Old Council Ends With One Change in City Officers
Special session marks end of old council and reads annual reports for Mayor J B Jones and City Clerk A M Nipper. New council appoints W C Terbush as marshal, keeps J W Allman as weighmaster, and approves bonds for J B Jones and James G Whitney. Committees named for electric light water works streets finance ordinances licenses and more.
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Stier
White
Dicker Jpoirnsey
Needles
Conrad
Lyman
J. B. Jones
A. M. Nipper
F. M. Nichols
W. ©. Terbush
Dicker
Cedles
Ramsey
McKay
Geo. Turner
Quinsy
J. W. Allman
White, Stier
W. C. Terbush
C. W. Pulley
Dicker Ramsey
Terbush
P. Keelan
Jyman
Wilkin
John Miror
Paul White
James G. Whitney
H. A. Dicker
J. A. McWard
Electric Light
James Stier
Geo
Turner
Hugh McKay
Wm, Lyman
W. B. Ramsey
Wm. Lyman
C. C. Conrad
H. McKay
C.C. Conrad
Geo.Turner
Wim. Lyman
East Side Literary Meeting Notes and Fire Loss Reflections
East Side Literary met at Miss Rhoda Lyman’s home with good attendance. Members discussed Lowell’s works including the Biglow Papers and Vision of Sir Launfal, with readings by Mrs. McFarland, Miss Anna Riggs, and others. A February 22 program and thanks for fire-loss support were noted, along with obituary notices for Mr. Amanah Case and reflections on his life and family.
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Rhoda Lyman
Lowell
George McCormick
Slater
Anna Riggs
Hattie Voorhees
Dallas
Biglow
Miss Lyman
Butler
Trumbull
McFingal
Nasby
Sir Launfal
Red
Voorhees
McFarland
Vorhees
Russia
Heaton
Peter This Great
Skiles R
Club
Swayne's Ointment touted for tumors and itching
An old ad touts Swayne’s Ointment as a remedy for moist itching and stinging, claiming it stops itching and bleeding, removes tumors, and cures helua ulceration in many cases. Appears for 50 cents from Dr. Swayne & Son Philadelphia, via mail or druggists. Also mentions horse trading and a liver stimulant product, Cancareta, priced at 10 cents.
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Swayne
Swayne & Son
Philadelphia
The Drunkard's Home in Horace Mann's Call to End Liquor
A critique of domestic intemperance argues that alcohol destroys childhood and sanctity of home. Horace Mann urges renewed effort to abolish the liquor traffic to protect vulnerable children and uphold moral law.
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Horace Mann
Temperance views and a plea for reform across the nation
A temperance editorial notes India’s prohibition and contrasts it with America while urging the public to awaken to the liquor problem. It warns of crime and misery linked to alcohol, questions how to mobilize society, and promotes Minute Cough Cure and DeWitt's Little Early Risers as domestic aids. A legal notice from Cass County Iowa calls for probate attendance on April 26, 1897, for the will of C. E. Tiffany, deceased.
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State of Iowa
Cass County
Atlantic
Iowa
C. E. Tiffany
W. H. McConvits
Sual
District Court
Atlantic Normal College plans 36 acre donation for building
Atlantic community backs a $10,000 college project led by Prof. G S Pike. Local leaders pledge to donate 36 acres of Whitney pasture for a college site, with lots sold at 100 each to fund the building. Purchasers receive a warranty deed, payments via four $25 notes. Expect large regional impact as town grows and four families relocate for campus construction. Sheriff sale notice and drug ads follow.
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Atlantic
Atlantic Normal and Business College
G.S. Pike
Atlantic and Community
J. A. McWard
Lavi Downs
W. H. Low
G.H. Thorley
J. M. Pmmert
Silas Wilson
Wm. Lyman
C. W. Brown
P. F. O'Connell
Chas. Block
C.c.conrad
Julian Phelps
E. A. Shaw
F. H. Crombie
B. H. Bailey
A. F. Anderson
F. M. Alexander
P.T. Stafford
Cass
Boorman
Pike
Mrs Lease Converts To Radical Socialism In East Trip
Mrs Mary E B Lease returning from New York declares she has become a socialist. She ties socialism to Christianity and urges government ownership of railroads and production machinery. She says Kansas farmers face a bleak outlook, blaming railroads and eastern moneylenders for their woes.
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Wichita
Kan
Mary EB. Lease
New York
Jesus Christ
Kansas
Fitzsimmons public farewell in San Francisco
World boxing champion Robert Fitzsimmons leaves battle site amid snow to travel to San Francisco for a final public appearance at the Mechanics pavilion. He plans no future sparring, noting the move follows a request by his wife. Frances Willard discusses a boycott of papers that cover prize fights.
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Ify
San Francisco
Qarsex
Nev
Robert Fitzsimmons
Miss Willard
OasTinun
Misa Frances Willard
Nevada
Relief from Ovarian and Womb Troubles Promised
Ms Javen Parris of Minneapolis shares relief from ovarian and womb pains after kidney trouble and persistent back ache. She credits Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for ending day to day fatigue and persistent pain, urging other women to try the medicine.
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Lydia
Pinkham
Marshall St
N. E
Minneapolis, Minn
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Columbia Bicycles
Standard OF the World
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Grand Ave
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Mutual Insurance Co
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Nay Mod Co
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Omaha
American Association of Physiclena
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Pree
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