Local notes and notices from Aug 1902 episode
Local notes record births, visits, and social events among residents. Entries mention a birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Ed Stansbury on Aug 6 1902, guests from Peoria and Duncan, trips to Arkansas and Nebraska, a Baptist ice cream social on Marshall’s lawn, and various endorsements for Foley’s Kidney Cure and Rocky Mountain Tea amid community ads.
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Ed Stansbury
Mildred Kelly
Peoria
Florence Arcer
Beamer
Laura
Virginia
Frances Rioehart
Eadie Gillen
Nebraska
D. S. Thomas
Washington
Foley
Wm. Robinson & Co
Robinson & Co
Baptist Church
Foley's
Local Grocery Offers Lard Sausage Fish and Veges
Our own make Lard and all kinds Sausage, a Fish, Game and Vegetables in season. Special attention given to both town and rural phone orders. Goods delivered promptly: ed in patronage respectfully solicit-
Plants for Sale From Jas H Pewee Nursery
Early and late cabbage, three tomato varieties, cayenne and mango peppers, celery, cauliflower, and sweet potatoes listed as seasonal plants offered by Jas H Pewee.
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Jas. H. Pewee
Reliable Roof and Wagon Supplies Ad by JosE Pa Hiu
Local trade notice offering elastic roof paint touted for lasting quality and cost savings. Also advertises iron wheels, low down wagons, and wagon scales at favorable prices. Invites readers to contact JosE Pa Hiu for purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jose Pa Hiu
Eland of Plenty inviting Nebraska land appeal
An advertisement extols Nebraska as a land of plenty with cheap, easy terms to buy farms and a wholesome climate. It invites readers to request The Corn Belt and The West Nebraska Grazing Country literature and mentions cheap excursion tickets on certain Tuesdays to visit Nebraska, urging personal inspection.
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Nebraska
Corn Belt
West Nebraska
A Cure For Cholera Infantum Remedy Report
Mrs Curtis Baker of Buckwalter Ohio recalls a neighbor’s infant with cholera infantum. After using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy per directions, the child recovered in two days and remains healthy nearly a year later. Sold by Wm Robinson & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Baker
Buckwalter
Ohio
Chamberlain
Wm. Robinson & Co
Feaster Announces Open Car Service Daily
A notice from E. D. Feaster states that after purchasing J. C. Cone & Son photographs, the car will be open every day with good work guaranteed and solicits patronage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C.cone & Son
E. D. Feaster
A Young Lady's Life Saved in Panama Colombia
Dr Chas H Utter of Panama Colombia recounts a dramatic dysentery case in which a sixteen year old girl recovered after taking Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The parents feared death as she could not move. Within eight hours she improved and a week later was fully well. Published by Wm Robinson & Co.
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A. J. Cottingham
Washington County
Ark
Ale
Chamberlain’s
Cal‘Sc
Mr. Cottingham
Lockland
Wm. Robinson & Co
Chas. H. Utter
Panama
Colombia
Chambérlain
Gslaby
Agents Wanted Life of T and D Tal mage by family release
Advertisement seeks agents for a life of T and D Tal mage, endorsed only by the Tal mage family. Rev Feaxx Dewit Tax mage and editors from Chris Berald promise enormous profits for quick acting agents. Outfit ten cents. Write Clark and co.
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T&t
Dewitt Talmage
Feaxx Dewit
Chris Berald
Talmage
Outfit
CLARK
Shatters All Records in Remarkable Health Trial
F A Gulledge of Verbena Alabama paid doctors a vast sum to cure a severe case of piles causing 24 tumors. After multiple failures Backlen's Arnica Salve cured him restoring health. The ad claims the salve subdues inflammation and kills pains and proclaims it the best salve in the world from Wm Robinson & Co.'s drag store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Gulledge
Verbena
Ala
Backlen
Arnica
Roof Paint Ad Promises Guaranteed Work and Low Prices
When you paint don't forget that T. Hill is still on deck with Roof Paint for shingles or tin Sea, him for guaranteed work at low prices.
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T. Hill
Parkside Resident Evaluates Maltese Kittens
A Parkside Avenue resident stops to admire two kittens carried by a young girl who wishes to part with them. The woman asks the gender for potential purchase, and the child replies they are Maltese.
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Parkside Avenue
McKinley Chime Dedicated in Lincoln Church Tower
A ten bell chime was dedicated in memory of William McKinley last week in Lincoln Nebraska. The bells sit in the spire of St Pauls Methodist Church and were unveiled with solemn services after a sacred concert. McKinleys favorite hymns were played during the ceremony.
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McKinley
William McKinley
Lincoln
Neb
St. Paul’s Methodist
Fragmentary musings on enlightened science and history
A brief fragment laments that other patriarchs might have thrived if they had accessed the sleepless wisdom of science. The lines hint at progress through knowledge and the cost of limited understanding in antiquity.
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