The Blessing of Motherhood
Propagates Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female weaknesses and infertility. Anecdotal testimonials from Mrs. A. B. Martinez of San Antonio Texas and Mrs. J. J. Stewart of Brooklyn New York praise improved health and motherhood after using the medicine. Confidential advice offered by Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
San Antonio
Texas
A. B. Martinez
S. Laredo St
Brooklyn
N.Y
Be on the safe side with vulcanized tire repair
An ad urges safe tire repair: vulcanized patches cost 35c for punctures and 50c+ for tube issues, claiming heat and friction loosen cold patches and can damage tubes. Steam curing is offered to prevent tire burning, with a promise to demonstrate the process.
The County News Happenings Across County Communities
The brief county round up covers social events and notable items from various towns. Residents share updates on gatherings, local milestones, and daily happenings across communities in the region.
Revered preacher returns to Wayland Circuit and Eureka talk
Rural Route notes Rev J W Carson is sent back to Wayland Circuit and will preach at Eureka on Sunday at 3 PM. Other items report local visits, school openings, and teaching assignments as 20 pupils enroll. Amos Truax heads to Washington for his daughter’s appendicitis operation. Walt Mason laments political rhetoric in a poetic essay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Carson
Wayland
Eureka
M. P. Darbyshire
E. R. van Nostrand
Herman Buntenbach
Kansas
Wm. Buntenbach
Henry Booth
Lester
Henry
Valparaiso
Ind
Lester Wagner
Fred Wagner
Maggie Cochran
Eulalia Merchant
Shiloh
Roy Wagoner
Wilbur Been Blossom
Amos Truax
Washington
Lulu
City Hospital
Dayton Grove News Highlights from September 1912
Local notes record visits and travel from Dayton Grove area residents. Mrs. Jesse Nicola visited Brighton with her parents. Mrs. Anna Bitting left for South Dakota to stay with her parents. Welling Watters went to Washington, and Jesse Nicola traveled there earlier in the week. Ola Watters returned from a two week visit, Lindsey of Adair Illinois looked after local business interests, Will Garrison of Smithfield NL returned after two weeks here. Ola Knotts and Mrs. Martin joined the WFM meeting. Harmon Coarkley and family visited Welling Watters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Nicola
Brighton
J. Hesseltine
Anna Bitting
South Dakota
Mr. Smith
Ola Watters
St. Glen Lindsey
Adair
Ill
Will Garrison
Smithfield
Ola Knotts
Martin
Harmon Coarkley
Welling Watters
Prairie Center Community Notes From Skunk River Fishing Trip
Prairie Center Iowa notes record Co A Ruebsam Frank Schneider and Bob Maxwell fishing on Skunk River near Grace Hill from Thursday to Saturday. Several locals travel to Illinois visit relatives. Frank Schneider builds cattle barn and remodels old barn into machine shed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Center
A. Ruebsam
Frank Schneider
Bob Maxwell
Skunk River
Grace Hill
Charley Hodges
Will Hotle
Freedie Burger
Hedrick
Local Notes From Haskins and Nearby
A collection of community items including crop progress with white corn, travels of Mrs I B Rabenold to Indiana, visits by Mr and Mrs T C Keil, J C Jones replacing the cashier at the bank, Lois Simons illness, Wm Beardsley and W H McCartney in Washington, Mrs A Twinam visiting Roy, Jake Moran’s telegram about his father’s death, Cr O Palmer painting his house, John Woodburn’s family welcoming a baby boy, Lott Birney at Eclipse Lumber yard, J C Mather’s hen house fire, Mrs Vern Gregory’s Texas return, locals attending the Cedar Rapids fair, and George Reames’s business call to Highland Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vern Gregory
Texas
John
D. C. Birney
Ralph Stafford
Cedar Rapids Fair
George Reames
Highland Center
Local Notes From Wellman and Nearby Towns
Sept 12 1912 residents share visits arrivals and moves. Mrs Katherine England spent a day in Williamsburg accompanied home by Miss Belle Hastings in Hastings new Overland car. Hastings plans to reside again with Mrs England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Aldinger
Muscatine
Viola Weidlein
Sanders
Lyman Stover
Jim Ryan
Cedar Rapids
Joseph Shrader
Geo. Trieschmann
Bevins
Olin
Morris Romine
Williamsburg
Local families share moves and visits across states
The article lists many residents and relatives changing places or visiting. Mrs. GC C Myers of Rest Kansas hosts relatives while Peter Gruber and wife visit Elizabeth town Pennsylvania. Mack Griffith plans a Texas stay after renting his farm to Wes Webster. Lloyd Shettler moves to Indiana. A J Nichols and wife travel to Chicago for shopping and business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GC. C. Myers
Rest
Kansas
Peter Gruber
Elizabethtown
Baker
Mack Griffith
Texas
Wes Webster
F. D. Cederburg
Ohio
Eardley Bell
Washington
Indiana
Lettie Oldaker
Williamsburg
Coffey
A. J. Nichols
Chicago
Susan Gardner
Lisbon
Arthur and
Howard G
Nebraska
Herbert Gardner
St. John’s
Social notes and visitors in Crawfordsville on September 14 1912
Miss Jane Davis and others visited Washington this morning while Wilbur Wolary returned home. Mrs Roy Stewart hosted a tech social hour, and eighteen ladies attended a shower for Miss Nina Moorehead at the Huston home with refreshments and a cake cut by Miss Moorehead. Bertha Anderson received the ring and a dishpan of gifts was presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Jane Davis
A. E. Mulhern
John Curtis
Hugh Davis
Fred Long
Calvin Cummings
Jennie Rice
P. L. Huber
Charles McCleary
Washington
Wilbur Wolary
New Bank
Roy Stewart
Tech
J. H. Huston
Lois Maxwell
Huston
Nina Moorehead
Miss Moorehead
Bertha Anderson
Washington graduates lead into high school from McKee
The city reports strong continuity from grammar to high school with all 50 McKee graduates enrolling as freshmen. The freshman class totals 80 students with 26 from outside the district and 5 held over from last year. Tuition pupils number 28. Seventeen of forty six first year Latin students failed to pass last semester, highlighting Latin and algebra as common hurdles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McKee
Germany's Fastest Trains and Their Distances
The Berlin Hanover Dortmund express travels 292.04 miles with three stops at 60.52 mph. The Oderberg Breslau Berlin express covers 216.90 miles with four stops at 14 mph. The Berlin Konigsberg express runs 366.61 miles with three stops at 49.70 mph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Berlin
Choose Between Gasoline or Limousine Car
A visitor asks Mrs Noorich if she has bought a new car and whether a limousine or gasoline car would smell worse. The exchange reflects a light stereotype of mid nineteenth century inquiry and consumer choice as noted in Harper's Weekly.
