Vivid City Notes From The Weekend Happenings
The town buzzes with changes and events. Moore's Ideal Orchestra played in Spencer, Nels Knutson moved his pantorium, and Emmetsburg hosted a Halloween dance. Local business shifts include Rosenberger Littell opening a feed basin, and Graettinger hosting an organ and piano sale with a grand concert. A new wagon bridge rises over the Des Moines river while Masonic Hall plans improvements. Nahota in South Dakota faces a name change dispute, and a six-horsepower International engine arrives for F. K. Converse’s new feed mill. Vandalism incidents and Canary Clyde’s long life also feature in this roundup of local items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Nahota
F. K. Converse
K. of P. Lodge
Moore
O. N. Young
Jack Creek Township
Clyde
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement Testimony
An Estherville resident farmer J H W Barnhart testifies he suffered chronic back pain and kidney trouble but found relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills sold by Williams & Anderson's drug store. He urges others with similar symptoms to try the remedy, noting the product's price and Foster Milburn Co. as U.S. agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
J. H W. Barnhart
Barnhart St
Dean
Williams & Anderson
Duoan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Jewelry Stock in Estherville Showcased at Jay Johnson Co
Estherville merchants promote a large jewelry stock at Jay Johnson Co while noting Dean's Regulats constipation remedy and drugstore availability. After November 7 1906 several millinery shops will close at 6 pm except Wednesdays and Saturdays before Christmas. Grace E Kwroimen-Nison Mrs VAL Wagner GRACH CLANCY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Johnson & Co
Grace E. Kwroimen-Nison
Mrs
Val Wagner Grach Clancy
House ads and notices from early local paper
An eclectic page advertises home rentals and goods offering cozy five room house near churches and a farm for rent near Superior. It also promotes wallpaper sales, skin purifiers, and coal from Walter Crowell with assorted business lines from Jay Johnson & Co and D C Wells.
Personal notes from Armstrong and neighboring towns
Purely personal items list residents traveling, visiting relatives, and business trips across Armstrong, Florence, Emmetburg, Forest City, Minneapolis, Des Moines, and nearby towns. Mentions include Tom Doughty, Fred Olson, John Ross, Mrs. Sanborn, Gen Capstick, Mrs Wilson, P H Paulsen, Mrs Chas Hobein, Chris Rosenberger, John Nealy, Mrs B F Dickerson, John Burmeister, Chas Bartlett, CG Heer, Sim Robinson, Geo Wilkins, R A Bare, H J Olson, G W Crim, Mary J Wilson, Dr J Hummel, M B Weston, W L Tone, Mrs A L Mitchell, Wayburn Johnston, H White, E Johnston, Rocky Ford trip, Joseph Hughes, F W Converse, and local health remedies. The final line promotes Dr Thomas Electric Oil for sore throats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Doughty
Armstrong
Fred J. Olson
Forest City
John Ross
Florence
BH. D. Sanborn
Gen. Capstick
Mra
J. Wilson
Minneapolis
P. H. Paulsen
Emmetburg
Chas. Hobein
Lyona
John Burmeister
Spirit Lake
Chas. Bartlett
Wisconsin
Sumer. Co. CG. Heer
Des Moines
Sim Robinson
West Bend
Geo. D. Wilkins
Hartley
H. J. Olson
Bammit
G. W. Crim
Colfax
Mary J. Wilson
Emmet
Ocheyedan
Harmon George Wilson
Wayburn Johnston
BE. E. Johnston
Kr. H. White
Wisconsin Land and Cattle
E. &. Johnston
Rocky Ford
Colorado
Hand painted china stock showcased by Jay Johnson & Co
Hand painted china is a stock we have a large assortment of, look it over. Dean's Ointment quickly stops its spreading, instantly relieves the itching, cures it permanently. At any drug store.
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Jay Johnson & Co
Dean
Springs of Hierapolis petrify waters at ancient ruin
A Chicago News account describes Hierapolis in Asia Minor founded around 200 B.C. now buried by petrifying hot springs. The waters turn to stone objects they touch as they cool, with marble baths, fallen columns, stalactites, and a landscape where plants, grasses, and flowers are mineralized. Brigandage warns of travel under Turkish guard.
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Pilerapolis
Asia Minor
Hierapolis
Chicago News
A Cautious Sentinel and The Labor Of Mountain Climbing
A front door scene shows a cautious boy answering a caller asking for Margaret while noting a mistaken identity. The piece then presents a curious calculation of energy expended by a 168 pound climber ascending 7000 feet in five hours, breaking work into leg lift, heart, chest, and balance contributions.
Finnish Matrimony And The Talkative Driver
A village tale recounted by a driver who explains how he chose his wife. He paid a puhumy-man of speech five marks, received a white shirt from the bride, and arranged to meet at Annikem church. The couple is said to get on well. The dialogue contrasts claims about smoking with advertising claims by a cigar manufacturer.
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Margaret
Mr. Goodyear
Mr. Hamlin
Bobby
Puhumy
Annikiem
Tyguettes
Finland
Diplomacy and portrait talk in Brooklyn Life satire
A fragmentary Brooklyn Life dialogue mockingly explores posing and appearance. The Friend, Mrs Heviwake, praises the portrait while the Artist jokes about matching her self image. A snide note about daily digging and a safer place hints at the era’s social concerns.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Brief City News
Spencer
Tom Goggin
Emmetsburg
Hallowe’en
Spirit ‘Lake
Rosenberger & Littell
Are
J. M. Daniels
Dakota
Graettinger
Big Schiller Co
Inter Ocean
W. T. Davidson
Dickinson County
Riggs
Des Moines River
4Th Street
Masonic Hall
Walter Crowell
Attle Bay
H. E. Fister
Lincoln Street
First National Bank
Lincoln
Seventh
Thei
Natica
Jay Johnson. & Co
D. C. Wells
Tf Woops Brothers
Barber
Superior
Es Norsy
Littell
McClure’s Magazine
East
Vindicator
Republican Has & Supply of Telephone Company
Goodell
Coon Block
Hobein
F. Albro
C.D. Osgood
North 7Th St
Eatherville
Chris Rosenberger
John Nealy
B. F. Dickerson
Clinton
Joseph Hughes
Robinson
John Griffith
Dave Sonsh
F. W. Converse
Iowa Savings Bank
Telephone Exchange
Neils Knurtson
Cinco
Vember
Nau Brothers
City Scales
Ryron
Hermann G. Graaf
Hart Schadiner
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