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Valentine era notes and town tips from 1870s paper
Local items mix weather jokes, Valentine sales, home news and ads. Mentions Johnsons, Powell's drugstore, Miss Jenkins at Red Oak, Iowa, and ice harvests. Reports on taxes, church events, marriages, drownings, and local business changes amid a stream of notices and brief performances.
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Washington
Wenone
Moi
Bureau
Junction
Dra. Powell
Thomas Nicholson
Chicago
Kline
Texas
Fiutech
Alsdience
Drs. Powell
City
William Norman
Venons
A.A. Stevens
Peoria
J. LeLoomis
Mary A. Culver
Graser
Brige
David H. Anderson
Congregational Society
Christian Church
AM. B. Rupp
Whitefield
D. A
Aprimner
M. E
Morgan, Brown & Morgan
Brown
John Morgan & Co
Ahlee Pee Wilton
A. Hull
H.K. Smith
Whitaker
Putnam County
Chicapo
Smith
All
John Ross
Lacon
Hoe
Cumberland County
Pennsylvania
Grantville
Steuben’ Township
Wand
Grantville Coal Company
Rosa
Alfred J. Dennis
Clcero Ferguson
Abijah Hall
Hall
Ferguson
R. N. Clark
Aloo
J. D. ‘ Danley
Afrs
Noo
Globe Sight
Wm. Barnhart
Daniel Harland
Campbell Shield
Lem. Sturdyvin
Bomo
Alonzo Tremain
Lucy Thompson
Milo
Princeton
Tremain
Mr. Stevens
Minnesota
Rollins
Lon
Lute
Oth
Herald
Kenands
N. Whitne
Independent
Glendenning
Jersey City
N.J
Lawrence Davis
Oscar A. Green
Susie Copeland
Charley Townsend
James A. Hill
P. Hill
Loda
Iroquoia County
Jimmie
Fred. Tomlinson
William Barnhart
Tarval
Globe
Henry
F. Tomlinson
Joel Hopkins
Granville
U. S
Hennepin
Bureau Junction