Battles With Snow: The Rotary Snowplows That Conquer Mountain Drifts
The New York Tribune describes how western railroads rely on rotary snowplows and crews to punch through colossal drifts in the Rocky Mountain passes. Boreas pass in Colorado serves as a vivid example where winds and relentless storms create 10, 20, and 30 foot drifts. The article follows the plow’s forceful advance, the black smoke, and the white semicircle ejecting snow as crews endure long stretches of winter duty. It notes occasional blockades when a train is miles from aid, and rare cases of a plow being trapped, yet asserts rotary power can overcome almost any drift.
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Rocky Mountains
Great Divide
Boreas Pass
Colorado
Boreas
Tenderfoot
Wyoming
New York Tribune
Greeleys Revenge and Stanton Retorts in Reform Era
The piece recalls Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Horace Greeley clashing over woman suffrage during the Civil War era. It highlights Stanton's quick retorts and Greeley’s sharp reactions, including a famed exchange about a petition signed by Mrs Horace Greeley. The account ends noting broader social debates and a quip about a maid and nurse.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Horace Greeley
Horace
the Tribune
Henry B. Stanton
The
Tribune
Pilgrim
Local Saying Echoes in Scattershot Patter
A condensed, humorous exchange shows Mrs Black Sam Johnson separated from her husband about six months ago. The speaker notes she is starting to harbor hopes he may not return, reflecting a wry rural humor tone.
Secret engagement and church scene tease in Ames Iowa
Dialogue hints at a secret engagement between Miss Elderleigh and Miss Younger amid a long sermon. The piece juxtaposes playful banter with a joke about truth and belief, ending with a playful note and a scrawled stamp reading AMES IOWA.
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Miss Elderleigh
Miss Younger
Chicago Post
Remarkable Case of Lung Cure from Cough Cure
Mrs Gertrude Benner of Marion Indiana suffered a cold deep seated pneumonia like cough that weakened her to 92 pounds before using One Minute Cough Cure. Four bottles cured her cough strengthened her lungs and restored her weight and health, according to Loughran and Bauer.
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Gertrude Benner
Marion
Ind
Loughran & Bauer
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers Advertised as Cures
The ad touts Foley’s Honey and Tar and DeWitt’s Little Early Risers as cures for coughs and pneumonia, claiming they cleanse the system, ease secretions, and strengthen lungs. It warns against substitutes and promotes Loughran & Bauer as sellers.
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Stars and Stripes
DeWitt’s
DeWitts
LovaHran & Baver
Great spring tonic from Rocky Mountain Tea
A spring blessing is Rocky Mountain Tea offered at 38 cents by L. M. Bosworths. The advertisement claims the tonic drives out impurities and richly nourishes the blood, filling the reader with warm tingling life.
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L. M. Bosworts
L. M. Bosw
Farming in the South circulars from Illinois Central RR
The Passenger Department of the Illinois Central Railroad issues monthly circulars on fruit growing vegetable gardening stock raising dairying in Kentucky West Tennessee Mississippi and Louisiana. Send name and address to J F Merry Assistant General Passenger Agent Dubuque Iowa to receive free circulars Nos 1 through 6 and future issues.
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Homeseeker
Ilinois Central Railroad Company
Kentucky
West Tennesee
Mississippi
Louisiana
J. F. Merry
Dubuque, Ta
West Tennessee
Dubuque
Iowa
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Promises Stomach Restoration
A 19th or early 20th century ad claims a weak stomach drains strength and that Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cleanses and strengthens the stomach to cure indigestion and dyspepsia. Loughran & Bauer advertised the product as restoring health by aiding digestion and nourishing tissues.
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Loughran & Bauer
Severe Cold for Three Months Tells Its Own Story
A Batesville Indiana man recounts three months of severe cold. After ineffective remedies from a druggist and a physician he used Foley's Honey and Tar and was cured in eight doses. Refuse substitutes. Loughran and Bauer.
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A. J. Nusbaum
Batesville
Ind
Foley
Loughran & Bauer
Foley's Kidney Cure Promises Safe, Harmless Healing
An advertisement claims Foley's Kidney Cure restores kidneys and bladder without containing anything injurious and asserts safety for general use. It presents a health remedy aimed at kidney and urinary issues with no listed side effects.
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Foley
Pneumonia risk from cold and old remedies praised
A historical notice warns that a cold can lead to pneumonia and even fatal outcomes. It claims recovery leaves the lungs vulnerable to consumption and touts Honey and Tar as cough remedies. It also advertises Loughran products as nerve and blood purifiers rebuilding strength.
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Foley
Loughran
Chicago & North-Western offers Pacific Coast travel book
An illustrated sixty page travel booklet from the Chicago and North Western Railway promotes scenic, commercial, industrial and transport advantages for trips to the Pacific Coast. It can be ordered by mail for four cents postage, via W B. Knigh Passenger Traffic Manager Chicago.
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Chicago & North-Western
Pacific Coast
W. B. Kni
Chica
Witch Hazel Salve for Skin Ailments Promoted by DeWitt
An advertisement touts a Witch Hazel salve by E. Witt & Co of Chicago. It claims effectiveness for blind, bleeding, itching piles eczema bruises and all skin diseases, contrasting it with counterfeit products and citing DeWitt’s as genuine. mentions Loughran & Bay.
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Daniel McCarthy
C. G. Lee
McCarthy & Lee
College Park
Story County Bank
AMES
WBO
A. Underwood
C. L. Waltmire
Posegate
W. H. Dayton
OWA Farms Specialty
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
Canada
KOTAS
J. A. Fitchpatrick
Ao Fibstracts
Tory County Abstract Books
Mevada
Bower & Perkins
Main Street
F. L. Meredith's
Southern
Illinois
Illinois Central Railroad
Ilinois Central
Hardin Springs
Grayson Springs
Dawson Springs
Cerulean Springs
Crittenden Springs
Creal and Dixon Springs
A. H. Hanson
G. P. A Ill. Cent. Ry
Chicago, Il
E. S. McCord, M. D
Bosworth’s
Mutual
W.D. Chrisman, M. D
Read’s Meat Market
D. M. Gurist
Jennie G. Ghrist
Drs. Ghrist
Ghrist
Millers Store
W. E. Harriman
Medicine and Surgery
Union National Bank
W. M. Greevey
Danie McCarthy
Henry Wilson
Bankers’ National Bank
Chicago
National City Bank
New York
Valley National Bank
Des Moines
H. E. Slattery
Attorney At Law
Homeseekers
North-Western Line
Chicago North-Western Ra Y
Rocky Mountain Tea
Illinois Central
New Orleans
Florida
Dixie Flyer
St. Louis
Jacksonville
Nashville
Chattanooga
Atlanta
California
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Cincinnatti
Omaha
Rockies
Notary
Hot Springs
Ark
Central
H. Hanson
Greeley
Eye
Cain
C. Brownlie
D. D.F
Pentis TS
P. O
Neumonia
Man
George W. Little
Boone and
Saylor
Wmauriual
Kellog St
T. J. Miller & Son
Kotwea
Call
Daniel Bros
Merman
M. Hemstreet
Story County
Telephone
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