The Stroke of the Fang's Desert Dream Sparks Rail Road Drive
Esther and Sally B. linger in a westward town as engineers prepare a Union Pacific mile long track lift. George Gregory targets seven and a half miles laid in one stretch with iron arriving at the Front amid betting and eager townsfolk.
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Esther
Billy
Resence
Sally B
Alfred
Giddeon
Aleady
George Gregory
Union Pacific
Watretch
Kelton
Barroom Shootout Sparks Nerve in Deserted Hotel
In a sunlit dawn scene at Sally B s barroom a masked intruder demands ten dollars as Sally B and Esther confront him. Sally B. disarms the marauder with a pistol at his temple and orders Shack to bind him. The tired intruder is tied and questioned about food before a continuation on the next page.
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Bill Bernard
Scullion
Sally B
Esther
Shack New
Begin
Pardner
Shack
Skeer
Dewey and Friend Save Honor of American Navy in London
A pair of Annapolis graduates, including George Dewey, visit London on leave and dine at a premier hotel. With tight budgets, they order strawberries and cream, facing a hefty bill. Dewey orders two more plates to preserve American honor, leaving with empty pockets but pride intact.
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Annapolis
George Dewey
Dewey
Liverpool
London
Jeunesse Doree
Oxford
Ancient Highway of England Two Thousand Years Old
The Great North Road from London to Edinburgh is described as a two millennia old route built under Roman direction. It remains a major thoroughfare, with thick macadam, minimal dust, few curves, and many speed traps. Local villagers even share trap locations with travelers. The piece also recounts a humorous anecdote about hogs disrupting a Texas survey camp and a joke exchange about the fair sex.
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England
Hatfield
London
Caesar
Rome
Mdluburgh
Bigleswade
His Qualifications
Spoken exchanges from Philadelphia publications describe a man debating a career in acting. A friend’s bequest of a fur lined overcoat and a high hat is noted as his supposed qualification. A comical reference to a slow messenger and a motionless blobbs adds to the scene’s humor.
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Philadelphia Press
Glenwood Mail Schedule Shows Delays and Hours
No. 15 worst bound at 7 38 am. No. 8 east bound at 8 45 am. No. 11 went bound 0 50 am. No. 4 east bound 10 41 am. No. 7 wast bound 1 54 pm. No. 14 east bound 4 45 pm. No. 8 east bound 7 22 pm. No. 1 wast bound 10 39 pm. WNo 1h receives no mail. Office House Lobby and lock boxes 7 00 am to 8 00 pm windows open 7 30 am to 7 30 pm Sundays 9 30 to 10 am and 3 00 to 3 30 pm.
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Wno
Sunday School Attendance and Local Moves in Silver City
The town reports a Sunday school attendance around 75 at East Liberty church. BC Martin moved to a Malvern property last week. Miss Lillian Britton spoke at Silver City Methodist and Hast Liberty churches. W B Oaks shows slight improvement under two nurses. sister Mrs Ed ward Fenton returns to Red Oak. Mr Oaks unlikely to resume bank duties. Mr and Mrs G A Conner celebrated their twenty fifth wedding anniversary with a surprise from their daughter Mrs M J Hunston. Neighbors and friends from Silver City gathered at the Huntson home, many gifts were given. Fourteen families attended, including Mr and Mrs JG Flanagan, D C Jackson and wife, and Rey Peter Jacobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Church
BC Martin
Silver City
Malvern
Lillian Britton
Des Moines
JG Flanagan
D C Jackson
Rey Peter Jacobs
Crowd gathers as Ben Marks aids woodwork at St Mary
A large crowd of men work sawing wood at St Mary with Ben Marks leading. Tiaac Poore sprained his wrist recently. Flossy Young, infant daughter of Mr and Mrs George Young, is very sick with a cold settled on her lungs. A baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs Bartel Anderson. A dance at H Brandt's last Saturday drew five girls and a large crowd.
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Ben Marks
Tiaac
Flossy
George Young
Bartel. Anderson
H Brandt
Big Bargain List of Pianos Free from Lyon & Healy
Lyon & Healy released a vast bargain piano list featuring Steinways Webers Lyon & Healys Washburns Sterlings Huntingtons and more with detailed instrument particulars. Many pianos are lightly used in showrooms or studios and prices are described as phenomenally low as the firm aims to close out hundreds within thirty days. Purchasers can pay cash or arrange monthly payments and the firm notes its stock exceeds 1 000 instruments at its Adams Street Chicago location. Also an Important Notice to Mills County People promotes a renovated downtown Chicago hotel Grace on Jackson Boulevard near the post office and federal building offering rooms starting at $1 with hot and cold water and phones. proprietor C Collins invites visits during travel to Chicago.
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Lyon & Healy
Steinways
Webers
Lyon & Healys
Washburns
Sterlings
Huntingtons
Adams Street
Chicago
Grace
Jackson Boulevard
Clark Streets
Post Cttics
Federal
For Sale Farm and City Lot in Glenwood
For sale 120 acre farm with improvements in Center township and a house and lot in Glenwood. Property owned by the A. B. Clarkson estate. Contact N. S. Genung, Reteres, Glenwood, Iowa. Also ad for Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup promoting constipation relief with claims of mild action.
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Center Township
City of
Glenwood
A. B. Clarkson
N. S. Genung
Reteres
Iowa
Orino
A J Howe
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J. L. Waterman
C., B&q RR
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Texas
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Waal
Everybody's Magazine
Mrs. A
Mrs. C
Mrs. B
Blobbs
Philadelphia Record
Mills County Tribune
W. F. Hill N. T. Bradway Publishers
ST. Mary
Mills County
C. Collins
America
CE Swartz CO
West Side Square
Hoosier
John Deere
Emerson
E. Geil
Glenwood, Iowa
E. M. Myers’ Furniture Store
J.B. Winkler
Lamb Bank
Mills
Nebraska
Kansas
J. B. Winkler
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