County Correspondence Highlights Local Social Activity
May 23 notes show Bertha Hill and Cora Leppo at a C E convention in Keokuk. Visits include Henry Woolsey’s daughter at Hillsboro and Albert McCartney of Chicago calling on friends here. Samuel Laughlin and family paid Fairfield calls Tuesday.
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Bertha Hill
Cora Leppo
C. E
Keokuk
Henry Woolsey
Hillsborro
Albert McCartney
Chicago
Chase Knowles
John Coleman
Agency
Wm. Frakes
Ed Colton
Birmingham
Avis
West Point
John Whitlock
Peter Yost
Frank
Los Angeles
Cal
Charley
Dan Leppo
A. W. Anderson
Walter Hope
Adam Wilson
Ottumwa
Robert Bishop
May 22 Local News Highlights and Social Notes
May 22 summaries include M Damm shipping two car loads of cattle to Chicago. Wm Edmund listed as dangerously ill at his employer’s Four Corners home. W T Reeves working on side tracks. Miss Mary Heaton injured finger in a fall. Peter Nelson spent Sunday at home. Local men attended a ball game at Beckwith. Miss Mary Johnson and Miss Hopkirk of Lockridge visited at Mary Johnson’s parents. Baldwin Parson in Chicago on business. due home today. Parsonsville church concert planned for May 26 with an excellent program and good entertainment expected.
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Mary Johnson
Hopkirk of
Lockridge
Baldwin Parson
Chicago
Parsonsville Church
Baptism delayed as crowd expects visitors by river
A crowd gathered for a baptising but arrivals were late and distance moved the immersion to two weeks from Sunday. Other notes: Mr. Mackim moved to Mt. Pleasant. Doss Vanwinkle and Wade Carper toured to Brighton. A severe hailstorm south of the area damaged gardens and fruit trees. Estrus Norton finishes hauling hay. John Schmidtlein visits relatives before traveling to Grundy County and Preston then home to Kingman Arizona. P Salzman was out looking for white.
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Mackim
Mt. Pleasant
Merrimac
Doss Vanwinkle
Wade Carper
Brighton
Here
Estrus Norton
John Schmidtlein
Grundy County
Will
Charlie Scheiber
Preston
Stella Clark
Kingman
Arizona
P. Salzman
Local Farm News Tells of Cattle Sales and Hat Trade
Grandpa and Grandma Norton returned from a trip to Eldon yesterday. P. Salzman sold his fat cattle last week. Mrs. Anna Salzman has received a good lot of trimmed hats and is realizing a healthy sale.
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Grandpa
Grandma Norton
Eldon
P. Salzman
Anna Salzman
Local Movements and Visits Reported Across Communities
Charley Mendenhall moved to Cedar creek to work in Bate's coal mine. Dr. Snook called up patients in this city Monday morning. Shan Campbell arrived on No. 86 to clerk for W. W. Israel. Horton Spencer held a meeting at Antioch church Sunday. John Heritage will preach there two weeks from last Sunday at 7 30 p m. Rains push some farmers to replant part of their corn. Geo Shekelton and Geo Leffler left for Afton Tuesday to work piling for the C B and Q Ry. Mrs W S Miller visited Pleasant Plain last Saturday.
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Charley Mendenhall
Cedar Creek
Bate
Dr. Snook
Shan Campbell
W. W. Israel
Horton Spencer
Antioch Church
John Heritage
Geo. Shekelton
Geo. Leffler
Afton
W. S. Miller
Pleasant Plain
Spring Ride In The City Park
A verse by Kate Masterson in Life depicts a couple enjoying a spring drive. The scene blends urban imagery with playful romance as a horse drawn carriage wobbles then rights itself. The piece celebrates spring’s scents and shared laughter amid light danger and carefree moments.
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Hastier
Kate Masterson
The New Butler and the Threepence Anecdote at Home
The Wellesley Magazine recounts an English butler who spoke grandly at an at home, announcing guests with full titles. After the master requested brevity, the butler, wounded in pride, finally announced the Penny family as a single brisk sum: Threepence.
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Wellesley Magazine
Penny
Edwin Algernon Pembroke Penny
Maud Victoria Penny
Mrs. Penny
Miss Penny
Poet’s Question Echoes in Violet Ink on Gilt Paper
A London Telegraph essay-like remark recalls a poet’s line about being missed and an editor’s grim response. The quip contrasts romantic note with a sharp dismissal about trust and weapons.
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London Telegraph
Quote on public benefactors and world horse population
A Chicago News line notes that many self styled benefactors neglect to give his wife money for personal use. It adds a remark that Algeria and Argentina are the only countries where horses outnumber humans, implying a humorous global comparison.
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Chicago News
Algeria
Argentina
Cowboys Blacksmithing at Four Peaks Camp
An Arizona Grapevine anecdote recalls cowhands at a backcountry camp near Four Peaks who repurposed old wagon tires into fasteners. Using 80 caliber bullets to punch bolt holes, they rebuilt bolsters after breaking, illustrating inventive, rustic blacksmithing born from wartime gunpowder and improvised tools.
