Public Sale at John Day farm near Kingman
Auction on February 21 1912 at 10 a m at the John Day farm 314 miles east of Kingman offers horses cows sheep hogs farming implements and household goods described with ages breeds and conditions. Terms include 12 month credit on sums over five dollars with notes bearing eight percent interest. cash required for five dollars and under and cash discounts for notes. Cal Hodges Col A Madden auctioneers Co H Ratcliff clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Day
Kingman
Catrlee
McCormick
Janesville
John Deere
Piles Cured at Home by New Absorption Method
Advertisement for home cure of piles offering a new absorption treatment. Promises immediate relief and permanent care, requests address to Mrs. Summers at Notre Dame Indiana, with free samples for trial and local references on request. Mentions no payment and asks to spread the word.
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M. Summers
Box P. Notre Dame
Ind
Deceased animals removal and low price furniture offers
A. D. Mann of Harveysburg Indiana promotes services to remove deceased animals and cover phone charges. The notice also directs readers to Kingman Grain and Milling Co for Columbia Hog and Cattle powder, and to Spencer’s furniture store to view Solid Oak Dressers at $6.99 and a folding bed at $6.75, marketed as not a cot or couch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Mann
Harveysburg, Ind
Kingman Grain and Milling Co
Columbia
Spencer
Cow trapped in shop during escape to Clones fair
A cow led to Clones fair in Newtownbutler Ireland broke free and entered a draper shop. It backed into the door, climbed stairs, and entered a bedroom where a sick child slept. A bystander and a policeman rescued the child before help moved the cow outside without injury.
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Newtownbutler
Ireland
Clones Fair
Acquisitiveness and the costs of wealth
The piece contrasts wealth gained from the needy with modern fortunes earned through innovation and effort. It cites Dickens on money’s downsides and warns that great power of acquisition can exist without amiable or noble character, urging moderation of greed.
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Judea
Charles Dickens
Queen Mary Ensures Princess Mary Keeps Accounts
The article notes Queen Mary ensures her daughter Princess Mary learns financial record keeping with weekly account presentations by the princess herself.
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Queen Mary
Princess Mary
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Steinbaugh @ Jones
Lenox
Swift’s Pride
Grandma's Wonder
Alexander’s Grocery
White City
Grismore & Alward
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C.L. Woody
Chas. M. Hudson
Dillon
Frank Akers
Drayman
Frank Maris
Nolen
Tangier
Ask Central
G.W. Spencer
B. O. Hudler
Indiana
CAL Hodges
Col
A. G. Madden
Co. H. Ratcliff
Rockford
Rockford Watch Co
C. F. Smith
Bloomingdale
J. M. Hanner
Bloomingdale, Ind
Draper
Bedroom
T. M. Jackson
Dr. . . Wert
Citizens Bank
Adam Bonebrake
Jackson’s
Alice M. Howell
Victor Ladies Tailoring Co
Chicago
IIL
Robinson& Reath
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