A Voice From the Pulpit and Local Notables
A Fond du Lac pastor Rev. Jacob D. Van Doren reports kidney illness relief from Doan’s Kidney Pills and offers a private interview for details. Manchester’s Seven Stars Inn claims 550 years licensed. Thames steamers Marjory first 1814 and Richmond a year later. Mrs Robins of Norwich credits Tam sure Piso’s Cure as life saver. Two Saco girls find 480 four leaf clovers in under an hour.
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Jacob D. van Doren
Sixth St
Fond du Lac
Wis
Doan
Bleaching Blue Promises White Clothes For 10c Pack
An illustrated ad touts Russ Bleaching Blue sold by grocers at 10 cents per package. It claims powerful stain removal while warning about slippery paths for transgressors. Also promotes E Z Foot Comfort for feet at 26 cents and notes weather quirks from an old bachelor.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted As Internal Remedy
Advertisement claims catarrh is constitutional and cannot be cured by local applications. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal treatment said to affect the blood and mucous surfaces, prescribed by a leading physician, with testimonials available. Also touts Hall's Family Pills and ends with a moral line about hypocrisy.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Tiall
Gaggle of Jokes Flows Through Quizzical Dialogue
A string of comic exchanges touches on everyday gripes and quips. Housewives discuss starch value and laundry, a husband and wife bicker over a coffee mill, graft in public service is debated, a tourist tests a peak ascent, and a pill label puzzles Mrs O'Brien.
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Tor
Grape Nuts Fame Boosts Dyspepsia Patient
A Battle Creek youth recounts three years of dyspepsia improving after using Grape Nuts. He describes weight loss dizziness and poor digestion before discovering the cereal. Back at school he notes better memory and grades as friends praise his health.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Iowa Governor Proclaims November 26 Thanksgiving Day
Albert B. Cummins issues a 1903 proclamation designating Thursday November 26 as a day of praise and thanksgiving. He praises national and state peace prosperity and civic virtue while urging statewide reflection and restraint from work to thank divine providence. Des Moines signs and seals the official order.
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State of Iowa
Executive Department
United States
Commonwealth
Albert B. Cummins
Iowa
Des Moines
W. B. Martin
Unusual Profits From Cape Breton Mineral Wealth
A party including Des Moines and other Iowa investors profited greatly by investing early in Cape Breton Nova Scotia coal and iron properties spanning thousands of acres. Cape Breton Island is described as making unprecedented progress due to its vast mineral deposits, with further investment pouring in from Boston New York and English capitalists.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Cape Breton
Nova Scotia
Cape Breton Island
Boston
New York
Colfax Springs Sanitarium Promotes Cures Across Iowa
Colfax Iowa November 4. The Colfax Springs Sanitarium advertises cures by its doctors and nurses and the healing waters. It lists chronic diseases treated and offers at home visits by Dr W B C Bullard with free consultations. writes are welcome before visits.
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Colfax
Colfax Springs
Sheldon State Bank Failure and Receiver Appointment
Sheldon, Nov. 6 R. W. Ady has qualified as receiver of the Sheldon State Bank after bond delays and will take possession soon. A second alleged cause of the failure is range cattle paper totaling 25000 dollars due. Bank officials pledge that all depositors will be paid in full and other banks remain calm and prepared.
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Sheldon
R. W. Ady
Sheldon State Bank
Eight-year-old Edwin Moody mauled by dog in Fort Dodge
In Fort Dodge on November 9, eight year old Edwin Moody was viciously bitten by a dog. The injuries to his neck and face required seven stitches and he faces possible lifelong maiming.
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Fort Dodge
Edwin Moody
County Overseers Spend on Whisky for the Poor
Dubuque reports stir over county supervisors buying whisky and cigars for paupers. 1892 pauper costs were 16000 dollars, 1902 48000 dollars, with total expenditures in 1902 at 170000 dollars. Authorities may order a court inquiry.
