Hogs Pay and Paper Tricks Mentioned in Editor Notes
The editor recounts a theme about hogs paying for papers and returning mail with markings. Local notices note Marjorie Cooper’s birth at the Goema home, Rev C De Leuw joining the Christian Reformed Church, and various visits and travels of residents. Also covered are lightning rods sales pitches, church and town news, and government changes on postage penalties and veteran headstones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. de Leuw
Christian Reformed Church
H.-F. Bousquet
J. H. Soetens
Otley
B. H. Langerak
New Mexico
Meyer. Langerak
South Dakota
Dr. Talbott
John Brom
Bob Clark
Dr. Garrison
Central University
Garrison
Grand Island
United States
Sandles
State Board of Agriculture
Columbus
John Jackson
Big City Improvements and Chi Namel Finish
Advertisement extols city improvements through home interiors. It touts Chi Namel as the best wood finishing product for filling knots and cracks and achieving oaklike grain through a ready to use graining process. Sold by Stubenrauch with sample displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stubenrauch
The Lost Pocketbook in a Busy Shopping Nook
A woman's pocketbook is found in a crowded shopping area with only a rag and powder in a bag inside. Police note the absence of valuables and request the owner to identify distinctive features to reclaim the item.
Pocketbook Lost in Peoria With Small Valuables
A Peoria Herald Transcript item lists a pocketbook lost containing a shoe buttoner, seven gums, a new kimono, a book, a mirror, a rat, hat trimmings, hair, embroidery, stamps, corset strings, small quarts of trifling items, and a purse for a streetcar ticket. The finder is urged to return it by fastest means to send freight to Peoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Herald-Transcript
The Dearest Place on Earth Poem Fragment
A fragmented poem extols the home as the dearest place on earth. It speaks of marriage, building a new house, a warm hearth, children’s laughter, and light from the fireplace casting shapes on the floor, preserving family sentiment.
Unclear Advertisements and Prize Fight Debate Report
Fragmentary notices include product pitches for Chi-Namel varnish and a vacuum cleaner, plus an account about Jack Johnson as undisputed boxing champion. The text references prize fighting legality in Nevada and speculation about outlawing bouts and a Progressive movement stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Ji Ohinson
Nevad
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ors Moines
Langerak’s Drug Store
Dusty
Ave
A. Subea
Advarice
Forarchy
van. Dows
Mrs
Dick Goema
Mizs
Marjorie Cooper
Knoxville
G. A. Vandermeulen
Los Angeles
California
Pella
Geurt
Vandermeulen
Monroe Mirror
Emma van ‘Wyngarden
Sully
Kolck
Eugaire
G. Lankelma
A. T. Brom
Des Moi
Highmore South Oak
Oth Dakota
Marion
Jasper
Mahaska
Innebago
New York
Stubengauch
Willl
Mia
Carrie
Halbert
College Campus
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