Republican County Convention to Nominate Sioux County Officials
The Republican electors of Sioux County plan a Rock Valley gathering on June 2 to select 11 delegates to the state convention in Des Moines July 20 and to nominate candidates for County Auditor Recorder Attorney and other business. The third district delegates meet after adjournment to nominate a supervisor candidate to succeed Charles Harmelink.
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Sioux County
Rock Valley
Iowa
Des Moines
Charles Harmelink
Warm contest eyed in Lock Waller convention over Calvin Mook
Orange City Herald notes a lively political clash in the Lock Waller convention centering on veteran candidate Calvin Mook. The piece also includes a garbled museum inscription and a probate notice dated June 4 1901 for the estate of Mart Lee Sawyer with administrator Charles N Sawyer and Oak and Trp Background: administrator appointed. debts and claims to be presented to Sioux County District Court.
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Orange City
Hull
Txpix
Lock Waller
Calvin Mook
Neatlee
Lae
Sioux County
Iowa
Mart Lee Sawyer
Farming in the South Circulars From Te nison Central Railroad
The Passenger Department of the Tennessee Central Railroad issues monthly circulars on fruit growing vegetable gardening stock raising dairying and related topics for Kentucky West Tennessee Mississippi and Louisiana. Readers are invited to send name and address to the undersigned for Circular Nos 1 2 3 4 5 6 and future issues. Also an ad notes Wollister's Rocky Mountain Tea 35 cents for a spring tonic cleansing the blood and kidneys.
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Te Nois Central Railroad Company
Kentucky
West Tennessere
Mississippi
Louisiana
Wollister
Rocky Mountain
M. G. O. Coad
Womens dress materials and outfits with varied trims
The listing details several fabrics and dresses with elaborate trims and features. Prices range from 1.50 to 20.00 with items in black gray navy brown and sand tones, including wool damine mohair trim silk and broad cloth options, many with taffeta bands cluny insertions and accordion flounces.
Separate Shades Separate Skirts in Fine Wool Voile Fabrics
Missives describe several skirts in cream white albatross and champagne voile, with lace trim and accordion plounce details. Prices range from 8.00 to 22.00, noting silk drops and multiple tucks and yokes.
Traveling in India Must Hire a Native Servant or Endure Trouble
The Chicago Record Herald warns travelers to India that a personal native servant is essential. Hotels often require guests to bring their own attendants for valeting and serving, and rail travel demands helpers to carry bedding and wash, with agents fetching water and food. Rates cited include 15 a month for a good servant and 2 or 4 per month for poorer bearers, plus railway fares.
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India
Chicago Record-Herald
The Books They Read Across Famous Figures
A colorful survey notes each figure’s reading tastes. Cowper favored the Bible and his marriage book, Chopin preferred light French novels, Voltaire admired a favorite author, Rossini read French novels for decades, Jean Paul Richter kept a few philosophical works, and Clive praised Rebbaon Chi. Frokin pursued political economy, and Michelangelo valued works in the Del Parma or Da th tradition.
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Cowper
Chopin
Voltaire
Rossini
Jean Paul Richter
Clive Aaid
Rebbaon Chieee
Frokin
Michael Angelo
Moens
Portraits in Asphaltum and War Letters Endure
The excerpt recalls artful use of asphaltum in 19th century portrait painting by the Hayoptians and the refined prose of Burne and Given. It also includes the Confederate soldier’s knapsack letter about home and hardship, contrasted with wartime musings and a New York Tribune citation.
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Tee
Atluna
New York Tribune
Fragmentary Old-Time Dialogue on Hats and Bonds
A garbled exchange features a worried wife fearing damage to a hat and a suggestion about safe deposit. The dialogue mentions bonds and a sponge cake exchange with broken spellings and archaic phrasing.
Fragmentary line hints at a dramatic confrontation
The readable text shows a quoted line accusing a person of looking awfully black and muttering about a murder, followed by garbled names and phrases. The source is too damaged to extract a clear event or identification.
Puns and Promotions Among Clergymen and Clergy
The article recounts anecdotes of ecclesiastical advancement aided by puns. It cites Lord Dudley, the Duke of Ormond, and Archbishop York figures like Dawes, detailing sharp, witty wordplay that secured promotions or favors, including a living of £500 a year. It also notes a humorous orphan distribution tale and a few satirical exchanges about sartorial and moral matters.
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Canon Melville
London
Earl of Dudley
Melville
Lord
David
Joseph
Ty Swift
St Pattick’s Cathedral
Dublin
Butler
Duke of Ormond
Mountain
Durham
George IL
Tork
George II
York
William Dawes
Mary
Froude
Cirate
Lori
Sioux City Doctor Praised For Treating Child’s Eye Condition
A letter dated March 15 1994 from Mrs Joseph Evans Oakland Neb lauds Dr C Clark of Sioux City Iowa for transforming her daughter Mabel’s health. The parent credits glasses and non drug therapy with curing eye misalignment pain and kidney troubles noting the child remained well without medicine. The testimonial includes before and after photographs dated November 16 and March 15 and states the doctor has twenty one years in practice with no drugs or operations in his method.
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3. C.clark
Sioux City
Iowa
Mabel
Joseph Evans
Oakland
Marie Evane
Hotel Lincoln odd breakfast talk sparks poker night
At Hotel Lincoln in Hull Iowa on Monday June 13 a conversation unfolds about a poker game. John Bitkina and his wife discuss a night of gambling losses totaling $597.15 and a hat purchase. The exchange hints at a failing relationship and rumors from a chaotic breakfast table scene.
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Lincoln
Hull
Iowa
John
Jet Row
Alex
Bitkins
Amithas
Ahe
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