Des Moines Letter on Iowa House Insurance Bills and Schools
From Des Moines correspondents: passage of insurance bills limiting expenses and requiring annual apportionment and surplus accounting. four industrial and manual training high schools proposed with a one tenth mill tax. tipping and side graft bill advances. tax law revision commission debated. congressional district shifts, anti trust, and anti pass measures summarized. missionary report of W Arthur Noble notes large district and 300 mile walk.
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Des Moines
Yates
Jones
Legislative Insurance
House Ste
Titan
House
Anita
Aceu
Nis
Paw
Kinne
Ames College
Board of Trustees
House of Representatives
Tax Commission
John H. Jackson
State Tax Commission
Senate
W. Arthur Noble
Korea
Odd Deacon Schemes Oxcart Bargain And Slumping Rates
In Scituate Mars a deacon sold a worthless pair of oxen after claiming they were old and would not live long. The buyer was angered and vowed the deacon die if he could. Separate note lists Union Pacific one way colonist fares from Missouri River terminals to western cities with various $20 to $25 rates and seasonable through tourist cars. Also mentions after March 8 Democratic senators Newlands and Teller, terms expiring in 1909.
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Old Colony
Scituate
Mars
Union Pacific
Missouri River
Council Bluffs
Kansas City
Cagden
Salt Lake City
Butte
Ananconda
Helena
Spokane
Wenatchee
Wash
Everett
Fairhaven
Whatcom Vancouver
Victoria
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Seattle
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Astoria
Ashland
Roseburg
Eugene
Albany
Salem
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Diego
California
Oregon
Washington
Montana
Utah
Idaho
Pacific Coast
J. W. Turtle
W. Fifth St
Des Moines
Iowa
Newlands
Nevada
Teller
Colorado
Mississippi
Jihe
Ronsh
Wall's Catarrh Cure Ad Promises Cure and Reward
An early 20th century advertisement touts a one hundred dollar reward for an incurable catarrh and promotes Wall's Family Pills and Dr Cheney’s Catarrh Cure. It lists Toledo as the origin, claims internal use and direct mucous membrane application, and notes a 75 cent price per bottle. It invokes sworn testimonials and urges purchase through druggists.
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F.d. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Underaignel
F. J. Cheney
Inet
Bettev
Tla Fr
Watping
Kuynana Manven
Whalesals
Tatedo
Tiall
Wall
Pine 200 Years Old Tree Showcases Century Stand
A Pine on Charles 11 of Dunbarton’s New Hampshire farm was measured at 134 feet tall with a stump diameter of five feet four inches and at the 60 foot height the trunk was three feet in diameter. The rings indicate the tree is two hundred years old.
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Charles 11
Dunbarton, N. H
Three Boys Battle Eczema Improves After Treatment
Mrs. Kate Keim of New York reports her three children suffered eczema for five months with sores on the head and severe itching. After months at a dispensary, they used Cuticura Soap and Ointment and improved within weeks. by the time their heads healed no sores remained. Source dated November 1906.
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Kate Keim
West 28Th St
New York
Cold European Winters Across History
Records note the 1814 Thames frost and impassable Channel due to icebergs, with extreme cold marking the era. The 1708-1709 winter began early in October, and 1740 saw intense cold causing birds to perish.
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Thames
English
Dandelion and Sarsaparilla Kidney Tonic Promised Cure
An old remedy advises using Fluid Extract Dandelion Compound Karyon and Compound Byrap Sarsaparilla mixed in a bottle to force the kidneys to filter acids and poisons from the blood. It claims relief from backache, urinary trouble, and rheumatism, noting wealth can bring trouble.
Garfield Tea Health Pledge Promoted in Purity Law Ad
A vintage advertisement touts Garfield Tea as a herbal remedy for good health. It claims to purify the blood cleanse the system and make people well, asserting guarantee under a pure law and summarizing philosophy as sustain and abstain per Epictetus.
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Senna
California Fig Syrup Co
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C. G. Ames
House Committee On Appropriations
Jackson
McElrath
Harding
Woodbury County
Mercer
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Conner
Stillman
Senate Committee On Railroads
Moore
Linn County
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McMillen Kar & Wani
Minneapolis
Minn
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Grove. Vie
Europe
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le Ray
N.Y
Allceck
USA
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Prof
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Boston
Roosevelt
University of Berlin
Kaiser Frederick Museum
Greuze
Franz Hals
C. Doane
Epictetus
Lumbago
Sciatica
Upseat
ST. Jacobs Oil
Carters
Garters Evi Ver
Ss Citi
Alberta
Ain Rowund
Canada
J.T. P. Power
Glen' Avont
N. X
G. A. Park
Gen. Im
Indi Agt
Louisville & NashviLle R. RB. Co
Louisville, KY
Jeverpreens
Sristow Nursery CO
Cox
Mampton
Perfection Poultry
O. K
Geserthes Atk
Dwiggins Wire Fence CO
Anderson,nd
Beal & Hammond
Colville
Wasl
Thompson
Alabastine Company
Grand Rapids
Mich
Water Street
New York City
Cal
Londsnersland
New York,ny
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