Patrick Henry Oration Described With Fiery Imagery
A 1775 Richmond convention speech by Patrick Henry is vividly recalled with lines like Give me liberty or give me death and Is life so dear or peace so sweet. An observer notes Henry’s pale face and blazing eyes as his passion rises during the delivery. Fifty dollars in postage stamps and papers were stolen from Marengo post office and found in a nearby schoolhouse.
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Patrick Henry
St. John’s Church
Richmond
Henry
William Wirt
Lyndon Orr
Munsey
New Albany
Ind
Marengo
County News of the Day from Richmond OnDec 9
Joe Dann considers buying a new clover huller. Mrs Friese and children plan to move to Seattle with her son August. Miss Della Saur visited Iowa City Saturday. Farmers near here turned pigs into the corn field to husk it, praised as an excellent method.
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Joe Dann
Reverend Heubner Departs for Harmony Iowa Visit
Dec 9 reports the Rev. R. Heubner leaving for Harmony Iowa to visit his brother Lewis after delivering a farewell sermon the previous Sunday. The community expresses regret at his departure and notes uncertainties about his next move.
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R. Heubner
Harmony
Iowa
Lewis
Heubner
Bessie Taylor
Harry Payne
Washington
Emma Buxbaum
T. Henry
Muscatine
Mt. Pleasant
Ivan Rehmel
Ada Richardson
Kalona
Jane Richardson
Mary Meyer
Disch
Ascile Robertson’s
Near West Chester
F. F. Parrish
Edith Miller
Cedar Falls
H. F. Miller
Local notes and farm market updates from Wellman
Mrs. John Davidson and Cora Furham are at Wellman today. Wiedlem's sale drew a good crowd with fair prices. Geo Longwell and Steve Ansman delivered hogs to Wade and Huffman late this week. Friends and neighbors collected Edd Romine’s coin Friday in a kind act. Verne’s affliction has brought the Romines trouble. Chas Green and Grant Griffith shred fodder this week. Mrs Gordon took Alta to Iowa City for eye surgery Thursday with little hope of saving the eye.
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John Davidson
Cora Furham
Wellman
Wiedlem
Geo. Longwell
Steve Ansman
Wade & Huffman
Edd Romine
Romine
Verne
Chas. Green
Grant Griffith
Rural Route Three Social Notes and Visits
This item records local social news from Rural Route Three. Miss Lucy Waggoner studies dressmaking with Mrs. Scott in Washington while Arthur Durst and family visited Palmer Babcock. Mary Wolfe visits her brother Chas Wolfe for the week. Harvey and Seth Waggoner call on the Altice brothers, a Friday party at Ed Jacksons, shopping by Ed Bishop’s group, Earl Smith visiting Fred Bartholomew, and Mrs. Win Rickey’s Washington call along with Mrs. Ezra Smith attending a bazaar at the Methodist church.
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Lucy Waggoner
Washington
Ezra Smith
Methodist Church
Fisher and Hanna to Lead West Chester Presbyterian Services
The Rev. W. O. Fisher will assist the Rev. G. W. Hanna at the United Presbyterian church in West Chester next Sunday. William Walker returned to his Crawfordsville home last evening after a day in the city.
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W. O. Fisher
G. W. Hanna
United Presbyterian Church
West Chester
William Walker
Crawfordsville
City
Oddities of verbs and a quack cure ad pasted notes
A playful list notes how some words form different parts of speech and how verbs and tenses pair with nouns. The text shifts to an advertisement for Hall's Catarrh Cure claiming internal remedies cure catarrh, with testimonials, pricing, and a Toledo, Ohio supplier.
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Hall
F.j.cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Local Notes on Travel Visits and Christmas Guests
Local brief mentions J. C. Woolm and Jas. Dillinger traveling to Crawfordsville for business, Rev A. L. Graham passing through to Columbus Junction, Mrs O Jugenheimer visiting Havre relatives, Miss Katherine Parkinson from Palo Alto to stay in Washington for Christmas, Mrs Dwight Norton and Dorothy Latchem attending Emil Liebling recital at Penn College with praise for Latchem’s piano lessons.
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Dwight Norton
Dorothy Latchem
Oskaloosa
Emil Liebling
Penn College
Home as remedy and reform in Bluffton ad
A Bluffton Banner piece urges readers to return home for comfort show self control and improve family life. It adds a plug for Chamberlains Cough Remedy with a sales note listing Cook and Sherman as the sellers.
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Bluffton
Ind
Cook
Shermacy
Foley's photos and Preventics promotion in local notes
In brief items, Col D J Palmer leaves for Des Moines after a home visit. Hal Figgins and John Wenger with Mr Christner visit friends in the city. J D McLaughlin rode No 2 last night. Preventics cold tablets advertised as safe and effective with no quinine, laxative, or harsh effects. offered as a quick remedy for colds and feverish children. Sold by J Hy Stewart.
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Col
D. J. Palmer
Des Moines
J. Hy Stewart
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Frank L. Wilson & Go
Best Shoe Repairing
Dousherty Bros. Est
Sib Clothiers
Washington National Bank
Washington, Iowa
Grace Hill
Nira
Puck
Baltimore
Stuart & McCreedy South Post Office
New York
Everett
Opera
J. A. Harwood
C. S. Lemmon
Foley
Xmas
Hal Figgins
John Wenger
Mr. Christner
Wayland
J. D. McLaughlin
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