Poultry Prices and Winter Closing Notice
Poultry buyers offer cash prices before selling. Businesses announce daily and Saturday operations, with closing hours from 1 November 1903 to 1 May 1904 except Saturdays. Signatories include Lensink Togker Fortuin Higley Stevens Nymeyer Bros Follrich Schweiger Steffen and others.
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G. W. Lensink
J.P. Togker
A. K. Fortuin
Duane & Handling
A. B. Higley & Co
Heimetra & Bleach
Surdrager & Follrich
Mra. A. Schweiger
LOCAL LAGONICS AND MARKET NOTES OF CHOICE GOODS
Wheat prices are unclear. Local notices mention sale bills at the office and Mom’s Goods at Gosker’s. A Sheldon visitor Tuesday. The Indus and the Twice a Week Journal priced at $2. Bakery items include bread buns and flour from Prairie King sold at 50 cents per sack. Wroir’s City Restaurant serves rye graham and white bread from Vienna bakery. The Boomer family plans to trade properties with Merrill and family. Ed to farm the Wyatt place next year, purchasing stock from Mr. Teamers. possession of Wyatt farm ends March 1.
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Igimaa
Indus
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Journal Bath
Bsker’s
Wroir
Vienna
Fe. C. Boomer Ant
Do Merrill
Wyatt
Mae
Boeomar
Local notices mix with plans for future events
Upslairs and Hull friends visit on Sand day while the Wagher Music Club reports an attractive program. Sioux county builds and Orange City barbecue plans loom as early as next year. A marriage in Thatk links Miss Rachel Van Tone Jaar to Win Dek. Robbed by slander at a Mackie dray line employee’s home, local debate stirs. Auction sale of Thavcan Mall equipment scheduled with rugs, chairs, beds, and piano.
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Wagher Music Club
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F. Oitman
Souta Dakota
Hoffman
Hull
St. Louis
Elss
Sioux County
Wheeling
Orange City
Christian Reformed Elreli
Thatk
Rachel van Tone- Jaar
Peptle
van Ponslaat
P. van Donslaat
Hil Mfe
Lek
Mackie Dray
McComfek
Tarey Journal
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Yartley
McCormick
Tia
Ife Board of Trimees
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Academy
Thavcan Mall
Alogk P.M
Erection of Mausoleum Questioned as Wasteful Will
A Philadelphia Press excerpt records a dispute over Uncle Peter's plan to devote all his money to building a mausoleum for his remains. One relative calls it a willful waste while another counters with different views.
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Peter
Philadelphia Press
The Art of Interrogation and Its Social Limits
A London Spectator reflection argues that asking clear direct questions beats beating around the bush. It warns against traps and impertinence, noting that well asked questions aid agreeable intercourse while careless inquiry breeds suspicion and boredom.
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Londen
Notable Superstitions Among 19th Century Women
The text lists various beliefs held by women about omens and portents. Tloan Bonheur cherishes a lucky St Anthony image as a lucky charm. Caroline Wersehel believes morning encounters with beggars reveal hidden truths. George Bot notices a glare from a hunchback and elfin feet affecting daily work. Lady Millaig fears a doom omen for anyone who steps on a crack. Harriet Beecherdtovre holds a belief about misfortune tied to tolls and behavior.
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Tloan Bonheur
St. Anthony
Padus
Caroline Wersehel
George Bot
Elnin
Lady Millaig
Pelpier
Victorian superstitions and Washington social anecdotes
The piece recalls Queen Victoria’s superstitions about removing her wedding ring and lucky beliefs about a Manx cat. It also shares a naval officer family’s Washington Society tale where a congressman declines formal introduction, citing he cannot manage two ladies.
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Tess
Victoria
Diantt
Washington
Grace In Old Forests and Gossip in Neighborhoods
A fragmentary piece contrasts graceful elms oaks pines in old forests with serene, simple scenes. Nearby readers discuss a woman’s gossip habits while a streetcar audience hears a swan’s business talk and a contest ending with a joke winner.
Ferantinn and Holson-How News Note
In a brief college update readers learn how Ferantinn and Holson-How are adjusting to campus life. The piece mentions ongoing singing performances by a student and a relative’s attendance at classes and rehearsals.
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Ferantinn
Holson
Revenge in a Mole Story From Lippincott's Magazine
Jorn the French Canadian gardener narrates catching and burying a mole that ravaged Madame’s strawberry beds. He vows cruel punishment, musing on how to kill the creature after lamenting its misdeeds. The tale centers on a grim, self justified act of burial alive.
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Lippincott's
Jorn
M'Steu
Sten
Jean
Heem
Crruel
Steu
Plain English and French talk in a Baltimore romance
A department woman boasts she is cured of slang and will speak plainly. Mrs. Skaggs debates pronunciation and money terms as a Baltimore wedding tale unfolds. The exchange highlights dialect, language, and social perceptions in a humorous Washington Post item.
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Helen of Troy
Renee
Juliet
Washington Star
Mrs. Skaggs
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Washington Fost
Drilled Emergency Rations Described for Brith Army Troops
The article explains an emergency ration issued to Brith Army soldiers. It consists of a small tin cylinder split into two compartments holding four ounces of cocoa paste and a measured amount of concentrated beet sugar. The ration is to be kept unspoiled except for contaminating cases and used sparingly within thirty six hours.
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Walmain Strepeth
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