Backache Relief Promoted in Rockland Advertisement
A Rockland Maine testimonial touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for backache linked to female weakness. The ad claims the product restores health after three bottles and invites readers to write Mrs Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts for advice, asserting widespread proven results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockland
Maine
Lydia Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Farm advice on flies and farming practices
A farmer and stockman column exhorts quick action against house flies by eliminating filth, keeping garbage covered, stables clean, and manure controlled. It emphasizes kerosene on stagnant pools, screen protection, and warns that clean surroundings prevent fly problems. It also notes dairy focus on care, barbed wire safety, tiling, plot trials, and attentive cultivation.
Dragging corn and road pride in a rainy season
A fragmented note discusses roadwork with a King drag, praising smooth surfaces as a race track. It recalls how rain affects farming, with jokes popping up on wet days. Farmers drag corn multiple times before it appears, debating whether corn should be loved or checked, and noting the largest corn belt farm owner bets on every acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corn Belt
Beta
Marriage Licenses and Applicants Listed
Marriage licenses issued include Olea Stofer from Snyder Oklahoma with Jeanie Clay Casalty of ttler Missouri. L C Whitney of Mesa California with Benny Scheurick of Pascale Missouri. W C Cummina of Adrian Missouri with L E Gilliam of Adrian Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olea Stofer
Snyder
Okla
Jeanie Clay Casalty
Ttler
L. C. Whitney
Mesa
Cal
Benny Scheurick
Pascale
W.C. Cummina
Adrian
L E Gilliam
Democratic Apples and the Farmer Orator of Cedarbrook
Hon James E Martine of Plainfield New Jersey known as the Farmer Orator and Sage of Cedarbrook is described as a showplace figure with an apple orchard. A tale recounts two Plainfield boys taking apples from his orchard and joking that Martine supports free trade and free apples. The anecdote appears in Norman E Mack's National Monthly for June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Martine
Platnfield
N. J
Democrats
New Jersey
Atlantic Coast
Cedarbrook
Mr. Martine
Plainfield
Martine
Jim Martine
Jim
Norman E. Mack
National Monthly
Card of Thanks from Lewellen Family for Joe's Death
Mr and Mrs G W Lewellen thank friends and neighbors for deeds shown during the illness and death of their son Joe who died at home June 4 1909 after a long illness of a complication of diseases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Lewellen
Ndmeas
Joe
Summer Tourists Rates To Western Sight Centers
Travel deals advertise a western trip to Colorado Yellowstone Seattle and California with Alaska Yukon Pacific Exhibition access. Tickets on sale June to October 31 1909 offering low cost option for visiting multiple coast sights.
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Colorado
Yellowstone
Seattle
California
Western
Pacific Coast
Alaska
Yukon—Pacific
His Own Fault as Country Editor Criticized
A K. C. Star opinion mocks a country editor who laments his patched clothes and unpaid debts while noting threats from readers. The piece argues a real editor remains the town’s best citizen and force, and disrespect would be his own fault if he does not command it.
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Eubesecribera
K. C. Star
A Thrilling Rescue Story of Bert R Lean
Bert R Lean of Cheny Washington recounts a near death from a stubborn lung ailment. He describes failed treatments from local doctors and Spokane specialists before trying a new discovery marketed by F T Clay. The account mentions costs and a promised trial bottle with a money back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert R. Lean
Cheny, Wash
Spokane
Californ
F. T. Clay
Cob-Pipe Corn: Missouri’s Cob Pipe Industry Details
Missouri farms produce about 25 million cob pipes annually from corn cobs. Franklin and neighboring counties lead in cob pipe manufacture, with main growing in the Missouri River basin. Cobs sell around $2.50 per thousand, 14 to 24 inches long, yielding two to three merchantable cobs per acre, boosting net returns by four to five dollars per acre. Missouri products are sold worldwide. Missouri is described as a great corn state.
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Missouri
Shia
Franklin
Gueconade
Pike
Warren
County Court Proceedings and Public Road Builds
County court declared a private road along the line between Henry and Bates counties at Spruce township a public road. Engineer Borren to advertise bids for a steel Bowen Fork bridge in Mt. Pleasant township. A $6,439.06 payment for drainage ditch construction. Sheriff to hire janitor for courthouse offices. D L Clark appointed peace officer for Homer township. Ellis Hand resignation as justice of the peace for Elkhart approved. Three citizens swore Newton Boyles is insane and dangerous. he to be taken to Nevada asylum. Foreclosure of Siason residence school mortgage on Delaware street. Rockville school board sought special tax levy on M E & T railroad. application set aside. Coroner Lusk filed inquest on Frank Burgess. proceedings accepted.
