Unemployed Workers Trek East Amid Rocky Mountain Miners' Panic
A wave of jobless men from Colorado mines travels east on freight trains, seeking work and escape from starvation. Rail officials and local citizens aid them with food and temporary transport as towns brace for the arrivals. Meanwhile new Rock Island trains debut to Denver and Minneapolis routes, highlighting improving service. American women praised for beauty and freedom, noted by travelers as embodying diverse, noble feminine character.
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Ottumwa
Burlington
Clinton
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Denver
Westernebraska
Grand L[staod
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Gaston
No. 20
Montgomery
Missouri Valley
Ilakota
Hughes
K. I. Argus
A Small Doctor Bill
A claim that fifty cents cures ordinary rheumatism with Chamberlain's Pain Balm. The first application will quiet the pain and relief is promised. Cent bottles for sale by J. E. Wright, Druggist.
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Chamberlain
Rolieft
J. E. Wright
Telegraph instrument found at Spottsylvania linked to Sedgwick HQ
A digger near the bloody angle at Spottsylvania uncovered a gutta percha box with a pocket telegraph instrument, relay and key built during the war at Ottawa. A Chicago man claims the item was lost by Gen Sedgwick's headquarters and hopes to recover and exhibit it at the World's Fair. The piece sparks interest amid broader notes on dairy fraud and World’s Fair prep.
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Chicago Tribune
Spottsylvania
Judge Caton
Ottawa
A. A Bliss
Chicago Board of Trade
Flnd
Sedgwick
Dotario
Can.) Agricultural College
Watry
Chase
Thia
How of It and the Camp Point Loan Story
The text extols the female constitution and recommends Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for women's health and motherhood related weaknesses. It also notes the Camp Point Loan Association sold June money and had $3,000 more in applications, citing the journal that the association aided town improvement by helping poor men secure homes.
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Pierce
Camp Point
Burlington Route Connects Minneapolis and St Paul with Chicago
Travel notes describe direct service from Chicago or St Louis to Minneapolis and St Paul via the Burlington Route using daily trains with Pullman sleepers chair cars and dining cars. A separate item reports Mrs James Herndon of Camp Point losing $700 after burning it in a stove and having ashes returned to her as a total loss.
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Uasie Oy
B. Wright
F. D. Merwin & Co
Geneseo
Illinois
Chicago
St. Louis
Burlington
James Herndon
Camp Point
U.S. Treasury
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