Western Canada climate praised in feature
An article extols Western Canada climate noting 1800 feet elevation, bracing air, and ample summer sun. It cites July temps at Winnipeg and Prince Albert, early sowing in April, harvest by August, and low cyclone and blizzard risk with sturdy moisture in the Saskatchewan valley.
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Canada
Minnesota
R. Stupart
The
Meteorological Service For
Canadian Northwest Territories
Winnipeg
Prince Albert
England
Saskatchewan
Aprii
New Baby Sparks Witty Exchange at Home
A father announces the arrival of a baby girl to his son Robbie, who playfully asks if trading stamps come with the newborn. The lighthearted morning scene captures a family celebration and curiosity about gifts.
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Robbie
Pop
Little Robbie
War Talk Across a Newspaper Page
A casual exchange contrasts Barker who calls the era one of high civilization with Parker who argues the Russo-Japanese war will yield unspecified benefits as public discussion runs through the page.
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Barker
Great actors and artistic incompatibility discussed
A conversation about actors and their art notes that while many are devoted to acting, there is substantial incompatibility between the profession and personal life. The exchange features Mr. Stormington Barns reflecting on how a great actor is wedded to craft yet faces relationship tensions.
Engagement As Employer Teases Hiring Typewriters
A witty exchange about wedding plans moves to a joke on hiring typewriters. The employer jokes about needing a new typewriter after engagement, while the writer quips she will handle hiring typewriters. The humor centers on wordplay between domestic life and office equipment.
Tramp Seeks Almanac Cure for Empty Feeling in Stomach
A tramp asks to bury a medical almanac to learn what doctors recommend for an empty feeling in the stomach. The exchange with a housekeeper hints at humorous banter and rustic speech.
Russ Bleaching Blue Delivers Best Grocers 10c
Local ad touts Russ Bleaching Blue cleaning product as top choice for good grocers with a price of 10 cents and warns against cheap imitations.
Tragedy in Des Moines Woman Kills Child Then Herself
In Des Moines Mrs William Greenfield 637 West Tenth street killed her 1 year old daughter and herself by filling the home with gas after sending her other children away. The husband discovered the bodies on his return from work. In a separate item Boone South Dakota County Attorney Goodner says he has solved the Rena Nelson candy poisoning case but withholds his theory.
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William Greenfield
Des Moines
West Tenth Street
Boone
Pierre
G. D
Goodner
Hughes County
Rena Nelson
Miss Nelson
Mr. Dye
Dye
Attorney Goodner
Sheriff Laughlin
Wells
Frank Eppel
Des Moines Legislature Deliberations and Bills Summary
In Des Moines from March 15 to 19, legislative actions covered Senate defeats on bulk sale and education bills, while House measures advanced on road, wage garnishment, and inspector appointments. The senate approved measures on telegraph reporting, state property sales, and county crime accounting. a Lincoln memorial resolution passed. The text notes included reflective moral lines and aphorisms.
Dodd's Kidney Pills Endorsement for Growing Girls
Mrs. A L Smith of West Pembroke Maine promotes Dodd's Kidney Pills as best for growing girls based on her daughter’s recovery from long lasting spells and yellowing. She reports relief after a dozen boxes and continued use when unwell, urging mothers to consider the remedy to spare daughters pain and sickness.
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West Pembroke
A. L. Smith
Dodd
Mrs. Smith
Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children Ad
Promotes Mother Gray nurse in New York Children’s Home offering 30 000 testimonials and a free sample. Claims cure for constipation feverishness bad stomach teething disorders regulate bowels destroy worms and sold by druggists for 2 shillings. Address A S Olmsted Le Roy New York. Also a closing line about obtaining a girl’s mother’s approval.
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Mother Gray
New York
A.S. Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
FOR RENT OR SALE ERAL SHOIcE FARMS IN IOWA
A scrambled ad-like snippet mentions Sioux City Iowa listings and a lingering note about older persons and a cigar brand. It also refers to a factory in Peoria Illinois and a Robertson quote. The text is fragmentary with unclear dates or addresses.
