State tickets and local races listed in terse notice
State for Governor Geo Van Houten and Taylor. For Supt of Public Instruction Babin Clinton. For Railroad Commissioner T Campbell Jasper. Legislative T C McCall Dist A L Stuntz. County candidates H O Crenipersin Johnson. Brief party line parliamentary style slate with names and counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. van Houten
Ylor
Seeeer
Hardin
Babin
Clinton
T. Campbell
Jasper
Boies Corn Banquet Speech Says Iowa Farmers Lose Across The Board
Gov Boies laments Iowa corn costs exceed crop value over five years with producers receiving less than the full production costs. He argues the same applies to other major staples grown in Iowa, highlighting farming profitability concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boies
New York
Iowa
Inter-State Industrial Exposition Opens in Chicago
The Nineteenth Annual Inter-State Industrial Exposition in Chicago runs September 16 to October 24. The event features a major floral display by the Cook County Agricultural and Horticultural Society with thousands of dollars in prizes, a miniature replica of the World’s Columbian Exposition with electric effects, and exhibitors including the Lincoln Log Cabin Association. Railroads offer excursion rates for visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook County Agricultural and Horticultural Society
Lincoln Log Cabin Association
Real Estate Transfers and Jury Lists of Sept 1891
Real estate transfers for the week ending Sept 12 1891 show numerous deeds across Story and surrounding counties with parcels in Slater Ames Zearing and Philadelphia plus jurors drawn to serve for the 1891 District Court term and summoned for Sept 28. The notices include buyers such as Jenks Thompson Rigby McConnell and more. The column closes with paragraphs on heredity philosophy and a long unrelated anecdotal piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenks
Trustees Congregational Church of
Slater
Jenk’s
Slater Junction
Baldwin & Maxwell
Mary Thompson
Philadelphia
Story County
Alex McConnell
Eliza E. Beltz
Stand say to our citizens.
Dr new lority yells for calm statements aimed at citizens amid unclear rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Re New
Emperor William warns against endless armament
In a rare remark the German emperor concedes that Germany cannot continue arming indefinitely, signaling concern over persistent military buildup and its strain on the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Germany
Perfect Harmony Key to Labor Aims, Says Leader
A leader urges labor organizations to unite with harmony and good will to achieve their goals, stressing that without internal accord they can accomplish nothing. The quote underscores the importance of unity amid diverse groups within the labor movement.
Bar Harbor Summer Resort Cited In Quipite Tale
A unique summer destination is described as Bar Harbor, famed for an ancient Hardshell text quip about men and women. The passage notes this site as Blaine’s preferred retreat and recalls the famous saying associated with it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Blaine
Bar Harbor
Famine in India Cited. Bombay Province Hopeful for Grain
The report notes widespread famine among Russian peasants and famines in India while Bombay province shows promise of a good grain crop. American corn and wheat are expected to supply the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Bombay
Frightful new sulfur compound alarms Freiburg chemists
German chemists at Freiburg developed a new sulfur acetone compound whose odor overwhelmed researchers and sparked talk of its use for stifling invaders and guarding coastlines. The piece envisions the smell as a novelty for the World’s Fair and as a potential defense tool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freiburg
Chicago
Punishing a Philadelphia treasurer for a $2 million theft
The essay condemns John Bardsley, Philadelphia city treasurer, who stole $2,000,000. He received fifteen years in solitary confinement at Eastern Penitentiary. The piece argues the sentence serves as a grim reminder that public funds misuse warrants harsh punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Globe
John Bardsley
Philadelphia
Bardsley
Eastern Penitentiary
Pennsylvania
Fragmentary note on lavender spirits and salts jar
A half ounce of lavender spirits and a lump of salts of ammon are placed in a wide mouthed fancy jar of pottle, described as a pleasant acta in the fragment.
Teaching the Boys to Buy Their Own Clothes
A New York Times column quotes a modern mother praising her sons eleven and thirteen for shopping. They choose clothes, shoes, and accessories, with guidance on price and fit, and learn to exchange items if needed. The narrator notes they become experts and ease household burdens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart
New York Times
Queen Victoria Benefited by Generous Help from Sir Matthew Wood
London Letter recounts how Mrs. O'Shea Parsell O'Shea family ties tied to Sir Matthew Wood aided the Duke of Kent’s finances, enabling the birth of Queen Victoria in England. Wood’s loans funded travel and the queen’s arrival, and Victoria later awarded him a baronetcy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O’shea-Parnell
Matthew Wood
Duke
Duchess of Kent
England
Queen Victoria
Germany
Duke of Cumberland
Cynolatry and the rise of dog worship among women
A St. Louis Globe-Democrat critique targets the public display of small dogs by women as a fashionable, morbid craze. The piece notes it crosses social lines, with more affluent women most visible, and argues the habit is unnatural and repulsive, calling it cynolatry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Never Deceive a Child About Medicine
Advice from the Boston Herald urges honest dosing of medicine for children. It condemns fake tasting tricks, noting most kids resist and may remember the deception. Emphasizes early training of obedience and calm administration without coercion or threats.
