Des Moines Sees Suffragists Prep for October Convention
Des Moines reports show women’s suffrage groups preparing for a October convention with anticipated attendees including Susan B. Anthony and Carrie Chapman Catt. The Iowa apparatus highlights ongoing educational work and fairgrounds headquarters. The piece also covers a Polk County court ruling on job security and a planned Des Moines horse show to mirror New York society events. Labor Temple plans describe a $60,000 building with multi-floor facilities and exclusive women’s spaces, financed by small installments from labor organizations, amid some opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Susan B. Anthony
Mary G. Hay
California
National Organization
Carrie Chapman Tratt
New York
Labor Temple
Iowa Fire Insurance Report Highlights 1899 Activity
The state auditor's thirty first annual report shows Iowa fire policies in force at start 1900 total 551,671,540 with 2,394,512 paid in losses and 5,036,586 in premiums. Fees and taxes remitted to the treasury rise through 1899, while a decade of data lists risks written and losses paid by joint stock and mutuals. Public notices describe Des Moines preparations for the state fair, Aug 24 to Sep 1, with expanded space and rail excursions, including a special Indianapolis train, praising Iowa's fair as a national model.
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Iowa
Merriam
Iown
Joint Stock
Mutuals
Des Moines
Indianapolis
Ind
F. W. Bicknell
Fry Family Reunion Marks Eightieth Birthday Surprise
A surprise party for John Fry on his eightieth birthday drew 142 relatives to his farm west of Iowa City. Five generations were represented. four Fry brothers aged 91 98 97 and 74 attended. The Fry clan descends from early settlers Jacob and Susanna Fry who arrived in 1840, the farm remaining in family hands.
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John Fry
Iowa City
Mr. Fry
Fry
County
Jacob
Susanna Fry
Washington Township
Johnson County
Heinly Pioneer Businessman Dies at West Creston Home
Benjamin F. Heinly, a prominent early business man, died at his home in West Creston. His death marks the loss of a respected member of the community with deep local ties and a long history in local enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin F. Heinly
West Creston
Potter brothers and the risky life insurance pitch
The Philadelphia and New York Potter firms are the backdrop as Col Tom Potter defends Philadelphia while a New York life insurer pressures a rising Potter company executive to take a $20,000 policy. The agent offers to cover the policy himself for 30 days, joking that no one in Philadelphia dies in that time.
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Potter
Philadelphia
New York
Tom Potter
Pennsylvania
Free
Potter Company
Ieee
Minnesota
Chicago
Keeies
Ilwaukee
Kansas City
ST. Louis
Hew Police Catechism Class Delivers Harsh Laughter
Reporter describes a Cincinnati police board class led by Clerk Harrison with about 40 officers in blue. Officer Dan Tehan answers a question on police virtues with a comical slurred list prompting laughs, and Officer Blanchard defines extortion as an overloaded stomach, ending the session.
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Police Board
Harrison
Dan Tehan
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Tehan
Blanchard
English Officer in Malta Sparks Language Exchange
An English officer in Malta asks directions from a native. The man shrugs and says No speak English. The officer calls him a fool, then the native reveals he understands Maltese, Arabic, Italian and Greek claiming to know four languages in one.
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Malta
Sun
The American Working Man Compared To Chinese Labor
The piece notes enduring traits of the American working man versus the Chinese, with authorities praising the American worker’s superiority. It references Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a standard by which digestion and related ailments are judged, claiming it cures constipation indigestion dyspepsia biliousness and liver and kidney troubles and helps prevent malaria fever and ague.
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America
First Man Excitedly Reports Restaurant Fire
Second man urges calm and quick exit promising hot meal elsewhere as Pearson's Weekly records a dramatic restaurant fire with two witnesses reacting to the blaze.
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Pearson’s Weekly
Allen's Foot-Ease ad promises comfort for tight shoes
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Ease a powder for the feet It makes tight or new shoes feel easy Cures corns itching swollen hot callous smarting sore and sweating feet All druggists and shoe stores sell it 25c Sample sent free Ad dress Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy NY
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
The Point of View and The Optimist Pessimist Quote
A Chicago Evening News item contrasts hopeful and doubtful perspectives in a witty one line exchange about fools and belief. The snippet presents a dialogue comparing optimism and cynicism in everyday thinking.
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Chicago Evening News
Lane's Family Medicine Health Notice
An OCR fragment notes daily bowel movement health guidance and mentions a medicine or product priced at 25 units. The text references gentle action on the liver and kidneys and suggests peer- or health-related advice. No clear event or attribution identified.
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Lane
Difference Between Pro and Amateur Golfists Quoted
A Town Topics quip pithily notes the gap between pro and amateur golfers amounts to about 5000 dollars annually.
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Papa
St. Mary's Academy Promotes its Scholastic Distinction
The 46th year opens September 4 at St. Mary's Academy. The catalogue shows a curriculum on par with Vassar and Bryn Mawr, taught by devoted teachers. The article highlights spacious classrooms, labs, study rooms, quality food and clothing, and a climate conducive to development within a Christian educational mission.
