Royalty fortunes and court tales across Europe
King Leopold plans a fortune of 10 million for public works with daughters receiving about 40000 each. Czar Nicholas learns a candle tallow trick after a costly habit. Crown Prince Heitel rumored to wed Princess Eva Battenberg. King Alfonso charms London with boyish antics and playful pranks endearing him to troops.
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Leopold
Lear
Regan
Goneril
Nicholas
Europe
Prince Hitel
Eva of
Battenberg
England
Eva
Eugenie
Duke of
Napoleon
Bonaparte
Alfonso
London
Made Quick Work of St. Dyer
A judge notes that she made quick work of St. Dyer as the inquiry asks if her father objects to the naming. The exchange centers on a single kick observed in court with focus on objections raised by the father.
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St. Dyer
Duell
Two Women Freed From Headache Through Dr Williams Pink Pills
Miss Stella Blocker of Leander Louisiana credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with ending years of headaches. After three boxes she recovered completely and reports relief from neuralgia and other nerve related ailments. Pills are sold by all druggists and claim to renew the blood.
Railroads Face Higher Iowa Property Taxes Amid Farm Burden
Iowa's state council increased railroad property assessments by 2.6 million, while farm land values fell by about 52 million. Gov. Cummins is blamed for raising the tax burden on railroads, with executives seeking changes via campaigns and a push to tax railways on earnings. Health drive teams from Des Moines plan stricter sanitation laws to curb tuberculosis, while North Dakota calls 1,000 harvest workers from Iowa with wages two to three dollars a day and a Des Moines to North Dakota rail fare of 14.50 dollars.
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Russell Woodard
Des Moines
Iown
State Council
Cummins
Rocky Island
Burlington
Milwaukee
Great Western
Northwes
Thilerasten
Adams
Wells- Fargo
Great Northern
United States
American and Pacific
A. B. Cummins
Executive Council
Iowa
Carroll Wright
Rock Island
Chicago
Gov. Cummins
North Dakota
Hay Yield a Bumper and Budget Talks Across Iowa
The week brought ideal weather boosting hay and small grain harvests with corn progressing and oats nearly all in shock. Budgets for state institutions rise to about 615,000 in requests, with total potential asks near 1.5 million, while Wilson defends Roosevelt era stewardship amid cabinet rumors.
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Sage
State Board of Control
Iowa
Roosevelt
Wilson
National Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Statistics
C B and Q to Build Reservoir West of City
The C B and Q railway buys 210 acres west of the city to erect a summer reservoir with capacity between 40 million and 56 million gallons destined to serve the railroad for one year. Iowa veterans to aid in forming a new Grand Army of the Republic patriotic instruction office joining the national encampment at Denver this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Grand Army of the Republic
Denver
Grand Army
Oldest Iowa horse lives near Stanhope in Hamilton County
In Webster City a 53 year old horse near Stanhope, owned by a Scandinavian farmer, is said to be the oldest in Iowa. The aged animal still travels four miles daily hauling cream, though its coat remains thick and muscles weaken with age.
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Webster City
Iowa
Stanhope
Hamilton County
Plan to transform Iowa papers into dailies under central printing
Assistant Postmaster General DeGraw announced a plan to convert 50 weekly and semi weekly Iowa papers into daily editions. Two pages would be printed at a central site for distribution to towns, while the other two pages containing local news would be printed locally. The scheme relies on rising rural demand for daily mail through rural free delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
DeGraw
Iowa
Father of Twenty Six Dead Clinton
Louis Stoecker died at his London home after a long life born in 1838 in Germany. He had eight children with his first wife and eighteen with his second wife, totaling 26 children and 25 grandchildren. Eighteen of his children survive, with several married and with their own families.
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Clinton
Louis Stoecker
London
Germany
Stoecker
Electric Lights Reach Iowa Falls to Alden Line
The Iowa Falls to Alden electric line is completed and will be lit after transformers are installed Alden will receive arc lights and 26 to 32 candlepower incandescent street lighting. Many business houses are wired and several residences will join the service, with farmers along the line also adopting the new electric lighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Falls
Alden
Iowa and Des Moines Rail Line Intention Reported
Central Rail Road Company filed articles of incorporation to build a new Des Moines to Ames rail line.
