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Newspaper
Dubuque Sunday Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1899
Page
15
The Comfort Damper fits standard stove pipes and installs without difficulty. It holds steady heat without chilling the stove top and reduces cooking odors, promising fuel savings in two weeks and less stove attention. Sold by Schreiber & Conchor Mfg. Co with outlets in Dubuque.
An advertisement promotes Rude's Cold Cure as a remedy for a head cold. It urges readers to call for the product, claiming it cures colds without fail and promises happiness. The language is promotional and uses exaggerated assurances.
The piece argues that rising eyeglass use reflects expanded knowledge and greater eye strain from modern work and culture. It cites the longer average reading needs, sewing machines and other inventions, new employments and amusements, literacy spread, and artificial lighting as factors increasing eye demand for aid and protection.
Paris correspondent for London Truth narrates a Dreyfus trial tale where a nine year old boy, kept from school and news, discovers a torn kite bearing the headline Fuets of the Dreyfus Attain. The boy learns his father is imprisoned and cries his sorrowful awakening to his mother and family.
The Sioux Falls Journal reports on petrifaction wood polished from Arizona logs destined for Maris exposition, detailing shipment, cutting, and varied polished forms from buttons to columns. Also covered is Mr Steel's Knowledge article on Fairy Rings caused by a fungus, and a note on the United States mail weight accounting gap, over twenty years.
A New York drummer recalls a widow from Indianapolis who, without training, turned misfortune into success. She started with $100, bought skirts, pressed and repaired them, sold in suburban towns, expanded to waists and silks, hiring help. In three to four years she built a steady business earning $500 to $600 monthly, sending her children to good schools and owning a home.
A student visiting the Philadelphia public library found scant material on iron and steel shipbuilding, noting few books under ships or venting and only scattered first hand data beyond Philadelphia’s own history. The piece highlights the library’s lack of substantial historical resources for this major local industry and mentions related architectural anecdotes from England and modern signage observations.
A two foot steel sword once owned by Admiral Dewey and kept by a fashionable Chicago tailor drew attention from army and navy officers. The handle was gilded for display, with buyers offering 500 to 1500 dollars within days, but the proprietor dismissed the bids, noting the weapon’s historic fame surpasses price.
Col Frank Small recalls a 1886 Washington event when George Dewey, then naval officer, paid $25 for tickets for 100 orphanage children to see a theater show at AL Laugh's opera house. The story notes Dewey seldom attended performances but freely funded such charity.
A London News excerpt recalls old fashion shop emblems like giant boot signs outside shoe stores and gilded signs for various trades. The piece shifts to Sir George Newnes and the Southern Cross Antarctic expedition with predictions of ice melt and future exploration, mentioning vast populations and a narcotic with vivid colors.
Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul time table effective October 15 1898 lists depot location Fourth and Clay streets Dubuque rail office 697 Main Street details train times: 243 a m from Dubuque ready after 8:00 p m 800 a m best train to Chicago arriving 145 p m for eastern connections 510 p m connects Sabula for Kansas City and Excelsior Springs 135 p m from Sabula to Omaha Vestibule Limited arriving 7 50 a m linking to western lines for Pacific Coast routes information from G I Lippincott city ticket agent 697 Main Street
Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern timetable shows arrivals, departures, and classes for trains to Chicago St Louis Minneapolis and Decorah. Notes list pullman sleepers coaches free chair cars and through services, with daily vs Sunday operations and official agents in Cedar Rapids Iowa.
The Chicago Burlington and Quincy Time Table in effect June 11 1808 lists routes from Chicago to LaCrosse St Paul Minneapolis Galena Hanover Rock Island St Louis and Dubuque with daily and Sunday exceptions. It notes through reclining chairs from Dubuque to St Louis and connections at Galesburg to Denver Kansas City and the Pacific coast plus St Paul Vestibuled Limited with sleepers and free reclining seats.
Winter season service on the Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern railway offers a Tourist Sleeping Car from Cedar Rapids to California. The car runs on Main Line train No. 2 to Los Angeles and San Francisco via Kansas City Fort Worth and Southern Pacific. Four day duration with berths for two and an attached conductor and porter. meals available in dining car or cooked on board. contact Mr John G Farmer for details.
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