The Professor's Secret Returns to a Hidden Love
A shy Greek professor at a small college receives anonymous letters that stir his conscience and curiosity. When Ruth Payne, a timid student, is revealed as the letter writer, she confesses and asks him to accept their evolving bond. He vows to keep the letters and teach her to speak openly, finding companionship in their unlikely romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Payne
Claxton
Jwillage
Ile
Ife
Ruth
BR. G. Cluxton
Kinly
Boone School Board
Mayor Bittner Held by Johnson County Grand Jury
Solon mayor Bittner has been held to the Johnson county grand jury on charges related to operating a gambling house.
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Bittner of
Solon
Johnson County
Grand Jury
Travel Tales and Early Rowing Regattas Across Europe
In Scribner's account Captain Mott notes Russian travel comforts on Volga steamer ships and suggests third class can travel with minimal gear yet ample basics. The piece then shifts to 18th century English aquatic sport history, detailing Lord Lyttelton and the Savoir Vivre club planning a regatta in 1775 with royal guests and a landmark river-side social event.
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T. Bentley Mott
Scribner’s
T. Doggett
England
Lord Lyttelton
Savoir Vivre Club
Venice
London Bridge
Ship Tavern
Millbank
Ranelagh
Neptune
Gloucester
Cambridge
Public notices and quotes from Eldora and Des Moines reports
A mosaic of clipped quotes and notices from papers including the Providence Journal and Eldora Herald. Items discuss strict contract enforcement for Boone teachers, a former diamond robber turned cabinetmaker now in Des Moines, and a Chicago doctor’s successful treatment of dyspepsia.
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Frank Shercliffe
Dennison
Des Moines
Klinger Post Office Closed. Dunkerton Mail Serves Area
After a hearty meal a dose of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is advertised as a guaranteed cure for Indigestion Dyspepsia Gas on the Stomach and other stomach troubles. The notice lists O H Soetje as druggist and notes the Klinger Bremer county post office has been discontinued with mail routed to Dunkerton.
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O. H. Soetje
Klinger
Bremer County
Dunkerton
Poggen Klaus place for rent near Monticello
Property offers a good house and barn recently repaired with six acres inside Monticello corporate limits. Includes pasture suitable for a cow. Att G. H. George.
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Monticello
G. H. George
Fraud Alert Warns Against Imitation Medicines
A notice warns the public about counterfeiters imitating Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds to profit from a trusted remedy. It urges buyers to seek the Bucklen s or Dr King s wrappers and warns that fakes are circulating from Chicago and Windsor Canada. The piece also cites other reader letters and local chatter about remedies and jokes.
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Dr. King
Bucklen
H. ER. Bucklen& Co
Chicago
Ill
Windsor
Canada
New Life Pills Promise Relief From Food Poisons
An advertisement claims Dr Kings New Life Pilla cure sickness from undigested food poisons with a money back guarantee. It urges readers to buy at O H Soetjes drug store in Kansas City. A Pittsburg inventor has built a machine that can produce forty pies a minute.
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Dr. King
Yoas
O. H. Soetje
Kansas City Journal
Pittsburg
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Praised By Norfolk Man
Norfolk resident C. Rivenbark Jr. reports a severe knee burn blistered badly but Bucklen’s Arnica Salve stopped the pain and aided healing. The Toledo Blade notes the Taggart divorce case influencing summer travelers to regret leaving home.
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Bucklen
C. Rivenbark, Jr
Norfolk, Va
O. EB. Soetje
Toledo Blade
Taggart
Digestion Restored by Kodol Cure Promises Health
An aid to stomach health claims Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests what you eat and strengthens the digestive system. The Los Angeles Times notes seaside trips can leave men with a changed breath as a contrasting aside.
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Los Angeles Times
Best medicine for weak women relief found in Electric Bitters
Mrs. John A. Young of Clay, New York, suffered neuralgia of the liver and stomach and a weakened heart. She says Electric Bitters quickly relieved and cured her, calling it the best medicine for weak women. Sold under guarantee by O. H. Soetje druggist at 50 cents a bottle.
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John A. Young
Clay
N. Y
O. H. Soetje Druggist
Rocky Mountain Tea Promoted by O H Soetje
A brief note promotes Rocky Mountain Tea claiming it will wash and not rub off and will improve complexion. The advertisement attributes the claim to O H Soetje and summarizes the product’s benefits in confident terms.
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Gus
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
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Iowa
The
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Russia
Volga
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Aoman
Finnan Haddie
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Eldora
O. J. Smith
Eldora Herald
Fred Puleston
Eilere & Bolton
Burrichter's Drygoods Store
H. M. Remley
James Remley
Remley & Remley
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Malin Street
A. Matthiessen
E. Tarbox
Jones
Earth
Herrick & Bauder
Monticello State Bank
P. C. Babcock
Mirick, & Inclis
Monticello Bank
A. M. Maurice
D. D. S. Qfric
Lovell
Dental Department
Drake University
M. E
Epworth
W. E. van Buren
Washington Times
Topeka
Brookland
Hace Vhedn
Strub & Eilers
the New Butchers
Dray
J. A. Voorhees
Draying
General
P. O. Babcock
F. D. Slauson
Chas. H. Fletcher
Monmouth
Illinois
E. F. Ross
KK. E. Reed
Monticello, Ia
Santa Fe
Wm. Nicholson
Railway Exchange
Gcardui
Cardus
Ladies Advisory Dept
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga, Tenn
A. Kempf
Prop
Eagle Drug Store
Cedric
Davenport
Garnet Wilker
Onward
George Wilkes
Hambertonian
Garnet Wilkes
Kentucky
Bell
Clara T
Maud X
Ed. Clarkson
Garet Wilkes
Harroled
Maud S
Juliet
Pilot Jr
Miss Russell
Mandr
Nutwood
Cedrig
Bird
Harry Clay
Kentucky Clay Jr
Kentucky Clay
Toronto
St. Lawrence
Fulton
Woodpecker
Strater
C. IP. Clay Jr
C. M. Clay
Geo. M. Patchen
Lady Thorn
Gano
C. M. Clay Jr
Abdallah
Blond
Live Oak
Delhi
Hopkinton
Manchester
Henry Goodbile
Dan Williams
Lovell House
Dr. Shallenberger
W. E. Shallenberger
Oakwood Blvd
Chicago, Illinois
Drexel State Bank
H. C. Bohlken
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