West Salem Highlights and Local Notices
West Salem residents report Mr. Wm Miller visiting El dora Iowa last week. E E Conrad demonstrates an electric light plant at James Gilfillans shop inviting business owners to view. Ella Cronk in Menomonie for schooling has diphtheria but is recovering. West Salem Missionary club gathers with La Crosse visitors Mrs Charles Looney Mrs William Torrance and Mrs Clarence Johnson. The County Folks play repeats March 12 due to bad weather, offering a chance for country attendees. Elsie Ewert Mindoro visits West Salem. Helen Taylor returns to school from illness. Maud Taylor joins Park Store in La Crosse. News of Augusta Buchmans death in Los Angeles Cal March 9 is received.
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Wm. Miller
Eldora
Iowa
E. E. Conrad
James Gilfillan
Ella Cronk
Menomonie
Charles Looney
William Torrance
Clarence Johnson
la Crosse
Missionary Club
Presbyterian Church
Peat
Elsie Ewert
Mindoro
West Salem
Helen Taylor
Maud Taylor
Park
Augusta Buchman
Los Angeles
Cal
H. J. Jewett
Kansas City
Ada Jewett
Hamlin Garland
Garland
Imrie
Henry Griswold
George Dudley
Conrad
Russie Gullickson
Geo. Gullickson
Myrtle Miller
M. Peters
Hatz
McEldowney
W. McEldowney
Roy Gilfillan
Mills Gullickson
Lynn Gullickson
Roy Wakeman
Jamestown
N. D
Oscar Larson
Son Vaughn
Bangor
Jacob Hager
Two Generations Now Using It Lavative Popular for Generations
An ad heavy item extols Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild effective laxative tonic used by two generations. It claims relief for stomach liver and bowel disorders including constipation and dyspepsia with no griping. A free sample offer and price details accompany reader anecdotes and local social notes.
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Caldwell
Clara Lewis
Becks’ Store
Elsie
W. B. Caldwell
Washington St
Monticello
Ill
Briggs Exchange Sparks Private Row Over Letters
In a tense exchange, Briggs questions if his wife ever found letters in his pocket, prompting a retort about X's and V's lingering in the garment. The quarrel highlights personal tensions spilling into public discourse.
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Griggs
Briggs
Choosing a Bride or Foot? Father’s Ruse Ferociously Direct
A bold suitor is pressured by a father to hurry his marriage choice. The bluff hinges on presenting either his daughter's hand or her father's foot as the binding offer, a dramatic test of intent and resolve.
Debating society declamatory contest tonight at high school
The Lincoln Douglas and Wendell Phillips high school debating societies meet tonight at 8 with no admission. Wendell Phillips seeks to retain the banner trophy after two straight wins, in a close, well attended program featuring six prepared pieces and a judges' decision.
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Lincoln Douglas
Wendel Phillips
Wendell Phillips
Wm. Sanders
Will Wagner
Ground of Exertion Divorce Sought by Colored Man
A Boston Transcript item reports a Black man seeking divorce on the ground of exertion. A lawyer corrects him, clarifying the term as desertion, but the client insists the wife has not left him and that exertion is the exact ground, saying she exerted herself to make him miserable.
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Boston Transcript
Addy
Evelyn
Daddy
United States
England
Dadd
Perba
Jack
Charles Dickens
Barnaby Rudge
Dickens
Pyramid Pile Remedy Promises Fast Relief
An advertisement offers Pyramid Pile Remedy for piles with a free trial by mail upon request. It promotes avoiding operations, claims to reduce inflammation and ulcers, and states the product is sold for 50 cents per box at drug stores. The copy urges sending name and address for a free sample and coupon.
Pyramid Drug Co Free Package Coupon Offer
Fill out the blank lines with your name and address and mail to Pyramid Drug Co 406 Pyramid Building Marshall Michigan for a free trial package of Pyramid Pile Remedy. The offer promises delivery by mail in plain wrapper. City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pyramid Drug CO
Marshall, Mich
Circus at Y M C A Eyes Mystery Show to Open
Jumbo the Bengal elephant arrives at the Y M C A building for the 1913 Bungling Brothers' Big Circus set for March 13 and 14. Acrobats in training, a locked gym, and a detailed program of acts, climaxes with the leaping loon finale as Miss Elden Scott and other performers prepare for sold out crowds. Obituaries note Florence Jones and Mrs Emma Friske Kolefsky with services and burials set. local moves and job changes also listed.
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Bungling Brothers
Association
S. A. Boyd
Jumbo
Professor Kindley
Weis
Fritz
Ulrich
Hyerdahl
Jacobs
Fuller
Tate
Kindley
Youngberg
Ryan
Anderson
Rassmussen
Meinert
Strauss
Mallette
Boynton
Mosser
Sandough
Hadgrath
Pitzner
Baum
Keyes
Elden Scott
Edward S. Jones
Hollister Avenue
Florence
le Roy E. Hoisington
la Grange
Emma Friske Kolefsky
Zion Lutheran Church
Rami
Oak Grove Cemetery
Fred Pietz
Helmke
Tomah-Versus-La Crosse Final Meet Prompts Train Plans
Tomah and La Crosse clash next Friday in Sparta to decide the regional rep for Appleton. Tomah eyes victory and may run a special train for local businessmen. Other items note death of Charles D. Johnson in Oklahoma City and funeral of James Steele near Shennington.
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la Crosse
Tomah
Appleton
Sparta
White
Gold
Roy Benjamin
Ralph Griswold
Robert Maxwell
Arthur Yaeger
Emery Higgins
Wisconsin University Glee and Mandolin Club
Charles Mead
Kilbourne Avenue
Jonathan G. Smith
Congregational Church
CC. G. Hamiller
Adeline Keifer
W. E. Bossard
C. G. Hanover
C. L. Anderson
Wisconsin
Woman's Civic Improvement Club
Charles D. Johnson
Oklahoma City
Telephone Exchange
James Steele
Shennington
Wood Cemetery
Valley Junction
Steele
Quotations on Patience and Wedding Invitations
A witty remark from Puck suggests that patience yields rewards such as wedding invitations. The aside notes a social quip about fears of gaining weight being disguised as concerns about consumption.
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America
juper-Waee Biscuit Company
Bakers of Sunshine Biscuits
INE
Loose
Wiles Biscuit Company
Chicago
Grocer
West Salem, Wis
Buchman
Peter Hoffman
Clarina Ashcroft
Adeline
Friends
Hope McEldowney
Wm. McEldowney
Quinsey
S. R. Wakefield
Bridge
George Middlebrook
John McKinley
Elmer Samuels
Samuels
Milbank
S. D
George Hammes
Barre Mills
C. James
Berlin
Wis
S. L. Mc Wee
Elsie Lewis
Washington
Lippincott's
Pink Widow
the Majestic
Place OF Mystery
Bungling Brothers’ Circus
Bengal
Perior Avenue
C. B. Browatzky
Mrr
al P. Boehmer
Lodi
Boehmer
Martha Semrow
St. Paul
Hansen Dye Works
Westep
Tele
Theo. N. Vail
THE
Western Union Telegraph Company
Tomah, Wis
Puck
Rumford
Stabie
Saks
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