Stock Sale Notice by Executor for A J Bolks Estate
James F. Bopkins executor of the A J Bolks estate advertises for rent twelve hundred acres of heavy growth tame grass with woven wire fences windmill and water tanks and a man to care for stock plus sixty acres of prime clover hay ground Terms offered by executor Bolton Brock Sioux City Iowa of G Heckman Wall Iowa Mech 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Bopkins
A.J. Bolks
Bolton Brock
Sioux City
G. Heckman
Wall
Bound in Every Way Driving Wares For Indies
Vague ad fragment promises driving wares that are perfectly quest and safe for Indies to drive. It mentions a price and urges inquiry to Nev. Ve 0 Thowiae. The legibility is poor but implies a sales pitch with contact short.
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Nev
Fragmentary note from a local paper snippet
A garbled OCR fragment mentions names and lines about a wedding and family dialogue. Readable pieces reference Aunt Kate, Mama, and a discussion of marriage while a child and others speak, but the context is largely unclear.
Undefined Historical Note Reflects Scribbled Dialogue
A garbled text fragment shows a classroom style exchange with apparent misreads and misspellings. It mentions teachers pupils courts and a person named Moston Transcript in a pressured, unclear context. The legibility prevents reliable names or events.
Fragmented OCR Summary of Local Item
The readable text presents garbled phrases about a card game or gambling theme with scattered words like wave, poker, channel, and place names. Specific facts, dates, or named entities are not recoverable from the fragment.
Drowning Underwater Limits Cited By Doctors
The Globe-Democrat reports doctors debunking tales of divers staying under water beyond two minutes. They cite cases in Savarino and Ceylon where divers struggled, and a trained diver near Portugal who survived just over two minutes before succumbing. The piece argues resuscitation often follows prolonged immersion but long submersion remains fatal.
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Savarino
Dader Waler
Ceylon
Bosiand
Gilobe-Democrat
Local Reporter Notes Unclear Wide-Area Talk
Fragmentary lines show reporter Tony Kallam and Wes NTE discussing a crowded scene with Edie Wek referenced, but the text is garbled and lacks concrete facts or events to summarize.
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Tony Kallam
Senntag Bilkins
Wes
Hagilese
Edie
The New Deere No 9 Corn Planter
The advertisement touts the New Deere No 9 corn planter as reliable for a perfect stand and high yields. It highlights the edge selection drop and its use by Deere planters to place the exact number of kernels per hill. WM. Wiersma, The Implement Dealer.
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WM. Wiersma
Wheat Barley Oats and Hogs Prices Note
Wheat 73 Bushels Barley 26 Bushels Oats 32 Bushels Hogs $4.70 per hundredweight recorded in market notes with commodity quotes and trading levels.
Local Laconics from Hull and Orange City News
Local notes report H Reimann visiting as a will witness in Orange City Hopkins Chas Cassill and son Harvey of Canton Iowa visiting Hull. Chas Hoffman buys Vinton drug store and settles there. Ed Wier receives a fine sideboard. Ed’s mirror keeps its appearance. Will Flint of Dickens visits Hull. Widespread talk about a proposed phone exchange. college council meeting closes. New mayor and council elected. Heathes seek mayoral support. health board appoints N G C Coach as health physician. Telecommunication discussion tabled for next meeting.
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Cr H. Reimann
Orange City
Wrs
Chas. Cassill and Son Harvey
Canton, &. D
Hull
George Spencer
S. Willson
H. B. Spencer
Ed Wier
Will Flint
Dickens
Town
Ella Hock
Flint
Bull
Elson Rombough
Sadie
Miller
Strich & Seidler
Sweiger
van Alen
Hall
College Council
Shoryear
Jelmaon
Tae
G Cornfarth
Rud Steverad
John van den Berg
al. Cornforth
Henry Mackie
Meyer Cornforth
John Ker
Anarshall
Board of Health
N.G. C
Herossinius
Telephone talk stirs Hawarden system bid in county
In Hawarden a move to establish a town phone system gained momentum after Tr. Van Allen of the Hawarden exchange met with officials. He proposed countywide access and claimed lower rates with business phones at 1050 monthly and residence lines at 81 25 monthly, touting broad coverage and better service.
