Eureka Methodist church box supper program listed
The Eureka Methodist church youth group hosts a box supper at the Eureka School House on Friday evening December 12. The Eureka Literary Society presents a program with Lawrence Grosscup as emcee and acts by Miss Ethel Waters Miss Pearl Bunten Miss Katherine Snyder Miss Lou Johnson Bert Scofield and others. Also an advertisement for Dr Shoop's Restorative claims nerve health benefits with a free sample offer.
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Eureka Ethodist Church
Eureka School House
Eureka Terary Society
Lawrence Grosscup
Ethel Waters
Pearl Bunten
Davenport voters to decide on city government plan
Reports from Iowa describe a weak corn yield with government figures seen as overstated. The piece notes Iowa towns may not grow enough corn to meet local needs and rely on outside supplies.
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Chicago
Iowa
Davenport Votes on Commission Plan January 11 1908
Mayor Becker announced in open council the election date for Davenport voters. The proclamation names January 11 as the second Saturday in the month for the poll and notes primaries follow. petitions with 3020 Davenport voter names were filed with the city clerk for public inspection.
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Davenport
Commission
Becker
Mastodon Fossils Found Near Helena in Jawbone Canyon
Workmen along the Milwaukee roadbed near Helena uncovered large mastodon teeth and bones. The biggest tooth weighs over four pounds. Dr. Charles N. Reinig, an explorer of South American fossils, estimates the animal died over 20 000 years ago. Fossils suggest a prehistoric tropical climate in the region due to ancient earth tilt.
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Helena
Mont
Milwaukee
Charles N. Reinig
South America
Jawbone Canyon
Doctor Reinig
Boy Dies After Pony Ride Near Iowa City
Iowa City reports a tragedy as 10 year old James Stigling of Sharon Center is thrown from a skittish pony while returning home from church. He dies instantly from a broken neck. His father Marcus Stigling was previously killed by an accidental shotgun discharge.
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Iowa City
Iowa
James Stigling
Sharon Center
Marcus Stigling
Arrest in Youth Liquor Death Case Sparks Saloon Probe
Nordah Hollien and Jacob Honnegger were arrested in a South Dakota case charging liquor sold to 17 year old Dewitt Talmage Young who died of exposure after drinking. Warrant out for Gustave Honnegger. hearings set for Monday. ministerial association investigates. Coroner Countryman may hold inquest. States Attorney Van Slyke vows full prosecutions. Also a local healing case in Mound City praises Dr King’s New Discovery.
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South Dakota
Journal
Nordah Hoillien
Jacob Honnegger
Dewitt Talmage
Jack’’) Young
McPherson
Gustave Honnegger
Sioux Falls
Young
Hollien
Honnegger
Main Street
Nelson
Ministerial Association
van Slyke
Countryman
Mound City
E. D. Clapp
Stewart
Public sale of farm goods near Washington on December 17
Having sold my farm I will sell at public sale six miles northwest of Washington on the west Richmond Road starting at 10 o clock Tuesday December 17 the following property to wit Eight head of horses nine head of cattle one hundred and thirty head of hogs corn and hay machinery chickens and miscellaneous articles Terms a credit of 12 months on sums over 10 cash for 10 and under All notes to draw 7 percent interest from date Lunch served by the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of Plains church Auctioneer W S Green Clerk R E Dougherty
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Washington
Richmond Road
Wnt
Surrey
Plymouth Rock
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of Plains Church
Box Supper at Eureka School House Thursday
A box supper will be held Thursday evening the 12th at the Eureka school house south of the city. Proceeds go to an excellent purpose and a large attendance is desired. Everyone is invited.
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Eureka
Mills Seed Catalogue Highlights New Western Branch
The 1908 F. B. Mills seed catalogue introduces the western branch view at the site and notes the option to order from New York or Washington offices. It promotes an extensive seed line with special offers and prizes including a horse and buggy and a Shetland pony. A picture shows 9,354 letters received by March 18, 1907, illustrating mail order activity with Uncle Sam.
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F. B. Mills
Mills
The
Mills Co
Samuel
Market Quotations from Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago Board of Trade quotations show mixed grain and livestock prices with diverse bid ranges for wheat corn oats and fibers. Highlights include Dec wheat near .804% and May around 1.015% while live stock receipts in Buffalo and Chicago reflect steady cattle and lower hogs with various price brackets.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Park
Chaos
hiMea
Meale
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dee
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
East and West united in praise for Cooper medicine
A Chicago reader recounts how L. T. Cooper claims to diagnose stomach as the source of most illness and has gained wide praise in the east and west. August Wittmer of Chicago testifies he was nearly invalid for fourteen years until using Cooper medicine and feeling restored, with renewed energy and improved sleep. McElhinney Drug Co. promotes the remedy.
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L. T. Cooper
Chicago
St. Louis
Cooper
August Wittmer
Rockwell Court
McElhinney Drug Co
Kidney Cure Credited For Life Insurance Pass
James Donahue of New Britain Connecticut reports he used Foley's Kidney Cure after trials with kidney and diabetes treatments. He states after two bottles he improved and five bottles cured him, enabling a successful life insurance examination. The advertisement claims Foley's cures back ache and kidney and bladder troubles and is sold by all druggists.
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James Donahue
New Britain, Conn
Foley
Dora Grinstead Seams at 1121 EB Wash St
Mrs. Dora Grinstead advertises dress making and all kinds of sewing services at 1121 East Broadway Washington Street.
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Dora Grinstead
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Endorsed by Le Raysville Merchant
O. 8S. Woolever, a leading Le Raysville merchant, testifies that Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured his piles twenty years ago. The remedy is guaranteed for sores wounds burns or abrasions and sells for 25 cents at Stewart’s Pharmacy.
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Woolever
le Raysville
N. Y
Stewart’s
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