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Newspaper
Postville Review
Location
Postville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1906
Page
7
Local notes report food and cheap produce at John Thomas store. Listings include auctions, dress goods from Chas. Shelton, and medical ads. Community updates mention poultry prices, lost calves, and several farm improvements near Postville with multiple personal notices and upcoming events.
A southerner invents a windmill powered milking device placed in a barn shelf. A suction hose milks the cow while a graphophone on the stool behind the milk pail speaks taunts as the contraption reacts to cow movements. The device, soon to be marketed, promises farmer relief despite the odd mechanism.
Mentions Mrs. Phoebe Lincoln offering scalp and massage services at Decorah Postville, Iowa. Advertisements reference Cade's Little Liver Pills and Bee's laxative syrup. Local social items include Courson family at Wellow river, Lonnie Phillips family visits, and Pokey Hecker's arranging games in Lansing carnival week. Mentions Be cautions on purgatives and notes a merchant association meeting in Waukon.
Final report of executor W H Carthers in the estate of Judith Gilson, filed with Allamakee County District Court Iowa. Hearings set for September term beginning September 3 at the Court House in Waukon. Attorneys Dayton & Dayton represent executor.
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