Des Moines Items From August News Digest
Special correspondence from Des Moines reports Superintendent Miles of Eldorado Iowa urging 3000 for a printing office at the boys industrial school. Des Moines Charities end the practice of shipping paupers between towns and will notify and evaluate cases before transfer. Sweden seeks aid for machinists on strike with about 2000 workers affected, Des Moines unions pledging support. Creamery business improves with high moisture boosting production and prices. Iowa man marries Miss Estabrook of Eldorado after a prior career in newspapers and restaurants.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Miles
Boys’ Industrial School
Eldorado
Board of Control
Associated Charities of
International Union of Machinists
Sweden
United States
Pennsylvania
Wright
Rockwell Announces Three Day Street Carnival
Mayor L. Hayden Fouts leads Rockwell in a three day street carnival from September 9 to 11. Local business leaders have generously subscribed funds to ensure a grand scale event.
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L. Hayden Fouts
Rockwell
Venezuelan arbitration board member praised in Caracas letter
A letter from a prominent Caracas Portuguese resident lauds Robert C. Morris, an arbitration board member handling the Venezuelan claim, praising his intelligence and honesty and extending well wishes to him and his wife in Caracas.
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Robert C. Morrie
Board of Arbitration For the Settlement
Caracas
Morris
Chicago
Robert C. Morris
Varaca
United States of America
Venezuela
Mr. Morris
Washington
Republic of Venezuela
United States
First Family Funeral Shocks Train Car
A hot crowded train car in Chicago holds a mourner in deep black as she tells a man to remember the body. The woman, overwhelmed by the occasion, reveals the husband is dead and confesses nervousness over facing such a funeral for the first time.
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Chicago
Relix
Calvary
Truitt’s Rain Making Invention Failures
The Baltimore American quips that Truitt’s explosives fail to trigger rain showers as planned, since every time he prepared to start the device a rainstorm soaks the setup and prevents detonation.
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Truitt
Baltimore American
Bh and F Be Annual Seaside Excursion to Galveston
The Bh and F announce an annual seaside trip to Galveston with low fares on August 30th and a final travel window to September 12 1903. Special day coach and tourist sleeper trains will run with buffet meals, berths at $2 for two, and reservations via Mr F B Drew M K and T Ry Parsons Kansas.
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Galveston
Gee
F. B. Drew
Parsons, Kas
Katy’s
Tooth pulled remark sparks asylum quip
A Boston Transcript quip cites a dentist joking that a person seeking a tooth pulled must be a lunatic and should instead go to the nearest asylum, highlighting a sharp exchange about medical fear.
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Boston Transcript
The Summer Bath Advice by Eleanor R. Parker
A brief health note extols daily bathing for summer refreshment. It recommends soft tepid water, Ivory soap for lather and skin softness, and to bathe in the morning or before bed.
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Eleanor R. Parker
Nets and cages distract young ladies from merrieys
A quip notes that merriment is scarce because young women spend time weaving nets rather than making cages, reflecting a social joke about trades and leisure.
Stops the Cough and Works Off the Cold Ad
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets priced at 25 cents claim to stop coughs and shorten colds. Advertising copy presents a simple healthcare remedy with minimal details.
Necessity and satiety quoted by Tacitus
A compact quotation notes that necessity reforms the poor while satiety enriches the rich as observed by the Roman historian Tacitus.
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Tacitus
Eskimo Language Joke At Peary Talk In Saratoga
Commander Peary explained Eskimo speech to reporters in Saratoga noting they would not say Good morning because in a land where such words are needed only once a year they simply do not have them.
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Peary
Saratoga
Detroit
Free Bs
Doan
Evin A Morrisom
Gaines, Pa
Lawyer Aims to Learn Full Truth in Defense
A Glasgow Times quote features a prisoner claiming to have told all but the location of hidden money, prompting the lawyer to seek full disclosure before a defense.
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Glasgow Times
Back Ailment Healed by Dodd's Kidney Pills in Estill
Estill Gorinips Tenn Augath reports Mr D Holt recovered from a two year back ailment after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. He was so weak he couldn't lace shoes yet after three boxes he became strong again. He urges others to try the remedy.
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Estill Gorinips
Tenn
D. Holt
Dodd
Wife and Harry Trade Witty Paris Dress Quip
In a Punch cartoon a wife in a Paris dress questions her husband about pown versus creation. Harry replies with a playful line about a small fortune, delivering a lighthearted wordplay moment.
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Paris
Harry
Money-Making Pamphlets Offered by Katy Line
An advertisement offers pamphlets on money-making possibilities via the M., K. & T. Railway line. Readers are invited to mail a two-cent stamp to Katy Suite C St. Louis Missouri for postage and materials.
