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Newspaper
Chariton Patriot
Location
Chariton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1903
Page
8
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent Pills as the fastest safest and most economical remedy for skin tortures from eczema psoriasis and ringworm in infants children and adults. It claims immediate relief permanent cure and broad clinical proof with emollient comfort for exhausted mothers.
Billy Dunn ascends the political ladder after using friends and letters from Captain Kelly Chief and Mayor Clayton. He lands a place in the new record department, guided by a governor’s lenient offer despite low pay, ending with a motto about introductions.
Paul Fountain notes how rumor grows with distance as a traveler recalls legends about Chip City. In truth the mining town had only one documented fatality in a fair fight two years earlier, debunking the tales of rampant street violence.
Vera, a young writer in the making, submits a finished story to her imagined editor Mr Bunting. The tale is so sad that the editor cries, leaving Vera to reflect on the editor heart and the susceptibility of editors to emotion.
The article recounts how Professor Huxley coined the term agnostic, choosing a name opposite to the gnostic of church history. He sought to avoid labeling himself and described his naming idea as a deliberate contrast to overconfident knowledge.
In the Southern District of Iowa Central Division Alfred Wesley Maddy bankruptcy case the court fixes July 2 1903 at 10 am for creditors and interested parties to oppose discharge. Filings must be in Chariton Iowa Malorys Block within ten days with grounds of opposition. Warren S Dungan Referee in Bankruptcy notes the order dated June 19 1903.
Parties with funds to lend at five and six percent per year can find good first mortgages for sale by Penick Bros. Office in the rear room of Chariton National Bank.
The notice promotes Chamberlains Cough Remedy as the best selling cough medicine and guarantees satisfaction. It also advertises Foley's Kidney Cure as restoring kidney health. Available at D. Q. Storie, druggist, with claims of selling Foley's nationwide.
Excursion deals listed include Burlington Route trips to Saengerfest St Louis on June 16 and 17 with return June 22 for one fare plus 2.00. International Convention of Christian Endeavor in Denver offers a Chariton round trip at 19.25 from July 1 to 10 with final limit August 31. Other trips to Colorado Utah and Black Hills priced as one fare plus 50 cents round trip on sale June 1 to Sept 30 with return by Oct 31 1803. Homeseekers Excursions on the first and third Tuesday each month at one fare plus 2.00, 21 day limit. E O Wilson, ticket agent.
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