Death of Ex Gov Cyrus C Carpenter in Fort Dodge Iowa
Ex Governor Cyrus C Carpenter a leading Iowa figure died at his Fort Dodge home after a two week illness. Born in Hartford Susquehanna county he moved to Iowa in 184 he held posts from survey chief to state legislator. He served in the civil war with Rosecrans Dodge and Logan and later held governor and congressional seats.
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Cyrus C. Carpenter
Fort Dodge
Hartford
Susquehanna County
Suembolat County
Iowa
Congress
Harrison
Carpenter
Iowa Wheat Prospects Improve With Record Yields Expected
Observers report a promising wheat season in Iowa with winter wheat in excellent condition and spring wheat acreage up about 25 percent. Officials estimate the crop at around 20 million bushels, roughly 80 percent higher than last year despite some abnormal rank growth from recent moisture and warmth.
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Iowa
A O U W Officers Elected at Waterloo Grand Lodge Meet
At the seventeenth grand lodge meet ing in Waterloo Iowa the following officers were elected Grand master workman FE Duke Naven Laporte City grand foreman CR Lark Montezuma grand overseer SP Smith Town Falls grand recorder H B White Waterloo grand receiver EA Wadleigh Clinton grand medical examiner DS Troy Nashua chairman finance committee CB Stilson Waterloo
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Grand Lodge
Waterloo
Iowa
Duke Naven
Laporte City
C. R. Lark
Montezuma
P. Smith
Town Falls
H. B. White
E. A. Wadleigh
Clinton
8. S. Troy
Nashua
C. B. Stilson
Death of Gen. Pillow on railroad track near New ton
Eptham Pillow known as Gen Pillow, an old colored man, was found dead on the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad track at the west edge of New ton. His right leg was severed at the knee, left leg at the hip, left arm broken, and head cut off. Police suppose he sat on the track to rest and may have fallen asleep.
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Eptham Pillow
Pillow
Newton
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Iowa crop report highlights best week of season
Government crop report for Iowa notes almost ideal weather for all crops. Corn stands improving and cultivation progressing while wheat does remarkably well. Oats and barley grow too rank in some districts and grass is heavy with a large hay crop practically assured.
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Iowa
Alden Former Mayor C W Crockett Dies at 65
C W Crockett longtime Alden mayor and Hardin county resident died in Alden after 13 years as mayor and years as a public figure. Born in Scotland, he was 65.
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C. W. Crockett
Alden
Hardin County
Scotland
Fifty first Iowa volunteers muster for San Francisco
The Fifty first Iowa volunteers have been mustered into the service and sent to report to Gen Morritt in San Francisco. The regiment numbers 42 men in 12 companies with Col Lopez of Des Moines commanding.
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Fifty-first
Iowa Volunteers
San Francisco
Merritt
Lopez
Des Moines
Iowa News in Brief from Civil War Veteran to New Buildings
Gen George W Clark longtime land office employee and Civil War veteran dies in Washington. Manteno post office discontinued. Dunlap to get mail. Iowa iron works Dubuque to build five steel boats for river work below St Louis. Dunlap creamery burglarized. over 1000 pounds butter stolen. Mrs Morton of Clarinda asylum hanged herself formerly Coin resident. Dubuque population 43290 up 1065. Des Moines to raise colored troops. Waterloo YMC A to build 15000 building. Dunlap paper notes town busy. Winnebago county petitions for multisaloons. Crawford county personal property 793874 realty 2975496 up 1239105. Guy P Burch Dubuque wins low hurdle record in New England intercollegiate meet Boston. Blackhawk county pays 45 to test cider seizure nonintoxicating. Sioux City trade and labor assembly backs single tax law. Dr M B Cochran dies Iowa City surgeon leaves wife four children. Michael Boarts dies aged 81 Iowa City. Child found dead in a box on Clear Lake near Mason City. J T Stoddard and Alva Greene arrested. George O Van Vieck Marshall County real estate leader dies of nervous prostration.
