Yankee Drummers Bring Laughter to Saturday Night Event
Local note lists activities at the opera house including a Saturday night show by the Yankee Drummers. Entries mention audience amusement and seat checks. Several short updates report travel or visits of Mrs. Louis Baird, M. Maxwell, O. J. Simons and daughter Rena, and Mrs. E. E. Kelley visiting relatives or returning home.
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O. J. Simons
Rena
Marengo
Winfield
E. E. Kelley
Washington
W. TI. Harris
East Sixth Street
Muscatine
Preventics Candy Cold Tablets Sell Quick
To check a cold quickly, get from your druggist some little Candy cold Tablets called Preventics. Druggists everywhere are now dispensing Preventics, for they are not only safe, but decidedly effective and prompt. Preventics contain no quinine, no laxative, nothing harsh nor sicken ing. Taken at the sneeze stage Preventics will prevent Pneumonia, Bronchitis, La Grippe, etc. Hence the same Preventics. Good for feverish children. 48 Preventics 25 cents. Trial Boxes 5 cts. Sold by J. H. Stewart.
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J. H. Stewart
Box Supper At Lincoln School House Draws Crowd
The Lincoln school house hosted a well attended box supper on Friday with oysters and peaches. A pumpkin seed guess game awarded Mrs. James Altic a gold band ring as the nearest guess. Volunteers including Mrs. Donaldson Neill Ralph Stewart Altic Fred Stewart Beal Brinning ran stands and sold snacks. Over sixteen dollars was raised with about half as clear profit. Proceeds fund a large Lincoln picture for the school rooms.
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Lincoln School House
James Altic
Mmes
Donaldson
Neill
Ralph Stewart
Altic
Fred Stewart
Beal
Brinning
Lincoln
Disturbed the Congregation Coughing in Church
A reader note requests the coughing offender from last Sunday to buy Foley's Honey and Tar remedy, sold by all druggists, as a humorous rebuke to the disturbance.
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Foley
Eleanor Francis Household Letter Shows Ready Kitchen Reserves
Mrs. Newlywed maintains a stock of ready to serve foods and preserved ingredients to handle last minute guests. She relies on reliable brands, uses soups beans and preserves, and creates sauces and dressings with Peerless and Eagle Condensed Milk. Her famous waffles use cream, eggs, and a lemony syrup, serving masculine guests with simple elegant dishes. Eleanor Francis. Watch for ad Wednesday night. 87-26 I. Rothschild & Co.
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Eagle
Irons
Public sale at farm near Washington on January 23 1908
A detailed public auction ad lists eleven horses including brood mares and roadsters, cattle with milch cows and calves, eighteen hogs with brood sows and shoats, a pure bred Chester White boar, farm equipment, hay and grain, pasture, and household items. Sale starts 10 a m with lunch by Pleasant Plains church. Terms: 12 months on sums over 10 dollars. cash under 10.
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Washington
Chester
Pleasant Plains
King of Throat and Lung Remedies Dr King’s New Dis mor
C O Eldridge of Em te Ga endorses Dr King’s New Discovery as the best cure for coughs colds croup and throat and lung troubles. He credits quick relief for his children’s croup and notes the product’s world wide renown. Sold at Stewart’s Pharmacy with 50c and 1.00 prices and a free trial bottle.
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Stewart’s Pharmacy
Death of Henry Fishburn at Marshalltown Soldiers Home
Word reached the city of the death of Henry Fishburn at the Soldiers' Home in Marshalltown. He died Tuesday the 14th, with no particulars yet known. Fishburn served in Company A of the 25th Iowa and was well remembered locally.
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Henry Fishburn
Marshalltown
Fishburn
Iowa
Court Bible Theft Spurs Crier Wit on Injustice
Town cynic complains of court house issues as Tom Simmonds, the town crier, claims the court Bible was stolen over a month ago and witnesses have been sworn on the town directory since.
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Tom Simmonds
Foley's Honey and Tar Not Affected by Pure Food Law
Special announcement states Foley's Honey and Tar is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug Law as it contains no opiates or harmful drugs and is recommended as a safe remedy for children and adults sold by all druggists.
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Foley
The Yankee Drummers Big Musical Debuts To Theaters
A new musical show titled The Yankee Drummers draws crowds and gains quick popularity. For tickets or inquiries call the listed numbers 777 or 54, with orders attended to promptly. Result noted as 80-71 for Frank McClean.
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Frank McClean
Washington Brick and Tile CO
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Proves Its Value
Mr. E. E. Chamberlain of Clintor Main says Bucklen's Arnica Salve does the business. He used it on piles and it cured them. It healed chapped hands and old sores without leaving a scar. 25 cents at Stewart's Pharmacy.
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E. E. Chamberlain
Clintor Main
Bucklen
Stewart’ Pharmacy
Prairie Flower school hosts Friday pie social
The Prairie Flower school literary society meets Friday at 8 PM north of the city, followed by a pie social. Iva Durst, teacher, extends a cordial invitation to all. Also notes Chambriain's Cough Remedy offered by Cook and Sherman.
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Literary Society
Prairie Flower School
Iva Durst
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Nuff
Dougherty Bros. Stor, Glothiers
Frank L. Wilson & Co. Best Shoe Repairing
I. Rothschild & Co
the Opera House
Louis Baird
Jeffersonville
Ind
Shermother
M. Maxwell
Crawfordsville
D. A. Chaemers
North Lo
Eleanor Francis
Journal
Dr. Shoop
Teeter & Lathrop, Auctioneers
Just
Indiana
W. A. Whiting
Soldiers
Torchon and
Valenciennes Lace
New York
J. A. Harwood
Sidi South
Pie Social
Cook
Sherman
Paul
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