Protection for the Song Birds and Other Iowa News
Iowa Humane Society plans extensive literature to urge farmers to feed birds rather than shoot them and will prosecute shooters. Minor E. L. Weldin wins a ruling that education is a necessary contract for a minor, with appeal planned. Gov. Cummins signs seven bills including drainage, lake bed sales, and installment debt rules. Rates set for the May 18 Republican convention. Democratic August 31 in Iowa City. Regents deny retirement rumors about President MacLean amid university growth. Mason City & Fort Dodge railroad filing fee set records. rail plans, interurban growth eyed. Linnie Haguewood earns living by stereotyping for the blind in Pasadena. Labor federation weighing strike fund concept. State normal Cedar Falls to add manual training. board touring to study best practices. State institutions program updates include council construction and postponed projects.
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Des Moines
Iowa Humane Society
The
Humane Society
E. L. Weldin
Highland Park College
McVey
Iowa
Supreme Court
Executive Council
State University
MacLean
State University of Iowa
Grand Army
Mason City
Eli Torrence
Dolliver
Hepburn, Lacey
Cousins
Illinois farmer in Western Canada details homestead life
Mr. Kost formerly of Shelbyville Illinois describes his 1902 claim near Edmonton and Lake St. Anne trail with three sons. He details crops hay cattle range grass wild fruit game fish and building a log house plus transport of lumber and shingles, noting Chinook winds and railway links to St Albert Edmonton and Calgary. He invites contact through Canadian Government Agents.
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Shelbyville
Illinois
Democrat
Elias Kost
Canada
Edmonton
Lake St. Anne
Sturgeon
Blue Ridge Mountains
Pennsylvania
St. Albert
Calgary and Edmonton
Assiniboia
Canadian Pacific
Man Fires Twice at Edwin Booth During 1879 Chicago Play
Mark Gray Lyon of St Louis, a dry goods clerk, shot at Edwin Booth in McVicker's Chicago theater during Richard II on Shakespeare's birthday April 23 1879. Lyon fired twice in the Pomfret castle scene missing Booth, narrowly avoiding lynching, later served a sentence, and his funeral was held in Keokuk.
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Mark Gray Lyon
Keokuk
Shakespeare
Edwin Booth
MecVicker’s Theater
Chicago
Lyon
St. Louis
McVicker’s
Pomfret Castle
Booth
Preacher Invites Prayers for Derby Winner Lucy Grey
A Kentucky preacher urged his parish to pray for Lucy Grey over three Sundays. On the fourth, he asked again and learned she was alive but had won the Derby, ending his prayers.
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Kentucky
Lucy Grey
Washington Post
Publisher Criticizes After Seventeenth Chapter
A humorous exchange shows the publisher deeming the book fine until chapter seventeen, while the author protests misfortune and accidental discovery near that point. The dialogue hints at unresolved purpose and direction in the work.
World awed as Chinese poised for surprise later
A Russian newspaper quotes the Manchester Union declaring that China will astonish the world when least expected, urging no delay in meeting this foretold moment.
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Manchester Union
Cuticura Remedies Promote Skin Health
Cuticura the set priced at $1.00 includes Soap Ointment and Resolvent Pills praised as complete and pure for cleansing and healing skin surfaces. The ad touts cures of simple and hereditary humors and mentions a New York man proposing to use tame snakes to clear houses of rats and mice, with a provocative line about clearing women.
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New York
Washington Post
Spring Fever Cure Promoted by Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin
An ad echoes claims that spring fatigue stems from blood condition and suggests Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a cleansing laxative. It argues liver and bowels need flushing, links biliousness to yellow skin and foul breath, and notes the product is sold by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Caldwell
Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
New York
Delicate Lace Cleaning Method From Eleanor Parker
To clean delicate laces, use a large glass or cover with old cotton and spray the lace gently. Set the bottle in warm ivory soap suds for an hour. If stains persist, place the item in the sun to fade. Rinse by dipping in clear water. Eleanor R. Parker.
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Eleanor R. Parker
British women commercial travelers on the road
About 155 women are currently on the road in Great Britain as commercial travelers. The group includes representatives from multiple firms and regions, reflecting growing female participation in sales and fieldwork across the country.
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Great Britain
I Have Every Reason to Praise Peruna
Mrs. K Kane of Chicago writes that Peruna has been used in her family for years to treat croup colds and illnesses in children. She states it cured a catarrhal condition in herself and kept her children in splendid health.
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Peruna
Mrs. Kane
Chicago
K. Kane
Sebor Street
Ill
Mrs. K. Kane
Peruna Protects the Household From Catarrhal Diseases
An ad extolling Peruna as a universal remedy for catarrh and colds. It claims the medicine guards every home against climate related illnesses and that once used, Peruna remains in the household. No dates or local details are provided.
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United States
Peruna
Peruna Endorsed By Lansing Mother For Child Health
Mrs. A Hobson of 225 Washington St Lansing Michigan testi fies that Peruna helped her only child with catarrh and grippe improving rapidly. She says the remedy kept them in perfect health and she recommends it to mothers citing quicker recovery and ongoing use for colds and indigestion.
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A. Hobson
Washington St
Lansing, Mich
Peruna
Mrs. A. Hobson
Remarkable Patient Endorsements For Dr Hartman and Peruna
A wave of unsolicited testimonials praises Dr Hartman and Peruna, claiming unmatched volume of grateful letters. Readers are offered a glimpse into the extensive endorsements distributed monthly.
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Dr. Hartman
Peruna
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Cums Mins
Western Passenger Association
Iowa City
Mason City & Fort Dodge Railroad
Secretary of
Rock Island Railroad
Cedar Rapids
Muscatine
Clinton
Davenport
Colfax
Newton
Logan
Jefferson
Perry
Linnie Haguewood
Pasadena
Cal
B. Murphy
Vinton
Dora Donald
South Dakota Institution For the Deaf and Dumb
Sioux Falls
State Federation of Labor
Marshalltown
A. L. Urick
State Normal School
Cedar Falls
Seerley
Normal
State Board of Control For
State Board of Control
Council Bluffs
Glenwood
Cherokee
Clarinda
Mount Pleasant
Fort Madison
Illinois Farmer
Western
Cuticura
N. Y
Edward
Myrtle
George Axp Reeves Kane
Sebor St
Curcaco, Ill
Iecaeata
Tillie
Bears
St. Jacobs Oil
Candy Cathartic
Eastern Dept
Hartford, Conn
Western Dept
Chicago, Ill
TOWER
Boston
Mass
USA
Tower Canadian CO. Limited
Toronto
Piso
Clark and
Liberty Streets
Warren
Awakesis
Anakesis
Tribune Building
Hay
Ohio
A. W. McCormick & Sons
Walnut St
Cincinnati
Trusty & Shevlin
Market St
St, Louis
Zgeraly & CO
Washington, D
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