Prison Economy Praise by Warden Jones Aids State
The report lauds Warden Jones for thrift and judgement at the Iowa penitentiary. It notes no escapes in two years, good inmate discipline aided by a strong system, and outlines budget, extensions, and earnings from contracts and payrolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warden Jones
T. Madison Ees ‘Agi Iest
Jackson
Twenty-Fifth General Assembly
Tt Fhec
Iowa
James QO. Dooley
Adams County
J. K. Cumberland
Shelby County
Anamosa
Iowa Farming Tool Company
Ft. Madison Chair Company
Huiskamp Bros. Co
J. W. Philpott
Jones
Hogarths Curious Picture Tail Piece Depicts End of All Things
Harper's Round Table notes Hogarth labeled his last work Tail-piece a grim compendium of the end times. The inventory includes a broken bottle a musket butt a worn broom a strung bow a shattered crown ruined towers a cracked bell and the inn sign Worlds End falling. Hogarth mourns lack then breaks his palette declaring Finis and dies a month later.
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Hogarth
Globe
Phoebus
Harper’s Round Table
Cass county records show 2025 instruments placed this year
In seven months Cass County records logged 525 deeds 510 mortgages 478 battle mortgages 298 releases and 241 miscellaneous instruments totaling 2025. The recorder notes the work load and stresses safeguarding titles noting deeds are kept in insecure places and risk loss.
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Cass County
Cure All Skin Disease with Swayne's Ointment
An old advertisement touts Swayne's Ointment as a universal remedy for skin ailments. It claims to cure tetter eczema and various eruptions with no internal medicine, promising clear white healthy skin and urging readers to ask a druggist for the product.
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Swayne
Insurance rates advertised for hail damage coverage
Insurance ad states rates are high but provide strong protection for hail loss this season. It lists cash capital of 600,000 and total assets around 2,080,000 with a surplus of 880,000. Agent J O Wilken promotes coverage with same terms and rates, emphasizing value in investment.
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Eee Rede
J.O. Wilken
Wts
Revival Ends As 160 Join Cumberland Church
In Cumberland a remarkable revival led by Evangelist Lee Myers closed with 160 additions to the Christian church. During the meetings Rev. R Johnson, a Methodist minister, converted to Christianity and became Cumberland's pastor.
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Creston
Cumberland
Lee Myers
Mr. Myers Myers
Christian Church
R. Johnson
Register
The Best Salve Promise From A Wary Seller
An advertisement touts a universal salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers and many skin ailments and claims it cures piles or customers pay nothing. It guarantees satisfaction or money refunded with a wide price per box and sale through all dealers. The copy ends with moral admonition about reliance on learning from experience.
New Discovery Heals Coughs, Says Lincoln Reader
F W Stevens, State Commander of Wrights of the Maccabees, reports that Dr King's New Discovery stopped a stubborn cough in two children after other medicines failed. He urges trials, notes money back guarantee, and mentions trial bottles free at all drug stores with regular sizes priced 50 cents and 1.00. The ad closes with a theological quip about the millennium.
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A. Graham
Baxter Boy
Cave Sheets
F. A. Gruby
G. W. Heckman
Mr. Heckman
T. D. Carson
Mr. Carson
J. Startzer
M. E. Myers
Mr. Myers
J. Stenge
T. M. Tice
Lincoln
Neb
Fred Miller
Irving, NL
Electric Bitters and Various Remedies Featured in Local Ads
An Irving Newfoundland reader reports kidney trouble and relief from Electric Bitters, touting its kidney and liver benefits. Advertisements tout DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve for leg sores and DeWitt’s Colic and Cholera Cure for dysentery and cholera, with several testimonials and prices.
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A. A. Snyder
Poor Farm
Winneshiek Co
Robert Leach
DeWitt
Soothing Syrup and Colic Cure Endorsements
If the baby is cutting teeth use Mrs Winslows Soothing Syrup for teething relief. It soothes the child softens gums allays pain cures wind colic and is best for diarrhea. Twenty five cents a bottle. Also DeWitts Colic and Cholera Cure praised as pleasant with prompt action and no aftereffects.
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DeWitt
Price's Cream Baking Powder Most Perfect Made
A compact ad style line noting Price's Cream Baking Powder as the most perfect made. The fragment also includes a quip about people having more reputation than character, reflecting a humorous or editorial tone.
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Price
New Great South American Kidney Cure Promises Quick Relief
Distressing kidney and bladder diseases relieved in six hours by a new remedy. It relieves pain in the bladder kidneys back and urinary passages in male or female almost immediately. It relieves retention of water and pain in passing it. Sold by F Parson Co druggists Atlantic Iowa.
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F. Parson & Co
Atlantic, Lowa
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Figl Penitentiary
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Galion
Clat Andrew
Charley Andrew
Charley
Andrew
Seven Mile Creek
Belle C. Hobart
West Sixth Street
Minnie Blanche Hobart
Harlan A. Trapp
Cocoanut Grove
Florida
E.S. Hill
Congregational Church
Atlantic
Our City
Harlan A. Trappe
Buffalo
N. Y
Niagara Falls
Rochester
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Biscayne Bay
The
St. Paul
Bucklen
Arnica
Wrights
Maccabees
Bank of France
Rothchilds
Chamberlain
WM. Roacn
J. P. Primroy
Campbell Co
Tenn
Mark Twain
Edison
Kenneth Bazemore
Geo. W. Baker
Lewiston
N. C
W. Emmert & Co
F. Parsons & Co
United States
N. K. Fairbank Company
Chicago
Opera House Block
Lester L. Tilden
P LJ
Rogely Brothers
Warren Street
New York
Richard
Steel Range
Shoudy Bros
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