Eighteenth Annual Meeting of this Society at Atlantic
The Eighteenth Annual Meeting will be held at Atlantic Iowa starting Tuesday January 2 1835 for four days. The society offers railroad fare reductions and hotel rate reductions with liberal premiums for fruit and flower exhibits. Membership is 1.00, including a Marinuhl Report. A large attendance is expected and programs will be sent to all applicants J L Rupp R P Speer Secretaries Ames Cedar Falls.
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Scciety
Atlantic
Marinuhl
J.L. Rupp
R. P. Speer
Ames
Hop Bitters Promised Cure All Sickness and Weakness
An advertising warning extols Hop Bitters as a cure for health woes from poor health and fatigue to overindulgence and digestive issues. It claims strength, vigor, cleansing effects, and a remedy for nervous debility, urging readers to seek the product for renewed life and health.
Hop Bitters Promises Fair Skin Bright Breath Health
An advertisement touts Hop Bitters as a cure for rough skin pimples and bad breath claiming it grants fair skin rich blood and health. It distracts readers with a bold offer of $500 for an unrecoverable case.
A Lady's Wish and the Quest for Clear Skin
A lady muses on wishing clear skin and a friend replies with a remedy claim. The dialogue promotes a Bitters said to give pure health, warning against products with green labels or labeled Hop or Hops as poisonous.
Leaky pipe blamed for foul carburetted hydrogen odor
A Boston woman explains a dreadful odor to a puzzled janitor. The janitor misidentifies it as gin but the woman clarifies the smell is carburetted hydrogen from a leaking pipe, noting the pipe is faulty.
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Oppbaarr
Boston
A Remarkable Escape From Chronic Lung Ailments
Mrs Mary A Dailey of Tunkhannock Pennsylvania suffered six years with asthma and bronchitis. After trying physicians with no relief she used Dr Kings New Discovery last October and found immediate relief, then full recovery after a short course. Trial bottles offered at H drug store with large size advertised.
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Mary A. Dailey
Tunkhannock
Dr. Kings
H — Drug Store
Athlophoros Proclaimed Cure for Rheumatic Pain
A Burlington Wisconsin man endorses Athlophoros as a speedily acting remedy that purges obstructive acid from blood and travels a healthy current into diseased parts. He claims it cured his rheumatism and praises it to others as invaluable medicine.
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J. C. Rinder
Burlington, Wis
Stage Kiss Breaks Monotony on Coach Trip
A young man traveling by stage coach kissed a fellow passenger to break the monotony. He calmed her protests by saying it was merely a stage kiss and thus conventional.
Cure for Piles by Bosanko Medicine
A vintage advertisement describes piles symptoms including back and abdomen discomfort and flatulence. It promotes Dr Bosanko's Pile Medicine as acting directly on the tumors to provide relief and permanent cure. Sold by Manning & Co in Ohio.
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Bosanko
Dr. Bosanko
Peculiar Religion Mirrors Lover Portrait Theme
A witty observer notes many people practice a strange belief system. It echoes the tale of a young girl’s request for a portrait that would resemble her lover yet remain unrecognizable to others.
Buckien Arnica Salve Advertised for Various Ailments
Buckien's Arnica Salve touts itself as the best salve for cuts ulcers salt rheum fever sores and skin eruptions. It promises to cure piles or money refunded and is sold by B Henry Westerman at 2 cents.
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Henry Westerman
Ayer
Leland
Oceam
Oraneh
Leland Hotel
2Th Streets
New York
F Sossees
Austin Father Chides Daughter Over Hearing Answer
An Austin father scolds his daughter for misbehavior while she replies that she often does not hear her mother’s scolding. The exchange shows a light family moment with a candid child’s response.
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Angie
Dr Bosanko Lung Syrup Ad Campaign
Dr Bosanko, originator of a renowned cough and lung remedy, promotes Dr Bosanko Lung Syrup for colds consumption and throat and lung ailments. Available in 50 cent and 1 dollar sizes, sold by J H Pickett Co.
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DR. Bosanko
United States
J. H. Pickett & Co
I. B. Frazer Jeweler Promotes Low Prices in Story County
I. B. Frazer, Jeweler, advertises good goods priced cheaper than any competitor in Story County. The notice highlights value and local availability for shoppers seeking bargains.
