Pendants and Burglary Rumors Across Iowa State
Contained from a garbled Iowa page, reports allege two men fled Anamosa, with one captured and tied to a burglary at Rev. EW Brown’s home. The state’s 1803 register lists total net east of the state institutions at 24,112,408.48, while the penitentiary remains the most valuable property at 1,170,870. The Cresco item tells of Archie Brown killed by a freight train accident near WWollister yard. The Oelwein note covers the 25th Regiment’s movement to Chickamauga Park. Postville’s Douglass sells his drug business to W. L. Oehring after 30 years, while New Hampton reports William Glenn’s eight-day clock failing then running again. A lengthy naval comparison explains battleship features, guns, and range. A Decorah light plant explosion injures no one. a journalist’s lampoon of an opinion paper is noted. P. A. Rindhirt photographed the Exposition grounds. Kodak’s rules and sale details are included.
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Atute Institutions of Lows
Wye State
Nissing word contest sparks small town paper stunt
West Union Gazette reports an original contest inviting readers to guess a missing word and send a dollar for a year’s subscription. The item notes a related caution about war with Spain, quoting the Monona Leader on the costly, lasting conflict and its impact.
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West Union Gazette
Ibis
Carpak
Benb
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Spain
Monona
Inebriate Useting Binks Faces Repeated Downfalls
Useting Binks is described as a well meaning but hopeless drinker. He alternates between days of respectability and prolonged sprees that waste money and disturb the streets. After remorse he vows reform but relapse follows. A friend once urged him to end it by jumping off the pier, a remark he rejects as unhelpful.
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Binks
Two Conductors on a Train
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad adopted a double-conductor system for all excursion trains to reduce accident risk. One conductor runs the train while the other handles tickets and passenger comfort. The plan proved successful from the inauguration to recent months, with 80,000 passengers handled on Sunday excursions between Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and Atlantic City from September to November 28 without any fatalities or injuries.
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Yor Tribune
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
McKinley
Baltimore & Oho
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Atlantic City
Emperor William and the Thaler Above Penny Nonsense
An anecdote recalls Prince William as Bonn student when a boat swamped requiring two bargemen. He humorously asked for coins, and a fellow student produced a thaler calling to aiding the man. The future Kaiser later gifted tributes in Africa and kept the ring saying the first imperial should be above pettiness.
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Africa
Royalty Travel and Odd Foreign Titles Cited
An archival note discusses royalty abroad using assumed titles to avoid public attention. It lists various claimed titles for queens, emperors, and princes and notes public reaction to a controversial dance style called “college land” with local objections voiced by Mayor Fellows and others.
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Vistoria
Countess of
Balmoral
Leopold
Belgium
Tavenstein
Prince of Wales
Earl of Chester
Froiserfelts
Countess Lingert
Ausiria
Hehenemba
Eugenie
Comtex de Pierreponds
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Teabella
Spain
Castro
Sophie
Carlos
Portugal
Count of
Barcellos
Amette
la Villacasa
Price Victor Bonaparte
Manteallere
Ferdinand of
Bulgayla
Murany
Count Carisbors
Secret of Longevity Outlined by Sir James Sawyer in Birmingham
Sir James Sawyer’s London lecture highlights 19 age longevity commandments including sleep on the right side open window and daily outdoor exercise. He claims modern advances reduced death rates among the young but not those over 35, noting lack of telephones trains and daily papers in the past.
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Jamoa Sawyer
London News
James Sawyer
Sir James Sawyer
Woman's Influence on Lovers in Das Buch der Frauen
A Swedish writer in Das Buch der Frauen argues modern couples drift apart as women grow more reasonable and love becomes calmer. He cites the mother and wife as shaping a man's character, saying a woman's actions and love now temper passion and lessen ardor between partners.
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Pratt Hansson
Pres
Alaska's Great Forests and their Vast Timber Treasure
Alaska holds a vast continuous belt of cone bearing timber from Cross Sound near Mount Fairweather to the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Garden and Forest describe it as the world's greatest pine forest, largely uncut and rarely touched by fire. The moist climate provides fire security, aiding its preservation.
