Notice to Horse Breeders at A J Rose Barn Iowa 1907
The notice lists three standard bred trotters including Franklin Audubon a 4 year old bay horse 16 hands high 1200 pounds by J J Audubon with a 2 11 9 record and other descendants. Also two Percheron stallions Armando and Ocile with weights and ages, bred by Chypeo and owned by H C McMillian. The Rowtatration of team horses is acknowledged by the state agriculture department. Readers invited for inspection at the barn with Moor Owner Muruv Krea as groom.
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Audubon Boy
Nanny Audubon
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Gon
Teil Dyer
Beso
Barron Wilkes
Uni
Elevers
Aliso
Armando
Brown
Thie Pore Chypeo
H.C. McMillian
Rock Rapids
Ogcile
Wright
Ty Sampson
Department of Agriculture
State of
Fowa
Bari
Fe Moor
Muruv Krea
Homeseekers Excursion via Minneapolis & South Railroad Ad
Advertises a semiannual six month excursion by the Minneapolis and South railroad with one fare plus fees for trips to many states and territories. Includes contact A B Cutts GP and IA in Minneapolis for rates and details. Also promotes a clatern made from select white pine with 60 Italian capacity, water systems, and announces lumber and ink suppliers.
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Ronbeeok Lammberr Co
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Trade price ruse exposed by clumsy pretender
A wholesale wallpaper head recalls catching a thief posing as a west coast paper hanger seeking trade prices. The con man feigned familiarity with the stock, tried to roll and knead wallpaper on the floor, revealing himself when the trader offered a discount that turned out to be wrongly applied.
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West
Ife
Finnish Honesty and Nordic Travel Anecdote
A traveler recalls Finnish trust in servants and a tale from a steamship to Stockholm. An employer advised contacting the hotel manager to arrange the shipment of a valuable gold buckle, noting that theft is uncommon in Finland and the buckle was delivered to England after departure.
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Russia
Stockholm
Finland
England
Mra
Meakto
Auction Room Bargains Spark Wedding Gift Rumors
An enginized girl in an auction room says she plans to observe friends buying wedding presents. She notes dealers advertise on hand items like brass bowls and vases at low prices. She spots two invited bridesmaids shopping and suspects gifts may be bought cheaply for her wedding.
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New York
Presa
When to Take Off the Sinker in Angling
A historical note from Oodking Magazine explains angling tactics for still water versus fast currents. It details when to remove sinkers and floats to let the ball move with the current for chub dace or brook trout. It also includes a quoted line about a man falling and reflections on evil deeds from the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Louis
Oodking Magazine
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Fragmented Harpers Weekly Teaser Cites Virtue Inheritance
A damaged OCR fragment references Harper's Weekly with phrases about a father’s virtue being the best inheritance and mentions Chinese proverbs. No clear event or names are readable beyond this.
Behind the Choir Curtain and Enlistment Plea
A tale contrasts churchyard romance and choir intrigue with a new soprano drawing three longtime singers into love and competition in a May church setting. The drama ends with a kiss beneath a green curtain, while nearby a plea extols joining the army or navy as a noble life and education.
Meilhac and the costly dish he never ate
A famed composer Meilhac at a premiere dines out in a Paris restaurant in evening dress and points at the first dish on the menu. The kitchen throng labors to produce the costly course as Meilhac asks the waiter to take it and eat it himself. The scene ends with the proprietor’s flourish and Melihac’s melancholy reply.
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Meilhac
Meilhace
M. Melihac
Herald
Chicago Record
Young London cabbie squanders £60000 on gambling debts
A young man in London, once driving a cab, squandered £60,000 of a Yorkshire family's loan on gambling. He joined the army but failed to escape his gambling propensities, risking ruin and further loss.
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London
Yorkshire
Python Attack in Bechuanaland Ends in Narrow Escape
In Bechuanaland near the Marlee river Colla of a Python overpowered Mr. Cocklin as the four teen foot reptile coiled around his legs and dragged him toward a tree to crush him. Needing three men to help, Cocklin freed a band and escaped, while the 80 heavy snake loomed, part of a London Dispatch item from Tit-Bits.
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Cocklin
Marlee River
Bechuanaland
The Poor Doctor
A cryptic quip from a Cleveland plat dealer about a doctor who supposedly gains exercise by walking to work and by visiting the cemetery. The exchange ends with a misheard line suggesting a master versus servant dynamic and a German proverb reference.
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Cleveland Platp
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