07 Feb 1907
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Newspaper
Audubon County Journal
Location
Exira, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1907
Page
1
Saturday chill marks season’s coldest period with numerous local visits sales and personal notes. residents like Frank Guidinger A. Guernsey Henry Wolf and Carr ie Turner share visits while others move, sell stock or take up new roles, and a large sale near Extra draws attention to livestock and real estate activity.
Notice warns that all persons found on the premises after a date will be prosecuted. Named individuals include Samuel Weaver, Soren Madsen, H. F. Zinke, F. Daweon, Samuel Beers, Clark Gray, Sherm Peppera. Ad offers 5 percent optional, beer terms, and quick work with wages 300 to 500 dollars monthly. Outfit furnished, no experience needed. References First National Bank, National Care Company, Box 45, Algonnyown.
A Department of Agriculture filing certifies Jell O and Jell O Ice Cream Powder as strictly pure and compliant with the National Pure Food Law. Serial number 14 covers all wholesale and retail grocers handling the products, praised in official circles for integrity and wholesomeness.
The note recalls a preacher’s upcoming wedding on the string and lists church activities. Ladies' Aid Society meets Friday afternoon at the parsonage with full attendance urged. New hymn books are welcomed for the Exirm church and may lead to future provision.
A few Oxford Down Rams are offered for sale with delivery arranged before March 15. The notice mentions contact through Anguet Scott Hig Rick and the Continental Incur ance Company with Agt THEO PATTY. It also promotes sending ten cents for a copy of Humorist and instructs readers to address Humorist Publisher in St. Louis Missouri.
The New Nonpareil Company of Council Bluffs, a major local business, employs about 100 people year round with the largest payroll in the city. It publishes two daily editions, morning and evening, and added 30 workers on May 1, 1906 raising payroll by around 33 percent. The paper serves Council Bluffs and western Iowa, delivering rapid, reliable news to families and farmers alike.
A fragment invites readers to attend Friday evening February 1 to hear a male quartet perform a lively music entertainment. The note appeals to lovers of good music and promises an engaging showcase.
A collage of curious facts and anecdotes from historical notes: ancient glass use in ornaments, Moscow horse laws, a baptism memory, Oregon land withdrawals for forest reserves, linguistic wordplay, Lake Superior fish catches, a 306 year old tortoise in New York, a poetic tale of gossip, and assorted social, political, and cultural tidbits. The miscellany includes Austria Australia progress, Chicago scarlet fever cases, and President McKinley birthday observances with flower symbolism, plus various curiosities about embroidery attributed to Mary Queen of Scots, vanilla bean prices, revenue and transport notes, and a Tehuantepec railroad opening accelerating Pacific ships.
The text notes early hydraulic knowledge reaching a peak before Christ. It cites nine Roman aqueducts feeding Rome about fifty cubic feet per day per inhabitant, with five additional aqueducts and more baths in the second century. It also mentions Babylon temples rising seven stories and palaces with two hundred rooms around 800 years B C.
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