Holland Strengthening Tonic praised for many cures and health claims
An advertisement touts Holland Strengthening Tonic as effective for liver ailments indigestion biliousness and diseases of the blood claiming it prevents fever and agues builds strength and aids habitual constipation and indigestion. J L Taylor Co Ottumwa Iowa proprietors Hufford Bradshaw sell it.
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Holland
J. L. Taylor &Co
Ottumwa
Towa
Hufford & Bradshaw
J. L. Taylor & Co
Iowa
Flufford & Bradshaw
Institute progress despite heat with growing attendance
Notwithstanding warm weather the Institute work continues with daily attendance rising. As of yesterday noon the roll shows 118 teachers expanding beyond prior seasons. Visitors attend sessions, and afternoons end with lectures by professors, praised as interesting and instructive.
New Chief Engineer Leads Expansion for Road
Col J P Harper arrives as chief engineer and forms a nine man corps. Survey of line beyond West Point to begin tomorrow with grading to start after stakes are driven. General Manager C B H Peters travels to Jeffersonville to buy rolling stock and materials for in house shops. Company aims to build its own cars locally, boosting home labor.
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Mavison
Garu Jr
Madison Democrat
J. P. Harper
Tie
Corps of Engineers
West Point
C. BH. Peters
Jeffersonville
Indiana
Accident Leaves Mrs Mills With Dislocated Shoulder
Monday afternoon Mrs Mills living three miles south of town was thrown from a horse when it stumbled. The left shoulder was dislocated and Dr Sutton found the muscles too rigid to set without anesthesia. Mrs Mills preferred pain to surgery though relatives hoped they would permit the operation the following morning.
Notable residents among recent visitors and travelers
Mr. John A. Spielman traveled to Princeton Missouri on business Monday. Fred Day, second best man at the Southwestern, spent last Sunday in Centerville. E. W. Manville of Marshalltown, a brother-in-law of Mrs. Dr. Clarke, was in the city Tuesday. Maj. A. Orr of Atlantic Cass county enjoys days of relaxation with friends in town. Miss Grace Temple, recently east, arrived home yesterday morning. Mrs. Francis D. Abbott and Abbott's sister left Monday for Minneapolis for six to eight weeks. IH. M. Sinclair, grain and commission merchant of Peoria IL, was in town Monday on business. Rev. E. K. Briggs of Knoxville, formerly here, attended Miss McKenney's funeral Monday and Tuesday. Planck Temple returned Saturday for several weeks before going to Annapolis for naval academy examination. Miss Carrie Sargent of New York, visiting Miss Jo Eichorn, left today for the west. Mrs. B. W. Culbertson and Miss Kittie Wilson returned Saturday from Minneapolis excursion. Miss Fannie Wells, with them, will stay in St. Paul until September.
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John A. Spielman
Princeton
Fred Day
Southwestern
Centerville
E. W. Manville
Marshalltown
Dr. Clarke
Maj. A. Orr
Atlantic
Cass County
Grace Temple
Francis D. Abbott
St. Paul
Febrina Offered as Cure for Fever and Ague
For fever and ague, chill fever, bilious fever, etc., we know of no better remedy than Febrina. It is a sure cure. Sold by W. H. Jones & Bros.
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W. H. Jones & Bros
Translamp posts painted and council plans meeting
Local notes report Translamp posts repainted and Tue Council to meet tomorrow evening. Normal teachers host a sociable tonight while Dr Monrorr slowly recovers. Timbers for a Southwestern depot bridge arrive. Circus and menagerie billed for Thursday. Rain brings cheer. potato bugs spread damage. Wheeler delivers lecture at Normal. Berton and Hall plan a county drama. A wedding occurs in the county clerk's office. Frank Slagle resigns from Jefferson County Coal Co. John Montgomery to succeed. Seduction trial ends with discharge.
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Tue Council
Tue Tripune
Monrorr
Michael Damm
Coorer, Bartey & Co
Dr. Wheeler
Mt. Pleasant
Normal
James Berton
Aurora Il
Prest. Armstrong
Jacob Allbright
Martha E. Hall
Boyd
Frank Slagle
Jefferson County Coal Company
Perlee
Boston
John Montgomery
Squire Myers
Abingdon
Leonard Middleton
Mary E. Brown
Death and civic notes in a Wisconsin town paper
The obituary of Maggie McKenney of Delavan Wisconsin recounts a prolonged illness, a death on Saturday at nine thirty and a funeral led by Rev. E L Briggs. The piece honors her character and notes an upcoming Delavan obituary. The rest details a foxed mix of local items from Fairfield including buffalo hides, wagon business prospects, a rattlesnake tally, a railroad agent change, circus advertising, and civic notices.
Dutch Recruit at the Opera House in August Show
The note recalls a Dutch Recruit at the Opera House on August 14 15 and 16. It also mentions abundant prairie chickens this season likely to provide sport in a few weeks.