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Boston Herald
Art of Conversation Lessons in 19th Century Social Speech
The New York Letter notes conversation lessons as an American study in the arts. It describes teachers as deposed social leaders guiding neophytes through dangers, anecdotes, and delicate topics. It highlights learning tact, appropriate topics, and polite modulation as essential to successful talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
The Collection of a Princess and Its Ivory Pieces
Princess Maude of Wales maintains a Marlborough House ivory collection. Her exhibits include tusks from elephants slain by her family, teeth from bears sent by the czar, and ivories from walruses lions tigers sharks seals and alligators. A hammerhead shark's teeth also reside there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude of Wales
Marlborough House
Ear of
Russia
Duke of Edinburgh
London
An Economical Grate in Novel England Stove
A novel house stove in England uses a swung grate on trunnions that can be reversed. Fresh coal is added at the top then reversed so the green coal moves to the bottom. Gases pass upward through the red fire portion and are almost fully consumed before reaching the chimney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Washington Post
Lord Salisbury backs woman suffrage in waning century
The piece labels Lord Salisbury as a stodgy Tory backing women’s voting rights, calling his stance a spectacle for the late nineteenth century. It contrasts Chicago hog buyers with Russia in pork packing, noting Russia’s energy limits and questioning state homicide prosecutions in certain cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Salisbury
Reprint of Encyclopaedia Britannica Offered at 60 Cents
Buk Trust promotes a 25 volume reprint of the Encyclopaedia Britannica at 1.50 per volume with English edition eight dollars and Scribner edition five dollars. Over half a million sets sold in six months. Volume 1 offered at 60 cents with 40 cents postage. credit applied to full set. R. S. Peale & Co., 315 321 Wabash Ave, Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Miss Enid Yandell Models Caryatides for Women’s Building
Miss Enid Yandell of Louisville Kentucky works in the modeling department at the World’s Fair, shaping the eight caryatides intended for the women’s building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enid Yandell
Louisville
Remarkable Claims On Heart Cure Across Several States
The ad claims heart disease is often curable with proper treatment. It cites Mrs. Elmira Hateh of Elkhart Indiana and Mrs. Mary Baker of Ovid Michigan as cured after 20 years. It mentions a San Jose Illinois druggist endorsing Dr Miles New Heart Cure and两 bottles restoring Levi Logan of Buchanan Michigan to feeling like a man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmira Hateh
Elkhart
Ind
Mary L. Baker
Ovid
Mich
C. Linda
San Jose
Ill
Miles
Levi Logan
Buchanan
Ike
L. M. Bosworth
Mrs Felton Receives Honored Seat in Georgia Legislature
Mrs. W. H. Felton of Bartow Georgia was granted the privilege of the House in Atlanta and sat beside the Speaker as the chamber erupted in applause amid a scene of notable praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Felton
Bartow
Atlanta
How to Feed the Baby and Other Family Magazine Highlights
The October issue of Demorest's Family Magazine offers guidance on infant feeding from birth to family meals with meal plans and age based bills of fare. Also features Ella Wheeler Wilcox insights and other pieces on home decor and social topics. Balboa’s discovery of the Pacific Ocean is noted with date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Demorest
Family Magazine
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
W. Jennings Demorest
East 14Th St
New York City
McKinley to Speak at Ottumwa Coal Palace Republican Day
Major William McKinley of Ohio, author of the McKinley bill, will headline Republican day at Ottumwa Coal Palace on September 23. Col. Henderson of Dubuque also speaks. 3,000 traveling men expected. special rail fares available from east of Missouri to Ottumwa and back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. McKinley
Ohio
Major McKinley
Coal Palace
State Central Committee of
Ottumwa
State Line
Iowa
Col. Henderson
Dubuque
Monroe County
Jefferson
Henry
Illinois
Missouri
Minnesota
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri River
Mississippi River
Old physician promotes secret cure for lung diseases
An elderly doctor, retired from practice, claims to have received a vegetable remedy from an East India Missionary promising a speedy permanent cure for consumption and lung ailments. He offers free instructions for preparing and using the treatment to interested readers. Also reported are American iron and steel data showing pig iron output for early 1891 and a large drop from 1890.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East India
De Witt's Little Early Risers Credited with Pleasant Effects
Druggists praise De Witt's Little Early Risers as free of gripe nausea or pain and essential to their drug stores. The pills are described as reliable and well tolerated by customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Witt
Wee de Witt
Vatican staircases and rooms and a tonic ad long ago
The piece mixes historical notes and assorted ads noting the Vatican has 208 staircases and 1100 rooms, claims about Ayer s Sarsaparilla for blood disorders, a Bruges oil painting inventor, and an assortment of patent remedies and exhibits at the Sioux City Corn Palace with tropical displays and a Mexican band, all set amid promotional lines and local ads.