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Four Peaks
Jim Bark
Flinders
Arizona
Garland and the Virginian as Attorney General Tale
A Pittsburgh Dispatch anecdote tells Garland a Cleveland born Arkansas attorney general, faced with a Virginia aristocrat who brags of North Carolina relatives and a hanging horse thief. The visitor departs, and Garland quips that the man will bother him no more.
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Cleveland
Garland
Lincoln
Arkansas
Department of Justice
Virginia
Gyarlands
Calina
Henry Gyarland
Sur
Mr. Garland
Stolen Watch Returns After Rough House Grab
A man recounts losing a watch in a western district gambling den during a ten minute brawl. He grabbed a thief in the split second of darkness and recovered a timepiece he kept as compensation for his own loss. Five hundred jurors are summoned monthly in New York courts.
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Scott
Philadelphia Inquirer
New York
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Don't Know It
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a cure for kidney and urinary issues. It claims relief for back pain swelling and frequent urination and offers free sample bottle and book by mail from Kilmer and Company of Binghamton New York.
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Swamp Root
Exclamatory Name Sparks Confusion in Harrison Street Court
In a Chicago News report, Justice in Harrison Street court calls O. Mye causing a hush. Bailiff Barnett arrests a meek man for contempt, only to learn the suspect’s name is Oliver Mye and that he had begged alms. He receives a $50 fine.
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O. Mye
Harrison Street
Barnet
Barnett
Oliver
Chicago News
How McCullough Lost a Bet Night Clock Joke
William H. Crane tells of a San Francisco wager between McCullough and another man. Crane refereed as both stood on one foot for a $20 gold piece, with McCullough using a sofa for balance while the other contestant held firm. The other man won, but Crane realized he had been outlasted by the referee's drowsy oversight.
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McCullough
William H. Crane
San Francisco
Billy
Crane
Never Admit Defeat
A quotation urges relentless self belief and persistence as keys to success. It counsels asserting rights, maintaining confidence, and pushing forward in the modern world, warning that doubt and negativity hinder progress and respect.
To Cure Constipation Forever Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic
A 19th century advertisement touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a cure for constipation. It promises relief at 10 cents or 25 cents with a druggist refund if it fails.
D A R Clubwoman Learns Gouverneur Morris Financed Revolution
A D A R member gains quick wisdom at a meeting after confessing she knew little of Gouverneur Morris. Professor Sparks cited Morris as financier who helped fund the American Revolution, prompting a joke about her post at the Fortnightly club.
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Sparks
Gouverneur Morris
Morris
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Read the Western Trail Free Year Offer
Farmers are urged to read the Western Trail published quarterly by the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway. It is sent free for one year and requests readers to address inquiries by letter or postal card to G. J. A. in Chicago.
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Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Chicago
Bailey's Laxative Tablets Offer Genuine Cascara Sagrada Relief
Medical prospectus describes Bailey's Laxative Tablets as a cure for constipation sick headache biliousness and liver troubles. The active ingredient is Cascara Sagrada. Chocolate coated twenty or sixty tablet packages carry W. J. Bailey Chicago signature and are sold by Bradshaw and Thoma.
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Bailey
W. J. Bailey
Chicago
Bradshaw & Thoma
Astoria The Kind You Have Always Bought CAS
A fragment notes the phrase Your capital is not large but sufficient and remarks the business is peculiar in that it does not necessitate evasion of the laws, attributed to a Detroit Journal quotation.
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Astoria
Cas
Detroit Journal
American Lice Destroyer promoted for poultry vermin control
An advertisement claims American Lice Destroyer kills mites and lice in 24 hours, protects 250 fowls for a year, and boosts profits. It guarantees refunds if unsatisfied and urges poultrymen to buy a $1.00 box, noting druggists may not stock it yet.
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Teroute
Ind
Royal Rover Listed as 1900 Fair Grounds Stallion Prospect
In 1900, at Fairfield Iowa, stallions will stand daily on the Fair Grounds. Royal Rover 9060 a bright bay foaled May 28 1892 weighs 2000 pounds and has a rich breeding line from Mount Royal Sunflower Prince of Wales and Glenglee. He was purchased from Alexander Gilbraith and comes with a fifteen dollar foal-insurance option.
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Breeders’ Gazette
Chicago
George Bean
Balquham Mains
Piteaple
Mount Royal
Sunflower
Prince of Wales
Kate
Glenglee
Maggie
Farmer Drumore
Alexander Gilbraith
Wisconsin
Royal Rover
Edzardus No 152 German Coach Horse at 1500 pounds
Edzardus is a German Coach horse weighing 1500 pounds with black points and fine style. Viewing is recommended to appreciate the horse. Terms include ten dollars to insure mare with foal and forfeiture of insurance if mares are removed from the county. Care not guaranteed against accidents. If mare or colt have bad luck, another service is offered free next season by either stallion.
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Edzardus
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