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George W. Clark
Land Office
Washington
Iowa
United States
Manteno
Dunlap
Iowa Iron Works
Dubuque
St. Louis
Clarinda Asylum
Morton
Coin
New City
Des Moines
Waterloo
Winnebago County
Crawford County
Guy P. Burch
Boston
Blackhawk County
Iowa City
Michael Boarts
Clear Lake
Mason City
J. T. Stoddard
Alva Greene
George O. van Vieck
Marshall County
Governor’s call seeks 1995 recruits for four Iowa regiments
Gov. Shaw urges rapid enlistment to fill four regiments in the field up to 106 men each, totaling 1995 needed. Recruiting officers will be assigned by county as war department instructions arrive, with emphasis on sending full regiments to the front and avoiding skeleton units. He favors assigning recruits near their homes and notes exceptions for counties already over quota.
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Gov. Shaw
War Department
Adams
Allamakee
Appanoose
Buchanan
Cerro Gordo
Cherokee
Floyd
Franklin
Hamilton
Jefferson
Kossuth
Lee
Lucas
Marshall
Montgomery
Muscatine
Palo Alto
Polk
Poweshiek
Tama
Taylor
Union
Washington
Webster
Woodbury
Books in Bad Shape at Perpetual Building Assn Clinton
Auditor McCarthy receives J C Grabbe report on the Perpetual Building association of Clinton. Examination from 1870 to 1898 shows 10 000 errors involving about 1 500 000 and a net deficit of about 65 000 after adjustments. Shortage of 11 654 77 charged to former secretaries. company reorganized and resumed business.
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McCarthy
J. C. Grabbe
Davenport
Perpetual Building Association
Clinton
Butter Shipment To England To Prove U S Quality
DeWitt Goodrich of Climbing Hill shipped 21 boxes of butter weighing 1 575 pounds to Manchester England under orders from Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson. The aim is to show American butter equals the best in the world and to learn English market preferences in color and salting. Goodrich, a prize winner at the world dairy fair, is the expert behind the effort.
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DeWitt Goodrich
Climbing Hill
Ote
Manchester
England
James Wilson
United States
Goodrich
Supreme Court Split on Prime Guest Mandamus Case
The court divided evenly and failed to reverse Polk county district court. By operation of law the district court decision stands affirmed. The case directed Gov. Drake to issue a commission as brigadier general of the Second Brigade I N G to John R Prime and canceled the prior commission held by James A Guest of Burlington.
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Supreme Court
Prime Guest
Polk County District Court
Gov. Drake
John R. Prime
James A. Guest
Burlington
Great Western Would Buy Mason City Line
A Mason City rumor says the Chicago Great Western seeks to purchase James Hill’s Mason City and Fort Dodge railroad. The 80 mile line would connect Mason City to Lehigh coal fields and feed the Great Western from its Manley terminus.
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Great Western
Mason City
Chicago Great Western Railroad
James Hill
Minneapolis
Fort Dodge
Lehigh
Manley
Modale men plead guilty to uttering spurious coins
J. W. Miner and Charles Whipple appeared before Judge Carland in the federal court at Sioux City and pleaded guilty to the crime of uttering counterfeit coins. Indicted for some time, they chose to plead now rather than stand trial this term. Judgment deferred until the October term.
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J. W. Miner
Charles Whipple
Modale
Carland
Sioux City
United States
Body of Mrs Nagle Recovered from Mississippi River
The body of Mrs. Nagle of Muscatine who drowned by self harm through the ice near Sabula in March has been recovered. High waves from a recent cyclone brought the body to the surface and a dog belonging to Mr. Hodson swam out and brought it ashore. Hodson receives the $50 reward offered for the remains.
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Nagle
Muscatine
Mississippi
Sabula
Hodson
Household Patriotism and Family Banter on War Wives
A Lawrence American piece humorously portrays a family talk on patriotism as a woman contemplates joining the war effort. The mother imagines fighting, nursing, and the chaos of battle while the father mocks and jokes about her bravado and a dusty gun in the back room.
