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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1901
Page
8
Estray taken up by A W Everhart at his Hastings Iowa residence in Mills County on May 10 1901. One red cow with white on the belly is dry weighs about 1000 pounds age around 10 years. Post by S B Hutchings County Auditor 40w3.
An old advertisement touts Dr. Al Boschee's German Syrup as a reliable cough and lung remedy. It says the preparation, not experimental, has stood the test of years and is sold widely since 1868, with three doses claimed to relieve ordinary coughs. It cites testimonials from William Weaver and references Fleming Hy Toker.
Mrs J B Stroud visits Creston and Perry Utterback talks moving back to the Junction. Switchman Reed relocates to Council Bluffs for work. E Swan starts duties in Connail Bluffs freight office and plans to move. H S McDonald enlarges property bought from George Jones. Ben Davis improves the Dinsmoore property for a home. Garman returns to KC yards, DeLashmutt builds a large hay and stock barn near town. Sprained ankle cured quickly by Chamberlains Pain Balm per Geo E Cary. Sold by W D Wilson.
Miss Edna Scanlan visited Red Oak on Monday evening while County Attorney Cook was in town on business last Saturday. Mr and Mrs James Davis attended the Odd Fellows social. A boy was fined for disturbing a church service. Children’s Day services at the M I church drew a large crowd. The Odd Fellows social featured progressive carroms with Clifford Purcell and Miss Fannie McMullen winning prizes.
A Boston man who wed a ailing rich young woman finds happiness after using Dr Kings New Life Pills to restore her health. The ad touts cures for jaundice biliousness malaria fever ague and liver and stomach troubles. Local items note Mrs Potts father visiting Mr Graves away on a short trip and church notices invite families to children day exercises at the M B church with junior and senior leagues and a sermon. Pastor Geo Fidler signs the notice.
Rain disrupted a Children Day program and a Friday social, but attendees enjoyed ice cream and a warm fire. The gathering raised 6.85 in net proceeds. Local notices mention minor injuries, sales, and community happenings including a Fourth of July plan, church services, and a car robbery inquiry.
A clutter of classified items and ads from Malvern and surrounding areas. Notices include flour promotions with prizes, private money loans, rental listings for a seven room house, cattle for sale, millinery sale at cost, bulls for sale, whiteface cows with calves, and a home sale notice. Also offers for grinding feed, engraving services, and a remedy promotion for pile cure. Poem excerpt from Mary M. McCarthy with reminiscences of childhood in a rural setting.
Railroad announces special excursion fares from Ogden and Salt Lake City to Utah routes with one fare plus 82.50, June 18 to Aug 31 and July 1 to 10, and Sept 1 to 10. Colorado trips to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo and Glenwood Springs priced per city, with final limit Oct 31, 1901. Information via agent W EB Wheat.
In Longmans Magazine the piece explains salt butter lasts longer by suppressing bacteria. It notes millions of bacteria in a pat of butter, that salt reduces micro-organisms, and contrasts preservative practices between England and the United States. It ends with figures on bacteria in milk as raw material.
An English visitor boasting of Britain's power meets a Texas cattleman in Hyde Park. The Texan retorts with local pride and a practical joke, ending the tale with the Englishman offered brandy and soda in disgust. The anecdote from the Kansas City Journal notes the clash of nations and the Texan wit.
A vintage note recalls a disappointing amateur drama in San Francisco to aid charity where Hugh Farrar McDermott the poet performed alongside Mr Mills. The classic play fell into farce as McDermott dropped his sword and asked what to do with the envenomed blade, provoking a whispered quip from the banker’s box.
A fragmentary OCR passage mentions malevolence as wind of satan and describes misery, sorrow, and a bleak view of joy. It includes stray lines about balance and circular world ideas, attributed to sources like Hamilton and Atlanta Connatlu with unclear attributions.
Abigail Adams writes from Dec 1797 about home improvements and dairy storage, comments on Vice President and Congress in early Washington, notes winter hard, yellow fever abated, synod fasting, clergy and people attitudes, and sends regards to Mrs Tufts and friends.
A British tourist aboard an American train receives free fruit, chocolates, a cigar, and a comic, then tips the station boy. A fellow passenger notes the generosity, while the tourist jokes about writing on American travel. He later admits returning home to report train robberies instead.
The Boston Globe suggests Hebrew longevity exceeds that of other groups, implying rising numbers and possible future majority. It notes sanitary practices and inherent vitality as factors and adds that social progress may erode race distinctions over time.
The editor of the Spiketown Bilzaard apologizes to Miss Ruby McConnell, a popular teacher from the Riggs neighborhood, for a printer’s error that printed a line about her possessing an elegant new black beard. The misprint came from a tramp printer while the paper was closing its last week’s edition.
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