Cautious Stalking Required Dinner Scene Quirk
A bystander recounts a quirky diner moment where a waiter asks how the diner found the beef and the diner replies that shifting a potato revealed it. The anecdote captures a humorous misdirection in a casual restaurant setting.
Booster trips hold unseen value for Burlington merchants
Burlington businessmen debate booster trips arguing they yield not only potential new business but stronger ties among participants. While some dispute measurable gains, supporters insist such excursions blend work and pleasure, refresh routines, and offer essential networking that can pay off later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Uplift in Love of Nature and Home Environment
An Exchange letter argues that loving nature through cultivation of trees and plants uplifts people. It contrasts well kept grounds with neglected farmyards and outbuildings, suggesting environment shapes culture and refinement in the young.
Flowers Tell Dickens’s Fame Beside Poets Corner Floor
In Westminster Abbey a simple slab marks Charles Dickens’s grave in Poets Corner. Children lay fresh flowers daily, some with his The Old Curiosity Shop, expressing lasting public affection. Mr Shaw notes the quiet tribute speaks louder than monuments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Jd. Edwards
Charles Dickens
London
Westminster Abbey
William Shaw
London Illustrated Graphic
Shaw
Dickens
Mr. Shaw
Mr Shaw
E. J. Edwards
Street paving shifts from macadam to bituminous methods
Prof. Arthur H. Blanchard of Columbia reports a surge in bituminous pavement use from 1908 to 1911 with 8 states showing an eightfold increase in penetration method yardage and a rise in bituminous concrete surfaces. He notes a clear shift toward more permanent road surfaces and away from light oil surface treatments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur H. Blanchard
Columbia
Engineering News
Blanchard
Move for Civic Beauty Traces to 1853 Laurel Hill Village
In Stockbridge Massachusetts Mrs Mary G Hopkins began the Laurel Hill Village Improvement Association in 1853 to restore a neglected cemetery and church green. The effort tied the village’s refinement to figures such as Jonathan Edwards Nathaniel Hawthorne and James Russell Lowell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockbridge
Mass
Mary G. Hopkins
Laurel Hill
Jonathan Edwards
Nathaniel Hawthorne
James Russell
Preacher at Sunday School Anniversary Addresses Audience
A local preacher, addressing a Sunday school anniversary gathering, delivers an earnest appeal to the crowd's humor and memory. He notes his own childhood as a boy and girl to connect with attendees and emphasize the event's focus on youth.
Canada Considers Gold Coinage With Yukon Gold Supply
Finance Minister Fielding signals Canada will issue gold coins valued at 35 and 10 dollars in a new decimal-based system. Coins would be minted at the royal mint with Yukon gold and a Dawson purchasing agency may be established. The move reflects rising nationalism and increasing business activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Fielding
Royal Mint
Yukon
Dawson
Novelist Edgeworth Praised For Castle Rackrent
T P O Connor in T P s Weekly lauds Maria Edgeworth as a premier English novelist whose works shaped Sir Walter Scott s Waverley novels and notes Castle Rackrent as her best work and a valuable historical portrait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria Edgeworth
Sir Walter Scott
Castle Rackrent
T. P. O’ Connor
T. P.'s Weekly
London
Marking Keys for Fast Key Identification in Stables and Henhouses
Advice on tagging keys with wooden markers to distinguish locks on stable, shed, and henhouse doors. One notch for stable, two for henhouse, and so on, enabling quick identification by sight or touch, even in the dark.
Market Wrap: Chicago Prices Steady to Higher
Chicago market report for Sept 14 1912 shows estimated receipts 6500 with 6438 left from yesterday. Market prospects shade higher with light to heavy shipping grades quoted 8.45 to 9.00 for mixed and 7.95 to 8.90 for heavy, cattle 500 and sheep 2000 noted as prospects steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Second Report Hogs Chicago AL September 14 1912
Receipts today 6500 and yesterday 12013 8. Shipments 3346 yesterday. Estimated receipts tomorrow 28000. Market strong to 5 higher than Friday. Hogs bulk 8.40 to 9.05 light 8.40 to 9.05 mixed 8.15 to 9.00 heavy 7.95 to 8.90 rough heavy 7.95 to 8.15. Pigs 5.25 to 8.25. Cattle receipts 500 market slow and weak. Sheep receipts 2000 market steady. Close hogs steady to 5 lower than yesterday 8.85 to 8.80 bulk 8.40 to 8.95 light 8.40 to 8.95 mixed 8.15 to 8.95 heavy 7.95 to 8.80 rough heavy 7.95 to 8.15. Cattle weak sheep steady.
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Chicago
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