Reformed church dedicates new Hopkinton edifice in hopeful neighborhood scene
Among local items a corner stone ceremony marks the Reformed Presbyterian church society of Hopkinton. Other notes report a counterfeit $1 turned to $5, an electric vote in Olin, clergy retirements, burglaries, drownings, a drowning near Dubuque, and a string of county fairs with dates across Iowa towns.
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Reformed Presbyterian Church Society of
Hopkinton
Davenport
Buffalo Pan-American Return Fare Offer
Travel deal offers $13.00 to Buffalo and return with tickets sold daily by Nickel Plate Road. Return valid ten days from sale date with special low rates for 15 and 30 day limits from Chicago to Buffalo and back. John Y. Calahan, General Agent, 111 Adams St Chicago. Chicago City ticket office also at 111 Adams St.
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Epworth League Society
San Francisco
Cal
Ilinois Central
Dubuque
Denver
Colorado Springs
Manitou
Salt Lake City
Colorado Point
J.B. Merry
Asat. Gen. Pass. Agt
Buffalo
Ij. F
Merry
Asst
Gen's Pass
Iuwa
Anamosa Notes Include Death of Mrs Cline and Other Local Items
Word reaches Anamosa from Philadelphia of the sudden death of Mrs Cline wife of Chas Cline. Mr Cline is reportedly critically ill over 80 and once served as Jones County auditor. An eight year old girl from Cass sustains a broken arm from a colt incident. Twenty five applicants take a teachers certificates exam with results pending. C E Gillen learns his lottery register number 595 in Lawton district may grant a first class 160 acre claim, proxy registered for an old soldier worth about $3000.
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Anamosa
Philadelphia
Cline
Chas, Cline
Jones
J. ©. Peterson
Cass
Paul
Temple of Justice
C. E. Gillen
M.S. Johnson
el Reno
Oklahoma Territory
Gillen
Uncle Sam
Monticello News and Regional Notes From The Era
Mr Homer Boots will start next Tuesday for South Dakota with a party of twelve or fifteen land buyers. Judge McCain left for Chicago for a week with his sons Bert and George. Mr E C Holt and daughter Clara will visit St John Nova Scotia next week. he last lived there forty four years ago. Ice supplies and fair preparations are discussed as Lyons faces shortage while Center Junction receives shipments from Mr Cunningham. The piece notes corn crop prospects, weather impacts, and threshing gains, plus local ads for the U S A Business College Fayette Iowa and Minnesota land offers.
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Homer Boots
South Dakota
Judge McCain
Chicago
Bert
George
E. C. Holt
Miss Clara
St. John
Nova Scotia
Holt
Anamassa
Lyons
W. A. Cunningham
Center Junction
Monticello
Daily Excursions Via Nickel Plate Road Offer Eastbound Rates
Special low rates and favorable limits on all points east for travel via Nickel Plate Road from Chicago to Buffalo and New York. Contact John Y. Calahan general agent at 111 Adams St Chicago for details.
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Chicago
Buffalo
New York
John Y. Calahan
Adams
Laxative ad claims quick cure and Hippocrates grave find
An 19th century ad touts Electric Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia and liver troubles with a testimonial from D. C. editor A. Brown. It also notes a claim that Hippocrates’ grave was found at Larissa during excavations in Thessaly and mentions a royal commission evaluating actions.
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A. Brown
Bennettsville
D. C
O. H. Soetje
Hippocrates
Larissa
Thessaly
New Life Pilly praised for liver and skin cures at local drugstore
The ad touts Dr King s New Life Pilly as a liver regulator and blood purifier promising clear skin and rosy cheeks for 25 cents at O H Loctje s drug store. It also notes honey producers complain about artificial honey and a reader praising Chamberlain s Diarrhoea Remedy after a dysentery episode in Arkansas.
Bucklen’s Amica Salve praised for quick cure
Mrs. Nannie Galleger of La Grange Georgia used Bucklen’s Amica Salve on severe head and face sores and reported a rapid complete cure. The ad promises relief for sores bruises skin eruptions cuts burns scalds and piles with a 25 cent price and guaranteed by O H Soetje druggist. A Tid Bits note ends with a boy in muddy water saying he has whooping cough and is not at school.
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Nannie Galleger
la Grange
Bucklen
O. H. Soetje
de Witt
D.C. Prader
Panama physician touts remedy for deadly dysentery
Dr Charles H Utter of Panama Colombia cites a patient's cure from Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy after a severe dysentery attack. He reports rapid improvement in eight hours and full recovery within a week. The remedy is offered for sale by O H Soetje. An average man’s daily work uses about 300 tons of energy walking a mile.
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A. J. Cottingham
Washington County
Ark
Chamberlain
Mr. Cottingham
Lockland
O. H. Soetje
Chas. H. Utter
Panama
Columbia
Their Secret is Out Dr King’s New Discovery proves cure
Ail Sadieville Kentucky resident recounts dramatic improvement in Mrs. Whittaker and granddaughter after using Dr King’s New Discovery. The advertisement claims it cures coughs colds la grippe bronchitis and throat and lung troubles with bottles 50 cents and 1.00 and free trials at O J Soetje’s drug store.
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Sadieville
P. Whittaker
O. J. Soetje
Various Patent Remedies And Local Anecdotes From Ads
A collage of testimonials and brief items promoting medicines like Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and One Minute Cough Cure. Includes a court claim against a spiritualist a note on De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve and short quips about personal health and anecdotes.
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James White
Bryantsville
Ind
de Witt
D.C. Prader
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