Fifty-Sixth Semi-Annual Conference Session Details
Decorah District Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church sets its fifty-sixth semi-annual meeting for May 22 to 24 1905 with speakers and a full program listed. The schedule includes sermons prayers disciplinary business papers on theology ministerial supply and temperance, plus district evangelist work and a Thirkield address.
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Decorah
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Decomb
Lime Springs
M. Wyant
W. CG. Keeler
A. A. Hallett
E. W. Robbins
Seeee
D. M. Parker
E.G. Hunt
H. Linn
T.C. Clark
South -America
W. F. Albright
T. J. Elwick
W. BP. Thirkield
D.D. Soc. F. A
W. W. Robinson
Temperance
Hall
J. R. Caffyn
Anoun
Epworth League
J.C. Mages
P. BE. Dioux Gannons
Botany Carrie
Decorah Merchant Endorses Newspaper Advertising
From Ben Bear of Decorah a leading clothing merchant and prominent advertiser, praising printers ink and newspaper ads as the best way to reach the public. He condemns handbills as wasteful and says advertising is essential to business success.
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Ben Bear
Decorah
The Printer's Dream and a Dentist Joke
A writer recalls a carnival plan for firms to provide lines but the idea became machine produced. He muses on turning Lims Springs Ben into gold with power presses and a mortgage, then laments small earnings. A Chicago News quip adds a closing joke about a woman hiring a dentist to fix her money woes.
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Chicago News
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea for Children
A historical fragment urges care for children and mentions Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a remedy. It references Hartop & Burns Drug Co and a broad meditation on Memorial Day, praising the youth who fought for their country and noting anniversaries and memories across difficult times.
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Hollister
Wees Hartop & Burns Drug Co
Electric Bitters Prove Fast Cure for Serious Ailments
Tampa man Ralph F. Fernandez recounts a fearful fight with death from liver trouble and heart disease. After failing with several doctors and medicines, he used Electric Bitters and, in three days, felt like a new man and is cured of his troubles. Horton & Burna Drug Co. guarantees the remedy at 50 cents.
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Winn Desay
Ralph F. Fernandez
Tampa
Fla
Horton & Burna Drug Co
Fragmented Anecdotes and Anecdotes in a City Paper
A mixed reading of a local page includes a fractured tale of a preacher and a hymn request during a blackout, a quip about a coal and hay price exchange, a note on a deadly poison creeping to the heart, and a testimonial praising Budden's Arnica Balm for wounds. The text mentions Horton & Burns Grog Store in passing.
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Bella Plaine
Minu
IngBudden
Arnica Balve
Ze Ov
Horton & Burns Grog’ Stor
Noticeable claims and oddities from a Kansas paper
A Kansas Globe snippet repeats dubious patent medicine testimonials for Kodol and notes a Wichita Kiowa Missouri Pacific route engineer as a case. It also mentions a wedding invitation phrasing error and a feeding bottle inventor’s odd directions for infants, including an unappealing step. Such items illustrate light local oddities and consumer myths in the era.
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Rtchison
Kan
Tack
Wichita
Kiowa
Hoe
Horton & Burns Drug Co
Kansas
Infanta
Gleanings of a Wick From the Noetbook of Lively and Wide
The item lists local deaths and funeral for Gladys Herel dine, travels of Mrs. Lucy Peckham and Mrs. Warren, and various town notables. It notes Rev. Bulgin’s move to Long Beach, carpentry by Will Rumsey, a strike at Conard grubber works, and Dan Terry reclaiming land and a milk route. Also mentions social events, theatre trips, a track meet summary, and upcoming school projects.
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Little Gladys Hereldine
M. E. Church
New Oregon
Lucy Peckham
Mrs. Warren
South
Peckham
Lotta Blackman
Chicago
Hattie Parker
Earl Miller
Northfield
Minn
Bents
Jackson
Rev. Bulgin
Long Beach
California
Will Rum’sey
Conard Grubber
Dan Terry
Mr. Hurt
Bir. McArthur
Sandy Thompson
Leroy
Lutheran Society
Elmer Davia
Tommy Jones
Misa Mable Dean
Court House
Hollister
Chester
Brown
Sacramento Resting Place Plans Tied to Family Requests
A report notes plans for years to place the resting place of a woman in Sacramento, at the request of her only sister. Her daughter remains there, a son George and his family near readiness to move to the state, while her mother Mrs. Doolittle and Tepaine are mentioned in context. The item blends local notes with other scattered lines about Winnipeg enterprise and various advertisements.
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Sacramento
California
Doolittle
Buand Farolly
George
Revs Eakin
Canada
Winnipeg
Allialike
Bolles
M B. R
Waterloo
Weill
Scott
Times
Mann
Joe
Aaa
De Witts Little Early Risers Pill Ad Patented Remedy
An old advertisement extols DeWitts Little Early Risers as a reliable pill for various ailments including biliousness and headaches. It claims quick relief and energy benefits for both children and adults, with a testimonial from J C P Jones, chief burgess of Milesbury Borough, Pa. Sold by Horton Burns Drug Co.
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Chamberlain's
Horton & Bore Drug Co
DeWitt
Barns
Arly Tigers
J.C.P. Jones
Burgesa
Milesbury
Horton & Burns Drug Co
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Hollistes Rocky Mountain
Horton & Burns Brug Uo
Ayer
Battia
Alwayya
Rocky Mountain
We DP
Arany
Maclean, Wie
Joe Droes
New York
Wrafper
Bears
Gastoria
Tun Sox
Chamberlain
W. H. Leggett
Yum Yum
Tennessee
U.S. A
Pala
Les
Hensey & Gough
Pater
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Fr.ga
Washington
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