Local notes from town happenings and society
Tomorrow is 8. Valentine day. Royal Neighbor Drama tomorrow night. Leave orders for store repairs at Arcers. The farm implement men prep for spring business. John Foulk visiting his aged mother at Kingstor for weeks. Mr and Mrs R A Cook welcomed a daughter born Feb 10. Mrs Mary Lawson visiting sister Mrs Thomas Johnson. Jan E Hill to hold public sale north of Elmwood next Thursday. Kaho shirt factory at Chilli cothe sold to H G Pape of Davenport. Mr and Mrs BR J Fisher welcomed a daughter born Feb 6. Herman Keb to move to Iowa later this month. Baptist church continuing special meetings this week. Albert Catton plans spring home on farm north of town. Miss Mioa Miller teaching at Lehigh visited parents. Coal sale at Clusky’s bank farm 44 miles NE Brimfield 5c per bushel. C L Dungan in Chicago for lumbermen’s convention. Dr A A Knapp called to Champaign for patient, returned yesterday. Babcock & Son painters advertise spring wallpaper sale. D L Thorne advertises store for sale. Box supper at Kingdon school Feb 15. Admission 10c, boxes free for ladies, refunds for gentlemen. Miss McCarty teacher. Henry Blundy leases Huey and Crahan farms. takes possession March 1. Cahill to farm his land. hand to reside Crahan home. Arthur M Pacey recovering after surgery in Chicago. condition improved, good news welcomed.
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John Foulk
Kingstor
R. A. Cook
BR. J Fisher
Herman Keb
Jubilee
Iowa
Baptist Church
Albert Catton
Mioa Miller
Lehigh
Elmwood
Clusky’s Bank
Brimfield
C. L. Dungan
Chicago
Lumbermen
A. A. Knapp
Champaign
Babcock & Son
D. L. Thorne
Mossville
Thorne
Kingdon School
Miss McCarty
Slaughterhouse Meat Prices and Services Notice
Special attention to custom work for freer animals delivered at slaughter house and taken away. The following prices will be charged: Hogs 50c per head for slaughter. hogs for killing cutting up rendering lard and making sausage 1.00 per head. Cattle 50c to 1.00 per head. Killing day Thursdays. A choice lot of meat is in stock. Your patronage respectfully solicited.
Murpock Bros Meat Market Ad in Catton Building
To the public Murpock Bros announce a new meat market in the Catton building offering fresh and salt meats and promising continual stock. They will do butchering for farmers at their farms or at their slaughter house and seek a share of local patronage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catton
Murpock Bros
Nebraska the Land of Plenty sales pitch pamphlet notice
An advertisement extols Nebraska as a land of plenty with easy terms for buying land and strong profits from grain fruit and livestock. It invites readers to request The Corn Belt monthly and The West Nebraska Grazing Country booklet, and announces cheap excursion tickets on the first and third Tuesdays to visit Nebraska during the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Corn Belt
West
Do Animals Reason Related To Poodle Dan Experiments
Lord Avebury spoke at a London institution on animal reasoning citing Dan the poodle who learned to pick cards labeled Food Tea Water after trials. He argued ants show some reasoning while processional caterpillars display minimal intelligence, as a scientist lured them around a flowerpot using a thread trick that kept them circling for days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Avebury
London Institution
Dan
London Chronicle
Commercialism in Prayer and a Business Style
A Buffalo Congregational church member, steeped in local commerce, gave a prayer mimicking business letters. He lengthy concluded by thanking God for past favors and promising patronage, ending with Amen and a formal sign-off. The scene drew impatience from worshippers before the prayer ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational Church of
Buffalo
Queen City
New York Times
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Cures Piles Fast
A testimonial from J.8. Gerall of St Paul Arkansas praises De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve for curing protruding and bleeding piles after years of suffering. The ad claims quick relief for skin diseases, cuts, burns, and wounds while warning against counterfeits from Wm. Robinson & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
Gerall
Paul
Ark
de Witt
Wm.Robinson & Co
Attleboro Pharmacist Endorses Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
Wm. Robinson & Co. reports a local Attleboro pharmacist endorsing Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. He says it relieved his stomach distress allowing normal meals and better digestion after hours of pain. The endorsement notes one can eat cheese, candy, nuts, and pie without distress when used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M- S. Ccatebene
Attleboro
Mass
Wm. Robinson &Co
Burlington Route Passenger Trains Run to Lincoln and Deadwood
The Burlington Route from Chicago via Peoria and St. Louis is completed and daily passenger trains run through Lincoln Nebraska and Custer 8 D to Deadwood. Also to Newcastle Wyoming with sleeping cars to Deadwood. J T Gill offers Enamel Roof Paint for shingles or tin with guaranteed work at low prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Chicago
Peoria
St. Louis
Lincoln
Neb
Custer
8. D
Deadwood
Newcastle
Wyoming
J. T. Gill
Local shop touts new line of bug es and carriages
A shopkeeper named G. H. Cons invites customers to inspect samples of a new line described as bug es and carriages, promising money savings on items in this range at the store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. Cons
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Arcers
Mrs. Mary Lawson
Shelby, Ia
Mrs
Thomas Johnson
Jan. E. Hill
Kaho
Chillicothe
H.G. Pape
Davenport
Henry Blundy
P.H. Cahill
Arthur M. Pacey
R. Hindle
Miller & Son
Ingersols
Chas. C. Dutch
Y. M.C. A. Bldg
Illinois
F. W. Reed & Co
Peoria, Ill
Woolner
Exchange
Franzacted
Sorrian Duar
Fox
Noraky Pvgs
W. L. Winey
GL. Duncan
Cras
C. Carson
C. P. Burt
Dr. Knapp
Minois
W. WZ. Martin
City Express
M Hard Coal
Bridfield
Ilis
Paul Rieger
California
WM_ ROBINSON &CO
Knoxville Ave
Sea Okd
Tf Ganerca
Isn
D McCabe
Norra Jefferson
Old Post Office Building
Whalen & Weatherwax
Dentists
Cor. Adams & Fulton Sts
Ottenheimers Clothing
Peoria, Ills
N. B
Dr. Weatherwax
Dr. Filler
C. A Reed
French Grove
Office
County
Sup’t OF Schools
Peoria CO
Court House
J. L. Robertson
Chicago Burlington & Quincy RB. B
P. Is
W. L. Hayward
Texas
Apkee
Ehart
C.C. Carson
Phoenix and
National Fire
The
Exchange Bank
Doug
Brimfield, Il
PuuerpHer
Radbone & Christy
Graham Building
Johnson & Stewart’s
C.b.&q
Buda and
Rushville
New York Weekly
Great Britain
Canada
Hamilton McCarthy
Ottawa
Government of
Nova Scotia
Halifax
Nova
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