Des Moines Letter on Pass Law Ruling and County Finances
Judge Zara A. Church sustains the 1907 anti pass statute and declines habeas corpus for H F Schultz in a test case affecting railroad passes and interstate visits. Also reports Polk County costs for 1906 and 1907, rail rate chatter, tax revision meet results, and officers reshuffling in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Zara A. Church
Green County
Iowa
H. F Schultz
Storm Lake
Illinois Central
H. W. Byers
Schultz
Church
Supreme Court
House
Senate
Nisi Prius
Judge Church
Schunz
Storme
Experience of Mr Woods Reflects Thousands of Others
Bernard P. Woods of Jackson street Lonaconing Maryland reports long term kidney problems from heavy work. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills with steady improvement after fifteen years of ailments and recommends them. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Lester-Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Bernard P. Woods
Jackson Street
Lonaconing
Dean
Lester-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Beyond Limit of Patience Police Report
Policeman Eneirem of the Tenderloin precinct observed an old man beating a small boy on Seventh Avenue. The man claimed he sent Isaac to the delicatessen with five quarters, one for bread and one for fish, and questioned which quarter was for which, asking if it was enough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eneirem
Tenderloin
Seventh Avenue
Isaac
Kneirem
New York World
Itching humor on boy cured by Cuticura in four days
An 1907 Kokomo Indiana family recounts a severe itching eruption on a boy starting at his hands that spread all over his body. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment nightly, the child was completely cured in four days, per Mrs. Frank Donahue. Other ad-like items follow without relevance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
United States
Frank B
Frank Donahue
Fremont St. Kokomo
Ind
New Seed Offer Promises Rare Vegetables and Flowers
An odd promotional notice requests sending a small payment to receive a seed mail order package. It claims earnings from an insistent year collection and advertises growth of 35 bushels of vegetables, with offers of 12c and 16c postage for early cauliflower and flowering seeds linked to John A. Ce Esmes in Wh KL.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Ce
Esmes
Ring Watches Popular in English Markets
Swiss watchmakers are busy filling English and American orders for finger ring watches. The ring watch, once minor, is now common. an old London firm recalls seeing them over 14 years ago. Queen Victoria reportedly owned several. Plain gold rings with inserts start around $100, while diamond set versions can fetch $5,000 to $10,000.
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London
Catarrh Cure Claims Local Applications Fail
A fragment states local applications cannot cure catarrh and claims the disease is internal redress. The text suggests internal remedies as the path to cure, but provides no verifiable evidence or specifics about treatments or authorities.
At Last Mrs Newed Reveals Magazine Stamp Rule
Mrs Newed exclaims in excitement that the magazine returns no contributions unless stamps are provided. Mr Newed, half poet, comments on the rule as she insists their stamps were sent.
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Cardui
Cardus
Annie Hamilton
Stetsonville
Wis
Peruna Almanac Reaches 8 Million Homes
The Peruna Lucky Day Almanac is a fixture in over eight million homes and is free from all druggists. Request early as the 1908 edition is published and supplies will soon exhaust. Do not delay.
First Nobel Prize Funded by Earl of Bridgewater
The eighth Earl of Bridgewater, son of the bishop of Durham, left 40000 to be paid to the author of the best treatise on The Power Wisdom and Goodness of God as Manifested in the Creation. The judges divided the money among eight persons.
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Earl of Bridgewater
Durham
Lydia Pinkham Remedy Promised For Female Ailments
A reader from Denver recounts illness followed by operation and recovery after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad extols backache relief and menstrual disorder cures, inviting women to write for advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Denver
Pinkham
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Polk County
Barnett
Railway Commissioners’ Office
Gonda
Iowa Tax Revision Association
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Mallern
Vernon Dowden
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Dowden
C. H. Rohrig
C. W. Lyon
Prouty
Chicago
Nebraska
Kansas
H.C. Wallace
Wallace
Cha
Judge Weaver
S Ai. Weaver
Plymouth Congregational Church
Rock Island
C. W. Lyons
Ww. H. Given
Clevas
Des Moinen
Mr. Woods
Italy
St. Peter's
Rome
Dwama
Milan
St. Paul’s
Brown
St. Vitus
Kimace
Botti
HE Kline
Fon
Channing
N. W. Hide & Fur Co
Minneapolis
Irs
Winslow
N. Y Des Moines
Joan
Earl S. Sloan
Boston
Pmess
USA
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Cheserbrough Mfg. CO
New York City
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Uncle Sams
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Rans
Skustep
California
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Los Angeles
Cain
BORAX
Pakior
WHIZ
Ite
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Bridgs
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Afton
Defiance
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Amakeses
Tribune
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Cancen
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