Washington Irregularities in Government Contracts Demand Scrutiny
A Special Correspondent outlines how government contracting favors some bidders, detailing bid splitting among ice dealers and the practice of awarding separate department contracts. The piece notes indifference to duties and criticizes patronage in indexing and office work, plus the pattern of sons of senators employed on the public payroll. It laments vandalism at the Washington Monument and recounts past funding gaps for the memorial and its elevator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Awards
Washington
Uncle Sam
District of Columbia
Agricultural Department
Smithsonian Institute
The
Fish Commission
Wickington Ford
Bureau of Statistics
England
Treasury
Congress
Senate
House
Tyler
Washington Pool
White House
Christian Endeavor
Washington Monument
Thomas Lay
Contre
We Must Have a Chance on the Farm Market
Iowa farmers linked to produce and livestock trades face weak home demand. The piece argues tariff and McKinley victory could improve prices next year, noting English import prices stay low due to machinery and ocean transport. It compares market forces to pulling a wagon from a ditch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
England
McKinly
People’s Bible History lauded by scholars and readers
Henry O. Shepard Company issues The People’s Bible History praised for accuracy and chronology. Introduction by William E. Gladstone accompanies writings of renowned scholars and artists. Low prices for popular edition aim to reach every household. Subscriptions required for both standard and deluxe editions. Buckingham’s Dye offered for beard coloring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry O. Shepard Company
Chicago
H. W. Bolton
William E. Gladstone
People’s Bible
Des Moines Excursion Tickets Offered at Reduced Rates
Midland Chautauqua assembly prompts North Western Line to sell excursion tickets to Des Moines at reduced rates from July 10 to 24. Details and sale dates available from Chicago & North Western Bay agents.
Hoods Sarsaparilla Promoted as Nerve Tonic
An advertisement touts Hoods Sarsaparilla as the best cure for nervousness claiming pure blood nourishes nerves and the tonic provides unparalleled relief.
Hood's Pills Promise Quick Relief for Nausea and Headache
A brief ad notes Hood's Pills cure nausea sick headache and indigestion with biliousness. Available at all druggists for 25 cents.
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Hood
Ayers Hair Vigor Promises Best Dressing
The advertisement touts Ayers Hair Vigor as the best dressing to restore natural hair color and improve scalp health. It appeals to readers with claims of hair vitality for various conditions and simplistically links eye color and deafness to hair care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayers
Anti sickness and health tips in a period ad catalog
The text promotes Simmons Regulator and Sarsaparilla as health aids, touts One Minute Cough Cure for lung trouble prevention, claims early watches were machine-made, and includes various testimonials. It also notes an antisquirrel convention in Spokane on May 15 and mentions local seller D. D. Bales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Washington
D. D. Bales
Family Cure Claim Cures Rheumatism and Piles
Dr A P Sawyer states the Family Cure cured his piles and relieved rheumatism and headaches. The testimonial comes from E L Williams of Weston Ohio and notes sales by D. D.
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A. P. Sawyer
E. L. Williams
Weston
Ohio
D. D. Bales
DeWitts Hazlet Salve Sold to Cure Piles Without Operation
Pass the good word along the line. Piles can be quickly cured without an operation by simply applying DeWitts Hazlet Salve. Sold by D. D. Bales. Deep and rapid breathing is recommended as a means of stopping hiccough.
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Ayer
Eli Hill
Lumber City
DeWitt
Zema
D. D. Bales
DeWitt’s
Weather Crop Report from Central Station Des Moines IA
The past week was cool and dry with daily temperatures about 3 degrees below normal and only a trace of rain. Harvest weather was ideal. oats and barley suffer rust and lodging, spring wheat hurt but better than oats, corn advancing to near normal, pastures and minor crops need rain though no material damage yet from the dry spell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Station
Dis Moines
Iowa
DeWitts Cholera Cure Suppresses Inflammation
The passage claims DeWitts Cholera Cure quickly subdues intestinal inflammation and relieves severe digestive distress. Sold by D. D. Bailes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
D. D. Bailes
Silk mill winder earns about four tenths a day in Switzerland
A worker in a Swiss silk mill is paid roughly 0.40 francs per day. The modest wage reflects the era's low earnings for industrial labor in Switzerland.
Hat Rates to Milwaukee by B Y P U Convention
On account of the international convention of the B Y P U the North Western Line will sell excursion tickets to Milwaukee and return at a rate of one fare for the roundtrip. For dates of sale and further information apply to agents Chicago and North Western Bay.
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North- Western
Milwaukee
Chicago & North-Western Ba Y
Illinois Central
Chicago
Manchester
Iowa
Waterloo Minister Rumored to Elope with 15-Year-Old Daisy Dorlan
Waterloo July 14. Last week Rev G E Scott pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church disappeared. Initially blamed on mental derangement, sources now claim he eloped with Daisy Dorlan the 15 year old daughter of P B Dorlan, a prominent figure.
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Waterloo
G. E. Scott
First Methodist Episcopal Church of
Daisy Dorlan
P. 8
Dorlan
DeWitt’s Colic and Cholera Cure Relief Claim
An old advertisement asserts DeWitt’s Colic and Cholera Cure quickly relieves bilious colic and pain from a microbe with an unpronounceable name. The copy stresses instant relief and sale by local dealers.
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DeWitt
D. D. Bales
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Schofield
Buckingham
O. C. Davis
Wautoma
Wis
Sarsaparilla
Des Moines
Midland Chautau Assembly
Simmons
United States
Roxberry
Mass
Jacob
Smyrna
M.S. Brook, Bronson
Bethel Branch, Co
Mich
Barton County
Georgia
E. 8
Pavy
Leesburg
Liverpool
Greenland
Lucy Bitner
Kansas
Bales
Ball’s and Warner
Jackson
Belding
Ts Ladies
Fairbank
J. Jacobs
Prop
Yours
Ames
Weather Crop Report
Illinois Central Railroad
Baptist Young People’s Union
Wisconsin
J. F. Merry
McCabe
Dren
Opera House
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