Local News Highlights Attract Notable Visitors And Ads
Oska loosa visitor J. H. Stubenrauch and new elo cutionary instructor from Oberlin College arrive as Alva M. Fornerook takes duties. H. J. Green & Son advertise stock liquidations in New Sharon. Low colonists rates via Chicago Great Western to western states. Premiums and fair notes, corn exhibit cigars, accident at Henry Langerak’s drug store. Marion county court dates set with a long juror list and local remarks on fairs and Secretary Porter’s visit.
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H. J. Green & Son
New Sharon
Pella
Chicago Great Western Railway
Montana
Idaho
Washington
California
Canada
Great ‘Western
J. P. Elmer
Chicago
Pete Baer
Henry Langerak
And Her Name Was Smith In Round Grove School
Miss Ethel Welsher opens the fall term at Round Grove Indiana township with 17 scholars. Thirteen answer roll call to Smith, about half from one family, the children of Mrs and Mrs B J Smith, Knoxville Journal.
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Ethel Welsher
Round Grove
Indiana Township
Smith
B. J. Smith
Knoxville Journal
Methodist Appointments at Sigourney during conference
A list of Oskaloosa district appointments from the M E conference held at Sigourney last week includes JC Willits presiding elder for Oskaloosa. Names cover Barnes City Beacon Cedar Deep River and Newton circuits with several ministers such as W A Longnecker J W Hackley and O W Wilson among others.
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Oskaloosa
Sigourney
JC Willits
Barnes City
J Hamilton
Beacon
C Edwards
Brooklyn
J E Newsom
Cedar
L Fry
Deep River
Longnecker
Delta
E Reade
Ewart
Grinnell
J M McClelland
Kellogg
L A Crull
Lacey
Brave Girl Delivers Mail on 29 Mile New Jersey Route
Miss Willa Porter of Willow Grove New Jersey is listed as a rural mail carrier on a 29 mile route from Newfield Gloucester County to Porchtown and surrounding areas. An invalid for 18 years following typhoid fever at 13, she rides with her mother assisting her into the wagon. Farmers place roadside boxes for ease of delivery. Porter's appointment two years ago was warmly approved by the people.
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New Jersey
Uncle Sam
Willa Porter
Willow Grove
N. J
Newfield
Gloucester County
Porchtown
Miss Porter
Michael Porter
Frank
How Parker was Reared
Repotting of Parker's upbringing by Mrs Harriett Stratton Parker and judge Parker's aides, detailing morning Bible lessons, quiet discipline, farm values, early church attendance, and the idea that he would become president while stressing seriousness, moral guidance, and a watchful family approach.
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Harriett Stratton Parker
Judge Parker
Bucklen Arnica Salve Advertises Safety Net
A vintage ad claims Bucklen’s Arnica Salve prevents death from minor injuries such as burns sores ulcers and boils. It promotes the salve as the best on earth and urges purchase at Henry M. Langerak’s Drug Store for 25 cents.
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Henry M. Langerak
Puts an end to it All by Dr Kings New Life Pills
A nostalgic ad claims severe pain from taxed organs including dizziness backache liver trouble and constipation ends with Dr Kings New Life Pills. The passage asserts gentle but thorough relief and a two dollar price guaranteed by Henry M. Langerak Drug Store.
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Dr. King
Henry M. Langerak
Herb Garden Fortunes in Ginseng and Golden Seal
Fragmentary lines discuss herbal medicine noting Ginseng Golden Seal and Senega as valuable plants. Mentions US interest and Department of War context with scattered phrases about books and writing today. The readable text is incomplete and lacks clear events or names.
Settlement of Strike Lifts Kansas City Cattle Market
Kansas City markets show heavier cattle receipts with 21 000 head today, the heaviest run this season. Stockers and feeders dominate 40 to 50 percent of receipts, pushing higher country prices while some buyers stay away. A humorous local note about a Harvey man fined for kissing his wife adds a strange aside to the markets report.
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Chronicle
Kansas City
Packing House
Simen
WM Nois
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Oamaha
Nebraska
Marion County
Chas. Porter
Distret Court
Applegate
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W. B. Gaston
Franklin
W. P. West
Polk
Gradus Bensink
Lake Prairie
W. W. Meranda
Knoxville
Frank de Vries
Summit
G. F. Reynolds
Pleasant Grove
Thos. Brown
Liberty
C. R. Hughes
Perry
W. A. Clark, Jr
Union
B. ¥. Lyon
A. A. Davis
L. F. Kadig
J. R. Miner
Chas. Metcalf
Swan
Late Shakel
Daniel ‘“Lafever
D. van Zante
G. B. Covington
J. B. McClain
Knoxville 2d Ward
Simion Stineman
B. Kersbergen, Jr
W. ¥. Cowman
Chas. Smith
C. S. Tandy
Ayers
Pella—D © Smith, Reasoner
W H Jones
Rose Hill
E McBride
Sonora
Montgomery
Taintor
M B Berg
Thornburg
A Roovaart
Victor
G H Manamwalt
W Wilson
Parker
Alton
Presbyterian Church
Abraham Lincoln
Ife
Batson
B. F. Keables
Iowa
Harvey
H. Kuyper & Son
Eerless Aper
Atterns Rewest
John van Hemert
C. E. Martin
Wormhoudt
A. Haselbarth
Wormhoudt's
H. C. Ver Ploeg
E. R. Roorda
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