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Story County
I. B. Frazer
Are Crowded Stores Worth Girls’ Work in Chicago?
A Chicago retailer and a department store employee debate the value and training of girls behind counters. The owner decries immediate earnings for girls, urges apprenticeships, and contrasts French and American approaches to women’s work and wages. The young clerk notes sales targets and the hazard of idle shoppers, urging education and trade skills.
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Chicago News
State Street
France
Suit Am
Fashionable color trends in black and bright contrasts
The article outlines prevailing wardrobe hues favoring black as a staple with red, brown, olive, blue, gray, and yellow accents. It notes harmonies like black and gold, dark blue and gold, and red with gold, plus shot or bone effects and embossed velvet figures enhancing two to four tone combinations.
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Inter Ocean
Handsome Highland Looks and Highland Speech Noted
William Black in Harper's Magazine notes the refined beauty of Highland women and the dignified boatman on Skye. He praises a Highland girl’s educated English and recalls Wordsworth’s affection for a Highland Inversnaid beauty.
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William Black
Harper’s Magazine
Skye
Leonardo di Vinci
Inverness
Wordsworth
Inversnaid
Harper's Weekly and Harper's Magazine Subscriptions
Harper & Brothers announces subscription options for Harper's Weekly Harper's Magazine Harper's Bazar and Harper's Young People One year of 62 numbers with free postage in the U S or Canada. Special annual volumes offered at 7 00 each with cloth binding cases 1 postpaid for 1. each. Remittances by Post Office Money Order or Draft. Address New York.
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Harper's Magazine
Harper's Weekly
Harper’s Bazar
Harper’s Young People
Harper's Franklin Square
United States
Canada
America
W. E. Norris
New Orleans
Harper's Young People
Harper’s
Franklin Square
Harper's Bazar
Seniess
Ie Jcindiens
Ncds
Harper's
Matrimonial Lottery Proposed at South Carolina Wedding
A Charleston wedding reception featured a lawyer’s plan to select a president who would receive secret marriage choices from guests. Each single man or woman wrote their name and the person they wished to marry, with reciprocal pairings revealed only to the president. Of twelve matches, eleven were reportedly solemnized, and eight husbands admitted they would not have approached their wives without the scheme.
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Charleston News and Courier
South Carolina
What Pretty Women Do
A short feature from the Whitehall Times describes traits of women noted as pretty in appearance and manner. It links color and posture to social presentation in a series of vivid, decorative observations.
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Whitehall
The Pen Wiper Bonnet Debuts With Fashionable Flair
The Chicago Times notes a new fashion called the pen wiper bonnet worn by stylish young ladies. Minnie Palmer first popularized the brown velvet hat featuring a bonnet shape, ecru and brown ribbons, and a large rosette.
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Chicago Times
Minnie Palmer
London truth on beauty shows and marriage market trends
The piece cites Punch on Spiers and Pond and argues that in crowded modern life women must be seen to have a chance while men fix attention. It suggests beauty has market value in marriage and proposes beauty shows as a solution to prevent talented but unseen girls from wasting their potential.
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London
Punch
Spiers & Pond
Lalies
Mamma
Papa
Books that Mold the Face The Hearthstone
A columnist argues that intellectual cultivation enhances appearance and character. Reading pure, elevating books improves mind and heart, ennobling beauty and friendship, while external cosmetics remain inferior to inner growth in shaping charm.
Prayer-book bags become fashion among Harlem debutantes
Stylish young ladies carry prayer-books and smelling bottles on their arms to church, with black velvet sachels embossed with angels as a popular accessory. A Harlem miss even brought her opera classes to a matinee in her prayer-book bag last week.
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Harlem
Women's Wages in Germany
Germany debates women’s pay as female telegraphers earn $20 monthly while men refuse to hire at that rate. Women work longer days and replace vacating workers. youths in transport trades earn about $11.25 monthly with slow growth to $22.50. No vacation pay and persistent wage gaps persist despite rising efforts by women to learn trades.
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Sisters of Charity
Chicago Tribune
Germany
Esmeralda Fastest Sea Going War Vessel Aims For Global Roles
The New York Post reports the Chiian cruiser Esmeralda achieved 18.25 knots on a sea trial, outrunning the Isis which tops at 18 knots. The Esmeralda is described as a case-mated, high freeboard warship with ten inch guns, 25 ton breech loaders, substantial armor, and a hydraulic system. It carries Hotchkiss revolving cannons and other rapid-fire guns, mounted aboard including tops.
