Oakfield Brayton church services and local notices
Oakfield hosts Baptist services with morning preaching at 10 and evening worship at 7. Local items mention Edith Leagan in Elk Horn, many Atlantic visitors, purchases of lumber for farm buildings, livestock sales, social gatherings at the Hallock and Heath homes, and community updates on residents, travel plans, and upcoming events.
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Esbeck & Jensen
Elk Horn
Daniel
Hans Miller
Chris Petersen
Ray Johnson
Extra
Odd Fellows
C. K. Hallock
Atlantic
T. P. Hallock
Oakfield
The Spittle Fly Insect Harm and Remedies
The spittle fly forms a white froth around itself from plant sap and injures pints nutlogs and spicotees if unchecked. It is tender when young and hardens into a skinned hopper. it can be crushed or repelled by fingers or a quassia chip concoction.
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London Times
The Trap in a Chicago Tribune Idiom Q&A
A Chicago Tribune quirky line contrasts a foreigner’s confusion over calling a building a trap for fire with a native’s insistence that a house can catch fire easily. The exchange highlights language idioms and cultural misunderstanding.
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Chicago Tribune
Inadequate Motive in Stogy’s Cigar Theft Case
A fellow arrested for stealing cigars at Stogy’s place was discharged. The prosecutor failed to prove a motive for the theft, and the judge noted the smoker’s habit in the case transcript.
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Howes
Mstogy
Barnes
Lovers quarrel quoted in Smart Set vignette at conservatory
A fragment from Smart Set shows a couple in an argument with one telling the other not to follow into the music room and to wait at a rustic bench in the conservatory. The scene centers on a tense exchange and a decision to pause further dialogue.
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Pin
Brazen Father-What You Say to That Puppy
A terse exchange cited from the San Antonio Express and Atchison Globe notes fashion and manners in everyday life. The line humorously contrasts parental frustration with a dog's stylish appeal and a quip about paint improving a house.
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San Antonio
Palaces of Waters Beneath Constantinople Revealed
A vast submerged hall in Constantinople spans beneath the city with arches and marble pillars. Its origins remain hidden since discovery seventy years ago after arches failed. Tales note another palace of waters built in 1739 under imperial command for a royal wedding, its walls formed of frozen ice.
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Waters
Constantinople
Anne Em Press
Russia
Prince Gallitzin
Farnij
Magnet Finds Needles in a Toy Factory Store
A Philadelphia Record item describes how a dressmaker's staff uses a magnet to sweep a floor for lost tin needles. Workers drop many newdles daily. a quick end of day sweep recovers them, saving time compared with other methods.
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John
Ruth
Philadelphia
Desert Gems in New South Wales Opal Fields
A bushman hunter pursues a wounded kangaroo across salt flats in northwest New South Wales. He follows the food call, searches quickly, then notices a red spot in a stone. It proves to be opal, marking the start of the White Clits opal fields.
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New South Wales
King James' Laat straw at the library table
A staid library scene shows a boy laboring over a smudged page in Greene's Shorter History of the English People. The pen and worn cap illustrate a tense moment as he struggles to decipher a fragmentary line about James I and succession printed in World's Work.
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Public Library
Greene
Adele Marte Shas
Dangeeous Smoking Across Cultures Warned
Early observers describe central American natives using pimento tobacco made from dried berries, causing sore throat and mouth ulcers. South African use of camphor leaf stake provokes fear, tears, and nonsensical expressions. Wild dagga is noted to slowly poison users.
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Central America
South Africa
A Martyr to Etiquette in Antebellum Virginia
A Virginia hostess in the antebellum era endured silent torture during a long dinner to avoid disturbing guests. A hornet under her cape stung as it searched for an outlet, and when coffee was served in the drawing room she had to retire. Fever followed, yet etiquette and hospitality kept her at her post.
Nature's Kindness in a World of Risk
A Washington Star fragment quotes Mr. Dolan and Mr. Traffer discussing luck and nature's provision that makes survival easier. They note that without this beauty in nature, industry would be deadly, underscoring a reflective, era voice on human resilience.
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Mr. Dolan
Mr. Traffer
Ashington Star
Nothing Dangerous About It Stray Stories
A gentleman complains to a coachman about the groois' sccrcity at church attendance. He fears they may attend at least once daily. The coachman humorously replies that he goes twice every Saturday and asks what harm it does him.
Dr King’s New Life Pills touted as mighty health booster
A vivid advertisement proclaims working night and day by Dr King. The “New Life Pills” promise to convert weakness into strength and listlessness into energy, claiming mental power and robust health. Sold by Nick Dotting & Co at 25 cents a box.
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Dr. King
Nick Dotting & Co
Virile critics clash over novels and home influence
In an Illinois hotel lobby a discussion on Frank Norris asserts the novel’s staying power in homes. A Country Writer compares Norris to his dog Wolf, whose escapades prompt a quip about binding and a dog’s recall. The exchange highlights tensions between pulpit press opinions and lasting literature.
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Frank Norris
Ada
Voen
Norris
Illinois
Wolf
Cholera Infantum Cured With Remedy and Castor Oil
A health note touts Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with castor oil as a certain cure for cholera infantum, noting sales by Nick Dosting. The piece then shifts to a tale of a mercenary father and son on the eve of the son’s twenty first birthday, followed by a classified-style ad seeking industrious travelers to call on merchants for a salary and expenses.
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Nick Dosting & Co
Dearborn St
Luna Chicago
No Pity Shown. Ver tena reader recalls cure claim
A reader from Ver tena Alabama, PF. A. Gulledge, recounts a long illness with 24 tumors. Bucklen's Arnica Salve allegedly cured him after other remedies failed. The notice praises the salve for burns and general pain and advertises it at Nick Dofting & Co's Drug Store for 25 cents.
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PF. A. Gulledge
Vertena
Ala
Bucklen
Nick Dofting & Co
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Gunex Bay Limern Co
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J.S. Harter
Vera
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BY. P. U
Arthur Anderson
O. F. Ide
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Griswold
Chris Smith
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Messrs Hardman, Hallock, Miller, Bisom and Jenkins
Wm. Pratt
Cass County
Joe Smith
Carson Walters
Matt Johnson
Here
Toilet
Ill
Jenkins & McGovern
A.P. Anderson
Denmark
Wm. Thielen
Eli Hansen
Mosee Brinkerioff
Ladles Sid Society
Frank Heath
Hardman, Hansen & Christensen
Kimballt
J.P. Bendixen
Turkey
Jezes
Wie
Forest
Amd
George Freeman
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Pearl Street
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Carrara
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Smiths
3 Smiths
Atchison Globe
Jim
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Mnin
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Hot Springs
South Dakota
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