Advertisements and humor from Algona shop listings
A collage of early 20th century ads and skits touts Dr Hale remedies Ayer s Sarsaparilla and Hale ointment Kemp s Balsam samples and Lotions Heart cure tabs tabules and early quack cures feature humorous dialogue about hats and bears Readers offered free samples and trial packages via mail for various tonics and tonics claims of curing coughs catarrh rheumatism and digestion with promotions from L A Sheetz and F W Dingley.
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Tabules Medicine Co
South Bend Ind
Linea
L A. Sheetz Drug Store
Cholera Reaches England From Hamburg Steamer Gemma
London reports confirm cholera has entered England via the steamer Gemma from Hamburg. Two aliens landing in Gravesend fell ill and died. authorities pledge stricter port inspections as health officials bar landings from infected ships. Other ships, including Laura and Columbia, face quarantine and altered routes amid travel advisories.
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London
England
Gemma
Gravesend
Hamburg
Laura
Lynn-Regis
Great Ouse
Lynn
Columbia
New York
Southampton
Flushing
Netherlands
Streets Deserted as Cholera Scourge Worsens at Hamburg
Aug 28 Hamburg reports 469 new cholera cages and 107 deaths. Mortality raises daily funerals to about 820 from 85. Streets deserted, excursions halted, theaters empty, and trade threatens to suspend. Wealthy flee to Rostock Luebeck Flensburg. Dissent over sanitary measures grows. Altona records 47 new cases and 19 deaths.
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Hamburg
Hamsara
Germany
Rostock
Luebeck
Flensberg
Hamburg Senate
Altona
The European Plague Threatens England Invasion By Cholera
Loxpon Aug 28 The cholera threat spreads toward London with panic possible in days. The northern waterfront is a potential infection line, with contagion at Kiel Hamburg Antwerp and Havre. The pestilence could travel 650 miles to strike into interior Western Europe. Dr Thorne of the sanitary division warns of difficulty keeping cholera out of London.
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England
Loxpon
Baecome
London
Kiel
Hamburg
Antwerp
Havre
Europe
Thorne
Local Government Board
Cholera Reaches Rotterdam and Middlesbrough Steamer
In Rotterdam a cholera case reached the city despite precautions, with a woman dying as authorities warned. In Middlesbrough a sailor on the steamship Gerona died after quarantine with further cases reported aboard, signaling spreading illness aboard the vessel.
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Loxpon
Gerona
Middlesborough
Absolute quarantine discussed to curb cholera import
Washington officials, amid fears of Asiatic cholera, consider absolute quarantine for ships from Europe. Secretary of State Foster and Treasury Assistant Spaulding met with Marine Hospital officials to weigh stringent measures, including barring vessels from ports with outbreaks and directing health officers at sea ports.
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United States
Indians Granted Citizenship To Vote In Oklahoma
Indian bureau and the attorney general rule that Indians who have taken lands in severalty are full fledged citizens with voting rights. Over 4,000 in Oklahoma will be eligible in forthcoming election, many are blanket Indians and may face language barriers at polls.
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Lund
Severalty
Gurarin
O. T
Indian Bureau
Attorney General
United States
Oklahoma
Latest Market Report From St Paul and Minneapolis
Market summary from St Paul Union Stock Yards and Minneapolis dated Aug 20 1802 and Aug 30 1892. Hog prices range about 4.09 to 5.08 per hundredweight while cattle show steady to higher values for prime and good steers and cows with calves and stockers noted. Sheep and lamb prices listed with receipts for hogs cattle calves and sheep. In Minneapolis wheat futures August and September quotes given with bid and close details and track prices for No 1 bard No 1 Northern and No 2 Northern.
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St. Paul Union
Sourn Sy
Paun
Uui
Minnespolin Gratia
Minneapolis
Wheat
Bard
Northern
Chicago Live Stock Prices and Receipts in 1883 Market
Chicago stock market notes show cattle steady hogs strong with heavy bids. Receipts list cattle 40 000 hogs 15 000 sheep moderate. Prices include corn oats wheat pork lard short ribs and greenbacks for September October and January terms. Municipal market figures reflect August 1883 open and closing bids.
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Chicago Gra
Chicaco
Aldge
Atic
Team Park
Woodville Michigan sinks danger signposts abandon town
Brief items report Woodville Michigan built over an abandoned mine facing submersion and probable abandonment. A woman Greenhawl of Mallon township left her child sleeping in a wagon to berry pick. returning, a lynx-like animal had devoured all but one foot of the child, risking the mother’s sanity. Other notes include Gladstone’s re election in Midlothian and Brazil’s Deodoro Da Fonseca death.
