Iowa farms show why prices doubled in ten years
Special correspondence from Des Moines reports J R Sage of Iowa weather and crop service presents a ten year table of state farm production and value ending January 1 1900. He attributes rising farm prices to abundant rainfall during crop months and improved cultivation while noting no climate drying trend. The article covers fair prospects, racing entries, and political questions following Senator Gear’s death.
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Des Moines
J. R. Sage
Lowa Weather and Crop Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Lowa
Iowa
Union
John Henry Gear
General Assembly
Gear
F. W. Bicknell
Dillon Confesses In AmEx Safe Robbery Case
C P Dillon, who admitted he robbed the American Express officer’s storm lake safe, was taken from Chicago to Iowa by Sheriff Charles Parker. He said M Masteller led a nationwide gang of telegraph operators who plot robberies and that Masteller and Edward Bryner were arrested previously. Special Agent Corbett of American Express said Jesse P Reinach was arrested in St. Louis for money order sales.
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C. P. Dillon
American Express
Storm Lake
Chicago
Iowa
Charles Parker
Dillon
Capt. Revere
M. Masteller
United States
Masteller
Edward Bryner
Corbett
American Express Company
Jesse P. Reinach
St. Louis
Clinton County Sees Milkhouse Trend Shift to Beef and Pork
Indications point to dairy nearly vanishing in Clinton County within years as farmers keep few cows and the creamery declines. All grain grown is fed to cattle and hogs, with beef and pork becoming the main, more profitable enterprises requiring less labor than butter production.
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Clinton County
Tet Lure of Health: Husten Stomach Bitters Advocated
An advertisement extols Hos tetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for stomach strength digestion and natural function. It claims relief from constipation biliousness and weak kidneys and urges worn out readers to try the tonic.
Man seeks arrest over false pretenses accusation
A Baltimore American item depicts Mr. Zeke Darkleigh pressing for charges against Gabe Snowflake for taking money under false contents. The judge proposes a warrant for obtaining money under false pretenses, but Darkleigh insists on harsher phrasing.
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Jedge
Zeke Darkleigh
Gabe Snowflake
Baltimore American
Sacred Heart College Watertown Ad Promotes Solid Midwest College
The Sacred Heart College at Watertown Wisconsin advertises as a Notre Dame branch preparing boys for university entrance and offering thorough training at moderate cost. Founded 1873, it has grown annually and ranks among the middle west’s foremost colleges for families with limited means.
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Sacred Heart College
Watertown
Wis
University of Notre Dame
Heart College
Middle West
Chinese Dinner Set Shattered in Kitchen Mishap
A comic scene unfolds as a cook announces the family dining set lies broken after a kitchen accident. The housewife cries while the husband laments the need to crack more china if only someone could be blamed for the mishap.
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China
N.Y. World
Cascarets Candy Cathartic Promote Natural Bowel Health
Advertisement touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a safe cure for various ailments by cleansing the bowels. Claims quick, painless relief with easy natural movements and only 10 cents to start. Warns against imitation products and notes the genuine boxes bear a C. C. stamp.
Witty exchange on beliefs about marriage and fate
A brief dialogue from the Chicago Evening News features a debate on whether Heaven assigns every man his destined wife versus a belief that men are punished in this year for their sins, reflecting humorous tension over fate and morality.
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Chicago
Grand Trank Railway Opens Canada and East Service
The Grand Trank Railway System offers service to Canada’s choicest resorts and the East. For fares descriptive literature and details contact J. H. Burgis City Passenger and Ticket Agent at 249 Clark St corner Jackson Boulevard Chicago.
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Canada
East
J. H. Burgis
Cark St
Jackson Boulevard
Chicago
House with Faulty Windows and Stubborn Doors
A humorous note from the Indianapolis Journal describes a house with windows that won’t stay open and doors that won’t stay shut, illustrating a sardonic take on a new dwelling.
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Howard
Indianapolis Journal
Unclear Health Suggestion on Daily Bowel Movement
Fragments describe daily bowel movement guidance and mentions health impact on liver and kidneys. Details are garbled with incomplete phrases and a price of 25 appears, but no clear product or source is identified.
Stingy men scoff at smiles unless others pay price
A wry Chicago Daily News quip notes some men refuse to smile unless it costs others, a sharp social jab on ego and generosity.
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Chicago Daily News
Local Quotation Notes Coughs and Colds Remedy
An indeterminate quote notes Piso's Cure for Consumption as an unmatched remedy for coughs and colds. The clipped text references Boyer of Trinity Springs Indiana in February and a stray line about hens and liberal fowls.
To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
Advertisement promises a one day cure for colds with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and offers a refund from druggists if it fails to cure.
Minds of steel sharpen a cutting edge in Ram's ornamental work
A brief note highlights Ram's ornamental metalcrafts as minds of steel honing sharp details and creative edge. The feature suggests precision and craft in the artist's studio.
