Salaries Debate and Odd Historical Anecdotes in Iowa Post
A Ham burg Iowa post office notice discusses proposed increases for Senate and House leadership salaries amid backlash. The piece then recalls Pliny on Epimenides the cave sleeper and cites Henry III in Poland with other figures, noting a Lucomoria people dying each November 27 from cold and awakening on April 24.
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Pliny
Epimenides
Henry HI
France
Poland
Cor
Johannes’ Picasius
Alexander Guagninus
Verona
Sigismundus Liber
Heiderstein
Lucomoria
Fig wine from figs says Italian chemist
Consul Blake reports Madeira shows interest in a new fig wine from experiments by Italian Professor Pagisci. He claims dried fig pulp yields high sugar content and a wine with agreeable flavor rich in phosphate and low in tannic acid, nourishing for invalids, children, and usable as feed for cows and fowls.
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Maxwell
Blake
Funchal
Madeira
Pagisci
Paris Pickpocket Sleeps Through Interpreters
A Paris woman arrested for pickpocketing pretended to speak an unknown language but slept and spoke fluent French with a Parisian accent. Magistrates used Turkish, Russian, Polish, and Hungarian interpreters, yet could not understand her. one thought she spoke a Persian dialect. She was ordered held in the prison infirmary under surveillance.
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Paris
Persia
City bond proposal outlined with street, sewer and water plans
City Attorney Wm. Bammer explains how bond financed improvements would be paid by assessments on benefited properties and citywide levies. Waterworks bonds rely on citywide tax. private property not taxed for sewer or park costs. He singles out H R Wright’s water main proposal as inadmissible and defends the electorate’s role before the spring vote.
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Mets
Cay
H.R. Wright
Eastside
Wright
Argyle
Hamburg
Neity
Pars
South Flamburg
Tonsume
Local Remedies and Cottonwood Sale Offerings
A Bells resident, W L Rawls, describes using Bucklen's Arnica Salve for facial sores with complete relief after years of suffering. The ad also notes Chamberlain's Salve as effective for itch and smarting and lists Mann & Fon selling dry cottonwood in the city.
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W.L. Rawls
Existance
Julies Drug Co
As. Mann & Fon
Local notes from Hamburg area on farming and people
A wide survey of rural life mentions dry wood hauled to Hamburg, a new sand bank, visits from Bob Taylor, road work, corn shucking conditions, Rev Rooker’s services and a quarterly meeting, Mrs McCarthy’s illness, Maud Chaney’s subscriber drive for The Reporter, George and Mrs Baker in a musical concert, land renting demand, county court talks, Fletcher girl’s Nebraska City marriage, and farmers hauling corn to market while roads are good.
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D. Mo
Hamburg
A.A. Guinn
Dick Browns
Bob Taylor
Isi Ward
Rooker
George Baker
Auburn
Fletcher
Nebraska City
New Cure for Epilepsy Promised in Dr King’s Remedy
J B Waterman of Watertown Ohio reports a long afflicted woman cured after using Dr King s New Life Pills. The patient allegedly has no seizures for over two years and the ad claims the remedy is the best lady cleanser and life giving tonic available at Sulien Drug Co.
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J.B. Waterman
Watertown
Advice to Candidates from an Australian MP
An Australian MP urges candidates to attend funerals in their constituencies to appear connected with domestic and religious duties. He says appearing at mourners' side signals loyalty and old ties, recounting attendance at an average two funerals daily in a recent contest where polling was high.
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M. P
Useless Precaution by a German Town Council
A German town council meets at a chapel to inspect a cemetery site on a warm day. They leave coats behind to watch the clothes, but questions arise about the need for someone to stay behind while others tour the site. Herr Botels and Herr Ehrlich debate the plan and its prudence.
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Herr Bottels
Herr Ehrlich
Electric Oil Touted as Cure in Family Use
Mrs. L Whiteacre of Buffalo New York praises Electric Oil as the best remedy for an often fatal disease described as croup. She notes successful use over eight years in her own family and attributes the remedy to Dr. Thomas.
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Dr. Thomas
Ilay Berm
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