The Modern Express Office and Bro Casey's Farce
William Jennings Casey of Casey & Bellville in Knoxville plans a grand Express office with brick walls and underground cupola and a no-tower design. The facility features a sanctum with trip hammers, a winged editor’s desk, a copy-supply system, and punitive features for delinquent subscribers in a satirical portrayal from Marion County News. Other items note local arrivals, marriages, visits, and business updates from Chariton and surrounding areas.
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William Jennings Casey
Casey & Bellville
Knoxville
Express
Bro
Casey
Bro. Casey
Marion County News
Local Notes On Travel Illness and Visits
Harry Connor returned Monday from a trip to Colorado. Miss Helen Downard is seriously ill with appendicitis. Miss Goldie Duckworth spends the week with friends in Russell. Miss Mable Lott of Lacona greets at her brother Imer Lott’s home. Mrs. B. R. Plotts visits relatives in Russell. Hon. Calvin Manning of Ottumwa transacted business in the city yesterday. Miss Augusta Householder plans a trip to Boston and eastern points next week.
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E. S. Jones
Lacona Ledger
Chariton Friends
J. K. Householder
Glenwood
Alonzo Williams
Derby
Erle E. Lewis
The
Creson Advertiser
Chariton
Helen Downard
Goldie Duckworth
Russell
Mable Lott
Lacona
Imer Lott
B. R. Plotts
Calvin Manning
Ottumwa
Augusta Householder
Boston
Texas Wonder Cures Kidney and Bladder Troubles
An 1903 testimonial advertises Hall's Texas Wonder as a universal cure for kidney and bladder issues. It claims relief for gravel diabetes seminal emissions weak back rheumatism and bladder irregularities in men and women and also regulates child bladder troubles. One bottle ($1) is a two month treatment and may be mailed if not sold locally.
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Texas Wonder
Hall
E. W. Hall
P. O. Box
St. Louis
D. Q. Storie
Local Notes and Updates From Oakley Area
Correspondence records a Farmers Encyclopedia hoax at Ames claimed by a maiden at Iowa Agricultural College but not well learned. N. B. Hemphill and son Charles sold wool in Columbia last Thursday. Oakley votes to appeal a school decision to the County Superintendent. An Eastern Coal Co. representative eyed Oakley coal fields and planned return. Owen's band toured rough roads last Friday with wagon and organ, causing no damage. Thirteen of Miss Zora Noble’s friends helped celebrate her 13th birthday. Aaron Burgett dies after illness. funeral in Christian church and burial at Mt. Zion. Lieutenants Ella Griffin and Bertha Phipps of the Salvation Army depart Beatrice, Nebraska.
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Iowa Agricultural College
Ames
N. B. Hemphill
Charles
Columbia
Eastern Coal Co
Oakley
Owen
Miss Zora Noble
Miss Zora
Griffis Property For Sale In Florydon Iowa
For sale is the Griffis property in the east part of town featuring 5 rooms and 4 acres of land with various fruit trees. Includes a fine cellar and is in first class condition. Sold at a bargain with terms to suit the purchaser. Write SARGENT? & TEDROW Florydon Iowa.
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Griffis
Sargent
Tedrow
Tf Florydon
Iowa
School Begent report of Wren Bill School May 1903
Monthly report for Wren Bill School ending May 22 1903 shows 20 teaching days with 27 enrolled pupils 30 tardies and an average daily attendance of 231 percent Names of pupils not absent or tardy include Earl Clell Mason Harry Wheeler Carrie Roberts Join Nickle Beulah Elsie Katie Howard Pearl Mason Maud Roberts Wayne Howard Absent but tardy once are Mabel and Saxon Pfrimmer Teacher Susig A Hupr
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Wren Bill
Earl
Clell Mason
Harry Wheeler
Carrie Roberts
Nickle
Beulah
Elsie
Katie Howard
Pearl Mason
Maud Roberts
Wayne Howard
Mabel
Saxon Pfrimmer
Susig A
Hupr
North Liberty School Report for June 1903
Report of the North Liberty school for the month ending June 12 1903. Forty days taught twenty five enrolled twenty four belonging average daily attendance twenty three. Names of those not absent for the last month include Kate Mollie Charley Brebner large and Carol Blattenberg Pearl Carl Ray Moon Sterland Basil Rodgers Sopha Chipps Tom Sam and Lora Sandy Lulu Fetters Bertie and Clarence Wilson.
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North Liberty
Kate
Mollie
Charley Brebner
Lare
Carol Blattenberg
Pearl
Carl
Ray Moon
Sterland
Basil Rodgers
Sopha Chipps
Tom
Sam
Lora Sandy
Lulu Fetters
Bertie
Clarence Wilson
Rocky Mountain Tea Sold To Cure Blues
A fragment notes a remedy called Rocky Mountain Tea advertised by D. Q. Storie at 35 cents claimed to drive away the blues and cure a bad liver amid promotional chatter in a local ad snippet.
Loans and Investment Available on Good Farms
Larimer and Crocker advertise ready funds to loan at low rates on solid farms with complete abstracts of titles. They offer numerous first mortgages for sale and guarantee payment of all loans. Investors may examine offerings and collect interest without charge, with offices in the Opera Block and at First National Bank.
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Penick Bros
Lucas County
Chariton National Bank
Larimer & Crocker
Opera Block
First National Bank
3 200 Acres All for 9600 Dollars Estate Sale
Parcel listing offers 3 200 acres to settle an estate priced at 9600 dollars. The property includes twenty miles of two wire fence a four room sod house a stable two wells and windmills. An additional 200 acres are described as in cul
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Settle Estate
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Jim Dumps
Gittinger
Henry Gittinger
Pleasantville
W.D. Simpson
Lillie Thompson
Lena
New Virginia
A. B. Williams
Jerome Oppenheimer
Germantown
Ohio
Miami Military Institute
Nellie Culbertson
Denver
Denver University
Rev. Kitchen
Christian Church
Corydon
D.S. Parker
East Armory Avenue
Henry Hammond
Oskaloosa
J. B. Smith
Oklahoma
Leroy McMains
Humeston
Col. Warren
Dungan
Edna
Joseph Culbertson
Excelsior
Lancaster
Missouri
H. D. Copeland
Schuyler Co
H.d.copeland & Co
Chicago
Wm. Sloop
John Sloop
Queen City
J. B. Sloop
Grant Brenizer
Cicero Brenizer
Henry Cook
Downing
J. M. Bullard
Arbela
J. H. Cooksey
J. B. Hawker
S. E. Rippey
Copeland Co
Harry Connor
Colorado
Texas
Keokuk
Geo. Mummert
Jas. H. Roach
South Eighth Street
Farms and Loans
Liberty
No. 5
Itch
Aaron Burgett
Mt. Zion
Ella Griffin
Bertha Phipps
Salvation Army
Oliver Clouse
Beatrice
Nebraska
Chariton Markets
W. E. Lewis
Turkeys
Vu Hye
Ila
Timothy
T.bo
Swift & Co
Egma
Lane County
Kansas
Jenk E. Wright
Des Moines
Munger’s
Fourth St
W. E. Ballard
W. C. Pnick H. O. Penick
Lee Wil. Culbertson
Lloved Penick
W. G. Penick
H. O
Penick
Sam’n McKiveen
Hyans
Viexa Mole
United States Depository
S. H. Mallory
F. R Crocker
W. P. Beem
Ass’t
Weare Grain Co
Chicago Board of Trade
Mutual
A. B. Alexander
Ray Rss
Thsian ‘Oal
Exoato Hestlverton
Wallace
the Sisters Vortex
Etna
Dali de Idee
Bronson
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