Maria Mitchell and the lager tonic anecdote and war recruit tale
The Scrap Book recounts Maria Mitchell using lager beer as a tonic and a sister scolding her for entering a saloon. It also narrates FR M King’s Spain American War days as a recruit who saluted with a cigar and faced punishment, ending with his three days peeling potatoes.
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Maria Mitchell
Joshua Kendall
Cambridge
Mass
Mitchell
Maria
Miss Mitchell
FR. M. King
Jefferson Barracks
Ising
King
Atchison Champion
A Losing Dream and a Train Stop Mishap
A commuter and savings bank teller recounts waking confusion about a window and a line of women, misreading a check and joking that five dollars would suffice. The tale segues into Robert Ganthony and Weedon Grossmith anecdotes about a lost play and a return to its owner via Scotland Yard after months.
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New York Post
Weedon Grossmith
Robert Ganthony
Grossgyith
Ganthony
Scotland Yard
Door for a job story from Pittsburgh Pest
A Pittsburgh worker travels to Harrisburg seeking a door to a job as doortender. The party boss jokes that a door can be found only with many doortenders. After days of searching the worker finds no suitable door and heads home, then is promised a door cut for him.
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Pittsburgh
Harrisburg
Bad Witness and a Valuable Dog in London Dispute
In a London sketch, a prospective purchaser extols a dog’s value while the seller asserts its worth. A reward of six pounds is offered for the dog's return. A defendant’s lawyer questions a night disappearance after a knockdown, while the complainant notes his watch was taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Aviator Jimmie Ward Flies High Above Town
Jimmie Ward, famed aviator, rose in a powerful biplane just after five o'clock yesterday. He climbed hundreds of feet, circled over the northern part of town, and promised a longer cross country flight today possibly to Anamosa and back. Ward noted irregular air currents and vowed to keep his agreements with the committee. He has logged over 1,600 flights with no serious accidents. Look for more demonstrations today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie Ward
Ward
Anamosa
Monticello Defeats Worthington In Extra Innings
The Monticello baseball team hosted Worthington and pulled ahead in the eleventh inning to win. Monticello scored in the fourth fifth and seventh innings while Worthington scored in the third and sixth. The game was tied for two innings before Monticello crossed home plate to seal the victory.
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Worthington
Monticello
Killinger Edges Miesel In Seven Mile Motorcycle Race
Killinger of Center Junction wins a seven mile race with Miesel second and Dietz third after Miesel’s rear tire flats. The event marked a tight duel lasting over ten laps as Killinger finished in 9 minutes 27 seconds.
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Killinger
Center Junction
Edward Meisel
Cedar Rapids
Elmer Dietz
Waterloo
Miesel
Dietz
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Heals Cochran Man’s Limp
Tom Moore of Cochran Ga reports no more limping after using Bucklen's Arnica salve. He says a persistent sore on his instep healed quickly, noting the remedy treats ulcers boils burns cuts and eczema. Available for 25 cents at O H Soetje's.
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Ile
Tom Moore
Cochran
Bucklen
O. H. Soetje’s
Coal bid notice and glass fittings with historical aside
Bids for 150 tons of Christopher six inch Illinois coal to Center Junction or Amber due by November 1. Board of supervisors to receive bids on or before noon September Yu. Louis Gardner county auditor. Eyes tested and glasses fitted. The Fieldings lineage and Denbigh earldom traced with a spelling anecdote from London Gentlewoman.
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Illinois
Center Junction
Amber
Board of Supervisors
Fielding
Fieldings
Denbigh
Tom Jones
Feilding
London
For Sale and Auction Notices in Monticello Area
Multiple property listings and a stock auction announced. Properties include a 9 room house with 3 lots and woodshed, a 170 acre farm with 100 cultivated acres, an 80 acre farm with outbuildings, and two adjoining farms of 182 and 150 acres. A stock and hogs sheep sale is set for September 6 1912 at Wapsie Valley fair grounds with Duroc Jerseys and Chester Whites consignments.
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Monticello
Cascade Road
Ott
Nicholas Baer
Anamosa
C. L. Gould
David Schneiter
Wapsie Valley Fair Grounds
Sharp
Duroc
R. Mills
A. F. Aikin
Central City
Iowa
Chester
Ff. B. Pierpoint
Springville
J. N. Dunn
J. I Plumley
Ed Leclerc
J. L. Mellrath
A. R. Hoffman
F. B. Pierpoint
Healing Skin Ailments Through Systemic Cleansing
A description of boils and pimples healing as skin softens and smooths. It notes liver stimulation and blood enrichment, with the whole body benefiting from the action.
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God
Matthias Barr
Amelia Borgelt Schwarzendruber
Kalona
Schwarzendruber
Harry Maurice
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Urban Haeussler
Bell Marcus
Haeussler
Urban
Sam Reade
Clara Martin
West Liberty
A. J. McNeal
Bright
Peter Bondy
South Rockwood
Mich
Ber Yu
Louis Gardner
L. G. Stabler
L. &. Jacobs
W. Lundin
Bellevue
Monticello Produce Co
J. McAleer
Richland Township
Sarah A. Oltman
Perkins, Eclipse and Star Windmills
Leroy Clark
Elmer Cropp
Emily Chadwell
Maquoketa
L. Leesekamp
Dike
Fagan & CO
Towa
The
Monticello High School
Teachers’ Normal Training School
Monticello, Towa
Hanken & Jacobs
Traver
Kar
BE. L. Himebaugh
Scotch Grove
Iwa
Jones County
Lenox College
Hopkinton, Iowa
Education
Wasic
W. A. Mirick, M. D
South Cedar St
Fenner’s
Ferner’ S
Children’s Suits
C. A. Errickson & Co
General Merchandise
Eclipse Lumber Co
OE Henry, M
Thad Ward
Voorhees Coal CO
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