Ames and Story City greet summer with variety of events
Local notes recount Story City picnic and Washburn guitars at Tilden & Loughran, a Luzerne mail delay, Ankeny storm damage, Memorial Sunday for Champion lodge K P, Italian harp orchestra at the opera house, Seventh Day Adventist camp departures, baptisms, and a Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin show with novelty acts in Ames.
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Champion Lodge K. of P
K. P
Rathbone
Champion Temple R. 8 S
Des Moines
Ames
Messrs. Weeks
Graves
Freeland
Graham
Mesdames
Fowler
Morris
Goble
Gertrude Morris
Hobson
Schley
Sampson
Shafter
Dewey
Would not Suffer 89 Again for Pifty Times its Price
I awoke with severe stomach pains and weakness. Miller & McCurdy's drug store recommended Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, which relieved me after one dose. I, G. H. Wilson, liveryman of Burgettstown, Pa, say it is worth more than its price and I will keep it at home.
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Miller & McCurdy
Chamberlain
G. H. Wilson
Liveryman
Burgettstown
Washington Co
Fine Stationery At Judisch Bros In White Cream Tints
A brief notice describes fine stationery sold by Judisch Brothers in white cream and tinted varieties. The item emphasizes quality paper goods and a selection from the Judisch Bros stock.
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Judisch Bros
Real estate transfers recorded in Story county week ending June 9 1900
Transfers reported by Smith and Bricker include multiple Ames Nevada and Drake area parcels. Notable deeds include AN Drake J D Newcomer to Peter K Johnson and to W D Eilwell, and W H Kyle to T J Kyle with several fractional sections. Total values listed 250 400 500 75 3000 1000 2800 dollars.
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Des Moines
Charles City
Clear Lake
Britt
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Forest City
Marshalltown
Hampton
Nevada
Story County
Smith & Bricker
National Ee & Savings Ascan
I Clara and
Enkens
Ames
John H Boyd
Mary Norris
Iowa
Drake
Peter K Johnson
McCalliburg
Andrew Scott
Eilwell
Lote
Blairs
Ames E J Smith
H B Corlett
Bigelow
Ames Abel Olson
Jorena Olson
Sey
Christ Haughland
Olliverson
Lars Thompson
Thomas L Thompson
Dottie L. Sutton
R Sutton
William H Kyle
T J Kyle
Eli F Posegate
Seymore Coe
Huntley
Shilohs Consumption Cure Promises Guaranteed Relief
A testimonial style advertisement claims no other medicine matches Shilohs for coughs and colds. It offers a positive money back guarantee if relief is not achieved and lists prices of 25, 50, and 1.00 per bottle from L. M. Bosworth, druggist.
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L. M. Bosworth
Shilohs Cough and Consumption Cure Advertised
An ingle-page ad touts Shilohs Cough and Consumption Cure promising to prevent deaths from disease if used early. It claims prices of 25, 50 cents and 1 dollar per bottle and offers a money back guarantee from Druggist L. M. Bosworth.
Shilohs Consumption Cure Ad Claims Refund
An old druggist advertises Shilohs Consumption Cure for coughs and wasting, urging buyers to take two thirds and return the bottle for a full refund if not benefited. Prices listed 25 50 and 1.00. L M Bosworth endorses the remedy.
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L. M. Bosworth
Herbal remedy from Bosworth Drugstore
A brief advertisement notes Carl Kars Clover Root Tea as a historic herbal cure. It promises blood purification and health benefits carried from great-grandmothers garrets. Prices listed at 25 and 56 cents.
Karl's Clover Root Tea Beauty Guarantee
Thrown away by women annually in the purchase of cosmetics and powders, beauty depends on healthy blood and digestion. Karl's Clover Root Tea guarantees you improved complexion for 25 or 50 cents per package. L. M. Bosworth, druggist.
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Karl
L. M. Bosworth
Nervous Woman Appeals at Massachusetts Station
An anxious woman and a bewhiskered farmer question the station master at H- lide station in Massachusetts about train times. They learn the three fifteen has passed, the four twenty is distant, and no expresses, specials, or freights are due. Amos is urged to cross the track.
