Local visits, trains, picnics, and a Camp Meeting update
Local residents visit relatives in Canton Brimfield and Cincinnati as a special Wyoming Fair excursion train is planned with routes through Yates City Elmwood Brimfield and Monican. Community events include a Woman's Foreign Missionary Society lecture at the Elmwood M E church and a large Wednesday Club picnic at Glen Oak Park Peoria with a return via Pekin Bartonville and the Asylum. The Oak Hill camp meeting plans a gasoline powered pumping station and recalls old spring water rituals on Spring Hill with nostalgia for hardship and courtship.
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Wyoming Fair
Racea
Yates City
Elmwood
Brimfield
Monican
Wyoming
B. Y. George
M. E. Church
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society
Glen Oak Park
Peoria
Pekin
Bartonville
Oak Hill
Southern Fruit and Vegetable Growing Prosperity Report
The article outlines profits from fertile tracts along the Lounville and Nashville Railroad in Alabama, West Florida and Mississippi. It cites radishes yielding large gross sums per acre, potatoes selling in Pittsburgh for substantial net gains, and multiple crops on the same land including corn hay and melons.
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Lounville & Nashville R R
Alabama
West
Florida
Mississippi
Pittsburgh
G A Park Sets Roles in Industrial Immigration Bureau
G A Park serves as General Industrial and Immigration Agent for Louisville and Louisville and Nashville Railroad in Louisville Kentucky, overseeing labor and entry authorizations for workers.
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General Industrial and Immigration Agent
Brimfield Village approves annual levy and assessment ordinance
The village of Brimfield passes an annual levy for the current fiscal year totaling 1800 dollars. Provisions detail levies for streets sidewalks police and street commissioner salaries and miscellaneous needs plus bonded indebtedness and interest. The ordinance was passed August 3 1903 and signed by President G Cady with village clerk Appison Pace attesting.
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Brimfield
Thiavis
Brimffield
G. Cady
Appison Pace Village
Carpet weaving on short notice by Mrs. W. E. Stanspury
Mrs. W. E. Stanspury of Brimfield announces readiness to perform all kinds of carpet weaving with immediate service and keeps warp colors on hand for quick orders.
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W. E. Stanspury
Brimfield
Herbine touted as quick aid for biliousness and digestion
G L Caldwell of Checotah Ind Ter reports two years of liver and spleen enlargement cured by Herbine after doctors failed. The agent promises bile thinning and faster blood flow with a dose after meals. Available for 50 cents from Wm. Robinson & Co.
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G. L. Caldwell
Agt
M.K
T.R. R
Checotah
Ind. Ter
Wm. Robinson & Co
Died Lyle Alvin Coulter Child of Brice and Susan Coulter
Lyle Alvin Coulter was born May 11 1897 in Jubilee township and died August 6 190? at home east of Oak Hill after a brief illness at age 6 years 2 months 25 days. A brief funeral was held at the home by Rev J E Mercer at 2 30 p m Friday with interment in Oak Hill cemetery.
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Lyle Alvin
Brice
Susan Coulter
Jubilee Township
Oak Hill
Lyle
J. E. Mercer
Oak Hill Cemetery
Debtors urged to settle by September 1st
W A Magshall calls all creditors to call and settle debts by September 1. The post office will close on Old Settlers Day from 11 am to 3 pm and again at 5:30 pm. D R Stram, Postmaster.
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W. A. Magshall
Ofice
D. R.strarm
Miss Mary King Remembered As Faithful Housekeeper
Miss Mary King of Carthage died after a brief illness at about 65 years. She came from northern Scotland and served as a housekeeper for priests, endearing herself to clergy and laity with her saintly character. Burial was in Kickapoo with a solemn service. she was aunt to John King and others. Father Walsh held her in high esteem as a devoted mother figure.
