Local News and Advertisements from Knoxville Era
Local item notes Gordon Ferguson fur coats, Minnesota White Pearl flour sold by H. J. Green & Son, and area residents share visits from Galesburg Des Moines and Marshalltown. Mentions typhoid cases, cement walk, football practice injuries, and a Knights of Pythias reunion. Also reports sales, seed store ads, and a congressman speech on public issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
New Prague Milling Company
New Prague
H. J. Green & Son
Helen Warren
Payne
HU. Lankelma
M. A. Gaillette
Council Grove
Kansas
Palit Notso Sits Down to Whine Over Bad Fishing
A fragmentary verse line mocks Palit Notso for failing to catch fish. It suggests baiting a hook with a bumble bee and blaming luck as Rocky Moun: Stubenrauch is mentioned in a garbled context. The readable text hints at a satirical or humorous item in a historical paper.
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Stubenrauch
Loubet Visits His Mother in Montelima
President Loubet’s simple market visit to his mother, a humble Montelima market woman, showed his true character. He assisted her from her cart, sheltered her with an umbrella, and shared a long, intimate talk, endearing him to the people as a man of the people.
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Loubet
Montelima
Robert
Webster Jones
M. Loubet
Real Estate Transfers W. IL Brice and heirs deeds
A consolidated record of real estate transfers listing multiple transactions across Knoxville Bussey Pella Washington Swan and Indiana townships. Names include Brice Bachman Marks Dykstra McKee Call Way Way Moon Mendenhall and Moon among others with parcel details and sale prices from 40 to 4 000 dollars.
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W. IL
Brice
M.trice
Knoxville Township
Mecorkie
1. M. Briggs
Washington Township
College Notes Brightens Week With Visits and Games
Miss Mable Lorimer returned from a week at home while Rev. P U E McDowell and Prof. W Warmer visited chapel. Y W G A delegates to Ames report a pleasant convention. Alma Thurvey left school due to illness. Central’s second team beat the High School 5 to 0. The Advance society held a fudge party at the Auditorium, with Philos guests entertained, later ending in playful mischief as a mouse reportedly gnawed through handbands.
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Mable Lorimer
P. UE. McDowell
Prof. W
Ames
Alma Thurvey
Philos
Usul
Beware of Mercury in Catarrh Ointments Warns Readers
A warning against using catarrh ointments containing mercury and urging prescriptions from reputable physicians. Mall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheeny & Co. Toledo is claimed mercury free and taken internally to address blood and mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists, price five cents per bottle. testimonials available. Take Mall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Mall
A. Cheeny & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheeny & Co
Dayton Reader Quips About Tea Remedy For Baby
Fragmentary notes mention Mrs Mary Simpson from Dayton Ohio praising Follitters Rocky Mountain Tea for a newborn. The lines claim the baby sleeps and grows well, with garbled phrases and mis spellings reflecting OCR issues. No clear events or dates are provided.
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Dayton
Ohio
Mary Simpson
Matrimonial Licenses Granted Since Last Report
The clerk issued licenses for Frank E. Davis aged 34 and Ursula Wilson aged 32. Also licensed were B. F. Godfrey aged 64 and Viola M. Glenn aged 83. Edward Calvert aged 20 and Viola Church aged 10. Gru dus' J. Vrlezelanr aged 20 and Artie Hulleman aged 28.
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Frank E. Davis
Ursula Wilson
B. F. Godfrey
Viola M. Glenn
Edward Calvert
Viola Church
Grudus’ J.vrlezelanr
Artie Hulleman
Little Ones Explain How Japanese Day Is Split
The text explains how Japan divides a day into twelve parts with six parts at night and six at day. It describes the Tokyo clock whose numbers shift with sunrise and sunset to maintain equal divisions of the day. Beginning with 9, they count 9, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, unlike the Western sequence.
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Tokyo
Trained Tortoise Marveled By Asian Showmen
The Philadelphia Record notes a tent show where Japanese and Korean performers display trained animals. Tortoises march in formation to songs and a drum, then form a bridge with larger specimens aiding smaller ones. Also included are playful kitchen monkey-face cookies made from batter and raisins.
