Ladder tumble near Kingsville ends with a saved fall
A farmer in Kingsville narrowly escaped a fatal fall from a 30 foot ladder leaning on a stack of corn stalks. He grabbed a nublie and hung on until a neighbor arrived with a load of hay and saved him. The notice also promotes Kobol Laboratory digestive products and local lumber supplier West Yard Lumber Co, plus critique of city mail order houses and a plug for DeWitt's Little Early Risers sold by J K Schooler.
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Kingsville
DeWitt
J. K. Schooler
Local Furnishings and Embalming Services Advertised
A shop offers a wide line of furniture and household goods including wall paper window shades linoleum and oilcloths plus carpets samples and picture frames. The dealer also advertises embalming services and undertaker supplies for body preservation and related apparel.
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Brussels
Virginia election fraud inquiry recalls sealing failure
A Virginian recounts an election fraud probe in the lower state region where ballots in a key precinct were not sealed after the final count. The investigation chair questions the election judge about securing the ballots and the judge ineffectively searches for any sealing material.
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Virginia
Geese Train Actors Say Poultry Mimics Take Center Stage
Helen Grant reports in Les He’s Weekly that poultry trainability varies. A goose becomes ready for the footlights in about 60 hours while a market pig needs 30 hours. a duck learns marching in about three days. a chicken a week or more. a turkey six months. Powers notes a peafowl is untrainable and lauds the goose as the most intelligent and affectionate of domestic fowl.
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Clyde Powers
Powers
Helen Grant
On Second Thoughts About Marriage and Insurance
A man rejects life insurance after an insurance agent suggests protection against accidents. The young man insists he has never had an accident, then notes marriage could bring risks from a wife or mother in law. He abruptly decides, I’ll not get married.
Japan Growth at the New Woman
Rikugo Zasshi notes that modern female education yields wives unsuitable for ordinary Japanese men. The piece laments impractical schooling, conceit from knowledge, and airs among girls, saying officials may flirt with educated tastes but most are shunned in marriage.
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Japan
Thought Bank Busted by a Seven Year Old Financier
A Carthage boy of about seven attempted to borrow money from a bank after a make‑shift plan with friends. He asked for fifteen cents, was refused, and declared the bank busted, noting they could not lend him the money. A reader recalls the humorous exchange reported by the Carthage Democrat. Another tale describes a wife’s ink-stained white waist cleaned with ripe tomatoes and washing fluid, prompting a reader to ask what removed the ink.
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Carthage
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Lam
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Jasper Craxnat Bros Buys Hides and Game Ahead of Winter
A public notice states that through winter the Jasper area dealer Craxnat Bros will buy hides and game, offering as much or more than any other buyer in town. The ad signals strong demand for fur and wildlife with prompt payment promises.
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Jasper
Craxnat Bros
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ST. Louis
Webb Bros. Mercantile Co
Feeter
Meng
New York
Joyce and
Lae
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Great Western Stoves & Ranges
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Barrow
Rocky Mountain
Dave Covrany
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Br. Rea
H. F. Pitts
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Kinkade & Finton
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