World’s Fair travel notes and 1893 promotions
A collage of travel tips and promotional notes for the 1893 World’s Fair. Includes railway fare details, excursion tickets, and routing via the Central railroad with reduced rates to Chicago, plus guidance on packing, lodging, and reaching the fairgrounds. Mentions Rural District Nursing in Tingland and various local curiosities and ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Chicago
Gro
H. Harrop
G. Pla
Tingland
Rural District Nursing Association
Helowa Couiedt Railway
Bave Noow
Oh AM Bolind Art
Yan Miu Town Title
SL W. Ra
Pickering Ad C. M
St. P. Ry
Gehanell
Quoi L Wo
Diekola
Kor
Town Central Railway
Timely Central Railroad
Ackley
Sioux City
Tenois Central Main Line
Webster City
Cideano
New Central Station
12Th St. Gind Park Row
Niestreet
Ada Rome
TEL Heat
Dying quotes and odd notices from a historical page
A collage of famous deathbed quotes attributed to historical figures mixed with a Pekin poodle birth report and brief career musings. The fragmentary text pairs celebrities like Mozart, Columbus, Franklin, and Cromwell with sensational lines and a note on a lone Pekin poodle delivering four puppies in the United States, plus short remarks on careers and tasks from unnamed influencers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owinekows
Rossenn
Tere
Cieere
Louis XIV
Misabeaa
Anne Boleyn
Mozart
Marco Bozzarts
John Adams
Nelson
Walter Scott
Heth
Raleigh
Franklin
James
Winfield. Scott
Cromwell
Goethe
Philip Sidney
Christopher Columbus
China
Philadelphia
United States
Shel
World’s Fair Hotel Promises Modern Fireproof Comfort
Wealthy Chicago investors remodel and furnish the Great Western Hotel at Franklin and Jackson to offer 600 rooms with parlor spaces, elevators, electric lights, and modern amenities near the World’s Fair sites. Rooms advertised at $1 per day with meals and restaurant services, aiming to attract fairgoers and avoid boarding house conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Boddlaros
Chicago
Gene Vemen
Dashhng
Comarof Franklin
Jack+ hon
Howison
Contentiel
Great Western Hotel
Mand Stevita
Plilivan
Blaya
Coastsy
Prague
Wester
Train porter dismissed after gentlemanly rebuke on Texas line
A Richardson Texas town Pullman car incident ends with a railway captain ejecting a rude porter who mistreated two modest ladies. The train stops, the porter walks fifteen miles to Dallas, and the captain enforces politeness as a lesson. Also notes on Liver and kidney health remedy and a long digression about the kraken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pssstaun
Richardson
Jord
Lane Station
Bald Prairie
Dallas
Capt. F
Kixchange
Will Raths Postoffice and bank heat record observations
An 1891 weather roundup notes extreme heat across the United States with many places recording 105 degrees in the shade and Europe marking 90 to 101 degrees. London experiences the hottest season in twenty two years while Paris reports no comparable prior record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
England
Asia
London
Paris Observatory
Bargains in land across Iowa and Dakota areas
New land sale alert offers cheap prices on Osceola Lyon Sioux counties in Iowa and Faycock County. Customers urged to act before summer delays. Includes a promotional trip to Dakota with all expenses paid for twenty dollars via the B C Road line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Lyon
Sioux
Towa
Faycock County
Hout Dakota
B.C. Rd N. Ry
Bargain Land Listings Offer Farmland for Sale and Trade
A long ad listing hundreds of acres for sale in Iowa and surrounding areas. Prospective buyers can trade stock of groceries or general merchandise for land near Watertown and Mitchell, with terms at seven percent. Numerous tracts from 40 to 400 acres feature rich soil, tillable land, and varying prices from the low thousands to over ten dollars an acre in eastern Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heyes
Watertown
Dakota
Clark Co
Graetenger
Palo Alto County
Jim River
Mitchell
Jim River Valley
Davison County
Mt. Vernon
Minnesota
Cedar Rapids
Lyon
Iowa
Beggs Family Medicines Cherry Cough Syrup Promoted
Beggs Cherry Cough Syrup claimed to cure coughs and colds, relieve irritation, and offer quicker permanent care than others. Sold and warranted by G. FF. Ptan der, the druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Pfander
G. FF. Ptander
Mantidies rent and routine national critique after year
A garbled OCR fragment hints at a national routine event and financial terms involving a group identified as Mantidies or similar. The text mentions a yearly assessment or payment, a cost line labeled rent, and references to a national or organizational backer. Details are unclear due to corrupted wording.
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the Ackley World
Evita Y
Ot Ormoameter
Anil
California
United States Army
Salvation Army
Tr Tengal
India
Ishaul
Stelena
Napoleon
Wim
Brooklyn
Parmer Peastraw
Parmer Oatenke
Farmer Peastrow
Washington Star
Dr. Schott
Germany
Ife
Luigherhan
John Randolph
Esculapina
Lively Hood
Michael Angelo
Christ
Horace Mann
Sam
Sid
Grattan
Tam
Dandelaus
Pontoppidan
Copentingen Royal Academy
Tague
Fcale
Maxas
CY Bakery
I. Birchard
Je Foun
Lowa
Will Raths
West
Detroit News
Terete May Brothers
Rochester
New York
Minneapolis and
ST. Paul
Kansas City
ST. Louis
Montana
Manitoba
Wyoming
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
Northwest
Kansas
Colorado
Arizona
Old
New Mexico
Arkansas
Texas
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Georgia
Florida
Peoria
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
A.F, Ganke
P. Barry
Marshalltown
Real Estate Exchange
Northwestern Iowa
South Dakota
Clark, South Dakota
M. C. Keenan
Pehalse Fence Co
Dekalb, Ti
The
Cosmopolitian Magazine
Agkmiey
Illinois Central RR
Park Row
Lake Pron
Lake Street
Begus
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