Her Scarecrow A Love Story In The Corn
A young woman, Allda, meets a scarecrow man fleeing arrest in a New England cornfield. They form a bond, hiding him from pursuit, planning his escape, and imagining a life together as he assumes a humble future. The tale blends romance with a rustic, pastoral mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarisga Mackie
Literary Preas
Olida
Ten Acre
Laurelton
Sumpicton
Moreton School
New England
Allcia
Pelson
Alida
Allda
Curious Coastal Post Offices From Tide Barriers To Lake Messages
The piece describes quirky mail collection methods in isolation: a pillar box reachable only at very low tides at Furness England. a lakeside box in Lake Wabigoon Ontario where a steamer delivers letters and a shore crew collects outgoing mail. and a sea post office aboard a buoyed barrel used by Grand Banks fishermen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Furness
Little Island
England
Wakering Eoly
Canada
Lake Wablgoon
Ontario
Eanoe
Grand Banks
Ciockanti Commercial Tribune
Goddess Of No Age And A Night Watchman Tale
Fragment from a period ad and quip about aging and beauty citing ages for different tastes. It includes a testimonial about W. J. Atkins, who suffered a cold and lung issues while night watching in Banner Springs Tennessee. The ad promotes Dr King's New Discovery for coughs colds throat and lung ailments with a trial bottle offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Atkins
Banner Springs
Tenn
Dr. King
Severn
R. H. Miller
Severe Operation Involving Unusual Remedies Cited
Mrs Lapaling recalls Uncle George’s severe throat troubles and describes doctors performing an incision in a sarcophagus to remove part. The text then touts Foley’s Honey and Tar as a remedy to stop coughs, relieve congestion, and expel the cold, noting mild laxative effects and urging no substitutions, sold by jail druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Mrs. Lapaling
Simple Recipe for Beauty from an Old Book
An antique note claims that elder flowers gathered on midsummer day dried and mixed into a powder, then stirred into water for a month, will renew youth and appearance. It also touts Dr Thomas Electric Oil as the strongest and cheapest household remedy in America for 25 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ifona
Thomas
America
Dragway’s Place at Bungalowville in the Bush
A Browning’s Magazine quote recalls a two week visit at Dragway’s place in Bungalowville in the Bush, describing a single afternoon spent there and the unusual venue.
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Dragway
Bungalowville-in-the-Bush
Browning
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Professionals Business Directory
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Dickinson
Algona
J. L. Bonar
Algona State Bank
Iowa
We Sullivan
E. McMahon
Algona, Iowa
M. Galbraith
Usk
John Galbraith
E. V. Swetting
Attorney AT Law
Anaoma
M. J. Kenefick
Algona Hospital
E. J. Gay
Hartman
Dr. Gay
George Gatoraitn
Blok
A. H. Cretzmeyer
Glasses Boad
Walter Fraser
Oslis
Cowles & Murtagh
Ofice
House
Algowa
Margaret EB. Coles
Offica
Dutton & Sorensen
M. A. Batch
Armory
Morse
F. L. Tribon
Boston
North Thorington Stress
H. ©. Devereaux
D. D
Langdon’s
E. E. Sayers, D. V.M
Offica Weet of
Brown's Livery
Algona, In
Help Home Industries
Algona Brick and Tile Works
Guderian
Kuha Algona
Lowa
Carlyle
Sartor Resartus
Collier’s
Houston Post
David Leiasco
Algona Music
John Mesing
Robt
Seward
Meaing
CE. Campbell
Prop
Duroc
Jersey Hogs
F. S. Thompson
Union Township
Algona, Ia
Paris Morton Co
James Patterson
Norton
E. H. Reaser
Reliable House
Woodford Wheeler Lumber Co
Angona
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