Remarkable case of cure after long paralysis
The Monitor reports Mr. Petch, once a hopeless paralytic for five years, was approved for a total disability claim of 1600 by the Canadian Mutual Life Association. After using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, he regained health and credits the pills for his recovery, urging others to consider them.
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Monitor
Meaford
Ontario
Petch
Canadian Mutual Life Association
Williams
The
Mr. Petch
Hat loss halts trial as defendant questions jury access
In a Chicago Tribune style remark a defendant freed from the witness stand searches the jury for his missing hat. The judge asks what is the matter and the defendant mutters he has lost it while counsel hints another party may hold it.
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Chicago Tribune
Dr Hayes claims asthma cures with natural remedies
Buffalo physician Dr. Hayes promotes cures for asthma by natural alteratives and tonics that strengthen digestion and blood, remove the disease cause, and offer lasting relief. He offers a free thesis titled Asthma and Hay Fever Cured to Stay Cured upon request.
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Dr. Hayes
Buffalo
N. Y
Sign Proclaims Change of Heads at Local Inn
In Indianapolis Journal style dialogue, a question about ownership prompts plans to hang a sign saying the establishment has changed hands while noting retained staff. The exchange underscores confusion over proprietor changes and staff continuity.
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Indinapolis Journal
Public Clocks and Health Remedies Mentioned
Public clocks are praised for city timekeeping. The item then shifts to health, urging readers to address kidney and bladder complaints and recommending Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for dyspepsia and related ailments.
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America
Notable Words From Brooklyn Life On Bob In Cuba
Dialogue notes Bob’s peril in Cuba with Belle, recounting that he was “half shot” when seen at Hempstead, reflecting tense wartime sentiment in Brooklyn Life.
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Belle
Bob
Cuba
Hempstead
Brooklyn
Grain-O Coffee Substitute Promises Health and Taste
Grain-O is advertised as a long-desired coffee substitute made from pure grains. It is gentle on nerves and digestion, resembles the best coffee in taste and appearance, and is promoted as a genuine scientific article that supports health and strength.
Allen's Foot-Ease promotes comfort for tired feet
Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease powder claims to cure painful swollen feet and bunions, relieve sweating and callouses, and make tight shoes feel easy. Sold by druggists and shoe stores with a 2c price and a free trial at Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy NY.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
In Dry Goods Store Quip Sparks Genteel Debate
A witty quip from the Atchison Globe notes no girl in a dry goods shop is ever truly content if offered items priced at exactly fifteen cents. The remark plays on frugal shoppers and thrift era humor.
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Atchison Globe
Dr Kline Nerve Restorer Claims Free Trial Bottle
An advertisement claims that fits stop after using Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer and that the user is permanently cured. It offers a free $2 trial bottle and a treatise. Doctor listed as Dr Kline at 933 Arch St Philadelphia Pa.
A Woman Skips Dining Before Going Out
A fragment notes a woman who typically eats a hearty meal at home to curb appetite before going out to dine, suggesting social etiquette or restraint in serving manners.
Six Hundred Pound Lady Exhibit Draws Fat Salary
A brief note in the L. A. W. Bulletin mentions a six hundred pound lady in the museum drawing a notably high salary, hinting at curatorial or exhibit funding concerns.
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L. A. W. Bulletin
Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Sie
An old ad proclaims a one day cure for colds with Laxative Bromo Sie Tablets and promises refunds if it fails. The blurb ends with a quippy line about women and religion quoted as Atchison Ghote.
Piso's Cure Leaves Huntington Man Healed After Three Years
A testimonial from E. Cady of Huntington Indiana dated November 12 states Piso's Cure cured a throat and lung trouble that endured for three years, asserting strong relief from the remedy.
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Piso
E. Cady
Huntington
Ind
Beware of Morphine and a Woman's Recovery Secret
A nurse warns that morphine addiction arises from untreated chronic pain and fear of examinations. A Derby Center VT woman recounts using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after a physician refused further help, reporting five bottles restored health and daily functioning.
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Dmiggist’s
Lydia E. Pinkham
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