Missoula Belt Line Railway Nears First Run
Spokane reports that the Missoula Belt Line Railway company has formed to connect Northern Pacific and Chicago Milwaukee and Puget Sound lines. The 200 foot roadbed will link a Bitter Root switch on NP with a siding on the Milwaukee line, with ties and rails ready.
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Sion
Spokane
Montana
Missoula
Northern Pacific
Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound
Bitter Root
Northern
Milwaukee
Northwest
The Fair Presents Knives and Forks and Local Goods
Local notices describe The Fair offering knives and forks and bees as good as cash for goods. A steady stream of residents travel to and from Ainsworth Keota West Chester Blanchard and Des Moines with band concerts and visits. Several residents depart for trips to Aberdeen Kansas City Pittsburg New Wilmington and other towns while others return home after day trips and business. Rex Warfel dies age twelve in a family mourning.
Dr King’s New Life Pills Offer Quick Liver Relief
The ad claims ill health from a lazy liver causes constipation headache jaunice and a sallow complexion with pimples blotches and loss of appetite. Dr King’s New Life Pills are advertised as banishing liver troubles and building up health for 25 cents at J K B Lemmon’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
J. KB. Lemmon
Moon figure recalled by elder and child
A girl and a man discuss the man in the moon. The girl recalls childhood belief, while the man questions the moon's age in a playful exchange.
Halls Catarrh Cure Promises Universal Cure
Readers learn that Halls Catarrh Cure is a constitutional treatment claimed to cure catarrh in all stages. The ad states the medicine works systemically, funding the cure by targeting blood and mucous surfaces and offers a $100 reward for any counterexample. It urges sending testimonials to F J Cheney & Co in Toledo Ohio and notes sale by druggists.
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F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Hall
Remarkable Spokane Heiress Traces Lineage to General Wolfe
Edith St John, age two, of Spokane, is described as bearing an extraordinary ancestry tracing to General Wolfe. The child’s relatives span many generations and include grandparents, great grandparents, aunts, and uncles. The family history lists occupations from farmers to preachers, with roots from New York through Michigan and North Dakota to Washington.
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Spokane Wash
Edith St John
Wolfe
Quebec
J. B. St. John
South Boy Street
Spokane
New York State
Michigan
North Dakota
Washington
A. Weyant
Land Lottery Draws for Coeur d'Alene and Nearby Lands
Spokane report shows 147,769 land applications across Coeur d'Alene Flathead and Spokane reservations. Totals by region: Coeur d'Alene 62,500 Spokane 46,800 Missoula 25,229 Kalispell 16,240. Drawings begin August 9 for Coeur d'Alene lands, August 16–17 for Spokane, and August 17 for Montana lands, at Coeur d'Alene Idaho.
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Spokane
Wash
Coeur d'Alene
Flathead
Spo Kane
Missoula
Kalispell
James W. Witten
Helen Hamilton
Montana
Christine Dolan
Harriet Post
Foley's Kidney Remedy praised by Wayne woman
Mrs. S L Bowen of Wayne West Virginia declares Foley's Kidney Remedy cured her kidney disease after a harsh period of illness. She notes a one dollar bottle and part of a second healed her completely. Lemmons Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Co distribute the product.
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Foley
S. L. Bowen
Wayne, W. Va
Lemmons Pharmacy and
McElhinney Drug Co
Tailor shop dialogue notes on a No 15 collar fit
A brief exchange shows a lady asking for trousers for her husband. The clerk asks for size and the lady mentions a No 15 collar, illustrating a humorous detail about clothing sizing.
Baptist Woman's Mission circle to meet at Mrs Parker home
The Woman's Mission circle of the Baptist church will hold their regular program meeting at the home of Mrs. W. G. Parker Friday afternoon at 2:30. This society has received a barrel of empty fruit jars from the Children's home in Chicago. Any one wishing to contribute fruit will please call on Mrs. Ira Bowman for an empty jar to use. About thirty members and friends of the Presbyterian Christian Endeavor society enjoyed a picnic at Box Springs last evening. Supper was served on the grass at 7 o'clock, and the return trip on hay ladders was made very merry by the songs of the young folks.
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Woman's Mission Circle of the Baptist Church
W. G. Parker
Chicago
Ira Bowman
Presbyterian Christian Endeavor Society
Box Springs
Picnic at Sunset Described in Odd Telegraphic Note
About twelve of the telephone pills enjoyed a picnic at Sunset Monday evening. The brief line captures a whimsical scene with a group nicknamed the telephone pills gathering for an informal outdoor event.
