Local Notices and Holiday Visitors Highlight Fayette Post
Locals Roy Graves and others arrive and depart, with several residents visiting relatives in Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota and Cedar Rapids. Christmas cards, books for sale, and household moves surface alongside Dr Shoop’s Cough Remedy promotions and music shop offers. Miss Gertrude Comstock visits from Los Angeles. Rev Geo H Kennedy and family plan Dubuque trip. 23 acre sale near town discussed. piano bargains from Griffith Music House noted.
Christmas programs and services in multiple churches
The Methodist and Congregational churches announce a Christmas program and related services. The Methodist church plans a Friday December 23 program at 7 30 pm with a Christmas tree afterward. The Congregational church lists morning and evening services, a Christmas cantata Saturday at 7, and a postcantata Christmas tree. Catholic masses noted for January 5 with offerings at 4 00 per?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiss
Epworth League
Methodist Sunday School
Santa Clara
Catholic Careh Tnt
Real Estate Transfers Across Oelwein Area Listings
Multiple entries record real estate transfers in Oelwein and nearby towns with buyers and sellers including Ella Netcott to Don Ross, Jamison to C Cooney, Busset to Gissel, David Cross to Louisa Cross, Maude Parker to Kate Miler, and others. Transactions cover various lots, additions, and parcels with prices noted in some cases, alongside unrelated 1910-1911 ad text and a brief literary column excerpt.
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Ella Netcott
Don Ross
Netcott
Oelwein
A Complicated Case and a Coffee Ad Mix Ups
An excerpt pairs a medical anecdote about Geruin measles with a brief ad for Dr Shoops Health Coffee. It claims measles are rarely serious, notes a fatal case of a Frenchman, and then shifts to promoting a coffee substitute made from toasted grains and nuts that supposedly tastes like coffee and is quick to prepare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geruvin
Rataly
Geruiin
Dr. Shoop
EB. L. Garner
Sensational Monte Carlo Plays Attract Big Winners And Losses
Frank Marshall White in Tarper's Weekly recounts sensational Monte Carlo gambling tales. It notes Harry Rosenfeld, a Chicago youth, won about 400,000 francs in a week but lost most at night baccarat. It mentions Charles Wells of London and Jaggers of Yorkshire as major recent winners, with Wells netting 750,000 francs before losing more and Jaggers turning 3,000,000 francs into losses. The stories focus on fortune, risk, and the casino crowd amid historic exploits.
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Busan
Monte Carlo
Abandon
All American
Chive
Soomma Frites
Flg
Monte
Chicago
Harry Rosenfeld
Baccarat
David Chris de Murray
France
Mere Huit
M. le Due
Frances
Whit
Frank Marshall White
Tarper's Weekly
Fragmented OCR reads as cryptic historical note
A garbled passage recalls a neighbor untangling a min from a handsome sett and mentions Wordsworgt, Enghind, Cumberland, and Wadsworth in a censored, archaic tone. The text appears as a fractured33 historical anecdote with unclear entities and dates.
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Taurente
Cumberland Yeomin
Ming Miles
Hiarente
Wadsworth
Trydul
Three Husbands and a Paradoxlla in Old Writings
Swiss voters head to the polls with Sunday ballots in most districts and Saturday hours in some. Voter turnout reaches 70 to 80 percent where voting is compulsory, with fines for absence unless justified by illness, mourning, travel, a birth, christening duties, or official business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
St. Gallen
Senator Lotsman-Why and the Presidential Price Talk
A clipped, fragmented notice notes mentions of Senator Lotsman-Why and a London journal discussing the idea of the presidency being for sale. It references the Chicago Tribune and a reporter noting naming in connection with the presidency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lotsman
United States
Chicago Tribune
Ends Winters Troubles to Arnica Balm
A fragment claims Burkien Arnica Balye relieves frostbite chilblains and burns. It reads like an old health advert touting a “teat healer” for sores eczema and related injuries from winter. Richert appears as a name in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burkien
Od Richert
Dr Shoop’s Restorative Promo and Free Trial Offer
A dubious sales pitch promotes Dr Shoop’s Restorative with a 20 day no pay contract. The ad claims universal benefit for stomach heart and kidneys and urges readers to request books and a free trial, naming multiple book numbers and a nationwide druggist network. The text pressures readers to write for orders and personal consultation.
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Dany
Mia
Shoop
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J. E. McCarthy
Kansas
Rrekert & Davie
Frank Scobey
Alva Clapham
Fredericksburg
VE Strayer
Maude Stevens
Appleton
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Fannie Grannis
St Paul
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JH Neff
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Martin Maloney
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HL Coselman
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Geof Starch
Frilast
RD McCarthy
Riceville
Fayette
Windy City
Adl Dealeers
Gertrude Comstock
Los Angeles
Cal
Bertha Mershon
Dr Mershon
Geo H Kennedy
Kenneth
Griffith Music House
West Union
Underwood
Hamrie
Hamric
Methodist
G. HW
Kennepy
Muister
Clas
Sadeer & Culvertson
West Union, Iowa
Merry Christmas
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J. H. Boyce
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Grand View Add
Earl P
Charles Busset
Lewis Gissel
Grand View
David Cross
Louisa Cross
Amoo
Maude E Parker
Kate Miler
Lee Morrison
Anna Gaynor
Alexander
Anon B. Ray
Gustava V. Johnson
BT West Union
Mary Detrick
Fred Harford
Oelwein Lind Co
Velwein
Jones
Rose Wood
Owlwein Homestead
Arthur & Crawford
John A Bahl
Janstrum
Uenus Havernin
Oband
Woo Millen
Toto
Carl Meisgeier
Joseph Ol
Ewawners
William Wo Burns
Minnie Margetle
William McCormick
Geo, Jelnings
Riert Rierson
Sum Lf
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George O
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