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Newspaper
Spencer News
Location
Spencer, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1909
Page
4
Entry dated April 29 110 at Spencer Iowa post office under the Acto March Bill with a price of one dollar a year in advance.
Fostoria residents and visitors are listed with Friday to Sunday movements, church and Sunday school activities, trips to Spencer and Arnold's Park, and various social calls. Mentions include meetings, a carnival, a street meeting by Mormon Elders, and several short travels to Spencer, Spirit Lake, and Omaha. A local birth is noted and a testimonial about Dr Shallengenberger.
From Earth 79 Heaven reports the mourning of Mr and Mrs J Coley for their only daughter Flor ence who died Sunday evening after a brief illness She was six years three months fifteen days old Funeral services were held Tuesday at 5 o clock at home Mahood of Sioux Rapids conducted the rites Burial followed at Riverside Floyd elder son has long been ill and grows weaker The community shares in their grief
Chicago based railway offers new North Pacific Coast Country guide for planning trips to Seattle Alaska Expo routes. Free if called, mailed for four cents. $62 round trip from Chicago to Seattle Tacoma Spokane Portland Victoria Vancouver Butte and other points daily until September 30 with return by October 31. W F Cody Division Passenger Agent Mason City Iowa.
Statement of the condition of The People's Savings Bank Spencer Iowa as of August 10. Assets include discounted bills bonds and other evidences of debt cash on hand and other cash items reserves and real property. Liabilities show capital stock deposits undivided profits and miscellaneous liabilities including directors as borrowers. Bank officers sworn to accuracy before notary public in Clay County with directors listed.
The Agricultural college at Ames unveils a large exhibit at the Iowa State Fair with a lecture and demonstration room, a kitchen, and regular classes for girls in cooking, bed making, dish washing, home nursing, and housekeeping. Demonstrations on domestic science, livestock feeding, horticulture, dairying, soil studies, and farm technology will accompany displays from college departments and experiment stations.
One of the standout displays at the Iowa State Fair is an educational panorama of farm crops. Crops from nearly every county will be shown with soil samples and analyses, highlighting grasses, grains, and product value. Oskaloosa and Ft. Dodge provide top bands for the event, Iowa Brigade and Fifty-sixth Regiment, alongside Liberati.
The ad claims idleness causes constipation headache jaundice and pimples. It promotes Dr Kings New Life Pills as a remedy to banish liver troubles and build up health. Details mention Will W Tayearth & Co with a 25a price.
The notice notes Johnson the Jeweler rents sewing machines and invites customers to start a savings account at First National Bank today. The item includes a promotional line about using The News to print desired notices correctly.
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