Local Briefs Show Residents Traveling and Events
A stream of short notes records local movements and visits. Gordon Graham returns to Liberty. Lila Oldham travels to Holton. Price Payne and Leslie Wilson visit Lexington. Mrs. Howe returns near Napoleon. many others head to Kansas City, Chicago, and Sedalia. Some plan sales at Chicago’s international show. university visits noted. a gospel sermon is announced for Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. T
Butts
Sedalia
Horace Ardinger
Columbia
University
Chae W
Robi McMillin
Kausaa City
William Steele
Lillian Worthington
Mayview
Higginsville
Sallie
Frank Campbell
T. B. Campbell
Mary Zeller
Kansas City
T. B. Sawyer
Chicago
Mrk. Terry
W. H. Hines
Et Ls
Aréhall Price
Carson
Costly woods for fuel in Cambridgeport plant
Amid coal famine sparked by a strike, a Cambridgeport factory uses seasoned hard woods such as ebony and lignum vitae in place of coal. They burn $40 wood fuel per firing and rely on cheap wood bought during past stock squeezes, skipping mixed coal and wood for efficiency.
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Cael
Boston Transcript
Cambridgeport
National
Mahogany and Cedar Company
New York
Bowton
Cambridgeport Company
Public Works Plan Aims at Prisoner Labor Reform
A town council report praises a newly purchased rock crusher at the depot site and details street repairs planned before bad weather. Editor urges employing prisoners on public works to prevent criminals from costing the public and to keep streets in good condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe Tock
Ely Perfect Oilinfactia
Waa
Metroland
Vie
Anc
Itty
Bineos
Catarrh Cure Claims and City Growth Trends
An 19th century advertisement promotes Fall’s Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy, claiming internal use and blood impact to cure catarrh with a $100 reward offer. The piece also notes rapid population growth in New York and London, projecting New York reaching 16.6 million by 1960 alongside London’s growth, reflecting era urban expansion.
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Eclonca
Fall
J. Chesky &Co
Toledo
Thy
Hall
New York
Gill Crowlog
London
Miss Blaine Campbell Wins Declamation Prize
Miss Blaine Campbell of this city won one of the twenty dollar gold prizes at the Marshall declamation contest Friday night. The district included Jackson Cass Pettis Saline Johnson Lafayette and all area high schools sent one boy and one girl. She performed Aunt Silvias Geography Lesson blending humor and pathos. Charles Pelio t of Sweet Springs high school won the top prize.
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Marshall
Blaine Campbell
Jackson
Cass
Pettis
Saline
Johnson
Lafayette
Sylvia
Charles Peliot
Sweet Springs High School
Pepsio Syrup Cures Indigestion After Fifteen Years
A letter from Noogho Falls Missouri Valley notes that after fifteen years of indigestion and winter illness, Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsio cured the writer following two bottles. The testimonial praises relief and lasting benefit and endorses it to friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noogho Falls
Kon
Pepsio Syrup Co
Montivello
Lil
Sira
A. J. Lieurance
Moncas
No Complaint to Make Lexington Association Meeting Note
At the Weat Central Teachers Association in Marshall Miss Blaine Campbell won the girls medal Maurice Hicklin took second in the boys contest Prof Phillips was elected president Lexington was chose 45 the next meeting place Lexington may not push for more and will content herself with what she has
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Lexington
Weat Central Teachers’ Association
Marshall
Blaine Campbell
Maurice Hicklin
Prof. Phillips
Island No 9 Land Sale and Medical Cure Claim
A fragment mentions Island No 9 near Lexington described as 200 acres with 100 cultivated, and a Salt Lake City reader touts a herbal remedy Herblee for 31 years of indigestion claiming relief after many doctors. The text also references an 3.5 mile east location and names Linberg as buyer of land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. U. Foster
Salt Lake City
Herblee
Geenshaw
Young
Augass Linberg
Island No. 9
Lexington
No True American Sought Best Yet Oldest Strongest
Fragmentary text claims the oldest is best and strongest, urging figures to speak about Aveta of The Maral Lie Tavsrance Compens with garbled New York source hints. Names and places are unclear, but emphasis on age and strength persists amid corrupted OCR.
