Smith Home Reunion Draws Guests to 200 Acre Farm
An afternoon at the Smiths farm featured elder Mr. Smith and his son LéRoy tending a 200 acre estate with ornamental trees and fruit bearing specimens. About thirty guests gathered for a generous dinner in a large dining room served by staff, sharing memories and renewing acquaintances in a warm, cordial atmosphere.
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Azéres
Oie
Mr. Smith
LéRoy
Hermelia
Emma
Smith
New Discovery Promises Cure for Coughs and Lungs
Mrs Julia Ryder Paine of Truro Mass endorses Dr Kings New Discovery as a universal remedy for coughs and colds. The ad claims the product relieves symptoms quickly and cures weak lungs and throats after other remedies fail, with guaranteed satisfaction and two price points.
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America
Dr. King
Julia Ryder Paine
Truro
Mass
Muehlenthaler Bros
BE A MAN and Curiousity About How Animals Drink
In a contrived lecture style, readers are urged to be a man with integrity while pondering why different animals drink or chew differently. It questions animal behavior, urges frugality, self reliance, and social restraint, linking personal conduct to virtue and independence.
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Farinera
Fair Store Opens in Elgin With Bargain Counter
The Fair Store announces a new Elgin location offering a wide line of fancy China ware glassware semi porcelain ware and white ware plus a large bargain counter. The owners promise fair dealing and continued service to the people of Elgin and vicinity.
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Aving
Elgin
Advertised Letter and City Ordinance Message for Elgin Iowa
Public notice from Elgin Iowa warns unclaimed letters dated July 2 1907 will be sent to the Dead Letter Office. It also details an ordinance about expenditures for National Holiday celebrations including selling devices to raise funds and a committee led by E J Winn and M Clark to collect dues under Ordinance No 18.
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Bigintown
P. O
Parsons
Connell
Coc Pars
Elgin
Iowa
J. H. Winnsame
Clark
Cedar Rapids
Charlotte Pleiming
Oelwein
Chicago Daily News
Cresco Imes
Hinman
Congrégational Church
Muehlenthaler Bros
Unclear Historical Note from OCR Fragment
Fragmentary OCR text shows a garbled line mentioning trade and names like T. J. Cappar. No coherent event or date is evident. unable to determine a clear news item or outcome from the readable content.
Gossip and community notes from Fayette County and beyond
A collage of local items notes gossip culture at length, mentions the Fayette County Union moving to the R. M. Hoyt brick block, and praises Bro. McIlree's progressiveness. It covers church announcements for the Methodist Episcopal and Latien Add, a Ratty Club opening, DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve ads, and a weather remark about corn growth and perspiration.
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Fayette County Union
R. M. Hoyt
Iilree
DeWitt
DeWitt's
Muehlenthaler Bros
Graduation Day Picnic and School Prizegiving Highlights
The town observed the last day of school with a picnic at Corkery’s Grover after a reading by visitors at the school house. Activities included swimming, races, tug of war, a paper chase, and a lively program with songs and plays. Diplomas were presented to Emma Poore and Bertha Boleyn, ten perfect attendance certificates awarded, and prizes given for races. ice cream and cake boosted the Literary Society fund.
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Taps
Minnihan
Annie Todney
Emma’ Poore
Bertha Boleyn
Fred Gernand
Literary Society
A Gentlemen From Another Era Defining True Courtesy
A vintage piece argues that true gentility goes beyond colored socks and boiled collars. It praises modest dress, clean speech, respect for women, and honesty, recalling boys who earned their clothes and money and avoided street corners and tavern sneaks.
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Oys
Elgin Celebration Delayed and Rail Fare Changes Noted
The paper notes a delay in Elgin's celebration with mixed local opinions on holiday cheer and plans to entertain the big crowd next week. It reports rail fare changes, with two cent per mile as the new standard and a withdrawn half-rate for ministers and soldiers’ homes residents. Mae Benson returns from Rochester after a surgical operation.
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Elgin
Bono
Hughes
One Hour A Day For Mastery And Migration News
The piece extols daily study and lists benefits from dedicating one hour a day to learning, arguing it converts ignorance to knowledge and improves life prospects. It also notes New South Wales offers passage subsidies for immigrants, while much of the rest of the text reports local obituaries, travel plans to Saratoga for a Templar event, marriages, visits, and assorted community notices.
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New South Wales
United States
Australia
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Kings
T. J. Cappar
Latien
Veryone
Epworth
O. M. Benson
Ratty Club
Wadena
Mae Benson
Rochester, Minn
Tian
Ole O. Johnson
Wagner Township
Norway Church
D. W. Clements
Chicago
Knight Templar
Saratoga
W. Schneider
K. D. Fisk
White
West Union
John Christ
F. B. Berg
Myrtle Bryant
Gertrude Rawaoa
Washington
A. Bly
Harvey Stoehr
Guana
Grant Gruver
Decorah
Wan. Gruver
Jennie Anderson
Edison
Albert Gehring
Asbury Conner
Wm, Kohis
Fred Reichert
Andy Weiman
John Reinhart
Round Valley
Nebraska
Yaara
O. T. Kuuitson
Blooming Prairie
Draewell
German Baptist Church
Botayn & Wine
T. J. Capper
Muehlenthaler Broa
Ayer
Shen
J. C. Avor Co
Lowell
Man
Berg's Clothing Store
Thoma Bros
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