Widow's influence and marriage myths in public discourse
A long, critical essay on marriage desirability and widows, contrasting private and public pressures toward matrimony, and detailing how widows are portrayed as counselors and social anchors. It also lists a stream of local Iowa and national notices including fires, deaths, crimes, and civic updates.
Boomer Woman Elopes With Jacob Frisbie
Mrs Wm Powell of Boomer township in Pottawattamie county eloped with Jacob Frisbie a man with a possibly checkered past who has a wife and children in the East. Powell who is indifferent to the affair left a four month old infant with him and will take no steps to pursue the pair. A promotional note for Dr Bull's Cough Syrup ends the item.
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H. W. Foster
Sabula
Miller
Miss Williams
Orange R. Skinner
Sioux City
Skinner
Wm. Powell
Boomer Township
Pottawattamie County
Jacob Frisbie
Frisbie
Powell
Georgia boy asks Santa for pony with mule caveat
A Georgia boy writes to Santa requesting a pony and adds a comical postscript asking for mercy if the animal turns out to be a mule and to please fix its hind legs. Such notes show playful holiday wishes from children.
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Georgia
Santa Claus
Kidney-Wort Remedy Now Available in Liquid Form
It Acts Sure and Safe. Kidney-Wort can be obtained in dry vegetable or liquid form. The liquid version is prepared for those who cannot readily make it. It is highly concentrated and will act with equal efficiency in either form. See ad.
A Day on a Guano Island
Narrator describes two kinds of guano from different islands. The South American coast guano has strong ammoniacal properties and bird corpses, while Southern Pacific guano is coral derived, phosphates rich, odorless, and darker in color. Workers screen earth from coral to separate guano then ship it to Hamburg and Europe.
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Emily
Tahiti
South America
Southern
Pacific
Hamburg
Europe
Two Organs Regulate Stomach and Liver for Health
A Maine Farmer quote asserts that regulating the stomach first and the liver second with Hop Bitters can greatly improve health. The ad claims the product ensures perfect natural action of the digestive organs and reduces most maladies across climates.
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Maine
Decomposed Body Found in Box From St Phillips to Montreal
In New York on February 10 Peter Canfield was jailed at the Tombs for the murder of Ann Cunningham by pouring kerosene on her clothes and igniting them. A Feb 6 fight over a Leadville mining claim left C E Field dead and Ed Phillips seriously wounded. Swan, the missing town treasurer, of
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St. Phillips
Montreal
New York
Peter Canfield
Ann Cunningham
Leadville
C. E. Field
Ed. Phillips
Swan
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