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Newspaper
Ireton Weekly Ledger
Location
Ireton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1905
Page
8
A rustic observer muses on an impending struggle between farmers and motorists as noisy cars frighten horses, damage barns, and provoke frantic reactions. The piece mixes comic danger with rural frustration, detailing a roadside incident where a machine injures itself and locals react with alarm.
A scrambled 1905 advertisement fragment promotes Lowa Silvermine oats from Iowa and 20th Century oats from New York, along with Dr King’s Life Pills, Bucklen’s Arnica Salve, Electric Bitters, and Parker Drug Store offerings. It also lists Western rail fares, an Atlas style map for offices, and advertiser notices with rate changes.
I am no longer selling land for Earle F. Andrus of St Paul or collaborating with Wy Co Otto on the land business. I now offer a larger selection of lands than ever before in Pembina County North Dakota including improved and prairie farms in Red River Valley. Also selling lands in Eastern Pembina County, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa and other localities with favorable prices and terms. It pays to see me before investing.
A fragment from a time table listing NW RY departures and statuses with 4:28 pm and 6:45 am times. It mentions passenger train numbers 16 and 1g Steen Freight and freight numbers 33 Way Freight and 2 passenger and 3 passenger with various dashes indicating service status or missing data.
An advertisement for two steel engravings titled Who's Afraid? issued by Chicago & North-Western Ry. The 6x9 inch prints on heavy card are offered for four cents postage via WB Kniskern. The copy also markets De King's New Discovery for coughs colds and consumption with testimonial style claims and a trial offer.
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