Letts's introduces new honey and quick wash ad notes
Local miscellany reports new honey at Letts's and a Quick Wash soap ad. It mentions a Letts's tuk Ladies Cemetery Society meeting with Mrs J R Lincoln on Thursday Feb 1 at 3 pm, plus various local business and society notes including horse trades and theater managers.
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Letts’s
Tuk Ladies Cemetery Society
J. R. Lincoln
Laura
Beyer
W. M
C. E. Hunt
W. P
Graves
A. M
Harris
See’y
Hawley
Treas
Loud
Williams
A. C
McEuen
Lincoln
Marshall
Coffin Pianist
Schleiter
Adah
Ufford
Ruth
French
Esther
Pride
Martha
Watts
Electa
Ferguson
Warder
D. G. Ferguson
Sentinel
Our Candies Are The Best That Money Will Buy
Local confectionery advertising highlights T. J. Miller and Son as makers of premium candies claiming superior quality and value. The copy presents a bold sales claim without specific product details.
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T. J. Miller & Son
Supervisors Convention Held at Ames with Banquet
The state association of county supervisors met in Ames at Read's hall with delegates from counties across the state. The program included papers on roads and insane asylums, a college tour, and resolutions to be sent to the upcoming legislature. Officers were elected and a banquet by the Ames Commercial Club featured toasts by M K Smith and others.
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State Association of County Supervisors
Board of Control
Marshalltown
Cedar Rauids
Des Moines
N. E. Teachout
W. W. Williams
McCausland
Scott County
Read’s Hall
Ames Commercial Club
M. K. Smith
Commercial Club
M. Stalker
J. W. Ballard
Dr. W. Beardshear
Parley Sheldon
F. N. Fowler
Ames
W. W. Wheeler
Ed Rex
Board of Supervisors
Story County
Buckhtin’s Arnica Salveclaims world fame for cures
Buckhtin’s Arnica Salve boasts world wide fame for curing cuts corns burns boils sores felons ulcers tetter salt rheum fever sores chapped hands and other eruptions. Cure guaranteed. Only 25e at Tilden Loughran’s mince meat Try our None Such New England. T. J. Mitcer & Son.
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Tilden & Loughran’s
Story County Treasurer H T Henryson Report Certified
The Board of Supervisors of Story County Iowa certifies the semi annual Receipts and Disbursements for H T Henryson Treasurer from June 1 to January 1. They deem the balance and vouchers on hand as correct and sign the report dated the th day of January 1000.
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Henryson
Story County
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
H. T. Henryson
History of Shoe Buckles in the Last Century
This excerpt traces how buckles defined footwear fashion from diamonds to iron, noting social status shown by buckle materials. It describes 1720 styling with wigs and high heels, the rise of gold and silver buckles, and the shift to ribbons during the French Revolution, ending with a failed bid to revive sumptuary laws.
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George III
Parliament
Plantagenet
Tudor
Millais and Newman: An Exchange of Compliments
The noted painter Millais, famed for courteous frankness, is described as addressing Cardinal Newman with the cheeky remark you have the complexion of a child. The Cardinal, advanced in years, met Millais only as a sitter despite inevitable familiarity.
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Palace Gate
Millais
Academy
Yale Professor Receives Japanese Order of Rising Sun Second Class
Professor George T. Ladd of Yale is awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Second Class, by the emperor of Japan for work at the University of Tokyo. The decoration, rarely given to foreigners, features a gold and enamel medallion with a sun carbuncle and imperial colors.
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George T. Ladd
Yale
University of Tokyo
Ladd
New Haven
Boston Clergyman Unites Quick Wedding at Night
An elderly Boston couple asked a clergyman to marry them on the spot after a brief encounter. The man, a weathered mariner, and the woman both said they had never married before and joked about never having a chance. The ceremony was performed with no fee, the clergyman deeming it a privilege.
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Boston
Hovish ideas on language puzzles from youth
A gentleman recalls odd childhood beliefs about language learning. A second man shares his mistaken notion that translating foreign words would be easy if only he learned the alphabet, revealing naive views from youth.
American dentists hailed as best in world
American dentists are praised for skill worldwide with many practicing in Europe. In Germany they face annoyance as their diplomas are not respected and they cannot buy medicines without a German physician’s prescription.
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Europe
Germany
The Sultan's Plan to Survey Rail Line by Cinematograph
The sultan of Turkey will view his 110 kilometer railway project from Yildiz Kiosk via cinematograph. The line is to be photographed and reeled off for the majesty and court, eliminating the need to move.
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Turkey
Anatolia
Yildiz
White residents of Alaska in seasonal context
The text notes Alaska hosts a floating population of miners fishermen and lumbermen who stay only part of the year. It estimates Alaska’s Inuit tribes total 40 000 to 50 000 people while actual white residents likely do not exceed ten thousand.
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Alaska
Secret to keeping age's toil away with Electric Bitters
J C Sherman, editor of the Vermontville Echo, credits Electric Bitters for preventing nervousness sleeplessness indigestion heart trouble constipation and rheumatism. He praises its kidney stimulation stomach toning digestion and appetite support for himself and his wife. Only 50c at Tilden and Loughran's drug store.
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J.C. Sherman
Vermontville
Micb
Echo
Tilden & Loughran
Subscriptions offer for Iowa periodicals at low annual rates
Start the year right with a subscription package including The Iowa Homestead Poultry Farmer Farmers Mutual Insurance Journal and Ames Times for $1.40. Other offers include The Weekly Inter Ocean and Ames Times for $1.35 and The semi weekly Marshalltown Times Republican with the Ames Times for $1.590. The Times promises to save subscribers the agent's commission on any paper or periodical.
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Iowa Homestead
Poultry Farmer
Farmer's Mutual Insurance Journal
Farmer's Institute
The
Homestead
Ames Times
Inter Ocean
Weekly Register
Marshalltown Times Republican
the Times
Local Land Deals Mentioned at Letts Store
J C Myers of Lisecomb Indiana reports buying land in Wells County North Dakota two years ago at five dollars per acre and now offered ten with improvements. He notes he would not sell, predicting higher value soon. He offers similar land further from the railroad for less than five dollars. A Ricumann promotes dried fruits and new honey at Letts while Co F Letts advertises.
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ConnoLuity
Paderewski
Des Moines
Pole
Story County Down
Cole
J.C. Myers
Lisecomb, In
Wells County
North Dakota
O. K. Barber Shop Offers Clean, Up-To-Date Services
The O K Barber Shop features six chairs and long waits with three bathrooms and a shining stand. It closes at 8 p m except on Sunday when it closes at 12 p m and does not perform baths or barber work on Sundays.
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O. K
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Warren Chamberlain
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Lockwood
Ames Grocery Co
Ontario
E. L. Hanson
Hanson
Jeff. Kegley
Cedar Rapids
Dr. Kegley
Jeff
Ben Davis
Ed. Proper
Ames Opera House
Ben
Cleveland
Minstrels
Chicago Chronicle
Chronicle
Arthur E. Watson
Brown University
Providence
R. I
Supervisors Convention
State Association of County Super
Visors
S. P. Carter
Delaware County
Buckhtin
T. J. Mitcer & Son
EpwWin Rex Miles Pearson
Sdisa
Bt ii
Orbad
Hoy
Cordova
A. RicuMann
Co. F. Letts
Damiel Embree
Newton Steel
Graham
Rye Graham
Boone
Seal OF
Minnesota
I. J. Miller & Son
Union Nat! Bank
Ames.ia
Frank E, Bellamy
Prop
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