Four Alexandria residents die in week long tragedy
The Alexandria region mourns the loss of Evan Robinson and three others in the past week with funeral notices and memorials. Reports detail decades of settlement since 1873 on the Sames river area, and notes other local social updates including court terms, visits, and Thanksgiving gatherings across nearby towns.
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Exandria
Evan @otinson
Gidence
Alexandria
Norway
Uaterritory
Sames
Rockport
Gany Wan
Emma Heiler
Jacob Wahl
Loomis Pee Phanksul Ving With Bwaard
Watkins was 2. fragments readable but details are incomplete. The text appears to be a clipped item likely from a sports or local notices page with names Loomis Phanksul and Bwaard, but the full event, teams, or outcomes are missing.
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Phanksul Ving
Bwaard
Watkins
Hyomei Bals Endorsed By Physicians For Catarrh
Advertiser claims Hyomei is superior to patent medicines and cures 99 percent of catarrh cases. It uses eucalyptus oil gums and balsams in a pocket inhaler, promising germ killing and healing of throat nose and lungs. Sold by Scallin Brothers with an absolute money back guarantee.
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Scallin Brotherss
Life in the Middle Ages A Tale of Sickness and Poverty
A fragment discusses peasant life under feudal rule in Italy. It cites a 1465 Florence letter from Filippo Struzzi’s mother describing elderly, infirm serfs who must beg or die when unable to work, reflecting harsh poverty.
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Italy
Filippo Struzzi
Florence
Piero
Monna Cilia
Medici
Marks of Longevity in Physical Form
Medical Record notes that longevity signs appear in body proportions and organ size. Large heart lungs and digestive organs indicate longer life while brain depth and ear orifice reflect temperament and potential. Eye color and nostril size are cited as supporting indicators with individual exceptions.
Acquainting with a Local Farm for Nature Study
The text urges starting with a nearby, simple locality such as a farm to study nature. It argues that ownership is not essential for lasting joy, as real benefits come from close, sequestered land where nature reveals unseen details over seasons. It cites a Biblical parable to emphasize lasting commitment to land.
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National Magazine
Her Discovery and Ancestral Madness Cited Playfully
A Detroit Free Press snippet quotes Blowhard and Miss Cutting exchanging quips about a grandfather labeled a regular bib Humaniac. The exchange hints at family eccentricity with a sharp, humorous tone.
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Blowhard
Miss Cutting
Detroit Free Press
Special Session Of County Commissioners Dec 6 1905
County Commissioners will meet at the auditor's office on Wednesday December 6 1905 at oclock a m for acting on liquor license applications and any other business before the board. QO D Stearns County Auditor.
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County Auditor
A. W
D. Stearns
General Samuel Venzie and the Bangor Bank Note Deception
In Maine the early builder General Samuel Venzie founded the Venzie National Bank of Bangor and erected the first Maine railroad. Arresting travel to Boston, he used stage, rail, and steamship. At Tremont House a clerk questioned a $1000 Bangor note. Venzie revealed two more such bills, proving the bank issued only three.
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Samuel Venzie
Bangue
Maine
Venzie National Bank
Bangor
Boston
Tremont House
Bangor Bank Institution
A Seek and a War in Columba’s Psalter Tale
The Lonion Chronicle recalls Columba the Irish settler in Iowa who, facing punishment for manuscripts, claimed a psalter as his own book. Columba’s appeal led to insurrection against Diarmaid, culminating in a battle over a sacred psalter said to have been borne by the O Donnells in silver. The artifact may be in the Royal Irish Academy.
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Columba
Iowa
Britain
Diarmuid
Tara
Werin
Diarmaid
the Psalter
O’donnells
Royal Irish Academy
Lonion Chronicle
Sevres Porcelain: Finest French Craft at Great Cost
Old Sevres porcelain stood as a pinnacle of technical perfection amid wealth, created by France’s top chemists, potters, artists, and sculptors. Despite public money waste protests, Louis and the Bourbon monarchy funded the project to yield unparalleled porcelain for France’s glory.
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Sevres
Louis
France
Qlondon
Road trip sales prompt ends at Mitchell Capital office
A terse notice directs all sales to cease or be cried on the road and specifies that dates are to be left at the Mitchell Capital office and the Mitchell Gazette office.
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Mitchell Capital Office
Mitchell Gazette Ofive
Auction Sale On Farm Near Mitchell Details
A public auction will be held on the bidder’s farm one mile east and four miles south of Mitchell in Prosper township section 11-102-6. On Thursday December 7 at 10 o clock the sale includes six horses, 24 Polled Herefords and Durham cattle, 65 Poland China hogs, 1 000 bushels of corn, 30 tons of hay, farm machinery and household goods with free lunch at noon.
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Mitchell
Poland
Annual Meeting Notice for Commercial Mutual Fire Ass
The Commercial Mutual Fire Insurance will hold its annual meeting at the office on December 2 1905 at 2 oclock. J OF Walrath serves as secretary.
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The
Commercial Mutual Fire Assistation
Walrath, Sev’ Y
Indian Rain Maker Ends Dry Spell With Ether Rocket
A rain making device in India uses a rocket reaching about a mile high with aether reservoir. On descent a parachute slows its fall and releases ether spray to absorb heat, cooling the air and condensing vapor to produce a limited shower.
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India
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