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Newspaper
Macomb Daily By Stander
Location
Macomb, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1921
Page
2
A collage of humorous quips and cartoons notes on modern life. Jokes cite tallying jars of Hooping Cough medicine and a satirical view of money, fashion, and manners. Oral snippets mention crops, humor about golf lynx and a failed joke about a dead actress, ending with a reflective line about self-respect.
A local notice announces Roark's Drug Store sale for Wednesday Thursday and Friday offering goods at one cent. Nearby residents mention a baby named Ivy who crawled around the house.
A public sale of farm property will be held at the seller's residence three miles north of Macomb and four miles south of Good Hope starting at 11 a.m. on Friday October 21 1921. The offering includes five horses eight cattle one hundred forty hogs corn hay oats farming implements and more. Cash terms. Byron Butterfield R. E. McCartney auctioneer F. W. Harris clerk. Ladies of Baptist church to serve lunch.
Moline Illinois October 14 The coroner's jury cleared and praised 15 year old Austin Letterdahl for killing his stepfather Roland Gooch a Spanish American War veteran. The boy fought as Gooch attempted to kill his mother with a revolver four shots fired. Gooch stood six feet tall and weighed 200 pounds while Austin weighed under 100. The jury commended the boy's courage.
Nerrin Illinois October 14. Zeigler police and a East St. Louis agent chased a carload of beer that reportedly escaped. The agent with the car encountered local women and, after the chase, the car was found empty while the agent slept off his intoxication in a local hotel.
An advertisement promotes Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound as a ready to use hair darkener. It claims to render gray hair undetectable after one or two applications, leaving hair darker shinier and more youthful without curing disease.
Local notes from October 25 report frost hopes, crop progress with wheat and corn, and farm trades including Fred Knoesd lee bag swapping his farm for Tan's. Elvie Robinson Ekes the Wool health resort near Pikes Peak Colorado. Miss Rhoda Hambly visits. Family updates cite Wahler Teanbly in Hancock County and Ray Cordell connections. Activities include a Claiston clevred series hosted by Pastor. Sawyer builds a corn crib. Robert Payne to return to Colmar farm. Grace Leighty family visits. travelers from eastern state visit Mathew Walker.
A large audience enjoyed a program while mothers actively participated. Reports say Albert Fugate will move to Dr McDaniels farm next spring. Four major farm sales are listed this week John McKone Fannie Belshaw Ed Vaughn and A Z Carson. A son was born to Walter and Mrs Tambly Sunday night weighing about 200 pounds at birth and now over.
An advertisement touts mild salts to flush kidneys and boost activity, claiming 600 grains of acid waste are filtered daily and urging a tablespoonful in water each morning. It pitches Canneb sh ure as a grape lemon lithia drink and cites a $250 athletic center vote by the Pypent-Teachers' Association.
Oquawka Illinois October 15 After living the three score and ten years allotted to man John ton Crose aged 70 was sentenced to a term not less than one year and more than twenty years in the Illinois state penitentiary He was found guilty of larceny and burglary last Wednesday
Omaha reports a 12 year old boy, Oscar Stone, was riding a bicycle that slipped control on a steep grade and struck a horse feeding by the roadside. The horse died from the impact and Stone was killed.
We quit farming and will sell at public sale on the Ed Vaughn farm located one half mile west and one mile south of Colchester at 11 o’clock a. m. Items include horses and mules, cattle, hogs, farming implements, grain and hay, a DeLaval cream separator, stove and more. Terms: sums of $10 and under cash, larger amounts on credit with notes at 7 percent interest. lunch by Mt. Carmel ladies. Auctioneer Roy McGaskill.
A fragmented page segment lists acts and performers including Say It With Flowers and In the Arena with cast members Julius Nebo Planquin Ben Hummel Charles Wifey White Wing Ben Him Lion Galley Slaves Musical Numbers Sarah Rose Mae Downine and Egyptian Dance When You've Got The Ball and Your Ankle John Barelay Down Melody Lane.
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