Vacationing Fisher Folk Enjoy Fox Lake Fishing
Special to The Evening Journal from Himwood Island Fox Lake Wisconsin July 9 1908 vacationers describe relaxing fishing trip island cottages on Elmwood owned by Campbell and Wilcox. readers learn about catching perch roach rock bass pickerel and pike with trolling methods and spoons while noting the towns lakes schools and churches. The letter ends praising the rest and gratitude for a month of relaxation.
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Himwood Island
Fox Lake
Wisconsin
Evening Journal
Colorado
Iona
Elmwood Island
Campbell & Wilcox
Horicon
Golden Medical Discovery Promoted By Dr Pierce
The Golden Medical Discovery from Dr. R V Pierce claims blood purification and tonic support for stomach and liver issues with ingredients like Golden Seal Queen's root Bloodroot and Black Cherrybark. It warns against secret nostrums and urges requesting a free booklet and All Healing Salve through Buffalo New York.
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Doctor Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Bartholow
King
Scudder
Coe
Ellingwood
Golden Medical
Deadly Chautauqua Salute Warned by Physician
A physician urges curbing the Chautauqua salute handkerchief waving at public meetings. He argues coughing spittle and tubercular germs from handkerchiefs pose greater risk than spitting or tobacco smoke, urging health boards to end this practice for public safety.
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Boards of Health
Army unit sent to Fort Riley for annual camp duty
Company D of the 54th Infantry, 1. N. G., is ordered to Fort Riley Kansas for a regular camp. The trip will go via Omaha with Pullmans provided, two days travel each way. The unit, at fifty one enlisted men, aims to increase by seven or eight before the 18th. Colonel F. W. Bishop says the camp will be worthwhile for young men, offering military knowledge and a permanent camp rather than a hike from last year.
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54Th Infantry
54Th
Fort Riley
Kansas
United States
N. G
Omaha
F. W. Bishop
Barnum and Bailey Clown Army Delights Audiences
The show features an international troupe of clowns delivering new and funnier stunts. Public events are travestied, prominent figures impersonated, with short plays and pantomimes. The arena rings with laughter from start to finish, and the troupe is famed for top tier clowning and daring feats.
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Barnum and Bailey
Gleanings From World News and A Large Westward Buck
In Cuba the state telegraph offices were merged with the postal department. Londoners consume water yearly enough to fill a trench 2400 miles long and ten feet deep. Canada orders agents in Europe to discourage winter emigration. A Bristol teapot sent to Edmund Burke by Bristol factory founder sold in London for 2100. A 295 pound buck fleeing dogs was captured by trainmen after leaping onto a milk train platform at White Lake Station New York.
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Cuba
Postal Department
London
Europe
Edmund Burke
Bristol
White Lake Station
N. Y
Gyroscope Aids Torpedo Boat Amid Heavy Seas
A gyroscope was placed on a British torpedo boat at Tynemouth. The vessel, 11% beam and 116 feet long, faced 6 to 8 foot waves and 100 foot long swells with broadside rolling to a maximum of 15 degrees. Naval experts see gyros used in passenger boats soon.
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Tynemouth
England
How to Clean Matting and Linoleum
Instructions describe cleaning Japanese matting and linoleum using bran water. Boil two handfuls of bran in a gallon of water for twenty minutes, strain, and wipe the surface with a flannel cloth damp with bran water. Finish by drying with a dry cloth.
Watch Chain and Clock Charm Define a Youth’s Daily Turn
A fragment describes how small objects shaped a boy’s habits and cautions about undue influence. The watch chain and a nickel clock on the mantelframe serve as daily reminders, altering his sense of alert and judgment in small, lingering ways.
Bethlehem Knights Templar Park Event Names Six Iowa Officers
Dear Journal reports the forty-fifth session of the Iowa Knights Templar at Templar Park, Spirit Lake. The convention opened with Edward W. Wellington and Minnesota officers present, elections named Walton as grand commander and Alberson as deputy. A steamboat excursion visited Arnold's park and Okoboji lake, with tours to Des Moines Omaha Milwaukee and Manhattan beaches. A Japanese pavilion act closed the day, and installation of officers was planned for 9 AM followed by a noon session. Bethlehem commandery received praise for service and two official positions while Maud and the writer planned another week in the area.
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Spirit Lake
Iowa
Dear Journal
Templar Park
Grand Commandery
Knights Templar
Edward W. Wellington
United States
Minnesota
Charles W. Walton
Dubuque
Amos N. Alberson
John W. Edwards
Mr. Pleaaant
Gran Generalissimo
A. R. Molineux
Harry C. Lewis
Des Moines
F. B. Parker
Rock Rapids
Grand
Thomas H. Whitney
Atlantic
D. M. Brownlee
Sioux City
Grand Recorder
George W. Ball
Iowa City
Okoboji
Arnold’s Park
Milwaukee
Omaha
Manhattan
Terrace Park
Cornwall Point
Inn
J. M. Beck
Bryson House
Washington
Vera Alberson
Carrie Winter
Maud Morton
Louis Block
Davenport
Bethlehem Commandery
Maud
From Washington band concert to a street ice cream caper
A busload of Washington visitors attended a band concert Tuesday evening. Afterward, a few girls swindled a local country boy by taking his five dollar bill to pay thirty cents for ice cream, pocketing the change. The kidney health ad notes Foley's Kidney Remedy. Mrs Bush returns home from Keota after visiting Mrs Wright.
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Washington
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Fisher Folks
W. C. Fisher
FT. Riley
Ft. Riley, Kansas
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Science
J. H. Wacner Company
Fort Madison, Iowa
J. W. Morton
Officers
Ored
Dra
Bradfield Regulator CO
Atlanta
Windsor Grocery
Ainsworth Clipper
Foley
Lemmon
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
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