Hog market tops county prices as 106 hogs sold
John Babcock sold 106 hogs averaging 304 pounds for Bert Pierce at 7.0% price. It set the county record for hog prices. The hogs weighed more in Chicago than at home. Miss Laura Dupuis arrived from Keola yesterday morning. Miss Jeanette Jamison returned from a summer tour of England and the continent and moved to Washington Iowa to resume teaching.
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John Babcock
Bert Pierce
Chicago
Jeanette Jamison
England
Continent
Washington
Iowa
Burlington Evening Gazette
Mrs Daniel Rohrer Visited Keota For Family Time
Mrs Daniel Rohrer traveled to Keota yesterday morning to visit relatives and friends, sharing a social outing and time with local connections.
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Daniel Rohrer
Keota
Fragments of humor and aphorisms from a late 19th century page
A collage of light anecdotes and misers roaming columns. Notable items include a Chicago actor dinner prank with a two dollar bill, Elia Wheeler Wilcox verses, Corot rent tricks, St Peter parables, a lawyer’s tale of a mindy wife, a cautious neighbor’s observation, and social jests about marriage and manners. The piece blends satire, moralized quips, and anecdotal snippets from diverse callers.
God Almighty and the landlording warning tale
An Irish tenant who recently bought under the purchase act boasts to the agent that his landlord is now God Almighty and he has nothing to fear. The agent counters that even God Almighty evicted his first two tenants. A humorous reflection on landlords, cooks, and fate with a grim maritime anecdote about Gaston Laurent.
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Pat
God
Pride In Riches Quote From Jeremy Taylor
An old saying quotes Jeremy Taylor: pride in riches makes a fool. It notes that boasting about wealth and superiority over neighbors is foolish, as even those with gold are lesser than skilled miners in true value.
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Jeremy Taylor
A Noisy Process Ends in a Torn Chimney Rebuild
Mr. Fletcher, a plasterer and bricklayer, faced a dilapidated chimney on his one story cottage. Mrs. Fletcher urged repairs dozens of times as he procrastinated, saying he would mend it when he "set time." Finally a bright clear day prompted action as he prepared to tear down and rebuild the chimney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corot
Faubourg Poissonniere
John Vigors
Ifis
Chaos In Knowledge and the Task of Reading
Frederic Harrison argues that the first intellectual task of our era is to organize and systematize printed knowledge. He warns that without order the vast flood of ink will yield chaos and that reading without discernment leads to indifference to truth and value.
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Frederic Harrison
Black Bible Deception at Halifax Parish Vestry
In Halifax parish, verger Sagar enticed a bride into the vestry by claiming to show rare Black Bibles. He locked the door after the bride, promising the groom would pay later. The groom soon produced funds, freeing the bride.
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Sagar
Alifax
Danger Assured Hunting Banter on Long Island
A New Yorker invites an English hunter to a Long Island trip. The Briton jokes about lions and tigers, then says he enjoys danger. The New Yorker says he is the right man, recalling a past misfire when he shot his brother-in-law in the leg.
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Long Island
Harner
Local notes from Ainsworth and visits around town
Local brief mentions Oral Anderson and Oral Clapper traveling between trains, Rev. A. S. Smith returning from Ottumwa conference, Dr. H. B. Hamilton back in Ainsworth, and Mrs. R. A. Young and daughter from Crawfordsville planning to reside here. Also arrivals, departures, social visits, and ads for tailor made suits and flour promotion. George Stapp improving after injury near Cotter.
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H. B. Hamilton
Ainsworth
R. A. Young
Laura,Daverty
Crawfordsvile
J. C. Woolm
George Young
Albert Batterson
Wyman
E. Anderson
Mt. Grove
Local travelers and a college move noted in brief
M Y Wallace was a passenger for Roscoe last evening. John Steen and wife returned from a Burlington trip. Fred L. Stewart traveled to Columbus Junction on business. Mrs H A Wagner of Omaha visited Ainsworth. Miss Margaret Brooks left for Pella to attend college. Robt McConnaughy and his son Howard went to Linton for a Covenanter church meeting. Prospect 74 36.
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John Steen
Burlington
Fred L. Stewart
Columbus Junction
H. A. Wagner
Omaha
Ainsworth
A. E. Spalding
Margaret Brooks
Pella
Robt. McConnaughy
Howard
Linton
Iowa
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FOX & Dewey’s
Studebaker
Mason Transfer & Storage CO
Iowa Gas and Electric Company
Laura Dupuis
Keola
Cardui
M. A. St. Clair
Eskdale
W. Va
Cardus
The
Heaven
Elia Wheeler Wilcox
St. Peter
Rothin
Chester
West Virginia
George
Husbad
Amif
Kansas City Independent
Lever
Archbishop
Charles Lever
Whately
Dublin
Amon
Prelite
Graces
Gaston Laurent
Paillard's
Gaston
South Seas
Fox & Dewey
Oral Anderson
Oral Clapper
St. Louis
A. S. Smith
Ottumwa
Agnes
Martha Swift
Tama
Dougherty Bros
W. H. Stotts
Pittsburg
Kan
Stewart Home
W. A. Cook
W. A. Whiting’s
George Stapp
Mr. Stapp
Cotter
Popham
Williams Mfg. CO
Cleveland
McElhinney Drug Co
M. Y. Wallace
Roscoe
Dougherty
Haes An
Arkansas
Lombardo
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