Gubernatorial and statewide ticket listing details
For Governor WW C Wilkeler Sac county. For Lieutenant Governor Geo Van Houtan of Taylor. For Supreme Judge S M Weaver Hardin. For Railroad Commissioner Frank T Campbell Jasper. For State Superintendent Henry Sabin Clinton. For Treasurer M W Moir. For Superintendent M A Tanner. For Supervisor N H Griffith. For Coroner T J Hunter. For Surveyor W A P Eberhart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WW. C. Wilkeler
Sac County
Geo. van Houtan
Taylor
S. M. Weaver
Hardin
Frank T. Campbell
Jasper
Henry Sabin
Clinton
Remedies and cautions from the Ladies' Home Journal notes
A column cites a sugar and vinegar remedy for hiccups with nine of ten successes and corrects facial washing direction from downward to upward, plus a sharp remark on Mrs Langtry’s case and a warm Epworth League convention report. It ends with praise for Lola Gibson’s welcome address in Grundy Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Home Journal
Epworth League
Lola Gibson
Grundy Center
English Spain Liniment for all horse ailments
English Spain Liniment claims to remove hard and soft lumps blemishes and a range of horse conditions including blood spavin curbs splints sweeney ring bone stifles sprains and swollen throats. The ad promises a $50 savings with one bottle and is sold by E. E. Winghester Co. druggists Eldora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
English
Spain
E. E. Winghester.& Co
Eldora
A New Use for a Product of the Farm
A discussion notes whalebone supply shrinking from 9,446,200 pounds in 1854 to 708,000 in 1870 and 809,710 in 1890 while prices rise from 34 cents to 4.22 dollars per pound, urging substitutes for the scarce material. Whip makers face the agarcity of the costly whalebone and seek alternatives.
Featherbone as Substantial Whale Bone Substitute
The article notes Featherbone made from barnyard fowl quills as the nearest satisfactory substitute for whale bone. It highlights Featherbone’s durability and elasticity and its growing use in whip manufacturing, though it remains the only substitute supplying the demand so far.
Still a Mystery in Eldora River Drowning Case
The search for M. H. Wilkerson’s body continued Friday through Sunday with 107 Industrial School boys aiding. Despite probing the dam, river, and riverbanks, no body was found and theories ranged from murder to voluntary disappearance. Mrs. Wilkerson is prostrate. town journals note recent attention and economic links from a newspaper feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. H. Wilkerson
Hidora
Wilkerson
Edick
Order
Cliass
Mason City Excursion Tickets Sold At Half Rates
The Iowa Central railway will on August 4th 5th and 6th sell excursion tickets to Mason City and return at half rates. Tickets good returning until August 7th inclusive. Call on agents Iowa Central railway for particulars. T. 2. Barry OA. F. Banks AGP A Trafle Manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Central Railway
Mason City
Barry
F. Banks
AGP
Harvesting in the order of the day notes
Correspondence items list social visits and movements in Radcliffe Eldora Ames and surrounding areas. News mentions baptisms, marriages, homecomings and literary notices with a long spoof on Professor Mason and a sample school board letter from Eldora.
Literary Notes on The Chautauquans
The Chautauquans will begin in the New York Ledger on July 25 written by John Trabberton author of Stelen’s Babies. He calls it his best work and critics concur. Mr Habberton backs the Chautauqua movement and says the characters are vividly human yet devoted to self improvement though their hearts flare with affection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
America
Bestoreign
Wheeler & Wilson
COMBA
GRA Rize
Nathaniel Wheeler
Legion of Onor
Times
Min Geo. T. Williams
Pawina
Williams
Eldora
Horror Lepair
Hardin County
Professor Mason
Mason
Union Star
Union
Mammoth Cave
Iowa River
Mormon Ridge
Bangor
Marshall County
Iere
Star
Mr. Mason
New York Ledger
The
Ledger
John Trabberton
Stelen
Myr. Habberton
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. C. Wildey
Marbers Speeal
Haas Bros
Iowa
Kane Trains
Abbott Crossing
J. E. Hannegan
Gen
T'kt & Pass
Chicago, St. Paul
Kansas City
Des Moines
St. Paul
St. Joe
Minneapolis
Marshalltown
Leavenworth
Dubuque
St. Joseph
Neapolis
Loew
St. Joseph & Kansas i
Dubuque & Minneapolis
Limnat
Jean
Poten Owas
Asnenpe
Joseph & Kansas City
Pullman Palace
St. Louis
Peoria
Tramns
CRR
Givett
Cree
Paul
Minne- Npons
Oskaloosa
Centerville
Pecoria
Banks
Ackert
T, P, Barry
A.bf
HW. Ridgeway
Iowa & Dakota R. R
Bigoma
Chicago
Dakota
K. BR
Eldora Junction
Iowa Falls
Iowa Central
Osseeeversevevee
Point Pleasant
Aaron Porter
P. i
Npe
C . Physicians
J. E. King
Jomespathic Physician
I Idora
Town
N. ©. Morse
A. B
M. Underwood
J. L. Huff
Geo. W. Ward
Huff & Ward
Attorneys-at-Law
B. F. "Beers
Port Henry
New York
Carpenter
Wdora
Squire Burling
Rooma
Porter & Moir
L. Hays
Justice of of the Peace
North Bide Square
J. F. Hardin
State Bank
J.d.k.smith
C. BE. Welch
Climax Barber Shop
City Bank
A. Fulmer
Wheeler & Wilson Mfg,co
Wabash Avenue
John Dolph
MO. J. Boylan
M. W. Moir
M. A. Tanner
N. H. Griffith
T. J. Hunter
W. A. P. Eberhart
Nome Journal
Hubbard
Geo. Hough
Mr. Dillon
A. N. Drake
I Hubbard
Nora Boylan
M. E
Bosworth
Ames
Raynor
Miss Roe
Criag
Mrs. Duke
Kittie
Tessie Painter
Geo. Moreys
Mrs. Bradfield
Persie Wood
Dr. McIntosh
Mr. Stabberton
Robert Bonner
Jean Kate Ludlum
Warren B. Davis
Ledger Library
M. 8. Safford
Washington, D. C
Trampton
Hampton
Dany
Daisy
Ranklin County Recorder
M. ST. John's
Scezroom
State of
Homer H. Seerley
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