New Strength for Old Backs and Future City Plans
An advertisement extols Dean's Kidney Pills for backache rheumatism and kidney issues with a testimonial from Mrs. Joannah Straw of Canton Ohio. It urges relief through 50 cent boxes and notes Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo NY. A second block discusses Oliver Lodge’s future city vision with gas heating lighting and air purification as key improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joannah Straw
North Broadway
Canton
3. D
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Deal
Sir Oliver Lodge
Lane's Family Medicine tonic laxative herb tea
An old advertisement touts Famous Health Builder as a medicine to cleanse bowels and restore natural function. It promotes Lane's Family Medicine as a tonic laxative herb tea sold in 25 package sizes at druggists and dealers, urging trials for any prior remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane
Senator Sorghum Defends Tariff Argument
In a brief exchange the senator concedes the reader is spending much time on a tariff argument and asserts one case where the consumer does not pay the tax, indicating satisfaction in demonstrating the point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Sorghum
What Did He Mean Miss Bore Do You Think Of Me When Driving
A quip from Harvard Lampoon jokes about driving a car and thinking of someone. An Auto Enthusiast replies with a morbid twist about running over somebody. The exchange plays on wordplay and dark humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Bore
Harvard Lampoon
A Kindness That Failed By Martin Willson Hawkins
Hawkins a generous man on a crowded railroad train is urged to do a kind deed. He returns an umbrella to a station still on board. A beefy man accuses him of stealing the umbrella worth six dollars and fifty cents. A bystander accuses Hawkins, the conductor arrives, and Hawkins pays three dollars and fifty cents to settle the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkins
Hawking
Jacks
Hawling
Jim
The Old Woman's Remarks on Dry States Travel
A Georgia narrator quotes an elder's wry fear that continued Prohibition will drive men to escape to drier states. She notes the man may travel to Chattanooga then Georgia or Kalamazoo, but dry laws spread and he risks capture, church exile, and rough fate as he moves seeking relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
States
Chattanoogy
Tennessee
Georgy
Kalamazoo
Atlanta Constitution
Identifying Mabray Man Baffles Court Consensus
Des Moines May 8. Mabray identified by an old acquaintance as the man in question. The accuser Mrs Lillian Gates of St Louis claims J C Mabray and J J McCann are same person. T H Boyer of Sioux City confirms recognition and recalls Mabray in Kansas City in June 1902.
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Des Moines
Lillian Gates
St. Louis
J. C. Manray
J. J. McCann
Mabray
T. H. Boyer
Sioux City
Kansas City
Mr. Mabray
Iowa notables seek pardon in Florida peonage case
Washington officials were asked to intervene for W. S. Harlan a former Indianola Iowa man tied to a Florida peonage case as general manager of the Jackson Lumber Company. Harlan was indicted convicted and sentenced on peonage charges while running the Florida lumber business.
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Washington, D. C
Dolliver and Cummins
Hull
Iowa
W. S. Harlan
Indianola
Harlan
Florida
Jackson Lumber Company
High Officials Escape Fire On Pennsylvania Limited Car
In Chicago May 8 high officials traveling from Pittsburg to Chicago aboard the Pennsylvania lines special car escaped a blaze that destroyed the car as they fled to safety.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania Lines
Pittsburg
American cruiser North Carolina sails for Alexandretta
The North Carolina left port yesterday bound for Alexandretta as the Montana continues coaling. The Montana will likely follow this afternoon after the coaling completes. Elmer Owens of Sargeant Bluffs, Iowa, was injured when a cartridge discharged into his head while attempting to remove a cartridge from a shotgun.
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Alexandretta
Gibraltar
North Carolina
Montana
Bahe
Sioux City
Towa
May
Elmer Owens
Sargeant Bluffs
Dorothy Drew’s Bible Reply to Early Rising Folklore
Story recounts Dorothy Drew, granddaughter of the late W. E. Gladstone, declining to rise early and citing Psalm 127:2. She argues with her grandfather about the Bible’s stance on early rising, reading the verse with firm emphasis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Drew
W. E. Gladstone
Mr. Gladstone
Dorothy
Doctor Reassures Patient With Personal Experience
A doctor assures a patient of his ability to cure, noting long personal experience with the same complaint. The exchange emphasizes familiarity and confidence in treatment.
