Sigourney area notes mix social visits and deaths
Local items report residents visiting relatives in Brighton Moravia and What Cheer with a recital in Moravia. Obituary notes the death of Nick Thies, a Sigourney tailor, and funeral details for Christopher Brolliar at Ollie. Also mentions hardware ads and upcoming Memorial Day ice cream event at the M E church plus entertainment by J Wesley Holland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Snakenberg
Vera
Sigourney
John &. Hankammier
Moravia
Ladies’ Aid Society
M. E. Church
Commercial House
John Roop
Christopher Brolliar
Ollie
Mr. Brolliar
Masonic Order
Special summer excursion rates to western points via Iowa Central
Special summer excursion rates from all points on the Iowa Central railway to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Salt Lake City Ogden and Hot Springs Deadwood Lead and Custer in the Black Hills. From June 22 to 24 July 1 to 18 August 1 to 14 23 24 30 31 and September 1 to 10 a special low rate of less than one way fare for round trip offered. From June 1 to 21 25 to 30 July 14 to 31 August 15 to 22 25 to 29 and September 11 to 15 a special low rate of one fare plus 2 for round trip. Stop overs allowed final limit October 31 1902. Contact local ticket agents or A B Cutts GP T A Minneapolis MN.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Central Railway
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Salt Lake City
Ogden
Hot Springs
Deadwood
Lead
Custer
Black Hills
A.B. Cutts
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Excursions for National Meetings by C. M. & St. P. Rail
Advertises round trip fares from Minneapolis to various cities for national conventions and meetings of groups such as Eagles Travelers Protective Association and Supreme Lodge United Workmen. Lists destinations Portland San Francisco Denver Tacoma San Francisco Salt Lake Omaha and Salt Lake with dates mid year and special fares. Provides contact H. H. Kenny as local agent for details.
Protection for Rural Mail Boxes
Law excerpt warning against willful damage to rural post boxes and mail on rural free delivery routes. Offenders face fines up to one thousand dollars or up to three years in prison. The rule covers breaking open defacing or stealing mail matter and aiding offenses.
Berg's Sweet Laxative Chips Ad
Berg's vegetable laxative chips claim mild effective relief for constipation and bowel complaints. Promotes clean skin and complexion with blood purification. Priced at 10 and 25 cents by F. L. Stolte & Co Minneapolis. Emperor William noted Frederick the Great as an ancestor. Man-Er-Vine nerve tonic billed as nerve and blood builder from IT Stolte & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berg
F. L. Stolte & Co
Steele
L. Stolte & Co
Poley Lloney and Tar praised as cough remedy
A. A. Herren of Finch Arkansas touts Poley’s Lloney and Tar as the best cure for coughs colds and lung trouble claiming it cured consumption in early stages. The Washington Star quotes Uncle Eben joking about men’s leisure and staying awake longer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Herren
Finch, Ark
Poley
Weller
Washington Star
Uncle Eben
Saved From an Awful Fate by Dr King's Discovery
Mrs A M Sheilds of Chambersburg Pennsylvania describes severe six months of Hay Fever and Asthma leaving her near death until using Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption. She claims complete cure and promotes it as safest cure for throat and lung diseases with guaranteed bottles at 50 cents and one dollar and free samples at F L Stolte & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Sheilds
Chambersburg
F. L. Stolte & Co
Virulent Cancer Cured By Electric Bitters and Salve
Elizabeth West Virginia druggist G W Roberts reports an old man deemed incurable with cancer was cured using Electric Bitters and Bucklen's Amica Salve. The salve claims to heal blood and skin ailments, ulcers and sores. Prices: Bitters 50c, Salve 25c at F L Stolte & Co. Washington Star excerpt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Roberts
