Ten Years Ago Deaths and Shifting Town Events at Glenwood
Ten years ago W W H Wright former Mills County schools head died at his Geh ring home and was buried in Glenwood cemetery. Glenwood market prices listed include corn 40 hogs 4.75 and butter 18. Eggs and strawberries from Arkansas noted. City Marshal McMillan shot a burglar at Helusheimer store during an attempted break in, was wounded in the arm, the burglar fled, captured next day at Pacific Junction and died from wounds.
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W.W. H. Wright
Mills County
Gehring
Neb
Glenwood
Arkansas
McMillan
Patton
Helusheimer
Pacific Junction
Woman Credits Lydia E Pinkham Remedy for Recovery
Minneapolis housewife Mrs Joseph Ase lin testifies after two years of illness ending in relief from Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports renewed strength and home duties possible, inviting others to write for confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Mass.
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Aselin
Lydia E. Pinkham
Minneapolis
Minn
Anone
Joseph Aselin
Fourth Avenue
Minneapolis, Minn
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Lydia
FE. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Zeppelin raids test of machine over English coast
A motorcycle tour along the raider route suggests the zeppelin raid was mostly a training exercise with no military aim. It dropped incendiaries and bombs near Lowestoft and Henham Hall, causing light damage but spurring local rumors and precautions. Officials view it as reconnaissance likely followed by further raids. An allied airman near Ghent fooled Germans by an upside down flight, then escaped after dropping two bombs.
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Lowestoft
England
Southwold
Henham Hall
Barna
Hay
Holland
Germian
Zeppe
Parig
Fred
Ghent
The Real Need Book Agent Paragraph Exchange
The fragmentary dialogue appears to discuss books about economizing and living without it. Names like Philadelphia Lecter and Tonnysen show as quoted speakers. The readable text hints at a literary or cultural note about how to live, but specifics are unclear.
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Philadelphia Lecter
A Good Word for the Crow in Harper's Magazine
A Harper's Magazine piece praises the crow as a skilled scavenger aiding crops by feeding on grubs and pests. It notes the crow's value in natural pest control and laments its absence leaving a void in the landscape while describing its seasonal presence and distant calls across mountains.
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Harper's Magazine
Good Company and the Consoling Role of Books
A reflective passage extols books as friends and companions in travel and at home. It describes how books accompany people in lonely wilds and crowded cities, giving meaning to human movement and shaping the desert with their bright creations attributed to John Alfred Langford.
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Johm Alfred Langford
Rescued by Nature Riddle From London Standard
A whimsical London Standard quip notes a girl failed to hear a proposal because the wind blew so hard, prompting the answer that nature itself did the rescuing by creating a strong wind. The joke turns on misheard intent and the outdoors.
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Nature
London Standard
Smoked Ceilings and Cleaning Tip from Lamps and Gas
Note that smoke from a lamp or gas often soils a single ceiling spot while the rest stays white. Soiled ceilings due to lamp or gas can be made less noticeable by rubbing with dry whiting.
Just What He Meant in a Witty Exchange
A brief dialogue captures a weather joke as one character asks if the rain is still keeping up and the other replies with a pun about a cane, turning a rainy day query into light theater. The exchange highlights humor over a simple, everyday scene.
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Cain
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Mighty May Marvels
May Marvels
American Press Association
Pxype
Doel
Tonnysen
Glenwood, Iowa
Cliff
Malvern
J. W. Baer
Louis Bass
Davis & Anderson
Pacific Junction, Iowa
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