State ticket and rail question dominate Farmers Meeting notes
The report outlines the Republican ticket with Wheeler, Van Houten, Weaver, Babin and Campbell as nominees for railroad commissioner and legislative seats. It covers a governor speech on corn raising, crop value, and a belt of hail damaging O'Brien and Decatur counties, while noting corn progress and moisture issues across districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renneessha H. ©. Wheeler
Sac
Gee. van Houten
Taylor Aot
S&s
Botes
New York
O’brien
Decatur
Review of Weather and Crop Service July Issue Preview
The July issue previews the August report by Prof Harrington on Service in relation to Agriculture and provides a summary of rainfall patterns and their impact on crops. The review outlines key findings from the weather and crop service for the upcoming agricultural period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Review of Weather and Crop Service
Prof
Harrington
Report on farming in Iowa condemned as flawed document
The report by Mr. Sovereign is criticized for faults and for including thirty nine pages of farmers letters arguing Iowa is not good for farming. The compilation is deemed uncall and should never have become an official state document.
Editorial Note on Law Enforcement and Saloons in Iowa
The Ce dar Rapids Republican warns of ongoing drunken crises and guardianship failures while criticizing local authorities for weak law enforcement. It questions whether a party can pursue criminal policy under non enforcement and whether Iowa can redeem its democracy by addressing saloon outlaws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Anan Ont Coronas
Iowa
The Death of James Russell Lowell in Cambridge
The Honorable James Russell Lowell died at Elmwood in Cambridge at 2 10 a m after a period of invalidism since returning in 1855 from eight years of diplomatic service in Madrid and at the Court of St James. He was celebrated as a writer of elegant forceful English in prose and poetry with no equal in the country and praised by George W Cable for his citizenship and scholarship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Russell Lowell
Elmwood
Cambridge
Madrid
Court of St
George W. Cable
Jetern
Saloons Open Two Mile Limit Lure Public Funds
Omaha Bee laments county officials wasting public money by permitting saloons to operate beyond license limits. It cites about fifty saloons with no licenses and a potential $25 000 yearly treasury loss under a $1 000 license. The piece argues Nebraska license laws model Iowa regulation and accuses penal officials of graft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha Bee
Nebraska
Iowa
Bee
Omaha
Moines News
Weather notes and rainfall totals from Aug 15 1891 week
Central Station Mornexs reports a warm week with variable sunshine and rainfall above normal. Heavy measurements include Iowa 3.50 inches and Hamilton 12 inches, while other locales range from 1.9 to 4.37 inches with uneven distribution and notable wind and rain in Ringgold or De.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Station
Es Mornexs
Louisa
Davis
Black Hawk
O’brien
Wright
Linn
Iowa
Hamilton
Wayne
Palo Alto
Jones
Ringgold
Washington Letter Reflects 1891 Political Climate
The Washington letter reports Secretary Foster’s firm belief in McKinley’s election and a Republican Ohio legislature, notes his view on bonds and a 2 percent extension, and updates on postal service reforms, Senator Plumb’s cautions on early national politics, and Democratic circus plans for a nationwide tour. It also covers Maryland Farm ers Alliance politics, state fair notes, Knights Templar officers, and Mrs. Ann Woods obscenity case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster
McKinley
Ohio
Senator Sherman
Wannamaker
Plumb
Kelley
Senate
Kansas
Campbell
Pacific Coast
National Association of Democrat Clubs
New York
Kenna
Bynum
McAdoo
Chancey M. Black
Gardner
Maryland Farmer’s Alliance
Gorman
Maryland Alliance
Maryland
Polk
The
Alliance
Arthur Gorman
Iowa Christian Convention at University Place church
Des Moines note dated August 17 1891 says the Iowa Christian Convention meets at University Place Christian church next Tuesday and stays through Thursday with prominent speakers from across the state. Rev John Newman and wife celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary last Saturday evening with friends at their home.
