Varied snippets from Ellisworth Chronicle era items and notes
A collage of brief items mentions Ellsworth Iowa Chronicle, Iowa governors candidates, weather sense, Mary Ellen Lease in California, Simp son in desuetude, and remarks on figures from literature and science. It cites Edison cigar use, Dumas and Conan Doyle, Queen Marguerite of Italy language skills, and other brief biographical notes.
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Kansas
Mary Ellen Lease
California
Sockless Simpson
McKee Seeks Sheriff Nomination in Story County
The notice announces J A McKee of Cambridge Iowa will run for Sheriff of Story County pending Republican nominating convention action. The item also reports on local anecdotes from the era including hazing punishment, a court ruling on school tardiness, and odd sightings of a fiery ball in Franklin County.
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ED. Times
Story County
J. A. McKee
Cambridge
Iowa
Burglary Night Ends With Accidental Shooting
A Fort Dodge man alarmed by burglars inside his home grabbed a double barreled shotgun and rushed to confront them. He slipped on the stairs, the gun fired, and his fur overcoat filled with shot was ruined. The burglars fled before police arrived.
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Pocahontas
Fort Dodge
North Western offers excursion tickets to western points
On February 12, 1895 the Chicago and North Western will sell excursion tickets at very low rates from Illinois and Iowa to Nebraska Wyoming Colorado Utah and the Black Hills region of South Dakota with return passage in twenty days. For tickets and full information apply to agents.
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North-Western Line
Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
Black Hills
South Dakota
Chicago & North-Western Ba Y
Teachers' contracts and term reports at the Times office
School staff contracts and term reports are being prepared at the Times office. Officials indicate negotiations are ongoing with educators and prepare year‑end summaries for publication.
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Times Office
Chamberlain remedies praised for rheumatism cough and cure
The notice touts Chamberlain's Pain Balm for rheumatism citing rapid relief and claimed permanent cure at 50 cents. It also endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for children with colds or croup from W V and Ohio readers and notes local druggists Jupison Bros Bates and others supply 25 and 59 cent bottles.
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Chamberlain
J. W. Young
West Liberty
W. Va
Jupison Bros
D. D. Bales
W. A. McGuire
McKay
Ohio
G Jupison
D. D. Bates
Croup Relief Brings Quick Sleep For Child
L B Mulford of Plainfield New Jersey recounts how Chamberlains Cough Remedy saved his five year old son from croup after two days of failed remedies. He credits two doses with steady sleep and a full recovery next day. Bottles 25 and 50 cents sold by Ju pisch Bos and D D Banes druggists.
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Rejdice
L. B. Mulford
Plainfield
N. J
Chamberlain
Jupisch Bos
D. D. Banes
Dress making offered for day or home work
I am prepared to do dress making and will go out by the day or work at home. Rooms in residence recently vacated by H. S. Hoot, lmood. Mrs. M. Essington.
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Lmood
M. Essington
Hoops fascinators and mittens at Warsoni's
A lighthearted items roundup spotlights hoops fashion fascinators and mittens at J P Warsoni's department store. Shoppers browse quirky accessories and seasonal wear amid displays and promotions.
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Mittens
J. P. Warsoni’s
Multiple odds and ends from Newark papers spark local chatter
A Newark clerk was fired after drawing a $5,000 lottery prize and commenting on wealth. Other anecdotes include a Brooklyn man driven to tragedy by his child’s illness, a high book price for Chaucer and Burne Jones, and Robert E. Lee’s grandson commuting to Washington for law work. notes on pride and luck surface amid light social color.
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Newark
N. J
Fogg
William Wendt
Brooklyn
Burne Jones
William Morris
Kelmscott Press
General Lee
Robert E. Lee
Fairfax County
Virginia
Washington
Lee
Fractured Notices Span Personal Troubles and Civic Roles
JER FOLKS olf is the name of a men's .a Philadelphia, Paul Wilson of Concord, Ky., unable to cure an aching tooth, hanged him self. A Superior, Wis., man asks a di vorcee from his wife on the ground that she is an atheist. Mrs. Maria Lawrence of Palmer, Mass., is a member of the fire department of her town.
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Olf
Philadelphia
Paul Wilson
Concord
Wis
Maria Lawrence
Palmer, Mass
Boots and German Sox Sale At So Per’s Store
Very low prices quoted on felt boots and German socks at So per’s store. The brief item notes a sale or pricing highlight with promotional emphasis.
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Soper’s
Church counts and property values across major denominations
The article lists counts of churches and halls, memberships, and total property values for numerous denominations in the United States. It covers Dunkard, Moravian, Latter Day Saints, Universalist, Mennonite, Quaker, United Brethren, Congregationalist, Lutheran, Disciples of Christ, Adventist, New Jerusalem, Jewish synagogues, Baptist, Episcopal, Methodist, and Presbyterian bodies with specific figures for each.
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Universalists
Mennonites
Friends
Quakers
United Brethren
Congregationalists
Disciples of Christ
Bodies of
Adventists
Church of the New Jerusalem
United States
United Sta
Random Snippets From A Quick Digest Of 19th Century Life
A mosaic of quirky vignettes spans crime, industry, travel, and society. A Somerset man pays seven cents tax on a pet monkey, a Jersey City bank heist yields 2200 dollars, and a Harvard student advertises armor sales.Steamship Saturn ships wine to Germany and Panama. Maine fisherman Uncle Tim Dyer dies at 92 after a long nets career. Hannah North of Augusta began mince pie gifts to jail prisoners a century ago, now carried on by her granddaughter. Asquith notes London crowding. a large share live in one room homes Clerkenwell Whitechapel echoes.
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Somerset
Mass
Jersey City
Harvard
Saturn
San Francisco
Germany
Panama
Spain
Maine
Tim Dyer
Portland
Hannah North
Augusta
Queen’s Hall
London
Asquith
Notable Women and Trials of Public Life in a Gilded Era
A collage of social vignettes highlights Europe’s best dressed queen, Charlotte Fowler Wells as a pioneering publisher in New York since 1864, and humorous exchanges about servants and flirtations. The fragment ends with a character claiming a missing letter as proof.
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Italy
Europe
Charlotte Fowler Wells
New York
Fangle
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