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Philadelphia Record
The Accommodating Giraffe for Girls and Boys
An instructional piece urged children to cultivate good manners with humor and practical tips. It highlights smiling, saying please, and using door mats properly, linking neat appearances to social opportunity and success for boys and girls.
Strawberry Cultivation Practices and Planting Timings
Professor Corbett outlines strawberry culture across regions, detailing planting seasons from spring to fall, and compares hill and matted row systems. Florida beds use wide rows with 18 inch plant spacing, while matted rows space plants 12 inches apart with runners forming a dense mat. spacing adjusts for soil, climate, and renewal.
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Professor Corbett
Bureau of Plant Industry
Corbett
Mississippi
Middle Atlantic
New England
Atlantic Coast
New York
Charleston
D. C
Georgia
Morida
South Carolina
Florida
Bucklen Arnica Salve Advertises Fearless Cure
A vintage ad praises Bucklen's Arnica Salve as essential for burns, sores, ulcers, and piles. It claims the salve can prevent fatalities from minor injuries and promotes it as the best salve on earth available for 25 cents at Henry M. Langerak’s drug store.
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Henry M. Langerak
End to It All Promised by Dr King’s Pills
A promotional notice claims Dr King’s New Life Pills end severe pain from taxed organs including dizziness backache liver complaint and constipation. The ad promises gentleness and thorough effect with a money back guarantee by Henry M. Langerak Drug Store.
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Dr. King
Henry M. Langerak
After School Lesson Scolding Teaches A Student
A learner recalls a post class moment when the teacher exits to the yard, calls the student, and writes a letter about the event. The incident centers on fair treatment of pupils and the tale hints at a playful undisciplined day that followed.
Griddle Mixture Emerges as Grasshopper Remedy
The griddle mixture, championed by Canada’s Dr. James Fletcher, replaces hopper dozer in some regions as a cheap grasshopper control. Made from greens, salt, and horse manure with water, it’s spread over fields by wagon to protect grain crops and edges where hoppers threaten.
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United States
James Fletcher
Canada
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HH. J. Green & Son
Old Jack Frost
Gordon-Ferguson
H.W. Green & Son
J. Green & Son
Green & Son
Henry Snook
Galesburg
John Vandermast
The
Monroe Mirror
Gordon Hurguson
N. J. Green & Son
L. A. Garrison
Marshalltown
Roelofs
Main Street
BE. Brink
Newton
Herman Tysseling
Des Moines
Wessel
Oskaloosa
Penn Girls
Lulu Stanhope
St. Louis
Hollister
D. Stubenrauch
Frank Stubenrauch
Ed. Wheeler
Pene
Knights of Pythias
Pella
Knoxville
Blanche Gilson
Toll
Congress
Geo. E. Roberts
Mint
Vicinity
Andrew N. Vandermeulen
Seal OF Minnesota
Cole's
Langerak
Herrick
Rosebud
South Dakota
Meyer
Coles Seed Store
McCormack
Cole’s
Cosmopolitan
General Corbin
Battle of
Bull Run
Manassas
Virginia
Corbin
National Guard
San Francisco Examiner
Ayers
Ayer
ROYAL
Royal Baking
Samuel N. Bachman
Caroline Bachman
Indiana Township
Elsie Buckley
Edward Sweeney SoZacres
Swan Township
Frank Blodgett
G Marbinoche
Lot
Flagler
Leendert
Sehakel
Bastian Andewey
Jov
BF. Keables
John Dykstra
Totin Pella
O. L. Wright
W. A. McKee
Chas
Walters
Walters & Roche
George W. Irvin
Harry L. Way
Ida M. Mendenhall
E. A. Moon
Bussey
E.A. Moon
Das. Muntingh
Jacob de Maanlot
College
By Aliee Kingsley
Miss Minnie Dible
Eddyville
Cora Hht
Anna McMillan
Pres. L. A. Garrison
Martha Firth
Ieriday
Central
Central Africa
Strawberry Culture
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