Elizabeth
W. Va
Bucklen
F. L. Stolte & Co’s
Buck Jen Arica Salve touted for scalp cure in old town ad
We felt very happy writes R N Bevill Old Town Va when Buck Jen's Arica Salve wholly cured our daughter of a bad case of scald head. It heals cuts corns burns bruises boils ulcers eruptions. Only 25c at F L Stolte & Co's drug store Chicago Post asks Is Paderewski married probably not as he still has a full head of hair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. N. Bevill
Old Town
Buck- Jen
F. L. Stolte &Co
Chicago Post
Paderewski
Thief Stones Royal Train as King and Queen Visit Naples
May 26 Naples report says King Manuel and Queen Helena arrived en route to Palermo for an agricultural exhibit. A man named Vincenzo Guerriero threw stones at the royal train during a stop at the arsenal and was arrested. Guerriero has prior theft convictions. The incident sparked loyal demonstrations from the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Victor Emmanuel
Helena
Palermo
Olen
Arsenal
Y Vincenzenso Guerrerio
Guerrerio
Peace in South Africa Near
The Daily Mail reports peace may be announced soon with government remaining inflexible on vital points at issue. London May 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
London
The
Daily Mail
Iowa Central Excursions and Allied Convention Fares
notices list excursion fares for numerous associations and gatherings including National Educational Association Minneapolis July 7 to 11 one fare plus 82 00 round trip with extra exec fee. Elks Grand Lodge Salt Lake City Aug 12 to 14 and state G A R encampment Des Moines May 20 22. Travelers Protective Association Portland June 3 7. Ancient Order United Workmen Portland June 10 20. Young People's Christian Union Tacoma July 93 97. Knights of Pythias San Francisco Aug 12 14. Imperial Council Nobles of the Mystic Shrine San Francisco June 10 14. Rates vary by origin with final return limits ranging from 60 to 90 days. many routes offer less than one fare for round trips from Iowa Central stations to listed destinations. Somerville Journal concludes with a quip about a husband returning from travel without a gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Fraternal Order of Eagles
Portland
Oregon
National Convention ‘Travelers’ Protective Association
Supreme Lodge United Workmen
San Francisco
California
Imperial Council Nobles of Mystic
Denver
Colorado
International Sunday School Association
Tacoma
Washington
Young People’s Christian Union of the United Presbyterian Church
Knights of Pythias
Salt Lake
Utah
Grand Lodge Benevolent and Protective Order
Omaha
Nebraska
National Convention Christian Church
H. H. Kenny
National Educational Association
Minnneapolis
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Glenwood Junction
Colo
Ogden
Salt Lake City
National Convention
Travelers’ Protective Association of America
Supreme Lodge
Ancient Order United Workmen
Young People’s Christian Union Society of the United Presbyterian Church
Wash
Seattle
Peoria
Farmington
Iowa Central
Cal
Imperial Council Nobles of the
No Loss of Time Threshers Benefit From Remedy Sales
An Oklahoma Plains reader reports selling Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy to threshers who could not continue work. They bought five bottles yesterday and did not lose a day’s time, returning to work this morning. The item urges keeping a bottle at home and notes druggists carry it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R
Phelps
Plymouth
Oklahoma
Cures for rheumatism touted with crude ads and jokes
Newspaper clippings tout a cheap cure for rheumatism by Chamberlains Salve with testimonial from G W Wescott of Meadowdale NY. Mentions druggists in Chicago Tribune. Also cites Rocky Mountain Tea claim 35 cents and a Philadelphia Press joke about Miss Roman tique and Miss Peppery commenting on foreign nobility.
