Poison from weed prompts remedy aid and plant lore
A Sioux City man recalls his 11 year old boy being poisoned by weed contact to eyes and saved by DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve after one application eased the injury. The note also asserts the salve treats skin issues and warns against counterfeits. It mentions an Ionian Island well at Zante as a long known petroleum source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Dibble
Sioux City
DeWitt
Zante
Ionian Islands
DeWitts Little Marly Risers Promote Liver Health
This vintage advertisement touts DeWitts Little Marly Risers as a harmless vegetable tonic for the liver and bowels. It cites a testimonial from W. Scott of Milton Pennsylvania who has used them for years and would not be without them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
W. Scott
Highland Age
Milton
Experiments in Swine Feeding by Iowa Experiment Station
The bulletin reports five hog rations tested on young pigs. Five parts corn meal with digester tankage or beef meal or Armour tankage or Standard Stock Food improved net profits versus corn alone. Swift's digester tankage gave over 84 percent more profit, Darling's beef meal over 22 percent, Armour's tankage over 7 percent, Standard Stock Food over 10 percent. Copies available from Charles F. Curtiss at Ames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Swift
Darling
Charles F. Curtiss
Ames
Town
Monticello Depot News Amid Golf and Graft Tales
Reports claim the Milwaukee Road plans a new Monticello depot while local graft rumors center on Brother John Shane earning a hundred dollars in a Monticello calendar scheme. A Monticello bowling team beat the locals by fifty-two pins as Goodman posted 184. Dr Gorman treated John Fogerty after a threshing engine spark ignited hay stacks and a roof accident left Fogerty with a deep facial gash and stitches, flames eventually contained without farm damage.
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Anamosa
Milwaukee Road
Monticello
John Shane
Brother Shane
Shane
Prairieburg
John Fogerty
Fogerty Place
Fogerty
Hopkinton Leader Notes Local Visits and Bargains
Roy Williamson visited Monticello Monday evening. Mrs. Maggie Brady and Mamie spent Sunday with friends in Monticello. Louis Lang and family hosted I. C. Reeve at their Langworthy home Sunday. Nellie Turner of Monticello and Zella Merriam of Coggon stayed with Mrs. N. A. Gearhart Tuesday. Henry Poppe and wife visited Saturday to see Ament Aegerter who suffered a stroke and now has limited mobility. Monticello ladies shopped Hopkinton merchants Monday for bargains. town may soon run special trains on bargain days.
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Hopkinton
Roy Williamson
Monticello
Maggie Brady
Mamie
Louis Lang
Montiticello
I. C
Reeve
Nellie Turner
Zella Merriam
Coggon
N. A. Gearhart
Henry Poppe
Langworthy
Ament Aegerter
H. F. Studdard
Aegerter
What a Boy Should Know From the Chicago Post
A successful man lists key practical skills for youths entering business. He urges legible handwriting spelling good English and clear letter writing. He covers arithmetic tasks, receipts, bank checks, ledgers, and basic quotes of information a educated boy should master.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Chicago Post
Notable Rooms and Roof Update at Condon Building
Good office rooms in the Condon building both up stairs and down, also good living rooms up stairs. A new roof has been put on the building, and the rooms will be papered to suit ten ants. Enquire of Horses, giraffes and ostriches have the largest eyes of land animals, cuttle-fish of, sea creatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
N. W
Nome
Anvil Creek
Condon
Enquire
Spanking Mix Up on Train Ends With Stranger Son
A Detroit man punished a boy on a train after mistaking his own son for another passenger. He returned to find Willie’s head outside the window, then spanked the child. The man realized he had corrected someone else’s son and was stunned by the mix up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Free Press
Willie
Trademark registration fees worldwide and local vary widely
An article compares trademark registration costs across nations citing $145 in gold for Zululand Peru Uruguay Hongkong Granada as the highest. The United States charges $55, Canada $60, much of Europe $75, with other colonies and regions ranging up to $135 to $145. It also notes Thos McEline farm sale in Jones county Iowa and nearby rental farms offered by W H Santorp in Amber Iowa.
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Zululand
Peru
Uruguay
Hongkong
Granada
Patent Office
Canada
Europe
Great Britain
Germany
Austria
France
Spain
New South Wales
New Zealand
Cape Colony
South Africa
Costa Rica
Thos. McEline
Wayne Township
Jones County
Iowa
W. H. Santorp
Amber
Unclaimed Letters at Monticello Post Office 1902
Advertised August 18 1902 names unclaimed letters at Monticello Iowa including Mr John Bentler Robert M Carlisle Madison Ross Mr Lew William D E Pono P M Also rental offer for a 160 acre farm three miles from town at 3 dollars per acre by J J McCanrtny Lawler Iowa suitable for good neat farmers only Located three miles from town and three dollars per acre
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Iowa
John Bentler
Robert M. Carlisle
Madison Ross
Lew William
D. E. Pono
P. M
J. J. McCanrtny
Lawler
Excursion to Clear Lake by C M St P RY
Excursion tickets to Clear Lake Iowa will be sold daily until Sept 30 and valid for return within 30 days of sale. Clear Lake noted as a premier Northwest summer resort. Crop report shows cooler weather and heavy rainfall with widespread flooding and damage to grain, oats, and stacks. Corn remains largely safe with warm, frost-free nights expected into October. Army color changes from blue to olive green cited with nostalgia for the boys in blue.
