Texas land sale promises profit and security
An ad extols Texas land near Randall Hale and Swisher counties promising profit, safety, and independence. It touts prices from 0.50 to 22.50 per acre, strong soil, water features, warm climate, and rail access. It claims banks offer poor returns while land doubles in value, urging readers to visit Canyon City area investors via a sleeping car from Omaha.
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Wall Street
Wessus
Seead
Randall
Hale
Swisher
South Plains
Texas
Nebraska
Towa
Omaha
Canyon City
Texas Land CO
BBL Chamber of Commerce
Hamburg School Opens With New Staff And Programs
School opens Monday with emphasis on attendance and safety. A teachers meeting is set for Saturday at 2 30 PM and parents are urged to visit schools. New fire escapes improve safety while the Economy penmanship system is adopted. Country pupils pay 150 per month below high school and 2 per month in high school, payable in advance. A strong lecture course is planned for the year and beginner classes will cap enrollment after two weeks. Athletics like football and basketball will be encouraged. two new grades teachers and one in the high school join the staff. The superintendent resides on Bluff street near Gillman and Rev Williams and invites calls by Bell 48-1 or Independ ent 78-green.
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Bluff Street
Gillman
Editor in New York town seeks gardener replacement
An editor advertising for a new man to fill a workmaid’s duties ends up questioning a applicant who lacks references. He claims honesty is printed on his face, prompting a cautious smile about possible typographical errors.
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New York
Bis
Moteor
Eor
Busiday Magazine
Public endorsement and political unease in Des Moines
Hamburg resident Samuel Q Howard endorses Duan's Kidney Pills claiming quick relief and kidney toning. The ad notes price 40 cents and sole U S agency Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. The piece then shifts to a satirical tone about a Republican Bryan Club in Des Moines calling out political quirks.
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Hamburg
South Main Street
Howard
Duan
Foste-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Dean
Book That Guided Buller Battle Is Boer War Topic
Capt Frits Duquesne recalled in Bermuda and New York that Buller’s own military text guided Boer tactics in South Africa. He said the Boers studied Buller’s book to predict actions after each move, using it as a published standard of British strategy and defense and attack responses.
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Transvaal
Frits Duquesne
Bermuda
New York
Buller
South Africa
Magazine Short Story and The Duchess Of Devonshire Debate
Ambrose Bierce is praised as a critic on magazine short stories, contrasted with Poe, with a luncheon quip about editors shaping tales. The piece discusses Millais disputing a Gainsborough price for the Duchess of Devonshire, notes salon opinion, and observes society women' s fascination with dogs and dog show images in magazines.
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Ambrose Biérce
Edgar Allan Poe
Mr. Bierce
Biggin
London
Gainsborough
Duchess of Devonshire
Millais
Cat’s 2500 Mile Bureau Journey Captured in Drawer
A Maltese cat traveling from Holland Michigan to Los Angeles was shipped in a bureau drawer wrapped in sacking. The 2500 mile trek left the cat thin and without sustenance, yet it remained lively as freight handlers released the drawer and the cat leapt out.
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Holland
Mich
Los Angeles Examiner
Ambiguous Title About Tithes and Criminal Leaders
A cryptic note ponders which official tithe could apply to the head of a criminal society. It argues the leader could not properly be the head and suggests the role would have to be a vice premise.
Quiet Title Action in Fremont County Iowa
The District Court of Fremont County Iowa notifies Dwight J. McCann and unknown heirs and claimants of land in the NE quarter of Section 4 Township 70 Range 43 west of Fifth P. M. that plaintiff L M Lord holds possession for over thirty years and seeks to void a mortgage to Dwight J. McCann, to have title quieted, with a default if defenses are not filed by November 2 1903. publication ordered in Hamburg Reporter for four weeks.
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L. M. Lord
Dwight J. McCann
Fremont County
Iowa
District Court
Towa
Frewant
Mary E. Davenport
A. P. Davenport
Farm of Gold Court
Sidney
E. Starbuck
State of
Iowa County
Hamburg Reporter
Iowe
O. B. Wheeler
15Th
Lowa
St Joseph Missouri correspondence solicited
Throat apeciallat uth Esmond correspondence from St Joseph Missouri solicited. The fragmentary text mentions the city and an instruction to solicit input or letters, but provides no clear event or outcome.
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Uth & Esmond
St. Joseph Missouri
Train schedule fragment listing multiple lines
A fragment from a rail timetable lists several trains with routes and times including through lines like Pass Daily and Frt Daily. Entries include KG, St North. B Q East. West lines No 5 and No 63 with arrival and departure times such as 6:27 p.m and 2:20 p.m, indicating a disrupted or partial schedule page.
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Sun . South
Sun
B.& Q . East
West
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A. Millard
Gashier U. S. National Bank
Wood
Security Bank
Ponca
Omaha, Neb
Nebr
Chamber of Commerce
Big Horn Basin
Wyoming
Q. K. BR
Abd Andant
Landseeker
Reclamation Service
D. Clem Deaver
Landseekers’ Information Bureau
Des Moines
Bulle
The
New Yorker
New York Society
Luke
District Court of Iows
Jas. Mann & Son
Frank Davis
J. H. Knoth
Hotel
Edison
Ford
Western Union
Lam
Holmes End
T. T. Brown
Hamburg, Iowa
Wanamakee
Surgson
City Hall
David Perry Warnstaff
Jepet
CHAS
Medford
Mueller & Co
E Street
McClain & McClain
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