Satirical notes on saving and ads from early Chicago scholars
Prof Charles Zuebna ridicules saving as a path to neglecting family while Prof Zuchlin mocks immoderate saving by citing a newspaper help wanted ad that promises salary and a premium. A Seminary avenue youth replies with a cheeky bid offering $500 and asking about Sundays and clothing requirements, highlighting absurdities in job notices.
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Charles Zuebna
University of Chicago
League of Political Education
New York
Zuchlin
Seminary Avenue
Toothache Joke In Witty Suit Parody
A humorous dialogue centers on a boy who jokes about a toothache and lacking pockets in his suit, claiming he carries a baseball in his mouth instead. The exchange highlights thrift and playful street slang in a compact, period voice.
Cuticura Relief Ends Severe Itch and Swelling
A Concord New Hampshire man describes a two month outbreak of itching and skin swelling that made shoes impossible to wear. After applying Cuticura for the first time, the itching ceased immediately and swelling subsided, restoring normal activity within days. The testimonial notes lasting relief.
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George B. Farley
South State’ St
Concord
N. H
In the Same Boat at Lampton Lunatic Asylum
An attendant guides a visitor through Lampton Lunatic Asylum cells. Taside, once in love, lost his reason after the girl wed another, while a second inmate rages behind padded walls. The visitor is shown two contrasting fates in a stark setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lampton Iunatic Asylum
Taside
Phis
Tatler
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertised as Constitutional Remedy
A 19th century style advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo is the only constitutional remedy for catarrh and related ailments. It promises internal use, a dollar reward if it fails to cure, and lists purchase details plus other products like Hall's Family Pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ghia
I.J. Chendy & CO
Ohio
Deaieeb Tabsake Hall
California
Ig Syrup Co
Regulac Prio
Ballig
Medieval Tithes Fueled by Food Over Money
Bernaldo notes in his Calendar that medieval tithes often paid in food rather than coin, reflecting a surplus of provisions over money. The observation contrasts church revenue practices with rising monetary shortages and highlights reliance on agricultural yields to support ecclesiastical needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernaldo
Annual Report On Insurances In Iowa 1907
Des Moines notes summarize the auditor's 1907 life insurance report showing 411 companies, 1,632,000 policies, 674.7 million insured, and 4.806 million paid to companies. It notes steady growth, calls for legitimate contracts, and fair claims settled promptly. Also covers Des Moines National Guard Company A sharpshooting honors and a historical visit by Samuel A. Ayres.
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Les Moines
Tawa
Keiness of
Towa
New Towa
Nui
Thafe
Carral
Des Moines Sees Move to Make City a Catholic See
Four high ecclesiastical authorities consider relocating dioceses to Des Moines to establish a cathedral episcopal residence and church education institutions. A Commercial exchange committee backs the effort as Monsignor Plavin heads to Rome possibly to be named bishop. Other items include a lawsuit over a prize boar death, a state railway veterans reunion, an uplift movement for youth, and federal marshals handling striking workers in town.
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Des Moines
Keane
Dubuque
Garrigan
Bronx City
Davis
Davenport
Church
Commercial Exchange
Monsignor Plavin
Rome
Insurance Men to Meet in Des Moines
A billion dollar meeting of mutual fire tornado and storm insurance men to be held in Des Moines August 11 to 14. Headquarters at the Savery Hotel. More than two hundred heads of insurance companies from the United States and Canada will attend, representing 2,000 companies worth over a billion dollars. The organization is the American Mutual Insurance Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Veteran Railway
Twe
Commercial Club
Botsford
Bib
Iowa Railway Club
Town Railway Club
Saveiy
United States
Canada
Amereu Mutual Insurance Association
Ten Dead and Dozens Hurt in Oklahoma Tornadoes
Ten people died and twelve were injured as a series of tornadoes swept Alfalfa County Oklahoma on Tuesday night. Hundreds of cattle perished and vast fields of crops were ruined, leaving a scene of ruin and desolation across the county.
