A Volvo from the Pulpit and Violets at Dinner
A garbled notice mentions Rev Jacob D Van Doren of Fond du Lac Wisconsin praising Donn's Kidney Pills and a claim of kidney relief. It also recounts a dinner where violet bouquets and a marriage announcement drew comment, plus a Swiss automatic baby nurse device described as a cradle with phonograph lullabies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob D. van Doren
Sixth Street
Fond du Loe Wis
L'riee
Poster Milbura Co
Baltalo
N.Y
Deafness Cure Claim Amid Quackery Sloganeering
Fragmentary text features a Katrina of ad copy and medical cure claims for Catarrh with testimonials and a money offer from Hat's Catarrh Cure. Interspersed are casual exchanges about a card game and social chatter, mixing product pitches with unrelated dialogue.
FITS Permanently Cured and Symptoms of a Troubled Home
No Wonder Cumso Peckham notes the atmosphere of the home feels off. Cunyo Ilia complains his wife wears too many alrs and questions the overall state of affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumso—Peckham
Cunyo
Ilia
Mr Winslow's Bookisa Aravr for Ch vethiniay
A readable excerpt includes playful lines about Mr Winslow and a child named Tommy noting water is too much for baths. The text blends archaic phrases with misread OCR, mentioning prices like 10 cents per package and a playful verse about egotism and self worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Winslow
The McBride Case and a Paralyzed Child’s Recovery
In 1840 a single criminal stood for every population unit, a ratio now growing. Mr and Mrs McBride and witnesses recount the boy’s illness tied to epilepsy and kidney pills. Sworn statements claim Dodd’s Kidney Pills cured his seizures, ending a neighborhood sensation and confirming the tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Dutin
Willan McBride
Desse
George BE. Moore
Mes
India
Farm scheme aims to graft hens and cures for cough
Kerwin boasts a plan to place him on Easy Street by boosting egg production with a barnyard hen that lays at least 20 eggs per season while Parker questions the scheme. The visionary proposes grafting the house by on the barnyard hen two bottles of Pino's Cure for Cough, shared by Fred Hermann of Buffalo, NY, on Sept 24, 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millloda
Kerwin
Easy Street
Parker
Pino
Fred Hermann
Gor
Buffalo
A Time for Experiments in a Child’s Spring Vacation
Jack recalls a confident talk with his father during spring vacation. He describes nature, birds, and little experiments about eggs and hens, while debating what counts as a real chicken. His father listens as Jack plans to begin experiments when school starts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Auula
Tony Bla
Ben Teed
Ben
Sany Carver
Sun
Nat
Janek
Busy doctor overlooks a plot in Grape Nuts story
A physician recalls a patient who credits Grape Nuts with improved health after using the cereal with warm milk twice daily. He notes the food as a perfect aid and cites a patient testimonial and producer claims from a Battle Creek, Michigan source, urging readers to consider the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Costum Co
Hattle Creek
Mich
Elopement of Pretty Goldie Prior Jolts Bartow County
A young woman named Goldie Prior, seven miles north of Dies Molies, elopes with a stranger. She left her mother and home with a man about 25, hired a livery wagon, traveled toward Des Moines, and checked into the Northwestern Hotel with a companion. Investigators pursue a lead as to the stranger’s identity and motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lach
Feria
Saraediay
Atuystery
Codie
Eyton
Lal
Slusatteanlal
Goldie
Des Moines
Northwestern
Wil Sanday
Son Attacks Father After Sudden Insanity Outburst
A man formerly in the Philippines service attacked his father with a dish and punches, then chased relatives with a cleaver. He is hospitalized after the incident and officials expect a possible return of his reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sulciler
Pal Lrowch
Desernt
Yen
Tippines
Mae
Heo
Diamonds On Back Porch Return For Mrs Seeley
A strange crime ending in a porch return. Mrs Seeley found $500 in diamonds on her porch after a break in last Wednesday night. Police investigated. city officials declined prosecution to recover the rings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitrest
Nindowite
Seeley
Fire at Orange City Leaves Three Firms Bankrupt
