Horses and Mares Wanted for Sale and Breeding
Wants horses and mares weighing 1200 to 1500 pounds aged 4 to 12 years. Must be fat, well haired and well broke. Foster. The Anderson girls spent Sunday afternoon with Ethan Goodale and Eleanor Manceria for Mis. Abe Turner and Mrs. Thomas spending a few days in town. Some of our young folks attended church in Brompton Sunday night. George Darby and family visited M. G. Robinson’s. Mrs. Bill ill but improving. Alec Johnson at John Selby’s. Minnie Hicks caring for Mrs. W. L. Hicks. W.T. Van Dorin and Freddie McKern traveled to Mystic to visit the Raymond Daugherty family. Allen Long announces a mine for inspection 3.4 miles south of the Duff mine and 2.5 miles northwest of Rathbun offering coal and a good road.
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Thomas Ie
Brompton
George Darby
M. G. Robinson’s
Constipation and bowel health advice from Chamberlain’s Tablets
A brief health note describes constipation as a daily bowels movement essential to remove waste. It likens regular bowel action to keeping home waste pipes open and recommends Chamberlain’s Tablets for relief, cited by MM A Robertson.
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Chamberlain
A. Robertson
Local Post Notice From Moravia Iowa Second Class Mail
The notice records mail matter status as second class and cites Moravia in Apparsone County Iowa under the federal act of March 8 1879, indicating compliance with mailing regulations and classification.
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Moravia
Apparsone County
Iowa
Congress
Odd Fellow Circle entertains with wedding hoax at hall
The Odd Fellow Circle held its monthly meeting at Odd Fellow hall with a varied program. Dwight Hiatt Hale Slavin and Mrs H J York delivered readings while Mrs H Holliday and Miss Batty Montgomery offered piano numbers. A staged wedding provoked audience comments and a comic procession led by a Pahson character reading a fake marriage service from a Sears catalog. The piece praises the circle as a social ideal and suggests small-town churches adopt the idea.
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Odd Fellow Circle
Odd Fellow Hall
C. A. Turner
G. T. Harn
America
H. H. Holliday
Batty Montgomery
Dwight Hiatt
Hale Slavin
H.J. York
Robert Tarr
Horn
Turner
Frank Swaim
Solomon
Pahson
Sears & Roebuck
Sneed
Lester Smith
Sally Harris
Cliff Neff
Moravia
Authors Flight of Fancy Dedications Highlight Literary Toasts
The Detroit News notes a range of book dedications from poets and scholars. Kenneth Harris and Dr John B Huber honor spouses in humorous and affectionate lines. A farm root of duty and a light verse dedication to an old sweetheart are among the examples.
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Detroit News
Khneth Harris
Stegg
John B. Huber
Francia Hackett
Signe Tokevig
Wind Foolish Gardener Sows Petunia Seeds
A gardener sowed petunia seeds on a windy day and expected blooms. She tended one bed daily, but no petunias appeared there while the opposite bed sprouted a full crop. The New York Post report notes the baffling result.
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New York Post
Fat Man in Town Brings Laughter and Shadow Gaffe
In a pedestrian scene a narrator mocks a portly man in the street. His clumsy chases reveal the observer’s own movement, as the fat man’s calm humor contrasts with the narrator’s mischief and self reveal. The incident ends with a light note on the fat man’s good humor.
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Fanny Geit
Stove of novel design inspires theater cabinet style
A new stove design departs from tradition, resembling a phonograph cabinet with painted colors. An inner cast iron drum is enclosed by a tall outer casing, with air heated as pipes pass through and vent outward. The piece notes that hard or soft coal can be used at home.
To Mother Nature For Rest
An older editorial urges readers to avoid staleness by maintaining mental control and active life beyond work. It warns that fatigue and despair lead to moral collapse and urges fitness, inner obligations, and a connection with nature to preserve vitality.
Definition of a well educated man in a modern era
Leslia's Weekly argues the term needs practical context as education diverges from old books. It notes Edison era tensions between literary lore and shop floor practicality and asserts intellect is forged by urgent needs, past influence, and street life.
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Gamatiel
Shakespeare
Jonathan Edwards
Solomon
Edison
Leslia’s Weekly
Ambitious War Profiteers and a Liturgical Switch
Bishop Homer Stunz at a Omaha dinner quips that war profiteers seek social progress. A profiteer abandons Baptist faith for Episcopalian, visits a bookstore for worship texts, and frowns at the Book of Common Prayer asking for something "a little more selecter."
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Homer Stunz
Omaha
Episcopal Church
Ecuador's Aviation School Opens in Guayaquil City
An aviation mission from France and Italy arrives in Ecuador to staff the new national aviation school in Guayaquil. The group serves as instructors and administrators while flights run daily to provinces and across the Andes. Officials plan aerial postal routes to reach remote regions.
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Ecuador
National School of Aviation
Guayaquil
Andes
New Harvard Medical Degree Aims At Research
Harvard will offer a Doctor of Medical Sciences degree for candidates specialized in medical research and laboratory medicine rather than clinical work. The new degree seeks to attract more students into research by formalizing advanced study in medicine.
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Harvard
LAW BROS CO History tells you to do this DO IT Now
The prompt provides a terse historical prompt about Law BROS CO urging immediate action. No further readable details are available to expand into a concrete news item with names, places, or dates.
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Mis
Abe Turner
Bill
Alec Johnson
Apent
John Selby’s
Minnie Hicks
W. L. Hicks
W.T. van Dor
Freddie McKern
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Raymond Daugherty
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Allen Long
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MR. Ostrich
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Mother Nature
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LAW Bros, CO
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LAW Bros. CO
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Charles Wheeler
Ethel Wheeler
West Side Square
Woolworth’s
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C. T. Slavin
M. B. Oburoh
Satintas
Fhone
Offce
Hesidence
Farmers’ & Merchants’ Savings Bank
Moraviz
Gladys P. Reich Chiropractor
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C. R. Fry
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