Local Story County Notes Merge Agriculture and Crime
Story County Newslets reports L W Sutherland selling his Ames area farm at eighty five dollars per acre and Slater’s T B Green pleading guilty to a depot burglary with a one year penitentiary sentence. Also covered are deaths in Zearing and Ames area events, including a miner’s ore shipment and local business changes.
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L. W. Sutherland
Ames College
Slater News
T. B. Green
Fort Madison
Dyer
Boyd Anied
Henry R. Larson
Story Guy
Green
Nevada Journal
Grand Medicine Pills Claim Quick Health Fame
Startling, But True testimonial from D. H. Turner of Dempseytown Pennsylvania says Dr. King's New Life Pills transform health in two weeks. Advertises the pills as infallible for constipation stomach and liver troubles with a 25 cent price at L. M. Bosworth's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
D. H. Turner
Dempseytown
L. M. Bosworth
Mines On Mountain Tops Above Sea Level
A survey of extreme high altitude mines describes the Eureka gold mine at 14 000 feet in the Andes near Jujuy Argentina and the Veta del Cuadro silver mine at 15 000 feet above sea level near Chocaya Bolivia. Workers suffer mountain sickness while ore is carried by mule paths to rail hubs for shipment to seaboard.
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Eureka
Andes
Jujuy
Argentina
Chocaya
Bolivia
Veta del Cuadro
Peppo
Cordilleras
Seaboard
Bathing and skin cleanliness for health
A Boston Traveler excerpt emphasizes that bathing removes unseen impurities from skin and that true cleanliness is hard to achieve. It argues pores constantly drain waste, making daily bathing essential to avoid visible stains on clothing and skin.
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Boston
A Mouse That Sings With Canarylike Warbles
The article notes a small mouse with large ears that sings in clear warbling notes with trills. The voice includes a subdued accompaniment creating the illusion of multiple singers, and the behavior challenges the view that singing animals are only birds.
Ceer Garden Spots: Glaciers Sail and Life Blooms
A glacier’s detachment sails across the Arctic with a line of smaller icebergs behind it, a phenomenon the Eskimos call the duck and ducklings. Moss grows on resting ice forming soil for buttercups and dandelions, and poppies bloom in the brief northern summer.
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Ceer Garden
Arctic Ocean
Arctic
Instinct of the Mudfish: Survival in Mud Cocoon
The mudfish shows a remarkable instinct to roll into a mud ball as dry seasons approach to prevent extinction. It breathes through gills in its native water and via lungs when sealed in its mud cocoon.
Disagreement Over Herain Chief Turned Public Opinion
In a Chicago Post note, remarks contrast a man once deemed dreadful as boorish with praise after rising to fame. The exchange frames a shift from negative labels to calling him delightfully eccentric and original.
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Chicago Post
Washington Dawson Dies at 77 in Nevada Illinois
Washington Dawson born near Lexington Illinois on July 3 1834 lived near his birthplace. He served in the 94th Indiana Infantry and saw Vicksburg siege and eighteen battles. He died November 13 after a stroke and funeral services were held at the family home conducted by Rev C H Seccombe.
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Washington Dawson
Lexington
Mary R. Fell
Chas. H
Ames
Co. C
Vicksburg
Martha Durham Berlin
Thos. J. Bertin
Andersonville
Gen
Zachary Taylor
Nathan Ambrose
Frank J
William S
James R
Howard A
C. H. Seccombe
Nevada
A and C Railway Time Table Goes into Effect
The A and C Railway announces a new time table taking effect on Sunday September 14 1902. The schedule adjusts arrival and departure times across major routes and stations. Passengers should check local offices for specific station timetables and changes.
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Overland Lim
Portland
Atlantic
Chicago Express
Chicago
Des Moines
Ames
Overland
Pacific Express
Colorado
Cedar Rapids
Omaha
Carroll Mail & Express
Aes
St. Paul
Sioux City
Dakota
Rogers
Great Western
Waterloo
Dubuque
St. Pau
Minneapolis
St Joseph
Leavenworth
Kansas City
J. Brooks
Cee Lane
Walnut Streets
Towa
Political Bosses and Henry Clay Influence Quoted
A quoted exchange notes the candidate downplays comparing a party boss to Henry Clay while acknowledging the boss’s influence with his current business circles. The Washington Star provides the dialogue context.
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Henry Clay
Washington Star
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Buck
Buck’s
Story County Newslets
Sam McCain
Little Della Galbreath
McCain
Evangelical Church
Zearing
Zearing Enterprise
Jim Hawthorne
Ogden
Hawthorne
Montana
Marshalltown
Wells Fargo Express Company
Ole Langland
Slater
Messers
Maland & Viland
Will Daugherty
Cape Nome
Seattle
Will Young
Tom Welch
Shipley
Smith
Iowa Falls
Ellsworth
Kelley
Mr. Henry Person
Minnesota
Ruth Clayton
Guthrie Center
Mrs. Apple
R. W. Crane
Minnie Rosenfelt
Will Scott
Frank Kooser
The
Ladies and Society of the Congregational Church
Fred Gerbracht
Louise
L. G. Rosenfelt
J. Wiedman
L. G. Rosenfeld
W. E. Tanner
T. Posgate
Frances George
Laura Duebendorfer
Edith George
Miss Scott
Ontario
W. P. George
Edith
J. W. Lytie
Boone
the Singing Mouse
P.M
Teawenee
Ames A.M
Vaseens Woo
Sss
Saeevews
A.M
Sane
Chicago & Northwestern
Geo. E. Baker
Iowa
Story County
Boone County
Palo Alto County
Winnebago County
Calhoun County
South Dakota
Brown County
Spink County
North Dakota
Burleigh County
Dickey County
Canada
Assiniboia
Wright County
Sherbourne County
Dayton & Wiggins Real Estate Agents
Kodaks and
Kodak Supplies
Mutual Phone
UST
Waseca White Rose
W. Adams
Grocrey
Colgate’s Glycerine
Judisch Bros. Pharmacists
Parley Sheldon
H. Sehleiter
Story County Bank
Don General Banking
Western National Bank
New York
Knautle, Kachod & Kuhne
First National Bank
Des Moines Savings Bank
Des Mot
Surance
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