Improvement Plan For Dairy Work In Iowa
Des Moines and northeastern Iowa see progress as F W Bouska begins dairy education work after consultation with Dairy Commissioner Norton and Deputy Wright. He plans county visits, tests milk quality, inspects creameries, and promotes cleaner, better feeding to raise butter prices and profits. Governor Shaw heads to Colorado with family for the summer. banking and school district boundary rulings also noted.
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Des Moines
F. W. Bouska
Norton
Wright
Iowa
Bouska
Agricultural College
Ames
Massachusetts
Agricultural College Creamery
Mr. Bouska
Minnesota
Umbrella mix up ends with honest recovery at shop
A summer boarder near Boston mistook another umbrella for her own at Hovey's after tying together many left by former guests. She apologized, returned alone, and later reclaimed her bundle in Cambridge, meeting the rightful owner who noted her luck.
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Boston
Boston Transcript
Hovey’s
Cambridge
Choate Taunts Baby as Acton Library Opens
American ambassador Joseph H. Choate spoke at Acton England during a free library opening. A persistent baby in the audience interrupted repeatedly, prompting Choate to quip that even the Bible says out of the mouths of babes and sucklings cometh wisdom. He continued with jokes about Ecclesiastes and books.
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Acton
England
Joseph H. Choate
Great Britain
San Francisco
Mr. Choate
Lord Bishop
Western woman seeks audience with cabinet member in Washington
A determined woman from the west visited Washington to interview a cabinet member about a topic of interest. She offered 50 cents to bypass orders, but the messenger declined, noting he earns a higher salary to keep her card out.
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Washington
Darky
N. Y. Tribune
Translated hymn misfire as converts sing wrong verse
A missionary asked a pundit to render a hymn into Indian vernacular and was astonished when the converts sang a literal, awkward version about an old stone split for one’s benefit, revealing miscommunication in translation.
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San Francisco
Humble Man Answers Promptly at Door
An agent asks for the head of the family. The small man with whiskers replies Tam he. The line amuses the overbearing witnesses, whose patience is tested by the unexpected wit in this Indianapolis Press excerpt.
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Indianapolis Press
Detroit Jeur ua pipe wisdom in political sheaf
In politics the wise man lays pipes not words while the fool spouts. A southern city paper notes cautionary rhetoric over infrastructure in public debate.
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Detroit
Jeurua
Emigration Fears Highlighted by Japan Over Loss to Abroad
The article notes Japan’s alarm at the emigration of its residents to the United States, alleging misrepresentation that lures people here and leaves them adrift. It compares the deception to claims about Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a universal remedy for indigestion constipation dyspepsia malaria fever and ague, praising the product’s safety and value.
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Japan
Eli
Strange War Preparations Report From Sing-Hi Arsenal
The article describes nightly operations at Sing-Hi producing metal shields with scare heads, Prince Bung buying two handed wooden swords for the royal guard, seizure of twenty stands of firecracker guns in Taka Nip, and mass production of enameled toasting forks. It notes kites shaped as dragons for salting dogs and lacquered war gangs with bamboo thumpers, plus Canton matting bombproofs with rice paper prayers to deflect shells.
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Imperial
Sing-Hi
Prince Bung
Taka-Nip
Thousan
Sal
Canton
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Allen's Foot-Ease Ad Promotes Comfortable 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 25e Sample sent FRYE Ad dress Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy NY
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Allen
Frye
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Mark Twain Telephone Anecdote Sparks Eloquent Call
In Hartford Mark Twain, composing humor, is interrupted by a telephone call. Frustrated by the delay he uses colorful language and learns the caller is an eminent divine. The divine asks to repeat, and Clemens explains his butler could not understand.
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Hartford
Conn
Mark Twain
Mark
Mr. Clemens
Grand Trank Railway offers fares to Canada and East
The Grand Trank Railway System will serve you to the choicest resorts of Canada and the East. For fares, descriptive literature, and general information apply to J. H. Burgis, City Passenger and Ticket Agent, 249 Clark St., corner Jackson Boulevard, Chicago.
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Canada
East
J. H. Burgis
Cark St
Jackson Boulevard
Chicago
Census Taker Confrontation Cited in Indianapolis Journal
In a brief comic exchange, a census taker questions a resident about their relation to the head of the household, prompting a sharp reply from the citizen and a warning to call the head of the house.
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Indianapolis Journal
Stranger-Told Tale of Zeke After Grizzly Tackle
Native remarks on the tale of Zeke who faced a grizzly with only a knife. The stranger asks if Zeke survived to tell the story as the Philadelphia Record notes the reaction and suggests Zeke did little else but that act.
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Zeke
Philadelphia Record
Lane's Family Medicine Adventures in Health
An historical fragment touts Lane's Family Medicine claiming daily bowel movement benefits and cures for liver and kidney ailments. The quirky notice mentions Curea and a price of 25 in a concise, period voice.
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Lane
Sunday Clothes Zest Lost If All Were Rich
A reflective line from the Indianapolis Journal laments the loss of zest in Sunday attire should wealth eliminate the contrast between rich and common life, hinting at social commentary on fashion and happiness.
