Brighams Mormon Coinage Preceded U S in Gold
Utah minted a 1849 2.50 dollar piece and other denominations before the United States issued gold coins. The series included 1849 1850 and 1860 designs by Campbell Barlow and Longacre. Many coins circulated in the region, some pieces rare, with values from tens to thousands of dollars for exceptional examples.
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Utah
Brigham Young
Robert Campbell
James M. Barlow
Campbell
Great Salt Lake City
James B. Longacre
United States
California
South Temple Street
Salt Lake City
J. S. Ormsby
Sacramento
Cal
Callahan
Deseret Assay Office
Young
Dangerous Deadlock Remedy Promoted in 25 Cent Pills
Advertisement touts Dr King s New Life Pills as a quick fix for stoppage of liver and bowel functions. Claims guaranteed satisfaction with money back offer at F S Shriner s drug store for 25 cents.
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Dr. King
F. S. Shriner
Packwood Corn and Colt Show in Packwood Iowa
The Packwood corn and colt show will be held December 23 and 24 under the Packwood Corn club. Louden Machinery offers a litter carrier valued at 20 dollars for the best ten ears of corn and Joel Turney & Co. provides a Fairfield wagon box valued at 13.50 for the same. Classes open to the county require attendees to be present. Amateur and other premium divisions accompany the main contests with multiple ear categories and premiums.
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Packwood
Packwood Corn
Packwood Corn Club
Louden Machinery Company
Joel Turney & Co
Fairfield
Turney & Co
Deere
Agricultural fair and colt show with multiple prize categories
The notice outlines prizes for best samples in three sets of ears, oats, butter, bread, cake by girls under 18, sewing by girls under 16, corn ears by children, and corn pone by a woman over 50. A colt show accompanies the event with judges from state college extension, and a corn culture lecture by Prof Holden on December 23 and 24. The Homestead paper is advertised with subscription offers through The Tribune office.
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Ruth Morrison
R. E. Drennan
Extension Department
the State College
Drennan
Holden
Homestead
Des Moines
Iowa
Middle West
Tribune
Muscatine Council Closes Pool Rooms on Sundays
Muscatine Iowa council ordered all pool rooms shut on Sundays and at 11 pm on weekdays. Operators threaten retaliation by closing restaurants and cigar stores on Sundays. All slot machines are banned.
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Muscatine
Four Year Old Steer Swims Mississippi River
Steer aged four swam the Mississippi near Keokuk below the bridge yesterday afternoon according to witnesses near the Union depot. The feat would do credit to an expert swimmer and was told by several onlookers.
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Keokuk
Union Depot
The Lusitania and Mauretania Renamed Lucy and Mary
The ships once known as the Lusitania and Mauretania are renamed in England as Lucy and Mary with the public seen as the final judges of such naming. The line jokes about common people's verdicts on names and other things.
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Lusitania
Mauretania
England
Lucy
Mary
Final Notice in Iowa Estate of C H Tait
State of Iowa Jefferson county notifies Mary J Tait and all interested parties that Goldie Tait as administratrix will file the final report for distribution and discharge by January 20 1908. If you do not appear by February 3 1908 at Fairfield you risk default and the court may grant the orders requested. I D Jones attorney represents the administrator.
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State of Iowa
Jefferson County
Mary J. Tait
C. H. Tait
District Court
Goldie Tait
Fairfield
Iowa
Admr
I. D. Jones
Notice of real estate petition in Jefferson County Iowa
State of Iowa Jefferson County. To Cora Crowner William Crowner and Thomas Coppick. Before January 20 1908 there will be on file in the clerk of the district court of Jefferson County the petition of Eliza McMullen Samuel McMullen and wife Ida McMullen Mattie Carmichael and husband Hugh Carmichael Effie Coppick William F McMullen and wife Sarah McMullen claiming that plaintiffs and defendants are owners in fee of real estate in Jefferson County Iowa described as the south five eighths of the east half of the northwest quarter and the north part of the south half of the northeast quarter.
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State of Iowa
Jefferson County
Cora Crowner
Wlliam Crowner
Thomas Coppick
District Court
Eliza McMullen
Samuel McMullen
Ida McMullen
Mattie Carmichael
Hugh Carmichael
Effie Coppick
William F. McMullen
Sarah McMu
Land Shares and Cedar Creek Tracts in Section 19
A detailed description of multiple parcels in section 19 township 71 north range 9 west totaling about 100 acres. The deeds involve William McMullen Eliza McMullen E R Smith Maria Pattison James Pattison and A G Lawson with tracts along Cedar Creek and boundaries defined by creeks and fences. The filing asks the court to confirm shares and order sale and distribution.
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Cedar Creek
William McMullen
Eliza
E. R. Smith
Maria
James Pattison
A. G. Lawson
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Uneeda Biscuit
Onal Biscuit Company
Shallenberger
Chicago
Leggett House
Shansnberwer
Bright
W. E. Shallenberger
Oakwood Blvd
Chicago, Ill
Drexel State Bank
Uncle Sam
George W. Unkiij
Rat
Bozes
George W. Unkr
Xmas Books
the Novelty Store
A. W
B. Holden
Grand Rapids
Mich
Gaase
W. Chase Medicine CO
Thomas Fairfield
Sue Lowa
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