Second Sight Restored By Reading Aid
In Trevorton Pa Joseph Ditchfield aged sixty five feared reading at night without his glasses. A doctor gave him a newspaper he could read clearly and his eyesight improved, described as a return of second sight. Meanwhile an advertisement touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain tea for eye health and wrinkle relief priced 385 cents per Tea or Tablets from L M Bosworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollister
L. M. Bosworth
Joseph Ditchfield
Trevorton
Remedy for Acute Colic and Diarrhea Warns Immediate Relief
An ad claims Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy provides prompt relief from sudden attacks of colic, diarrhoea and dysentery without a physician. It asserts the remedy works before a doctor arrives and never fails in severe cases. Sold by Longhran and Bauer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Longhran
Bauer
Granger Laws Fail to Halt Rail Road Growth Across Regions
The analysis shows 1873 to 1875 railroad mileage rose 6.1 percent in four Granger States and 5.5 percent nationally, with net earnings up in Granger States while adjoining regions fell. The piece attributes growth to regulation outcomes, notes political fights to repeal laws in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, and calls for broader reform and fair valuation by a federal commission. It also blends in pastorals on leadership, Ames college praise, and civic exhortations.
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Atlantic States
Southern States
United States
Granger
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Illinois
Iowa
Inter- Commerce
Congress
New England
William Penn
Philadelphia
Little Old Church
Missouri
Ames
Dr. Beardshear
Park
Fort Dodge Des Moines Railway to Electrify Line by 1907
The Fort Dodge and Des Moines railway plans a ninety mile electric system with a Fraser power house supplying 20 000 volt alternating current, transformed to direct current at five substations. Westinghouse turbans drive 3 000 HP generators, track and road bed designed for high speed passenger and heavy freight. Des Moines cars use city system. Fort Dodge will gain passenger and freight depots. Construction crews from J G White & Co. are mobilizing to meet a January 1 1907 completion date.
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Westinghouse Parsons
Des Moines
Fort Dodge
J. G. White & Co
Fort Dodge & Des Moines Railway
Tyre Lament Theme Highlighted In Sunday Sermon
The Rev. J. B. Pruitt of United Brethren Church delivered a vesper talk on The Story of Tyre from Ezekiel 27. He noted Tyre as a merchant of many isles and conveyed a faithful lament from the Lord.
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God
Tyrus
Tyre
Ezekiel
Granduer
J. B. Pruitt
United Brethren Church
Ezekial
March to Red Oak to Atlantic Ocean News Update
A new recruit asks Captain Knapp if the Red Oak to Atlantic march will keep students from school in September. Company C 55th Infantry departs with Col. Lincoln from Des Moines toward Red Oak. march begins tomorrow morning. Readily packed gear includes tent halves, rifle, rations, and toilet items. The roster lists officers, noncoms, cooks, artificer, musician, and many privates. Also noted are topical remedies, an Ames Chautauqua event and a joke line about money making the mare go west.
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Company C
Knapp
Red Oak
Atlantic Ocean
Col. J. R. Lincoln
Des Moines
Stallion Attack FATAL Aftermath at Coon Rapids
In Coon Rapids a stallion pulled free from a fallen rein and bit John L. Wallace’s arm to the bone before tearing flesh and tendons. Wallace walked home, was taken to a hospital, but blood poisoning followed and he died after intense suffering. The horse had previously shown aggression and tusks contributed to the severity.
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Coon Rapids
John L. Wallace
Wallace
Bee's Laxative Cough Syrup with Honey and Tar Ad
An old advertisement promotes Bee's Laxative Cough Syrup with Honey and Tar as a remedy for coughs and colds. It claims relief by acting on the bowels and clearing the chest and throat, sold by C A Gamble. The text mixes moral aphorisms with the ad.
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Cote
C. A. Gamble
Three U S Senators Worth Over Ten Million Dollars
Listing notes three United States senators William A. Clark Stephen B Elkins and Nelson A Aldrich each valued above 10 000 000 The ad also offers land in Missouri Howell County 160 acres and Spring 65 acres with orchard Modern improvements seeking sale by E L Gilmore Freeborn Minnesota and includes a consumer testimonial for White Wine of Tar praising its relief for pulmonary consumption by Rev J N Fry and Mrs Susan Fry Brookline Missouri
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United States
William A. Clark
Montana
Stephen B. Elkins
West Virginia
Nelson A. Aldrich
Rhode Island
Howell
County
E. L. Gilmore
Freeborn
Minn
Tf Pd
J. N. Fry
Susan
Fry
Brookline
Sta., Mo
Remedial Demand for Oolic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
Frank Jones of Pikeville Indiana reports high demand and says the remedy cured dysentery when others failed. The product is sold by Loughran and Bauer.
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Chamberlain
Frank Jones
Pikeville
Ind
Loughran
Bauer
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C. E. Hunt, Dentist
P. O
G. J. Snyder
Gamble’s
M. Res
J Mutual
Judge’s Jewelry Store
W. E. Harriman
McEphine
A. B. Maxwell
Kooser's Grocery Mutual
C. M. Proctor
Frances G. Stewart
Odd Fellows Temple Mutual
D. M. Gurnet
Jennie G. Gurist
DRS
L. R. Morris
Main Street
Motuaal
Cee
Frank W. Coy
West
Boone St
C. L. Waltmire
John Allan
Ames Pantorium
E. M. Kooker
Prop
Daniel McCarthy
CG. Lee
McCarthy & Lee
Rome
Frank E, Morris
Connection College
Mutual
Onondaga St
M. J. Adams
Posegate
Owa
Geo. A. Underwood
Union National Bank
W. M. Greenery
B. W. Slayton
Henry Wilson
T. A. Copps
Story County Abstract Books
Nevada
Pine-Ule Medicine CO
Chicago
Rocky Mountain Tea
I'he
United States Senate
Colorado
Thomas E. Walsh
David Moffatt
Guggenheim
New York
LA Follette
Senate
CO. A. Gamble
Jobh L. Sullivan
Atlantic
55Th Infantry
Herman Knapp
Francis A. UN
Derwood
I. J. Scott
Arthur J. Lincoln
Willis V. Ellis
Horace P. Ashby
Wilmot Alfred Danielson
Simon A. Cord
H. A. McCune
Frank E. Owens
Thomas G. Fultz
Eugene R. Rushmore
Arthur P. Ball
Clyde R. Parks
Carl W. Clements
F. S. Dewey
Cooks
Frank E. Cook
Thomas F
Cody
Clyde E. Schultz
A. M. Wygle
Earl C. Belt
Jean Dave Breezley
Abe L. Cameron
Don P. Clements
Joseph W. Conner
Samuel Sidney Church
William A. Dorson
Thomas W. Foster
Carl W. Gamrath
Floyd L. Greenlee
Fay C. Glidden
Guy L. Horton
Willard A. Keltner
Melvin A. Lyons
Ronald M .Maynard
Glen S. Maxwell
Lee A. McNutt
George A. Nelson
Arthur H. J. Niemeyer
Albert E. Sauvain
Wilbur C. Smith
Earl R. Shugart
Roland Tucker
Roy Tucker
Jean R. Underwood
G. J. van de Steeg
Henry J. van de Waa
Chas. C. van Marter
L. Melvin Winslow
OC. A. Gamble
Ames Chautauqua
Spillman Riggs
Hamilton
Wellington
St. Clara
Bisc. Co’s
Ferndell
C. Hamilton
U. A. Gamble
Tim
Tide
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