Meaning of perm in business life pondered
A correspondent asks the meaning of perm in business life noting it arises from circumstances. A bank or post office worker earns monthly pay while a preacher or newspaper owner may receive a different amount. Springfield Illinois suffers a race riot after an assault on a white woman. several dead wounded and property destroyed amid tension. A proposal for an extra legislative session to amend primary laws faces little support in the state. Dean's Ointment claims to stop eczema spreading and itching. Works sold in drug stores.
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Perm
Fife
Wan
Springfield
Abraham Lincoln
Epidemic Followed Rockwell City Banquet Ends in Deaths
A typhoid outbreak linked to an April banquet by M. E. church men in Rockwell City claimed a sixth victim, Frank Delano, a prominent local farmer, whose wife and daughter are ill. The item notes previous wedding notices cited by editors and includes a miscellany of rural opinions, notices, and classifieds from the Emporia Gazette and Hamburg post office list.
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M. E. Church
Rockwell City
Frank Delano
Laughs and manners guide a boy to choose friends
A family dialogue on reading laughs to judge character, with the father teaching Willie to notice what sparks laughter rather than vowel tones. The mother adds a simpler rule: judge by what provokes the laugh, not how it sounds, then send Willie to bed as the household ends with the remark about women lacking humor.
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Willie
Automatic Money Assorter Invented in Prague
A new coin sorting machine in Prague claims to separate metal coins by denomination as they slide down a spiral track with size slits guiding each coin into its own basket. Tested by several firms handling large sums, the principle is likened to size-sorting oranges in Florida and California.
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Prague
Florida
California
Harper's Weekly
Magnesia Preserves Teeth Through Night Brushing
A reader reports that nightly brushing with a filbert-sized magnesia piece, mixed with all-teeth contact, protects enamel by neutralizing mouth acidity and forming a protective coating. Hydrogen dioxide rinse and daily myrrh drops are also recommended to prevent decay and bad breath.
White Rose Among Red Blooms Surprises Huntingdon Official
W R Wilson president of Huntingdon borough council reports an oddity at his Mifflin Street home a perfectly white climbing rambler rose blooming eight feet up the wall among red roses on the same bush and nearby towers.
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W. R. Wilson
Huntingdon Pa
Mifflin Street
Summer Frivolity at Ocean City Convention
A fragment notes an educational convention at Ocean City and a light exchange about the program. The quote hints at favoring entertaining or attractive teachers if consulted, reflecting light social humor in the era.
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Ocean City
Resident Support In Clastic Currency Debate
A fragment notes Bubkins could push for clastic currency, with a curious remark about his advocacy drawing skepticism from a peer who calls him a hounded figure. The text hints at partisan financial policy discussion and personal tone among residents.
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Bubkins
Assortment of Ladies Skirts at the Big Store
A nice assortment of ladies dress skirts offered at attractive prices at the Big Store. Also announces a few oxfords for ladies and men to close out. On Route 2, Will Knappe completed a new barn and improved farm buildings. Miss Helen Gottsche returns from visits to Shenandoah and Farragut.
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Oxfords
Will Knappe
Helen Gottsche
Shenandoah
Farragut
Watsonian notes on local church visits and travel
Rev. M. F. Brower departed last Wednesday for Axtel Kansas to spend a week with his father. Rev. John Zuck from near Hamburg preached at the Methodist church in the morning and evening at the Dyke residence north of town.
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M. F. Brower
Axtel
Kansas
John Zuck
Hamburg
James Dyke
Fall Tailor-made Suits At McAdoo Dean's Store
Mrs. Frank Dowdy returns home from Nebraska to the island as Green advertises groceries. Time to buy a new Fall Tailor-made Suit with a big stock for your selection at McAdoo Dean's.
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Frank Dowdy
Island
Nebraska
McAdoo & Dean's
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