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Mary King
J. E. Waleh
Carthage
Kickepoo
Tueeday
John King
Peoria
M. Sbeck
Mra Coss
Wyman
Brimfield
Misa King
Scotland
Mary
Father Walsh
Farm and City Property for Sale Ad
Real estate agents offer 80 to 200 acre tracts near Princeville and Edelstein with prices from 40 to 130 per acre. Listings include stock farms, improved parcels, pasture, and several nearby towns. Also available are homes in Princeville from 950 to 2500 and additional state land offerings in Iowa Kansas Michigan Dakota.
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Robinson & Saif
Princeville
Prnceville
Duncan
Little Early Risers Ideal Pill Says User
A user praises Little Early Risers as an ideal pill that affected them pleasantly. The text references W. & Phulpot of alba ey and claims the pills are sold by all druggists.
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Phulpot
Alba
Dr King's New Life Pills End Painful Waits
An 19th century advertising note praises Dr King's New Life Pills for relief from dizziness backache liver complaint and constipation. The piece claims gentle but thorough action and offers a 25 cent price under Wm. Robinson & Co's Drug Store guarantee.
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Dr. King
Wm. Robinson & Co’s
North Carolina Prospects Boosted for Growers and Industry
The note extols North Carolina as an ideal location with a favorable climate water and facilities for manufacturing poultry fruit and vegetable farming. It highlights fast transport with ten hours from New York City and fruit shipment advantages to Washington City. It advises contacting J T Patrick Pinebluff Wood County North Carolina for information.
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Union
North Carolina
New York City
Washington City
Pineblaff
South
J. T. Patrick
Woore Ceasty
Bey Cured of Colic After Doctor's Treatments Fail
A Shell Lake Wisconsin mother recounts a four year old boy with severe colic. After morphine injections failed, half a teaspoon of Chamberlin's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy calmed him in thirty minutes and he slept and recovered. The note mentions Mr Wilkins, bookkeeper for Shell Lake Lather Co, and a local seller Wm Robinson & Co.
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Chamberlin
F.L. Wilxiss
Shell Lake
Wic
Wilkins
Shell Lake Lather Co
Wm. Robinson & Co
Hostess Grumbles About Overcrowded Event
A hostess complains about too many attendees at a gathering and expresses a desire to thin the crowd. A character named Screecher responds with a humorous bet that many people are present. The exchange reveals tension over crowd size.
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Mr. Screecher
Ballard's Horebound Syrup Advocated for Coughs
Mr and Mrs J A Anderson of Salt Lake City Utah praise Ballard's Horebound Syrup for coughs and colds saying it gives immediate relief and lasting satisfaction after years of use. Available in 25c 50c and 1 00 sizes through Wm Robineos & Co.
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Ballard
J. A. Anderson
354
West Ltd &T
Salt Lake City
Utah
Robineos & Co
Quick and Pleasant Cure for Diarrhoea
Aimed at busy season use the Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Claims rapid relief with one or two doses and no time wasted. Sold by Wm. Robinson & Co with assurance it never fails even in severe cases.
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Wm. Robinson & Co
Illinois State Fair Rail Tickets One Fare For Round Trip
Springfield announces September 25 to October 3 1903 for the Illinois State Fair. Railroads will sell a single fair round trip from all Illinois points and St. Louis. Tickets on sale September 2 to October 3 and valid for return through October 5. A certificate plan offers one fare and a third for exhibitors, signed by the fair secretary. Tickets valid one week before the fair and return until the Monday after.
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Springfield
Illinois
St. Louis
Speld
Special Interest Te Ween It New Journal Description
The Chicago Ed-Helald offers diverse home topics with fashion features for women including Mme Qui Vives Woman Beautiful and Meals for a Day. It runs serial fiction, humor, Sunday school lessons, book reviews and a large fashion section with full page color reproductions.
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United States
Chicago
Mme. Qui
S. E. Kiser
Dr. Withrow
Henry Symes
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Freeman & Co
Diamond Brand Coffee
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Louisville & V.shville
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Miss Mary King
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Edelstein
Dunlap
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Monica
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Dakota Lands
Memler Bros
Bey
Aeadeus
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