Oakfield and Brayton Community Notes and Local Auction
Oakfield Brayton area business and social updates include church services at Fish Baptist with Sunday preaching and Sunday school, local stock shipments, visitors, and many small-town movements. The Elkhorn nine played a closer game with Oakfield, while H.H. & HW. Co. took frontier horses to Guthrie for sale. Samuel Findley Donnel, aged 75, died in Oakfield. funeral held July 15. Chamber Stomach and Liver Tablets recommended by Mrs. Mollie Allen for digestion and bilious attacks.
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Thompson and Son
Franklin- Davis
Kees Hallock
Childdren
Mae
Pearl
Jenkins
H.H. & HW. Company
Guthrie County
Ohio
Mollie Allen
South Fork
Nick Dotting & Co
Dressed Turkeys and a Liquor Tainted Orchard Tale
A Miss Blake in Calvert county, Missouri, fed turkeys soaked prune decoction from sunken jars, causing the birds to become stupor then eat each other. Neighbors witnessed the scene as the remaining birds wandered hairless, later soothed by blankets and adult care.
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Sallie Marie
Calvert County
Mil
Miss Blake
Hannel
Miss Drake
Youti
Revenge by Rice and Monkeys in India Folklore
A friend recalls a tale from Indian villages explaining a cunning revenge ritual. Villagers sprinkle rice on enemy roofs provoking monkeys to swarm, eating surface grains and tearing away shingles to expose and remove roots, leaving the foe unable to punish the schemer.
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Qaver Hevenge
Aki
Qiler
India
Birth patterns show season and time trends in families
The report notes January, March, February, April and October as peakbirth months with births spread across midnight to morning and morning to noon. It also cites wealth-based class differences predicting higher birth counts among middle and poor families and a general tilt toward male births among young couples and female offspring among older parents.
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Here
Onler
Unn
Hoon
Gelovk
Hunting Morse Training in Sewell Ford’s Horses Nines
The text describes a hunting horse trainee named Pastor learning saddle feel and hound cues, mastering a long easy lope, and gaining balance for jumps. As his skill grows he clears ditches and jumps, leading the chase from dawn to noon, before being sent to a Virginia tobacco planter seeking a new hunter with Arab blood.
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Sewell Ford
Pastor
Virginia
Couldn't Find Rosa in the Gallery Mystery
A young visitor studies a painting in an art gallery and, after reading the inscription, voices confusion about the words. The scene captures a mother asking for the boy's reaction and his candid reply that he does not understand the inscription though he sees horses and a girl in the scene.
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Rosa
Chicago Post
Clews galore slow detectives in murder inquiry
Cleveland Plain Dealer quotes a quip about murder clues. The dialogue contrasts abundant leads with the impracticality of pursuing them all, reflecting a witty take on detective work and decision paralysis.
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Clene
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Brick Track Roads Also May Last for Years Says Advocate
A New York Herald summary quotes Hon. Martin Dodge urging brick track roads built with convict labor as a cheap durable alternative to stone roads. Proponents claim lower costs, reduced wear, and long lifespan, with plans for wide national use aided by convict labor and drainage improvements.
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Martin Dodge
Bureau of Publ
New York Herald
Savige
Albany
Schenectady
N.Y
Butate
Mnmarket
Office of Public Rod
Review of Reviews
United States
Hiillside
Highway Improvement Efforts Across States
States are boosting road funding and construction through bonds and annual appropriations while national groups press for better highways. New Jersey boasts the best roads. Missouri faces severe impassability. The National Good Roads Association advocates expansion guided by leaders Moore and Richardson, with widespread local and state involvement.
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New Jersey
Missouri
Horsemansey
United States
Nine Nations
Good Roads Dsanctarions
Naom! Good Roads Associatid
W. H. Moore
Ik W. Richardson
Oklahoma
Minnesota
Connecticut
Indiana
California
Rhode Taland
Ennsetwamie
Tadiana
Pennsyten Lt
Nowda
Lecadaohests A I 20 Minutes By Dr Am s Pispice
A distorted OCR fragment mentions a 20 minute period linked to a Dr. Am s Pispice Moun ears dine, but the readable text is unclear and lacks verifiable details or identifiable entities.
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Lecadaohests
Dr Ams
Pispice
Dr. King's New Life Pills End Painful Distress
An advertisement touts Dr. King's New Life Pills as relief for dizziness backache liver complaints and constipation. It claims gentle but thorough action and is guaranteed by Nick Coffing Co a druggist, with a curious literary aside from the Washington Star excerpt.
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Dr. King
Onk “Sc
Nick Coffing Co
Unknown Quirks At Ondermand Vessel
Fragmentary dialogue mentions a vessel in a harbor and a curiosity scene. Names and places are unclear but suggest a local feature or misread text. Readable elements indicate a discussion about a vessel and a harbor setting without clear events or outcomes.
Boy Cured of Colic After Physician's Treatment Had Failed
Four year old boy suffered colic and cramps. after a morphine injection failed to help, a half teaspoon of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was given. Within an hour he slept and soon recovered. Endorsed by F. L. Wilkins, Shell Lake Wisconsin. sold by Nick Dofing & Co.
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Chamberlain
F. L. Wilkins
Shell Lake
Wis
Mr. Wilkins
Shell Lake Lumber Co
Nick Dofing & Co
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