Fire swept through Orange City on Monday afternoon destroying three business houses. Furniture dealer John Kuyper Van der Aarde UeVries grocers and Smith Rezeboom hardware suffered losses. Estimated total damage around several thousand dollars plus a $2,500 loss to Maun Hives building housing two firms. Multiple misprints and garbled text follow, including sports and local incidents with unclear details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange City
John Kuyper
van der Aarde & UeVries
Smith & Rezeboom
Maun Hives
Shooting Scrape at a Dance Involving Clingersnith and Others
A Saturday night incident at a dance at Wy AW home in Tonk ends with multiple gunshots. Pred Clingemith of Glen Wool faces possible prison, several bystanders injured, and one assailant overpowered. The melee involved liquor and a crowd at Mrs Hichard Walker’s residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capson
Wy AW
Tonk
Mra
Hichard Walker
Clingemith
Glenwool
Mert Madivon
Pheer
Romk
Frid Clingersmith
Allen Pucking
Grenireod
Hope Puthager
Monte Onder
Orler
Stauttel Donk
W. Ronk
Abe
Monk
Clingersimith
Appointments Announced for Gran Master and Officers
Gran Master White announces officers for the coming year at the Odd Fellows lodge. Elected deputy grand master, grand warden, grand secretary, grand treasurer, and local officers include T. Yuffornd of Clifton, Juste Hibitt of Waterloo, Elizabeth Nelson of Antes, J. Elizabeth Mantheny of Ken-Thuk, and Mary Hy Welloge of Sioux.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White
Elusitz
P.O. Fa
Pont Bianx
Alliverd
Ulthvers
M. W. White
Sinux Tity
Tutsford
Clinton
Lo Snyder
Marion
Groud
Tilteu
Des Mobiten
Sillith
Spencer
Cafcers
Mebekah
T. Yuffornd
Clifton
Juste VV Hibitt
Waterloo
Wardens
Elizabeth Nelson
Antes
Elizabeth Mantheny
Ken- Thuk
Mary Hy Welloge
Sioux
Woman killed at a crossing in Hopkinton
Mrs Merriam of Hopkinton was struck and killed by a Milwaukee freight train at a crossing as she walked home from town and attempted to cross after seeing the halted train. The 70 year old widow of James Merriam, a former Delaware County supervisor, died minutes after the collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Merriam
Hopkintas
Milwaukee
AU Elopkinton
Hopkintins
Mre
Gastivus Mors
Kika
Renin
St. Ban
Mors
Tier Home
Crain
Hopkinton
Prominent Des Moines Doctor Faces Possible Lockjaw
The article describes doctor Hood of Des Moines as gravely ill from suspected lockjaw amid a fatal child case. Tetanus serum access in Detroit was sought after delays, with fear he may die within a week as conditions worsened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Hood
Les Moines
Des Mires
Detroit
Mich
Blydenburg Indicted for First Degree Murder in Ohio Case
Tanlin County grand jury at Marshalltown indicted E. S. Blydenburg on murder in the first degree charging he poisoned his wife to gain her fortune. Poison reportedly found in the stomach at Ann Arbor. Relatives in Ohio began the investigation. Blydenburg held without bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blydenburg
Har Win
Tanlin County
Marshalltown
E. S. Blydenburg
Ann Arbor
Rehie Tives
Ohio
Blydenbare
Valuable Prize for Corn at Ames Short Course
Valuable prize money and a trophy announced for best corn exhibits at the Ames short course in corn judging next winter. A bronze granite trophy valued at 1500 dollars, designed by Sham Manufacturing, was donated by A B Cook of Brookport. Also notes a fatality in Mort Dodge and a Pocahontas post office robbery with safe blown open, stamps taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Othe Ames College
Hyew
A.B. Cook
Brooknoront
Odebolt
Corsham Manufacturing Company
New York City
Pocahontas Postunice
Pocahontas Poxstotiice
Tank explosion burns oil tank at Mort Madison
A tank containing 32 500 gallons of oil owned by the Tawa Farming Tool Company exploded at Mort Madison and burned. Authorities believe a gas from the air sank beneath the tank caused the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tawa Farming ‘Tool Comyas
Mort Madison
Narrow Escape From Fatal Thrashing Machine Incident
Miller and another worker narrowly escaped death when a threshing machine began a dangerous feed. They crawled to safety after the engine surged. Mary Miller rushed to assist, and a doctor later tended to injuries at a sister’s home. Safe at Archer was broken into by burglars, with about one hundred dollars missing.
