First Campaign Gun Draws Crowd To McGugin Lawn
A diverse audience of about three hundred gathered at Lisle McGugin's home for a unique opening campaign event featuring a phonograph with William Jennings Bryan recordings. Speakers included Capt. J. J. Kellogg and Col. W. B. Bell, with Democratic and Republican voices present. the gathering ended with unanimous praise for the host's idea and hospitality.
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Lisle McGugin
William Jennings Bryan
McGugin
J. J. Kellogg
Mr. Bryan
A. N. Alberson
Alex Miller
Col
W. B. Bell
Miller
Bryan Records
Clifford Thorne
Thorne
Mr. McGugin
Bryan
Alberson
Seven Year Old Girl Travels 160 Miles Homeward Alone
Little Alice Shehan of Butte Montana arrived just before yesterday at seven years old after a 160 mile journey to visit her aunt Mrs. Alice Wilson and her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. R. Stuart. She traveled by St Paul and says people along the line fed her candy and fruit and ensured a pleasant trip.
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Alice Shehan
Butte
Mont
Alice Wilson
R. Stuart
St. Paul
Accident Policy Holders Notice and Local Illness
North American Accident Policy Holders urged to settle September premiums. Jno Morton at 662 West J Wright is seriously ill in Davenport. Son in law of Mr and Mrs J H Lathrop, Wright recently underwent appendicitis surgery with a very complicated case, and a fatal outcome is feared. Wright visited the Lathrop home recently.
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North American
Jno. Morton
W. J. Wright
J. H. Lathrop
Davenport
Mr. Wright
Lathrop
Royal roast and chicken sale Saturday
Roast and chickens available at the Royal on Saturday for those seeking the best. Also Vienna offers 2b Devil's food, angel food and nut cake for Saturday.
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the Royal
Vienna
Opening a Book The Right Way to Bind
A Modern Bookbinding caution explains how to open a bound volume to protect its spine. It advises handling the back and front sections gently, opening alternating leaves to the center, repeating steps two or three times for best results. A careless reader once damaged a costly binding by forcing the center open.
How to Sweep a Room In Easy Steps
The guide instructs to clear the room, lift curtains, remove clothes and shoes, then sweep in sections with a broom directing effort to key points. Use a whisk brush to collect dust into a dustpan and a small whisk broom for under furniture or narrow spaces. If a rug exists, sweep it first then cover the broom with flannel to clean bare floor sections.
Ingenious home dairy keeps goods cold without ice
A woman describes a low cost dairy system using a water tub, wet canvas sacks, and wool strips to wick water and blow air through the damp fabric. The setup cools milk and butter without ice, preserves freshness, and mimics refrigerator cooling for households with ample water.
How to Wash Silk
Four avoidances soap heat rubbing and wringing. Use lukewarm water and a little dissolved soap or bran water for light soiling. Do not lump soap on silk. Swish gently, rinse in cold vinegar water, then press between dry cloths and iron through tissue paper.
How to Cure Sleeplessness
Sleeplessness is common in nervous temperaments and often caused by excess blood in the head. Natural remedies include whole-body friction with a brush or towel to move blood away from the head, followed by hot water soaks for hands and feet and a hot drink like milk or cocoa.
How to Make a Cheap Writing Table
Instructional note from Woman's Life on creating a cheap writing table from two boxes or four smaller boxes per side with a knee hole. Sand, size, stain, varnish for a decorative solid piece. Advises generous use of screws and careful drilling to ensure quality workmanship.
Heart to Heart Talks Warns of Alcohol and Drug Peril
An editorial cites a renowned actress's cry of despair from addiction to alcohol and drugs, urging women to resist drink and potions. It warns of social pressures, poverty, and abuse as drivers, stressing the universal danger and a fatal edge to delay.
Sheep Breeding and Pasture Tips from Farmers and Editors
Practical advice on dogs guarding flocks with a goat, choosing sires from strong lineages, honest breeding, and feeding ewes in milk with corn oats hay and turnips. Guidance on gradual weaning at barns, fresh hay, small corn rations, and excellent pasture uses like oats with rape and standing corn. Also notes weed use and fencing needs. A light item closes with a cartoon gag about cigars at church services.
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Northwestern Agriculturist
The Modern Way to Study Birds in a New York Hospital
A tale extols humane bird study called ornithology, urging kids to observe birds in the wild rather than shoot them. It highlights Miss Virginia Pope the bird doctor in New York who runs a bird hospital, cures sick birds, and once treated a sparrow with a broken leg helped by curious newsboys.
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Virginia Pope
New York
Miss Pope
New York City
Central Park
Airdome Opens Tonight at 7:30 With Opera House Dan Cupid
Airdome commences at 7 30 tonight. See the pictures at the airdome before attending Dan Cupid in the opera house. Mrs Ab Anderson was a passenger this morning for Monmouth, where he will visit relatives. She was accompanied by Louis Anderson, Tom's little boy.
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Vienna
the Royal
Airdome
Dan Cupid
Opera House
Ab Anderson
Monmouth
Louis Anderson
Tom
Local items and offers at Royal and Frey social
Horace Seeley of near Brighton visited the city today. Fresh oysters fish and celery advertised at the Royal, 21 fresh kisses and macaroons at the Vienna for Saturday. Remember the 10cm social at the Frey home this evening. 15 cent hams touted as best at the South Side Meat Market. Local notices and prices appear in this edition.
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Vienna
Frey
Horace Seeley
Brighton
South Side
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