Local Notes From Various Iowa Communities
CORRES PAN DENGE Oakey Gookin is improving after illness. J B Woods of Chariton visits his brother Henry in Salem. Several Salem residents attend a celebration in Russell on the Fourth. Mr Hawk reports a horse and mule lost to lightning last week. Simon Scott’s boy was badly stung by bees last week. Mr and Mrs Paris Holmes of Nebraska visit Mrs Holmes sisters Mrs Chas White and Mrs Luther Keller. D B Davis of Warren township cuts oats for Albert Miller and Chas White on Monday.
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Oakey Gookin
J. B. Woods
Chariton
Henry
Salem
Warren Township
Albert [Miller
Chas. White
Local Notes Highlight Illness and Travel Across Counties
Mrs. Arnt has been ill for a week while W H Bargett visited his daughter Mrs Seth Peterson in Ft Dodge. J O Early traveled to Des Moines to see his sister Mrs Bruce Hunter. Mrs M Hollingsworth, now in Portland Oregon, visited Aunt Eliza Niswender and old friends on her return from Indiana. Her daughter Mrs Phoebe Cumpston also visiting. Mrs C A Hultman, formerly of this township, died in Cumberland New York from consumption. Station Agent Ida V Noble and niece Mrs Lillie Roberts visited Fairfield for a weekend with her sister Mrs Clay Brennaman. J W Clark left Helms show and returned to his smithy. County Attorney Drake went to Oakley by automobile last Friday evening, a notable sight for Oakley.
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W.H. Bargett
Ft Dodge
Seth Peterson
J. O. Early
Des Moine
Bruce Hunter
M. Hollingsworth
Portland
Oregon
Eliza Niswender
Indiana
Phoebe Cumpston
C. A. Hultman
Oakley
Griffis property for sale in east town limits
East town Griffis property with 5 rooms on 2 percent acre of land includes fruit varieties, a fine cellar, and first class condition. Will sell at a bargain on purchaser friendly terms. cheaper to buy than rent. Write Sargent and Tedrow, 23 Corydon Iowa.
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Griffis
Sargent & Tedrow
Corydon
Iowa
Farber & Co
Visit highlights from scattered kin in multiple towns
Mr and Mrs Weed and children of Sc Joe visited in Chariton last week with her aunt Mrs Edward Vickrey. Mr and Mrs O E Irwin enjoyed a visit from his grandfather J M Irwin and sister Mrs Frank Wright, both of Osceola. Mrs A P Buffington, after weeks with relatives near Derby, left for Buffalo New York to join her husband. Aquilla Walker of Janesville Ta announces a new light sealed in an air tight glass globe offering permanent illumination, claiming a lamp sized globe 1000 feet up could read a paper on earth.
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Aquilla Walker
Janesville
Katy publications offer insights on Texas and possibilities
An advertisement notes publications such as The Golden Square and The Coming Country will be mailed on application. Address Katy 510 Wainwright Building, St. Louis, Mo.
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Texas
Katy
Texas Wonder Hall's Great Discovery Cures Kidney Bladder Ailments
Advertisement touts Texas Wonder Hall's Great Discovery as a universal cure for kidney and bladder troubles including gravel diabetes and rheumatism. It claims mail order availability for 81 with testimonials from users like 84 year old Alexander McTacaarr praising its efficacy.
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Texas Wonder
Hall
E. W. Hall
P. O. Box
St. Louis
D. Q. Storie
Pana
Texas
Alexander McTacaarr
Enormous Force in Wildebeest Lion Buffalo Fights
A Leslie's Weekly summary notes the extreme physical power in battles between large carnivores and buffalo. Lions may team against a buffalo, with reports of one lion biting a man’s arm off and a buffalo reportedly fighting three lions before being hamstrung, illustrating extraordinary strength and ferocity.
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Leslie’s Weekly
A Reader Warns of Diet and Health Practices
Anynssistance man of my acquaintance ate hearty breakfasts with meat and coffee and heavy dinners, gained weight, and died at forty five. A Good Housekeeping writer notes many eat too much, diet should fit temperament and work. Gentle exercise, breathing, fresh air, sun, and water aid well being.
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Good Housekeeping
The Market for Sermons Through the Ages
The piece notes the sale of sermons as a long standing practice. It recalls Osborne offering original sermons to Toplady before ordination, and cites varied prices from 2s 4d for a 1540 St Margaret's sermon to roughly five shillings per sermon in the seventeenth century.
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Toplady
Osborne
Johnson
Llandaff
St. Margaret’s
Westminster
Religious exam proves lack of religious instruction
A church training college exam asks candidates about their religious knowledge. One answer admits none, and the vicar gave it. The anecdote recalls Lord Alvanley remarking a dining room lacks carving over gilding, contrasting taste and wealth.
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Ccurch
Greville
Lord Alvansey
Lord Alvanley
Cannibal Chief’s Mock Dialogue About Missionaries and a Football Player
A satirical exchange features a Cannibal Chief and an Agent debating prior missions. The Chief jokes about missionaries and editors while the Agent confirms. The Council quips about wanting a football player next as the medicine man notes too much brain food.
Hair Restorer Jokes Go To Boy Reader
A man drops his wig in the street and a following boy retrieves it and returns it. The owner thanks the boy calling him the first genuine hair restorer seen.
Father and son discuss breaking in horses and carriage
In a terse exchange a father asks if the son has broken in the new horses to withstand steam noise. The son replies that he did not break the horses but did break the carriage.
Pecan Hunts Expand From Ohio Valleys To Kentucky Orchards
The Kentucky bottom lands along the Ohio and its tributaries shift from apple orchards and sugar bush to pecan groves. The pecan season brings tours picnics and fetes with gatherings paid by nut rights and professional climbers. A woods dinner with bacon chicken roasted over a fire completes the rural festivity.
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Kentucky
Ohio
Indianapolis
Three Curious Words Filibuster and Buccaneer Origins
The article traces how three terms filibuster freebooter and buccaneer are interrelated. It explains that French and English sea adventurers allied against Spanish colonial targets in the Americas. It notes filibuster likely derives from a French word and was borrowed into English for a softer nuance. Buccaneer began as a French form meaning hunter of boucan and wild meat, later signaling a sea raider.
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New World
West Indies
Boar Hunt Customs and Welsh Motto Origins
In Germany the annual boar hunt uses trained hounds then spears or short knives to kill. The description notes the hunter’s spear thrust as the boar charges, ending in a bloody death. It then discusses the motto Tech dien and debates its Welsh versus Bohemian origin tied to Edward I and Carnarfon Castle.
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Germany
Wales
Bohemia
Crecy
William Shne
Heidelbere
Edward I
Carnarhan Castle
Final Report of Elizabeth Miller Estate in Lucas County
Notice that the final report of G W Alexander executor of Elizabeth Miller deceased is on file in the Clerk of the District Court Lucas county Iowa and will be submitted for approval on September 21 1903 at the start of the September term 1903. June 30 1903 G W ALEXANDER executor.
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G. W. Alexander
Elizabeth Miller
District Court
Lucas County
Iowa
Amanda Bradford
Robert Bradford
All's fair in love, says lover in eye tale
A fragment from the Philadelphia Record notes the saying All's fair in love and describes a lover's fixation on the object of his passion. The brief item centers on romantic obsession and popular adages.
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Philadelphis
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H. O. Penick,will Culbertson
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S. of S. W. Cor. Square
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