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Enouugh
van Allen
Hawarden E Exchange
Tis
Mr. van Alen
Town Council Hears Permit Request To Use Streets
A council meeting discussed granting a permit for street and alley usage to a company representative. They favored a public vote on the proposition but delayed a final decision pending further investigation. The aim is to connect the town with Sioux Center and complete the project within about sixty days.
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Permi
van Allen
Sioux Center
Nut Values in Chestnuts and Nuts for Digestion
The article explains chestnuts as starchy substitutes for potatoes and lists fat rich options such as Brazil nuts and English walnuts to blend with other nuts. It notes coconut has little nitrogen but rich oil, almonds aid digestion but are costly, and suggests several serving tips from Ladies' Home Journal.
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Brazil
Ladies’ ‘Home Journal
The Mam and the Match Observation Quip
A Philadelphia era snipe describes judging a man’s origin by how he lights a cigarette. He claims a Philadelphian strikes then lends a light to a friend before keeping the light, a Bostonian lights his own then shares the light before tossing the match, and a New Yorker lights, takes his cigarette, then discards the match.
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Philadelphia
Boston
New York
New Yorker
A Reminiscence of a New York Weekly Encounter
A fragmented schoolhouse scene recalls a mother and child conversation about stopping at a store for items. The dialogue hints at a distant publication, a New York Weekly, and a playful, colloquial exchange about a bar of soap and a dental pick.
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Johnny
New York Weekly
Honest Injuns How the Chickasaws Learned Law and Trade
A fragmentary tale from western Tennessee describes Mr. Barnes a poor blacksmith who befriended Chickasaw people by mending their guns. He buys a valuable white donkey named Moses on credit, loses it in a flood, and later recovers the hide from a Bolivar trader. A shooting contest reveals Chickasaw law on theft and compensation.
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Tennessee
Barnes
Moses
Bolivar
Golivar
Indiana
Ternes
Evanioa
Indians and Ponies Duel Over Village Claim
In a tense exchange, Whites observe as Indians untether ponies and offer to surrender all ponies in exchange for a fair value. Barnes names an appraiser who tallies ponies for equal value to a claimed debt. The smith sells some ponies to neighbors. Indians return to villages poorer yet satisfied, asserting tribal claim to the land.
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Barnes
Chefr Vllages
Follow Your Dreams in Sleep Guidance
The quoted speaker advocates following memories of dreams to induce sleep. If already asleep, recall the previous dream to drift back again. if not slept, return to old dreams for effort and likelihood of success. Refrain from waking thoughts or common insomnia tricks like counting sheep.
Test the Thing 31 Goodheart
The dialogue discusses a cruel method to drown kittens using a flowerpot with a hole for breathing. The speaker cites a president of a society endorsing this act, presenting a chilling, graphic suggestion in a period tone.
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Goodheart
Notable Social Quip Circulates in Chicago Tribune
A clipped exchange from the Chicago Tribune comments on entertaining visitors at a Ferguson residence. The dialogue notes the impracticality of hosting a large group of club women and ends with a dismissive vow to wash hands of the affair.
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Ferguson
Mia
Fe Saxon
Chicago Tribune
Consequences in a Cobwigrer Dialogue
A line from the New York Times features Cobwigrer explaining to Freddie that consequences are the debts incurred for pursuing one’s own way, framed as a conversation about personal responsibility.
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Freddie
New York Times
The Consultation in Bedside Ledger Cites Doctor Visit
Fragmentary quotation from a Philadelphia Ledger item notes a consultation with two doctors and questions about agreement. The readable text hints at a medical discussion or case but lacks full context or identity details.
Fragmentary note on tree care in olde time
A mangled OCR fragment describes delaying work on a tree for about a hundred years, planning quick action in a couple of hours, and noting a need for peace or care to prevent further damage. The garbled text lacks clear people places or dates.
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Smith
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