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Dubuque
Cummins Wins Iowa Governor Race Amid Surprising Divides
Des Moines reports show Governor Cummins with a statewide plurality of about 78 439 as Democrats gain seats in the House but lose the Senate. Across counties voters shifted. Scott and Black Hawk flip expectations, and local contests in Hardin Woodbury and Johnson counties produce narrow margins and contested results. The legislature likely has Democrats with 21 in the House and seven in the Senate while Republicans face challenges over the road law and various local disputes.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Cummins
Sullivan
Scott County
Hardin
Mark Furry
Black Hawk County
Senate
Chickasaw
Socialist Party
Bennett Mitchell
Coates
Baxter
People's Party
Weller
House
Woodbury County
John H. Jackson
A. S. Garretson
Hardin County
Wm. Welden
Wright
Lown
Co-Operative
Democrats Gain Seats in Legislature With Eight Senators
Complete unofficial returns show eight Democratic senators and twenty three representatives. The report lists Democrats in the Senate and House including Hold over members and new selections with names across counties and cities in Iowa.
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Des Moines
Anti trust suit tests Iowa law over 70 thousand dollar claim
Port land Gold Mining Co disputes a 70 000 dollar claim by American Bridge Co alleging its part in the United States Steel trust. The case hinges on Iowa anti trust statutes banning price fixing and production limiting conspiracies.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Portland Gold Mining Company
Iowa Corporation
American Bridge Company
Great
United States Steel Corporation
Billion Dollar Steel Trust
United States
Boy 14 Killed In Pic Up Wagon Accident
Carroll Nov. 3 Arthur Collison aged 14 was instantly killed near here in a peculiar mishap. He rode with others in a wagon loaded with corn when horses were startled by cattle and bolted. Collison fell from the wagon and was run over and crushed to death. The incident occurred three miles west of town.
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Carroll
Arthur Collison
Joseph Collison
Collison
Dewey Expected At Army Post Celebration
Des Moines notes anticipate Admiral George Dewey will attend the November 13 dedicatory ceremonies for the army post celebration and may address the crowd during the barbecue. The Supreme Court says only the court that issued a disbarment can reinstate a lawyer, and an appeal to this court may be required for reinstatement.
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Des Moines
Army Post
George Dewey
Admiral Dewey
W. W. Willcox
Manila
United States Navy
Young and Corbin
Supreme Court
J. E. Rink
Des Moines County
Fink
No point of order when a woman has the floor
A terse remark notes that no procedural point is valid while a woman speaks, and mocks male self conceit by framing wisdom as a male construct. The line reflects gendered debate norms in a historical context.
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Thames
Marjory
Richmond
Thos. Robbins
Maple Street
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Saco
E. Z
Price
F. R. McCarthy
Jefferson
Mr. Jackson
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Alpenstock
The
Ames Times
Run. R Hardin
Ames
Colfax Springs Sanitarium
Cumming Tika
Cate
Butler
L. L. DeLano
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Queegseevee
Robert Stirton
Cedar Jones
Thomas Lambert
Jackson
Lewis Tayor
Appanoose-Davis
John F. Wade
Butler-Bremer
David A Young
Lee
Fred N. Smith
John L. Wilson
Clinton
D. A. Lyons
Howard-Winneshiek Democrats
L. F. Springer
Independence
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New Hampton
Chicka
Thomas Geneva
What Cheer
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Wm. M. McCreary
Appanoose
F. M. Laird
Tabor
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Whitmore
Oskaloosa
Mahaska County
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T. J. Prew
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Decatur
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Burlington
H. H. Wilson
Washington
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Atlantic
Cass Coun
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Tel. W. Koontz
Iowa City
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West Branch
Cedar County
Raymond C. Langan
Clinton County
Co. C. Colelo
Carroll Coun
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Dunlap
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Will C. Whiting
Whiting
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A. F. Fridden
Philip Helles
Luxemburg
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H. H. Trim- We
Keeley Cure
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St.Jacobs Oil
Carbon Diamond
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N.Y
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Commiestans
Roobe
Denver
Maryland
H. Badenhoop
Sec
State Board of Immigration
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Water ST
Chicago
Kmuhlman CO
Dept
C-4
Atlas
Oklahoma
Cleo
Homestead
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Main Street
Oklahoma City
Okla
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Tower
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Pepsin Syrup CO
Monticello
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