Local visits and community events amid village life
A long list of visits and social links across the community with Bob Hyder Lute Loofborrow and families, Mrs Grace Adams and others, plus garden chores and church attendance. The Community Day list features prizes and events like kite flying, running events, and social notices with names such as Anna Brandt Gladys Brown and Lute Loofborrow.
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Lawrence
Nystrom
Ring Bologna
Boyd Hendrix
Winger Jo
Harry Moller
Unlimited l. Necktie
Clifford Sebaugh
Don Brown
Choe
Arthur Wrigley
Contests Offer Prizes Amid Uncertain Notes
A list of prizes for local contests is read aloud with uncertain spellings and some wrong items. Prizes include candy, a watch, a blue ribbon, a ball cap, and various household goods hosted by multiple shops and individuals. Frank M. Stahl of Topeka will address the Methodist church Sunday evening on temperance, bringing his long experience in law enforcement.
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Gladys Bro
Beulah Lewellyn
Jennie Werner
Gladys Brown
Harry Moller
Rusty Bailes
J. B. Henry
Wilbur Harris
A.S. Mahan
C. D. Peterson
Frank M. Stahl
Topeka
State Temperance Union
Stahl
Kansas
Bowel Remedy Praised by Indian Missionary Lecture
A Des Moines church lecture recounts an Indian missionary who carried Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He credits it with saving his life during illness and notes its use in India as preventive and cure for cholera. The speaker suggests it may help milder bowel complaints common in the United States.
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India
Des Moines la
Old Shoes and Publicity in Small Town Life
An op-ed style critique questions motives of local figures and publicity seekers. It contrasts charity to outsiders with support for home merchants and calls for unity and honest public conduct in small town communities. The writer asks about Scandra’s rating by a rule and reflects on societal values.
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Scandra
Christian
Forethought saves big expense in household remedies
A reader notes that his family always keeps Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy while traveling. Kathryn Williams promotes a theater showing The Rosary with June 17 at the Opera House.
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H.W. Archer
Caldwell O
Kathryn Williams
Opera House Movies
Retrieved Bum Shober to Speak at M E Church Monday
Chicago man Shober a converted Bum will address the M E church next Monday night at 8. Prof Wade a Gospel singer will lead singing. Admission is free for all. The talk, praised by Belleville leaders, aims to share a great message.
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U. S. Shober
Chicago
M. E
His Little Lot and the Ameer’s Gibbets
In Afghanistan Sir Charles Fuan Smith was fired on in a market. The Ameer dismissed the complaint with That’s all right. Later the pair rode out and passed many gibbeted bodies. The Ameer explained they were your little Jat.
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Sir Charles Fuan-Smith
Afghanistan
Ameer
Sir Charles
Ife
Charles
How Catarrh Is Contracted and Prevented
Catarrh begins with a cold and a neglected health, often becoming chronic in children. Early use of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy might have prevented this lifelong burden, and the medicine is obtainable everywhere.
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Chamberlain
Take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to Fight Cold Quickly
The advertisement urges readers to take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for a cold, claiming serious illness can start with a common cold. It emphasizes the remedy's long-standing reputation, lack of narcotics, and wide availability as a safe option.
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Keosene
Bob Hyder
Harry Giles
O. and E. Club
Grace Adams
Earnest Bockoven
Chester Wuthke
Mack Griffeth
Fred Ames
Ed Seabolt
Bert Morey
Anna Gallery
Amy
Catherine Wilson
U. P
Della Ames
Bernice Loofborrow
Concordia
Austin Kelly
Roy
Frances Fickle
Minta Walter
Belleville
McCall
Corres
Anna. Brandt
Wrigley
Isis
Ford Ear
Fay Summer
Harry Walter Vis
Ray
Will Adams
Sunny
Ishwabn
Opera House
Fairbury
R. A. Doctor
Mah, Hasty
Mahin
AT Law
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