Dyspepsia Cure Promoted By Doctors Claim
Geo. F. Marsh of Nocona Texas credits Ixodol with curing years of dyspepsia after trying pepsia and other remedies. The advert cites Ixodol as the only preparation that reproduces natural digestive juices and digests all foods, urging readers to seek the genuine product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo
Marsh
Nocona
Texas
F. L. Stolte
Best thing in oil today featured portrait of Rockefeller
In the Chicago Tribune an amused patron asks what is best oil today. A dealer in art goods offers an excellent portrait of Mr Rockefeller as a notable example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Rockefeller
Filthy Temples in India Urge Cleanse with Pills
An old advertisement touts Dr. King’s New Life Pills to cleanse the system and improve digestion. It claims benefits such as lively liver, active bowels, and good appetite, priced at 20 cents at F. L. Stolte & Co.’s drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
F. L. Stolte & Co
Brooklyn Eagle snippet with Hinote reference
A fragmented Brooklyn Eagle item notes casual chatter about ears piercing and a remark about hearing Miss Hinote sing once. The brief contains no clear event or date but preserves named person Hinote and the publication context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Eagle
Worry-Did it ever occur to you how much more at tractive another fellow's sister is than your own?
The Boston Transcript quotes a humorous exchange about liking another girl’s company better than one’s own sister. The item then references Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children and a short note about a sample mailing in LeRoy New York, and a brief Somerville Journal line asking about letters from three men who want to marry in Papa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Harriet
Mother Gray
New York
Tyree
Allen S
Olmsted
LeRoy
N. Y
Somerville
Papa
Scott
Traveling Is Dangerous and Kidney Disease Warning
An old warning extols travel’s toll on kidneys linking constant motion to kidney disease. It touts Foley's Kidney Care and cites a Lima Ohio locomotive engineer praising Foley's Kidney Cure for engine vibration harming his kidneys. The piece ends with a perfumery price-hike anecdote and a shopper quip about the beef and perfumery trusts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Geo. H. Hansan
Lima
Ohio
Weller
Don’t Start Wrong This Summer With a Cough Cure
Don’t start the summer with a lingering cough or cold. A few doses of One Minute Cough Cure will set you right for coughs colds croup grip bronchitis and throat and lung troubles. Safe and fast acting with praise from J H Bowles Groveton NH and F L Stolte & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Bowles
Groveton, N. H
F. L.stolte & Co
Allen's Foot-Ease Advertisement Tease for Relief
Feet ache burn and tired all over Do your feet ache and burn Allen's Foot-Ease rests and cools the feet making walking easy Sold at druggists and shoe stores 25c
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Don’t Know It
Advertisement claims many suffer kidney trouble without knowing it and offers Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a remedy. It describes tests with standing water, lists symptoms, and markets bottles of 50c and 1 sizes, plus free sample bottle and book by mail from Kilmer Co. in Binghamton New York.
Kidney Cure Promise From Weller Ad
If you will make inquiry it will be a revelation to you how many succumb to kidney or bladder trouble in one form or another. If the patient is not beyond medical aid, Foley's Kidney cure will cure. It never disappoints, Weller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Weller
Travel fares to Portland and San Francisco on convention runs
To Portland Oregon May 27 to June 8 on account of the Travelers Protective Association of America and Supreme Lodge Ancient Order United Workmen at 47.50 for round trip. To San Francisco California May 27 to June on account of the Imperial Council Nobles of the Mystic Shrine at 48 for round trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Oregon
National Convention Travelers’ Protective Association of America
Supreme Lodge Ancient Order United Workmen
Hedrick
San Francisco
California
Imperial Council Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine
Supreme Lodge Ancient Order United Workman
Avoid Fraudulent Imitations Use the genuine Russ Bleaching Blue
A short ad urges shoppers to use the authentic Russ Bleaching Blue to preserve fabrics and avoid imitations. It notes grocers carry the product at 10 cents per unit and mentions a 42 count or size detail.
