Iowa News Roundup From Des Moines May Congress Conger Rumors
In Des Moines Maj. E H Conger US minister to China hints at the Republican governor nomination while resigning if chosen. The State Historical Society releases a new Iowa history volume. Des Moines women seek a permanent home for working girls and labor inspection funding may expand. Supreme Court term opens with 23 cases. Agricultural report nearing completion and Iowa delegates named for a Buffalo tax reform conference.
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Des Moines
Washington
State Department
E. H. Conger
United States
China
Iowa
America
Conger
Benjamin F. Shambaugh
State University
State Historical Society of
Territory of
Wisconsin
Legislative Assemblies
Burlington
Territory
Michigan
Mississippi
Dubuque
Supreme Court
W. M. McFarand
Progressive State Medical Saiety
Despines
O. J. Fullerton
Water
Eady
Gov. Shaw
Buffalo
John Herriott
John Downie
W. W. Witmer
W. W. Baldwin
N. M. Pusey
Council Bluffs
S. T. Meservey
Fort Dodge
R. L. Chase
Depew Syndicate
Senator Allison
William E. Marshall
State Historical Department
Marshall
St. Louis
Allison
James S. Clarkson
G. M. Dodge
F. M. Drake
Charles Aldrich
Aldrich
Ames
Manhattan
Kaw
J. S. McDowell
Board of Regents
Kansas State Agricultural College
F. D. Coburn
State Board of Agriculture
College
E. R. Nichols
H. M. Cottrell
West
Coburn
Towa State College
Beardshear
Towa
Kansas
Iowa College
Memorial Day Grand Army Order Urges Reverence and Duty
Commander M. B. Davis and Adjt. Gen George A Newman urge Memorial Day observances with grave-decorating duties. They call for closing shops and schools, half-mast flags, and special services inviting Women's Relief corps and veterans groups to honor the dead and teach patriotism to children.
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M. B. Davis
Adjt
George A. Newman
Women’s Relief Corps
Sons of Veterans
Iowa National Guards
Spanish War Veterans
Clay County Forms Oil and Mineral Company
Clay county residents form the Clay County Oil and Mineral company with $100,000 capital to explore petroleum natural gas artesian water coal and minerals. Incorporators include William A. Dawley Clarence E. Conklin Houghton L. Collins Norval G. Whisler Silas L. Truman Albert W. Greene Henry C. Harvey Nathan C. Harvey O A B Newton Frans Barglof Alexander Younger George L. Harvey and Byron Jones.
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Clay County
Calvin
Iowa
Minister Amos Smith Weds Mollie Brown After Delays
Rev. Amos Smith of Stuart and Mrs. Mollie Brown of Brightwood Ind finally married after multiple postponements due to illness snowbound conditions and a smallpox quarantine delaying the ceremony until Easter.
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Amos Smith
Stuart
Mollie Brown
Brightwood
Ind
Assiniboia Homeseekers urged to come to Western Canada
An old reader endorses moving to Assiniboia and Saskatchewan. A Yorkton letter praises cheap land, wheat yields, and built infrastructure, urging build and start in spring. The notice promotes government ads with details via newspaper agents.
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Yorkton
St. Paul
Minnesota
Western Canada
Assiniboia
John
Thomas Fitzpatrick
Saskatchewan
Dominion of Canada
Unappreciative Mrs Flatbush and the Big A
A playful exchange contrasts Mrs Flatbush Daubchina who calls art with a big A and her husband who uses the Brooklyn Eagle to refer to art. The quip highlights their differing phrasings.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Promises Reward
One hundred dollars reward offered for any case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney & Co touted as trustworthy with endorsements from Toledo wholesalers. Cure taken internally, 75 cents per bottle, testimonials available, sold by all druggists. Hall's Family Pills also promoted.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo
Undersi
F. J. Cheney
de Truax
O. Walding
Skeptics Compared to Nearsighted Skater in Detroit Journal
The Detroit Journal frames skeptics as akin to a near sighted man skating toward a danger sign to read its warning. The quote highlights caution and risk assessment in skeptical thinking.
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Detroit Journal
Allen Foot-Ease Free Sample Offer
An advertisement invites readers to write Allen 8 Olmsted Leroy NY for a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease a powder that eases foot discomfort including chilblains sweat dampness swelling and bunions It notes availability at druggists and shoe stores and mentions a 25 cent price elsewhere.
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Allen
Olmsted
Leroy
N. Y
W.l.douglas
W. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
W. Ek
Douglas
Ocksen
Masa
How to Obtain a Patent and What to Invent
An advertisement for a free book on patent methods by Chandlee & Chand Lee attorneys at 912 F Street Washington DC. The Chicago Daily News line insists only fools answer questions before they are asked.
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Chandlee & Chandlee, Attorneys
F St
Washington, D. C
Chicago Daily N News
Cure for bronchitis advertised with chicle gum note
An advertisement mentions Hoxsie's Croup Cure as a speedy bronchitis remedy while a Chicago Daily News line disdains delay in rights and hunger warning. It cites Piso's Cure for Consumption as a trusted cough and cold medicine from Ocean Grove New Jersey dating February 17 1900 and ends with a quip about admitting thoughts.
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N. W. Samuel
Ocean Grove
N. J
Dear Mrs Pinkham Advice on Female Health Hearts Across Ages
A dated letter collection from 1898 1900 details women in Brooklyn Richmond and Indianola seeking guidance from Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound for irregular painful menses weakness and stomach issues. Testimonials claim cure and renewed strength with ongoing invitation for private advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Mas. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Maggie Pollard
St. Richmond
Macare Pottaro
4Th St
Richmond, Va
Emma
Indianola
III
Lynn
Mass
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Business Women’s Association
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J. C. Cums Mins
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Mcinley
Chicago
Littlefield
Maine
J. . Hemphill
Middle West
Chamber of Commerce of
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Ill
Ebraska
the Supreme Court
State Board of Health
F. W. Bicknell
Iowa Institution
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Orphans’ Home
Odd Fellows
Mason City
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Lest
Skeptics
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Atchison Globe
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Tribune
Binder Twix August Post
Moulton
Agency of Standard
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