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Newspaper
Mills County Republican
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1879
Page
4
An assortment of raw clippings mentions Mills County Republicans and local subscribers, with scattered notes on visitors, church and saloon debates, and holiday reflections. Reports include J A Bede of Hebron Neb visiting, Osbourne paying for copies, Mr and Mrs Bonham traveling to Minnesota, and a Christmas reflection on gifts and charity amid civic talk about closing saloons on Sabbath.
A landslide at PVATISMOUTH burying the site killed nine workers including Aue get Dautz and Michael McCann while two others remain missing. Wounded include Patrick Gilsory, Win, Artur, Jacob Sandera, John Hansador and Frank Sinclair. The slide cut eighty feet deep, and its suddenness left no escape. two men are missing.
A garbled, playful verse snippet describing a Christmas night scene with odd spellings and stray phrases about a Baptist, a boy named Chuck, and children watching blurred colors. The readable parts sketch a Christmas mood with caveats on gifts and a Santa figure failing to calm the sharp boys and girls.
Fragmentary lines speak of fear and change as the year turns. The text hints at people sweating out tensions, pausing, and resetting before trying anew. It reads as a quarterly reflection on resolve and relapse amid shifting fortunes.
The gentleman earned many friends during his stay in our city and enjoyed a large following. He does not routinely tour smaller towns but was persuaded to stop here by local citizens seeking his services. His reputation is noted nationwide for skill and his treatment approach. He plans to return at some point.
The assembly at the Baptist Church last week proved fruitful in work and size of attendance. Rev DD Proper led with help from local and distant ministers and laymen, including V Prondat Alex Tipton Mrs Brent Miss Dowdy from Glenwood French of Red Oak Meare Huffaker Sidener Miss Sidener of Silvey City Rev A J Delano Atlantic Rev J H Pratt and wife Mr Rogers Emerson. The piece criticizes party theft and recalls Hayes Presidency as a justification, asserting crime and misdeeds by the opposing party in Mississippi Louisiana and Congress, while noting a prior political trap that was used to defeat them.
An early ad touts strange people suffering from indigestion constipation and debility and promises Shilohs Vitalizer will cure them. It also markets a catarrh remedy with a free nasal injector and lists Snyder as seller in Boca and other locales.
The Continental Insurance Company of New York is praised as one of America's best and most reliable firms. It survived major city fires and has paid farmers in the Northwest 1.6 million dollars in the past decade. Local agent H. I. Noel is succeeding in expanding the agency.
Fragmented catalog offers subscriptions and legal notices with varied paper names and prices. It lists rates for Revumean Farmers Review Scientific American and others, plus mentions deeds mortgages and notices. The garbled text suggests a sale of legal instruments and utilities with subscription handling and orders.
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