Mr Jones shares cure for rheumatism with Pink Pills
Mr William Jones of Oxford Michigan narrates a three year struggle with rheumatism that worsened after an February 1991 exposure. After six doctors failed he was advised to try Dr Williams Pink Pills. He reports improvement began in the third box and he is now entirely well, with many asking what he took. Pink Pills are sold by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Jones
Mich
Williams
Owen Lovejoy
Iowa City
Iowa Funeral Directors’ Association
Logan
Tom Dennison
Red Oak
Council Bluffs
New York
Mark B. Williams
Oskaloosa
Martin Lockard
Iowa Central Crossing
Anamosa
Sigworth & Dorgelo
B. E. Rhinehart
Asience
Mean Time Joke Reveals Early Bedtime Pun
A classroom exchange has Harry answering the teacher that mean time means the meanest time is early bedtime. The quip highlights a playful pun in a school setting.
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Harry
Grandpa with red boots and copper toes remembered
A dialogue recalls an elder man’s long memory of childhood footwear. Little Joe agrees the grandpa is an awful old man, noting his skill in remembering past fashion such as boots with red tops and copper toes.
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Fred
Joe
Contrasting Memories Over Century-Old Church History
A brief dialogue contrasts aging church lore with a grandmother's shorter memory noting 200-year origins while another recalls 100 years. The exchange ends with a wry remark about memory limits and perspective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Ethel
Grandma
Little Dorothy Deeds Defends Name in Family Exchange
A toddler, Dorothy Deeds, age two and a half, declares to her grandfather that she is Miss Deeds, rejecting his remark that she may be mistaken. The exchange highlights playful family banter over a name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Deeds
Dorothy
Gaga
Miss Taken
Miss Deeds
Prayer for Mamie Ross to be a good girl
A plea requests Mamie Ross become a model child and to accept a new doll without asking for it back, framing the wish as noble and self sacrificing. The speaker ends with an amen seeking divine intervention for moral improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamie Ross
Clarence ponders his place after new baby arrives
Small Clarence visits the newborn and asks if he was the apple of his mother's eye. She confirms, and he sighs that he may now be only the core. The light moment reflects family affection and gentle humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Small Clarence
Weill
Clarence
Honest Confession A Doctor Praises Grape-Nuts After Health Trial
An eminent Texas physician recalls changing his view on advertised foods after trying Grape-Nuts in Corpus Christi. He reports improved digestion, no eructations or nausea, and greater strength after a weeklies’ consumption, crediting Postum Co. and the book The Road to Wellville.
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Texas
Corpus Christi
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Indicted Iowa Banker Faces Nine Fraud Counts
E H Skinner of E H Skinner Sons Birmingham Iowa indicted by the grand jury on nine counts for fraudulent banking. His long career ends as the private bank’s deficit nears 40000 dollars. Accused losses stem from Fort Madison railway ties and a wool market corner attempt in southeastern Iowa. The bank has been insolvent for years and allegedly paid depositors after insolvency.
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Keosaqua
E. H. Skinner
E. H. Skinner & Sons
Birmingham
Skinner
Fort Madison
Iowa
Bank President Sentenced in Mt. Ayr Fraud Case
Day Dunning, former president of Citizens' Bank of Mt. Ayr, was sentenced by Judge H K Evans to three years in prison after being found guilty on one indictment for fraudulent banking amid five charges tied to the bank's failure on January 16, 1904. The defense sought a new trial citing instruction errors, which the state allowed to be taken under advisement.
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Mt. Ayr
Ringgold County
H. K. Evans
Day Dunning
Dunning
Citizens’ Bank
Grant W. Kenney
Argentine
Kan
National Educational Association
Asbury Park
Ocean Grove
N. J
New York
J. H. Gilbert
Taft
Tokio
Foreign Office
Gov. Pennypacker
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Allegheny City
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Catherine Danz
William G. Danz
The
Globe
St. Paul
University Regents Decide Dam Site on Iowa River Near Iowa City
The Iowa University regents decide to build a dam across the Iowa River 100 feet above or below the Burlington street bridge, the southern boundary of university land. They favor the lower site, supported by the Iowa City Commercial Club and Johnson county supervisors, but require a half block south of Burlington street be secured free for a power house.
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Iowa River
Iowa City
Regents of
Iowa University
Burlington Street
Iowa City Commercial Club
Johnson County
Crofford Sentenced to 12 Years for Second Degree Murder
Dr. Crofford, found guilty of second degree murder for causing Maud Stone's death at his Lamoni sanitarium, received a 12 year penitentiary sentence from Judge Evans after a motion for a new trial was overruled. He showed no comment or visible emotion.
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Crofford
Osceola
Dr. Crofford
Maud Stone
Lamoni
Evans
Adjudged Insane Woman Sent to Mount Pleasant
Des Moines county commissioners have adjudged Mrs. Nettie Craven insane. She allegedly sued the estate of Senator Fair claiming to be his common law wife. Mrs. Craven has been committed to Mount Pleasant Asylum.
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Burlington
Des Moines County Commissioners of the Insane
Nettie Craven
Senator Fair
Craven
Mount Pleasant Asylum
Cortelyou
Daniel Lloyd
Ohio
Portsmouth
James J. Carroll
Virginia” Carroll
New Orleans
Nan Patterson
New York
Caesar Young
Youngstown
Des Moines
Commissioners of the Insane
Alfred Augustin Watson
Protestant Episcopal Church
East Carolina
Wilmington
N. C
Jacob Stoffer
Athens
Clinton strike halts building boom across region
A temporary halt to Clinton's building boom as members of the carpenters and laborers unions walk out. The brief interruption follows labor tensions affecting construction activity in several Iowa towns listed, including Ottumwa Fort Madison and Marengo, with multiple local incidents noted.