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Sioux City
Lowa
Defiance Starch Price Cut Sparks Fresh Package Offer
Defiance Starch comes in 16 ounce packages priced at 10 cents, with a one third more starch for the same money. The remark on life’s follies notes amusements we do not care for.
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Defiance
Supreme Court Reverses Lower Court in Gallaugher Perjury Case
The Iowa Supreme Court reverses the lower court and grants Mrs. Sarah Ellen Gallaugher a new trial. Gallaugher was convicted of perjury linked to the murder trial of her husband James Gallaugher, while co-defendant Charles Holada confessed and was sentenced. The court orders a new trial due to a technical defect in the indictment that failed to explicitly negate the falsity of her statements.
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Des Moines
Sarah Ellen Gallaugher
Johnson County
Supreme Court
Gallaugher
Charles Holada
James Gallaugher
Holada
Boone rumor says Dye may have poisoned candy motive
Boone citizens doubt Mrs Dye’s guilt in the Miss Netgan poisoning case and speculate another woman, Acre, may have acted out of jealousy. Mrs Dye denies plans to travel or leave the state before the legislature acts, and her reputation is described as excellent.
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Dye
Boone
Wage Bill Passed in Des Moines Legislature
The house approved the wage exemption bill by 62 to 34 with E W Weeks of Guthrie county steering the measure. An amendment to tax costs against garnishers failed, and proposals to raise the monthly limit from 40 to 45 and to 75 were defeated. The previous question passed by 66 votes.
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Des Moines
House
E. W. Weeks
Guthrie County
Lepson
Fruddes
Mr. Wyland
Shippers Bill Passes With Railroads Agreement
Yesterday the stock shippers bill passed without opposition. Mr Hart explained it was agreed by stock shippers and railroads with a signed statement. An amendment requiring cabooses to have toilet rooms by January 1, 1905 was proposed and agreed. An attempt to fix pass hours after stock arrival failed. No date change needed for validity. passes remain seventy two hours.
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Des Moines
House
Hart
Davie
Crawford County
Aldrich May Get $200000 for State History Building
Des Moines March 21 The house appropriations committee voted to recommend passage the English bill to appropriate 200000 to complete the state historical building. The senate committee is inclined to favor this proposition. The west wing erected for two years cost about 50000. Plans were made for the entire building including main structure and two wings. The 200000 estimate to complete it is regarded as modest.
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Des Moines
House Committee On Appropriations
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Hall of History
Iowa Seeks Superior Seed to Boost Corn Crops
Des Moines reports Prof. P. G. Holden of the State Agricultural College travels to Illinois to buy high grade seed for Iowa grain men. The plan aims to supply farmers with superior seed to prevent a repeat poor crop, as last year's stock threatens failure. Secretary Wells of the Iowa Grain Dealers Association backs the move as the sole way to avert a disappointing harvest.
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Iowa
Des Moines
P. G. Holden
State Agricultural College Department of Agronomy
Illinois
Wells
Iowa Grain Dealer's Association
Tragic Train Accident Claims Ten Year Old Girl
In Cherokee on March 21 train 101 of the Illinois Central ran over Frank Perry’s 10 year old daughter near the depot. A family friend was helping the child board the train and tried to cross crowded yards. the sister and the friend escaped but the engine and two cars severed the child’s head.
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Cherokee
Illinois Central Railroad
Frank Perry
Robbers Blow Up Bank At Firth Neb but Fail Loot
A Lincoln dispatch reports robbers detonated the First National Bank at Firth Neb in an attempt to loot the safe. They failed to gain the treasure and fled after a local citizen scared them away, while W Dean who runs a nearby restaurant was locked in to prevent interference.
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Omaha
Neb
The
World-Herald
Lincoln
First National Bank
Firth
A W. Dean
Senate approves plan to sell or lease state islands
May Sell The Islands. Des Moines March 19 The senate passed the bill by Harper authorizing the executive council to sell or lease islands located in the waters of the state. The bill limits the council to islands within state waters excluding the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. It requires plats and a three member governor appointed commission to appraise property before title surrender. The bill passed without opposition.
