Local notices and business updates brighten town life
Main roads to be bridged under new laws. Popular store adds a new awning. Central school painted for fall and winter work. Preston Club to meet August 21 at 8 30. Mr Alma Hale starts restaurant business next to Preston Produce. Chamberlains Liniment and remedies advertised for sale by Co op Drug Co. Gunsalus praises Chamberlains products.
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D. Montague
Lamoreaux
Page
Preston Club
St. R. Needham Secty
Alma Hale
Wm Hopson
Preston Produce Company
Hale
S. Gunsalus
Fleming
Chamberlain
Co-op Drug Co
Preston Idaho School Election for Trustees
Notice states a school election at the Central School Building in Preston Idaho on September 3 1912 to elect two trustees for a two year term. Polls open 2 p m to 6 p m with the Independent School District No 2 notice dated August 15 1912 signed by J N Larsen Clerk.
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Preston
Idaho
Preston, Independent
J N_ Larsen
Indp. Schoul Dist
Mountain Ash Attracts Early Seat Reservations
Promoter recalls a great English composer Dr. Turpin who warned about risking reputation. Attend August 21 for a concert with reimagined "Old Black Joe" and savor a new soft rendition. Reserve seats now for this notable attraction.
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Turpin
Dontius
Near miss reunion in New York apartment house mystery
Two Jennies named Jennie Smith and Jennie Brown meet by chance in the same New York City apartment building after years apart. Both live on different floors and only discover their husbands know each other, a coincidence highlighted by a stalled elevator encounter and late-life friendship. The piece concludes with a second brief joke about a farmer and a jesting city dweller.
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New York
Jennie Smith
Jennie Brown
New York Times
Insurance Man Relieved as Thieves Take Only His Hip Pocket
A life insurance agent on a crowded rear car platform was jostled by pickpockets. He felt nothing until they were gone. Another passenger noted the purse was stolen from his hip pocket. He joked that if only the hip pocket was taken they might have taken out some insurance.
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Chicago Post
Witty remarks and arithmetic tease a Globe-Democrat reader
A Globe-Democrat fragment notes two pat reproaches for talkers a politician’s line about a Washington orator and a village humorist quip about a talker. A teacher’s bricklayer riddle prompts a puzzled reply about a stack of stones and a “spostake” for a posterity joke.
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Washington
Ile
Huniorist
Johnny
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
The Simple Life of Princess Mary
The Fifteen year old princess Mary learns at home with lessons in cooking and domestic arts taught by her mother and grandmother Queen Alexandra. She excels in riding cycling swimming and trout fishing and is described as bright merry and typical of an English girl.
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Mary
Queen Alexandra
Model Dairy
Sandringham
Tony
King of England
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Co-op Drug
John Christensen
New York City
Conway Springs
Noah
Kansas City Journal
Ermany
Hamburg American Line
Hamburg
Emperor
Herr Ballin
Steamship Company
Princess Mary
King George
American Press Association
Chas Pinson
Briallrons
Motors
G. W. States, M. D
Logan
Utah
Thos. Greaves
Sige A Ret
Asia Paper
Dr.w. We-Faylor
W. A. Head
Crescent Creamery Station
Greaves
Frank Petersen
Preston Lumber Co
Joseph Belnap
Henengsen Creamery Company
Butte, Montana
Toy AR
Preston Produce Comp
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