Post Office Box Rentals Reform Slated
Special correspondence reports reforms in the U S post office system. Uniform 20 cent key deposits replace varied amounts, funds redirected to a key deposit forfeiture fund for new keys. Efficiency measures cut leases and clerk hire costs while improving access for patrons and revenue for the service. Officers elected at the Iowa suffrage convention are listed.
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Act of Congress
Department
Post- M
Jones
Amd
Post Office Department
Carl Schofield
He Understood Brewing and a Quiet Offer in Scotland
While Lord Burton travels in Scotland a Seedman discusses brewing with him. A Brighton brewer offers management leadership and a future partner possibility if Burton offers to join. Burton declines, noting his own Burton area brewery requires his full attention.
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Lord Burton
Scotland
Brighton Way
Bass
Burton Way
Parvin Wife of Iowa Mason Leader Dies in Cepak Rapids
Mrs Aggie Parvin wife of Theodore Parvin grand secretary of Iowa Masons and a prominent figure in Iowa pioneer history died in Cepak Rapids after a year long illness Funeral will be held in Iowa City
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Parvin
Cepak Rapids
Aggie Parvin
Theodore
Iowa Masons
Iowa
Iowa City
Deacon-Boys Push Play Despite Rest Day Urgency
In the Pittsburg Bulletin a spokesman notes boys refuse to rest on Sunday claiming they are not tired. The exchange shows a festive but defiant attitude toward a day of rest.
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Pittsburg
A Future Graduate
A juvenile brag text from the Atlanta Constitution depicts a college bound son who shows skill in football. The dialogue-style excerpt uses playful dialect to claim the son can kick a ball high while the ball comes down.
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Spell Baker
Atlanta Constitution
Plain and blunt man asks for marriage in Detroit
A blunt suitor tells Margaret he cannot frame honeyed speeches yet asks for marriage, while she, equally plain, answers herself with a cautious decline. The Detroit Free Press excerpt captures terse romantic exchange.
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Margaret
Detroit Free Press
Poorleigh and Penelope Refuse Marital Reforms
Dialogue excerpt shows Jack Poorleigh refusing marriage due to spending habits and Penelope replying she will not alter her dresses. The exchange reveals character traits and social expectations in the scene.
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Jack Poorleigh
Penelope
Cramer Marries Berley Woman Amid Election Bet Rumor
The Boston Transcript speculates on how Cramer wed Berley, suggesting the marriage was linked to a political bet. The remark hints at election intrigue surrounding the union rather than presenting confirmed facts.
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Fuddy
Cramer
Duddy
Boston Transcript
A Doubting Member and Judgment Day Parable
Atilanta Constitution presents a folksy parable where animals symbolize divine judgment and human credence. The verses depict doubt among believers as unfit to reconcile miraculous contradictions on judgment day, ending with a heathen devouring the preacher.
Western fruit markets debated at Iowa horticultural meeting
At Des Moines the Iowa Horticultural Society opened a three day session with 150 leading growers from Iowa and adjoining states. The group discussed co operating to secure western fruit markets abroad and reduce home market saturation. Reports cited recent drought damage but celebrated a record fruit harvest and advancing commercial orcharding in the north.
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Des Moines
Iowa Horticultural Society
Iowa
Chicago Council Sets Four Cent Street Car Fare
Chicago officials adopt an ordinance requiring street car companies to charge four cents per ride. The measure may be challenged in court.
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Chicago
Creedon Wins Fight in Ninth Round
New York report says Creedon defeated O'Brien last night in a boxing match, winning in the ninth round. Creedon secured the victory as the bell rang signaling the final round.
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Creedon
New York
O’brien
Stamp collection bonds bank bond at Toronto
The Bank of British North America in Toronto accepted a bond of 10 000 dollars backed by a philatelic collection after a teller, lacking cash or surety, sent stamps valued by a philatelist. The collection, kept in the bank vault, was recently valued at 35 000 dollars.
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Bank of British North America
Toronto
New York Press
Two Civil War Veterans Meet on Battlefield Mis sion Ridge
Two old soldiers from opposite sides of the Civil War section meet by chance on Mission Ridge. They reminisce while strolling the battleground exchanging experiences. They recall past actions, one recalling cracking out colonels and the other reacting to a shell game.
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Mission Ridge
Johnny Reb
Chicac Tribune
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Glows in Public Ad Appeal
Singers public speakers actors auctioneers teachers preachers and all who strain their vocal organs find relief in Ayer's Cherry Pectoral a safe speedy cure A timely dose has prevented throat trouble for many users and kept voices clear.
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Ayer
Get any ducks Weill I should say so at the club house
A fragment from a club house scene includes a sportsman remark about a photograph and a questioner turning away, with a nurse mentioning Dr. A P Sawyer and medical issues such as catarrh diabetes and shoulder pain. The piece promotes One Minute Cough Cure for cold related illnesses and Hall's Hair Renewer as hair care products.
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Weill
A. P- Sawyer
C. Sampson
Edwards St
Decatur
Illinois
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Adelaide Ballard
Hull
Flint
Ankeney
Creston
O. C. Davis
Wautoma
Wis
Sarsaparilla
DeWitt
D. D. Bales
D. D. Bale
Dr. Sawyer
A. P. Sawyer
Wm. Bills
Decatur St
Pharmer
Abel
Mary Svabek
South Mth St
Omaha
Neb
Simmons Liver Regulator
N. Hughes
Lordsburg
N. M
DeWitt’s
Eben
D. D Bales
Johnnie
Noit
Hall
Ieyo Lodge
Lorenzen
Omer
Kidneykura
Omaha, Neb
L. M. Bosworth
Kingsley’s
Price
Kirk’s
Adam Schaat
J. S. Thompson
Variety
J. Jacobs
Prop
Yours
Fain
Ames
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