Local Officials and Posts Listed in County Board Roster
A historical county board roster enumerates key offices and officials including Auditor Clerk Court Attorney Treasurer Recorder Sheriff Superintendent of Schools Surveyor Coroner and Board of Supervisors members. It names Franklin Palestine Sherman and two mayors with roles such as Mayor Recorder Treasurer Marshal among listed positions.
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Eens
Aces
A.c. King
C. M. Morse
Board OF Supervisors
Prane Sane Franklin
Palestine
J B.sHaw Sherman
Methodist and Congregational Church Services Notice
Methodist Episcopal churches hold services Sundays mornings and evenings with Sunday School at noon and prayer meetings Wednesdays at 7 30. Pastors H J Everly and M Rikkman listed. Congregational services at 11 and 7 30 with Sunday School after morning service and prayer meetings most evenings. John Douglass listed as pastor.
Church Schedule Signals Active Weekend Services
Reaching every Sabbath morning at UF and 7:30 p.m. evening services. Sunday service at 10 o'clock. Y P C U gathers one hour before evening service. Union praise meeting at 3 30 p.m. Prayer meeting Thursday evening. Public invited. Byron Clark, Pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor
M. Rikkman
Union Praise
Byron Clark
J. K. Hester
First Millennial Faith and New Book Notices
Not on Calvary author releases The First Millennial Faith drawing on early church writers. Saarfield Fitch of New York publishes in a handsome half morocco gilt top style with affordable prices. John B. Alden Company also promotes Bayard Taylor Views Afoot and other works with descriptive pamphlets and a 2 cent stamp catalogue offer. A remedy for croup using sweet oil and ipecac is noted from The Homestead.
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Calvary
Saarfield & Fitch
New York
John B. Alden
Rose St
Newark
Bayard Taylor
Europe
Rose Street
Short pig crop feared as storms hit Iowa breeders
Reports flood in of distressed swine herds with losses up to seventy five percent in April. Breeders cite stormy weather and lack of sunshine as the main cause, urging warm dry nests and sunlit pens to save litters and future profits. The period ahead may determine whether 1893 matches or falls short of 1892 losses.
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Iowa
Home Remedies for La Grippe From Mrs. K of Vinton
In a health column, Mrs. K of Vinton Iowa shares home remedies for la grippe. The method centers on thorough sweating with heat, tea and ginger or pennyroyal, a corn steam bath, and a night liver pill, with an alternative vapor bath if corn is unavailable.
Gettysburg Battlefield Proposed as National Park by Sickles
General Daniel E Sickles urges Congress to transform the Gettysburg field into a National Park similar to Chickamauga He notes the battlefield's historic drama and calls for government possession before monument placement He cites existing monuments and the battlefield’s significance to the Union memory and national integrity.
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Daniel E. Sickles
Gettysburg
Chickamauga
Battlefield Memorial Association
Gettsburg
Congress
Old Lookout Mountain
Century Company Exhibits Manuscripts at Columbian Exposition
The Century Company presents manuscripts and drawings for The Century and St Nicholas. Included are poems by Tennyson Longfellow Whittier and Bryant the first chapter of Little Lord Fauntleroy Mrs Burnetts manuscript and Lincoln and Grant papers with letters and drafts. Also shows process from artist drawing to printed page and dictionaries and proofs in the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Build north gallery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Century Company
St. Nicholas
Tennyson
Longfellow
Manufactures and Liberal Arts
New Pension Commissioner Named Judge Lochren's Surprise
The New Commissioner of Pensions Judge William Lochren of Minneapolis was not an applicant for the post or any presidential appointment. The president weighed many candidates from across the country and sought a man who was an ex soldier, lawyer of standing and ability, with experience and executive skill. Lochren's friends believed he met all these qualifications.
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William Lochren
Minneapolis
Judge Lochren praised for wartime heroism and legal service
The obituary notes Judge Lochren’s Civil War service with Minnesota’s First Regiment, his Gettysburg charge leadership, and the high regard he earned across party lines. It covers his postwar return to law, circuit court bench appointment in 1882, multiple re elections, and residency in Minnesota since 1857.
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Judge Lochren
Minnesota
Gettysburg
Pickett
Lochren
Circuit Court
United States
Pension
Vermont
North Star
Fashionable summer styles echo grandmothers wardrobes
Leading designers predict a revival of Louis XIII and Elizabethan elements for summer wear. Professional dressmakers master hip shaping and flaring skirts, drawing guidance from Paris and New York fashion magazines published by A McDowell & Co. Subscriptions and prices for La Mode de Paris Paris Album of Fashion and The French Dressmaker are listed, with direct ordering details from New York.