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Henry
Bates Counties
Spruce Township
Borren
Bowen Fork
Mt. Pleasant Township
Angle
Tiffany and Woody Places
Timothy Foohey
Lone
Court House
D. L. Clark
Homer Township
Ellis Hand
Elkhart
Newton Boyles
Nevada Asylum
Siason
Delaware Street
J. W. Anderson
J. W. Robel
Rockville
M. E. &T. Railroad
Lusk
Frank Burgess
Red Hair Frees Prisoner In Missouri Court
Kansas City Missouri June judge Harry G Kyle dismissed Fred Jones charged with robbing his roommate saying red hair alone saved him The only evidence was the accuser and defendant statements and the judge noted a pattern of red headed men never being found guilty in his three years on the bench
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Harry G. Kyle
Fred Jones
Kyle
Jones
Judge urges reconciliation in Macon divorce case
A Missouri circuit judge told a young man seeking divorce from his wife that she has a right to be irascible and that the husband should yield. He noted the wife bears four children, does all housework, and urged the couple to return home and work out their differences. The judge described marriage as a reciprocal contract and advised affection and mutual support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Shelvon
Circuit Court
Judge Bhelton
Dan
Telda
A Dearth of Men Teachers in Atchison County
In Atchison County Kansas the county teachers league reports eighty six in total enrollment with only three men. Prof H W Foght of Midland College laments the trend of men leaving the profession and notes nations differ with Germany at 87 percent men teachers. U S overall average pay for teachers is 375 dollars yearly, lower than many skilled trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison, Kan
Jane
Atchison County
H. W. Foght
Midland College
United States
Germany
Dynamiters Wreck Yale Restaurant Building
Yale Oklahoma June 14 A two story restaurant building owned by W H Huddleston was blown up by dynamite on Friday night five people asleep within escaped injury Huddleston a white man who housed lodgings for negroes had been warned not to permit them to stay overnight at his home
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Yale
Okla
W.H. Huddleston
Huddleston
Velvet scheme in near lawsuit tied to Harlem estate
Near-Lawsuit report from New York on June 14 describes Alvin Ruggles allegedly planning a contest for a large Harlem estate on behalf of Middle West claimants. John V. Schneider of Indianapolis accuses Ruggles of paying more than $1,000 to advance his stake, with Ruggles held on $1,000 bail for examination after a prior legislative act ended related litigation.
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New York
Moex
Alvin Ruggles
Harlem
Middle West
Ruggles
John V. Schneider
Indianapolis
Schneider
Rich Hill Lad Sues Railway for 10000 Damages
Joseph Huff, a Rich Hill youth who lost a leg in a wreck near Ovid while riding a freight train, sues Missouri Pacific Railway Company for 10000. Special agent Dike McCann reports Huff’s lawyers Templeton and Hales of Rich Hill represent him. case to be heard at the next circuit term. Huff was trapped under heavy timbers after the collision with a night passenger train, limb amputated, survived and now works shoe shining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dike McCann
Missouri Pacific Railway Company
Joseph Huff
Ovid
Templeton & Hales
Rich Hill
Huff
Butler
Hufiwae
Kentucky Prisoner in Danger of Lynching at Rockport
Clay Smith, 25, married, is under arrest in Muhlenberg charged with the murder of M. G. Kimble father of the girl he is alleged to have wronged. Lynching fears rise as a heavy guard is placed over the jail. Kimble was shot May 16 while in bed. The daughter reportedly threw letters into a pond, later recovered, allegedly demanding the killing to prevent life risk and showing Smith vowed to kill Kimble himself. Smith's wife is the girl's sister.
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Rockport
Clay Smith
Muhlenberg
M. G. Kimble
Kimble
Smith
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Reece Racette
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Butler, MO
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Red Hair
Dynamiters
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Velvet
Bates County
E. A. Bennett
Homer Devatu
F. N. Drennay
W. F. Duvall
Frank Holland
O. A. Heiner
J.J. McKee, J. W. Caoare
W. F. Devat
Homer Duvall
Caehter
H. H. Lisle, Aeat.Caahler
Farmers Bank Building
Arthur Duvall
Alta
J. B. Duvall
ViewPrea
W. D. Yates
Title Examiner
le C. Boulware
North Side Square
Joe Huff
Missouri Pacific
Rich Hill Review
Eld Nile Tech
Me EL
Butler Station
K.C. Stwek
Interstate
Myceaustens
Vaspravount
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Chicago
St. Louis
C. Vandervoort
Agt
E. N. Chastain
Betler
Bealdenees High Street
J. M. Christy
Offeseee
Spresario
A. H. Culver Furniture Company
Omee
Rouse Telephonels
B. F. Jeter
Law and Justice
H. H. Nichols
East Side Square
J. T. Holl
B. L. Liddit
Drs, Cannon & Sparr
Butler, Missouri
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