Fruit land boom offered along Illinois Central line
Illinois Central Railroad Company offers lands at enticing prices claiming apple orchard crops yield 300 to 500 dollars per acre and farmers earn 150 to 500 dollars per acre yearly. Lands lie 3 to 15 miles along the railroad with transport to markets and frequent fruit express trains to Chicago and St Louis. Address Skene, Land Commissioner, LC BR R Co, 78 Michigan Ave, Chicago.
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Ilinois
Cliains’ Central Railroad Company
Ilinois Central Railroad Company
Chicago
St. Nis
Ohio
Skene
BR. R. Co
Michigan Av
Real Estate Transfers Week Ending May 16 1591
Summary of property transfers in Story County for the week ending May 16 1591 listing numerous buyers sellers and parcels from Ames Zearing Cambridge and Story City including Holmes Blakeslee Norris Densmore and other names with amounts from 15 to 3960 dollars and notes of adjacent lots and blocks. The notices show transfers to Minnesota National Land and Investment Co Blair's addition and various railroad related lots in multiple towns.
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Maggie R Tupper
Hus
Sarah A. Hoskins
Nevada
Mamie Gibson
Hustor H Boyd
H. Scotts
Daniel Johnson
Jared Blakesle
Weirad Story City
BT Holm
GS Tolheim
Larson
Story City
Tollefson
Caroline Holmes
Cambridge
M Kline
Albert Clapper
Collins
Soren O Anderson
Osmund Sheldahl
Sheldahl
Andrew Stone
John Butler
S R Corneilussen
Baldwin & Maxwell
Humes Cummings
Blair
Cole
H Cronk
Minnesota National Land and Investment Co
Minn Rat L
Inv
Paxton
Miller
Ames
Lewis
Bunker
Zearing
Norris
A M Norris
Wtoj
Whitney
Jonas Duea
Farmer's Creamery
TC McCall
W Tos
M McCall
ES. McCord
AS McCord
F Severike
A M Graves
Stine Olson
Hans Olson
Edmund Lindsey
J R Densmore
AC Cole
T Keef
Maxwell
JH Ellis
J O French
B& M
Henry Cronk
MM Mason
G G Stebbins
J Li Cook
John R Hays
E. H. Ellis
Gay E Starr
Carrie Reynolds
C & N W Ry Co
Chas Kent
J L Dane
Templeton’s Ad
Par
Frances E. Sheldon
James H Lincon
R J Silliman
Hawkeye Ins Co
John Woodward
John Nelson
C B Finch
J M Whitney
Wilbur F Whitney
De Witt's Little Early Risers Promoted by Drug Gist Ads
Advertising lines tout De Witt's Little Early Risers as mild effective pills for sour stomach headaches and constipation. Claims include not causing gripe nausea or forceful action and sold by all druggists with public party notes interwoven.
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de Witt
Witt
Quack Medicines and Remedies in Odd Ad Snippets
A collage of 19th century drug claims touts Sarsaparilla, English Spavin Liniment, and Chamberlain’s Pain Balm with testimonials from local druggists. Mentions Harvard library, mining in Chili, and Edison’s Kinetograph. L. M. Bosworth Druggist advertised in Ames Iowa with various cures and prices.
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L. M. Bosworth Druggist
Ames
New Discovery Promises Relief for Colds and Lung Ailments
Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption, coughs and colds guarantees relief or money back. Trial bottles free at L M Bosworth’s drug store. Also notes about hair, baldness cure, and local testimonies of recovery with Electric Bitters and Bucklen’s Amica Salve.
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Edward Shepherd
Harrisburg
Bucklen
John Speaker
Catawba
Ohio
Buckien
L. M. Bosworth
Ingenious Boston Man Steals Power From Water Pipe
A Roxbury resident in front of his home near a trolley pole taps electricity from the West End Railway by wiring his water pipe to a storage battery. He uses the charge to light his house, run a fan, bells, and a burglar alarm, with the company’s dynamos undisturbed. The Boston Post notes this clever yet unlawful use of surplus current.
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Boston
West End Railway Company
Roxbury
West End Company
Guy Post
West End
Boston Post
Farm Oil or Gas Well Found Near Goshen
Joseph Paulus reports discovery of a peculiar oil or gas mixture on his Goshen area farm three miles northwest. A saw mill near a large manch uses water from an open forty foot well feeding boiler. the water shows a heavy oily odor like artificial water gas and resists separation, prompting expert analysis confirmation awaited.
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Joseph Paulus
Goshen
Paulus
Chicago Tribune
Dr Miles New Heart Cure Revolutionizes Treatment
The text extols Dr Miles New Heart Cure as a major medical breakthrough for heart disease with rapid relief from symptoms such as breathlessness fluttering pains and swelling. It notes the cure is sold by L M Bosworth with a headache remedy and mentions Harper Brothers preparing a library edition of Rider Haggard's Eric Brighteyes.