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Indianapolis Journal
Pre match maker loses desire over kitchen girl follower
A world famed match maker in the town faces a personal crisis when she learns her kitchen helper has a follower influencing her decisions. The anecdote appears in the Atchison Globe.
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Atchison
To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
Advertises Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets claiming a cure for colds in one day with a money back refund offer if no cure. Price listed at 25 cents.
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Minneapolis
T. M. Roberts
Bird on the hat worth more than two in the bush
A Detroit Journal item mocks the proverb about a bird on the hat being worth more than the birds in the bush noting the folly of equating a hat bird with real value.
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Detroit Journal
Piso's Cure Cited as Best for Throat and Lungs
endorsement from William O Endsley of Vanburen Indiana dated February 10 1900 praises Piso's Cure for throat and lung issues. A streetcar conductor quips about being for the ticket in the Indianapolis News.
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Wm. O. Endsley
Vanburen, Ind
Indianapolis News
Carter's Ink Used in U S Railway Test Systems
Carter's ink is adopted by United States railway testing programs for reliability and accuracy. Officials say its superior performance drives nationwide use and confidence in safety assessments.
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Carter
United States
Oddball Quotations and Local Ad Snippets Digest
A compact clip of misc sayings and advertisements featuring quips about resilience and mood. Among items are lines about teeth whitening gum and a humorous remark from multiple old newspapers. The snippet also mentions a crowbar slogan and Putnam Fape messages.
Marquette as a healthful summer resort on Lake Superior
The article promotes Marquette Michigan as a healthful scenic resort reachable via the Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul Railway. It touts immunity from fever and appealing hotels for summer heart rest and comfort and offers a mailed pamphlet The Lake Superior Country with a 4 cent postage request to Geo H Seafford Chicago.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Marquette
Mich
Lake Superior Country
Copper Country
Geo. H. Seafford
Chicago
Mars in disguise woos Venus as Sirius shines bright
A whimsical tale from the Cincinnati Enquirer describes Mars scaing among the stars to win Venus’s affection while posing modestly. He proclaims his love to a cautious Venus who questions his sincerity, and he responds with a bold insult, invoking Sirius the Dog Star.
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Mars
Cincinnati Enquirer
Cascarets Candy Cathartic Health Claim Ad
An old advertisement promises relief for numerous ailments by cleansing the bowels. It touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a natural cure with easy movements, costing 10 cents to start, and warns against imitations.
Blood Circulation and Heart Affairs Highlighted
The Chicago Daily News notes the circulation of blood as a central concern of heart function in a concise medical reflection. This item underscores physiology basics in a periodical context.
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Chicago Daily News
Pinkham Record Promises Cure For Womens Ills
A promotional catalog describes Pinkham as a peerless cure for disorders seen as women’s natural fate. It portrays a constant conquest over obstinate ills, claiming to dispel despair and restore hope to sufferers.
Mrs Pinkham Offers Free Advice to Women in Lynn
Cures these troubles of women and robs men struation of its terrors. No woman need be without the safest and surest advice, for Mrs. Pinkham counsels women free of charge. Her address is Lynn, Mass. Can any woman afford to ignore the medicine and the advice that has cured million women.
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Colorado
West
Iowa Retail Grocers’ Association
W. A. Scruby
Ira B. Thomas
Eugene Buttles
Burlington
N. S. Johnson
Bloomfield
J. F. Grote
West Side
W. H. Albrecht
Tama
Gov. Shaw
Grand Lake
Col
Georgetown
Merriam
Comptroller of the Treasury
Barrett
Remley
Wells-Fargo
Wells-Fargo Company
Adams
Adjt
Byers
Lee County
Fort Madison
Keokuk
National Educational Association
Charleston
S. C
Beardshear
State Agricultural College
Iown
W. Bicknell
Orange City
City Hall
Hinsberger
A. W. Lehr
P. J. Dekruf
Choate and the Baby
New York
Kansas City
ST. Louis
Henner
China
Twain
Indianapolis
Atchison Globe
Putnam
Hall
Price
Lake Superior
Hest
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
NS Cé
Aitrof
Omaha
Rockford
Dubuque
Waterloo
Fort Dodge
Council Bluffs
A. H. Hanson
San Joaquin Valley
the Golden Gate
Indian Pueblos
Yosemite, Grand
Cahon
Arizona
The
Santa Fe
California
Harvey Meals
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Escanaba
Lwaukee
Racine
Sheboygan
Manitowee
Rewalenee
Algoma
Sturgeon Bay
Marinette
Mae
Green
Goodrich
C. Davis
G.P.A
Foot
Michigan Ave
State
Bininervice
Great Lakes
Tike
Gibbs, Adair Co
Ofiz Farm
L. G. Boles
Waltham Watches
Waltham Watch Company
America
Waltham
John M. Smyth Company
W. Madison Street
PLY House
Min
Eneusime Cmts
Roberts’ Supply House
Minn
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