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Katy
St. Louis
It Costs a Merchant Money Not to Advertise
A Chicago Daily News adage notes that skipping advertising can be costly for merchants, implying greater expense through lost revenue and market visibility.
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Chicago Daily News
Piso's Cure for Consumption Advertised in Ocean Grove
An advert lists Piso's Cure for Consumption as a 3 bottle medicine for coughs and colds from N. W. Samuel of Ocean Grove New Jersey dated February 17 1900.
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N. W. Samuel
Ocean Grove
N. J
Good manners and moral integrity praised in old saying
A fragment notes that good manners and proper morals are sworn friends and guard against lies, echoed in a remark attributed to Bartol.
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Bartol
Opium and Liquor Habits Cared
An advertisement for Dr. B. M. Woolley of Atlanta Georgia offers care for opium and liquor habits and invites readers to consult him. The notice includes moral quotes about idleness poverty heroism and Goethe.
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B. M. Woolley
M. D
Atlanta,Ga
Christian Flirting Through Time On Trains
An elderly traveler recalls youth flirting on a suburban train while listening to a favorite clergyman. The anecdote contrasts past genteel flirting with present-day behavior, noting she once flirted in a Christian manner rather than like modern girls.
Tender One Preferred and Doctor’s Digestion Note
A humorous exchange shows a doctor advising a slow plaster for the stomach while a patient dismisses the specifics, seeking something easily digested. The banter reflects turn of the century medical quips in the Catholic Standard and Times.
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Bannigan
Uggist
Catholic Standard and Times
Empire State Express In Foot Ball
Harvard named its 1915 football team the Empire State Express to reflect speed and reliability. Yale countered with the 20th Century Limited style play, emphasizing swift, safe, and enduring offense across the 980 miles from New York to Chicago, per the Brooklyn Standard Union.
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New York Central
America
Harvard University
Yale
Empire State
New York
Buffalo
20Th Century Limited
Chicago
Brooklyn Standard Union
Wisdom of Epicurus on adversity and prosperity
A quoted reflection notes that the mind raised by prosperity or crushed by adversity tends to become abject and base, attributed to Epicurus.
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Epicurus
Historic General railroad booklet offered by N C and St L Ry
The Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway distributes a free illustrated booklet titled The Story of the General about Captain Andrews raid in the Civil War. It has gone to Chattanooga Tenn for permanent display and can be seen by travelers. write W L Danley G P A Nashville Tenn and mention this paper.
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Iowa
St. Louis Exposition
Davenport
Channing Ellery
Ellery’s
Royal
Europe
Alberic
Monastry of
New Meleray
Dubuque
America
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway
James J. Andrews
Chattanooga
W. L. Danley
Nashville, Tenn
Most Amiable People Avoid Wounding Self-Love
A Bruyère quotation notes the kindness of those who do not hurt others' self esteem, emphasizing gentleness as a defining trait.
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Bruyere
Trains Run Three Daily Routes From Chicago
Union Pacific and North-Western Line offer three daily trains from Chicago to California Oregon and Washington. Sel-respect as the cornerstone of all virtue is noted by Joan Herschel in her quotation.
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Chicago
California
Oregon
Washington
Union Pacific
North-Western Line
All
Joan Herschel
Three solid through trains daily to California
Three through trains run daily from Chicago to California via Union Pacific and North Western lines. The service links Chicago with major western destinations, providing consistent schedules and reliable connections for travelers.
Standing upon the Vantage Ground of Truth
A compact reflective note cites Francis Bacon on the supreme value of truth as the highest vantage for judgment and understanding.
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Bacon
Doan's Kidney Pills Offer Free Trial Promise
The advertisement touts a free trial of Doan's Kidney Pills claiming the product proves its merit through a remarkable initial experience. It emphasizes the pill's legendary effectiveness and invites readers to try without cost.
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Doan
Dean's Kidney Pills Advertises Remarkable Relief
An old advertisement touts Dean's Kidney Pills as easing aching backs and rheumatic pain. It claims to reduce swelling, dropsy signs, urinary issues, heart palpitations, sleeplessness, nervousness, and dizziness, promising calculi removal and overall vitality.
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Dean
Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil Promoted by Promulsion Food Co
An advertisement touts Oromulsion as a vitalized cod liver oil emulsion with glycerine guaiacol and hypophosphites. It targets weak consumptives and lung problems and offers a free sample by mail from Promulsion Food Co at 98 Pine Street New York.
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Promulsion Food Co
Pine Street
New York
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