New US Homestead Rules Ease Entry to Western Lands
The Land Office in Washington DC moves to attract settlers by relaxing cultivation and residence requirements for homestead entries. Three year residence now needed instead of five, with reduced cultivation needs and up to five months leave allowed yearly. Honorably discharged veterans gain credit. Officials note large lands remain and reclamation projects expand irrigation, making vast areas cultivable.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Interior Department
The
Land Office
Reclamation Service
Arthur P. Davis
General Land Office
Health Revival Promises Life After 14 Years
Charles D. Quick of Cordova Illinois credits Drs Walsh of Davenport with restoring his health after a long catarrh and general breakdown. He cites improved energy sleep digestion and strength after months of treatment at 124 West Third Street Davenport. Testimonies and free scientific examinations are offered by the doctors.
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Drs. Walsh
Davenport
West Third Street
Charles D. Quick
Cordova
Illinois
Walsh
St Anthony’s Hospital
County Court Proceedings Show Multiple Estate Actions
In a series of probate matters Judge J Ek Telleen oversees widow relinquishments and selections, estate appraisals, and final reports. Executors and administrators including Andrew J. Record, Frank A. Randall, James A. Lewis, John A. Spiegel, Agnes A. Stoddard, Elizabeth V. Yocum, Stephen Garrigan, Albert F. Bergland, James N. Downs, Howard D. Fitzkee, Louis Ziegler, Lucy Daniels, Theo Milar, and Katherine E. Fennesy appear. Petitions for sales, appointments of administrators and executors, bonds, and proofs of death are heard with many orders issued and notices filed.
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J EK. Telleen
Mary Flodie DeVriese
John B. DeVriese
Andrew J. Record
Henry Purdy
Bill
Frank A. Randall
Samuel B. Randall
Hatate
Galve
James A.lewis
John J. Powelson
John A. Spiegel
Jons
Johnson
Dyer Ford
B.S. Peck
George D. Palmer
Agnes A. Stoddard
Oliver P. Stoddard
Elizabeth V. Yocum
E. &. Yocum
Edmund I. Yocum
Stephen Garrigan
Ellen A. Garrigan
Albert FE. Bergland
Frank Ni Hanteond
James N. Downs
George Henry Hards
Howard D. Fitzkee
Gottlieb Ziegler
Deno Fition
Richard , Hewitt
Alex McLean
Louis Ziegler
Lucy
Katherine E. Fennesy
James Fennesy
Fortunes in Faces Advertisement Promotes New Life Pills
An old advertisement claims pimples blotches and skin blemishes come from impure blood and touts Dr King's New Life Pills to promote health and beauty. It urges readers to buy at 25 cents from J. E. Wright.
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Dr. King
J. E. Wright
Gideon Discovers Divine Messenger After Offering Food
Gideon prepares a meal of a kid and unleavened cakes at the oak. The angel of the Lord touches the offerings with a staff end, fire rises from the rock and consumes them, then the angel departs. Gideon fears death but the angel speaks peace and assures him he will not die.
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Gideon
End of Contagious Diseases and Sanitation Progress
The piece cites Dr. Stephen Smith and 19th century sanitation laws, noting New York City’s death rate drop from roughly 28-40 to around 15 per thousand since 1866. It discusses England’s cholera response, the rise of hygienic practices, and bacteria as dangerous only when they inhabit decayed matter. It concludes with hygiene as a guard against microbe driven illness.
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Dubuque
New York
England
John Russell
Lordsone
Dr. Smith
Hotel Rules for Guests in Altona Record
Quirky hotel note from the Altona Record warns guests against speaking to the dumb waiter and notes the hotel’s odd supports a cemetery and hearses for hire. It suggests a hammer and nail in the closet for driving, a window to vent heat, and a bed spring for jumping. The pillow provides a light feather for outages and a halter on the bed post for nightmares. The bill is implied to be covered by the foundation.
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Altona
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