Local notes and social updates from the community
Box supper at agin tonight. M Brown and family started for Oklahoma Monday morning. Mrs Daggett has returned from Missouri. Reports of farmers losing cattle by stalk fields. J Taylor visited from Smith county. Almquist sisters returned from Omaha. Amanda Wehiford back at home school. Miss Howard and Miss Workman visited Poplar. Elmer Bradley and Roscoe back visiting relatives. Dist 34 pupils Myers, Jimmie and Tommie West started again. J W Berry surprised on 21st birthday. Husking bee at Harve Wrigley’s successful despite rain. many neighbors attended. corn in cribs increased. Mr W will remember the kindness.
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Agen
Oklahoma
Mise Mattie
Thom Her
Missouri
W. Will Alwys
Grove's Wasteless Chill Tonic touted for malaria relief
Advertisements claim Grove's Wasteless Chill Tonic is iron and quinine in a tasteless form. The note says it cures malaria and fever with no true pay and a price of 50 cents.
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Hills
Grove
Courtland Clips Preview Local Visitors and Schoolyard Incidents
North of town Geo Swihars tends property while A Diekerhoof returns from Illinois with daughter Maud Workman visiting briefly. Hoyts on Formioso Frank-Scroggin buggy mishap spurs blacksmith work. Stidleys travel to Perry Oklahoma to visit daughter. Staffords return from Louisiana with son-in-law John Black and grandchildren. Snider reports a girl born at Newt Marty's and a boy at Nathan Pilcher's. cholera worries hogs in area. Extensive local notes on ads and remedies including Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and a photo offer.
Local Notes From The Vicinity Report Tuesday Arrivals And Events
The item list notes residents in Courtland and vicinity including Leonard Nelson buying hogs to ship, John Carlson erecting a large barn, and marriage cards for Willis Lamsbery and Mary Johnson dated December 19. Mrs Nils Johnson is ill, Dr Scott serves as medical advisor, and plans mention a Rural Route. Darlington buys corn, Band Boys miss Nils Nelson, Beames ready to start a business, and Swedish Church Sunday School workers plan a Christmas practice at the church Saturday.
Teachers invited to state association meeting December 26
Letter from L. W. Nurrer invites county teachers to join the state association gathering on December 26. They can board the 11 o clock Rock Island train at any station. Total cost including hotel is $8. Miss Howard chairs the state association and reports about fifty teachers have promised to attend.
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Rock Island
Howard
Topeka
L. W. Nurrer
Pres. Ass’n
Cold Sunday Night Topped Season, Sermon Criticizes Gambling
Sunday night proved the coldest of the season as Rev Beeler delivered a sermon marked by strong words against gambling. He urged listeners to heed the message and consider changing their ways.
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Beeler
Box supper draws crowd at District 24 event
A large town turnout attended the Friday box supper at District 24. Reports say the event was enjoyed with twenty seven boxes sold at prices up to 1.25 dollars.
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District 24
Health First in News: Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Endorsed
A reader notes health takes precedence in headlines and endorses Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a remedy for indigestion or stomach trouble, claiming it ensures comfort when facing daily concerns.
Cough Cure Ads Mention Health Claims and Army Canteen
An old clipping touts Khity's Cough Cure for throat and lung ailments with claims of curing croup whooping cough and related issues. The piece notes opposition to the army canteen by those lacking military knowledge, citing Journal sources.
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K. C. Journal
Mull’s Pioneer Cure: Kidney remedy advertised for all troubles
An old advert promotes Mull’s Pioneer Cure as a safe vegetable kidney remedy with a dollar back offer. It urges care for dropsy diabetes and Bright’s disease, claiming the remedy will not fail. Mrs Florence Frasier of Lidgerwood endorses Krause’s Headache Capsules sold by A J White.
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Mulls
Pioneer Kidney
Bright
Mull
A. J. White
Florence “Frasier
Lidgerwood
Biograph Fiend Probed In Early Film Protests
A discussion of early biograph machines and privacy fears as cameras threaten public figures. The pieces describe wedding film shooting and a cheap device enabling mass snapshots for reproduction, warning of risks to governors like Roosevelt and public figures from unauthorized footage. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin ad closes the page.
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Rto
Studio Wher
Hive
Gov. Roosevelt
Whale entangled in sturgeon net in Merrymeeting Bay
Fisherman A K Edgecomb hauled a white hunchback whale and a six week old calf from Merrymeeting Bay after a three hour fight. The 10 foot, 1000 pound pair were captured in a 200 fathom net strengthened by tough twine. The event included a brief waterspout and a final drowning of the whale amid a tense, adrenaline charged effort.
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A. K. Edgecomb
Merrymeeting ‘Bay
Lewiston Journal
Edgecomb
Krause
A. J. White
Bejeweled Swords and Pearl Inlays At Royal Value
A London piece discusses jeweled swords valued in the thousands and hundreds of thousands, noting an Egyptian gift to Lord Wolseley worth 2000 pounds and a Persian Shah sword rumored at 220000 pounds. The article surveys luxury arms and their income implications, with a brief medical aside noting Lichty’s Cough Cure for emergencies.
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England
Lord
Wolseley
Europe
Shah “of
Persia
Baroda
Clubbing Rates Offer Subscriptions at Reduced Costs
The Journal will forward subscriptions for newspapers and magazines at reduced rates this winter to save subscribers money. Payments for daily papers can be made at the office. Swedish and Norwegian papers are available, saving time and postage, with combinations with other papers announced during the season.
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J. Taylor
Smith County
Almquist
Omaha
Amanda
Wehiford i
Belléville
Elmer Bradley
Hodgeman Co
Roscoe
Dist
Myers Boys
Jimmie
Tommie West
J.W. Berry
John
Courtland
Geo. Swihars
Haven
A. Diekerhoof
Illinois
Miss Maud Workman
H. K. Hoyt
Formioso
Frank - Scroggin
Snider
Newt
Marty
Nathan Pilcher
Oth
Bok Vo
Stellar “Miesday
Vth
Agih
Jennings
Chamberlain
Mrs? W
Leonard Nelson
Job ‘Houghton
John Carlson
Willis “Lamsbery
Mary*Johnson
B. Hi Carlson
Jewel City
Nils. Johnson
Kaeleyi
W. R. Philips
B. H. Carlson
O.W
Miss Linn
Miss Maxwell
Darlington
Concordia
Nils Nelson
Mr. Beames
Utah
Khity
ASJ
Dr. Caldwell
Roosevelt
Colorado
K. GC
Journal
Lichty
A. Je ‘White
Hoiday
ED Ego
Criterion Publication Co
East 21St St
New York City
Scandia Journal and
Wallace
Éwedet
Kansas City
Abepan
Weekly Journal
New York
Washington, D. C
Wilson & Smith
Insurance
Atchison,kansas City
St.louis
Union Stations
Pullman Palace
Downsend
Kansas
Ty. Co
ST. Louis
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