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Miller
Cada Marrow
Derk
Mary Miller
Bik
Tle
Conn
Prominent church worker credits Peruna with life saving relief
Mrs. Mattie La Fountain of Galion Ohio writes that after months of bearing down pains and headaches she used Peruna on her friend's recommendation. She began taking it daily and after the first bottle was finished felt entirely well and urges others to use it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie
Treas
Mom
Olio
Galion
Peruna
Hattie LA Fountain
Peruna touted by Secretary Woman's State Federation
A reform-era notice features Mrs Julia M Brown praising Peruna as far more effective than claimed, and cites a case of a life changed by free home treatment from Dr Hartman. Testimonials from Annie Hoban Miss Annie Dushwell and Miss Mamie Towel accompany a call to seek the doctor’s advice with confidential letters directly to Dr Hartman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's State Federation
Julia M. Brown
Sys Woman's State Federation of
Valituyula
Fifth St
Les Angeley
Cal
Darangesment
Guany Comforta
Fife
St. Iartman
Tumen
Annie Hoban
Post Pocahontas
Joe Conneil
Red Men
Diwan
Peruna
Vesna
Annie Hobanmiss Muaini
Dushwell
Lake’ Charles
Lorisiana
Belove
Peruig
Bevan
Mamie
Hartman
Pitasel
Hartuan
Lhe Tarnaun Saniniriam
Cohimbas
Glaring Effrontery and a River of Oil in Grant City
A talebook quip about Uncle Absalom Ashby turns to a wry anecdote on wit and theft. In Grant City Iowa a report notes an oil seep discovered along the Cooma riverbank with a quart sent to Ames college for analysis and reported as about 80 percent pure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Absalom Ashby
Joe Miller
Dee Miller
Unele Absalom
Vwe
Cooma River
Uemp
Grant City
Lows
Ames College
Fragmented historical musings on lineage and behavior
A garbled artifact discusses progenitors, ancestry, and social traits with scattered phrases about deceit, cleaning, and modern mimicry. The piece mocks misinterpretations and hints at miscommunication while touching on population growth claims and overheard conversations.
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Lee
Jabeth
Beavenly Orchestra
Duman
Vashhall
Hennessy Lp
Fla. Cheney & CO
Hall
Walker
Putnam Faceless Dyes Cos
Tommy
WERCO
Boston
Mass
W. L. Douglas
W. J. Douglas
W. la Douglaa
Bohl
Rotail Alco Deulom
Douglasunne
Douglas
Lina Vannet
Hrockton
Hass
Ee Sean Eters
Syite
Allanta
Oli
al Negra
Elvil
Chad
Clad
Hawkeyestath
Preuy Goldin
Dea Malnes
Davenport
John Studion
Moline High
Echoel
Sydaje
At &T. Luke's Hospital
Valerius
Kate
Charles Miller
Caulfield
Monroe County
Fauitus Fortewell
Studien Dowth
Corsber
Mise
Tateny
Stoddard Ranchy
Sloan
Odl
Reiley
Watnesh Depot Ag
Me Reiley
Pat Ie
Man Dica
la Juries
Conway
Mort Dodge
Archer
Mrs. Hattle la Fountain
Rene Aoleurs
Hunter
Phiadelpha Ledger
St. Jacobs Oil
United States
Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
New York
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