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Esmeralda
Isis
Harper advertisement for Volumes of the Bible or similar
The notice offers volumes for seven dollars and six cents each with postage paid and free express shipping if freight does not exceed one dollar per volume. Cloth cases are available by mail postpaid, with remittances via post office money order or draft to Harris & Dro.
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Hankier
Harper & Bros
Harper & Brothers
New York
Harper & Dros
Harper's Young People 1885 Illustrated Weekly Review
A compact notice extols Harper's Young People as an illustrated weekly for youths. It lauds its juvenile stories proper history science travel and life facts written by reputable authors with accuracy and value. It highlights athletic papers games travel and adventures as wholesome affordable fare for families and boys.
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Harper’s Young People
Illustrated Weekly
Harren
Telegraphs set speed record across the oceanic line
A Chicago Herald dispatch from Independence Missouri reports telegraph time between an inland Scottish town and the opposite side of the line. The exchange took one hour and ten minutes, described by telegraph men as fast time. The item mentions four treasers here and five there, with Ottawa Ills Globe weighing in on capital and speculation in relation to a ten dollar stake.
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Caeo
Rock Island & Pacific
R’y
Chicago
Joliet
Peoria
Ottawa
la Salle
Geneseo
Moline
Rock Island
Illinois
Pullman
Chicaco
Missouri River
Minneapolis
ST. Paul
Albert Lea
Seneca
Kankakee
Newport News
Richmond
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
la Fayete
Council Crufts
United States
Canota
R. R. Cable
E. ST. John
T & Gen
Glen’i T’k
R Act
Chicago Herald
Independence
Scotland
Employment of Women in England Gains in Civil Service
A New York Sun summary notes a decade of growth in English female labor across new industries and civil service. It cites 3,214 women employed in the civil service and highlights expanding opportunities for women in diverse occupations.
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England
New York Sun
Eer
Terms: Postage Prepaid 2.00 Per Year
Postage prepaid at a rate of 2.00 per year. Volume six begins November 1 1354.
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Shen Intelligencer
Iowa
Iowa State Horticultural Society
Gilead
Buckien
Clear Creek Tile and Brick Works
P. L. Porter Tile and Brick Works
F. Mount
Stark & McHose
G. D. Loud
Kelley
Ontario
Gilbert
Norman & Loud
Washington, D. C
W. H. Hale
M. D
Oo Ees A. Ee
Hate
Henry Askell
Captain Aleck
Exnocn
Arden
New World
Jean Ixeelow
Sly
Hixos BarrTor
David Hunt
Dr. Fools’s
Dr. Case
Everson
Colorado
Cetten Ainee
Torson
Conn
Beauty
Mary Anderson
Mrs. Langtry
Rachel
Mme. Ristori
Jenny Lind
Milwaukee Wisconsin
Charlie
Harrest
Constance Fenimore Woolson
W. D. Howells
the Red Glover
F. D. Miller
R. Swain Gifford
E. A. Abbey
H. Gibson
Goldsmith
Abbey
Harper’s Periodicals
Hanper’s Magazine
Haper & Baos
Illustrated
WMO
Chippewa Falls
Servillan
Va Crosse
Wens Poin
Kansas
Vandlatia
Paris
American Punch
Eee
Andes
Ft.Doa
Stor
Lee Paul
Puradtey Undas ‘Paribeull
Biateg
Merville
Warren Leland
York
Capelloon
Caloenia
Benanp
Parrinee BY
Lowell, Mass
Chicago & Northwestn Railway
Council Bluffs
Omaha
California
Milwaukee
LaCrosse
Sparta
Howard
Green Bay
Wis
Wincoe Mankato
Minn
Cedar Rapi Moines
Webster City
Algona
Maton
Marshalltown
Freeport
Elxin
Rockford
Cen Simmer
Aew
N.W. R.Y
Chicago, Ill
New York Post
Burton
Globe
Geneva
Hargrex & Bros
Address & Brothers
Mason City
Ottumwa
Peoria and
Oskaloosa
E. L. Dudley Sarp
R. S. McMurray
T.A
Ledeen
Doora
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