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Senate
Benafor T
House
Iowa
Judiciary Committee
St. Louis
Congress
Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Chassell Road
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Doran
Kennedy
First Judicial District
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Hayward
Knoxville
Executive Council
State Square
Mississippi
Missouri
Council Bluffs
State University
Iowa City
Newberry
State Board of Health
Wyland
Buchanan
Board of Control
Hughes Senate
United States
Hart
Skinner
Harper
Golden Rule misattributed in French Roosevelt note
The Bookman reports a French translation of a Roosevelt book includes a footnote re quote by Senator Ingalls. The note explains the Golden Rule as an aphorism attributed to Pythagoras.
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Roosevelt
Senator Ingalls
Pythagoras
Parlor and paws tale from veldt and Civil War reminiscences
A satirical slice weaves tales of De La Rey’s parlor, frogs as poultry, and a guard’s fare dispute on a railway car. It recalls General Longstreet’s strict Civil War orders and a captured Union soldier trading shoes to survive a harsh day.
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Joseph Chamberlain
de la Rey
Shaw
Longstreet
Pete
Supreme Court Elevator Tale Resurfaces In Senator Hoar Remarks
Senator Hoar recalls a Northampton supreme court visit when judges rode an unsafe Mt Holyoke elevator. The rope looked frayed yet managers planned a new one next Monday. Critics debate Binks's play and call it a stale French farce.
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Hoar
Supreme Court of
Our State
Northampton
Mt. Holyoke
Doctor Builds Health With Grape-Nuts, Doctors Endorse
A physician recounts severe prior illness, weight gain to 155 pounds after using Grape-Nuts for breakfast for three years. He cites patients and colleagues who benefit from the sustained energy and health, and notes ongoing prescription in practice. The ad promotes Postum Co. materials and the book The Road to Wellville.
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Ohio Valley
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Doan's Kidney Pills Provide Eight Year Cure Claim
An advertisement features Henry Soule of Ham mondsport New York praising Doan's Kidney Pills for eight years of kidney pain and severe symptoms. It notes brick dust in urine and nocturnal trips to the bed, claiming complete lasting relief and improved digestion after using the product. The ad lists price and publisher Foster Milburn Co. and offers a free trial.
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Dean
Henry Soule
Pultney St
Hammondsport
N. Y
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Busy Bleaching Blue and Defiance Starch Ad Silhouettes
An advertisement extols Busy Bleaching Blue as the best product for good housekeepers and lists Defiance Starch as for sale everywhere. It notes consumer dissatisfaction if not chosen and makes a quip about misfortune and drinking.
Salzer Seed Co Offers High Yield Claims and Order Request
A promotional notice from John A. Salzer Seed Co claims extremely high per acre yields for corn oats barley and fodder crops in 1903 and 1904 and urges readers to send 10 cents for seeds catalogs and samples from La Crosse Wisconsin.
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Salzer
Ind
Ohio
Tenn
Mich
Victoria
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Coleridge Reflections on Talent and Genius in Action
A compact quotation-style note reflecting on talent and genius. It contrasts inherited understanding with genius defined by action, reasoning, and image, noting such traits are rarely achieved. The remark evokes Coleridge’s philosophic stance on creativity and practical wisdom.
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Coleridge
Defiance Starch Ad Claims Superior Quality
An old advertisement touts Defiance Starch as unmatched in quality and quantity with a 16 ounce package priced at 10 cents, urging readers to try it to save money.
Unclear Fragment of Missionary Reference in Speech
Fragment discusses future disturbing imagery of a missionary in a dangerous scenario. Contains ominous sentiment about civilization progressing toward such outcomes. No identifiable people, places, or events are present.
Free to Twenty five Ladies Defiance Starch Promotion
Satire ad invites 25 ladies a round trip to the St Louis Exposition with 25 tickets in five states for sending Defiance Starch trade marks. Mail marks from Cent and 16 ounce packages to Defiance State Co Omaha Neb by Sept 1904. Tickets mailed Sept 15 by registered mail. Starch advertised as 16 oz full pound with no sticking.
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Defiance Strach Co
Nois
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Defiance State Co
Omaha
Nebr
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