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Harper & Brothers
Rider Haggard
Eric Brighteyes
English Investors Buying American Industries Concerns Raised
The piece cautions about English and Scottish investors buying American assets. It cites a Texas cattle ranch bought in 1880 for 160000 and sold in 1889 for 265000 after improvements, with reduced stock quality. It notes American sellers face higher competition as foreign buyers profit from experience and capital.
Paris cab scam offers insurance via coin slot
The scheme uses a penny slot in Paris cabs to insert a ten-centime coin for an insurance policy while riding. If the passenger dies in the vehicle he receives 5,000 francs, if incapacitated by an accident 1,500 francs, and if injured enough to be out of work a month 500 francs.
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Paris
Dr Miles Remedies Promoted at Local Drugstore
Our druggist L M Bosworth offers trial bottles of Dr Miles Restorative Nervine promising relief from headache dizziness sleeplessness nervous prostration and effects of spirits tobacco and coffee. Dr Miles New Heart Cure is guaranteed for nervous or organic heart disease with a free book on nervous and heart diseases.
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L. M. Bosworth
Dr. Miles
Hardy's Group of Noble Dames to Publish in June
Thomas Hardy compiles a ten story set with illustrations titled Group of Noble Dames will be released early in June by Harper and Brothers.
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Thomas Hardy
Harper & Brothers
Fisherman Tom Cook Catches Four-Pound Shad Near Chester
Chester Pa. fisherman Tom Cook brings in a four pound shad while chasing fish near Chester Island. The World notes his skill surpasses rivals as he hooks and reels the runaway catch, though the fish briefly escaped before Cook recovered it.
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Tom Cook
Chester
Chester Island
New York World
Are You In Favor Of Cremation Yes Of Ice Cremation
A fragment discusses opinions on cremation and a humorous take on ice cremation. It mentions women with golden hair and plaited hair, and calls Ayer's Cherry Pectoral a strong remedy for throat and vocal organ ailments.
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Ayer
Hails Catarrh Cure Sold By Druggists At 75 Cents
An advertisement warns against mercury based remedies and promotes Hail's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. The product is described as mercury free, taken internally, and to be purchased from druggists for 75 cents per bottle.
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F. J. Cheng & Co
Toledo
O. F
Sarsaparilla Cures Ills Through Excretory Channels
An old observation urges using Yer's Sarsaparilla to purge toxins via the body's excretory channels. It presents carbuncles eruptions and skin troubles as signs that cleansing the blood can improve health.
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Nature
Cardinal Parocchi Cardinal and Vatican Figure
Lucido Maria Parocchi born Mantua August 13 1833 became bishop in 1871 archbishop of Bologna in 1877 and cardinal priest the same year He was later made cardinal vicar of Rome and long regarded a strong papal throne candidate.
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Cardinal Parocchi
Lucido Maria Parocchi
Mantua
Bologna
Rome
Papal
Farjeon English Novelist Weds Margaret Jefferson
B L Farjeon the English novelist married Margaret daughter of Joseph Jefferson He is a London native aged fifty five who started as a printer His first story Grief appeared in Australia Blades o Grass and Bread and Cheese and Kisses rank among his best known works.
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B. L. Farjeon
Margaret
Joseph Jefferson
London
Australia
Mrs Joseph M Carey Known for Social and Public Interest
Mrs Joseph M Carey wife of Wyoming Senator Carey stood out in Washington society during the last session. She is noted for her beauty and many social accomplishments as well as being well posted on public questions.
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Joseph M. Carey
Washington
Senator Carey
Wyoming
New Senator from Illinois John M C Palmer
John M C Palmer born Sept 13 at Eagle Creek Kentucky moved to Illinois at fifteen settled Carlinville served in legislature and other posts. He joined the Federal army became colonel of the Fourteenth Illinois and brigadier general Dec 20 1861. Palmer was governor of Illinois 1869 to 1873 and later served as United States senator from Illinois until March 4 1897.
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John McCauley Palmer
Eagle Creek
Scott County
Ilinois
Carlinville
John M. Palmer
Consumption Cured by Simple Vegetable Remedy
An old physician, retired, claims a vegetable cure for consumption and lung ailments based on a formula from an East India Missionary. He offers free mailing of the recipe in German, French, or English with directions, by writing with a stamp to W. A. Sores, Powers' Block, Rochester, N.Y., dated March 5, year not stated.
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East India
W. A. Sores
Powers’ Block
Rochester
N.Y
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Geo W Phillips
Andrew Lang
Mark Twain
S. H. Clifford
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Harvard University
Lucy Slooper
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J. H. Straub
Fort Madison
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Chamberlain
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Farmer Paulus
Queer Well
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Penny Life Insurances
Cora V. Diehl
Oklahoma
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Farmers’ Alliance
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Soo
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Roce
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Parde
Oxford
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Waterloo
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A. H. Thayer
Sec’y
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