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Clear Lake
Iowa
Northwest
Saya
New Rail Line to Link Eureka SD with Linton ND
The Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway extends from Eureka in McPherson County South Dakota to Linton North Dakota passing through the Wheat Belt of South Dakota. The line is expected to be finished this fall in time for harvest and will open five new towns Greeway Zeeland Hague Stafford and Linton for sale in August and September.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Eureka
McPherson County
South Dakota
Linton
Emmons County
North Dakota
Greeway
Zeeland
Hague
Stafford
Boschee's German Syrup Promoted By Dr A Boschee
An advertisement touts Boschee's German Syrup as a proven cough and lung remedy from Dr. A Boschee a noted German physician It claims two million bottles sold annually since 1868 and that the medicine cures coughs colds and severe lung troubles in three doses priced at 75 cents It also notes the first live musk ox brought to the United States reached Chicago from near the Mackenzie River and Arctic regions last week.
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A. Boschee
United States
Green
Chicago
Mackenzie River
Arctic Circle
Bailey’s Dyspepsia Tablets offer relief and cure
Promotes quick relief from stomach discomfort and a lasting cure with regular use after meals. Chocolate coated tablets aid digestion by helping the body extract nourishment, preventing undigested food from decaying and poisoning the system. Price 25 cts. Lakeside Medicine Co. Chicago. Sold by Bacher & Abel. Greenland glaciers average 1000 feet thick move 50 feet daily and discharge four square miles of ice yearly into the sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey
Lakeside Medicine Co
Chicago
Bacher & Abel
Greenland
Cough Cure claims quick relief and safety
A promotion extols One Minute Cough Cure to treat colds and coughs with immediate action. It also touts Dr King’s New Wife Pills for overall health, plus a trivia note about palm pores and a 60 ton steamship propeller shaft cast in Chester Pennsylvania.
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Chester
Arnica Salve Heals Severe Piles After Doctor Failure
F A Gulledge of Verboni Alabama paid many doctors for a severe pile condition causing 24 tumors. Bucklen's Arnica Salve healed him, relieving inflammation and pain. 25c at O H Soetje's drug store. Also notes footnote comparisons of square dance and waltz distances and Putnam Farness Dyes claim for even dyeing and bright colors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Gulledge
Verbena
Ala
Bucklen
O. H. Soetje
Kodol praised for stomach relief and heartening results
Geo W Fry of Viola Iowa credits Kodol with curing months of stomach trouble and urges a neighbor with dyspepsia to try it. The ad extols Kodol as a reconstructive tonic that digests any good food after meals, linking digestive health to overall strength. A note mentions a vast rock salt deposit near Cardona Spain.
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Geo. W. Fry
Viola
Iowa
Photographer C C Harlan Finds Relief From Indigestion
Eaton Ohio photographer C C Harlan endured years of severe indigestion until Electric Bitters restored his health. He calls them a godsend for dyspepsia and stomach trouble, noting they boost the whole system. Sold 60c with guarantee by O H Soetje. Prismatic lake in Yellowstone National Park is the largest body of hot water.
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C. C. Harlan
Eaton, O
O. H. Soetje
Yellowstone National Park
Dr Kings New Discovery touted for throat and lung cures
A Georgia resident J H Johnston recounts recovery from bronchitis with Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption. The ad claims it cures asthma in his wife and calls it the best group medicine, with trial bottles free at O H Soetje’s. Also notes world telegraph offices and Putnam Fairness Dyes for quick dyeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Johnston
Broughton
Dr. King
O. H. Soetje's
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N.Y
Bacon
RAND
Menally Offici
Montelstate
National Bank
Farwell
F. M. Hicks8
H. M. Carpenter
Richardson
S. S. Farwell
Frank M. Hicks
KE. Sarles
John Schweitzer
John McDonald
G. Henry Geoge
William Stabler
H Soetje
H. C. Bohlken
Hicks & Hilers
Lee
Blatchford
Call and Lee
Crug
Maw
Peoma
Teen Ator
Goren Paca
Arma
Oliver
Oliver Typewriter
Mic Oliver
Oliver Typewriter Co
Lake St
Curcaco, Inn
Lovell State Bank
GrorGce L. Lovell
R. O. Stirton
Hall
Preat
W. Coxsee
Nicholas Holst
AL. Fairbanks
H. Sandhouse, Wm. Schodde
W. A. Mirick
Co. C. Lewis
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
J. W. Coxies
Uneeda Biscuit
Eureka-Linton Extension
North and
O. H. Soetje’s
Putnam Farness
Caja
Castoria
E ' Geo
Doe Wah Jack
Round Oak
Eatate
P. D. Beckwith
Dowasiac, Mich
Beckwith
Atove
J. S. Hall
Ree
Rauwnd Oak
Cardona
Putnam Fairness
D. E. Pond
North America
Hartford
North British and Mercantile
Pennsylvania
New York
Dewrrr& Co
Chica
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