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Massachusetts
Hamburg American to introduce new steamship fuel
The Hamburg American line plans a semi fluid petroleum fuel from Borneo for new freight steamers. The fuel resists spontaneous ignition at high temperatures and will reduce firemen requirements and save space on ships.
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Hamburg-American Steamship Line
Borneo
France Leads In Automobiles In 1900 Almanac
The Automobile Almanac for 1900 shows 688 automobiles in use in the United States, about one tenth of France. The U S ranks first, Belgium 478, Germany 434, Great Britain 412, and Austria 403.
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France
United States
Belgium
Germany
Great Britain
Austria
Japanese in Hawaii Influx Sparks Coast Migration Concern
Representative Kahn of California cites figures showing 25 000 Japanese landed in Hawaii last year and 50 000 of these will move to the Pacific coast this year if the movement is not blocked. He urges government attention to the influx.
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Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands
Pacific Coast
Kahn
California
Tiresome author teased by French journal remark
A French journal quotes an unpopular author saying he wants to do something never done before and never repeated. An acquaintance replies that writing a favorable notice of the author’s own book would fulfill the aim, implying the task is easy yet unwelcome.
Solar Disc Presents Clear Prominences At Paris Show
Examination of the sun through the giant telescope at the Paris exposition reveals unexpectedly clear solar image with prominences previously seen only at the edge now visible on the surface.
Kansas man invents portable vapor bath apparatus
A Kansas inventor describes a cheap convenient vapor bath device using a clamp to attach a vertical rod to a chair. Semicircular arms on top support a water proof cloth that confines vapor from the generator for bath use.
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Kansas
Flowery South night described by Lake Charles Press
A Lake Charles Louisiana press item paints a balmy gulf night with fragrant blooms and moonlit shadows shaping spring foliage, portraying nature in vivid, lush terms and a tranquil evening scene.
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Gulf
Lake Charles
Real Estate Loans Offer Flexible Pay Dates
Story County Bank advertises loans with flexible payment on any interest pay day and any amount on any day, promising rate reduction by taking up existing loans and charging a commission on the new loan.
Excursion Tickets for Des Moines Convention Travel
Reduced rate excursion tickets on the Northwestern Line from June 18 to 23 for the Annual Music Teachers National Convention. Tickets available through Chicago & Northwestern Railway agents.
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Des Moines
Northwestern
Chicago & Northwestern R’y. It
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Story City
Washburn
Tilden & Loughbran’s
Luzerne
Ankeny
Wagner
Geo. Coffin
Uncle Tom
Eva
John F. Stowe
Uncle Tom's Cabin Company
J. R. McIntyre
Christian Church of
Spencer
Sheldon
Spencer News
Tre
J. E. Davis
Board of Education
W. W. Talbott
Geo. E. Miller
Emma Mackey
Nevada Journal
M. K. Smith
Cramer
S. Cramer
G. W. Rogers
Robi. Cairns
L. G. Hardin
Daffy
Manila Bay
Columbus
Ohio
Kansas City
Manila
Weather and Crop Report
William MacCormac
Royal College of Surgeons of London
Shiloh
Price
Amos
Queensware
J. B. Kooser & CO
Crawford Chee's
Kennedy
Rove
S. L. Mabie
Cooley
Little Bros
Minnesota
Missouri
South Dakota
Bosworth’s Drug Store
Corer Rice
Story County Bank
Canadian Jubilee Singers Congregational Church
Judisch’s
Standard
Ol, CO
Compton
Ames Steam Laundry
Eve
JOE Cohn’s
Chicago Great Western Railway
Maple Leaf
Peru
Afton Junction
St. Joseph
Leavenworth
Sun
Cedar Falls
Sun Bse Paul
Minneapolis
Dubuque
Chicago
Hemstreet
M. Hemstreet
J. A. Campbell
Campbell
Burt Kooser
F W. Eighmy
Chicago & Northwestern
Aft. Dept
Chicago Express
Atlantic
Sioux City & Omaha
Overland Lim
Peacows
Cece Asod
Pacific
Sioux City
Carroll
Fast Mail
Dak & DM
Bi—Desm
Srrreee
Mailand Ex.t
UM Psgr
Ames & DM
Jewell
Boone
Issouri Valley
Omaha
Coast Connection
Aaa
Dakota
DM & S
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