Malvern Votes 7000 Bonds for Waterworks Project
State round up of news covers Malvern approving seven thousand dollar bonds for waterworks. Iowa reports include severe hail in Northern Iowa last Thursday and a Boone reunion for Central Iowa Veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Central
Expulsion of Jews in Russia Continues Amid Reports
General interest note reports ongoing Jewish expulsions in Russia. A forthcoming geographical congress is to convene in London. Baltimore records three personal crisis events last Saturday morning. Rev. Spurgeon is recovering from a recent serious illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Sioux City
Clinton
Robert Bruner
John C. Leper
John van Valkenverg
Fort Madison
Russia
London
Baltimore
Spurgeon
Notable Deaths and Disasters in Recent News
Reports include the death of Mrs. Polk in Nashville at age 38, a Kentucky powder mill explosion with losses, services for James Russell Lowell in Westminster Abbey, a severe hailstorm in Minnesota wrecking crops, and a Swiss railway accident with several fatalities. Also noted are the New York Times editor Geo Jones funeral, a Denver double suicide, and international tensions over Samoa with war risk and U S naval appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster Abbey
James Russell Lowell
Canon Farrar
Minnesota
Switzerland
Geo. Jones
New York Times
All Saints Church
Newton
Eugene H. Bennick
Denver
Bennick
Samoa
Bucklen Arnica Salve for All Skin Ailments and Piles
Bucklen Arnica Salve advertised as the best salve in the world for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions. It guarantees perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. Sold by L M Bosworth Druggist. May 21 ly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M. Bosworth
Hair tonics and cures in royal and social life
Mrs James Brown Potter is in Parte and Kyrie Bellew is in London. The bald man appeals to readers with Hall's Hair Renewer and Ayer's Sarsaparilla for beauty and health. Charles Dudley Warner enjoys Marienbad baths while Ayer's Hair Vigor claims to restore color and prevent dandruff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Brown Potter
Parte
Kyrie Bellew
London
Hall
Charles Dudley Warner
Marienbad
Bohmia
Ayer
Prince Alexander of Battenburg Recovers From Illness
Prince Alexander of Battenburg now Count Hartenau remains on the mend after a serious illness. The royal family issued no further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Alexander of
Battenburg
Count Hartenau
Restorative Nervine Promoted By Doctor Miles
The piece touts Restorative Nervine as a cure for nervous diseases and the blues. It claims major life success hinges on nerve force and health, urging readers to obtain trial bottles and testimonials from L. Worth's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
St. Vitus
L.worth
S. M
Mrs Kendal Hosts Reception for Wilder Ahead of England Tour
Mrs Kendal hosted a reception attended by 500 people. Wilder has contracted to tour England again next year.
Guaranteed Cure Dr King's New Discovery Ad Offer
Advertisement for Dr King's New Discovery for consumption coughs colds promises refund if no benefit after fair trial. Bottle returns accepted. Available at L. M. Bosworth's Drug Store with large sizes priced 50 cents and 1.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
L. M. Bosworth’s
Brice Family Arrives at Savoy London Meeting Daughter
Senator Calvin S. Brice and Mrs. Brice are hosted at the Savoy Hotel in London where they meet their daughter Miss Helen Brice who has spent the past year at a Paris convent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin S. Brice
Mrs. Brice
Savoy Hotel
London
Helen Brice
Paris
Electric Bitters Praised by Ida ville Residents
Wm. Timmons Postmaster and locals John Leslie J W Gardner report Electric Bitters improved kidney and liver trouble, vitality, appetite, and energy. Sold for 50 cents at L M Bosworth's Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Timmons
Idaville
Ind
John Leslie
Same Place
J. W. Gardner
L. M. Bosworth
European Wheat Crop Forecast Sees Possible Failure
A European harvest outlook warns that this year’s wheat crop may fail across multiple countries. Analysts point to drought and disease pressures, with potential impacts on supply and prices. Local farms report concerns over yields and financial risk.
Des Moines State Fair Expands Exhibits And Attractions
The Des Moines fair opens with extensive new halls barns and stalls for cattle horses hogs and poultry. An enlarged cultural hall power hall and farm display space promise modern exhibits while daily events include grand horse races a 6000 seat amphitheater and nightly track entertainment. Sunday services and a soldiers free admission program are noted along with camping grounds and women’s day featuring Carrie Lane Chapman and M W Campbell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Phi Fair
I R Uals
Iowa State Band
Fres Rt
John RK. Shaffer
A Fatal Mistake in Heart Disease Cures
Dr Franklin Miles argues nervous heart trouble stems from the stomach in a new book on Heart Disease. The work, offered free at L M Worth’s, promotes Miles Restorative Nerve and a claimed universal cure for nervous and organic heart issues, short breath, fluttering, and related ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Miles
Jana Jalist
L. M.worth
Miles
Carnegie Speech Foresees United Stand for World Peace
Andrew Carnegie in a speech at Leverhead prophesied that the United and Great Britain would stand shoulder to shoulder for the maintenance of the world peace. New Jersey mosquitoes have invaded New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Carnegie
L’everhead
United
Great Britain
New Jersey
New York City
Sioux City Corn Palace attracts visitors from far east
Open dates October 1st to 17th listed. 1887 visit by President Cleveland and Mrs. Cleveland praised the Corn Palace as wholly new and unique. Chauncey Depew, Vanderbilt and other magnates extolled its beauty during 1887 tour. Local ads promote De Witt’s Little Early Risers and Sarsaparilla for health and blood cleansing. Various notices mention immigration, labor, and social tidbits from Ames Iowa context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Sioux City