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Clinton
Ottumwa
The
Presbyterians of Iowa
East End
Fort Madison
Rachel J. Wilson Albright
Betsy Ross
Seymour
Marengo
Erich von Kutzleben
Rock Island
Homestead
Grand
Council Bluffs
Etta P. Chapman
Dear slad and the college debt in current history
A boy writes from college asking his father for $200, citing creditors. The father replies with a wry lesson in current history, noting his own debts and threatening to take charge of the son's customs house until his bills are settled. The exchange appears in the Pittsburg Post.
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Slad
Pittsburg
Peerage Knowledge Sparks Quick Witty Exchange
A Washington Star quip highlights how well the foreign distinguished guest and Mr Com rox recognize and even quote the valuation of noble titles. The remark underscores public familiarity with titles and social status in everyday dialogue.
Wonderful Discovery At Broadland On Brights Disease Cure
G W Gray reports recovery from Brights Disease after three months of Dodd's Kidney Pills. He was nearly dying and bedridden before treatment. He credits the pills with restoring health and strength, claiming the remedy cured his kidney disease and saved his life.
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Broadland
Dak
G. W. Gray
Bright
Right
Mr. Gray
Dodd
Freshmen and Professors Clash Over Intellectual Strength
College professors say freshmen have weakened intellectually in recent years while freshmen counter that professors are not as capable as they should be. The dispute echoes concerns raised in the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Cure for Skin Ailments Advocated by Cuticura Remedies
An advertisement extols Cuticura Remedies as a cure for infant skin problems and scalp eruptions. It cites infantile humors, milk crust, eczema, rashes, and hair loss as items treated when other remedies fail, noting testimonials from Puck.
Free Government Homesteads and Land Openings
Notice to contact 8. G. Warner at Kansas City Southern Ry in Kansas City Missouri for information on free government homesteads new colony locations improved farms mineral lands rice lands and timber lands and for copies of Current Events Business Communities Rice book K 8. Fr u its. Also announces cheap round trip homeseekers tickets on sale on the first and third Tuesday of each month referring to the short line to the Land of Fulfilment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Warner
Kansas City Southern Ry
Kansas City
Man Adopts Hero Persona in Public Posing
A Chicago Daily News item notes the average man exhibits a mania for posing as his yo hero, reflecting a trend of self styled bravado and public display.
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Chicago Daily News
Pusheck’s Kuro Tonic Claims World’s Best Cure
The ad touts Pusheck’s Kuro as the best tonic for general weakness nervous prostration fatigue and pains. It promises cure of indigestion mis abuse and heart and kidney troubles.
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Pusheck
Canada
Microbes Attack Vegetarians Mentioned by Chicago Chronicle
A Chicago Chronicle report notes microbes as vegetable growths should never attack anyone but vegetarians, presenting a quirky, tongue in cheek assertion about food safety and microbiology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Chronicle
Allen's Foot-Ease Advertisement Sample in Daily Life
In this vintage notice the promotion for Allen's Foot-Ease powder promises relief for corns bunions and swollen feet. The ad claims quick cures and offers free samples and a price of 25 cents at druggists or stores with contact Ray A. Olmsted in Le Roy New York.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Doan's Kidney Pills Cure Untreated Back Aches
Joseph McCauley of 144 Sholto Street Chicago says his health was broken down for two years with backache sleeplessness and loss of appetite. He used four boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills and achieved a complete permanent cure. The remedy is priced at 50 cents and sold by all dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Joseph McCauley
Sholto Street
Chicago
Tecumseh Lodge
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N.Y
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promised Relief
The ad touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a safe remedy for painful irregular menstruation and related female ailments. It cites testimonials from Nellie Holmes of Buffalo and Tillie Hart of Larimore praising relief after use, and urges women to seek Mrs Pinkham's advice free of charge.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Nellie Holmes
N. Davision Street
Buffalo
N. Y
Pinkham
Tillie Hart
Larimore
N. D
Mrs. Pinkham
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Illinois Central Corn Gospel
Holden
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
Tenn
Paul Lessar
China
Peking
James Stewart
United States Army
Fort Thomas
Cincinnati
Henry G. Thayer
Indiana
Plymouth
Ind
Paul Morton
Pontchatoula
Visalia
Lexington
Frankfort
P. J. Potter
Bowling Green
Kentucky
Penn
Milwaukee
RSI
ST. Louis
Omaha
Puck
Miss Nellie Holmes
J. F. Merry
Dubuque
Panhandle
American Pastoral Company
Denver
Colo
Great Easte
Mother Gray
Children’s Home
New York City
Kansas Wheat Belt
Pepper
East 10Th
Kansas City, Mo
Western
Gration
Ottawa
J. Broughton
Indianapolis
CE Rail
Nuom
Callahan Block
Milwalle
Crawford
West 9Th St
Janne
Meinners
Ave
Detroit
Peg Mae
Paxton ComPany
Boston
Mass
Charles F. White
Rochester
E. D. Tompkins
Middletown
Erald & CO
Box MK
Washington
Draggista
Pusheck’s
Kure
Co. Pusheck
Washington St
Ill
King
Muro
P. O
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