Leighton Visitors and Birthday Gatherings Reported
Bruinekool and Art Ver Steeg from Pella visited Leighton on Tuesday. Mrs Gesman of Pella arrived Tuesday to visit her daughter Ms iJ Corvers. Lester and Joe Ver Hoef from Kansas stayed Monday with G Ver Steeg. Rev Duiker family and John Van Der Zyl family visited Paul Synhorst Monday evening. Mr and Mrs De Pringel traveled to Pella Tuesday to celebrate his father's 188th birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruinekool
Leighton
Mrs. Gesman
Pella
Ij. Corvers
Lester
Joe Ver Hoef
Kansas
G. Ver Steeg
Rev. Duiker
John van der Zyl
Paul Synhorst
Mrs. de Pringel
Mr. de Pringel
Print To Relieve Rheumatism Recipe Detailing Home Mixture
A home remedy recipe urges relief from rheumatism with fluids and syrups. It prescribes Fluid Extract Dandelion one half ounce Compound Karyon one ounce and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla three ounces after meals and at night. The mix is shaken and taken to detoxify kidneys and blood.
Rheumatism Prescription Advice From Old Text
A fragment urges readers to avoid irregular dosing of a rheumatism remedy and to preserve a prescription note. It contends that inconsistent use risks kidney or urinary issues and claims effective cures are scarce, stressing the need when symptoms arise.
Chas Sipe property to be sold at public auction
Public auction to be held at the seller's real estate office on February 13 for a seven room house on lot 72 block 15 South Pella Iowa. The property includes a downstairs pantry two upstairs rooms cave cellar barn for 22 horses cistern well near the college. J S Jelsma, agent N Boland, auctioneer.
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South Pella
Iowa
J. S. Jelsma
N. Boland
Seed Corn Free Short Course Offered At Ames Iowa
Young growers may obtain seed corn to grow for school funding or to cultivate premium show corn from 1908 seed. Participants should mail postal cards to E B Howard College P O Ames Iowa for the Ames Agricultural College Short Course details.
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Ames
The
Agricultural College
E. B. Howard
College
P. O. Ames
Iowa
Ideal All around Newspaper Promises Broad Family Coverage
The Chicago Record Herald offers extensive daily and Sunday features including letters from Curtis and Wellman, foreign news via its own cables and AP, and comprehensive business coverage plus popular pages on sports and culture. It promotes the Sunday Magazine as a literary triumph and urges farmers to subscribe via a combined offer with Des Moines Register and Farmer and Kimball's Dairy Farmer.
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United States
Chicago Record
Herald
William E. Curtis
Walter Wellman
Record-Herald
New York Herald
World
Journal of Commerce
Associated Press
Register and Farmer
Des Moines
Iowa
Kimball
Public Auction Of West Pella House
Will sell at public auction on February 13 at my real estate office on the South side of the Square a seven room house in West Pella. It is the West half of lot 3 in Block 30 known as the P H Bousquet property in A No 1 condition after $1000 spent on repairs. Has a good cistern and well. For details contact J S Jelama, Agent or N Boland, Auctioneer, 56.
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Pella
P. H. Bousquet
Longevity Among Norfolk Farm Laborers Defies Common Ailments
A Norfolk correspondent notes many villagers aged over 80 and several centenarians including a 96 year old. Despite rheumatism and poor housing, these farms show high longevity aided by open air, simple wholesome food, and steady work, reflecting a robust rural life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
England
Summit of Great Volcano and the perilous ascent
The article traces the name Monte Gibello for the great volcano, noting a dropped letter in Aetna. It describes a pyramidal summit rock, a crater nine miles around and 750 feet deep, and that most visitors fail to reach the frozen top. It recalls an English tourist who died descending the crater by rope and choking.
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Aetna
Separating Listeners in Apartment Telephone Lines
A woman demands a separate party line for her apartment, insisting the partner not be a resident of the same house. The agent confirms the policy against sharing lines within a single residence, noting many objections and plans to connect her to a neighbor in the next block.
Open Air Schools Proposed by New Jersey Clubwomen
The clubwomen of New Jersey back an open-air school plan for children to combat tuberculosis. Dr Alexander McAllister of Camden advocates outdoor study from late May to term end and into October. The first experiment will occur in Camden under his direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Alexander McAllister
Camden
N. J
McAllister
McAlister
Insults for Lord Milner and a Stead remark
The piece notes Milner’s even temper and recalls a London newspaper episode. When a derisive remark at an East End meeting provoked Milner, he delivered an exceptionally brilliant reply. Mr. Stead later quipped that he wished he knew how to insult Milner before work each day.
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Lord Milner
W. T. Stead
London
Young Milner
East End
Mr. Stead
Milner
Distinction Questions If Voting Is a Profession
A Distinction asks whether a man should pursue polling as a career, questioning the notion of voting work as a profession. The fragment hints at debate on civic roles and public service, though specifics are sparse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sno
Real wit at golf ers' dinner in town
Two sharp after dinner speakers, Simeon Ford and Patrick Francis Murphy, entertained at the golfers' dinner with rapid epigrams. Murphy joked that drink gives temperance orators and golf is a pursuit of pale pills by purple people while Ford quipped about following Murphy and recounted a golf tale of a 60 yard shot at John D. Rockefeller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simeon Ford
Patrick Francis Murphy
New York
Cincinnati Times-Star
Murphy
Ford
John D. Rockefeller
Tam
John D
Not the Bargain He Thought in Rich American Art
M Rochefort mocks American collectors who buy pictures as they buy lumber, noting a rich buyer who spent 800000 francs on forty works later found to be fakes. He recalls discussing genuine names like Diaz Rousseau Daubigny and Corots, only to learn none were authentic.
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M. Rochefort
Diaz
Theodore Rousseau
Daubigny
Cleveland Moffett
Success Magazine
The Chilly Homes of England in Winter
The London Chronicle laments England as an impossible country to winter. It argues English homes are poorly heated by habit and calls England one of the chilliest spots in winter. It notes the English home is often a refrigerator and compares living warmth to American standards.
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England
America
London
London Chronicle
Destiny as a Guiding Law of Honest Living
The passage asserts that people are like children under destiny, which acts as a benevolent mother guiding honesty and goodness. It urges self care to avoid illness, independence to prevent heartache, and kindness to attract friends, framing misfortune as a rebuke that sharpens perception and behavior.
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Destiny
Farm For Rent Near Pella Iowa
Farm for rent six miles north of Pella comprising two and a half acres with fever land and fair improvements. Grain rent offered. Contact H E Chapin Des Moines Iowa 404 Utica Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
H .E Chapin
Des Moines
Iowa
Utica
Local Flour and Food Store Ad Offers Wide Goods Variety
A city store markets flour brands and staples such as buckwheat, graham, rye and corn meals, cereals, beans, and canned goods alongside soaps, coffee substitutes, farming feeds, and poultry supplies. It promises reasonable cash prices, delivery within the city, and coupons for dishes and glassware with most purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
van Camp
Runkel’s
Baker’s
Millard Brand
Pillsbury’s
Sovereign
Percheron Horse Auction at Pella By McLaughlin Co
The Company Percheron Horse imported by McLaughlin Co will be sold to the highest bidder at public auction in Pella Saturday afternoon February 13 1909 John De Cook.
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McLaughlin Co
Pella
John de Cook
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Art Ver Steeg
Leighton Business
G Ver Steeg
Plainview
Hale County
Texas
Arie van Howeling
Crater of
Mount Etna
Rockefeller
Cole
Massena
Benson
Wester Manufacturing Company
Boone
Towa
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