The News Publishing Company Directors and Stockholders List
Published every evening except Sunday by The News Publishing Company Charles F Chase presides with E P Chase as secretary treasurer and F Chase HE P Chase R K A Chase listed among directors and stockholders. The text also mentions five dollars and two dollars fifty cents amounts.
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News Publishing Company
Chas. F. Chase
E. P. Chase
Has
F. Chase
HE. P. Chase
R. K. A. Chase
State of Iowa
Cass County
News, ‘Publishing Company
Atlantic Evening News
Atlantic
Iowa
Harry Cavenaugh
Cass Co
Well-Informed World Endorses Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna
A newspaper column notes widely trusted health product Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a vetted laxative approved by physicians and consumer authorities. It contrasts this with biographical mentions of General Grant reflecting on weakness and resilience cited by Taft and analyzed by major papers for moral framing.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Political Calendar of Conventions and Elections
Political calendar lists events including the National Republican Convention in Chicago on Tuesday June 13 and the National Democratic Convention in Denver on Tuesday November 3. Also notes Republican and Democratic county conventions on Saturday, June, Republican state convention at Waterloo on Wednesday, July 24, Democratic state convention at Sioux City on Thursday July 2, and a general election on Tuesday November 3.
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Chicago
Waterloo
Sioux City
Denver
Colo
Thesday
Taft remarks provoke varied editorials on Grant legacy
Newspapers across the nation weigh Secretary Taft's remarks about General Grant. Many defend the speech as candid and uplifting while some critics fear misinterpretation. The reviews stress the contrasts in Grant's career and the need to teach youth through example.
Newbro's Herpletide Promises Cure for Dandruff
An advertisement argues that treating dandruff requires addressing the underlying cause and claims Newbro's Herpletide kills the dandruff germ. It asserts scalp health returns once the germ is removed and invites readers to buy samples, with pricing and distributor names included.
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Newbro
Herpieidé Co Yerratt
Mick
Atlantic Drug Company
Towne Aids Shelby Invoicing and Tournament Boost
George W Towne travelled to Shelby to assist in invoicing stock traded by Albert Johnson for 315 acres of Pocahantus county land. He plans mass meetings in Villisca to promote the tournament and the southern Atlantic Northern and Southern extension. Indications point to the largest city crowd on July 3 and 4 with special trains from Oakland Carson and Bluffs.
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George W. Towne
Shelby
Albert Johnson
Pocahantus County
Towne
Walnut
Mr. Towne
Villisca
Oakland
Carson
Bluffs
Atlantic
High School Alumni Election at Cole's Jewelry Store
Green Bay Lumber Co notes an annual meeting of the High School Alumni association to elect officers. The gathering is scheduled for Wednesday at 8 o'clock sharp at Cole's jewelry store with Crowley E. Cole presiding. Screen doors and prices are mentioned in an adjacent line.
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Green Bay Lumber Co
High School Alumni Association
Cole's Jewelry Store
Crowley E. Cole
No Need of Suffering From Rheumatism
A promotional note asserts rheumatism pain can be removed with Chamberlain's Liniment and urges trial for relief. It claims better sleep and rest, notes success even in long-standing cases, and advertises 25 and 50 cent sizes sold by Atlantic Drug Co.
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Atlantic Drug Co
City Directory Corrections Sought From Movers by The News
Notice asks anyone who has moved or changed address to notify The News for the city directory. Readers are urged to report corrections promptly to ensure accurate listings.
Brush that saved a invention at Dungeness
The story recalls Eli Whitney's cotton gin breakthrough aided at Dungeness by Mrs. Greene who, after watching the model falter, picked up a clothes brush and cleared the teeth of the saws. Whitney, moved by gratitude, credited her with perfecting his invention.
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Eli Whitney
Hogland
Katherine M. Abbott
Nathaniel Greene
Whitney
Dungeness
Cumberland
Mrs. Greene
White House Courtesy by President Polk and Henry Clay
The piece contrasts Polk’s hospitality with Adams and Jefferson’s reception. It notes Adams’ midnight judge nomination and departure from the White House, while praising Polk for inviting Clay to dine with his family, a gesture seen as virtuous and unbroken since.
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Polk
John Adams
Jefferson
White House
Adams
Alexander K. McClure
President Polk
Henry Clay
Hia
Clay
Catching Deer by Hand in Winter Woods
A keeper recalls catching a red deer by hand in snowbound woods. The deer tires, sinks to its neck in snow, and pauses its flight as the pursuer closes in. Soon exhausted, the animal is lifted like a helpless babe, despite its fleetness.
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Fim
New Orleans Times-Democrat
April 23 England's Day in History
The London Standard notes April 23 as a memorable English historical day. It marks St George’s patronage and Crusader ties, Shakespeare’s reported birth and death, Charles II's 1661 coronation, and Wordsworth’s death, tying these events to English cultural memory.
