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Newspaper
Chariton Patriot
Location
Chariton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1908
Page
5
A long column lists school activities and notable locals. Mentions graduates and teachers. families visiting Chariton Lacona and Milo. road work, bids, and real estate moves. revival meetings at Derby M E church. various social visits and small town happenings.
Russell and Derby residents web of moving relatives visits and new property changes as local figures travel to Chariton Humeston Moscow and Lincoln. Crane of shifts include Dr Lazear building a new office in Derby and Kyner families moving onto a recently purchased farm. Local politics feature a Lantham hall caucus and various community appointments.
A newborn girl arrived to live with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kinney last Friday. Several local families hosted visits over the weekend including Truman and Logan Carson in Chariton and Miller families with Harry Carson. The one month old child of Frank and Mrs. Edwards died Friday after a brief lung illness. funeral held at home and burial at Zion Cemetery. Owen Miller family moved to Chariton and plan soon to relocate to Wyoming where a new claim awaits.
A series of brief local items: Lucas Milss Signe Anderson visits Ottumwa. W N Brownlee and Jessie Corum wed in Chariton. Roddy room gains 12 added students with six promoted. Fred Stover plans expense cuts prompting Jesse Spencer’s move to Des Moines. Rev J L Johnson recovers enough to preach at M E church. W R Langman welcomes a baby boy March 3. Various visits and moves including Mrs J M State, Mrs Will Hutchinson, Clara Mongar, Allie Sanders, J B Knotts, and roads to Chicago and Oscoon.
A Waynetown Indiana resident, Harry Wilson, calls Chamberlains Cough Remedy unequalled for croup and cold throat troubles. He says giving it at the first sign of croupy cough can prevent an attack and notes its wide use in thousands of homes. Available from Williamson Drug Co.
O W Ramsey and son Ernest announce a Oakley sale featuring machinery, buggies, wagons, scales, plows, cultivators, seeds, and every farm necessity. Citizens invited to inspect the line and purchase. The report also notes numerous local moves and arrivals including rentals, sales, and relocations among Chariton and Lucas County residents.
An item notes many people escape pneumonia and consumption after a lingering cold. It cites Foley's Honey and Tar as a remedy for deep seated coughs and colds, preventing serious illness. Also mentions local news updates and a special rate for two papers, plus a used wagon listing.
Dallas Sharp in Atlantic describes the woodchuck retreating from winter by burrowing five feet deep into a milder, hidden realm. The piece ponders how the creature may awaken with the spring, a curious voyage beyond time and space into sleep and suspended life.
Experiments show that a man five feet tall and 126 pounds lifts 156 pounds through 0.8 inches or 217 pounds through 1.2 inches. Taller men of 6.1 feet and 183 pounds lift 156 pounds to 138 inches or 217 pounds to 6 inches. Overall tests indicate average strength equals lifting 80 pounds a distance of 214 feet per second.
An incomplete dialogue recalls an Indian and a white hunter hunting together. The white man suggests the Indian choose the crow and turkey or another option, but the fragment ends abruptly leaving the outcome unknown.
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