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Newspaper
Chariton Patriot
Location
Chariton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1908
Page
7
A local shop advertises drastic reductions to clear stock and outpace competition. It promises savings on every purchase and urges customers to stock up on heavier clothing as colder weather approaches.
Fragmentary OCR listing varied prices for daily goods with many unreadable numbers. The readable figures include cents and dollar amounts such as 19c 39c 69c 98c 1.39 and 2.48, suggesting a sale or price roll.
A long column lists neighbors visiting kin, trips to Humeston Osceola Keosauqua and Omaha, schoolteachers at home, and many family events. It notes Mrs. Anna Mark visiting from Omha, Clyde Barstow wedding in Osceola, and various siblings, cousins, and friends traveling or hosting in Chariton and nearby towns.
Cough remedies touted as preventing pneumonia. Honey and Tar claimed to heal lungs with no harmful drugs. Local notices include livestock for sale, visitors to Des Moines and Chariton, church moves, and a contractor moving to Council Bluffs to finish a brick schoolhouse project.
Union Evangelistic meetings by home forces start with earnest praise on Wednesday evening February 5. Details on venue and arrangements to follow next week as committees prepare for a vigorous spiritual effort by the Ohio churches to bless the people with the gospel of salvation.
A meeting of the stockholders of the State Savings Bank of Chariton will be held at 4 o'clock p m February 24 1908 to consider facing the capital stock of the bank and a twenty five thousand dollar increase. Jos A Brown President John Culbertson Cashier Jos A Brown G Weiarimer Director.
Fragmentary text references Col M Li attorney in southern district Iowa with penalties and Burlington Bays case, mentions Milwaukee and Davenport division, plus a Dyspepsia Tablet ad fragment and Williamson Drug Co. block week. No coherent event details discerned.
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