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St. Mary’s Academy
St. Mary's
Vassar
Bryn Mawr
St. Mary’s
The
Fine Arts Journal
New Reporter Defends Word Choice On Floral Wedding Decor
Baltimore American excerpt shows a city editor urging vivid diction while the reporter defends using stretched to describe a long floral display from the chancel to the church door. Decorations counted six rubber plants and required length to fit the span.
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Baltimore American
Why not buy a Wisconsin farm on the Milwaukee line
A persuasive plea urges buyers to inspect the farming country along the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway in Marinette county Wisconsin. It highlights rich crops ample work good markets climate soft water cheap land and long time terms. Contact land agent C F Rollins at 161 La Salle Street Chicago.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Marinette County
Wisconsin
C. F. Rollins
la Salle St
Chicago
English Tourist Reclaims Water Roof on Train
An English tourist returns to a train carriage after leaving a water roof behind. He asks third class occupants if they have seen a mackintosh. A passenger responds in Scots, we’re a Macphersons here, implying no item found.
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Mackintosh
Grand Trank Railway ads tout Canadian resorts and East
The notice promotes the Grand Trank Railway System serving choicest Canadian and eastern resorts. It directs travelers to city tickets at Clark Street near Jackson Boulevard in Chicago and hints at credit terms with a cryptic quote about merchants hoping to forget charges.
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Canada
Clark St
Corner Jackson Boulevar
Chicago
Is Pepone the Cheapest Way to Care for Family Health
Accented by an Indianapolis News jab about value and headlines, the snippet notes Pepone as a must have for families. It contrasts brisk desire with regret for apologies, framed in a sales-like voice urging readers to buy Carter's.
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Carter
Cure a Cold in One Day Ad Claims Laxative Tablets
An old advertisement promises a one day cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It notes a five cent price and a refund if it fails to cure. The clipping also contains a cynical line about man’s inhumanity to man and the egg drawing salary.
Fragmented 1900 Era Clippings Show Quack Remedies and Wry Notes
A jumble of brief lines cites patent medicines like White’s Yucatan and Piso’s Cure for Consumption, local commentaries on women’s authority, and a joke about widowers buying Black cigars. The source mixes playful quips with early 20th century marketing snippets from towns such as Ocean Grove and Atchison.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is a Constitutional Cure
Hall's Catarrh Cure is advertised as a constitutional remedy with a price of 75 cents. The notice promotes it as a universal treatment and lists its cost for readers.
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Hall
Price
Naval Battle of Manila Exhibit Draws Chicago Crowds
A Chicago display recreates the Manila battle with live action, weather effects, and cinematic realism at Wabash avenue and Hubbard court. It promises an authentic sea fight experience for veterans, Bee Keepers, and the public, linking the Dewey voyage and the 1898 combat to present spectators.
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Manila
Wabash Avenue
Hubbard Court
Chicago
Bay of Manila
Globe
Dewey
Hongkong
United States
Acre
National Bee Keepers Association
Wabash Ave
Auditorium
Chinese Sea
Mania Manila
Cavite
Notre Dame Catalog Details Courses and Preparatory Rooms
Notre Dame Indiana announces courses in Classics Letters Comics History Journalism Art Science Pharmacy Law Civil Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Architecture and commercial studies. Rooms free for eligible students. rooms for rent for those preparing for collegiate courses. limited ecclesiastical state candidates at special rates. St Edwards Hall for boys under 13 years, complete equipment. The seventeenth year begins September 4 1900. Catalogues free. Address Rev A Morrissey C S C President.
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Notre Dame
Indiana
St. Edward’s Hall
A. Morrissey
My Own Self Again Follows Her Advice and Is Made Well
Mrs Clara Gates of Johns Point Mississippi reports prolonged illness with chills severe limb pains and head pains plus a right chest pain. She asks for medical advice on her case dated April 25 1898 seeking guidance after two and a half years of feeble health following childbirth.
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Fort Dodge
Mary Faiferlick
Matt Faiferlick
Webster County
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Clara Gates
Johns P. O
Miss
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Board of Public Works
Supreme Court
HEW Police
China
Atchison Ilobe
Indianapolis News
Poeg
Chicago Daily Ews
White
Yucatan
Indiandrilis News
Ocean Grove
N. J
Atchison Globe
Portnam Fape
Chicago Daily News
University OF Notre Dame
Sisters of the Holy Cross
Conservatory of Music
School of Art
Boston Normal School of Gymnastics
Omaha
Mississipa
Chines
Rockford
Jnterico
Dodge
Council Bluffs
Butee Library
Servies
Hale
H. Hanson
Mrs. Gates
FAY Manilla Roofing Company
Camden
Battle of Manila Review
Sacred Heart College
Watertown
Wis
Notre Dame University
J. Wrourke
Henry NW
Washington
Allen S
Allen Medicine
Paul
Minn
Bryan McKinley
Ussee
Frank I. Clark
W. Ball
Baltimore
B. A. Rowan
Milwaukee
Johnny
Sterling Remedy Company
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