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Newspaper
Audubon County Journal
Location
Exira, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1901
Page
5
Oakfield Brayton brief highlights include social calls, shop updates, and a community dance. Townsfolk report illnesses, farm moves, sales, and preparations for valentines. a moving entertainment and a large crowd at the Brayton hall mark a lively period amid travel, illness, and local commerce.
The Bergton Bank, established by Pollock Brothers, was transferred and sold amid changes in management. Van Gorder and McDaniel with Delahoyde are named in the reshuffle while deposits and business volumes are noted as steady. The event alters local banking but promises continuity of service for Brayton and surrounding communities.
An archive ad extols Benson’s Plaster as universally superior to rivals like Porons and Capsicum. It claims wide recognition by 5,000 physicians and druggists, top awards in tests, and global familiarity with the Ames name as honesty. It promotes nationwide orders via Seabury & Johnson, with prices in gold or favorable terms.
A Sydney Bulletin excerpt recounts a man who, after a long spell of eating only mutton, develops a stutter and strong aversion to boiled meat, reacting with a comical, frustrated outburst at a hotel dinner table. The fragment highlights his exhausted humor and stubborn choice.
A Vienna paper recounts painter Makart at a dinner where he sat for an inconsequential portrait in silence. The anecdote notes Moltke’s eight taciturn entourage and Josephine Gallemeyer’s growing impatience as she questioned the master about his meaning.
In a brief Philadelphia Times item a man named Aingpton Jou is told he spoke too much as a bird flies away. The quirky note hints at a fablelike moment where a talking owl signals a miscue in timing and chatter.
Fragmentary text notes dates as healthful for children and mentions Abyssinian warriors and a king with escort. The source is garbled with unclear context and names. The readable portion emphasizes fruit and dates as healthful for kids and hints at a royal escort motif.
Iowa items note Nellie B. Pierce of Cedar Falls chosen as president of the Woman's Institute corps at the annual meeting in Des Moines in June with strong statewide support. Also reported: Dr Croffont arrested for murder after a fatal shooting near Des Moines, and teacher examination dates set by the state board with diplomas issued to six. A child death at West Bend from a shotgun accident is described, along with Towertown honors program and political maneuvers in Des Moines and Washington. Barker arraigned in New Jersey on murder charge. held without bail as victim Keller remains seriously ill.
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