Local notes and notices from a rural Iowa town
A collage of items including retail ads, farm sales, saloon debates, travel notices, and community news. Mentions of Miss Mamie Thomas visiting Fayette, Amonica and Albert Potratz leaving for Summer, ice harvest, cement supply, and a Postmaster general order on mail jackets. Also notes on Keokuk dam plans, snow, a St Johns vow among Masons, and local entertainment at Muehlenthaler home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamie Thomas
Fayette
Rosa’ Muehlenthaler
Local notes and notices from town and region
A patchwork column reports freezing weather in Iowa and reflections on 1911, invites interest in civil engineering training for Alfred Cook, and notes solar and lunar events. It lists prices for kerosene, poultry buying, a found gold watch fob, and social visits. Also mentions St Olaf student Elmer Houg, New York estate farm abandonments, and a quip advising youth to avoid Horace Greeley’s advice about going to Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laures
I. Capper
Iowa
Alfred Cook
Waterloo
Ames
United States
Great Lakes
Washington, D.C
England
Philadelphia
Chicago
Elmer Houg
St. Olaf College
Northfield
New York
Horace Greeley
Canada
Scott Bowne Emulsion Ad Promises Growth for Baby
A vintage advertisement claims a half-teaspoon daily dose of Scott's Emulsion will sustain a year-old baby for a month and with four bottles over three months strengthen the child. It touts a Savings Bank and Child's Sketch Book promotion and directs purchases through druggists, Scott Bowne, 409 Pearl Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savings Bank
SCOTT @ BOWNE
Pearl Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
THE
Elgin Echo
Ritzin
North Eastern
Fw. Hughes
Elgin
T. J. Carrar
WM. Larrapen
Albert
Amonica Potratz
Lyon County
R. P. Strauch
Bertha
F. W. Hughea
Champaign
Bauman
Hackman
Elmo
Thos, Knudtaon
Citizens’ State Bank
Cedar Rapids
St. John's Day
Frederick Craig
Des Moines
Dr. Hutchinson
Capper’s. Bainman
Carl Hackmann
West Union
Alie
Truth
Lena Wegmiller
Leonard
Oeltwein
Fort Dodge
Postville
Judge Fellows
Lansing
Keokuk
Missouri
Illinois
Mississippi
T. J. Cappis
Fred Falk
Lewis
la Crosse
Wia
Anna Muehlenthaler
Miss Aranaa
Capital
Keizer
Gus Gunderson
Supervisora
Harold Stoehr
Yas Anderson
Carthage
Cedar Rapide
Business College
Mr. Anderson
Bombay
Fred G. Gehring
Towa
Schori & Benson Lumber
Finke
T. J. Capper
C. W. Nicklaus
Ruth
R. O. Woodard
Weat Union
Scott
Tles
Buck Wheat
Queen
Lily White
Seal of Minnesota
Elgin Roller Mills
Eibel Bros
PROPS
Northwestern
H. T. Knudtson
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