Vanderbilt's Start Story of Mrs Vanderbilt's Help
A New York Sun excerpt recounts Daniel Drew praising Mrs. Vanderbilt for financially aiding Cornelius Vanderbilt during his early career. It describes her running Bellona Hall in New Brunswick, boosting earnings and the Union line, and notes she lent $13 000 to buy his first steamship, enabling his rise as a transportation magnate.
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Daniel Drew
Vanderbilt
Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt
New York
Philadelphia
Drew
Emerald
C. Vanderbilt
Battery
New Brunswick
Stapleton
Bellona Hall
Bellona
Mrs. Vanderbilt
Portrait Price Sparks Imprisonment Joke Across Rome
A Roman noble commissions a portrait by a famed artist who asks 100 crowns. The sitter balks at payment, the painter then paints bars and the caption Imprisoned for debt on the portrait. Word spreads, a rich relative pays the debt and frees the kinsman, as noted by London Truth and Cleveland Leader.
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London Truth
For Sale or Rent 400 Acre Bowen's Prairie Farm
400 acre farm on Bowens Prairie offered for sale or rent. Seller prefers sale on easy terms. Contact Matt Faser at 12 Cascade, Iowa, for details. Insurance agent A Matthiessen represents Connecticut Continental Phoenix and Hawkeye for fire and windstorm coverage.
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Bowen’s Prairie
Matt Faser
Cascade
Iowa
A. Matthiessen
Connecticut
Continental, Phoenix and
Hawkeye
Proposal of Missionary Service Sparks Romance
In Gwendoline Kirkpatrick’s parlor, Algernon Hendricks debates her plan to serve as a missionary in Africa or China. The couple’s conversation unfolds amid low gas light as affection grows and they seal with a long kiss, revealing mutual love and hesitation. Also advertised: a farm for sale in Clay township, Jones county, Iowa, 227 acres with timber and improvements at $12 per acre.
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Gwendoline Kirkpatrick
Algernon Hendricks
Miss Kirkpa
Africa
China
Behid
Algernon
Cleveland
Clay Township
Jones County
Fasting Advocates Spark Debate on Weight Loss
The article questions why weight loss occurs with prolonged fasting while noting food sustains body and mind. It cites Lucci’s claim of surviving on his plant elixir to retard tissue changes, his recommendation of the substance, and his death in a French madhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucci
Africa
France
New York Ledger
In the Nursery. Little Hans and Karl Plot Birthday Pranks
The fragment shows two boys named Hans and Karl planning mischief to promise their father they will behave on his birthday tomorrow. The light, taunting tone mirrors a child’s sly exchange about a forthcoming gift or punishment.
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Hans
Karl
Papa
Unclaimed Letters List at Monticello Post Office
A Monticello Iowa post office notice advertises unclaimed letters as of December 5 1898. The item lists addressees and includes an ad for E W O Brien Shores Bros H B May and the slogan Early to bed and early to rise promoting a pill that purportedly lengthens life. D C Prader and Co.
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Monticello
Iowa
E. W. O’brien
Shores Bros
H. B. May
D. C. Prader & Co
Rail excursion tickets to all points within 200 miles
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway will sell excursion tickets for a round trip fare of one third to any point on its line within 200 miles of Monticello. Tickets valid December 24 25 26 and 81 and January 2 returnable until January 4. Tickets may be used for travel to Island 2d.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Monticello
Electric Bitters End All Ailments Promise
Suffering from full body pain and poor appetite, a tonic claim Electric Bitters will restore energy by acting on liver stomach and kidneys. Guaranteed to cure or price refunded, sold at D C Prader & Co.’s drug store for 50 cents per bottle.
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Ada E. Hart
Groton
Thal
D. C. Prader & Co
D.C. Prader & Co
Farmers Offer Bundle Subscriptions At Deep Discount
A newspaper advertises a limited time offer for farmers in the county. It bundles The Town Homestead Special Farmers Institute editions The Poultry Farmer The Farmers Mutunt Insurance Journal and the Humane Alliance with the paper for 2.20 to all farmers, 45 cents more than the paper alone, touting superior practical reading and humane education for the family.
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Town Homestead
Farmers’ Institute
Poultry Farmer
Farmers’ Mutunt Insurance Journal
Humane Alliance
West
Bucklen Arnica Salve Ad Claims For Skin Ailments
Advertising copy for Bucklen's Arnica Salve touts it as the best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions with a guarantee of satisfaction or money back. Prader Co and UDC sell it at 25 cents per box.
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UDC, Prader & Co
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Swift
H. T. Shore
Lucas Ave
St. Louis, Mo
Swift Specific Company
Atlanta
Georgia
The
Lovell State Bank
George L. Lovell
R. U
George L Lovell
R. C. Stirton
R. U. Ricklets
J. S. Hall
J. W. Coxsee
Herman Sandhouse
Nicholas Holst
Montell State Bank
National Bank
B. Farwell
F. M. Hicks
H. M. Carpenter
Richardson
S. 8. Farwell
Frank M. Hicks
EB. Surtes
John Schweitzer
Wm. H. Proctor
G. Henry George
William Stabler
O. H. Soetje
D. E. Pond
North America
Hartford
North British and Mercantile
Pennsylvania
Joan Gibson
Qphone
Bell
Tainter
Edison
Macdonald
Bend.uarteres
Columbia Phonograph CO
State St
Chicago
Ill
Paris
St. Louis
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Washington Buffalo
Harger & Blish
Main St
Dubuque
H, M. Troy
Cedar Rapids, Towa
D. E. Ponp, P. M
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Kay
Court of St. James
Canada
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London
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Santiago
Fourth Cavalry
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A. Kempf
George Knox
Abigail Garvin
Westford
Mass
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Nature
Simkins
Timkins
de Witt
Massachusetts
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Florida
Bucklen
Grand Rapids Furnt
Grand Rapids Nic
Persona'ly
California
VIA
Linois Central
New Orleans
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Southern Pacific Railway
New Illinois Central
San Francisco
Central
J. F. Merry, A.G.P.A., Lor. R
Homeseekers
Illinois Central RR
Ilinois Central
Yazoo
Msearel
Vaneymai
Illinois Central
Williams and Pints
Janesville
Town
Lyle
Minn
Ryan
Cedar Rapids
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Southern Homeseekers
Lowa
J. I. Merry
South Dakota
Minnesota
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LeMars
Waverly
J. F Merry
Finois Central Railroad
Bias Girth
WM. Ayres & Sons
Castoria
Nna
Ivy
Europe
Chicago Record
Associated Press
New York City
Inter Ocean
the Inter Ocean
Mail
SIS
Uncle Sams
New Territory
Philippines
Cuba
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Gath
J. Morton
C. P
T.A
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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