Summer Heat and Beauty in an Autumn Foretaste
An editorial prose poem from the Springfield Republican extols summer’s beauty and the season’s cycle from June to autumn. It describes landscapes from Lille to New England, the pine and oak groves, meadow lilies, birds, and the sensory richness of sunlight and fragrance. It also notes Dr Shoop Health Coffee as a coffee substitute sold by J J Grove.
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Springfield
Mass
Republican
The
Nature
New England
Old England
Ireland
Lille
Bryant
Shoop
Racine
Wisconsin
Shoops
J. J. Grove
Juggernaut Idol of India and Its Mighty Car Facts
A descriptive piece notes India as a land of idols with Brahma Vishnu and Siva as the sacred triad. Juggernaut’s temple at Puri on the Bay of Bengal attracts pilgrims for a two millennium worship. Juggernaut’s car, forty one feet high with fourteen wheels, is dragged by thousands of worshipers along a half mile or more amid frenzied crowds.
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India
Eindoos
Benares
Brahma
Vishnu
Siva
Juggernaut
Orissa
Bay of Bengal
William Hunter
Puri
John J. Pool
B. D
Los Angeles Times
Ames City Council Approves Curbs Plan for Several Streets
Resolution notes necessity to construct concrete curbing along Onondaga Douglass and Kellogg Avenues in Ames Iowa with curbing six inches thick top four inches below sidewalk grade and batter 1:12 toward bottom. Special assessments to abutting propertyfunding. public hearing set for July 30 1908 with notices published June 25 July 2 9 and 16 1908.
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Ames
Iowa
City of
Onondaga Street
Duff Avenue
Burnett Avenue
Douglass Avenue
Story Street
Kellogg Avenue
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company
American Society For Testing
Notice to Contractors for Ames Public Library addition
Sealed proposals due by 7 p m August 4 1908 to build an addition and remodel the Ames Public Library. Plans and specs available at the library and at Fiallett Rawson Des Moines Architects. Bid bond 3 percent with bid and 35 percent contract bond. Library Board reserves right to reject bids. Mrs Julia W Stanton.
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Ames Public Library
Fiallett & Rawson, Architects
Des Moines
Iowa
First Known Yellow Fever Outbreak Among Columbus Soldiers
The report notes that yellow fever first appeared among Columbus soldiers in 1495, marking an early documented outbreak in the Americas.
Bids Sought for Ames Water Supply Extension Project
Ames Iowa invites sealed bids by July 15 1908 for extending the water system with about 9009 feet of 6 inch pipe 6097 feet of 4 inch pipe 10300 feet of 2 inch pipe and 1731 feet of 1 1 2 inch pipe plus valves hydrants and related specials Plans by A Marston and T H McDonald on file City Clerk A B Maxwell to receive bids with 10 percent certified check Bids may be rejected or accepted and defects waived
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Ames
Iowa
A. Marston
T. H. McDonald
A. B. Maxwell
Boy Receives Life Saving Remedy For Severe Dysentery
A mother credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with saving her four year old son after two doctors gave up. She reports full recovery when combined with Castor Oil and urges others to use the remedy as directed. Sold by Joel H. Cagwin.
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Chamberlain
William H. Stroling
Carbon Hill
Joel H. Cagwin
It Can't Be Beat Electric Bitters Praised by Citizen
C M Harden of Silver City North Carolina says Electric Bitters does all claimed for stomach liver and kidney trouble and is best for weakness lame back and run down conditions. Also effective for chills and malaria sold under guarantee at drug stores 60 cents.
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C. M. Harden
Silver City
North Carolina
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Iowa's
Great Summer School OF Agriculture and Industry
Department of Agriculture
Owa State Fair
Sheran
J. C. Simpson
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Darner & Romans
Romans
Darner
Judge’s Bakery
Komans
V. Rainball
Gilbert Station
L. Pitcher
Collins
Chas. Tucker
Boone
Simon Burger
Gladbrook
John H. Looby
F. W. McGanon
Woody
Ridge
Library Board
Julia W. Stanton
C. G. Tilden, M. D
Mutual
Margaret M. Jones
Baker’s Jewelry Store
McWilliam
Ames, Lowa
M. A. Adams
A. W. Crary
Crary
Dante. McCarthy
Luke
McCarthy & Luke
Attorneys At Law
Swiv County Bank
Ames, Iowa
Lee
Stanfield
Tay
J. Lb. Long
Glendale
California
Ax G' Piet
Iette
Ilette
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