Tax price hikes and editorial quips in town page
Fort Dodge shares rise from ten to fifteen cents amid tariff debates. A Virginia Illinois man is convicted for polygamy and jailed. German agriculturists plan May 12 visit, courting Adolphus Busch in St. Louis. Town storm spurs talk of blizzards and cyclones. Harvey Ingham ponders judges coats or gowns. Exposition invitations go to editors for the April 30 dedication.
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Fort Dodge
St. Louis
Adolphus Busch
Anheuser- Busches
Monday’s Register
Harvey Ingham
Harvey
Saint Louis
France’s president tours continent amid diverse duties
A wide panorama of international travel and domestic issues colors this column. It notes the French president roaming Europe with fewer constraints than Roosevelt and contrasts farm labor wages with teacher pay, while recounting Iowa revivalist William A Sunday’s clerical path and editors’ Texas trip reflections. It also covers rail project disputes in Nevada, northern and southern race discourse, and local ads for stationery and Pain Balm.
Watterson Speech Seeks Peace Between the Sections
Henry Watterson of Kentucky spoke at the Hamilton club banquet in Chicago on April 9 about race and reconciliation. He argued for real peace between the North and South and noted that such views could not have been voiced a quarter century ago north of the Mason-Dixon line.
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Henry Watterson
Kentucky
Hamilton Club
Chicago
Watterson
South
Mason and Dixon
Aggravating Cough Cured By Cham berlain’s Remedy
A customer troubled by a six month severe cough was cured by one and a half bottles of Cham berlain’s Cough Remedy after purchasing two bottles. Haynes Parker & Co. Lineville Alabama report perfect trade satisfaction. Sold by all druggists.
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Josh McDonald
Man
Logan
County
West Va
Chamberlain
Haynes Parker & Co
Lineville
Ala
Important Meeting of Educators in Boston Draws Rail Rates
The Chicago & Northwestern Railway offers special low rates to Boston for the 42d annual National Educational Association meeting July 6 to 10. President Charles W. Eliot leads efforts for an extensive program, with sessions in Mechanics Hall and numerous post meeting excursions along the Atlantic coast and White Mountains. Pennsylvania approves a minimum teacher salary of $35 a month, urging Iowa to follow to attract qualified teachers and improve poorer districts.
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Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Boston
National Educational Association
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard
Mechanics Fair Hall
Atlantic Coast
White Mountains
Pennsylvania
Pennypacker
Iowa
Fashions Posh the Spring Season with Bold New Looks
The Omaha Bee notes Easter fashion shifts from last season with slimmer coats for men and longer garments for others. Panama time prompts fresh creases and brim shapes as summer trends favor sheer fabrics, tucks, pleats, and silk foundations. Hats shift to flat styles while Oscar decor drapes and lace hang from last year’s petticoats.
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Omaha Bee
Panama
Papa
Warner White Wine of Tar Syrup Endorsed by Clyde Minister
In Clyde Ohio Reverend G W Hagans testifies the Dr Warner White Wine of Tar Syrup treats sore throat weak lungs coughs colds and related diseases. He credits the remedy as surpassing all others and thanks the doctor. Sold at Coye Pharmacy.
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Ohio
G. W. Hagans
Clyde
Early Spring Crop Conditions Report from Des Moines
Crop Bulletin notes spring is ahead of average with six degree daily excess since March 1 at central station. Rainfall below normal but soil moisture delays plowing on low land. seeding on well drained land began April 1 and is progressing. Acreage for spring wheat down, oats and barley up. corn plowing underway with potential large acreage. Grass early, fruit buds fair, stock wintered well, spring pig crop promising. Also ad mentions chocolate at Loughran Bauer and rail excursion tickets to Louisiana Purchase Exposition events in St Louis with Good Roads Convention dates.
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Des Moines
Central Station
Breeders Elect Officers At Story County Shorthorn Meet
The Story County Shorthorn Breeders Association met at the Nevada courthouse on Wednesday April 8 1903. Officers elected for the ensuing year were BE R Silliman president James Hutchinson vice president Z K Graves secretary R J Kinzer treasurer, with a board including W H King J E Campbell Otis Briggs Geo H Maxwell and E R Silliman. The meeting adjourned at 4 o clock.
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Story County Shorthorn Breeders Association
Court House
Nevada
E. R. Silliman
Be.r. Silliman
Cole
James Hutchinson
Kelley
Z. K. Graves
Ames
R. J. Kinzer
W. H. King
Maxwell
J. E. Campbell
Otis Briggs
Geo. H. Maxwell
Transcontinental rail fares to California via the Northwestern Line
Low round trip fares to Los Angeles and San Francisco offered with first class service May 3 and 12. Overland Limited departs Chicago nightly at 8:00 p.m. luxurious sleeping and dining cars on three daily through trains to the Coast. Tours to California Washington and Oregon available with favorable stopover privileges. Inquiries to ticket agents. Northwestern Railway.
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California
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Overland Limited
Chicago
Washington
Oregon
N. W. Re Y
Thoughtful M. M. Austin Aids Wife With Pills
In Winchester Indiana M M Austin advised his ailing wife to take Dr King's New Life Pills after physicians failed. She found relief at once and was eventually cured during the hour of need. Available for 25 cents at L M Bosworth's drug stores.
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M. M. Austin
Winchester
Ind
Dr. King
L. M. Bosworth
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Ames Times
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Turspey
Record-Herald
William A. Sunday
Chicago Presbytery
Marshal, Iowa
Old
Anson
Sunday
Texas
CG. M. Junkin
Fairfield
Dallas
Galveston News
Vinita
I. T
M. Junkin
W. S. Branagan
Emmetsburg
O. E. Hull
Leon
F. R. Conaway
G. L. Caswell
Denison
Lester Soule
Des Moines, Iowa Falls& Northern
Iowa Falls
Soule
Des Moines News
Loughran & Bauer's
Northwestern
Louisiana Purchase Exp
Agents CO. & N. W. Ry
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