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Opera House
Hand That Rocks the Cradle Moves the Earth Motto
An old advertisement proclaims Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup as the best remedy for children’s ailments including dysentery diarrhoea summer complaint and wind colic priced at 25 cents. It frames child care as a pivotal societal effort.
Becket news notes from Beckwith area residents
Beckwith reports four or five locals attending the Normal. Ellsworth Fawcett is on the sick list. Sadie Long recovers from a horse kick injury. Mrs. Mary E. Smith of Ringgold county visits her father Kirby Caviness. Alfred Stallman threshed six acres of winter wheat at 25 bushels per acre, with others matching the average. The threshing machine’s hum is heard across the land.
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Sadie Long
Mary E. Smith
Ringgold County
Kirby Caviness
Alfred Stallman
B. R. Eviry
Local Notes From a Rural Township Rumblings and Crops
A light shower last Tuesday is noted as much needed. Mr. Bill Poster recalls sleeping during harvest. A social at Frank Heck's produced a bouncing baby. Pleasant Grove Sabbath School struggles. Some Republicans oppose Gov Gear over temperance. Local wheat yields 6 to 12 bushels per acre, oats 25 to 40, timothy seed 4 to 6.
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Bill Poster
Frank Heck
Pleasant Grove
Weathered July drought among hopeful harvests
The correspondent notes prolonged dryness since July with a brief shower bringing a hopeful turn for corn. A long-time county resident recalls a better harvest season, while Mr. K. Mulkins remains lingering at the locale.
Wooster News Notes Rain, Travel and Local Happenings
The rain at last came though late for corn. Visitors Fry Swope and Smith with Mrs Stout left Monday for two weeks in Iansas to view the so called garden of the world. A son of Eli Cox had a minor runaway. Cedar folks sold meat from a Buffalo killed near Long’s Ford. Mrs McCullough is slowly recovering. Mr Joseph Blakely boasts a fine specimen in the township. Sabbath School teachers meet at Mr Day’s home. No Wooster preaching currently. Farmers remain hopeful though drought worries potatoes and June was dry. Mr Daniel Helfinstein departed Wednesday for the west Kansas to visit friends.
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John Swope
Taylor Smith
Stout
Iansas
Eli Cox
Long’s Ford
McCullough
Joseph Blakely
Day
Wooster
Nody
Daniel Helfinstein
Kansas
Butt Poster
Ephraim Bates
Jerry H. Bates
Fairfield Township
Mr. Bates
Lockridge Township
Jefferson County
Iowa
Richwood's
Perlee and Vicinity Notes of Local Events and Deaths
Local news from Perlee describes Washington Coal Company closing last Thursday amid strike rumors, potato bug infestation, a planned Christian conference at Bethel church in Davis county, and a forthcoming wedding. It records illnesses in Coop and MacDonald households, Ephraim Bates’s illness and Jerry Bates’s death with funeral details, plus dry spells hurting crops and recent rains bringing relief.
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Washington Coal Company
Harvest notes and local notices from Fairfield region
Harvest is nearly over with good average yields per acre though corn suffers from lack of rain. Flax shows strong acreage. News includes personal updates on Lock and Snyder, Ada Barnes's horse accident, Detrick buying a threshing machine and building a granary, and warnings about a swindler selling lightning rods. Speeches about subscribers, family news, postal and legal concerns, horse racing fines, and Sabbath fines. Also mentions a new granary by Neil Taith and a birth news line about Will TaIt. Includes advertisements for peppermint liniment and Singer sewing machines with local agents.
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Lock
Geo. Snyder
Ada Barnes
Wm. Detrick
Ward Lamson
Fairfield
William
Geo
Frank Buck
Joe Coykendall
Nebraska
Ile
Will Tait
Acme edition of Chambers' Cyclopedia hailed as milestone
A landmark publication marks completion of the Acme edition of Chambers' Cyclopedia of English Literature. Four volumes in cloth cost 2 dollars, half morocco 3 dollars, half Russia 4 dollars, with mail postage 40 cents. The American Book Exchange also touts a 20 volume universal knowledge set for 10 dollars. Also advertised: Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption and related products, with trial bottle free and a Hartford insurance agent offering coverage for accidental death or total disability.
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Chambers’ Cyclopedia of English Literature
Morocco
Russia
Beekman St
New York
Universal Knowledge
Appleton
Johnson
Rollins
Bunyan
Baron Munchiusen
E. T. Alden
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Clarke & Son
Private School for Little Girls Seeks Enrollment
Private school advertises tuition of 3 dollars per term for girls only. Term begins first Monday in September IST2 south of C. B. and KR R. offers drawing exercises. Apply by August 20 1879 to Mrs F Zimmerman City.
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F. Zimmerman
Clothe Shoe Store advertises fall stock and low prices
Ho for the Southwestern Elevator over 100 cases of boots and shoes are available at the Clothe Shoe Store with a wide range of ladies mens and children's footwear. The store promises to beat any price in town as it invites customers to call and save. D W Templeton offers to buy grain and seeds at the Southwestern elevator paying the highest cash price and invites old customers and others to call.
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J. F. Farmer &Co
D. W. Templeton
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