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Wilchita
Kan
Alfalfa County
Oklahoma
Guy Hutchison
Peter Rudy
Blliott
Parker
R. €. Atchison
Omaha
Neb
Wednnesday
Nebraska
Hastings
James Railston
Frank Ke'lar
Chadron
Fremont
McCaull- Webster Elevator Company
Wood Cliff
Quincy
Ina
George Werner
Sheridan Stove Works
Jackson
Minn
Alpha
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Road
Chicago
Forest Park
St. Joseph
Maryville
Oregon
Tarkle
Missouri
Gen Stephen D Lee Dead at Vicksburg
Gen Stephen D Lee of Columbus Miss longtime commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans died in Vicksburg after a cerebral hemorrhage. He collapsed at the national park commission residence where he served as a member following a lengthy speech welcoming four regiments from Iowa and Wisconsin to the battlefield 45 years earlier.
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United States
Marschal Bidwell
Marshalltown
McPherson
Town Central
Bidwell
Vickaburg
Miss
Stephen D. Lee
Columbus
Confederate Veterans
Lee
Vicksburg National Park Commission
Iowa
Wisconsin
Vicksburg
Union Pacific Shops Closed in Grand Island Neb
An order posted Thursday shuts down work in the Union Pacific shops at Grand Island Nebraska. Machine, blacksmith, and sheet iron departments are closed entirely until further notice by bulletin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
Grand Island
Neb
Bulletin
Dam Burets: Three Drowned After River Dam Burst
Report from Pont Arthur states current river dam at Toronto area burst causing nine disasters and three drownings. Estimated property loss up to $500,000. Officials warn dangers from floodwaters and urge caution.
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Toronto
Pont Arthur
Civic
Thaw ruling sets asylumment amid legal wrangle
Justice Morschauser orders Harry K. Thaw confined as insane with no appeal expected. Thaw will remain in custody at a county building while lawyers seek an alternative hospital commitment for him and Evelyn Nesbit Thaw withdraws her divorce suit amid the ongoing case and related remarks emerge from Thaw's circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Harry
Jerome
Matleawan
I T
Justice Dowling
Marty K. Thaw
Thaw
Amos T. Baker
Mat‘eawan State Hospital
Waite
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Godea
Evelyn
New York
Rvelyn Nesbit Thaw
Daniel O'Reilly
Mr. O'Reilly
Fatally Shot by Robbers Near Rochester
Charles Higgins supervisor of Montezuma was shot by two highwaymen as he returned home Tuesday night. The robbers escaped with $60 and Higgins was left unconscious with fatal injuries. Local authorities investigated the robbery and noted Higgins’s role and the incident occurred in the Rochester area.
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Rochester
N. Y
Charles Higgins
Higgins
Battleships Reach Tacoma in Puget Sound Visit
The Atlantic battleship, first to arrive, completed another tag of its notable cruise and anchored in the blue depths of Commencement Bay, the farthest reach of Puget Sound, in Tacoma Washington.
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Tacoma
Wash
Commencement Bay
Puget Sound
Predestined Boy Dies After Bullet Kills Him Again
In Texas a Dallas area boy survived a life saving operation after a hunting bullet tore through him but later choked on the recovered bullet and died. The mother, believing fate sealed by predestination, told a pastor she felt the boy was destined to die by that bullet.
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Senator Gulberson
Texas
Washington
Dallas
Property Owner Fire Insurance via Co op Mutual in Iowa
The notice urges property owners in Iowa to insure their frame or barn contents through a cooperative Mutual Insurance association offering half the cost of standard policies. It cites 38,000 policy holders and 33.9 million dollars in coverage, with more than 1,600 losses paid since organization. It instructs contacting a local Assist Agent or writing to C.BE. Harsh, Seay, Des Moines, IA for details.
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Cay
Iowa
Mutual Ts
C.be. Harsh, Seay
Des Moines
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N. J
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Drury A. Haugh
Wird
S. I. Hird
Length
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Samuel A. Ayres
Los Angeles
State House
A.W. Catoll
John A. Hilla
John Russell
Baren 2
Sherman
Polk County
Iast
Pauly Cell Company
St. Louis
Frank D. Winn
American Express Company
Statesman
J. J. Ward
B. P. Smith
Belleville
Kas
Lincoln
Fairgrounds
Winn
Wing
Ang
West Des Moines High School
United Confederate Veterans
Anna
Helle
William Budenbender
Hobokan
Prince de Sagan
Mme. Gould
New Jersey
Stephen D, Lee
Asylum For Thaw
Morschauser
White
Mrother
Bor Ishl
Marriare
Peeness
Mother
Soy
DES Moines Directory
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McUdll Realty
Conemopetal Whig
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Tionvye
Java
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Bulldlag, Dew
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