One Year Subscriptions and Odd Iowa Anecdotes
A clipped page notes subscription terms for in advance and non in advance periods. It also shares a series of humorous items including two Iowa girls lost on Pike's Peak and a North Dakota birth showing babies' supposed state-related bias. A Denison farmer claims soft water can be produced from hard water via a cream separator with two outputs from milk and cream spouts.
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Iowa
Pike's Peak
Denison
Weather folly and doom in a humid age
The text jokes about heat and umbrellas while satirizing public issues. It notes the Panama Canal cost estimates of 3.8 billion and 1.49 billion for liquor taxes, contrasting national spending with potential gains. Horace Leslie Shaw claims the US could build a canal annually, implying wasteful government expenditure and a pro Canal stance.
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Panama Canal
Old Newspaper Editor Mock Ballad Echoes in Slang
A brisk verse roasts editor duties and newsroom hustle with playful digs at editors, writers, and subscription woes. It references Jones, Young Sport, Miss Cash, and Bill Sykes in a fast paced mock dialogue about chasing news at 7 22 percent and keeping readers satisfied.
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Jones
Sport
Miss Cash
Bill Sykes
Pup
1905 Calendars Offered by Times Office
A fragment notes an order related to calendars from The Times office in 1905. The brief item hints at a transaction or shipment but contains sparse readable details.
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the ‘Times
We Guarantee The American Fence to be the Best and Cheapest
An advertisement from The Royan Lumper Co promises top quality American fence at low prices. Rates start at 20c0 per rod for smaller sizes and rise to 60c per rod for larger 47% inch models, all offered at one low price.
Scott's Emulsion advertised to cure pale blood
An early 20th century promotional note claims Scott's Emulsion restores strength and color to young women suffering from blood disease. It promotes cod liver oil as a blood food and offers samples, urging buyers to confirm the label on every bottle. Scott and Bowne, chemists, 409 Pearl Street, New York.
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Scott
Waterloo Chautauqua And Bible Institute Dates
Waterloo Chautauqua runs July 1 to 22 in Waterloo with a Bible Institute July 2 to August 2. National Training School August 19 to 29. Rock Island System offers reduced rates. Notable speakers include W. J. Bryan Rev LaFolette Sam Jones Bishop McDowell 8. D. Gordon Frank Dixor. For full program write Frank LI Loveland Supt Waterloo Iowa and rates to Jane G. Farmer Cedar Rapids Iowa.
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Waterloo
Bible Institute
Amg
Rock Island
W. J. Bryan
LaFolette
Sam Jones
Bishop McDowell
D. Gordon
Frank Dixor
Frank LI
Loveland
Supt
Rates
Jne G. Farmer
Patrenger
Cedar Rapida
Iowan
Homeseekers Rates via Minneapolis & St Louis R R
Homeseekers rates offered on the first and third Tuesdays monthly to Nebraska Kansas Missouri Arkansas Oklahoma Indian Territory Texas New Mexico Colorado and other states. Stopovers allowed. For rates times of trains call or address A B Cutter P TA Minneapolis Minn.
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Minneapolis & St Louis
Vacation Prospectus for Turquoise Sky in Colorado
An Outing Guide recommends reading Under the Turquoise Sky in Colorado before choosing a summer destination. The pamphlet highlights a pleasant healthful and economical sojourn in the vacation land and is mailed on request by John Sebastine, Passenger Traffic Manager, Rock Island System, 736 La Salle Station, Chicago.
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Colorado
John Sebastine
Rock Island
la Salle Station
Chicago
Homeseekers to the Northwest Train Tickets Sale
In a scheduled weekly service every Tuesday until December the Minneapolis and St. Louis R A will issue Memeseekers sound trip tickets to Iowa Minnesota South and North Dakota and the Canadian North. Tickets valid twenty one days with stopovers allowed.
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Minneapolis & St. Louis R. A
Iowa
Minnesota
Dakota
North
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