Allen's Foot-Ease and Other Household Quick Cures
A collage of old patent medicine pitches and ad copy urging readers to try Allen's Foot-Ease for swollen burning feet and corns, Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup for teething, Packard's hair dye, and Beeman's gum for dyspepsia. Also ads for Grain-O coffee substitute and solicitors wanted. Notable lines warn against drinking, boast quick fixes, and promote sample offers.
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Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy, N. C
Oklahoma settlement drive and new colony ad mix
An OCR fragment outlines land opening in Oklahoma Snoda area with 5,00100 acres offered for settlement, subscription details for the Tur Kiowa Chief, price lists, and a promotional note for a new colony by P. H. Fitzgerald of Indianapolis seeking farmers. It mentions Morgan’s Manus and a 210 page atlas style map and a general signoff on gravity and levity.
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Oklahoma
Snoda
Morgan
Gable
Andrean Dick T
Perry
Oklahoma Territory
Georgia Colony
P. H. Fitagareld
Indianapolis
Indiana
Inquest Finds Baxter Justified in Train Robber Shooting
The Oct 9 inquest in Council Bluffs, Iowa, finds Adams Express messenger Charles E. Baxter justified in shooting a masked train robber. Testimony from Engineer Donnelly and Conductor McGee details the encounter. the body to be turned over to Sioux City Medical College. Fire at Sioux City stockyards causes $18,000 damage. several structures burned, repairs planned.
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Medasonger Bastar Tella
MaGee
Sioux Cuy Medicil College
Council Bluffs
Charles E. Baxter
Adams Express
Basedale
Vigo Baddlett
Goodrich
John Donnelly
Frank Holman
Express
Baxter
Messenger Baxter
McGee
Eden
Treynor
J. F. Kennedy
State Board of Health
Sioux City Medical College
William Jepson
A. P.hanchett
State Board
Rapp
Bellevue
Nebraska
Colonel Davenport
Burlington
Lfe
Strange dream reports man crushed under train near Sioux City
Ed RB Fairman of Manning Iowa died after being struck by a freight train in Sioux City while recounting a dream of a railway accident and attempting to aid those crushed. He awoke to the reality of his peril with both legs nearly severed, dying shortly after amputation at a local hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
RB. Fairman
Manning
Briday
Wa Hospital
Homer, Neb
Lansing Bath and Care: Health tips and products
A collage of old ad snippets includes remedies for digestion Casarets and Calcarets, a note on cocoa contractors in England, a religious objection to war, a generic business opportunities column along the Chicago Great Western Railway line, and a remark that good manners improve appeal with a claim about women cleaning Cannes streets.
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Armingham
England
South Africa
Chicago Great Western Railway
Illinois
Iews
Minnesota
Missouri
First-Claga
W. J. Reed
Endicott Building
St. Paul, Minn
Reception for Priests in Dubuque Talks on Catholic Education
Archbishop Keane invited nearly all archdiocese priests, about 250, to a banquet at Hotel Julien and a reception at St. Raphael's Hall. He spoke plainly on parochial schools and outlined plans for a high school and potential Catholic university at Kelly Bluff, building on foundations laid by Archbishop Hennessy.
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Dubuque
Keane
Hotel Julien
St. Raphael's Hall
St. Joseph’s College
Kelly Bluff
Hennessy
Fire at Gieson Drug store in Fort Dodge shows peril
Fire erupted in a three story Fort Dodge block after an explosion in a Gieson Drug company basement. The blaze spread to oils and paint stock, trapping women on the third floor until rescued by firemen. It took ninety minutes to control the flames, ruining a fifty thousand dollar stock. Meanwhile in Ottumwa Frank Grant, a Davis county farmer, was found dead in his barn with his throat slit. His son alerted neighbors. coroner will empanel a jury to determine motive amid speculation of marital illness.
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Park
Sioux City
Stock Yards Company
Fort Dodge
Gieson Drug Company
Byan
Ottumwa
Frank Grant
Plains
Davis County
Guernsey
Bloomfield
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound advertised by mail
An 19th century advertisement claims Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured Mrs. Ella Rice of Chelsea suffering from bearing down pains headaches and other symptoms after doctors and medicines failed. It urges women to write for advice and provides an address in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Avery Day
Ella Rice
Chelsea
Lydia B. Finkham
Mrs. Pinkham
Lynn
Mase
Alcide at New Hampton tragedy and thunderbolt death
In New Hampton Iowa on October 2 John Schmidkamp a Burlington Wisconsin native with affluent background shot himself through the heart amid poor health. In Fort Dodge Iowa on October 6 Charles H Wilson a 36 year old traveling janitor for Hart Cragg was killed instantly by a lightning strike while at a company rendering works with two coworkers nearby.
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Alcide
New Hampton
John Schmidkamp
Burlington
Wis
Lightniog
Fort Dodge
Charles H. Wilson
Hart Cragg
H. M. Hosick & Co
Sioux City
Wilson
Lows
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Britain
United States
Agdnse
Nebias Hitcher Co
Elmira, N
Dr Bulls
Osborne
Gaborne Co
Auburn, N.Y. A
Erode
Fraight
Addreas
Brardo Bears
Roebuck & CO
Chicaqq
Frederick J. Pearson
E. E
M.E
and Water Works Systems
P.O
Omaha
Neb
W.L. Douglas
Ferseason
W. LD
Douglas
Feby
W. L. Douglas Shoe CO
Brookton
ST. Louis
Union Station
Kansas City
Quincy
City
Farnam Street
Paxton Hotel
Harry E. Moores
Paaken
Grampa
Return Mall
Fort Dearborn Pub
Dearborn &T
Chicago
Beeman
Putnam
A& Man
Connecticut
Belgium
Pommel
A. J. Tower
Boston
Mass
Pew Srerag
Hawi Thompson
Advertiggrs
Wilgiasfa
Magnetic Starch Manufacturing CO
Yew Railroad
Des Moines
Town Falls
Ellsworth
Iowa Falls
Illinois Central Railway
Daath
New Orleans
Nedroom
W. F. Clark
Budden
Hreonan
Get
John Brennan
D. H. Shaw
Rough Riders
William Swift
Moulton
Keneus City
Grinnell
Benton County
Benton
Iowa
Bella Plaine
Jack Davis
Watkins
Davis
Belle Plaine
Dairymoon
Ames
Iowa Experiment Station
Dairy and Chemistry
C. H. Eckles
J. W. Weems
F. W. Bourka
J. B. Weems
Babcock
Lansing
Cannes
Ine
RIA
Bears
Enis Bice
Union Lumber
Hwee
K. Comstock & CO
Bidgis Qhigarg
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