Local notices and personals from a midwestern paper
Friday June 3 101 M Powers buys a fine driving horse and Abram Bell rejoice over a ten pound boy birth. Frank Yanochowski plans to move. Route carrier appointment for Frank Fairchild. Memorial exercises feature a male quartet Hall DuFour Powers. Hatcher family welcomes a son. Thomas Lawless of Camp Grove dies funeral at Catholic church. Maniskit lots in burnt district bought by Joseph Schick for 1000 dollars to yield a brick business block this summer.
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M. Powers
Hanna
Dee “Horrom
Kansas
Frank" Fairchild
Walter Eagleton
Hall
DuFour
Perry
Pow ‘Ers
Robert “Hatcher
Felloyzess
S. S. Merritt
Thomas_ Lawless
William Lawless
Camp Grove
Maniskt
Joseph Schick
Schick
A Fitting Pen Picture of a True and Kindly Comrade
A retrospective poem describes a plain man with awkward style and solemn looks who softens with a sunny smile. He speaks sharply at times yet remains loyal to those who love him, showing inner warmth beyond a painted exterior.
Bobby’s Essay Tribute to King Solomon Earns Street Corner Bet
A Dakota City reader shares a clipped tribute titled Bobby’s Essay describing King Solomon as a wise country man who fathered many wives and built a temple. The tale blends humor and myth, ending with a jokey self reference about being a “warm member.”
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Solomon
Bobby
Schmeid
Dakota City
Eagle
King Solomn
Wimmen
Anny
Solumn
Chais
Bilt
Presidents and golf through American history
The Cincinnati Times Star notes golf shifted from a fringe pastime to a public life element. It lists presidents from Cleveland to Harding and Taft to Wilson, highlighting early recreation trends, and claims Harding poised to bring golf into the White House.
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America
Cincinnati?Times-Star
Cleveland
Harrison
McKinley
Roosevelt
Taft
Wilson
Chevy Chase
Harding
White House
Old Scotsman Bets Sixpence on Big Payoff at Race
A tale from a Lipton era racing column recalls an elderly Scotsman at his first horse race who bets a sixpence on a 40 to 1 long shot. The horse wins and the bookmaker pays out a fortune, prompting the astonished man to exclaim the win is worth his entire lifetime in a moment.
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Thomas Lipton
Boston
Advantages of Being Poor In Modern Life
A humorous fragment lists supposed benefits of poverty such as not caring for formal attire and avoiding begging letters. It contrasts cartoons of luxury with daily inconveniences and notes a for sale listing for a derk grating made of wires and a glass slide case for sale from the Current News Office.
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Derk
Chicken leg bait yields preacher’s teeth tale in Kansas Gazette
A Methodist preacher fishing in the Kansas River sneezed and lost his teeth. He baited a chicken leg with a string, waited for a bite, and hauled up the line to recover both his upper and lower teeth stuck in the leg, reported by the Lawrence Gazette.
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Toronto
Kelly
Gazette
Sent It Home in the Osage Iowa Dog Bond
A humorous Osage Iowa News excerpt recounts a quarrel about a dog and a borrowed saucepan. Mrs Grubb questions Herbert about tying cans to Mrs Moggins' dog, the boy denies wrongdoing, and the saucepan is said to be returned by the dog. The scene reflects small town local color and domestic mischief.
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Erbert
iErbert
Osage
Women Are Queer What Now Burglar Under Bed Note
The Louisville Courier Journal quotes a remark on gender and a domestic scene. A wife is described placing a folding bed and checking beneath it, prompting speculation about a possible burglar.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Traveling Man Weathered by Tornado Last Night
A fragment notes a tornado last night causing uncertain damage. The speaker asks if any harm reached a barn while an American Legion Weekly blames the unidentified traveling man and expresses no definitive conclusions yet.
Baby lore and cellar venture quoted in playful exchange
A Chicago Daily News item records a family quip about their baby. Smith notes the child resembles the husband and jokes about taking the bottle and the infant attempting to creep toward the cellar steps.
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Xnirs. Smith
Chicago Daily News
Fragmented Dialogue Snippet From Newspapers
A clipped exchange features a misfired joke about shooting and a quip about marriage from American Legion Weekly and Cincinnati Enquirer. The dialog touches on confusion and curiosity as characters discuss shooting accuracy and Africa in a breezy news-page style.
Spaghetti Etiquette Sparks Dinner Row in Yonkers
Yonkers Statesman quotes Mrs. Bacon and Mrs. Egbert in a lighthearted exchange about a husband’s table manners. They joke that his attempt to improve spaghetti etiquette led them to abandon the dish altogether, highlighting domestic humor.
Fragmented anecdotes mix gossip and sagecracks from papers
Brief scraps from Los Angeles Times and Harper's Weekly reveal a absent Dickson joke about unexplained days and a childhood debate on heavenly meals. John and Mary dispute heaven's food as Mary asserts belief while John questions.
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Dickson
Severa
Los Angeles Times
Love as daily sacrifice in Pauline Camp’s verse
The poem frames love as choosing self limits and sacrifice. It contrasts love’s active burden with a selfless path where one yields for another’s ease. The speaker asks not must I give but may I sacrifice, highlighting hidden grief and shared joy.
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Pauline_Frances
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Relief From Colds
An old circular describes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as building up the system and cleansing the blood to prevent frequent head colds. It claims internal action through the blood reduces mucous inflammation and restores normal conditions, with circulars available from FE Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
All
FE. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
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