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England
St. George
Cappadocia
Shakespeare
Charles II
Wordsworth
London Standard
One Gone Dog Swap Sparks Silent Grin
A brief column from St. Paul Pioneer Press notes a quip about spouses exchanging pets. A husband ends with a dog after a pair trade joke, while his wife returns the bulldog, leaving him as the sole pet owner.
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St. Paul
Young Actor Reflects on Faust Failure and Late Show Conversation
The Chicago News notes a late hour exchange about chances and absence. Miss Cutting yawns as she weighs whether to give an opportunity to learn more. Fliegende Blatter cites Goethe and Demosthenes on success masking flaws.
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Cutting
Chicago News
Faust
Goethe
Majority and Plurality in Voting Explained
Path finder defines plurality as the largest single vote total and contrasts it with majority which is over half the votes. Example: 4 000, 3 500 and 2 500 yields plurality of 500 without a majority. 6 000, 3 000 and 1 000 gives a 2 000 majority and 3 000 plurality. A majority equals votes for a candidate minus all others combined.
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le Anid
Why Sailors Don’t Swim
A Times-Democrat excerpt explores sailors preferring not to swim. A shellback and a druggist debate the fear of drowning in cold black water and the instinct to avoid painful long deaths, suggesting sailors discourage learning to swim to spare future sons similar peril.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Moral of Playing Cards Through History
The London Saturday Review notes that playing cards carried moral and educational purposes across eras. Alfred Whitman highlights packs teaching Biblical history, geography, or political pamphleteering, from eighteenth century Italy to Elizabethan England, with revolutionary France’s Genius Liberty and Equality motifs valued most for their ideas.
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Blenheim Club
London
Alfred Whitman
Italy
Germany
Louis XIV
England
Elizabeth
France
London Saturday Review
Two Signatures Guard a New York Businessman Against Forgers
A New York businessman says two distinct signatures on checks safeguard him from forgery. A forger would need both signatures, the man explains, as signatures on letters or hotel registers would not be recognized by the bank. He notes that learning to sign two separate ways is easy and urges others to do the same.
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New York
Bani
New York Globe
Navy recruits long for pockets in uniform trousers
A Yeoman tells why side pockets in navy trousers are missed. The complaint highlights routine discomfort of hands in pockets and the habit formed after four years in uniform.
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Navy
Kansas City Times
When Reverses Reveal True Friends
A Louisville Courier Journal reflection notes that reverses test loyalty as friends react with cynicism claiming they always knew the subject was an accident. The piece contrasts genuine support with sharp, sarcastic reactions during misfortune.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Farsighted Dialogue on Monopoly and Competition
A terse exchange between two figures touches on political economy and the risk of granting monopoly. One voices impatience for an answer while the other defends awaiting competition to avoid a sole rule. An Irish proverb about unbidden visitors ends the fragment.
Omaha rail time table highlights multiple daily trains
The schedule lists trains including Time, Table No. 13 Omaha Flyer at 6:25 a.m. and various locals and expresses at 9:638 a.m. 11:10 a.m. 2:18 p.m. and 9:18 p.m. with Chicago and Colorado routes. Some trains 63 64 do not run Sundays, with Audubon and Griswold branches showing mixed and Sunday only services. All trains run daily except Sundays.
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Omaha Flyer
Colo
Calif
Mail and Express
M. Limited
A. M. Limited
Chicago Express
Chicago Flyer
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B. P. Chase
Ites
Olga Seve
New York Times
General Grant
Chant
Mr. Taft
Grant
United States
Taft
Boston Globe
William B. Allison
B. F. Carroll
George W. Clarke
W. C. Hayward
John L. Blhearly
W. W. Morrow
H. W. Byers
N.S. Ketchum
Walter I. Smith
C. A. Meredith
E. C. Worthing
Fred W. Herbert
H. F. Duval
B. A. Goodspeed
L. K. Forsythe
Recorder
A. H. Mountain
B. A. Johnson
Gheorge Edwards
Chas. W. Fulton
George A. Kirk
Pressnall
Constable
C. N. Larue
Des Moines
William H. Taft
New York Evening Mail
Vicksburg
Appomattox
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Brooklyn Eagle
S. S. Cox
Springfield Republican
New York Press
Burchard
New York Sun
Philadelphia Inquirer
Gillette’s
Gillette
Gotton Gil
Vien
Demosthenes
Clara
Antron Tip
Johnny
Ron
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East Fifth Street
Agent- Toman
A. L. Dawson
Whipple & Shrock’s
Brown Grocery Company
Rock Island & Pacific
Audubon Branch
Southern
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