Local Notes From Sherburn and Surroundings
Bishop Vincent urges shorter family prayers at the Methodist Sunday School Convention in Topeka Kansas. Rural reports note light game and modest bag numbers. Geo F Keil opens a cement drain tile factory in Sherburn. Rumor claims Mrs Eddy is dying of cancer. denied, she remains homebound. The Inter Ocean offers recipes and patterns. special rates via the Vindicator. Fish shipments to Spirit and Swan Lakes. deputy White pursues more stock. A West Jersey & Sea Shore wreck near Atlantic City kills 53. third car saves many. Turkeys remain contested every year before Thanksgiving. prices may rise slightly. Frank Mathwig seriously injured in runaway. condition critical but improving. Estherville girls lose to Sherburn 10 6 in rain. local basketball interest strong.
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Topeka
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Sherburn
Inter Ocean
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Washington, D. C
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Iowa
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Swan Lake
R. R. Co
West Jersey & Sea Shore Electric
Atlantic City
Dra. Farrish
Dunnell
Frank Mathwig
Rai
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Mathwig
Martin County
Estherville
Rathbone Sisters Change Name to Pythian Sisters
The Supreme Lodge of the Knights of Pythias renamed the Rathbone Sisters auxiliary to Pythian Sisters. The shift follows past conflicts with insurance outfits using the name Pythian and aligns the branch with the K of P. The change honors the founder and strengthens ties to the Knights.
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K. of P
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Pythian Sisters
Knights of Pythias
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Rathbone
TP. Order
Latest fad bracelets offered by Jay Johnson Co
Subscribers urged to enroll in the Weekly Iowa State Register and Farmer for next year with free balance of the present year. an appeal of thanks from Mrs M B Crum and family for aid during illness and death of husband and father, noting gratitude to those who decorated the grave.
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Iowa State Register
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Hyomei Catarrh Remedy and 1907 Almanac Ad Mix
An advertisement touts Hyomei for catarrh with a complete outfit at $1 and 50 cents for extra bottles, backed by a money back guarantee. It also notes the 1907 Rev Sir R Hicks Almanac resumes publication, available for 25 cents postpaid from Word and Works Publishing, with one Almanac included per subscription.
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Word and Works Publishing Company
Locust Street
St. Louis
Word and Works
America
Walking Through Fire Hindoo Devotees In Singapore
Description from the Straits Budget recounts Hindoo devotees in Singapore walking over glowing coals at Magepore. Fire embers heated a ritual path, a shallow pond stood nearby, and priests led processes where goats were sacrificed and devotees staggered through embers, water, and finally danced before the idols amid frenzy.
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Magepore
Singapore
Hindeo
Trades and Diseases Across Occupations
A detective notes that each trade breeds its own ailments. Blacksmiths face paralysis and weak eyes from hammering and glare. carpenters develop varicose veins. bakers and miners suffer from weak lungs. miners also get weak eyes. Cooper wears swollen knees. housemaids kneeling causes swelling. India rubber workers endure headaches and mood declines from fumes. pointers suffer severe lead poisoning, often fatal.
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Coopera
India
Cross Country Auto Tour Brings Monkey Ranch Tale
An American automobilist stranded in Dakota seeks a part and asks a Swede for a monkey wranch. The Swede, amused and puzzled by the odd phrasing, retorts with humor about ranches and unfamiliar slang, revealing culture clash in a humorous frontier vignette.
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America
Ole
Meester Ferguson
Anny
Sea Gulls Attack a Danish Sailor Near Shipwreck
A Danish sailor aboard the Flandria, en route from Cronstadt to Copenhagen, was washed overboard near sixty miles from port. Stripped to swim, he fought off a flock of sea gulls for six hours to stay afloat until rescue, enduring relentless pecking as ships passed by.
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Copenhagen
Our Extravagant Governor and the Reform Charade
A critical editorial rails at Governor Cummins as a counterfeit reformer like La Follette, accusing him of extravagance and hypocrisy. It mocks his anti railroad stance, notes past passes, urges voters to compare tax receipts, and warns that reform without results is a farce. It taunts standpat counterattacks and cites national figures to frame Iowa politics.
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John Alexanter Dowie
Cummine
Cummins
la Follette
Carroll Wright
Rock
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Pasecs
Pit
Iowa
Claude Porter
John Alexander Dowle
Busines
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Backfiring Tactics in the Democratic Reform Movement
The Register-Leader, a proponent of the Cumming movement, accuses its rival of backfiring to sow dissension within Democratic party leadership. It claims there has been no real harmony for a decade, with factions now uniting in a common effort despite minor differences. The piece asserts the collective goal of the reform cause remains paramount.
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Register-Leader
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Iowa
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State Committee
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Cumming
Democratic Party
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