House
Marshall News: Smith F. F. Stevenson Testifies in Sanderson Case
In Marshall Michigan on December 19 a Detroit chemist named Smith F. F. Stevenson testified that he fed three dogs ground powdered glass and ate it himself to show the glass did not hurt them. He said the glass caused no injury, despite three dogs’ intestines showing no laceration.
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Withem
Marshall
Mich
Smith F. F. Stevenson
Detroit
Sanderson
Stevenson
New Great South American Kidney Cure Promises Quick Relief
Belief in six hours claims a remarkable cure for kidney and bladder disease. The advertisement touts rapid relief of pain in the bladder kidneys and back for men and women and says retention of water ends almost immediately. Sold by F Parsons & Co Druggists Atlantic Iowa.
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F. Parsons & Co
Atlantic
Iowa
WORKING WOMEN AND PRINCE OF PRESCRIPTION
A period ad parodies class and gender in 19th century medicine. It asserts Pierce’s Favorite Prescription helps both maid and mistress at the same price, urging working women to write to J R Pierce in Buffalo for confidential guidance. It claims a long cure record and avoids local exams.
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Pierce
J. R. V. Pierce
Buffalo, Y
Kansas Volunteer Ends His Life in Torna
Frank McFadden, member of company A, Twentieth Kansas, reportedly died by morphine for a personal crisis. He had served in the Philippines as assistant manager of the Manila military railway and was the son of ex City Clerk S. B. McFadden, a Civil War veteran.
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Kansas
Torna
Frank McFadden
Philippines
Manila Military Railway
McFadden
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