Flower pictures offered with postage and coffee wrappers
Fragmentary notice describes flower pictures offered to buyers with a 2 cent postage requirement. It mentions Roasted Coffee wrappers and a semi postpaid receipt value of 2 cents, plus a reference to Niches bi size and unclear posting terms. The item appears as a small promotional or sales offer in a damaged text.
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Arbwckles
Express
Tay
Barber Swing Strop
Bene Poste
Relief in Six Hours from Kidney and Bladder Disease
Distressing kidney and bladder dis ease relieved in six hours by New Gear American Kidney Cure. Promises prompt relief, stops water retention, claims efficacy for men and women. Sold by L. A. Sheetz, druggist, Algona, Iowa. Also advertises Chautauqua Lake excursions and English Spavin Ligament for horses.
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L. A. Sheetz
Algona
Lowa
Algona Residence Lots For Sale in Early Advert
Listings offer various sized residential lots in Algona with sidewalk shade trees and fruit trees already planted, framed as low prices and easy terms for soon builders. Includes poor legible notes on lot dimensions and local conditions dated April 4, 1898 and mixed stray ad text.
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Algona
Through Cars to California and Train Tickets
Travel note outlines itineraries to California on the North Western Line with weekly departures and guidance on sleeping car reservations and agent contacts. Also includes health claims for Dyspepsia Cure and DeVitv's Witch Hazel products with cautions on counterfeits.
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California
Chichgon & North-Western R’y
Kipling's New View Changes Opinion of Americans
A close associate says Rudyard Kipling, after illness and bereavement, has shifted to a warmer view of Americans. Once harsh toward Americans, his convalescence in New Jersey and Long Island softened his stance as he observed kindness from friends and attendants, especially after the loss of his daughter Josephine.
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Rudyard Kipling
Kipling
América
New York
Kkipling
New Jersey
Long Island
Josephine
Gold And Silver Production Estimate For 1898 Released
Thireetor of the Aint Roberts announces final production estimates for gold and silver in the United States for the calendar year 1898. The report details totals by metal and notes adjustments from prior forecasts.
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United States
Thireetor
Aint Roberts
Man Attends His Own Funeral Sermon in Church
B W Bovey of Benton Harbor Michigan, an epileptic man long believed near death, attended his own funeral service in a Baptist church. He listened intently, hummed the hymn Bung, and, after the service, walked home. The minister preached the funeral he had selected for Bovey, basing it on the text I have fought a good fight I have finished my course.
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B. W. Bovey
Benton Harbor
Mich
Bovey
Aummnous
Relinquishment Entry Questioned in General Land Office
A fragmented report from the General Land Office discusses a homestead relinquishment entry involving a descendant and administrator duties. The case questions whether the relinquishment was authorized by a local court and reflects legal procedural concerns amid unclear text.
Mexico to settle border bonds and push rail rebuild
The Mexican government announces settling border bonds and finalizing the National Tetiuonte Railway contract to rebuild the line, with two new Pacific ports at Zahina Cruz and Contéval. The project, costing millions, aims to boost international freight and trade, with English companies forming in Mexico City and new steamship ties bought by London creditors.
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Tetiuonte Failway
Pearsot & Saris
Zahina Cruz
Bt Pacific
Contéval+ eds
Mexico
London
Senor Ramon
Minister of Public Works
Prent
Monterey
Lampaseas
Patrick Milthos
Monclova
Combina
Eugene Kelley
New York
Improved Sanitation at the White House Under Reconstruction
Col. Bingham, superintendent of public buildings and grounds, has begun extensive modifications to the White House water and sewerage systems. He argues long standing malarial issues attributed to an obsolete sewer network stem from abandoned cesspools and leaks. Modern plumbing aims to replace old pipes and improve flushing to eliminate sewer gas and health concerns.
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Col. Bingham
White House
United States
May Leave the Army Gen Leonard Wood Expected to Resign
A Washington special to the New York Tribune reports that Gen Leonard Wood is likely to resign from the army rather than return to San Diego. He has received invites to manage a New Zealand concern at twenty five thousand dollars annually and has been courted by Boston and New York firms. Officials doubt the San company and other outfits will press him further.
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Chautauqua Lake
Chautauqua
van Boren St
Adaing
Chicargo
New York ‘Tribune
Washington
Leonard Wood
Sansiago
Santiago
Boston
Zeland
New York
York
National Capital
Largest Wherrie Resumes Toma Ay Adventure
A historical section highlights a vessel described as the largest wherrie in the era. It recalls its size and prominence in river trade, noting measurements and its impact on local shipping.
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