Brayton and Exira notes on livestock and local business
Oakfield township reports a spree of trips and sales with hogs cattle and wood moving between Brayton Exira Atlantic and Omaha. Local trades include railcar shipments, a new boiler at Oakfield Creamery, a Brayton school term, a funeral, a soda fountain addition, and social events that aid families in need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom McGovern
Exira
Volmar Hansen
Brayton
Hallock
Omaha
Ir Peter Beck
Atlantic
John Bergh
Chicago
Green Bay Limber Yard
Doctor Koob
Grate Campbell
Extra
I. B. Heath
F. B. Heath
Buckley
Oakfield Township Creamery Company
They Grush the Powers and the Threat of Winter
An October notice recalls a harsh past winter of 1900 1901 with deadly cold and widespread suffering. It warns that rain frost and snow are coming and suggests Hanson’s Porous Plasters as a remedy claimed to soothe and heal. The reader is urged to prepare for severe conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tork
Hanson
Benson's Plasters Scarce Remedy Admired in Ad
An energetic ad extols Benson's Plasters as superior for coughs colds backache rheumatism lumbago kidney and liver troubles. It warns to buy only genuine plasters from Seabury Johnson Mfg Chemists New York and promises postage on request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benson
United States
Sceach
Seabury & Johnson, Mfg. Chemists
N.Y
One Minute Cough Cure Endorsed by Postmaster Dawson
A vintage advertisement touts One Minute Cough Cure as a safe, fast remedy for colds coughs and throat and lung troubles. It features a testimonial from Postmaster Dawson praising its effectiveness and a claim that it wards off severe sickness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saya
CO. Dawson
Nick Dofling & Co
Motherhood Trial Sparks Whispered Family Tension
A fragment suggests a tense family moment with a mother addressing her daughter and a grandmother noted in the exchange, hinting at hidden histories within the household dynamics. The line implies perceived complicity or judgment regarding labor or “dirtier” work in domestic life.
DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve Boosts Healing Claims
An Old World advertisement touts DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve for wounds burns bruises and gunshot injuries claiming rapid relief and healing. Testimonial from Nick Dofting & Co mentions a longstanding leg wound cured after trying the salve. Beware of counterfeits and misattributed claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
Unser
Nick Dofting & Co
Stued Streit Over Armies A German And An American Debate
In a Stuiss hotel parlor a German and an American argued the merits of their armies. The German praised discipline and drilled troops, the American valued training but warned brains matter more. The American posed a hypothetical 250000 perfectly drilled Germans landing on shores. the German replied they would bury them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hrainn
Stuiss
Gormat
Germany
Detroit
Mrs Pol Cordier of Mammington Seeks Croup Relief
A letter from Mrs Pol Cordier of Mammington Kentucky describes her three year old girl with a severe croup case. She states a store purchase of FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR provided quick relief after the doctor said the child could not live.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Croup
Pol. Cordier
Mammington
Ahs
FOLEY
Nick Offing & Co
Harvard Man Fists Duelist Over Slap in Paris
An American Harvard guest in Paris offends a club member who slaps him. The Harvard man dodges a duel by striking, and Asa Maab knocks the Frenchman down breaking his nose. weeks later the Frenchman challenges. The American picks baseball as weapon and wounds the nose again, ending any duel prospect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uuring
Harvard
Paris
Asa Maab
Prenchman
Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy Story
Mrs Mia of Mt. Crawford Va credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with saving her son's life after severe cramps and near collapse. After three doses the boy regained consciousness and recovered within a day. Sold by Fred Franklin & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Mia
Mary Haller
Mt. Crawford
Fred Franklin
Odd Classification in Mexico Ends with Perishable Curiosities
In Mexico the billing of railroad freight requires precise knowledge from years of practice due to tricky classifications and varying duties. A town overrun by troops led authorities to ship them out, using stock cars for tramp removal. The problem of labeling the freight arose, with options like persons or marketable commodities ruled out by law and policy. Customs law later exempted certain curiosities, so the tramps were dispatched as perishable curiosities unfit to eat. Stick To It. Geo. L Heard of High Tower Georgia reports eczema on his baby resolved by Banner Salve after doctors noted its effectiveness. Nick Dofiing & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camond
Mexico
Couniels
Frefehe
Geo. L
High Tower
Georgia
Lita
Nick Dofiing & Co
Nebraska farming pays for farmer stock raiser
Nebraska offers vast opportunities with high land values in settled areas and ample land along the F B M V Y R R line available at reasonable prices. Diversified farming proves successful in established sections, while broad tracts in northern central and western regions remain affordable for purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Real Estate Agents Offer Home Seeker Services
Real estate men on the list promise to place their best offerings before you. They advertise Homeseekers' Ticket and connecting Vines agents to sell for them. Request pamphlets, map folders, and tie information for more details.
