Various local items mix tragedy joy and sport in October
Green Menlo was killed recently while working with a threshing crew. A chautauqua style season may follow as a band and orchestra form at Cherokee. A fox hunt yields furs for C F McClintock's daughter. Ivin Whitis dies at Mercy Hospital after a moving car incident. Des Moines wrestling match slated with Zbyszko and Caddock. Shenandoah pioneers attend semicentennial events. Notable court, theft, and marriage license items appear among many local notices and agricultural reports.
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Green
Menlo
Thrashken
Cherokee
C. F. McClintock
Lake Shore
Ivin Whitis
Mercy Hospital
Burlington
Harry Crawford
West Union
Owen Greer
Croton
Keokuk
Ruby Parker
Richmond
Morrison
Cedar Rapids
Joseph Calvert
Monmouth
Ill
Calvert
Stanislaus Zbyszko
Earl Caddock
Des Moines Coliseum
Page County
Shenandoah
A. S. Blake
Edgar. R. Harlan
R. K
Bilas
Ames
C.H. Castle
Ethel Wooden
Dubuque County
Theodore W. Krein
Muscatine
Eal Morling
Emmetsburg
Olverr J. Spry
Atlantic
Margaret Spry
Clarinda
Ben Fude
Wilton Det
Coal Valley
Har- Frank
Bude
Ben
All kinds dyed goods by F C Hakkers Tailor
For rent two unfurnished rooms with electric lights at 608 Franklin Street. Ford roadster in good condition offered for sale or trade for a Ford coupe. Inquire at Chronicle office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. C. Hakkers
Franklin Street
F.C. Hakkers
Ford
Coupe
Chronicle Office
Hand Cleaning Collapsible Tubes For Sale
Advertisement from Vander Linden's Drug Store promoting collapsible tubes that clean hands without water. Aimed at motorists, the promo urges trying the product.
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Vander Linden
Saved From The Operating Table In Iowa Letter
A resident of What Cheer Iowa credits Dr Pierce s Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery with saving her life from a needed operation The testimonial notes doctors warned surgery was necessary yet the medicines allegedly cured her and the family has used them for 15 or 16 years The letter asks readers to obtain Dr Pierces Family Remedies from druggists or write the Invalids Hotel Buffalo New York for free medical advice
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Elsie L. Orrick
Invalids Hotel
Buffalo
N. Y
The Phrase Made Famous by Burns in 1780
The source notes that the expression was made famous by Robert Burns in 1780 in his poem On Capt. Grose's Peregrinations Through Scotland, highlighting the historical origin and literary attribution of the phrase.
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Robert Burns
Capt. Grose
Scotland
We Know Better A Beauty Specialist Opinion
A fragment from the Boston Transcript suggesting a beauty specialist jokes bunions and coins belong with a competent chiropodist and that their custom has always been to mail them. The line reflects antiquated humor about medical care and personal missteps.
Steel-Head Trout Named for Steel Skull Toughness
The steel-head trout is classed as a salmon by fishers and the trade. It is said the name comes from the hardness of its skull. Wishermen note it often requires several blows from a club to kill the fish when captured and brought aboard a boat.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Omeha
Swaledale Savings Bank
Arnold Seer
Victor
Belgium
Seer
Wallace Farley
Ogden
H. W. Hale
Fort Dodge
Clerk of Courts
Emme C. Swanson
Stratford
C. BE. Blomquist
Grant Township
Boone County
C. E. Blomquist
Charles W. Curtis
Cass County
Mrs. Todd
Hutham
Earlham
Charles Barnett
United States Department of Agriculture
Pinney
Bates Gernes
Neola
Rock Island Train Service
Wabash
Howell
Towa
East West
van der Ploeg
W. C. Verploeg
Ames Graduate Veterinarian
Farmer's Produce Building
Georgia Chalfont
Fowler Telephone
Main Street
DR. C. I. Fox
Main and Liberty Sts
J.J. Sybenga
Puritan Drug Store
A.J. Viser
Franklin ‘St
Aschenbrenner
Geelhoed
A. P. Fankhauser
P. S. Ce
P. G
Dk. T. G. Fultz
Prela
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