Chautauqua Notes Highlight Rain and Rounds Concert
The Chautauqua program proceeds despite light rain with the Rounds giving a half hour concert for campers. Miss McCulleys ball game song and Mr Round’s Just Some One are featured. Doctor Lloyd speaks on Luke and Pottery with St Paul. Prof Wilcox previews Thomas Hutchins and Robert Yates the Kicker in morning talks.
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H. O. Rounds
Sammy
D. H. McLaughlin
Charlies Coons
Des Moines
Coons
Doctor Lloyd
Jesus
Luke
Lloyd
St. Paul
Mr. Wilcox
Washington
Wilcox
America
Thomas Hutchins
Massachusetts
Hutchins
England
Robert Yates
New Farm Use Bucket Demonstrates Efficient Feeding Method
A newly invented bucket designed for farmers and dairymen feeds stock without spillage. It fills by dipping bottom first into fluid, then discharges at the trough via a hinged bottom activated by a rod and handle. The device keeps contents sealed during transport and prevents clothing stains.
A Thoughtful Dog Story From a Cottage Quiver Tale
A dog in a peasant cottage hears a ticking clock disturbing a sleeping baby. He tips on tiptoe and stops the pendulum with his paw, a tale told by the New York Press. The fanciful anecdote ends with amused oysters on the counter reacting to the scene.
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New York Press
A Rather Novel Complaint
An English traveler recalls a companion near death by a Swiss lake. The man drinks water believed poisonous and learns the guidebook note reads the water is full of fish. The dying man remarks he would have died from imperfect knowledge of French.
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Switzerland
Caught In Her Own Trap Weather Note
A Chicago Tribune snippet discusses a weather forecast shift with the weather man issuing a call for change. It notes the cold wave defending against fall, and that the mercury refuses to drop as expected, reflecting a measuring of climate with dramatic phrasing.
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Mercury
Chicago Tribune
Freight wrecked on Milwaukee line near Ottumwa
A train section derailed near the city after midnight when a washout in a cut west of the creek bridge gave way in heavy rain. Twenty-one cars piled up, grain and coal spilled, two young Ottumwa boys riding in a coal car escaped with injuries, others uninjured. Track crews, wrecking equipment from Savannah, and detours for passenger trains followed as the line awaited clearance.
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Milwaukee
Creek Bridge
Washington
Ottumwa
Davenport
Alvin Carter
Robert Carrey
Rubio
Savannah
Lil
Rock Island
Eldon
Milwaukees
Macdonald
Hicks
Bryan Accepts Bryan Accepts A Reform Platform Speech
A speech outlines the Democratic reform agenda opposing unchecked capital power. It argues for removing abuses promptly, contrasts reform with revolution, and pledges a government rewarding individual merit. The speaker vows to secure justice and equal stake in society, stressing citizen rule and incentives for effort.
No O. E. S. Meeting In August Says W M Order
Notice declares that the O. E. S. will not hold a meeting in August and states the order comes from the Worshipful Master.
Transfer of Burlington foreman to Birmingham
J. A. Publisky, in charge of the local Burlington section, moves to Birmingham after requesting a transfer. He cites opposition to foreign labor and a preference for local workers as the reason. Publisky is regarded as a capable foreman and his departure will be felt by many in the community.
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J. A. Publisky
Burlington
Birmingham
Oneida to Change Name to Holbert in Iowa
Oneida Iowa at the junction of three lines will abandon its name August 12 and become Holbert. The change follows plans for a man named Holbert to build a 20,000 residence this fall and next spring, and will rename the stub line the Manchester and Holbert railroad.
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Oneida
Iowa
Milwaukee
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad from 1886 Toledo Firm
State of Ohio Toledo toledo Lucas County oath by Frank J Cheney senior partner of TM J Cheney & Co. promising to pay one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A W Gleason dated December 6 1886. Cure claims to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Sell by druggists 75 cents. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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County
Frank J. Cheney
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Hall
A. D
A. W. Gleason
I, Cheney & Co
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W. C. Wilcox
Philadelphia Inquirer
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W. M
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Lemmon’s Pharmacy
Dr. King
Lemmen
Amiginaa Deere
Eaail
Tongorua
Sprague Correspondence School OF Law
Masesie
Detanit
Mey
Munn & Co
Scientific American
All Newsdealers
Frank Rogers
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