Floating Facts From a Distant Era
A collection of curious statements on costs incomes islands and travel noting Bank of England notes cost per unit, Church revenue, inhabited islands in the Indian Ocean, 1646 Hawaiian displacement, precision of timepieces, light travel, Nile cataracts, parliamentary attendance, piano timber aging, treasure losses on sea routes, and drowning as a leading cause of accidental deaths.
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Bank of England
Church of England
Indian Ocean
Hawaiian Islands
Pacific
Mount Blanc
Nile
England
India
Boy's Head Healed by Cuticura Remedies Says Avard Store Owner
A. C. Barnett of Avard Oklahoma recounts in a grateful letter how his сын recovered from a severe scalp eczema after two bottles of Cuticura Resolvent and daily use of Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Hair regrew and no recurrence noted. He endorses the Cuticura line for eczema.
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A. C. Barnett
Avard
Oklahoma
Ocean Depths and Grammar Study Highlight Learning
The article contrasts ocean life with grammar schooling, noting diverse sea life and depths while arguing grammar belongs in high school, with reading and speaking as the main preparation in grammar schools. It contends disciplined study of grammar is mainly for correction, not acquisition.
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Atlantic
Tramp Requests Turnip at Farm Gate Refused
A meek vagrant asks the farmer for a raw turnip to quell hunger but is refused by the laborer’s son. The exchange ends with a dismissal as the tramp leaves.
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Chicago Daily News
Transformation From Coffee to Postum
An old coffee drinker finds quitting coffee hard yet possible by switching to Postum Food Coffee. Well boiled and served with cream Postum satisfies taste comparable to Java and offers nourishment as coffee withdrawal eases over ten days to two weeks.
City children bear brunt of urban living said to need cure
The Ames Times notes a Youth's Companion critique of proposed state commissions to punish landlords who exclude children. It laments city life for kids lacking yards and pets, with cramped streets and limited play, arguing the country is better for upbringing despite Chicago's nervousness report on public school pupils.
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Massachusetts
Ishmael
America
Chicago
Pedigrees on Sale and the Quest for Noble Blood
A newspaper vent lays bare the mockery of royal lineage claims as a multimillionaire’s wife proclaims medieval ancestry. The piece notes how birth pride shines when not misused and mocks the ease of forging pedigrees for both commoners and the powerful.
Two Iowa suicides and college drowning in river incident
In Sioux City J W Wilson of Presho SD died after third suicide attempt at St Josephs hospital jumping from a second story into a cement path. In Iowa City William N Thornburg a senior medic and Miss Elizabeth Ogden drowned when their boat broke through a river dam break as Middleonian society outing ended.
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Sioux City
J. W. Wilson
Presho
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Wilson
Manilla
Wm. Thornburg
Elizabeth Ogden
Iowa City
William N. Thornburg
Iowa University
Iowa River
Middletonian Society
Mr. Thornburg
Linden
Dallas County
Miss Ogden
A. B. Ogden
Williamsburg
College of
Colfax Well Yields Tar Like Petroleum Near Grand Hotel
Drillers at Colfax struck tar oil at the bottom of a shaft on Mary Grant’s property two blocks southeast of the Grand hotel. The 120 foot well emitted odor and a sample is shown in local shops. Drilling may extend to 2000 feet as a company forms to investigate and prove the discovery.
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Colfax
Mary Grant
Grand Hotel
Des Moines Saloon Clocks Set Eight Minutes Early
Des Moines Mayor Mattern orders saloon clocks advanced to close at 9 52 p m to meet 10 pm law. police to enforce closing earlier and prevent entry after 10. The message also contains an unrelated advertisement for Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with testimonial from Mrs Emma Sawyer of Conyers Georgia.
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Des Moines
George W. Mattern
Supreme Court
Lydia E. Pinkham
Fee
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Mrs. Sawyer
V Compound
Emma Sawyer
Conyers
Man shoots by mistake in pursuit of revenge
Richard Rogers known as Red, released from Anamosa after four year sentence for attempted murder, returned to Manchester seeking revenge on those who helped convict him. He mistook A. C. Acers and shot William Work, wound not dangerous but painful. Rogers deemed insane and sent to Independence asylum.
