Local Interest Notices and Market Ad Offers
Local items mention Stoners Mousse and Bruce from Payne Road. S.M. Adamson has fully recovered and Harry Dean will entertain the MOL K club this afternoon. Fresh vegetables available at the Opera House Cafe, coal and goods at Finley’s. Old papers five cents each. Hilger’s shoe store offers men’s sample shoes 3 pairs for $1.50.
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Stoners
W. A
Fender
Bruce
Payne
S.M. Adamson
G. I. ‘Huffman
Isurance
Harry Dean
Mol. K
Hilger's
Valparaiso’s Hills rise from docks to city tops
Dated account describes Valparaiso as built on nineteen hills with elevations from three to eleven hundred feet, a vibrant twentieth century port city. It notes Germans built and still run the tramway, sightseeing top decks for five cent first class, two and a half cent second class, and women conductors proven efficient during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valparaiso
Rome
Ter
Lisbon
Santiago
Buenos Aires
Transanding Railroad
Peru
Bolivia
Deter MacQueen
National Magazine
Jenny Lind Piety and Quiet Career End
A friend recalls Jenny Lind after she withdrew from concert life, noting her willingness to sacrifice fame. The London Standard reports she saved her wealth for charity and chose a quieter path, saying the setting sun drew her to change as she read the Bible on a south coast beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenny Lind
Lady Taylor
Philip van Artevelde
Jenny
Linda
London Standard
Solenodons Two Known Species In Haiti And Cuba
Solenodons are small nocturnal insectivores with long snouts and naked tails. Only two species are known, one in Haiti and the other in Cuba. They vary in fur color and quality, dig for insects, and reportedly hide their heads in holes when chased by dogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haiti
Cuba
Honest Man Marries Wealthy Merchant’s Daughter
A New York Times tale tells of a recently wed young man with no money who relies on honesty in marriage. He refuses to alter the minister’s vow, quipping that he and the bride should “endow” each other with worldly goods, highlighting integrity over wealth.
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New York Times
Mannerly Girls at Atlantic City Hotel Veranda
A tall young man with an English bearing tells an acquaintance that all the girls around the Atlantic City hotel smile at him. The other decline, noting that manners may explain the smiles, while elsewhere they might laugh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
Detroit Free Press
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John Levenster
M. D
Hamburg
Julign Hotel
Zuck:& Son
Genera. Diaying Business
Hamburg - Iowa
Dr. Mitchell - Dettist
Bank
Chas
Medford
Opera House
Fred
Aldrich
Undertaker
Withs
Frank Davis
Masonic Block
Iowa
Weare
the. Boosters
Finley's
W. W
Anspach
Mazda
City Electrical Co
Thomas Reddy
Chile
Hills
Stoker
Bran
Yankage
B. G. Franklin
the Bank of Hamburg
J. E. Morgan, P. L. van Meter G
M. Beal
Dapasit
C. W. Baker
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