Monroe Drops Fourth of July Celebration This Year
Miss Glenere Grundman visits the Mark Shaw home in Pella. Monroe elects to skip Independence Day celebrations. Mrs. E A Bump and daughter Thelma return from Grinnell after helping care for a sick mother. Rev S Sharpe and family travel from Idaville to attend the General Assembly in Boston then via New York City and Niagara Falls. Will Jones family leave their home due to Skunk River rising flooding sixty acres of corn and all oats. Rev and Mrs Hill return from Hamburg where Reverend Hill was ill.
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the Mirror
Glenere Grundman
Pella
Mark Shaw
Monroe
E. A. Bump
Thelma
Grinnell
Ind
Mr. S
General Assembly
Boston
New York City
Niagara Falls
Will Jones
Will
Mrs. Hill
Hamburg
Reverend Hill
Knoxville Items Chronicle Local News and People
Knoxville reports on residents traveling to Dallas Center and Des Moines for work and health, and relatives visiting, including the Lucas family’s move to Philadelphia. It notes Paul Bellamy’s sister’s illness, mining work abroad, a serious burn at No. 3 mine, and Charley Thompson’s optic nerve pain. Lightning kills a horse and damages farms. Jim Conley, Knoxville’s adventurous former resident, dies in British Guiana at forty seven.
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J. S. Fulmer
Dallas Center
Iows
Fulmer
Tone Vanderwilt
Kenneth
Des Moines
Lloyd Lucas
Garey, Ind
W. Hil. Lucas
Harvey
Philadelphia
Lucas
Mr. Lucas
W. H. Lucas
Knoxville
Paul Bellamy
Harding Grove
South Dakota
Marguerite Bellamy
Colorado Springs
Methodist Hospital
Paul
John Caffery
Peter Caffery
Eureka
Utah
Caffery
Colorado
Chester McNulty
James McNulty
No. 3
Chester
Chas. Thompson
North Knoxville
J. P. Thompson
R. R. Snyder
Jas. Thompson
Charley
Clifford Fortner
Englewood
Fortner
W. D. Dixon
Indiana Township
S. B. Hammond
Attica
Congal
British Guiana
Jim Conley
De‘ceased
Africa
Australia
Alaska
Guiana
New Sharon News Highlights Amid Storms and Loss
Al Coulter survived a home abscess operation and shows cautious recovery. A new Star office building nears completion with two front offices and a rear mechanical space. Three-year-old Ade line Quaintance died after a three week illness, a post mortem planned. Severe electric storms caused a water tank fire, quickly damped by Fire Chief Osborne and Fred Schneelock, preserving town water supply. Flooding from heavy rains endangers crops as Skunk rivers rise beyond 1881 levels.
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al Coulter
L. W. Graham
The
Star
Carpenters
C. F. Griffer
New
Sharon Star
Roy Quaintance
Little Adeline
South Skunk
New Sharon Water Works
T. R. Osborne
Fred Schneelock
Allen's Foot Ease for Soldiers Used Across Communities
Antiseptic powder Allen's Foot-Ease is described as widely used by men in every community to shake into shoes or apply to feet, aiming to relieve discomfort and prevent foot issues among troops and civilians alike.
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Allen
Elias Wehvand
Boy who believed his head worth more than hands
A Philadelphia boy named John Wanamaker grew up in a family of bricklayers but chose to use his head over his hands. At fourteen he ran errands for a bookstore, later started a small shop with partner Nathan Brown, earned trust from a wholesaler, and built a major department store empire in Philadelphia and New York. He became a renowned retailer by combining brains with hard work.
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Philadelphia
Sr Rrdse
Cheely
Jack
Nelson Wanamaker
John Wanamaker
United States
America
Mr. Wanamaker
Jack” Wanamaker
Indiana
New West
Nathan Brown
Young Wanamaker
Wanamaker
Pennsylvania
New York City
How to save the drowning quickly
Forty four percent of drowning deaths stem from unskilled attempts to help. Education in proper rescue methods could prevent these fatalities. When hearing a cry for help, do not attempt a rescue while fully clothed unless a second cannot be spared.
How to Rescue a Drowning Person Safely
Guidance from June Physical Culture explains removing heavy clothing and shoes, running upstream to reach the victim, approaching from behind, and avoiding direct confrontation as panic and fear may cause the person to grab the rescuer. It emphasizes speed and safety in water rescue scenarios.
Rough on Rats Ends Outdoors Comic Ad
An old advertisement touts a pest control product with slogans about extermination of rats and mice outdoors. It markets economy size pricing at 25 cents or 15 cents and lists drug and country stores. The promo includes claims of universal use and a free comic picture. Wells in Jersey City, N J is referenced.
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Drug & Country
Wells
Jersey City
N. J
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Monroe News
Sharon
Fletcher
Castoria
Coperigh
Ted
Willard
Willard Organization
J. E., Cornelius & CO
South Pella
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