Local notices and ads mention sales and visits in Crawfordsville
Local and Personal notes list sales promotions at Bowman's, nickle plate ware on display, and the Fair. A string of visits includes Charles Cross from Plainfield staying with H. M. Shellabarger, Rev. W. Graham returning from Fox & Dewey shoes, and various ministers attending the Men and Religion convention. The New Eldorado Hotel advertises rooms at 1.25 daily, and Frey’s Studio promotes Ansec Film for winter scenes.
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Frey
Skating Rink Closed for Private Party Tonight
Local notices report the Skating Rink will close this evening for a private event. The column also lists multiple brief items: travel, shopping, and visits from residents in nearby towns, with mentions of cousins, relatives, and local sales at The Fair.
Fairy Azalea and the Witch’s Spectacles Tale
A father recounts a bedtime fable about Fairy Azalea who visits a witch and receives glasses that let her see through walls. The spectacles darken her outlook, changing her once bright view of fairyland and prompting a moral about perception and loss of cheer. The tale hints that such spectacles may drift into the real world, troubling children and adults alike.
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Jack
Daddy
Evelyn
Fairyland
Azalea
Washington National Bank Holds Annual Meeting
Brine stockholders of the Washington National Bank voted to increase the board from seven to nine. New directors chosen were H. M. Eicher and C. J. Wilson. A. H. Wallace was elected president and Wm. A. Cook vice president at yesterday’s 9 am directors’ meeting. The bank’s year’s business is reported fine. Directors listed: A. H. Wallace, Wm. A. Cook, Co. ¢. Conningham, Fr. L. Wilson, J. A. Harwood, J. A. Young, N. H. Wallace, H. M. Eicher, C. J. Wilson.
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H. M. Eicher
C. J. Wilson
A. H. Wallace
Wm. A. Cook
E. T. Wickham
Wm. A
Peculiarity of Typhoons and Strength Variation
Typhoons gain strength as they move north, causing southern West Indian storms to differ in power from northern ones. This feature makes West Indies hurricanes more dreaded than Pacific typhoons at this latitude.
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West Indian Islands
West Indies
New York Store Auction Sells Dry Goods At Half Price
Public sale of New York store dry goods today sees four bidders with two dropping out. Bids currently around 50 percent of the invoice value, leaving much stock unsold.
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New York
Same Old Story on the Bench Sparks Banter
A brief exchange on a newly placed bench reveals playful tension as a woman and man trade lines about past conversations with multiple girls, highlighting humor over a shared seating spot and novelty of the location.
Louis Dodge to visit New York raises etiquette doubt
Louis Dodge of the St. Louis Times plans a short visit to New York and confesses unease about proper conduct in a city of millions. A New York friend replies with a wry quip about hiding money, noting that New York makes such concealment unnecessary.
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Louis Dodge
St. Louis Times
New York
New York Telegraph
Closing Out Sale by H B McKoon and partners
A public sale Feb 18 1912 at the residence 9 miles NW of Washington, 3 miles east of Lexington, 1 mile north and 1 mile west of Prairie Flower church. Items include five horses, cattle, forty three hogs, farm machinery, grain, poultry, and odds and ends. Terms: cash under 10, 7 percent on larger sums. 10 months on larger notes. Lunch on grounds.
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Washington
Lexington
Prairie Flower Church
Deerin
Hayes
Deere Susky
Crib
Smiths Apron Saves Youth at Slippery Rock Creek
A Hillwood City dispatch reports Edward Majors, village blacksmith, saved Rex Cooper fourteen by throwing his leather apron to drowning bathers. Rex used the air under the apron as a buoy and reached shore, while his brother William twelve drowned after the struggle. The smith left his anvil and ran a quarter mile to help.
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Smith
Slippery Rock Creek
Hillwood City
Edward Majors
Rex Cooper
William
Six Farms at Auction in Harvey Iowa
Six farms in Clay township Marion county Iowa go to auction Tuesday January 16 1912 at 12 30 PM. Farms vary in size from 91 to 200 acres with improvements and leases expiring March 1 1913. Terms: 10 percent down, 15 percent March 1 1912, balance by first mortgage at 6 percent within three years. Auctioneers Heesch Carstens Tallmon. Clerk W G Maddy. Des Moines/N Davenport offices.
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Harvey
Iowa
Marion County
Clay Township
J. Bayless
N. Vanvieit
T. N. Harrington
A. L. Harvey
Hawkeye Portland Cement Co
Heesch
Thompson Hotel
Carstens & Tallmon
Davenport
W. G. Maddy
K. Noland
Des Moines
Laurier to Start Reciproc ity Row
Ottawa reports Parliament opens amid sharp politicking as Sir Wilfrid Laurier plans a campaign to counter the view that reciprocity is dead. The opposition vows to oppose Mr Borden’s plan for a permanent tariff commission and raise the British tariff from 33 1 3 percent toward 50 percent. The government will reverse U S advertising and focus on British channels to settle the West with English, Scottish and Irish settlers.
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Borden
Canada
A New Discovery in Meliorating RheumatismPowders
A sensational 1 eth century notice promotes Meritol Rice Powders as a boon to sufferers of rheumatism in all forms. The ad urges readers to ask those who have tried it and notes Lemmon's Pharmacy as the place to obtain it.
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Lemmon
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Karl Simpson
Bowman's
Will Chilcote
Oskaloosa
Charles Cross
Plainfield, Iowa
H. M. Shellabarger
New Eldorado Hotel
Warry Vliet
W. Graham
West Chester
U P
8. Dings
W. S. Harold
Keota
Swickard
Richland
J. F. H. Taylor
Cedar Township
J. CC. Currie
N. A. Swickard
Edwin J. Rice
Crawfordsville
Will Walker
Abe
A. M. Boor
Tacoma
C. F. Hoxworth
Minden
Nebr
S. K. Leacox
Lizzie Wilson
Ainsworth
City
Clark Stone
Salem
Oregon
W. Shanafelt
Brighton
Stone
Mr. Shanafelt
Fifth Iowa Infantry
Ralph Shannon
Sam Shannon
Pueblo Colo
Ralph
George H. Paul Orchard Co
R. D. Hughes
Cotter
W. H. Hughes
Fairus
George Welsh
Omaha
Nebraska
R. 8. Dix
H. A. Burrell
Norm
New Orleans
Panama
Central American
Cuba
Jamaica
Porto Rico
Bowman’s
D. Blankenhorn
Fairfield
H. T. Jackson
A. D. Acheson
Tee
By Ree
Frank L. Wilson
Kewanee, HL
A. W. Errett, Jr
the Fair
Ansco
J. T. Walker
Rock Island
Mr. Walker
Jack Harkaway
Harry McCall
Iowa Falls
Cordelia Pierce
J. W. Teeter
Lora Martin
Dubuque, Iowa
Joe McClure
Flora Stephens
Muscatine
Wilbur Wolary
William Salter
Bert Chapel
George Murphy
Burlington
W. A. Harper
T. W. Rickey
S. J. Cocklin
H. B. Gregory
Hubbard, Iowa
Mt. Union
J. A. Jones
Will KE. Jones
Chicago
L. E. Edmondson
5S. L. Ronaldson
East Main Street
Mr. Juzeler
Arden, Iowa
Dave Mée- Laughlin
Brne
Ton National Bank
Maine
Portugal
Mutual
Todd Stuart
H. B. McKoon
Frank Macon
R. KE. Dougherty
Rupidildly
Washincton IA
Ottawa
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
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