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Des Moines—Law
Supreme Court of Iowa
Ames
Central Railroad Company
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Transfer Company
Sister Mary's Wisdom and the Lamb That Advertised
A rural tale contrasts Mary and her missing lamb with John the storekeeper who stalls and smokes. The lesson emerges as wise merchants succeed by advertising while Mary’s family loses out due to lack of notice. Brokers and the Hitle maid reflect on the power of advertising for thriving sales.
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Mary
John
Cure claims for Dodd's Kidney Pills in Arkansas town
In Cleveland Arkansas July 381st a local resident A F E Carlile reports a long battle with kidney trouble lasting 23 years ending in relief after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. The notice touts the remedy as a cure for backache Bright's disease and other kidney ills and asks readers to take it on faith based on his experience.
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Cleveland
Ark
Dodd
A. F E. Carlile
Mar. Carlile
Mr. Carlile
Bright
Excursion Fares From Chicago Advertised
Detroit and back six fifty. Philadelphia round trip nineteen dollars. Aug 15 and Sep 1 17 dates listed with liberal stopovers. City ticket office corner Clark Street and Jackson Boulevard Chicago telephone Harrison 1757.
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Detroit
Philadelphia
Clark St
Jackson Blvd
Chicago
Harrison
Digestive Syrup Pepsin Promises Teething Relief
An old advertisement claims 90 percent of infant troubles stem from stomach issues and that Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin cures them with laxative action. It digests curdled milk and sweetens breath, with fever relief and safe use for mother and child. Sold by druggists 50c and 1.00, money back if it fails.
Allen's Foot-Ease advertised for tired feet
A promotion for a foot powder claims to relieve hot aching feet and ease tight shoes. Sold by A. B. Olmsted of Le Roy New York with a prompt request to accept no substitute.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
What She Would Take From Basement Diner Tale
A Chicago Tribune piece describes a dimly seen customer in a basement restaurant joking about food. The waitress, detached, retrieves a water and notes an odd order for boiled dinner amid light banter on a hot July day.
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Chicago Tribune
Indian Revenge Echoes in Frontier Tale
Hat-Nim-Alive, chief of the Ogallailas, proclaims the red man will win revenge and push pale faces from the continent. The Baltimore American notes a Michigan experiment employing Native American girl cooking school graduates as private-family cooks is succeeding.
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Hat-Nim-Alive
Michigan
Baltimore
Do Differently Now Grandmamma Brow Kiss Banter
A witty exchange from Smart Set captures Grandmamma recalling how grandpa courted her with a kiss on the brow. The Granddaughter jokes that such a kiss would prompt a rebuke rather than romance.
Clergyman Recalls Coffee Troubles Ended by Postum
A Iowa parish preacher recounts his wife’s severe vomiting tied to coffee use and how, after stopping coffee and switching to Postum Food Coffee, their symptoms vanished for nine years. He credits Postum with restoring health and urges readers to read The Road to Wellville.
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Iowa
Posttum Company
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Ulcers for Thirty Years Cure Claim in Gainesville Texas
A letter from M C Moss of Gainesville tx describes over thirty years of ulcer and eruption pain cured in six months by Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills. He asserts first use produced relief and urges others to try the remedies. Also cites Piso's Cure for cough and a humorous aside about love and luck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taam
Tia
Miss Odette Tyler Praises Bean's Kidney Pitts
Odette Tyler, renowned playwright and dramatist, writes a grateful note praising Bean's Kidney Pitts from Foster-Mann Co Buffalo for its value. The testimonial, signed by Tyler, notes positive experience with the remedy and is distributed to druggists at 60 cents per box.
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Odette Tyler
America
Rise Tyler
Bean
Foster-Mann Co
Buffalo
Odette Tyler. Co
N. W
Third Ave
Rock Island
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