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Manchester
Richard Rogers
Anamosa
William Work
Rogers
Red
A. C. Acers
Illinois Central
Acers
Work
Harvey Case Dismissed in Carroll Arson Proceeding
County Attorney Helmer dismissed the arson case against Clyde and Harriet Harvey with court permission. The hotel fire at Glidden on August 6, 1904, caused two deaths and led to a lengthy legal battle from a 1905 January trial to a supreme court reversal.
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Harveys
Supreme Court
Bet on the Country Its Safe Chicago Journal Preview
The Chicago Journal envisions rapid western growth with 50 000 weekly immigration. It predicts vast land reclamation, urban expansion, factories, and prosperity centering on Chicago as the western entrepot and eventual mistress of the region. It dismisses fears of ruin.
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Chicago Journal
Chicago
West
Europe
New York
After Liquor Dealers
Temperance forces file suits against Cedar Falls La Porte and Hanson druggists. The last defendants named include H. J. Pfiefer and J. H. Snyder of Cedar Falls M. L. Cummins H. J. Blanchaine of La Porte and A. T. Joder of Hudson. Waterloo ministers J. A. Earl Teeter and Beeman lead the action. No Waterloo druggists hold permits and all Waterloo saloonkeepers face May term court dates.
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Waterloo
Cedar Falls
la Porte
Hanson
Black Hawk County
H. J. Pfiefer
J. H. Snyder
Henry Mazinnette
M. L. Cummins
H. J. Blanchaine
A. T. Joder
Scratch Causes His Death Slater
J K Moland died after a scratch from rusty barb wire led to blood poisoning. The injury, initially ignored, caused swelling in the limbs and proved fatal about a week later.
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Slater
J. K. Moland
French President Fallieres Seen on Walk and Bakery Visit
The French president is described as a farmer, lawyer, and politician. He often takes a five mile health walk in the forenoon. When hungry he visits a bakery for a roll and eats it in the shop or while walking in the street.
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Fallieres
Aged Flagman Killed By Train On Rock Island Line
Mitchell B. Hayward, 55, longtime flagman for the Rock Island at Atlantic, was fatally run over by a train after thirty three years of service. The accident occurred at his post. he died instantly.
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Atlantic
Rock Island
Fire destroys Feeney Bros barn killing twenty nine horses
A blaze swept the Feeney Bros barn at Austin burning the structure and a large stock of harness valued at seven thousand dollars. Twenty nine horses perished in the fire.
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Mason City
Austin
Feeney Bros
Foreman of Grand Jury Seeks Blind Justice Comfort
The foreman, who has lost his sight after hearing many crime tales, hopes justice remains blind to be impartial and fair in handling cases.
Urick Elected at State Labor Federation Meeting
At the meeting of the Iowa Federation of Labor A L Urick of Des Moines and secretary treasurer J H Strief of Sioux City were re elected by acclamation L Lightner of Ottumwa was chosen vice president H Boettger of Davenport was elected member of the legislative committee
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Ottumwa
Swa Federation of Labor
A. L. Urick
Des Moines
J. H. Strief
Sioux City
L. Lightner
H. Boettger
Davenport
Legisative
Explosion at Brown Bros Tile Works Kills Two Men
In Crawfordsville the boiler blast at Brown Bros tile factory kills Henry Hough and Robert Menmesee and wrecks the building. Local authorities investigate the deadly accident at the plant.
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Muscatine
Brown Bros
Crawfordsville
Henry Hough
Robert Menmesee
Clinton Youth Killed at Mississippi Valley Stove Works
Clifford Butman aged 21 died at the Mississippi Valley stove works after his coat caught on a moving line shaft. He was oiling the machinery when drawn into the shaft and every bone in his body was broken.
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Clinton
Clifford Butman
Mississippi Valley Stove Works
Man of unlimited service never flees from demand
A man who answers any call and does all he can stands firm no matter the task. He meets every demand with resolve and never shows retreat or fear.
Frigid figure questions smoking and mortality
A cryptic exchange features a cold-hooded speaker asking about cigarettes' lethality. The reply is a terse affirmation noting that new victims always replace the old. The fragment hints at a grim, unsentimental view of death and addiction.
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Bay of Fundy
Ames Times
Ammmees
Iowa
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Rarfield
A. N. Kellogg Newspaper CO
Harvey
Thompson
Lula Berry
Farmington, Ark
Cardus
Aurora County
B. H. Sullivar, Plankinton
Z Zaegel
M. R. Zaegel
Main Street
Sheboygan
Wis
Urick
Dr. Price
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