Corn Palace
Chauncey M. Depew
Vanderbilt
Lord Tennyson Birthday Appeal For Gordon's Home
Lord Tennyson marked his 80th birthday by urging a $200000 contribution to Gordon's Home for Boys. English Spavin Liniment pledges to remove blemishes from horses and cures many ailments, offering a $50 savings per bottle through L M Bosworth, Ames IA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Tennyson
Gordon
L. M. Bosworth Druggist
Ames
Minister Phelps Visits Hamburg For Health Cure
A brief note from Cappo Minas Texas dated June 5 1891 states Minister William Walter Phelps has gone to Hamburg to take the waters. The writer praises Chamberlains Coke Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for cramps diarrhoea and flux and endorses it as the best medicine seen yet. Bottles priced 25 and 50 cents are sold by L M Bosworth Druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Walter Phelps
Hamburg
Cappo Minas
Texas
A. K. Sherrill
L. M. Bosworth
Free American Farmer weeks subscription offer
Important to Farmers. We have arranged with the American Farmer to mail directly to subscribers who pay up arrears and subscribe for one year in advance, or to new subscribers paying one year in advance. The 16 page illustrated journal, Cleveland, Ohio, has national circulation and costs $1.00 yearly. It offers free access with no cost to you and a sample copy is available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Farmer
Cleveland
Ohio
Canada
The Bak Trust Offers Encyclopaedia Britannica Reprint Deal
The Bak Trust promotes a 25 volume reprint of the Encyclopaedia Britannica at $1.50 per volume, contrasting with higher English and Scribner prices. They report over half a million volumes sold in six months and offer volume 1 at 60 cents plus 40 cents postage, with full credit toward the complete set for mail orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Edinburgh
Express
Old physician offers free remedy recipe for lung diseases
A retired doctor claims to possess a vegetable cure for consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and nervous complaints received from an East India Missionary He will mail the recipe free in German French or English to any reader who writes with a stamp to W A Noyes 820 Powers Block Also a remark about Jewish life in London notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East India
W. A. Noyes
Epwaxp
A. Wilsox
Williamsburg
Kings County
New York
Miles Nerve and Liver Pill Promises New Regulating Principle
Advertisement touts Dr Miles pills as a new discovery that regulates the liver stomach and bowels through nerves. Claims speedily cure biliousness bad taste torpid liver piles and constipation for all ages with 50 doses costing 25 cents samples free at L M Bosworths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
L. M Bosworth’s
King of Siam Sends Gift to General Booth for England Plan
A diplomatic gesture from the King of Siam provides support to General Booth as he advances his charitable mission in England. The gift signals backing for Booths efforts to expand his work in the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siam
General Booth
England
Enterprising Man Promotes Queen Plater Plating Scam
An 1891 reader from Macon Missouri touts Queen City Silver and Nickel Plating Co of East St. Louis Illinois. He claims low cost $5 for a plating unit yields weekly profits up to 45 dollars, with easy large scale sales and extensive customer receipts. He urges others to order circulars and pricing for various metals and promises high daily earnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Queen City Silver and Nickel Plating Co
East St. Louis
Ills
Queen City
St. Louis
Britain to hold general parliamentary elections in November 1892
Edmund Yates notes Britain will stage a general parliamentary election early in November 1892. He considers the timing fits with their own upcoming electoral period and muses on the chance to vote around the same time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Yates
Great Britain
Catarrh Cure Ad Promotes One Hundred Dollar Reward
Druggists advertise Hall's Catarrh Cure with a money back reward offer for incurable catarrh. The notice lists F J Cheney and West Traux Toledo wholesalers plus Walding and Marvin as endorsers. Internal use claimed to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials offered free. price 75 cents per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Cheney
West & Traux
Toledo
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Ohio
Hall
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Seth Graham
Chapter
Blue Lodge
Knights
Ann Woods
State News
Malvern
Feeble Minded Institute
Glenwood
Jefferson Bee
Jos. Spitzmueller
Burlington
C., B. & Quincy
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First National Bank of
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Jordan
John S. Woolson
Mt. Pleasant
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Henry
State Senate
Congress
Judge Lave
President Polk
Nashville
Central City
Nettleton
Bryan
Montana
Hogan
Custom House
Internal Revenue
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Wong Goo Ong
Bucklen
Duke of Fife
Duffet
Happy Hoosiers
U. S
Iowa State Fair
State Agricultural Society
Commonwealth
Agricultural Society
Carrie Lane Chapman
Seattle
Iona
M. W. Campbell
Iown
de Witt
Vancouver’s Island
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Greece
Lincoln
Mary
Charles Isham
DeWitt
Rudyard Kipling
New Zealand
Robert Louis Stevenson
Woolford
L. M. Bosworth Draggist
Nate Saulsbury
Bak Trust
Peale & CO
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Chicago
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Munkacsy
Christ
Hornung
Nolan St
San Antonio
Chamberlain
Patti
Her Castle
Wales
Downs
E. S. Downs
Cramblil
Main Street
Wm. Sahl
Prop
State Normal School
Cedar Falls
Sup
State of
Homer H. Seerley
Arber Shop
Hodgson &Rich
Cook Block
Main St
Maxwell & Son's
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