Grocery dispute over stock and sales prompts exit
A grocery man confronts a salesman over hot goods without purchase. The salesman cites overstock as the reason, sparking the customer's vow to never buy again. The piece also raises a question on wholesale practices and sugar shortages, plus church notices about a prayer meeting led by Miss Ida Simpson and a weekend Sunday school party inviting all interested attendees.
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Tgroceryman
Congregational Church
Ida Simpson
FOR SALE ITEMS AND HELP WOSTA DESCRIBED ADS
Local classified notices list multiple for sale items including hogs spring gilts Shropshire ewes and steer calves from L M Holtz near Fairgrounds Maquoketa Ta followed by a 10 acre farm for sale 9 miles southwest of Maquoketa easy terms C W Swan Also seven room modern house and various farm sizes including 120 acres 2 smooths 300 acres with sale details to contact GO Watson at Watsons Auto and perienced man by month or year farm blooded stock preferred letters to ELE E care of G E Mc Clellon County Agent Maquoketa 39-2nd listing includes China boars and gifts priced 2500 Orange Wonder and Orange Triumph offspring from Iowa State fair prize pig Andrew Phone Edwin A Ri singer Spragueville Ia Census clerks and office job ads offer 4000 positions $1240 yearly examinations November 15 December 10 written details from J Leonard Lorne Civil League Examiner 7732 Wl 3 NTED hosiery sales by order and commission With 50c hourly wage or 24 weekly for selling time International Stocking Mill Norristown Pa 39-Lpd
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L. M. Holtz
Fair Grounds
Maquoketa
Neshville
C. W. Swan
Watson
G. E. McClellon
Kowers
Andrew Phone
Edwin A. Risinger
Spragueville
Iowa
CLI
J. Leonard
Lorne Civil Legue Examiner
Norristown
Or the Monday Blues Bar Musicians Probe Composer
A bar canvass of local musicians seeks to identify the composer of a dish rag heard in the office scene. The effort aims to map who wrote the tune and its origin in the pictured Monday blues setting.
Preston Times Local business changes and town news
John Mayhohn of Delmar purchases the Roach restaurant and will take charge next Wednesday as Dr. Roach leaves due to staffing issues. Roy Coleman elected township clerk of Varn Bur en township for the unexpired term. R. Corlis named secretary of Preston Telephone Company, replacing Miss Zena Alexander who resigns for a Pueblo, Colorado position. Albert Stoltz appointed city councilman to fill Fowler’s unexpired term. Miles Reporter notes farm improvements by Crawford, Gray, Kellogg, and others. Dr. Marner and Dr. McFaul travel to Dubuque for medical treatment.
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Preston Times
John Mayhohn
Delmar
Roach
Thas
E. M. Fowler
Varn Buren
Roy Coleman
Preston Telephone Company
R. Corlis
Zena Alexander
Wisconsin
Preston
Stoltz
Miles
R. J. Crawford
Mt. Alger
Roberts
Will Gray
Will
A. C. Kellogg
Anna
W. A. Mamner
W. D. McFaul
Dubuque
Marner
Commonweaths and States In Early American Text
The piece notes that Massachusetts Pennsylvania Virginia and Kentucky are styled commonwealths though functionally similar to states. It explains a commonwealth as a democratic form of government and cites 1636 Massachusetts as an early example, showing no strict distinction from other states.
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Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Kentucky
Commonwealth
Cattalion2 Hybrid Raises on Texas Panhandle Ranch
A description notes cattello hybrids developed in the Panhandle of Texas. One part of the creature is described as buffato and the other as cow. The hybrids have been raised in considerable numbers on a gentle ranch in the region.
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Panhandie
Texas
Recipe for a Successful Motion Picture at New Orpheum
Article previews the Fairbanks production His Majesty the American and the all star cast including Mary Pickford Charlie Chaplin and D W Griffith detailing high budgets and national release plans The piece also outlines a recipe style breakdown for a successful film with a Parisian backdrop romance and comedy and promotes Yvonne from Paris for the New Orpheum show next Wednesday.
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Vaughan
New
Orpheum Theatre
Douglas Fairbanks
The
Fairbanks
United Artists
Big Four
Mary Pickford
Charlie Chaplin
D. W. Griffith
Piet
Doug
New York
Fire Department
México
Paris
Broadway
Mary Miles Minter
Yvonne
Orpheum
Jolliest Mix-Up Shown At News Orpheum Show
A fragment notes a lively mix-up at News Orpheum with a November date and Saturday matinee. Names and full details are unclear, but the entry points to a theatrical or cinema event in Europe linked to a principality.
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Ile
Principality
Europe
News Orpheum
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Albert Sellers
EH. E. Prescott
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Maqveketa
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Roy F. Dyer
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Scholl & Son
Bhoe
Byron Crevlin
J. E. Goodenow
Maanaketa
J. M. Breeden
Fulton
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