Brisk updates and local notices in brief Bits
Local items cover sales at Klein's Shoes and Kuntzmann's seafood, post office hours on Thanksgiving, and a business association meeting. Reports note jobs, saloon openings in Livingston and St. Jacob, a 95 year old death near Delaware, and shop changes in Edwardville. Community fundraising for Sorento cyclone victims totals 43.75 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klein
Kuntzmann's
Dan Peterman
Post
June Sallee
Optician
Baird House
W.M. Austin
St. Jacob
James Giger
Chariea Krieger
Rarick & Schmacker
Livingston
Clover Leaf
S. H. Main
Jonas Main
Delaware
Ohio
Main
Edwardaville Intelligencer
Abe Shupack
Chas. E. Wolf
Washington Avenue
Louis Shapiro
Fred Morrisa
Collinsville
Springfield
Kennedy
S. Kingston
J. S. Jarvis
Sorento
Stolte
R. H. Pullen
Troyse
New Life Pills and Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Ad
A distressed note touts Dr. King's New Life Pills as a remedy for indigestion constipation and related pains with a guarantee at S Kingston's drug store. It promotes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as digestion aiding and blood-building, sold by S Kingston for relief of sour stomach heartburn belching and indigestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Jarvis
Franklin Avenue
Herman Beate
Stienhans & Son
Beste
Germany
Sallee
Trey
Highland
Edwardsville
Baird Hotel
S. Kingston
Dr. King
Swallows and Sparrows Alter Nature's Balance
A Brooklyn Eagle quotation argues that humans mismanage nature when trying to adjust ecological balance. It notes swallows reduce mosquitos, while English sparrows push swallows into mosquitoless areas, illustrating unintended consequences of human intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Eagle
End Almost Reached Record
A fragmented quote from the Chicago Record- Gerald item notes a husband described as a scientific whist player and questions what more remained worth trying for, reflecting a moment of doubt and curiosity about ambition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Gerald
When Knights Were Bold and a Kitchen Garter Jest
A humorous vignette contrasts a pompous London knight with Pat O’Hoolihan of Hoboken. Pat stands his ground in a mock duel of accents. A Kansas City teacher note and a store encounter end with a clerk collapsing after a request for elaborate spendages and garters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat O’hoolihan
Pat
John Kenneth Edgerton
London
the Garter
Bath
Malta
Alaska
Ad Snippets and Quips From Denver News Adverts
A wag sends humorous ads to the Denver News featuring pocket book sales through a store, Swiss cheese with holes cut out, dried apples, fine sugar, carpet boasts, and a classroom joke about Black as your hat. It notes an English paper listing a boarding house keeper seeking to furnish rooms for gentlemen, including two gentlemen with wives.
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ODD Fellows’ Building
Marnhan Aisa
ST Louis
L. W. Sondles
Kinloch 92
James FE
Hindmarch
James N. Jarvis
F. W. Braner
Market Street
Postoffice
Ss. W. Rawson
Phone Kinloch
F. E. Linder
Rieder Building
Troy
F. W. Zanders
Risser Residence
Kinloch 17
J. G. Schoece
Chicago Veterinary College
Hassinger Place
Kinloch 64
G. A. Purviance & Son, Hack and Dray Line
Zenk
Hickory Street
C. FE. McKittrick
Rign
E. D. Joseph
Union Meat Market
Voeleer
Saagon
William
Uch
Tan Am
Main Street
Phact, Phan and
Phancy
Drew
Willie
Mrs. Wood
Kansas City Star
The
Denver Newa
Messrs. Rarick & Schmacker
Rieder
Harry Shannon
Hyettdiets
John Flath
L. J. Taylor
George Flath
Eastern Star
Wa. L. Geers & Daughter
Weems Laundry, Dyeing & Cleaning Works
Quincy,Ill
Eowen P. Meiners
F.J. Welte
J. M. Bosomworthh
Fred Steinmeyer
W. L. Douglas
E. H. Kiern
Joan F. Jarvis
Elliff
Berkshire
Poland
Joan Deimling
Jos. S
A. R. Snodgrass
America
Rocky Mountains
Rockies
Cincinnati
Morse School OF Telegraphy
Buffalo
N.Y
Texarkana
Tex
Atlanta
LA Croese
Flek
M. Roberts
Kiesel
West Market St
Iil
Fay
Maud Adams
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