Many Going to Circus in Algona Iowa Ringling Bros Show
The Ringling Brothers circus arrives in Algona Iowa with a 25th jubilee season. The program spans three shows over two stages in a vast hippodrome with 875 performers and 12 acres of tents. Notable acts include Le Belle Roche the dangerous auto stunt and Mirza Golem from the Shah’s court. Jay Johnston & Co offer new jewelry novelties. Foley’s Kidney Remedy promotes kidney health.
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Algona
Towa
Ringling Brothers
Welock
Shotpa
Russia
Residents recount Fourth of July events in Grover era
Local notes report a busy Independence Day with visits to Rockwall Britt and Huntington, relatives traveling from Estherville and North Dakota, and families at Arnold’s Park and Sherburn. Attendees include Grace Kline Amy Taylor and Elmer Person, while other items note births, a trench of eye injury and a sermon by Albert Lerdall. News from Terrill, Armstrong, and Grover describes speeches by Lewis Bingham and Byron Coon and community gatherings with picnics, fires, and fireworks. The piece mentions mail changes and hospital updates as well.
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Perry Irwin
Rob Weat
Albert
Huntington
Elmer Peraon
Hallla
Qraver
Grace Kline
Estherville
Amy Taylor
Lizzie Peak
North Dakota
Willie Williama
Armatrong
Dr. We Trust
Rev. Feather
Woonpocket
Charlie Clark
Roughin
Chicago
Josale Irwin
Albert Lerdall
M. E
Gruver
Lerdall
Buena Viata College
Storm Lake
Grover
Lucy Bauman
Bricelyn
Minn
Nehring
Philip Penk
City Hospital
Atork
Wm. Dufer
Roy Moerriott
Clarence Wilder
Arnold’s Park
Andy Stoltenberg
Harrison Taylor
Sherburn
Fidelia Greene
Ellicottville
N. Y
Rev. Greene
Dolliver
Misa Mary Stover
Pekin
Slater
Bingham
Asa Taylor
Kettleson’s Springs
Hounle
Hazel McKibben
Bessie Bartlett
G. L. Risinger
Ralph
Grundy Co
Bert. Clark
A. TE. Pickell
Lee Pickell
Walter Reed
Herbert
Kately
Lewie Pickell
Ralph Butter
Armstrong
Lina Sharp
Dolliver Socials and Fourth of July Observances
Green's mother arrives from New York with Mia's sister in town. A Turtle Lake Fourth picnic delights attendees. Various residents visit kin in Sherburn and Grover. Parades, dances, and gatherings mark the holiday while haying, travel, and farm notes shape daily life in Dolliver.
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Dolliver Raw
Green
New York
Mia
Card of Thanks for Angie Sweer family
Neighbors and friends are thanked for help and sympathy during the long illness of Angie Sweer daughter and sister. Blessings are wished on the gift givers and the family extends gratitude from Mr and Mrs I N Sweer Mak and Maku G Swerr.
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Angie
Anny
I. N. Sweer
Mak
Maku
G. Swerr
Moving Pictures Shine At The Bijou
The Moving Pictures entertain at the Bijou cinema with steady crowd turnout and favorable audience response noted by theater staff.
New Money Pins and Jobs Line Debuts by Jay Johnston Co
Jay Johnston and Company introduces a line of pins and jobs crafted from genuine currency. Ad copy touts a Clean Sweep Hay Loader and International Side Delivery at a 4 percent bargain. Located at 1006 N tbh St, Mstherville.
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Jay Johnston & Co
Saauk
HK. D
Converse
Mstherville
A Nice Line of Roman Candles From 50 Ball Down
Jay Johnston and an unidentified partner present a display described as a nice line of Roman candles starting from fifty balls. Details on event, location, or date are not provided.
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Jay Johnston & Co
The Hippocratic Oath Renewed in Medicine's Moral Line
A discussion of the Hippocratic Oath from Appleton's Magazine highlights the ancient pledge's call for purity, secrecy, and patient service. It traces the healer's duty from training in hardship to the lifelong vow to help the sick, safeguard confidences, and treat all with holiness.
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Lindar
Appleton's
Iisppocrates
Christ
Hippocrates
Buenos Aires Seen as an Ordly City of Comfort and Charm
Arthur Ruhl portrays Buenos Aires as a well run city with clean streets good eateries comfortable rooms and plentiful amenities. The compact urban feel offers easy access to hotels clubs banks and theaters while a friendly police presence and cordial street life foster a cozy intimate atmosphere, a “little old Buenos Aires.”
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Buenos Aires
Arthur Ruhl
Scribner's Magazine
Accomplices in a NY streetcar fare scheme
In New York a group of women boarded a streetcar and sat apart after failing to secure seats together. A woman paying the fares offered a half dollar to the conductor, claiming four fares were covered and implying two other women were implicated. The scene references Mrs Mala propta as a rival figure.
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New York Times
The Grave of Adam Memorized on April First
The article cites old calendars marking April 1 as the Memorial of Adam. It recalls an Arab tale that Adam, on his deathbed, ordered his sons to bury him with myrrh incense and cassia in the cave of Al-Kanus near paradise. They were to move his body to the earth's center for salvation, allegedly carried out by Noah and Melchizedek who reburied him on Calvary, per Chicago News.
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Adam
Cassia
Al-Kanus
Paradise
Noah
Malchizedek
Calvary
Chicago News
Barking in the Brain Lecture Tale
Two men discuss Barkins lecture with one warning it is dull, while the other reveals a pun about hearing Barking. The exchange ends with a play on words as one man says I’m Barking.
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Barkins
Positive Proof. Patroo Warded or not timing test
The judge explains a method to identify a couple’s ward status by the order pattern. If a patron orders two whole portions, they are not warded. if two one-portions are asked for, they are. The exchange is framed as a humorous courtroom dialogue between a hotel keeper and a judge.
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Patroo
Sweet Answer and the Wudge Exchange in Chicago News
A playful note from Chicago News describes a proposal reply framed as a sweet answer with a quip about wudge. The Dublin News comments on preferring steady principles over flattery, cautioning against selling integrity for cash.
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Chicago News
Rev J W Williams Testifies Foley Kidney Remedies
Huntington West Virginia resident Rev J W Williams testifies about using Foley's Kidney Remedy for kidney trouble with nervous exhaustion and asserts that Kelley’s Kidney Remedy will do all claimed. The note also mentions new jewelry made from coins including pennies nickels dimes quarters half dollars and dollars by Jay Johnston & Co.
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Diev
J. W. Williams
Huntington
W. Va
Foley
Kuley
Jay Johnston & Ca
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