Local Notes from Ottumwa and Nearby Communities
W M Terry attends a Southeastern Iowa association meeting in Ottumwa. Stella Cooper and son Calvin travel from Grey Iowa to Havre to visit relatives. A city well drilling project north of the networks aims for a depth of 235 feet. Free Catarrh treatments are advertised as a national trial of Shoop’s Remedy offered by Dr Shoop’s Medicine.
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Stella Cooper
Calvin
Grey
Iowa
Havre
Shoop
Racine
Wis
Dr. Shoop
J. H
The Giant's Stocking
A Cornwall tale tells of a tiny dame living atop a mountain with sheep and a friendly giant in a vast castle. Each year she fills two stockings for the giant and Gwenn the child, who grows close to both, while the dame guards her own plans. The giant mischievously seizes Gwenn, and the drama of love and risk unfolds as year passes.
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Cornwall
Gwenn and the New Year Giant in the Market Tale
In a busy market Gwenn visits a mysterious little dame who offers enchanted nuts and a ride in a red stocking. A giant later drags Gwenn from the stocking to his castle and threatens to eat her before the dame returns, saving her at the last moment and ensuring Gwenn’s safe home and tale to her descendants.
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Gwenn
Dame
English Boys Use Goose Assisted Pike Fishing
A Victorian era tale describes boys in parts of England using a live goose as the drag for pike fishing. The goose is attached to a fishing line with a hook or lure at its end. when a pike bites, the goose is jerked toward shore, sputtering as it pulls the line and captive along.
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England
This Little Pig Went to Market Rhyme in Child’s Play
A fragment describes a children's rhyme game with a Chinese mother teaching a chorus about this little cow. The text contrasts the maternal game across cultures and mentions beating the cow as part of the ritual.
Bryan to Head Dollar Dinner in Lincoln Nebraska
William J. Bryan will be the guest of honor at a dollar dinner in Lincoln Nebraska Wednesday evening. The senate will adjourn again on Thursday until the following Monday. The Nevada legislature will convene in extra session at Carson tomorrow to consider the labor troubles. The battleship fleet will remain at Rio de Janeiro for ten days. Clay county Missouri voted dry by a large majority. Burlington railway employes to be laid off across all departments. Vatican installs linotypes after electric lighting and heat gun apparatus. Charles Krall, a Cleveland High School graduate, has died by his own hand amid fears of insanity.
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William J. Bryan
Lincoln
Neb
Senate
Nevada
Carson
Rio de Janeiro
Clay County
Liberty
Excelsior Springs
Holdrege
Burlington Railway
Vatican
Charles Krall
Cleveland (O
Hyomei Promises Quick Cure for Catarrh
Catarrh described as widespread and germ based with Hyomei promoted as the direct treatment via inhalation. The ad claims Hyomei reaches nose throat and lungs to kill germs and heal tissues. Lemmon's Pharmacy guarantees refunds if Hyomei does not benefit the sufferer.
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Lemmon’s
Washington Iowa expands license rule for itinerant doctors
Ordinance amends Section 9 of Ordinance 15 1898 requiring licenses for transient physicians in Washington Iowa whether in hotels houses temporary offices or on streets. Licenses cost ten dollars per day or fraction thereof, with enforcement rules, repeal of conflicting ordinances and full force after publication. Signed January 13 1908 by Mayor J A Cunningham and City Clerk J Steck.
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City of
Washington
Iowa
I. J. A. Cunningham
J. A. Cunningham
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W. M. Terry
Ing
Southeastern Iowa Association
Ottumwa
Pera
Flonday, Xy
Sherman
Johnson
Leneedahibe
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
Attesty J. Steck
Bevery
Radfield Regulator CO
Atlanta
Paul
Geo. D. Sitzer
M. D
Washington, Iowa
S. E. Cor
Roberts Block
Mrs. Peterson
Ainsworth
PREY
Corner Square
Chas. Mount
Chicago
Academy
Graham
Farnk Baty
Denver
Colo
F. W
Lon Brindley
George Stewart
California
Golden State Limited
Rock Island
St. Louis
Kansas City
el Paso
Colorado
H. W. Russell
Rock Island Lines
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