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Lizabethan
Paris
New York
A. McDowell & Co
J.aj
Messrs A. McDowell & Co
West
4Th Street
Real Estate Transfers for Week Ending April 29
Transfers show J J Grove to Abbie Applegarth for two lots in Ames. John Moistre to Daniel Johnson for Lot 19 Block 3 Story City. Moistre to Gurvie Erickson for Lot 4 Block 8 Story City. Andrew Thompson to W H Marsden for Lot 9 Block 6 Gilbert Station. Additional deeds include JC Hidy to Anna Hidy for Lots 13,14 Block 2 Collins Ames. Mary N Goldsmith to J J Grove for Lot 1 Block 6 Duff’s Ames. Goldsmith to power Alice Powers for lots 6 7 8 Block 6 Duff’s Ad Zearing. EG Richardson to Nancy Airhart for Lots 3 4 Block 7 Richardson 2nd Ad Zearing. CM Morse to C O Duft for S 27 36 84 24. Oley Nelson to Anna Apland for eastern sw of sw 8 82 24. W J Freed to H B Baughman for N nw and surrounding quarters 84 24. Thomas Jones to Wm Mathews for Wi sw 29 83 22. EG Richardson to Norton for Lot A Block 49 4th Ad Ames. W H Ozman referee to Chas Horland for Lot 9 Block 6 Collins. J F Emily and A J Short to G V Short for Lot St Nj Ne Ne 19 83 22. Thomas Jones to Effie R Jones for St of W 105a Ne 29 83 22.
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Grove
Abbie E Applegarth
Bigelows
Ames
John Moistre
Daniel Johnson
Wiers
Story City
Gurvie
Marie Erickson
Andrew Thompson
W H Marsden
Gilbert Station
JC Hidy
Anna Emily Hidy
Collins
Oley Nelson
Anna Apland
J Freed
H B Baughman
Iowa RR
H Ozman
Chas Horland
Emily
Short
How to Clean Rag Carpets
Instructions advise wringing a cloth in warm water and rubbing the carpet with a damp cloth. Rewet the cloth for each new area. Do not soak the carpet. Use soap and a brush only on the dirtiest spots.
How to Clean Clock and Watch Movements
Instructions describe soaking movements for ten to thirty minutes in a bath of one quart water and a teaspoon of liquid ammonia or alkali with five grains of soap grated into it. After soaking, remove items, dry, and polish with a brush and polishing powder. The solution can be stored and refreshed with more alkali as needed.
Danish House Stenographer Miss Grundtvig Leads Women’s Development
The Danish house of representatives stenographer is Miss Grundtvig, a leader in movements tied to the higher development of women in Denmark. The text discusses preservation of flowers by wrapping them in wet tissue and keeping them moist for freshness.
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House of Representatives
Miss Grundtvig
Denmark
How to Fumigate a Room and Other Home Tips
Practical directions describe fumigation with sulphur including door and window sealing and six hour duration. It also covers milk paint for barns and home salt water baths to ease cold or feverish symptoms with step by step methods and safety notes.
Quack Medicines and Old Wives Tales in Seasonal Notes
An excerpt surveys medical ads and period musings, praising Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Hood's Sarsaparilla as cures for female maladies and general fatigue. It mentions Park's Sure Cure for liver and kidney symptoms, and Dr. King's New Discovery for coughs, with promotional notes about guarantees and local retailers like L. M. Bosworth.
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Ophelia
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the Intelligencer
Story County
HH. & S. KH. Wilson
Official Directory
Parley Sheldon
A. B. Maxwell
E. R. Chamberlain
Jons Hoecarr
Methodist Episcopal
Ervices
H. J. Everly
Baptist
Congregational
Jd. Douglass
United Brethren
Christian
American S. S. Union
Ev.g. L. Wilson
Nevada
Masonic
Acadia Lodge NO
A. F. and
A. Masons
C. BE. Hust
W. M. Eimer Lowens
Odd Fellows Halls
J. A. Shockley
N. G
Thos. Swan
Chas. E. Hunt
Went
G. A. Underwood
U. S
District of Iowa
Union National Bank
Albert Richmond
L. M. Bosworth
Faber
The
Aphro Medicine Company
Western Branch
Portland
Oregon
New Life
Steve
E. C. West
LM Bosworth
Lowa
Pensions
J F Shockley
Mary N Goldsmith
Duff's
Ad Ames
J J
Duff
Cyrus P Bean
Alice R Powers
South
Ad Zearing
EG Richardson
Nancy C Airhart
Richardson
Thos Jones
Wm Mathews
EG Pichardson
Norton
Zearing
Effie R Jones
England
Hood
Mentz
Strasburg
Park
Addison
Turkey
America
Venice
Genoa
L. M. Bosworth’s
Locke
Clarke
Hume
Gibbon
Dr. King
L. M. Worth
Joy
C. D. Stuart
Hayes St., & F
Westerman & Arnold
City
N. C Om
Davie
Brooklyn
Henry Wardner
Grace Greenwood
Ives
Eckford
Core & CO
Park Place
Skandinaven
Skandinaven and_ Intelligencer
Emmert Proprietary
Chicago
Grove Bros
New York Weekly Tribune
N. Y
Tribune
Intelligencer
K. Wilson, Publishers
Allman
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WA Central
TRAC
YE. Ai
Dubois & Dubois
Washington, DC
Seldi Local Pruggisia
Pefferedical CO
N. Clark Street
Cnicagy
DR. Winchell
All
Emmeatt
Monty
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