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers Endorsed by Quincy Man
Alfred Heinze of Quincy Illinois says the DeWitt’s Little Early Risers are effective for constipation and torpid liver and that good products should be shared. The Philadelphia Press notes a drilled remark about traveling tales and a commercial drummer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
Alfred Heinze
Quincy
Ill
F. I. Stolte & Co
Philadelphia Press
Cheap May Railroad Rates for National Baptist Anniversaries
The Iowa Central railway offers a low fare of one fare plus $2.00 for round trips to St Paul for the National Baptist anniversaries May 10 to 28. Sale dates May 18, 19, and 20 with return until May 29, extensions to June 30 by depositing with a joint agent in St Paul and paying 50 cents. Includes programs on missionary educational and benevolent Baptist work. Apply to local ticket agent or Geo S Batty Marshalltown IA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Baptist
St. Paul
Iowa Central Railway
Baptist Church
Geo. S. Batty
G. P
T. A
What Is Foley's Kidney Cure
Answer says it is made from a prescription of a leading Chicago physician and one of the most eminent in the country. The ingredients are the purest money can buy and are scientifically combined to get their utmost value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Weller
A Most Liberal Offer for Farmers and Homestead Readers
A farm readers club offer bundles Tax Journal with the Iowa Homestead Farmers Institute Editions and the Poultry Farmer, plus local news, for one year at $1.75. The quartet is praised as practical and valuable for farm homes, with limited time to accept. Samples available at the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Homestead
Farmers’ Institute
Poultry Farmer
West
Blamestead
Farmer's Institute
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Promises Quick Help
Warns wounds may fester if neglected and touts DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as preventing complications and aiding cures even after delay. Claims a long cured runping leg sore from 30 years ago after using the product. Cites Liles yield toil and warns against counterfeits by L Stolte & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
H. C. Hartley
Yankeetown
Ind
I’, L. Stolte & Co
Barber Shop Ad Promises Skilled, Accommodating Barbers
Three chairs always in use at Crumr Bros barber shop. Skilled and accommodating workmen invite patronage, with a Bath Room available in connection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Room
Crumr Bros
Travel fares for conventions listed for Hedrick and Nobles Shrine
The notice lists travel prices for conventions: a round trip of 47.50 from Hedrick to San Francisco California for May 27 to June 6 on account of the Travelers' Protective Association and Supreme Lodge Ancient Order United Workman. A round trip of 48 is listed for Nobles of the Mystic Shrine Imperial Council.
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Wilson Thomas
J.T. Stacy
Brighton
E. E. Phelps
Robi. McMillan
Memphis
Missouri
Nick Thies
Rose Potter
Miss Bid Heftner
Ottumwa
MM. A. Harkins
Storey’s Hardware
H. C. Allen
Wapello
J. Wesley Holland
M. I
Mr. Holland
Monrnn Law
B.& N. Wiandl
W. Rys
Burlington
Iowa
United States
Hare Bros. Distillery CO
Suite
Mass
Kansas City
Les Hare Whiskey
C. M
St.p
Wiliam
Frederick the Great
Free
Senator Sorghun
Thief Stones
Goliad
Tex
Will Herd
Mary Hobson
Charles Lott
Sweetheart
Self
Greenfield
Allie Petty
Arcola
Mrs. Friend
Petty
Iowa Central Excursions
Somerville Journal
Indianapolis News
Philadelphia Catholic Standard
G. W. Wescott
Meadowdale
Chamberlain
Philadelphia
Arthur
Minnie
Warry
London Omnibus
Madison Medicine Co
Champleigh
India
Webster’s
G. & C. Merriam Co., Publishers
Springfield
MABS
Beef Trust
Perfumery Trust
Princess Powders Mfg. Co
Canal St
Parker
Druggista
C. TM
St. P. Excursions
Railroads
Milwaukee
Union Depot
Way
Kingas City
North
Otturewa
T. HH. Kenney
Vyee Gil
Union da
Y Owa Central
Ollee
Kenney
Wayanad
Peorly
Peorla Express
Time Freight
Stouk Xpress
the Freicht
Mason City Mail
I. Snyder
Arlington & West
Railway Avene
Winfield
Alita
M. A
Evdrick
Utterback & Canchi
J.C. Burns
B.O H
Spider Company
Spicer CO
Hedrick, Iowa
Ohealthy
Dia
DeWitt & Co
Chi
Sint
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