Deafness Cure Claim Through Constitutional Remedies
An old advertisement asserts deafness cannot be cured by focal approaches and explains the ear tube as the cause. It claims catarrh inflames mucous surfaces and offers one hundred dollars for any case cured by Huls Catarrh Cure, urging readers to request circulars from E J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. It also mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Huil
Trea
E. J
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Drugalsts
Zhe
Church fair wager sparks unexpected match
A young woman with raffle tickets challenged a stubborn bachelor at a church fair. He initially refused kissing a pretty girl but recalled a former bet that led to marriage six months later, implying someone once took the chance and wed.
A Cure For Colds and Grip Warns Of Precautions
The article notes inconvenience and danger of colds and promotes Lane's Pleasant Tabieta to stop progression. It mentions pharmacists selling the tablets for 25 cents and offers a sample via Orator F. Wondwartt of Le Roy, N.Y. The piece also recounts Romulus and Remus and the first boxing match in the new city ending with Remus knocked out.
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Wondwartt
le Roy
Romulus
Rome
Remus
Notches On Gun Provokes Ranch Talk
The flirt visiting the ranch asks about notches in a gun. Cactus Sim explains they mark men who underestimated him. The flirt jokes about notching her parasol handle in response.
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Cactus Sim
Notable old remedy ads flood readers with familiar products
A burst of vintage advertising copy features CASTORIA for infants, Allen’s Foot-Dash for sore feet, Daisy Fly Killer, Russ Blu laundry aid, Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup, and parental quips about gifts and kisses. The fragmentary page echoes early 20th century commerce and domestic life.
A Rushing Mighty Wind Caused Local Damage
A May 12 cyclone swept through southwestern Page County causing extensive damage to homes barns and crops. Victims include Thos A. Anderson Cliff Carpenter Claus Meyer G H Barton Bert Higgens and others. Claims were promptly settled and paid by Merchants and Bankers Insurance Company and Capital Insurance Company with praise for fairness.
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Page County
Thos. A. Anderson
Merchants and Bankers Fire Insurance Company
Cliff Carpenter
Claus Meyer
Capital Insurance Company
G. H. Barton
Bert Higgens
W. A. Sherman
Clyde Culbertson
Rebecca McIntire
Olff Carpenter
Two Sides of History Reflect on Past Conflicts
A reflective quip notes that history varies by storyteller and perspective. It cites the Garden of Eden, the American Revolution, and the Civil War as examples, arguing that history is a bore when one fails to know the people involved and is trapped by bias.
Murine Eye Remedy Promoted Amid School Eye Strain
An advertisement features Murine Eye Remedy for irritated eyes and strain affecting New York City school children. It touts no harmful dregs, claims quick relief, and offers free dye banks from the Marine Eye Remedy Co. with price 50 cents per bottle.
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New York City
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
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Califfornia Up Co
Bes. Moines Directory
Panhandle Land
Dalhaert, Taxas
Royal Land € CO
Ows
Threshermans
Frenne
Eneon
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Court Avs
Lowa
Lair
Steerene
ES A
Boilars
Sirwt
Dea Moines
Lown
Stata
Sxparts
Kodak
A. Des
Moines
Photo Materials Co
Seue Shiel
Garr & Adams, CO
Hes Moines
Manufesturers
Silbyork
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Mutual
Stanley, Sea'y Des Moines
Martin
Willson
Jef
Lippincote
McGann
Boyer
Uniess
Taft
Arbitration Board
Judge McHenry
Ecourt
John P. White
John P. Reese
Council Bluffs
Laws, Way
Muscatine
Rock Island
Zarl Waller
Hersey Hospital
Grand Army Up In
Keokuk
Carroll
Congress
Belknap Post 415
G. A R
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Sta
Mamma
Houston Post
Matilda Healthers
Providence
H. Somers
de Kath Ave
Brooklyn
Weiter
Boston
Playground League
Russia
Ars
Lydia E. Pinkham
Bardstown
Pinkham
Jas Eph Hart
Bards
Town
Christiana
Tenn
Lydia
Lydia i
Lydia &. Pinkham
Carter
Western
Canada
Correspondence National Editorial Association
Ottawa
Bolmes
Jackson St
St. Paul
Minn
W.V. Dennett
New York
Qmahe
Nel
Ihona
Mary Mon
Avery
W.l.douglas
Hamity
W. B. Dowgies
Lydeia
W. &. Douglas
Hpark Street
Hmockton
Winaii
Shau
Lee Anteeg
Dr.h.nevins
Peoria
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