Across Picturesque Illinois and Iowa and Western Railroads
A historical survey notes 1847 Chicago and Galena Railroad traffic reaching the Des Plaines river bank. It highlights North Western Road's folder with scenes from Cedar River Palisades to Tama and Honey Creek Lake, and college sites. The piece also comments on railroad expansion, state legislature sessions, and Nevada reminiscences about Mayor Hawthorne.
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Chicago and
Galena
Des Plaines River
Illinois and
Iowa
North Western Road
Chicago
Council Bluff
Cedar River Palisades
Cedar Rapids
Iowa River
Tama
Honey Creek Lake
Council Bluffs
Missouri Valley
North Western
Morrill Hall
Margaret Hall
Omaha
Chicago & North Western
Union Pacific
Pacific Coast
Woman sues dead man for breach of promise wins 6000
Iowa woman sues a deceased man for breach of promise and wins six thousand dollars while the estate is left with a small amount for housekeeping. The piece praises Anna Held and Booker T. Washington as examples of effort and character.
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Iowa
Booker T. Washington
Long Union of Two Elders Sparks Wise Words
A Marshalltown couple tied the knot recently in a match marked by age with the groom eighty five and the bride seventy years of worldly experience. The piece notes whisky as a common vice and predicts a future where wafers replace drink as favors. It warns that tomorrow holds unknown outcomes.
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Marshalltown
New Postal Cards To Feature McKinley Portrait
A new design will replace the decade old Jefferson face stamps. The change removes heavy lettering and places the United States coat of arms on the left to balance the right hand imagery. The McKinley portrait marks the first major update in years.
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Thomas Jefferson
McKinley
United States Coat of Arms
Mercy Hospital Improves Facilities and Grounds
Mercy Hospital undertakes major enhancements including thirty new patient rooms and a chapel relocation to the top floor. Plans explore opening nearby streets for easier access and grounds improvements, framed as a luxury for a building housing the sick.
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Mercy Hospital
Springtime musings on weather, health and society
A collection of vignettes from Prairie City News and related papers covers spring weather ideas about catching cold and contagion, a death by lemon essence, a Rhode Island gold medal plan for a new national anthem tune, a courtesy chair for Edward Hale, and notes on tennis, horticulture at the college, a Norfolk mystery, presidential childhood labor, and local shop trade quirks with Montgomery Ward and Sears Roebuck ties.
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Rhode Island State Society
America
Minister recalls odd wedding tale and counterfeit coin
A neighboring minister describes marriage ceremonies as his most startling duty and recounts a young man who gave counterfeit fifty cents to thank him for tying the knot and asked for twenty five cents change. The tale illustrates various ways people test generosity.
Amateur detective saves purse in roadside confession
An unnamed young man picks up a dropped purse from a car and pockets it. An elderly bystander warns him to return it or face exposure. The man deflects claiming the woman is his sister and the purse is returned to Elizabeth who thanks him.
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Elizabeth
Jim
Farewell functions mark Miss Jessie Williams departure
Dozens of Clover Club members and guests gathered for a send off to Miss Jessie Williams who is leaving for Chicago. Eva Cramer planned a planned regular session turned surprise with the Cockle Burrs present. A three course dinner was served by Mildred Maxwell Ruth Watts and Sophronia Cameron followed by music and late conversation.
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Jessie Williams
Clovers
Chicago
Clover Club
Eva Cramer
Cockle Burrs
Mildred Maxwell
Ruth Watts
Sophronia Cameron
Seasonal Quips Echo Spring Rituals in Neighboring Paper
A playful local column sketches springtime scenes from farms and townsfolk. It notes the end of winter and the return of chores and leisure, with indoor cleaning, sowing, and couplet humor about routines and rivalries in a lighthearted tone.
Cure Claim for Formaldehyde Inhaler Promises Relief
A letter from V. VanDorn of 2011 Avenue B Birmingham Alabama says after two days using Dr Geo Leiningers Formaldehyde Inhaler for catarrh he feels relief and believes continued use may cure. The item is offered at 50 cents with a guarantee by Coye's Pharmacy. 52 y
Kidney tablets claim cure for kidney disease
An ad touts Dr Geo Leininger formal dehyde Kidney Tablets as a cure, claiming they remove kidney disease germs from blood and prevent uric acid buildup. Available in 25 and 50 cent sizes, with free trial at Cave's Pharmacy. Swindler Geo Graham fabricates checks to defraud Webster City and Algona merchants.
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Geo. Leininger
Cave’s Pharmacy
Geo. Graham
Webster City
Algona
Moore Bros. & Felthorn
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Nevada
James Hawthorne
Chase & Sanborn
Hazlewood
Des Moines Bakery Co
IC Nudson
Beth Phnor
Anna
Hick
Newton
Edward Everett Hale
New York
Dr. Hale
Prarie City News
Prof. Woodcox
Douglass Street
A. Walkey
H. O. Price
John Craig
Frank Ely Rogers
Florence Ely
Evanston
Ill
United States
Empire
Montgomery Ward
Sears Roebuck & Co
Oreston Advertiser
Peoples Popular Grocery
Seal OF
Minnesota
Mystic
Jersey
Mutual
T. J. Miller& Son
C. Hamilton
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