Alex Miller addresses Rotary and Community Clubs yesterday
Random notes report Alex Miller spoke to the Rotary and Community Clubs in El Dora yesterday. Other items mention Wickey Battery on page 6 and social notices about Mrs. M. P. Work returning from Kansas City and Mrs. John Tollaanar visiting Sigourney after a Ditmer visit. A Parisian Sage hair ad praises Miss Taylor.
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Miss Taylor
Lemmon
Adyt
John Tollaanar
Sigourney
C. H. Ditmer
Local notes from Havre tripers and visitors headline
Mrs. Lewis Smith visits Havre to see her daughter while grandson Mervin Shuman accompanies. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Minick journey eastward through New York City Pittsburg Washington D C and return via St Louis and Kansas City in about three weeks. Presbyterian ladies plan rummage sale October 8 in former Orr grocery building. Chicago Novelty Co. touring from Columbus Junction to Crawfordsville. Miss Edith Gaylord arrival to attend missionary convention. For pump repairs contact FE P Foss.
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Henry Minick
New York City
Pittsburg
Washington, D. C
St. Louis
Kansas City
Local Store Promises Confidence in Quality Goods
An advertisement boasting 17 years in business touts confidence in the store’s services and claims of durable garments. It promotes suits and coats at various prices, jokes about a proposed law on garment longevity, and adds light anecdotes about customers and a canary, inviting readers to visit after school and meet friends.
New Shawls at The New York Store Attract Bargain Prices
Mrs George Dowell and daughter Dorothy visited Davenport for a day trip while Miss Mary Rush from Colfax arrived to attend a missionary convention and stay with sister Mrs Walter Jennings. Peonies for sale in nine varieties with planting time suggested. Roy Jackson traveled to Muscatine for business.
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George Dowell
Dorothy
Davenport
Mary Rush
Colfax
Walter Jennings
North Second Avenue
Friday and Saturday Special at Iowa Avenue
Readable fragments show a Friday and Saturday sale or event at Iowa Avenue. Details are sparse but the notice emphasizes a special item or discount tied to those days and location.
Years Ago Today Cold Remedy Call Listing
The item notes a wave of calls for Merholattia Musterole Vick s Salve Nyal Laxacold Bruo Quinine and other cited cold remedies as popular choices during the period.
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Merholattia
Musterole
Vick’s Salve
Local Visitors and Trade Notes in Community Ledger
J A Crawford of La Porte City Iowa visits his brother and relatives here formerly worked in the laundry trade now farms near La Porte City. Potatoes offered at 1 50 per bushel delivered by City Feed yard Lyle Oldfield and Frank Wilson visit for Paul hog sale. Auto repair 2 50 per hour Ford overhaul 20 00 plus parts Curtis and Loveleit at Studebaker Garage. Art Romine and wife from Keota attend the hog sale. Teaspoon sets offered cheap from Stephen Jeweler 2 50 to 4 00 a set Albert Paul and wife from Lexington on town business.
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J.A. Crawford
la Porte City
Iowa
J. A. Crawford
Lyle Oldfield
Frank Wilson
Lexington
Paul
Ford Motor
Curtis & Loveleit
Studebaker
Car Strayed and Local Notices Highlight Town Pages
A mix of local notices and small ads noting a misrouted car of potatoes to Fairfield, a Hyomei product refund policy at Lemmon's Pharmacy, and various community items. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Wayne McClure, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Kellogg, Mrs. J. L. Slattery, Mrs. L. S. Patterson, and Mrs. Glenn Laffer with events in Crawfordsville, St. Louis, Fort Dodge, and Columbus Junction. Community sales, rummage and bake events are announced with locations near the post office and square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Kellogg
Kellogg
J. L. Slattery
St. Louis
W. L. Slattery
Local residents attend teachers' institute and visit relative
Dorothy Sands of Ainsworth attends a teachers' institute this week and visits her uncle G. C. Ebner. The New York Store advertises twenty children coats in sizes 6 to 12 years priced four to six dollars as remarkable bargains, with current styles and quality worth eight to ten dollars. A battery with a three year guarantee is advertised on page 6.
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Dorothy Sands
Ainsworth
Teachers’ Institute
G. C. Ebner
New York
Railway Men Ask to Strike in Chicago Area
Formal requests to strike were received from locals of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, as stated by W. C. Lee and James Murdock. A sample letter urged permission to walk out to leave service rather than accept the pay rate set by the Railroad Labor Board in decision No. 147.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Railway
W. CG. Lee
James Murdock
Lee
United States Railroad Labor Board
Swing breaks injuring eight at Brockton air grounds
A swing built to simulate an airplane flight collapsed at the Brockton air grounds sending 12 cars with 20 people into the crowd. Several child passengers were severely injured while about a score of others suffered less serious injuries among bystanders and riders.
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Brockton
Mass
Burke's Idea of Statesman Standard
A quotation from Edmund Burke defines a statesman as one who preserves and improves, arguing that a balance of steady tradition and progressive capability marks true leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burke
Statesman
Edmund Burke
France and Scotland Allied Through History
The text notes a long alliance between France and Scotland from the early 1300s to James VI. It highlights French influence on Scotch vocabulary as a consequence of this alliance.
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James VI
France
Scotland
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Albery A
Sidney A. Franklin
Sylvia Breamer
Richard Dix
Harold Lloyd
W. L. Dalton
Stuart Taxi
Alex Miller
Eldora
Rotary
Wickey Battery
Presbyterian
Routh Side Square
Mrs. M. PD
Marinella Beauty Parlor
Shampoolng
Marceleang
Mrs
Chas. Denison
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Tennessee
John Shields & Sons
Franklin County
Farmers Co- Operative Exchange
Iowa Avenue
Orr Grocery
Chicago Novelty Company
Columbus Junction
Crawfordsville
Worley
Chas, Atkins
Billy
Muscatine
Mark Pratt
Ellen Pratt
Edith Gaylord
Foo Chow
China
FE. P. Foss
Red
Aditorials
Corinne
Dakota
Yair
Rothschild’s
A. J. Waldschmidt
E Roy Jackson
J. A. Marsh
McCarty
Fairfield
McElhinney Drug Co. S
Art Romine
Keota
Mr. Romine
Stephen
Albert Paul
Farmers Co-operative Exchange
Advi
Wayne McClure
South Side Square
L. S. Patterson
Fort Dodge
Glenn Laffer
St. James Ladies
Ralph Moothart
Des Moines
Pace
8S. J. Lewis
M. EK. Fisher
Geo. B. French
Brunswick People
MSE
Hee
al St. John
Mrs. G
Brockton Fair Grounds
Barker
O. K
Eppel
White Way
Sanders & Skipton
Dailey’s Taxi
Local and Country Service
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