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Newspaper
Joliet Free Press
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1913
Page
7
A humorous item recounts Mrs Brown disciplining her imaginative daughter Margaret who lies and fears fibbing. Margaret recalls biblical tales and recounts a bear bite in the yard inspiring a playful moral. Irony and small-town chatter mix with snippets from magazines and wit about public life and a skeleton performer.
A small catalog note announces 250 magic tricks with card references, simplified and illustrated for easy performance. It advertises a catalogue of tricks and books offered for 10 cents by Harry Johnson of Maiden Rock Wise.
Market notes from the Truby Company show No. 4 yellow corn at 57 percent and No. 4 white corn at minus 67 percent as part of a price reading for oats markets.
Wholesale prices show timothy baled at 15.50 to 16.50 while hogs range 6.50 to 7.40 per pound by weight. Produce items list butter eggs popcorn lard onions live poultry and dressed meats with varied per pound or per dozen figures. The piece notes a Red Cross stamp promise tied to a Christmas message.
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