Irl Hicks Almanac 1911 and related notices
The 1911 Rev Irl R Hicks Almanac is offered at 35c prepaid with annual subscriptions to Word and Works Publishing Co St Louis MO Also promotion for Cosmopolitan serial by Robert W Chambers illustrated by Charles Dana Gibson mentions readers in Monroe and vicinity and visits between the Lawson families and Hannibal Palmyra area residents with brief local social notes
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Irl R. Hicks
Word and Works
Word and Works Pubishing Company
St. Louis
Monroe
Robert W. Chambers
Cosmopolitan
Charles Dana Gibson
All the World Was an Inn and I a Welcome Guest
Poem by Martha Haskell Clark in Smart Set reflecting on life as travel through inns. The speaker welcomes adventure romance youth aging and the shared hospitality of life as a constant guest at many inns across time.
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Page
Knight
Lily
Romance
Martha Haskell Clark
Pointed Sayings and Odd Observations Collected
A column of aphorisms on laziness consent and offense contrasts with jokes about money politics and rights. It includes notes on individuals Charley Reed Calvin Tooley W. W. Longmire and a Shelbyville visit with Paria business.
Parisian Sage Hair Tonic Ad at L. M. Wood
An antique advertisement touts Parisian Sage hair tonic promising a youthful look for all ages. It offers a 50 cent bottle from L. M. Wood with money back guarantee if it fails to cure dandruff itchy scalp or hair loss. The copy highlights shine and vitality and features a girl with auburn hair on the bottle.
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L. M. Wood
Quiet Reply and Corn Prosperity Echoed in Newport
At a Newport Civic League meeting the late Mrs. Julia Ward Howe spoke on women’s work and rebuked the idea that a woman’s sphere is only home, citing a witty retort about motherhood. The piece then notes this year’s corn crop setting a record, surpassing 1909 by 349 million bushels to 3.121 billion, with prices down about 12 cents from last year.
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Julia Ward Howe
Newport Civic League
Newport
Missouri
Massachusetts
Tyro
When Dad and His Playmates Shared Their Childhood Pranks
A humorous reminiscence reflects on the old days when fathers and uncles helped neighbors, shared deeds of charity, and disciplined mischief, contrasting with modern curiosity. Burges Johnson in Harper's weighs in on family discipline and moral memory.
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Daddy
Burges Johnson
Harper's
Quaker Meditations from the Philadelphia Record
A collection of aphorisms on wealth, luck, diligence, and timing from the Philadelphia Record. The piece observes that breadwinners crave cake while the rich burn fingers, praising prompt payment by the poor and delayed responses by the rich, ending with a note on overthinking schemes.
Danger of Overtaxing Heart When Rising
When a person moves from lying to standing the heart faces extra work as gravity shifts blood to the feet and back to the head. Rising slowly helps the heart adjust. sudden standing may overtax it, risking distress or faintness.
Finding of Fresh-Water Eel in Messina Straits
The Messina Straits pristine depths produce a rare discovery the fresh-water eel a peculiar creature brought to light by the whirling eddies that lift deep sea life into view highlighting unusual marine forms and illuminating sea research possibilities.
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Straits of
Messina
Preps reduces if greet change is to tg made to
The note seems incomplete but indicates preparations are decreasing and a greeting change to tg is planned. No clear entities or event details available for a full summary.
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Evan Smith
Strean & Son
Aven Nelson
Wyoming
Big Horn Basin
Big Horn River
Worland
Canon
Cowley
Ionia
Idaho
Montana
Shell Creek
Hain
D. Clem Deaver
Landseekers' Information Bureau
Farnam St
Omaha, Neb
C. A. Hamilton
Monroe City, Mo
C. A. Lawson
M. Lawson
Hannibal
Colussbda
V.C. Shearman
Hanni- School
Columbia
Spent
Miss 1 Lite
Woomaten
Vis
J. J. Renshaw
Mina Georgie
Palmyra
Life's Inn
Charley Reed
Calvin Tooley
Ely
W. W. Longmire
Paria
Mr. Parker
Shelby[ville
Washington Star
Johnnies
Sceptics
Philadelphia Record
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