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Gable
J. R
Buchanan
Tray
Enc
Fear
Denison
Iuwa
Omaha
Nod
Where Men Eat 10 Live Trappist Monks Diet
Lippincott's notes reveal strict vegetarian Trappist rules on meals. Dinter consists of water boiled vegetables in an earthenware bowl with minimal bread and water as beverage. Supper is bread and water. breakfast likely just water, with two eggs for invalids and an egg at funeral feasts. Monks deny meat even to extreme hunger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lippincott’s
Little Mothers in Japan Tell of Play and Work
In Japan the so called paradise of children is not all play. Little girls care for baby siblings, tucking them in their garments between games. They work and play, singing as the baby tires, lifting it with a unique back jounce while continuing the ball game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Empire of Japan
Lake
A Good Defense Beat by a Witty Twist of Laziness
A club of lazy men fined members for haste. They mocked a renowned lazy doctor racing past in a hurry. When they offered to buy his beer rights, he replied he was not in a hurry but his nine wonited to go fast and he was too long to stop her.
Grand Game in Alaska Hunters Stand Descend on Vast Grounds
Alaska hosts vast hunting grounds home to giant moose the Kodiak brown bear and mountain caribou. The snow white mountain sheep mountain goat and various bears populate the region with the rare glacier bear noted as elusive and never held in captivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
North America
Notable Cork lecturer’s solemn address on parentage
A Cork lecturer opened with a grave remark about parents and offspring and concluded that every person present over fifty has felt these mighty truths thunder through their wind. The speech framed procreation and maturity as universal passages, urging reflection on family and aging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cork
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Oakfield
B. FF. Simpson
Thel
Stillside Farm
John Jenking
Owen Ide
William Clark
James White
Hamlin
H. M. Bartlett
J. ‘T. Jenkins
Rev. Wilcox
Nela Sorenson
Willie Nelson
Peter Gregerson
Ray Heath
South Dakota
Arthur Vail
Charley Vail
Jenkins & Vail
Colfax
Sam Scharff
Lafe Koob
Highland Church
Doctor and
John Koob
H. S. Wattles
Pennsylvania
New York State
Frank Basham
George Cannon
John J. Hensley
Fallon Jonson & Thompson
J.P. Bendixon
Nick Poulsen
Wm. Buckley
Audubon
John Cotton
Colorado
Henry Burton
Fred Edmundson
George Doyle
George Breakenridge
Snfant
Foda
Fred Branklin & Company
Edna Pearson
Oakfield Township
Smoky Hill District
Green Bay Lumber Company
P. Heron
Hardwick
Sam Howlett
Carrara
Nis Sonensen
Sarah Griffith
Leah Griffith
Frank Nelson
Mesdames
Calvin Dinick Milt Parrott
Frank Heath
Anita
Mra
Sam Wudd
Jena N. Christofferson
L. J. Cogswell
Chehalis
Washington
Hang M. Hansen
Hans
Washington State
Ruby Pearson
John Sarah
Ruby
Fred Bennett
Mra. Heath
Mra. Bennett
Geo. I. Hough
Peter Jacobsen
Williamsburg
Virginia
Ohio
Kelly School
Anthor Anderson
Rd. Coleman
Five Mile Grove
G. A. Heath
Bunpixen Company
Oaksfield Bridge
M. Parrott
Audubon County
Bendixen Company
Rayton, Iowa
Uneeda
Vational Biscuit Company
Vic Gearheart
Ani
Iowa
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