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New York
Old Mutuals policy and mortgage payments noted in snippet
The fragment references large policy figures and mortgage payments with mentions of The Old Mutual and Life Insurance Company of New York. It hints at policy reuse and private investment limits, listing several locations and agents in a partial, unclear OCR segment.
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Mutua
Bhp
Welte Tyedey
Murvat Life Insurance Company
New York
Rim
MaGicanv
Persimmon Fruit Worthy Of Attention Despite Pucker
The article discusses why persimmons are not highly regarded, noting the need to harvest at the right stage to avoid puckering. It compares the Japanese persimmon's larger fruit and northern limits to the native American variety, and highlights improvements like seedless types and the Gold Drop. the tree is also valued as an ornamental with dark green leaves lingering into late fall.
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Mehan
Philadelphia
Greater London faces birth rate crisis amid census rise
Greater London's population reaches about 6.58 million while birth rates fall to a record low. The note warns that despite higher marriage rates since 1894, births decline, and England-wide birth trends mirror London. Deaths rise slightly. crime and pauperism trend down. Trade disputes in 1901 involve 180,000 workers across 642 cases.
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County Council
Greater London
England
London
Board of Trade
Men’s hittlenuss cited by Chicago Daily News
A terse saying notes that some men’s hittlenuss is by far the largest part of them, attributed to the Chicago Daily News.
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Chicago Daily News
That First Poolroom Bet Turns Into a Fatal Lesson
A New Orleans man recalls his first and last horse race wager. He stole $6 from his employer to bet on a horse at 7 to 1, won $39, and felt he would be ruined if the loss had happened. The incident, told to a Times Democrat reporter, ends with the remark that it was a defining sermon in his life.
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BR. B. Briney
Missouri Pace Railroad
Bedander
Sunuay
Carenul
New Orleans Times Democrat
Lcon
Trol
Button hazards from discarded buttons ignite cache fire
A widow in a large east side tenement, employed by a button firm, reports experiments with discarded celluloid buttons. Flawed pieces stored in a bedroom caused ignition and a long-lasting fire, with thousands of imperfect buttons kept or burned, creating an ongoing hazard reported by the New York Times.
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N. Y
Diet for Adwataq in a medical paper fragment
A dietary regimen described in a medical fragment advises no stables or pork, limits two meals daily, light supper hours before bed, and avoidance of fat meat dairy and indigestible items. It mentions pies puddings and similar foods as part of the diet and cautions against full stomach before sleeping.
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Nulaweed
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ROYAL
Gordon Graham
Liberty
Lila Oldham
Holton
Kas
Price Payne
Leslie Wilson
Corder
Samus T Howe
Napoleon
Mrs. Chas
M. Williams
Gaby
Katherine Haps
Leah Chew
Walter B. Waddell
Edith Powell
Sir Lous
Wace Hicklin
Salem
Dent County
Z. T. Stramcke
Irene
J. O. Lesueur
Susie Lesueur
J. Q. Henry
WN. K. Beery
Capt
W. H. Edwards
James L. Kinkead
J. T
Independence
Mr. Kincaid
E. A. Keach
Robert Treadway
Ed. Mark
Clarence Kinney
Joseph Cannon
House of Representatives
Stone Morday
Missouri
St. Lucie
Charles Fy. Kelly
House of Delegates
St. Lais
McGrath
Kelly
To &T Toys
Robert Ardingy
Tassie ‘City
W. G. Tompiins
Friends
Penn Street
Sam Downing
A. Mendelsohn
T. A. Walker
H. F. Campbell
BK. Foulds
BE. W. Kruse
Judge Temple
A. E Asbury
Trois Ageeinsvilles
Hugh G. Smith
Germany
Lev Minjeste
Berlin
Tha
Aterinthy
P Disher
Aberry
DR. Fenner
Miadenes Shaaty Comat
Ey . Sues Uore
Crenshaw & Vonage
OPERA
Council
Myron B. Rice
John F. Ward
Miss June Mathis
Mark Swan
Lonugu
Loninn
Constantiave
Emily Dunkwoll
Polbey-holdera
West Cor
Meei
Lenin
Digtetet
Mimourt
America
Adwataq
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