Oakfield Brayton Church Services and Local Notices
Oakfield hosts Baptist services at 10 am with Sabbath School at noon and youth groups in the afternoon. Reports include Mr Sloan preaching at Corry school house, local business trips to Omaha and Atlantic, farm and livestock movements, storm damage to hay barn, and updates on town projects like a new Cass County Telephone line. Community notes cover road, shop, and cemetery improvements, plus a thanks message to Oakfield citizens for aiding Bertha’s railroad accident relief.
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Cass County
Oakfield Township
Bertha
Ron
Asp
Trepsey
The Quebeefsteik pudding at Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese
A famed pudding at London’s Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese is served daily for nearly 200 years. Prominent writers Garrick Goldsmith Johnson enjoyed it, and a nightly procession honors the pudding with staff and patrons paying homage before it is eaten.
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Tvern
London
Ye O&le
Fivet Street
Garrick
Goldsmith
Dr. Johnson
England
Why Gold Is Bare and The Four Lettered Name of God
A compact excerpt notes gold’s rarity due to its heaviness, comparing it with platinum and iridium and describing Earth's formation from gas to condensed mass. It then ponders why the name of God often bears four letters across languages, listing forms from Latin to Japanese.
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God
Aden
Asia
Idya
Aoman
Zent
Addi
Vian
Odin
Zem Wan
Doga
Rogt
Eher
Eskimos Build Dog Proof Tabernacle After Sealskin Church Burn
A remote Eskimo community once worshiped in a sealskin church about 12 feet high with a light frame. Winter hunger forced their dogs to gnaw the sealskins, leaving only the frame. They now have erected a dog proof tabernacle to replace the lost church.
Hugging a Delusion Ends in Family Frustration
Father explains to Willi that embracing a delusion is folly as the boy jokes about his sister Clara. The exchange hints at a coming of age moment with a teasing yet revealing remark about Clara at age twenty two.
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Willi
Mr. Strong
Clara
Fragmented Thought on Wealth and Gender Roles
A fragmented opinion piece contrasts the unobservant men and the world’s halves. It reflects on those who “have” versus “haven’t” and hints at a critique of ignorance among the affluent and privileged, using sharp, satirical phrasing.
The Ship's Steward and the Mythic Horses
A fragment discusses ship stewards as a low paid, multitasking class, detailing duties from pre breakfast prep to dining and cabin work, with tips as main income. It blends Leslie's Monthly notes on mythic symbolism where Pegasus and Neptune symbolize science, doctrine, and cosmic knowledge through horses and chariots.
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Dickey
Tatte
Sen
Lesile
Ingenious self decapitation suicide described in 19th century report
A New York Press quotation describes a peculiar suicide method using a sharpened spade fixed to a carpenter’s bench. The bench collapses beneath the victim, the blade severs the neck, and the decapitation occurs instantly. The piece contrasts this with more common suicide methods. Additional notes touch on seaweed sizes and satirical quips about social reform and truth.
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New York Press
Sympathetic Talk Over Rejected Suit Hidden in Gossip
A fragment shows a worried man and a sympathetic friend comforting him about a rejected suitor. The dialogue hints that the rejected person fears gossip will spread among others in the social circle.
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November
Sultar
New Life Pills and Fish Harvesting Tales in Old Notice
Bizarre ad copy touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a cure all while a distant Torres Strait fishing method is described with harpoons and rope tethers. Also notes a dangerous infant ailment and Chamberlain’s remedy sold by Nick Dolfin & Co as a cure.
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Dr. King
Nick Dotling & Co
Nick Dolfin & Co
No Pity Shown Signs In Windows This Week
A fragment about F A Gulledge of Verbena Alabama claiming relief from a severe pile condition after trying Bucklen’s Arnica. The ad-like text mocks eyeing signs in windows and ends with a Philadephia Press quote about inheritance signs.
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F. A. Gulledge
Verbena
Ala
Bucklen
Africa
Nick Doifing & Co
Absentmindedness Revealed In Quiet Conversation
The dialogue centers on Hather’s absentmindedness, recalling him returning home unable to recall a task until he sat up for over an hour. He eventually realizes the need to go to bed early, illustrating his lapse in memory and the outcome of choosing rest.
A Lucky Call From A Young Doctor
A fragmented dialogue reveals Dr Frankly stating he was called in at the right moment while a conductor or town figure notes the town is nearly out of money and in need of funds, with the line about being “not so bad” and being good to the town.
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Dr. Frankly
Wanted travelers to establish business with large capital
Wanted several industrious persons in each state to travel for house established eleven years and with a large capital to call upon merchants and agents for a successful and profitable line. Permanent engagement. Weekly cash salary of 19 dollars and all traveling expenses and hotel bills advanced weekly in cash. Experience not essential. Mention reference. address self addressed envelope THE NATIONAL 33 Dearborn St Chicago.
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National
Dearborn St. Ai
Chicago
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Omaha
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Green Bay Srucer Co
Muriel
Kathlene Kool
Anita
Hugh Bowen
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Neil Barentson
Neal Jensen
Des Moines
Nels Vansen
Martha Wilson
Frank Neleco
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Fred Esmondson
Hans Hansen
Hanns Rattenberg
Gertie
Mertie Broner
Extra
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Edith Lesgan
Rome
Mollie Miller
Hans Miller
Gentleman’s
Tom Hardwick
Fred J. Franklin
Jorce
George Schaack
Frank Heath
Mr. Edmond
Sarlan
Matt Johnson
Jenkins McGovern
Miss Jensen
John Skoob
Hansen
Johnson & Thompson
Mae Jenkins
Qey
Sloan
Corry
D. B.beers
Ventiuaden
Tas
Salema
Bing
New York
Scott
SCOTT _& BROWNE
Aeerais
Pearl Street
Duly Ist
Carrarat
Creen Bay Lumber Coo
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Earth
North Sea
Tropics
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Smarticus
Spartacus
Jim
Torres Strait
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Congressite
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Baltimoredser
Jean
Rumbler
Wiser
Franklin
Philadelphia Press
Hot Springs
South Dakota
North-Western Line
Deadwood
Lead
Black Hills
North-Western
P. A
Omaha, Nebr
Smiths
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