Local Topics and Storm Aftermath in Malvern Glenwood
Contractors Flick and Johnson receive two pony locomotives for Malvern area work. Chas McMillen visits Red Oak after a storm finds flooding on return. T and N trains halted due to dangerous track condition. reopening hoped today. insurance draft for $2,055 paid to the Daniel family. Photographer J. C. Haney tours storm scenes and trains as a professional. Infant Helen Funches dies of pneumonia. funeral held with a colored minister. Drake-Williams-Mount Co. standpipe contract hearings end with repairs, city paying $200 extra and $1,000 on original contract. Post office letters remaining uncalled for for week ending June 4, 1903. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy highly esteemed. sold by W. W. DeWitt & Co. Pharmacists.
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Chas. McMillen
Red Oak
L. K. Mason
Hastings
Bankere Lite Insurance Company
Glenwood
Robt. H. Daniel
Drake-Williama-Mount Co
Omaha
A Long Way Around A Rail Route Disaster
An Opinion representative describes travel east to Burlington and beyond to illustrate the railroad washout impact. Train No. 6 was split by the washout between Ottumwa and Albia, with heavy curves complicating the shunt. Travel disruptions spread to Quincy and Missouri as Mississippi River floods rose, while crews aided by local boats and launches rescued many from floods near Topeka. Local merchants tout flour deals and advertise patent remedies as readers contend with widespread travel chaos and lingering questions about weather and nature's power.
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Burlington
Wabash
Bloomfield
Davis County
Ottumwa
Albia
Burlington West
Quincy
Omaha
Hannibal and St. Joe
West Quincy
Missouri
Glenwood
Missinsippi
St. Joseph
Topeka
Buffington
Can You Sell Soap And Rug Offer
A dubious postal style notice promises three dozen Crystal Toilet Soap cakes in exchange for selling and returning money, plus a free wool rug. Also warns Glenwood residents about a city ordinance fining shooting within limits, Mayor A Utreauacs announcing enforcement. Mrs Sarah W Curtis of Lee Mass touts Champlain Stomach and Liver Tablets for indigestion and sour stomach.
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Address
Crystal Toilet Soap Co
Dept. 8
Omaha
Neb
Glenwood
A. Utreauacs
Sarah W. Curtis
Lee, Mass
Chamberlain
Sweet Corn Contracts Face Planting Shortfall
Addressing a seed shortage, corn contracts spell out aid measures for farmers unable to plant full acreages. The program offers free food supplies to support immediate planting and stabilize harvest prospects.
The Lazy Lion Learns a Lesson in Courage
In a rural tale from the Pittsburg Dispatch a young son observes lions playing baseball. He grows eager to join but fears the effort required. A coconuts drop from a tree, striking the lion on the nose and awakening him to take swift action. The lion abandons laziness after the near mishap.
An Animal Story For Little Folks The Sparrow's Revenge
A selfish squirrel teases a sparrow and bargains sleep for nuts. The sparrow drops a large egg instead, smashing it in the squirrel's mouth. Egg splatter blinds the squirrel. he runs away muttering that the Sparrow got his revenge for his bad behavior.
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Graag
Milk Dilution Advice From The Silo And Dairy Notes
Fragments discuss feeding dairy cows from silos when milk is rich or thin. Mentions dilution by water, the Babcock test, and selling a pedigreed cow. Includes notes on silage value, pasture, and avoiding underfeeding. Also discusses wheat variety yields at an Ohio station, listing Sir William potato and Ten Years Wheat Test results with Velvet Chaff as standard.
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Ao Creamery
W. F. McSparran
National Stockman
Sir William
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Ohio Experiment Station
Penquite
Mealy
Harry
The Best Farm Wagon Design and Silo Inquiry
The Missouri agricultural station favors a wagon with equal axle length, broad tires, and wheels thirty to thirty six inches high in front and forty to forty four inches behind. Readers are urged to consider silo use, cold storage benefit, and cooperative development among farmers, noting gas powered machines ease operation and broaden wealth potential.
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The
Missouri Agricultural Station
Rabagas and Morse Tales From Early Telegraphy
The article recounts a Thiers triggered interference with Sardou’s Rabagas and a telegram anecdote involving Professor Morse after the first transatlantic cable. It notes a distracted general Ladmirault, the unopened dispatch, and the playful claim of Morse as the telegraph’s father.
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Morse
Cyrun W.a Dore
Professor Morse
Ohio
New York
Rap- Paty
Telegraph
Cyrus W. Meld
Minister’s Sea Metaphor Sparks Gentle Laughter
Sanom Land preacher Aelergpmin addressed sailors on life’s storms. He urged anchoring in trouble, but a snicker rose as the crowd realized his sea experience was limited to the sermon. Afterward a listener asked if he had ever been at sea, he answered no except during the address.
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M. Sardou
M. Thiers
Sanom Land
Aelergpmin
New York Times
Lightning's Affinity For One
Lightning seeks earth as a vast reservoir of electricity and favors heat paths. It commonly strikes metal objects and tall elevations, showing a preference for oak trees and high structures. It will leap over acres of trees to reach an oak and passes high points to strike metal covered buildings.
Oldest Trees Cited by Tuckwell and Karr
The notes compare claims about ancient trees. Rev W Tuckwell cites the Sema cypress of Lombardy as forty years before Christ, while Alphonse Karr mentions baobabs in Senegal claimed to be about 5,000 years old, per Notes and Queries.
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W. Tuckwell
Lombardy
Christ
Alphonse Karr
Superstition on Saving Drowning Men Persists in Britain
The article notes a long standing superstition in Great Britain that rescuing a drowning man risks injury to the rescuer. It traces origins to ancestors and finds similar beliefs among the Sioux and other Indians, with stronger prevalence in Cornwall and parts of Scotland.
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Great Britain
Cornwall
Scotland
No Longer Necessary Alarm Jokes with New Baby
Chicago Post quotes a household dismissing burglar alarms after welcoming a baby. The witty remark suggests burglars would need a quiet night to strike. The lighthearted line reflects postwar domestic security attitudes.
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Chicago Post
Annoying Delays Mar Allot Magazine Trials
Fragmentary text describes vexation with magazine serials and uncertain story endings. It mentions May and May-Oh alongside disjointed phrases about delays, shoes, and a town country setting. Appears as a chit of overheard remarks.
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