A faded old letter ink and the dollar mark
A brief quip from the Chicago Daily News notes ink that never fades and suggests even illiterate men can sign with a dollar mark, reflecting on literacy and commerce in a bygone era.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is a Constitutional Cure
An advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy for catarrh. It states a price of 75 cents and urges readers to buy for relief.
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Hall
Price
Notre Dame University Adverts Attract Local Readers
The notice highlights Notre Dame University as a leading western education institution. It invites inquiries for free catalogues and details on terms, courses, and preparatory options including a Commercial Course and a boys program Sir Edward's Hall. The school emphasizes thoroughness, exact care, and fifty six years of educational service.
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Notre Dame University
West
Sir Edward's Hall
Dictionary Help Stirs Humorous Marriage Question
In an open car a man and a young companion consult a dictionary to decipher a woman’s reply to a marriage proposal. The sedate man reads a term concave cataleptic semi annual old idiot as the chosen description, deciding the answer was not for him with a wry quip about handy dictionaries.
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Washington Post
Allen's Foot-Ease Ad Promises Quick Shoe Comfort
Do your feet ache and burn when you put on tight shoes Allen's Foot-Ease powder makes new shoes feel easy. Cures corns itching swollen hot callous smarting sore and sweating feet All druggists and shoe stores sell it 25c Sample sent free Address Allen E Olmsted Le Roy New York.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
The Advertising Trait and the Dr Eyes Like Diamonds
A fragment from the Philadelphia Bulletin notes the advertising trait of traits in print language. It remarks on eyes described as diamonds and warns against losing them, implying promotional imagery or personification in ads.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Parlor Match Often Follows Steady Flame
The Indianapolis News notes that a parlor match is frequently the result rather than the precursor of a steady flame, highlighting a cause and effect idea tied to domestic or social fires.
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Indianapolis News
Putnam Fape Essates Dye Color Leader
Putnam Fape essates claim to produce the fastest and brightest colors among any known dye. Sold by all druggists.
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Putnam Fape
Odd Sayings and Gum Muses From The Times
A garbled clip notes quips on a man being off the mark and a Ram's Horn anecdote about a good Samaritan. It also mentions Mexicans chewing chicle, the key component of White's Yucatan Gum.
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White
Give a pig plenty of milk and it will make a hog of itself
A brief aphorism from the Chicago Daily News notes that overfeeding a pig leads to excessive hoggish growth, illustrating how abundance can precipitate unintended consequence.
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Chicago Daily News
Marquette Recalled as Charming Lake Superior Resort
Marquette on Lake Superior is highlighted as a charming summer resort reached via the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway. The piece notes healthful location scenery and hotels with fever immunity, urging readers to obtain The Lake Superior Country for more details by sending four cents and stamps to Geo H. ers, General Passenger Agent, Chicago.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Marquette
Mich
Lake Superior
Copper Country
Geo. H. Ers
Chicago
Bennies and Burlesque Banter in a Whispering Quip
Comic exchange captures a husband bragging about his wife as a lively open book and an older man conceding his spouse is equally outspoken. The Philadelphia Press quotes a playful taunt about marital frankness and chatty partners.
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Benedict
Philadelphia Press
Ovarian Troubles and Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
Two reader letters describe relief from ovarian and abdominal pains. Mrs. Mary Smith of Arlington Iowa reports swelling and pain eased after one bottle, avoiding surgery. Mrs. Evans Bryan of Otisville Michigan credits six bottles with lifting years of falling womb and bladder inflammation and restoring health.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Pinkham
Mary Smith
Arlington, Iowa
Mrs. Pink Am
Mars
Evsiz Bryan
Otisville, Mich
Notre Dame Catalogue Announces Open Rooms and Courses
The 17th Year catalog for Notre Dame lists full courses across classics letters economics history journalism art science pharmacy law civil mechanical and electrical engineering architecture and preparatory commercial studies. Free rooms for juniors and seniors, rooms to rent for students over seventeen, and special rates for ecclesiastical candidates. St Edward's Hall serves boys under 13 with complete facilities. Catalogues available September 4 1900 from Rev A Morrissey C S C President.
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Notre Dame
Indiana
St. Edward’s Hall
A. Morrissey
Unprecedented South Atlantic Real Estate and Investment List
Unprecedented opening in the South and Cuba from the Atlantic to the Rio Grande. Farms and stock farms large and small ranches merchandise and other new business concerns for sale and rent. Excellent bargains from 100 to 400000 cash and time payments. Partners and capital wanted patents for sale. Address W. B. Cox Mobile Alabama. No charge for inquiries.
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South
W. B. Cox
Pollock Bldg
Mobile
Ala
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Washington
J.P. Allen
Paul
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Frank 1. Clark CO
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