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Woodville
Mich
Greenhawl
Mallon Township
Gladstone
Midlothian
Uruguay
Paria
Deodoro da Fonseca
Republic of
Brazil
Russia
Rome
London Daily News
Vaughn
Walsh
MacDonnell
Ruspia
Yanoff
Pamirs
Zanzibar
Byron Paul
Kilamiok
Buffalo Switchmen Strike Declared Off at Burrato
The strike movement by Burrato switchmen, begun twelve days ago, is officially declared off by Me. Bweeney head of the switchmen's order. Former yard workers will be notified they can return if positions are available. Troops are withdrawing the Burrato railroad yards with state militia ordered to leave. some troops have already departed.
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New Egypt
N. J
Widman
Kreigerbund
Kansas City
Thomas Woodleigh
United States
Corfu
Greece
John X. Davidson
St. Paul
Morello
Sheepshead Bay
Eau Claire Mill
Pennsylvania
Harrison
Olympic Club
Fitzsimmons and
Hall
Keeley
Drink Cure Fame
London Lancet
George 8. Graham
Philadelphia
Iron Hall
Pensylvania
Bregg
J.D. Washburn
Switzerland
Havre
New York
Winnipeg Board of Trade
Grand Forks
Daniel W. Shea
Harvard University
University of Illinois
Fitg Simuions
Pugilist
New Zeland
J.J. Hill
Great Northern
Transcontinental Association
Atchison and Northern Pacific
American Bar Association
Baratoga
J. Randolph Tucker
Virginia
H. F. Stevens
Minnesota
Fred Pabst and Associates
Milwaukee
Wisconsin National Bank of Milwaukee
Berne
Chicago
Lizzie Borden
Fall River
Mass
Jamey
Wilson
Kaugas and Arkansas Valley Railroad
Nowata
I. T
Dalton Gang
Cme
Burrato
Bweeney
Burraro
N. Y
Sweeney mobbed at corner as union chief is assaulted
Grand Master Sweeney of the Switchmen's Brotherhood is attacked by Arthur Quinn a striking Nickel Plate switch man at Swann and Main streets. Quinn strikes head and face with a hammer blows. bystanders pull him off as the investigation of the labor dispute continues. Other notices report convicts ordered returned to Nashville and troops to leave Homestead, with dates August 26 and 27.
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Switchmen’s Brotherhood
Burraxo
N.Y
Sweeney
Switchmen's Union
Arthur Quinn
State Board of Arbitration
Swann
Main Streets
Quinn
Methodist Statistics The Church as 2 246 354 Communicants
Washington August 27 The census bureau issued a bulletin on the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States showing 102 annual conferences with 2,240,854 communicants including members and probationers. The church is represented in nearly every county north of the Mason Dixon line with 25,861 organizations and 22,144 church edifices seating 6,302,708. The reported valuation of church property is 396,723,408, excluding parsonages.
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Washieton
D. C
Census Bureau
Methodist Episcopal Church
United States
Mason and Dixon
Ttsr
Methodist Episcopalgy Church South
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A. P. Ordway & Co
Elon
Msar
Tutt
Kirks
Algona
Kemp
Papa
Gracie
Ayer
Cleveland
de Witt
Saleby
F. W. Dingley
de Vitts
Mirec
THE
Wegman Piano Co
Auburn
J. Lister
Glidden
Iowa
Bale
Hudson & Shadle
Rotterdam
Rorrervas
Ongyenne
Bar Association
Saratoga
J. Randolp Tucker
Edward Ottis Hinkley
Maryland
Francis Rowle
George A. Mercer
Savannah
Alfred Hemingway
Boston
Bradley G. Schley
Madison
Wis
Daniel Dougherty
Wood
Ephasps
Wash
Snohomish City
Brock Yanna
Nila P. Haugen
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Republican State Central Committee
T. J. Majors
J. G. Tate
Bellamy Storer
John A. Caldwell
Congress
Ohio
General Bidwell
Prohibition
Cincinnati
Nashville
Oliver Springs
Tracy City
Inman
Homestead
Hanniscrra
Methodist Statistics
Herald
Valparaiso
Straits of Magellan
Chilio Islands
Juan Fernandez
New London
Argentina
Foreign Office
Errazuriz
Peru
Supreme Lodge
Kangas City
Des Momngs
E. A. Ott
Elocution
Drake University
People's Party
Baventh
Decorah
Walter H. Butler
Democrats
New Hampton
Thomas P. Upgraff
Gresham
Walter Q. Gresham
Hir
National People’ Party
CoLtinawogo
Ont
Georgian
In . Yueht Sade Ju Harbor
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