Local and Personal Baseball Friday in Humeston
Long Humeston item list reports visitors and shoppers from Cambria, Leroy, Corydon, Derby, and Chariton, plus Hutchinson & Son sales pitches for buggies and sewing machines. Mentions Jim Buchanan, Emma Gassett, Liz Kirby, and the Crowded town scene with small-business notes and local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Buchanan
Leroy
Trans
Emma Gassett
Canbria
Angus Balk
Gostens
Wayner
Hutchinson & Son
Cole
Busibuggies
Ed. Travis
Corydon
J.E. McClelen
Hutchineen & Sons
Pete Daniels
Garden Grove
Frank Miller
Cambria
Humeston
E. H. Alexander
Leon
M. Brown
Chariton
A .D. McCulloch
Mattie Hic
Charley Davis
Derby
Hutchinson & Son’s
Adam Gassett
Cam_bria
Reds
Albia
C. E. Bigham
Strictly Pure Jell-O Ad Promises Free Kids Treats
An old advertisement touts Strictly Pure Jell-O as unlimited for children, claiming the more they eat the better it will be. It promotes flavors at ten cents and features The Two Macs for Good Things to Eat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Smith
Ontario
California
Humeston
Sith
Iowa
General Assembly
Visit Sparks Lighthearted Mockery of West Cujon Girl
A West Cujon girl recalls her first city visit amid playful derision from locals and visitors. She describes a night in a hotel room with an odd refrigerator entry and a stoveless kitchen, heat pouring in and her appetite gone, ending with a humorous personal note that she felt almost individualized upon return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Cujon
Galvanic Soap by the Famous Bass Washer
Local ad urges customers to use Galvanic Soap for washing, promising back relief and clothing savings. The sales copy promotes the soap as effective with the line The soap, not the woman, does the work and notes a price of 5 cents per cake.
Pure Shoes Amendment Missing Noted by Legislature
Comment notes that the Pure Food Law lacked an amendment on footwear. It laments shoe makers adulterating products especially child slippers and children's footwear with imitation leather instead of genuine leather.
McCulloch & Hyde Hay Tools Offer Preview
Leather fur tops and straw card board soles fastened by shingle nails and tacks form crude footwear. The ad notes upcoming hay season and promotes McCulloch & Hyde selling rakes leaders stackers and other hay tools at quality and price, inviting a call to see them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCulloch & Hyde
Also Mentioned on This Page
DR. Clulmsee
Hlmeston
Hutchinson & Son's
The
Chicago Chronicle
W. B. McCullough
S. Cooper
Russell
Dr. McCuloeh
Hutchingon & Son
A. A. Miller
Sires
H. Graham
Mrs. Harriett Crosby
McClarg
Fred Coffey
Watertown
Keokah
W. T. Everman
Mystic
Hutchinson & Fon
Stirling
Tireston
Wels
Mary Taylor
Tara G. Botunhiome
Roy Smith
Ralph Avery
Hors
Collette Catbreath
Sewal
D. R. Kunked
Fort Madison
Bonaparte
Milton
John Moon
Eliston
J. J. Berry
Mlutchingon & Son
Milan McCulloch
University of Chicago
J. G. Bristol
Clair
Hutchingan & Son
Florence Humeston
Des Moines
E. A. Rea
Margaret Rea
Fred Rea
Josie Hines
Lou McVey
Ash Parker
Mount Vernon
Richard, Kyner &Co
S. W. Hurst
Gertrude Phillips
Berkley
Huneston
Ray Hackett
Centerville
Humestun
Hitle Son
J. C. Morford
Woman's Foreign Society
M. FE
Euary
Laura Bohenhouse
India
Argus
Brookfield
Charles Bridges
Brown
St. Louis
Bill Board
Peoria Star
Navy
Department
Iity
Navy Department
Robert McKee
L. Robinson
Wayne County
Christian Endeavor
Ray Oldfield
West Point
Epworth
Garden Groove
Eagle Grove
Laura Bobenhouse
Indianola
E. Roller
G. F. Bobenhouse
Paul
Hale
Fred Clark
Little Paul
Doze
Rebekah
Allerton
Promise City
Seymour
Lineville
Sadie Con
Bentley & ‘Olmsted Co
C. L. Hart
Little Ben
Black Hawk
Pallister
Davenport
Hank Rice
Monogram
Wilson
Havana
China
Richard, Kyner & Co
L. M. Stanton
Undertaker
Moser Bro’s
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