Roosevelt rewards for large families sparks fringe debate
The piece riffs on President Roosevelt offering rewards for large families and mocks “bewhiskered” Mormon leader Jon Smith who testified to bearing forty two children. It weaves in Hearst's rumored Democratic pull, a Sioux City land return bill, a radical convention in Snoncer, and a note on rail travel rights for train hoppers, ending with a somber line about common ground beyond the grave.
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Roosevelt
Jon Smith
Mormon Church
Senate
Republican Delegates Call for County Convention in 1904
Notice to Palo Alto County Republicans inviting voters to a county convention at Emmetsburg with April 1904 dates and multiple delegate elections for state and national conventions. Includes precinct by precinct vote allocations and calls for adherence to Republican principles.
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Palo Alto
Iowa
Court House Hall
Mummersburg
Po'elock P.M
Pes- Moines
Dodge Jowa
Gid
Fervach
Atch
Alber BR
Dhe
Wert Bend
Great Oak
Wiehiond
Dresemeking Opens Dressmaking Room at Paulsen's Store
Francis Ridtner announces the new dressmaking room at Paulsen's Furniture Store. The opening signals ready availability for orders and alterations, inviting customers to call for fittings and fabric guidance.
Witty offer from a humorist publisher in St. Louis
A fragmented plea from a humorist publisher in St. Louis offers a ten cent copy of a “welly Harmonisst ta Catablished” and urges readers to include the humorist in their reading matter. The text shows garbled OCR but hints at a promotion by a local publisher seeking reader support.
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Welly Harmonisst
St. Louis
Liberal Offer Brings Farm Papers At Reduced Yearly Price
The offer bundles Four publications The Home Stead The Special Farmers Institute and The Poultry Farmer with our paper at a one year price of 50 dollars. These West and agriculture oriented papers are touted as superior and practical for farmers. Samples will be shown at the meeting house.
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Jown Homestead
Ita
Farmers’ Institute
Poultry Farmer
Toe-lown Stontestead
Went Prarék
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