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Meankind
Cross Sound
Mount Fairweather
Strait of
Juan de Fuca
British Columbia
Garden and Forest
Adulteration of Dress Sits At London Silk Sample
A chemist reports a silk dress sample contains about 28 percent sil t and traces of tin used in weighting. He notes dresses worn on Stegent Street and Bond Street, London, would amount to a Cornish tin mine in quality. An expert says the silk would only endure three months of steady wear.
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Cornwall
Stegent Street
Bond Street
London
Contuition on Women Students Gains in Europe
The text notes France, Belgium, and Holland moving toward equal university access for women. It claims women are admitted on same terms as men and eligible for diplomas. Belgium imposes statutory gender equality. Holland shows rising female student numbers in statistics.
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France
Francy
Belgium
Holland
Sthiderts
Amber Discovery From Saykusp Creek Claims Global Supply
A report from Huutlah Columbia describes amber found along the Saykusp Creek banks feeding Jerv inlet on the eastern shores of the Strait of Georgia. The source claims the amber could supply the world for a century or more. The piece also notes Damascus as the world’s oldest city and Eternal City title.
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Egg Service At St Johns Church Sends 4072 Eggs
A service at St Johns Church Stregthem collected offerings of eggs for the sick and convalescent in hospitals. More than 6000 eggs arrived including some from royalty. 4072 eggs were stacked in the chancel before being repacked for medical charities and patient care.
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Tinian Prince and the Naples Electrician
A fragment notes the Tinian prince as a leading European electrician expert in light power sound and photography and an early X ray experimenter while residing in Rome at the Quirinal. It also mentions a Georgia pastor who resigned over salary and voting with the church on salvation during a farewell sermon.
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Quirinal
Georgia
New York
Contemplating a Trip Abroad Advertises Transatlantic Rates
Are you planning travel abroad call on agents of the B C R N Ry for fare rates of any class and sailing times via various Trans Atlantic lines or address J Monon G P A Cedar Rapids Ia for information and quotes.
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J. Monon
Cedar Rapids
Playing Cards Deal Offered by The Cedar Rapids Route
Advertising notice for high grade playing cards by T.,C. BR, & N. Ry. agents. Cards offered per pack two for 20 cents, 6.50 per dozen, with postage paid on sending stamps, coin, or money order.
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Half Price To Farmers Offer From Des Moines News
The News offers Des Moines farmers a half price subscription for 31,000 year due to low farm product prices. The paper, a bright condensed publication for busy people, reports farmers largely accepting the offer. Location noted as Des Moines Iowa.
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Des Moines
Nervous Relief From Dinver Root Tea Sold in Hartford
A wartime era testimonial from Mrs. A. Sweet of Hartford, Connecticut, praising Kurt's Dinver Root Tea for calming nerves and strengthening the nervous system. She claims it relieved constipation and kidney and bowel trouble, with Transuan allegedly cleansing the system and restoring health and strength, sold by W. H. Finke.
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Trartford
W. H. Finke
Shilohs Cure and Remedies Ad Mix From Cedar Lands
Local traders advertise Shilohs Cure and various tonics for consumption digestion and coughs. Listings include ground grain pricing and stock feeds, wood subscription offers, and multiple sales pitches for patent medicines sold by W L Blake W H Finke and others across Cedar Lands and nearby towns.
Weekly Disptueh offers free pamphlet on money saving
The Dispatch, a weekly family paper from St Paul Minn, promotes its edition with a free pamphlet from May & Company claiming freshness and value. It urges readers to subscribe, noting a low annual price of 7 and a half cents and presenting its weekly format as a notable release amid hard times.
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St. Pru
May & Company
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St. Paul Minn
Are You Mare Miserable by indigestion and sickness
A compact notice notes health claims for Shiloh's Vitalizer priced at 79 with a claimed positive care. The ad mentions indigestion constipation dizziness appetite issues and yellow skin as conditions targeted by the product. It references a seller and small distributor names.
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Gale
Fioke
Shiloh’s Cure-For-Sale Cough Remedy Ad
An old advertisement promotes Shilohs Cure For Sale by W. He Finke for cough relief. The copy urges stopping a neglected cough at once, claiming Bast Cough Cure is Bhilol a Cie and presents a medicinal product listing.
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W. He Finke
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