Fox and Dewey's No 1 firm noted in town column
Local notices list arrivals and departures in the city with several visitors from Ainsworth Crawfordsville Newton Monmouth and Des Moines. It mentions Fox and Dewey's prospect for calling on shipments and social calls at homes. A punchline joke about a lumber heiress and a Fisherman's Optimism poem follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox & Dewey
N.S
Dougherty Bros
Eva Reese
Riverside
New Ironing Board
Jas. Gazeman
Iowa City
M. L. Miller
Ainsworth
Nellie Wilson
W. Stewart
Frances Minick
G. D. Rogers
Toledo
Ohio
Toss-up Quotes About Plans and Marital Insight
The Boston Transcript records a playful exchange where Hicks claims his wife never says I told you so while plans fail, and Wicks notes she is a treasure, with Hicks retorting she merely remarks Didn’t I say so.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hicks
Wicks
Jove
Boston Transcript
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed By Women
Noah Kentucky resident Mrs Lizzie Holland testifies to relief from headaches and nervous issues after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound during the Change of Life. The ad promotes the remedy for female ills including inflammation ulceration backache and irregularities and offers free confidential advice from Mrs. Arknes in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lizzie Holland
Noah, Ky
The Tribe of Insect Fiddlers and Locust Dread
An article detailing how cicadas crickets katydids and grasshoppers create music by wing and leg rubbing. It notes ear placement on different insects and describes the migratory locust feared since biblical times, a dull brown species about an inch and a half long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egay
Emperor William the Ostrich At Cawston Farm
At the Cawston ostrich farm in South Pasadena California a veteran bird named Emperor William eats oranges thrown to him. He catches and swallows them whole sometimes gulping a dozen at once and has eaten thirty five to forty in a row. Despite the feast he remains in good health at twenty three years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cawston
An Old Person of Bree Waters the Deep
An elderly figure visits the sea depths to nurse small fish and wash dishes then returns to Bree, a playful verse set in a coastal locale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bree
A Bottle Trick Remark At the Gathering
A playful remark explains how to remove vinegar from a bottle without a corkscrew by pushing the cork into the bottle. The solution demonstrates a simple cork manipulation to avoid breaking the bottle or making a hole.
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Washington
Frey
Studio OF
Chamerlain
Glynne Rowan
Lena Maxwell
Crawfordsville
Ear! Lewis
Oskaloosa
C. J. Fulton
Fairfield
Henry Stichter
Floyd Timmons
Schulty
Miss Hazel
Lexington
City
Kate Girard
Roy
Olivet
Kan
Harry Girard
Raymond Alberson
Des Moines
Alberson and Hellogg
Margaret Morrow
Kr. A. Burnell
Louise
Newton
Will
J. A. Cunningham
Mrs
Neal McClanahan
Monmouth
Howard Hamilton
Pearl
Eva Gardner
Chas. Anderson
H. C. Hull
D. D. Reed
Galesburg, Lr
Lowell
Powell
Hlowell
New York Press
Louisville Courier-Journal
Gibson
Deering
Hasin Transfer & Storage
COMPA
Surrey
Wooley Bros
Iowa
J. J. McKeone
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