Friends Host Sunset Park Picnic For Ruth Ora Danham
A group of Ruth Ora Danham’s friends hold a picnic at Sunset Park this afternoon to honor her before she moves to her new home in Rock Island.
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Ruth Ora Danham
Sunset Park
Rock Island
Snouffer Hughes Clerking Force to Picnick at Sunset
The clerking staff of the Snouffer Hughes and Company dry foods store will spend this evening picnicking at Sunset.
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Snouffer, Hughes & Co. Dry Foods Store
Married Ladies of St James Host Thursday Social on Lawn
The social will be given by the married ladies of St James church on the church lawn Thursday evening. Swift's orchestra of Riverside, a seven piece group, will provide music as a feature of the evening entertainment.
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St. James Church
Church Lawn
Swift
Riverside
M. B. A Ice Cream Social Set for August First
The M B A will host an ice cream social Saturday evening in its hall. Everyone is invited to attend this community event and share in the refreshments and good company.
Death at Brighton
Mrs Erma White wife of Harry White of this place dies after a short illness. She leaves a husband and a newborn child. Funeral service set for Friday at 2 PM from the residence. Local item notes her young age and recent marriage.
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Brighton
Erma White
Harry White
Mic
Robt. Patugle
Illness Strikes Tucker Child On way to Town
Juanita Tucker, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Tucker living south of town, fell ill last evening. The parents, en route to town, found her asleep and could not wake her. Dr McLaughlin attended and she was later taken home and is some better today.
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Verle Dunham
Ainsworth
John Rhine
Winteld
P. Anderson
Webb Branigan
Burlington
Artie Niver
Keota
M. L. Snyder
Richland
Columbus Junction
Mary Axthelm
Lola Mulphy
VanSyoe
Winfield
Mary Nelson
West Chester
Hugh Kirkpatrick
Evelyn Bales
Keola
Juanita
John Tucker
Violence in general strike halts Stockholm industry
Extraneous dispatches report 150000 workers planning a general strike with artillery and foot soldiers mobilized to prevent violence, while separate items note Pat Sheedy near death in New York and Chief Shippy's resignation in Chicago.
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Stockholm
Evening Journal
New York
the Evening Journal
Gambler
Pat Sheedy
The Fair Memo Notes and Local Visits Across Town
Various residents visit relatives and attend events in Winfield Grinnell Havre Oskaloosa and Muscatine. Mrs Harper Miss Stevenson and Miss Rose travel for visits while J T Mattthew and B F Dixon bring back a pair of two cylinder runabout cars valued at 550 each.
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B. F. Dixon
J. T. Mattthew
Muscatine
Marcus Kuhn
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Aberdeen
Lynn Baker
John Masson
Allerton
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Albert Ilensleigh
Blanchard
Montgomery
East Main Street
Lela McConaughy
Des Moines
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J. H. Goffin
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Oskaloosa
Sadie McColl
Jesse DeMarce
Mrs. J. PD. Smith
St. Madison
Mae Dodd
Geneva Pratt
Marion Morgan
Maud Kayson
W. A. Wilson
Ruth
New Boston
John Stephen
Saltpark
Frank Shearer Mgr
East Side
A. EF. Stewart
Capt. Wilson
Kansas
Kansas City
David Warfe
Rex
Warfel
J. ©. Richardson
Keola Eagle
Richardson Boys
Scott Press
Keota Eagle
W. R. Sawhill
Vinton
Pittsburg
New Wilmington
Missionary Conference
United Presbyterian Church
South Dakota
Leola
Geo. Peck
Chalmers & Eldridge
Barnes
Riverside, Iowa
West Chester and
Washington Go
Surrey
Wooley Bros
Wade
Snouffer, Hughd
Chief Shippy
J. A. Werjuson
Havre
Harper
W. &. Cole
Henry Parkinson
Jordon
Sigourney
Chas. Hays
Crayfordsville
Myrtle Jarvis
Harry Nutt
W. P. Moothart
Chester
Thomas Warris
J. A. Jones
Childree
Sunnybrook Farm
Annie Laurie Stevenson
Oren Helwick
J. P. Skaggs
KE. Fleming
Tama
J. P. Thoma
Lucile Rose
Blanche McComb
DeSota
Lora
Bessie Darbystiere
Caner
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