Remedies and products touted in Ames ad blurbs
A pasted English advert lists Dr Lennox Wainwright praising menthol and carbonate of ammonia for hay fever. It promotes DeWitt's Sarsaparilla, Little Early Risers, and various patent remedies, plus a seamless steel boat claim and English Spavin Liniment for horses. It mentions match making phosphorus use and sales by L M Bosworth in Ames Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lennox Wainwright
L. M. Bosworth Druggist
Ames
Washing Silk in Beer Restores Luster Nearly New
A historic tip claims soaking and washing silk fabric in beer can revive sheen and softness, restoring the garment to a near new appearance through traditional home care practice.
Salve claim and health products ad scattered in OCR
An assortment of old advertisements promises cures and products. L M Bosworth offers a skin salve with guaranteed satisfaction for 25 cents. De Witt's Little Early Risers and Sarsaparilla are touted as health aids. A bicycle claim, an electric flying machine, and Humboldt’s calculation are briefly noted.
Free American Farmer subscription offer for loyal readers
A local notice promotes a deal where subscribers who pay up arrears and extend one year for new subscribers receive the 16 page illustrated American Farmer at no cost. The ad touts national circulation and educational aims and invites readers to view a sample copy. It also cites other consumer notes on medicines and a trivia line about a high altitude monastery in Tibet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Farmer
Cleveland
Ohio
Canada
Simple Remedies Cure Longstanding Ailments
P. M. Boston of Pennvill Sullivan Co Missouri testifies that Chamberlains Pain Balm relieved his wife of a side pain lasting three years. He also praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy as the best. Sold by L M Bosworth Druggist. Paris opens a false teeth for horses factory with capital of 2,000,000 francs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
P.M. Boston
Pennvill, Sullivan Co
Paris
New Pill Claims Nerve-based Digestive Cure
An ad touts Dr Miles Pills as a principle regulating remedy for liver stomach and bowels via nerves. It promises quick cures for bifiousness bad taste torpid liver piles and constipation for all ages with 50 doses priced 25 cents samples free at L M Bosworth's. It notes Britain’s tobacco revenue last year at £9 717 784 and declares no free trade in tobacco in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
L. M Bosworth’s
Great Britain
England
Deafness Cannot Be Cured In Eulogy For Mrs Polk
The obituary notes deafness as an ailment and mentions that the same undertaker who prepared Mrs Polk’s coffin also handled services for her husband.
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H.&s. . Wilson, Publishers
Ik Semen
T. C. McCallas Dist
A. L. Stuntz County
Deep Eiseptiae Aw
H. Oo
Crenipersin
Vane Johnson
Inter-State Industrial Exposition of
Andrew Butcher
W. F. Swayze
HS Conver
Neva
James Dillin
T. S. Pool
Jerome H Honn
Es Pearson
Delphine Ranchet
G. W. Boitnott
Laura A. Lint
Boitnott
Alex
Maxwell
Collins Collins Howard Grant
Indian Creek
An Lincoln
Milford
Milford Nevada
New Albany
Palestine
Richland Sherman Union
Warren Washington
Olive
Daniel
A. G
James Davis
L L. Smith
W. H. Stevens
J. M. Bales
E. W. Shearcr
A. G. Glenn
John Jory
Gouth Side Main Street
Blueham & Co
Maud 8
Descena
Shakespeare
Goethe
Mary Somerville
Vanderbilt
Mrs. CoPietiue
Madonna
Princess Christian
Victoria
Mrs. O’shea
Queen
Buk Trust
Dr. Card
Peale & CO
Wabash Ave
U.S. Gov’t
United States
St. Patrick’s
Pacific Ocean
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
American Iron and Steel Associ
Vatican
Ayer
Bruges
John van Eycke
M. Bosworth
Decatur
Hall
South America
Corn Palace
Sioux City Corn Palace
Central
Central America
Great North-West
Rts
Central and
E. Paven
Janklin Miles
L. M. Bosworth’s
DeWitt
Marty
Bucklen
Humboldt
North America
Austria
The
St. Lawrence
Ventnor
Isle of Wight
South
Woolford
Monastry
Haine
Asia
Wyoming
Wyoming Commonwealth
Cheyenne, Wyo
T Rial Industries
Commonwealth Mining and Smeilti Company
Cheyenne
Colorado
Silver Crown
F Stanton
Thisne
Con
John P. Parrish
John Thompson
Orient
Gold Hill District
Gold Hill
Clemen
J. K. Jeffrey
A. G. Medregor
A. Underwood
Warren
Venure
Eenstrn Underwood
Commonwealth Mining & Smelting Company
W. MM. Asi
Jrowers National Bank
Board of Trustees
Wyo
F. J. Comets Co
Downs
E. S. Downs
Cramblil
Main Street
Wm. Sahl
Propr
Lowa
State Normal School
Cedar Falls, Lowa
Homer H. Seerley
Hodgson &Rich, Proprs
Big
Cook Block
Main St
Usacall
Ames, Jowa
Maxwell & Son's
Read’s Market
Epward A. Wirsos
Williamsburg
Kings County
New
Birki
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