Beautifying a small city yard with vines and seasonal blooms
Amanda E Botsford advises on transforming a pocket handkerchief yard into a verdant retreat. She recommends fencing vines for privacy, resodding or reseeding grass with quality seed, and using porch vines or arch frames to cover exits. Perennial vines like Hall's Japan honeysuckle and Clematis paniculata pair with complementary annuals to extend color through seasons.
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Samel
Hall
Japan
Amanda E Botsford
Hume
The Start to School
A mother recalls her child beginning school with joy yet fear of the long road ahead. She notes the loss of carefree days as the baby leaves behind toys and innocence for questions, discipline, and the path toward honor or error. The piece dwells on parental pride and anxiety.
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Heth
Jong Long
Laxative Hromo Quinine Claim Cure in Two Days
An advertisement promises to cure grip in two days using Laxative Hromo Quinine. Each box bears the signature of E W Groves and sells for 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Groves
Cable Hor Senator Ben Cable to lead new Democratic committee
Washington reports Ben T Cable left for New York after meeting Judge Griggs of Georgia. Griggs will convene the sub committee on organization Tuesday, where Cable will be elected chairman of the new executive committee. Observers say his aim is to support Democratic success and potential U S Senate candidacy.
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Ben. T. Cable
Washington
New York
Judge Griggs
Georgia
Democratic Congressional Committee
Griggs
Mr Cable
Cable
Illinois
Mason
Democratc
Chicago
House of Representatives
Mitnels
Cable 8
United States
Cables
Behnken ad backfires as anxious applicants swarm Brooklyn store
William Behnken grocer of Brooklyn finds advertising for a cashier job backfires when large crowds of hopeful young women storm his shop. He apologizes with sandwiches and cider as tension eases and the crowds disperse.
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William Behnken
Brooklyn
New York
Behnken
Bottling Warranty Offered by The Bottles Pharmacy
The Bottles Pharmacy, run by H Sandstrom, offers a refund guarantee on a 50c bottle of tsreen a Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure a cough or cold. A second 25c bottle is promised to prove satisfaction or money refunded.
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H Sandstrom
Spring Hat Sale Starts April Ninth
A spring hat sale runs for ten days starting Wednesday April ninth. Lambert Shoes on Second Avenue in Rock Jalind offers each hat at twenty five percent off.
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Isecant Lambert Stos
Second Avenue
Kock
First Class Investment Props in Ma line Lota
An advertisement promotes lots in Cady's Addition Ma line with superior location and value. It promises four hundred dollars down, small monthly payments, and low interest, plus cheap stone for foundations from a local quarry. For details contact Bob Morgan at Skinner Building.
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Bob Morgan Skinner
Bucklen’s Arnica Healed Severe Leg Ulcer After Four Years
A nearly fatal runaway caused a horrible leg ulcer on J B Orner of Franklin Grove. Doctors failed for four years until Bucklen’s Arnica healed the wound. The remedy also treats boils burns bruises cuts corns scalds and skin eruptions. Two cents at Clendenin’s drug store.
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J B. Orner
Franklin Grove
Bucklen
Clendenin
Government payroll shows large Smith and Jones names
A government blue book lists over 2,700 Smiths on payrolls plus pensioners, with 1,800 Jones, and near 1,000 Browns and Johnsons. Each Smith family averages about four members, yielding roughly 10,800 Smiths and 7,200 Jones among dependents.
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Jones
Brown and Johnson
Literary Notes on New Books and Arts
In the current literary notes the Schley Sampson debate is noted. The Log of the Gloucester compiled by Commander Wainwright is highlighted. May Sinclair new novel Two Sides of a Question receives strong praise. Paine promises a sequel to Van Dwellers. Nelson Lloyd writes on Dunkards Pennsylvania and on New York life. Fosdick’s The Honor of the Hraxtons gains fame in art and literature. Hapwood’s critique questions Revolutionary drama's historical value. Duncan and Hansom's offers a constant stream of new fare.
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Schley-Sampson
Gloucester
Wainwright
May Sinclair
England
America
Albert Bigelow Paine
Nelson Lloyd
New York
Victor Hugosife
J William Fosdick
Paul Merloe
Normandy
Norman Hap- Rod
Former Moline Photographer Jones Faces Bank Failure
Many recall T M Jones once ran a photo gallery from a palace car on Library street before moving to the Skinner Annex building then to Johnson and Suman. He later led a Grand Junction Colorado bank that failed after overextending loans to a beet sugar factory, leaving him with little.
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Moline
T. M. Jones
Library Street
Skinner
Johnson & Suman
Jones
Grand Junction
Colorado
Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root Offered For Kidney Health
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a remedy for lame back and kidney, liver, and bladder troubles. It promises a free sample bottle and an informational book by mail, urging readers to mention the paper.
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Kilmer
Bright
Dr Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
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Hull Brothers
Third Avenue
Moline, Ill
DR. Crissman
Rock Island
Congressional Committee
Lota
M Y. Cady
Maline
Nh Lane
Smith
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Hkraxtons
Fosdick
Louis Niv
Duncan & Hansom's
Rocky Mountain
Sandstrom
Moline, Illinois
McKinnie Block
Fifteenth Street
Moline High
C. E. Booker & CO
Telephone
Wray Paper
W.A. Dieroff
Tri-Cities
W.a.dierolf
J.J Mitchell Co. Cutting School of
Malmer
13Th St
Wwe
L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
15Th Street
Square Deal Shoe
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