Homeseekers Excursions Offer Broad Travel to Many States
Promotional notice for Homeseekers excursions offering travel on the first and third Tuesdays of April and May to numerous destinations across Milne Town Milne Town? North and South Dakota Idaho Washington Oregon Columbia Utah Colorado and other southern western and southeastern points. Geo S Batty G P A Marshalltown IA invites readers to request a free booklet.
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Milne- Town
North
South Dakota
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
Columbia
Utah
Colorado
Skaaed
Geo S. Batty
G. P.A
Marshalltown
Low Rate to California on Central Road Excar Tickets
During March and April the central road offers one way excursion tickets from all Iowa and Illinois stations to California at a special low rate. Elegant tour cars with modern comforts depart for the coast on Tuesdays in March and April. For full information, call your local Iowa agent or Geo S Batty GP and T A in Maritown Iowa.
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California
Iowa
Illlnois
Geo S Batty
Gp&t A
Maritown
Lowa Tilmayilek
Mrs Stratton Passes Away After Illness of Months
Mrs Anna Lease Stratton, a native of the county and long time resident of Washington, died today at 1:10 PM after a cancer battle. She leaves three sisters and a brother. Funeral at her late home on South Marion Avenue Monday at 2 PM.
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Anna Lease-Stratton
Stratton
Eureka
J. W. Stratton
Buena Vieta
Virginia
Charleston
Ill
Popular Hot Springs Health Resort Opens Season
The Hot Springs Arkansas baths attract thousands seeking health benefits. The season opened in January with government supervised facilities offering moderate charges and good treatment. The Iowa Central Railway promotes the quickest routes from the west and northwest with low round trip rates. inquiries go to Geo. Parse in Marshalltown Iowa. Floral ads from Kembie’s Flowers promote direct ordering and express payment by customers.
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Arkansas
Hot Springs
Ark
U.S
West
Iowa Central
Marshalltown
Owa
Trinity Episcopal church services and Sunday school
Trinity Episcopal Church announces Rev. Joseph DeForest as rector for Third Sunday after Easter. Sunday school starts at 10 am, morning prayer and sermon follow, with evening prayer and sermon scheduled for 7:90 pm.
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Trinity
Episcopal
Joseph DeForest
Morning and Evening Services In Town
Morning sermon titled A Christian Home outlines daily conduct and piety. Evening service focuses on A Great Work and calls for steadfast faith and community service.
No Services Tomorrow at Presbyterian Church
No services are scheduled for tomorrow at the Presby terian church. Sunday school and Endeavor meeting will proceed as usual with morning and evening preaching. All other services follow the normal schedule. A sermon on the Morelog subject Monumente invites all to attend.
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The
Presbyterian Church
Wanted and For Rent Classified Notices From Washington Iowa
Multiple brief notices list a Washington Iowa agent seeking mining stock representation with commissions, a Cincinnati wholesaler seeking address referrals, a boy’s vest offer, a single driving horse, a two front room rental, and an eight room house for rent. Also advertised is a life of Talmage book with agent profits and Clark & Co. Philadelphia publishing.
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Waannrtrep
General Delivery
Washington
Iowa
Iowa Avenue
Dinner motto from a congressman in New York
A former North Carolina Central railroad president and congressman Major William A. Smith visited New York. At a hotel dinner he tossed the waiter’s bill aside and paid with a dollar, asking for a good dinner. The waiter offered a cue to readers: ask for Sam if you cannot read the menu.
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Tip
William A. Smith
North Carolina Central Railroad
New York
American Plan
Washington
Sam
New York Times
Local caucuses and society notes from Indiana townships
The Jackson township Republican caucus is at Center school house at 7 p.m. Saturday the 26th. Oregon township caucus is at Alnsworth behind the bank at 2 p.m. Saturday the 26th. The Presbyterian choir meets for practice at 7 50 this evening. The Morning Times reports Rev. H. R. Stark installation with a large crowd and a thorough program. Mr. J. T Stevenson is ill. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Walker of Alworth were in the city. Mrs. Will Chilcote returns on No. 29 from Chicago. Hurrell Vogt leaves this afternoon for Guthrie, Oklahoma with his ill brother Adeo.
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Jackson Township
Center Schoolhouse
Oregon Township
Alnsworth
Frankfort
Indiana
Morning Times
H. R. Stark
J.T Stevenson
Will Chilcote
Chicago
Hurrell Vogt
Guthrie
Oklahoma
Will
Adeo
Pastor Rev A L Davidson Preaches Exemplary Life
The sermon by Rev. A L Davidson centers on morning worship with the subject The Exemplary Life. The preacher underscores moral conduct and faithful living as guiding principles for parishioners.
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A. L. Davidson
Probation After Death Golden Text Sermon Notes
Service at 10 50 am mentions probation after death with John 6 25. Sabbath school follows at 11 30 with a note about ice cream sodas at Allen's.
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Allen's
Mrs Wm Chilcote Illness Reported From Ohio Sanitarium
Word reached the city last evening that Mrs. Wm Chilcote is gravely ill at an Ohio sanitarium after several weeks of treatment. Her husband remains there, while Mrs Mm. C C Siocum and her son Will travel to be with her as a pneumonia diagnosis is confirmed by a telegram received around eleven oclock today.
