Vanilla Bean Origins and Market Varieties Described
A historical note explains vanilla as a climbing West Indies native plant with pale green flowers and slender pods. It outlines cultivation on tree bark, three years to fruit, thirty to forty years of bearing, and a curing process that yields two market grades Mexican and Bourbon. It contrasts true vanilla extracts with cheaper Tonka bean frauds and cites current New York prices.
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West Indies
Mexico
South America
New York
Reunion
Scandia Journal backs full legal notice rates claim
The Scandia Journal urges newspapers to charge full prices for legal notices, criticizing counties for publishing at less than half the required rate. Belleville Freeman and Mankato Advocate quote industry discussions about insurance policies and the need to earn from printing.
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Scandia Journal
Belleville Freeman
Kimball
Mankato
Piles Cure Ointment Promoted by Local Druggist
An ad promotes Parler's Buckhy Pile Ointment claiming to cure piles with guaranteed results. Bottles priced 50 cents and tubes 75 cents. Sold by A. J. White, a local druggist.
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Parler’s
Buckhy & Pile
A. J. White
Time Flies Theme Echoes Through Aging Hearts
The text muses on time’s swift passage for the middle aged and elderly. It contrasts youth’s buoyant energy with the slowing pace of later years. Memory lifts from childhood scenes to the present, noting frail chairs and grey hairs, and ends with a serene image of time resting gently on the heart like a harp.
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Frazer
Dream Varmifuge Promises Health From Worms Cure
An old ad promotes a patent remedy called dream varmi f uyge from A J White Drugetst. It claims to destroy worms improve digestion and rebuild the body with a price of 25 cents supporting fragile, growing children.
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Willi
A. J. White
Drugetst
Scandia Journal History From 1872 to Early 1900s
A historical account traces the Scandia Journal in Republic County from its 1872 Belleville origin through name changes and owners including Wilder, Tibbitts, Woodward, Ware, Page, and Kimball. It covers editorial shifts, daily publication in 1885, plant moves to Scandia, fires in 1892, and modernization including power, plus a humorous siege-like note involving Captain Nelson and a mock attack on a neighbor's house in Dec 27.
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Scandia Journal
Belleville
Wilder
We Lidloge
Kirby
Febuary Ltd
Hugh M. Sawyer
Frank Wink
Fice
Jewell Center
Kelley Te Republic Avas Aneustoth
Scandia Republic
Ma. Wileer
Scandia
TI. Tibbitts
Republic County Journal
Tibbitts
Wilbur
W. Moore
Charles FD .Woodward
Ma Woodward
Win. Fh. Woodward
Lished
Republic
Woodward
Republic County
Journal
George W. Page
M Ro Wial
ee es Stoy_ ie
Hss
Ware and Co
Stoy I. Ware
Kansas
Kimball
Carlson Bergstrom wedding noted at Swedish Lutheran church
Miss Hannah Lind and Oscar Carlson wed Thursday at the Hassome Swedish Lutheran church. A large reception followed at the Bergstrom home on Beat her Creeks with over a hundred guests. The bride wore silver gray with white roses, and the groom in black. The Carlson-Bros. firm member, a progressive county couple, will establish a home in Courtland.
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Hannah Lind
Oscar Carlson
Hassome
Rackley
Darrents
Bergstrom
Beather Creeks
Carlson
Ose Carlson
Folls
Courtland Register
Chamberlain's Liver Tablets Advertised at Drug Store
If troubled with a weak digestion belching sour stomach or if you feel dull after eating try Chamberlains Stoniteliand Liver Tablets Price 25 cents Samples free at Happers drug store.
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Happer's
Union Valley Charivari Club Plans High Life Event
According to prior arrangements the group met at J I Jonson's on Dec 26 to stage a dramatic touch of high life for J T and his bride. Gene Nelson was chosen captain with Avlie Bowersox and Basil Hammond as Lieutenants. guards were posted at crossroads to trap Mr Johnson. The group prepared eight to ten double barreled shotguns loaded heavily and about ten rounds of ammo, plus miscellaneous props including a wagon load of old tin pails and pans and a road scraper.
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J's
Nelson
Mr. Johnson
P. S
D. P. Johnson
J. I. Jonson
J.T
Gene “Nelson
Avlie
Bowersox
Basil Hammond
Ballard's Snow Liniment Praised for Household Use
The properties of Ballard's Snow Liniment are said to be highly useful in households, especially with children. It is offered at 28 and 50 cents by A. J. White, Druggist.
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Happer
Journal ' Notions
Vales
Cohs
Pr. H. Peary
Mutual Life of New York
Union Valley
Charivari Cld
Official Report
Fairbury
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