Oregon Bluff Statue Scene Draws Attention 1916
The Chicago Evening American reports on a Blackhawk statue in Oregon County that stands forty eight feet high and is visible for miles. Locals await a dramatic splash as a prank spins rumors of a planned dive from the river bluff near the Rock River. The statue, by Lorado Taft, commemorates departed braves and draws pilgrims while officials consider rail access for visitors.
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Aunt Maria
Charles Chaplin
Rock River
Paul Revere
River Rock
Oregon
Blackhawk
Lorado Taft
Chicago
America
Ogle County
Burlington Railroad
Taft
Egypt
Sentinel
Evening American
Great Free Post Card Package From Missouri and Kansas Farmer
Offer for a 52 post cards package free with a one year subscription to the Missouri and Kansas Farmer. Cards feature Easter, Birthday, Greeting, Floral designs and more. Pay 25 cents for a year, cards mailed to address. publication hosts home circle, stories, and farm topics from Kansas City, Missouri.
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Missouri and Kansas Farmer
Missouri and Kansas Farmer 'S
Southwest
Counter
Kiry
Hiram Spudd
Missouri and
Kansas Farmer
Kansas Farmer, Eighth
Me-Gheests
Kansas City
Dept. F
Feed Out Your Hogs Six Weeks Earlier
Advertises B.A. Thomas Hog Powder as a conditioner to keep hogs healthy and fatten quickly. Claims certain hogs fatten faster, and using the powder helps a drove be market ready earlier. Signed by M. F. Bench.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.A. Thomas
Ady M. F. Bench
Notice of Administration for George L. Dodge Estate
Letters of Administration granted by Linn county Missouri Probate Court to Geo W Dodge and D B Bunter for the estate of George L Dodge deceased hearing Feb 25 1916. Claimants must exhibit claims within six months or be barred. failure to exhibit within one year from the last insertion of this notice will bar claims. Administrators Geo W Dodge and D B Bunter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Dodge
Linn County
Missouri
Geo. W. Dodge
D. B. Bunter
Six Hardy Rose Bushes Free Offer from Farm Progress
Farm Progress of St. Louis Missouri offers six hardy one year old rose bushes with clean foliage plus a full year subscription for 400. The offer includes six rose bushes as a bundled promotion.
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Farm Progress of
St. Louis
Farm Progress
Farm Loan Advertisement and County Tax Collectors
Farm Loans offer the lowest interest and best prepayment privileges. In Linn County township settlement the county court notes top collectors B. H. Slater of Enterprise at 99.8 percent and A. W. Cotter of Benton Township with a high percentage. Bea and Amos tied at 100 percent. Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Alexander and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Garrett traveled to Pur din on Sunday.
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Linn
B. H. Slater
Enterprise
A. W. Cotter
Benton
Bea
Amos
Don’t Drench Horses Use Farris Coli Remedy
A brief instruction advocates applying Farris Coli remedy directly on the horse’s fonigue with the included medicine dropper rather than drenching the animal.
Farm Loan Offer From Burwell and Porter Milan Mo
Northern Missouri lenders Burwell and Porter advertise more farm loans with better terms than rivals. They invite readers to write for rates and terms, promising savings and quicker approvals.
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Missouri
Burwell & Porter
Milan, Mo
Do You Believe in Signs? Peters Produce Ad Puzzle
An advertisement states that a lukewarm house signals cheap coal and promotes Peters Produce C with a phone contact 158. The copy claims their coal is better and uses a brand line about signs of good coal.
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Caruso
Tetrazini
Mary Garden
Geraldine Farar
Peters Produce C
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Browning, Missouri
Joseph Nickell
Browning, Mo
Leader-Recorpd
Charles K.hart
Brookfield
Blackhawk Tetters
G. M. Thornton
G. G. Alexander
J. W. Garrett
Purdin
Electric Theatre
Universal
England
Albert Chevalier
Florence Turner
Chevalier
Coster
Nestor
Joker
Electric Theatre Orchestra
Haggard Bros
Clay
Eskimo
Gulf of Mexico
Rockies
Blue Ridge Mountains
Virginia
J. D. Burwell
P.O. Box
John Deere
Sherwin-Williams Paint Company
S. Wr
F. P. Moore
Main Street
Peterson & Greenstreet
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