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Wm Chilcote
Ohio
Firework Making and Judicial Caning Traditions
The text explains Roman candle construction with a cylindrical case packed with stars and reactive compounds. It notes green lights from barytes nitrate mixtures and details a French land sale custom where twelve adult witnesses and twelve boys were punished to impress witness memory.
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France
Heredity Lesson Turns Into Spanking Comic Wordplay
A child asks what heredity is and the mother explains it as what you get from father or mother. The girl writes on her home lesson paper the humorous misreading heredityspanking, reflecting a playful misunderstanding.
Golf Lover Braves Cold Onatured Hill
A fragment from the Chicago Record-Herald describes a golfer battling the cold on a frosty course. The lonely player, devoted to golf, braces against the wind and blows on his hands as he drives the ball up the hill.
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Golf
Extension of Time for Settlers Tickets to Minnesota and Dakotas
Owing to severe storms and travel delays in March the Iowa Central road extends one way settler tickets to Minnesota and the Dakotas to April 15 22 and 20 next. For details contact your local railroad agent or Geo. 8S Heatty GP T A Marshalltown Iowa.
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Iowa Central Road
Minnesota
Dakotas
Heatty
T. A
Marshalltown
Iowa
Hard to be writing all the time Scribbler says
A visitor notes the challenge of literary work and Scribbler counters that the real difficulty lies in shaping the existing material. The exchange appears in the Philadelphia Record.
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Scribbler
Philadelphia Record
The Best In the World Customer-Is This Good Country
A brief Indianapolis News snippet features a grocer replying that a product was made in America, calling it the best country in the world. The exchange highlights patriotic pride in domestic goods.
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America
Indianapolis News
Child compares illness to a broken toy in touching remark
A four year old convalescent boy rests with his mother and says I feel like a broken toy. The line expresses weary vulnerability amid illness and a gentle, intimate moment captured by the Reston Herald.
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Maruma
Reston Herald
Our Prices Are The Lowest In Washington Say Store Ad
We claim our grocery prices are the very lowest in Washington. We stress that if you can buy cheaper elsewhere, our claim stands. Visit our store to see for yourself and compare on your next trip.
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Washington
Columbian
Highland Park
Win.smouse
Local Cheese Prices Compared in Herkimer County
Advertises fancy cheese from Herkimer County New York as superior in fineness and market quality. Claims a cheaper alternative exists but touts a 186 lb unit as a better bargain.
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Herkimer County
New York
Coffee We Mention Top Mooster Brand at Low Price
A dealer praises the 1S¢ Mooster Brand coffee as the best value, claiming it equals ordinary 20c coffee and even some 25c varieties. The pitch invites customers to try it and become repeat buyers.
Mexico Travel Anecdotes From Mrs Tweedie's Frontiers Welcome
The passage recounts Mrs. Alec Tweedie being greeted by a string of Mexican frontier hosts during a journey from San Antonio to Sabinas. Each man in uniform introduces himself to aid and escort her, from Sam at the railway to escorts from Cloete's ranch and Bonora.
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Mexico
Tweedie
San Antonio
Alec Tweedie
Sam
Cou
Tam
Mr. Cloete
Mia
Tiny newsboy Helps Across Flooded Market Street
A five year old newsboy, drenched in rain, assists a stout elderly woman across a flooded Market Street corner near Twelfth. He leads her safely to the curb and she rewards him with a coin before continuing to the Reading Terminal.
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Tie
Twelfth
Market Streets
Market Street
Littl
Reading
Philadelphia Record
Abyssinia Offenders Exiled to Abba Salama Peak
Political offenders and obstructionists in Abyssinia are arrested chained and placed on Abba Salama, a high rocky plateau thirty miles from Adowa. Prisoners are drawn up by ropes with near impossibility of escape, though they have water and grain wells, and no speaker to keep order.
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Abyssinia
Abba Salama
Adowa
Touching Exchange on Alimony and Bereavement
A stranger asks if a man is married and learns of his widowhood. The dialogue notes the sorrow of bereavement and the burden of paying $15 a week in alimony, described in a wry Ohio State Journal tone.
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Sin
Ohio State Journal
Lettuce and Cedar Descriptions in Odd Contrast
A playful scene shows a woman seeking lettuce and debating colors with a marketman. Separately, a Washington state observation notes cedar trunks preserved for 150 years beneath a living forest of hemlocks near Acme, illustrating remarkable cedar indestructibility.
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Washington
Acme
Engaged to Wealthy Heiress Sparks Coupon Metaphor
A Life magazine quip notes a man’s engagement to a rich heiress, comparing each kiss to peeling a coupon from a government bond. The remark underscores perceived financial incentives in romance.
Cheap rates and notices to settle accounts advertised
The note requests payment or note settlement for books left at a shop sold to J T Butler and asks all accounts to be settled promptly. It mentions cheap Rock Island rates to Minnesota North Dakota and Pacific coast points with Avent Rowland as contact for details.
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J T. Butler
Topp Struawr
C. BR
Rock Island
Minnesota
North Dakota
Pacific Coast
Avent Rowland
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