State legislature debates normal school defeat and tax policy
Des Moines March reports a 62 to 26 defeat of Knoxville normal school plans signaling a pause on future campus propositions. The session also sees a failed state university tax levy, debates on uniform and valued insurance policies, and trolley funding. Governors Cummins and Shaw advance a railroad assessment extension amid staffing and reform measures.
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Des Moines
Knoxville,s
Friends of the Normal School
Friends of the
Knoxville
Warren
State University
House of Representatives
Senate
Agricultural College
House
Assembly
New York
Shaw
Merriam
General Assembly
Supreme Court
Do. T. Jones
Washington
J. C. Seward
Lucas County
Chariton
John Crockett
Eldora
Hardin County
J. B. Whelan
Red Oak
Henry Bousquet
C. G. Stranahan
Ringgold County
Mt. Ayr
M. A. Buchen
Grundy Center
F. Merriam
Delaware County
Amos Brandt
Joseph Wall
B. F. Carroll
Bloomfield
Republican
Davis County
Benjamin I. Salinger
Carroll
Cummins
State Executive Council
Executive Council
Excur sions Offered From Chicago to West and Northwest
Chicago Daily News advertises tours by Chicago & Northwestern Ry with $33 round trip to California Oregon and Washington from Chicago daily in March and April. Berth in tourist car $6. Tuesdays and Thursdays guided tours from Chicago and Wednesdays from New England. A Hutchison manager 212 Clark Street Chicago.
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California
Oregon
Washington
Chicago
Northwestern Ry
New England
A. Hutchison
Clark Street
Earliest Ruessian Millet and Prolific Hay Preview
An old ad catalog promotes Earliest Ruessian Millet and a highly productive hay crop claiming 5 to 8 tons per acre with prices for seed and freight terms from John A Salter Seed Co in La Crosse Wisconsin. The page also includes various patent remedies and quotes attributed to historical figures, reflecting the era’s mix of agricultural ads and medical tonics.
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John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Salzer
Self-help tips and Berlin servant hours noted
A short item cites a self-esteem quip from the Chicago Daily News and mentions a laxative ad promising a one day cold cure with a money back guarantee. It also notes Berlin servant girls being allowed only half a day out twice a month.
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Chicago Daily News
Berlin
What Makes a Dairy Country
The land quickly yields blue grass and white clover after clearing, suggesting high adaptation to multiple crops. The growth promises permanent pastures and mixed pastures with many varieties, though settlers have not yet pursued this need. Free reprint offer from D. W. Casseday, Land Agent, Soo Line, Minneapolis.
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D. W. Casseday
Soo” Line
Minneapolis
Faceless Dyes Prompts Brief Philadelphia Bulletin Quote
A fragment quotes the Philadelphia Bulletin remarking on a pianist’s finish and dread of his begin ning. It also mentions Putnam Faceless Dyes promising dyeing in half an hour and cites Pliny on envy and conscious inferiority.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Putnam
Pliny
Peruna cited by Congressman Howard and others in medical letter
A 1899 letter from Congressman M W Howard praises Peruna as a curative for La Grippe and catarrh. The ad copy highlights widespread catarrh effects beyond the head and notes patient Rochester, New York testimonials.
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A. C. Lockhart
Corner Cottage St
Thurston Road
Rochester
N. Y
Hartman
Peruna
Arenes
Monument Proposed for Maury Hinted in Paris Lecture
In Paris a lecture before scientists proposed an international monument to Lieut Matthew F Maury pioneer of meteorology and hydrography. The talk noted a demand for guttapercha far outpacing supply and discussed an aluminum bronze alloy. Prof Sydney R Covey Utica died of typhoid after consuming sterilized water from a well found to harbor typhoid germs.
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A. Berger
Sorbonne
Paris
Matthew F. Maury
United States
Sydney R. Covey
Utica
N. Y
Mrs Sarah A Shrode Recommends Dodd's Kidney Pills
Mrs Sarah A Shrode of Stendal Indiana testifies she suffered kidney and bladder troubles until nine boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills cured her completely and she urges other women with similar ailments to use the remedy. The notice promotes Dodd's Kidney Pills as effective for female weakness as for bladder and kidney disease.
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Stendal
Ind
Sarah A. Shrode
Dodd
Shrode
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Uniform Insurance Policy
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Senate Appropriations Committee
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State Board of Control
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J. D. McGarraugh
Statehouse
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Anamosa Reformatory
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Scott County
Davenport
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Kline
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Phila
Antisthenes
Boyer
Trinity Springs
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Iee
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Nick v
NEW_YORK
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Castoria
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New York City
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Satter
Marvel
Union
John Asalzer Seed CO
Congressman Howard
Peruna Medicine Co
Columhio
M. W. Howard
Howard
Fort Payne
Ala
Ird
Alabama
W. P. Peterson
Morris, DL
W. FP. Peterson
C. Lockhart
Peruna Medine Co
Columbus, Oo
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