Audubon News notes social events and assorted local items
Miss Maude Lynch returns home for the summer while Miss Alma Miller visits the Cloughly household. Ruby Cartier comes home from Atlantic. Presbyterian youth host a social on church lawn. Multiple marriages and farm news, including John Norris purchasing a fine Deep Son stock sire at John Davie farm for 35,000 and Bert Duval breaking his leg in an accident. Local visits, travel to Des Moines and Ames, a hayrack picnic, and sad drownings of two Missouri-bound men prompt community mourning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Issac Houck
Jnc. H. Anderson
P. B. Anderson
C. W. Graham
I. J. Woods
A. J. Earl
Earl
Kate Woods
Congregational Sabbath School and Endeavor Society
P. F. Anderson
Anita Republcan
John Anderson
Gray Stough Visits Perry and Local Farm News
Jeff Stough visits Perry relatives while neighbors report plowing, construction, and repairs. Audubon residents Bert and Frank Keith visit, while Isaacs and Beems sisters share time. Local sports note Gray team defeats rivals nine to fourteen. many farms upgrade buildings, drainage, and cattle movements to Chicago markets. Community events include a parsonage surprise, a hall dance, and a lawn party by the 20th Century Club.
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Jeff Stough
Perry
Orville Beers
Bert Denny
Frank Wilson
Audubon
Frank Corner
Bert Keith
BE. E. Beems
Hepp
Asmus Boysen
Jim Tuton
Jay
Startling Evidence on King's New Discovery For Consumption
A Bentonville Virginia reader reports bronchitis lasting three years cured by Dr King's New Discovery. The ad-style note claims the remedy treats lung and throat diseases, with trial bottles free and prices at 50 cents and one dollar. Also included is a court scene where Erskine incorrectly questions a witness who proclaims he is the Christ, prompting a dramatic apology and exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
T. J. McFarland
Bentonville
Nick Dofing & Co
Erskine
Christ
Boston
Bermuda
Virginia Colony
Dagland
Carolinies
New England
Colne
Maryland
Lont
Baltimore
Rupert, VI
The Original Carnation Industry and Its Vast Output
The original carnation arose in southern Italy and was imported to England around the Norman conquest. Early horticultural works give winter cultivation directions. In the last decade the industry has grown rapidly with about 2.5 million young plants sold annually and florists producing a similar amount. Total young plant production nears 5 million yearly. Glass-grown for winter cut flowers yields over 100 million blooms per year, with many uses remaining a mystery.
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Italy
England
Spiders Eat Their Mothers
A London Nature note describes the wolf spider life cycle where after laying eggs the female carries them wrapped in silk. The young, after hatching, ride on her back to nearly half grown and then devour their mother when strong enough. Such maternal cannibalism is rare in nature.
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London
Local Market Notes and Community Tidbits From Viola
Market closes with grain and hog prices noted as Viola township merchants, buyers, and farmers report hogs moving to Nels Olsen and 30 head for R. T. Gilbert. Local residents travel for visits, school terms, and family events while road work improves access. Includes short items on the German church Children’s day, a mishap with Pat Gorman’s team, and village reflections on curiosities from old mints and sea life.
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Jim Rutherford
Nels Olsen
Viola Township
John Hooker
R. T. Gilbert
Viola
Dave Hart
Miller & Bates Shell
Botna
Viola Pancahi
John
Bonwell
Mr. Bonwell
Pat Gorman
Matt Olsen
Matt
Pat
Cuts Bruises and Burns Quickly Healed
Chamberlain's Pain Balm is an antiseptic liniment that heals cuts bruises and burns without maturation much faster than usual treatment for sale by Nick Doffing & Co.
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Chamberlain
Nick Doffing & Co
No Newfangled Notions for Him, Adelbert-Grandpa
A Chicago News item notes a rough old fashioned approach to discipline, with Adelbert and a grandpa figure debating corporal correction for a misbehaving boy. The piece uses a dated tone to recall traditional views on parenting.
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Adelbert
Jns
Chiesigo
Hat sizing mix up in a playful shopping exchange
A young wife tells a hatter she forgot her husband’s hat size but knows his collar size of 15. She guesses he would need about a size 18 or 20 hat. The exchange highlights a humorous misunderstanding in a shop setting.
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Sieiog
Tomorrow Now Delights A Child With Candy Request
A three year old asked her father for more candy and was told to wait until tomorrow. Glancing from the window she exclaimed it now looks like tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Lewis
W. T. Shepherd
Green Bay
Peter Perrion
Grandma Matson
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Audubon News
Maude Lynch
Ruby Cartier
Atlantic
Presbyterian Church
CP. Riine
Ima C. Tharnish
Frank Taylor
Clara A. Mantz
J. Z. Quimby
Augusta Cloughly
Walter Hockenberry
Mabel Smith
John Norria
John Davie
Mary
Bert Duval
Rossete & Pony
Joe Johnson
Charley
Dr. Childs
5. C. Randles
John Reuechling
Market Hotel
Ethel Kuhn
Ames
Era
Davis
Kansas
Peter Bick- Jehaupt
Wm. Mehle
Des Moines
Pede
Ida
Frank Woodenck
Mulbane
Jas. Manahan
Joe Dixon
Omaha
H. A. Arnold
Frank Sampson
Mt. Vernon
W. A. Smuthey
Brant
South Park
Mollie Loney
Stanley Grove
Banner Se
Most Healing
Saly
A. E. Lauver
Successo
Mille
Howard Block
Clyde Baker
Hoover's Store
Iowa
H. Webster
Nelson & Christensen
Clothiers
Mada
Hart, Gohaffner & Marx
Gray
Jesa Markley
Chat Dustin
Fred Ross
T. B. Creveling
Chris Jensen
Ben Halber
Oran Welch
Chicago
United Brethren Parsonage
Harry Arnold
Corn Exchange Bank
Ad Settlemire
Charley Beers
Ridge
Manning
Lincoln Township
Rev. Hicks
James Foster
Fred Drier
Ross
20Th Century Club of Young Indies
Lancelot Lawn
Mise Meta Beers
Gray Sunday
Mrs
Albert Pest
Court McGraff
Dr. Lass
Charley Duval
Griffin
Misa Jessie May
Extra
Taman Sherman
Florence Magill
Fred Ruhs
Lou Boers
Tropics
Tom Higzinside
Chicago Tribune
W. A. Smutney
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