Iowa Board Tightens State Buying System For Supplies
Des Moines reports the Iowa board of control has expanded staff to handle bids for thousands of state institution supplies. Most bids cover three months and aim to cut costs by 25 to 30 percent. New secretary L. A. Wilkinson replaces J. Grant Jordan. Soldiers of the Fifty-second regiment enjoy camp life at McKinley with government meals while furloughs extend for the Fifty-second and Fifty-first regiments.
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Des Moines
Board of Control
J. Grant Jordan
L. A. Wilkinson
Wilkinson
Jordan
Polk County
Fifty-second Regiment
Camp McKinley
Capt. Olmstead
D. Evans
Evans
Fifty-second
Shaw
Iowa
Col. Lopez
Frank C. Hoyt
Hospital For the Insane
Clarinda
Mount Pleasant Hospital
H. A. Gilman
Hoyt
Chicago
Max Witte
Mount Pleasant
Iowa Central Railway
The
Central
Cordova
Oskaloosa
Pella
Central Town
Peoria
Pitying the Poor in a San Francisco Street Scene
A San Francisco scene shows a poor woman on a plaza bench sharing bread with a hungry hitchhiker. He returns with a nickel and a brief, compassionate remark, revealing quiet social gap and mutual politeness between stranger and neighbor.
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Theo
Bos
Ted
San Francisco News
Grain-O touted as wholesome coffee substitute for families
An advertisement promotes Grain-O as a pure grain beverage replacing coffee. It claims no nerves or digestion harm, a coffee-like taste and appearance, health benefits, and lasting availability, urging readers to ask their grocer for Grain-O.
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Baby
Grandma
The Value of Experience in a Fan Handling Moment
A Cleveland Plain Dealer caption notes a woman moving a fan with a graceful sweep while protecting the table from flies in her father's ramen lunchroom, illustrating quiet skill and experience.
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Aoe
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Coughing Leads to Consumption Promo
An archaic drug advertisement urges readers to visit their druggist for a free sample of Balsam to stop coughing now. It promotes large bottles priced at 25 and 50 cents and warns that delays are dangerous.
Advice Quickly Taken. Physician- You are living too high.
A brief, quip style item notes a patient requesting cheaper doctors after a physician declares lifestyle excessive. The exchange reflects satirical commentary on medical costs and frugality.
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N. Y
Mixed clippings reveal era humor and ad lines from 1890s press
A collage of quotes and ad snippets from Chicago Daily News and other papers shows quips about St Jacobs Oil cures, fashion, weddings, and social scenes. The fragment includes jokes on reliability and vanity, with stray notes on taxes and counterfeit currency.
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Will
Ager
Estey Organ Co
Brailleboro, Yt
Gro. W. Bowles
Baird
Mass
Ade Mank Registered
Bering Remedy Company
Chicags
Montreal
New York
OWA Board
GE Control
la Fayette
Dows
Forty
Albert McCarthy
McCarthy
Massachusetts
State Historical Department
Des Moins
Supreme Court
Talbot
First National Bank of
Sioux City
San Jose
Pealle
Ebruggiste
Piso
Ralph Erieg
Williamsport, Pa
St. Jacobs
Chicago Daily News
St. Jacobs Oil
Atchison
Ree
Detroit
Smith- Jones
Repo
Queen of
Holland
Lomenon
Roxbury
Bicyel
Bill
Jill
Yonkers Statesman
Up Mma
California Fie Syrup Co
California Fia Syrup Co
Caxi-Forma Fico Srur Co
California Fig Syrup CO
San Francisco
Cal
Louisville
NEW Ork
Carrie F. Tremper
Carniz F. Tremorr
Lake
Ind
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pircagam
BattleAx
Battle Ax
Loomis & CO
Buckingham
R. P. Hall & Co
Nashua
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Fist
Aare
Ener
Bale Bt
Cincinnate
Crane
Hh. MH. Gales
Ptswa Pa
Bette
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