The Tragic End of Hi Horner in a Speeding Rout
A humorous lament by Walt Mason about Hi Horner dying after racing through the Honeyard and colliding with a truck at forty miles an hour. The poem describes the reckless drive, the sudden crash, and Hi Horner resting in his box beneath three wagon loads of grit, warning others to slow down.
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Hiram
Horner
Honeyard Bower
Antery
Tortie
Dewey Heath
Hirai
Hirany Horner Little
Horng
Walt Mason
Large Mail Order Houses Read All Country Papers
Sears Roebuck advertising manager Herman Rosenfield says a bureau scans weekly country papers for towns lacking local merchant ads. When gaps are found, the firm floods the area with literature, yielding strong results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Rosenfield
Sears, Roebuck &Co
Iowa City Woman Perishes in Gas Asphyxiation
Mrs J W Southwick aged 61 prominent in the Iowa City area died from gas asphyxiation at her home last Friday. The laundry room jet leaked, awakening her, but she was overcome as she attempted to shut it off. Discovery came by her husband and daughter about 7 AM. She remained unconscious and did not rally despite physicians' efforts. A cousin of local resident Fred Southwick.
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J. W. Southwick
Iowa
Iowa City
Altha
Ava
J. W. Bouthwick
Lownsman
Fred Soutinwick
Lightning Flings Corset and Shocks Couple in Connecticut
A Stratfford woman was struck by lightning while seated near her fiancé in Connecticut. A shard of corset steel pierced his side and liver as he collapsed, leaving both visibly injured. The man, regaining consciousness, muttered that he did not realize the bolt’s force.
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Stratfford
Connecticut
Stills raided as sheriffs agents sweep territory
The Lu Verne News reports a state agent with Sheriff Hackmanad swooped into the area, capturing one still and alarming others. Locals scrambled to hide remaining stills and feared tar and feather or buckshot as punishment for violators.
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Hackmanad
LuVerne News
Renwick Times Ownership Statement Oct 1 1922
Statement of Ownership for The Renwick Times published weekly at Renwick Iowa lists W Miller as publisher editor managing editor business manager and owner with no incumbents to report. Notary Fritz Britt attested Oct 3 1922. Confirmed details reflect ownership and management as filed under the 1912 act.
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Renwick Times
Renwick
Iowa
Wal
W. Miller
Fata No Incumbra Seoseto
Survey shows clothing ads mean little of retail dollars
Prof. Horace Secrist of Northwestern University reports a three year survey of the retail clothing trade. Only 2.07 dollars of every hundred dollars in net sales go to advertising, with 1.59 dollars landing in newspapers. Landlords and wages claim larger shares as sixty thousand dollar ad costs yield modest returns.
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Horace Secrist
Bureau of Business Reaeard
Northwestern University
Sécrist
Secrist
Uiat
Northwestern
Rochester
Peculiar Language Vows and Court Etiquette Across Ages
The fragment compares speech styles from Boston to Oklahoma and pokes at court customs under Louis XI. It notes breezy talk, blunt insults, and playful anecdotes of kissing customs at celebrations, while alluding to historical politics and a belief in faith as vital as food.
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Boston
Massachusettes
Plymouth
Jast
Oklahoma
Towits
Cayote County
Hs Porter
Louis
Prices of Eggs and Labor Take Center Stage
A satirical piece argues that discussions of worker unemployment and egg prices captivate more attention than relativity. It notes many seek honest toil, contrasts home ownership with profiteering, and ends with a husband seeking divorce over his wife’s social spending and alleged infidelity.
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First National Bank
Tad
Humboldt Laundry Agt
Harry Spurling
W. H. Palmer
Farmer's Exchange CO
A.W. Gray
Lacerne
Hoth
Einatein
Will H. Hays
State Bank of
Renwick, Iowa
Wisconsin Lumber Co
G. S. Peters, Mer
Oupull
Oupull Law Service
Isis
Henry Claussen
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