Odd Routine Notices From Western Town
A jumble of local snippets describes a dentist, a barber, and a shoe buyer trading tales of discounts. A mix up over days leaves Rusty Fairbrother convinced Tuesday is Wednesday, and plans are outlined for an upcoming Women’s Benefit Society car meeting. Dewitt’s new Mann's Jewelry store readies in former Majestic Theatre space, with Dewitt Oberserver noting youth and vigor in the enterprise. Outdoors advice urges sun, sand, and barefoot health, contrasting with the indoors as home plagues are cast as dyspepsia and nervous disorders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt’s New Jewelry Stor
Mann's Jewelry Thore
Majestic Theatre
Mornaing
Maquoketa
Preston
Burdens Lifted by Deans Kidney Pills Testimony
Francis Wright of Dearborn Street recounts an two year ago kidney pain attack that left him unable to stoop or tie a shoe. He says Deans Kidney Pills cured him after two boxes from Broxam and Hinckley's Drug Store and he praises the remedy with a firm recommendation. Price 60 cents at all dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Maquoketa
Francis Wright
Dearborn St
Broxam and
Hinckley
Deen's
Deen
Outdoor Education and the University of Outdoors Ideals
Dr Frank Crane argues that education should be outdoors and that real science is found outside, praising outdoor play, health, and learning under the sky. He envisions a universal outdoors-based school where children learn botany geology astronomy and healthier living through movement and open air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Outdoors
Copenhagen
Foley Kidney Pills Featured in Local Patient Testimonial
Mrs Josie Reed of 217 N Exter St reports three days in bed due to back trouble. She credits Foley Kidney Pills with quick recovery and states the medicine stops bladder irregularities and strengthens kidneys. Claims relief from poisons causing backache rheumatic pains and swelling. Sold everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josie Reed
N. Exter St
Oklaus
Foley
Road contracts awarded by Iowa Highway Commission
The Iowa Highway Commission let over 4 million dollars in grading, tiling and gravelling contracts for March. Rates are cheaper than last year, with grading 36 to 40 cents per yard, gravel hauling 65 to 70 cents per mile plus 17 to 18 cents overhaul, and tile drainage at 15 cents per lineal foot on 6-inch tile. Materials and labor are plentiful, promising rapid progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Highway Commision
Iowa
Ames
First fias-Lighted City of 1816 in Baltimore
Fragmentary note reports a 1816 event in Baltimore with unclear phrasing about a first American using a Mumloant term. Readable facts include the date December 1 1816 and the location Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battimore
Cas
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Sloan
Brouian
Chia
Sloat
Winklewads
Jim Gaystrom
George Bicuspid
Mix Burdock
Iron Hill
Rusty Fairbrother
Rusty
Women's Benefit Society
Ohn Suthers
Forst
Germany
Sean
Monarch Steel
C. W
Jersey
Billups, Grocery
East Platt Street
God
Frank ‘ Crane
Joles & Jensen
the Sentinel
America
Baltimore Sun
Graul’s Market
Graul's Market
West Platt Street
Stevens
Pongee
Burson
Whittall
Congo
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