Nickel Plate Sells Holiday Round Trip Fares
Nickel Plate Road offers reduced round trip fares December 24 25 and 31 1903 and January 1 1904 for trips within 150 miles good through January 4 1904. Dining cars offer meals 5 cents to 1.00, with no excess fare on any train. Chicago ticket offices at 111 Adams Street and Auditorium Annex Depot La Salle and Van Buren. elevated loop and phone Central 2057.
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Nickel Plate Road
Chicago City
Adams
Auditorium Annex
la Salle and
van Buren
Phone Central
New York City
Boston
Chicago Depot
LaSalle and
van Buren Sts
Chicago
City
Adams St
Central
For Rent Farm near Monticello Monti cello Lovell 190 acres
For rent. A farm of about 190 acres in Lovell township within three miles of Monticello. S1¢F., Herrick & Bander.
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Lovell Township
Monticello
Public School Notes Highlight Teaching Growth and Plans
The Monticello public schools report on improved punctuality and attendance over the past year and a half. Highlighted items include a new printed course of study with Latin and English tracks, a renowned critique of handwriting by Prof. Palmer, and a large library addition.
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Palmer
Cedar Rapids
McCracken
State Teachers’ Association
Des Moines
Mary Marvin
Chamber
Monticello Public Schools
Association
Murat Halstead
Booker T. Washington
Rabbi Hirsch
Lorado Taft
W D. Willis
Chautauqua
Iowa
West Des Moines
West
Riddle
Monticello School Board Proceedings December 17
Monticello board met in regular session with Stir ton Hall Coxsee and Tiarks present. Minutes approved. Several bills approved including teachers fund and contingent fund items. Resignation of music teacher Miss Nelly B Turner accepted. Contracts for Carroll Lawrence Bates Sutherland Lane and Lank renewed for the remainder of the school year. Textbook committee approved study changes including chemistry replacing English history and updates to bookkeeping and rhetoric texts. Superintendent authorized to adjust Latin texts with Miss Jarman. report filed. Adjourned.
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Monticello
Board of Education
Stirton
Hall, Coxsee
Tiarks
Teachers' Fund
McCrAcken
Jarman
G Carroll
Nettie Hazard
Lillian Lawrence
U Hicks
M_A Bates
A J Rutherland
May Soules
N Lane
E Zimmerman
Lank
Margaret Young
Clara Rickless
B Sloan
Sloan
T Carmody
E Burne
Ben Schneider
C Haeussler
Matthiessen
Joe Peterson
Western Pub Co
American Book Co
Nelly B. Turner
Doxsee
N. G. Carroll
Mildred Bates
Josephine Sutherland
Nellie Lane
Allie Lank
Bryant & Stratton
Mayhew
Lockwood & Emerson
Chittendean
Waddy
Miss Jarman
Buckwheat flour offered by Langs and Stublers ad
An ad notes buckwheat ground at the mill to produce buckwheat flour. Orders can be placed by phone or via grocers, Lang's advertised, with Stublers carrying fur trimmed house slippers.
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Lang’s
Stublers
Amusing Prank by Eugene Field in New Orleans 1894
A Louisville man recalls meeting Eugene Field and Wilson Barrett in New Orleans in spring 1894. Field teased Miss Maude Jeffries by sending a giant brown paper sheet prank to her table, revealing a poem he had written, causing laughter for all involved.
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Louisville
New Orleans
Eugene Field
Miss Jeffries
Barrett
Grunewald
Field
Mr. Barrett
A Rough Ride The Story Lincoln Told The War
Lincoln explains his approach to ending the war by gradual slowing rather than abrupt action. He recounts a boyhood horse ride story to illustrate letting events unfold, saying he hopes time will allow a careful slowdown. The tale underscores measured policy over forceful sudden moves.
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Lincoln
How Water Freezes Explained by Heaviest Point at Forty
A Marine Journal insight explains that water is heaviest at 40 degrees F so ponds cool to this point before freezing. Once ice forms it acts as a poor heat conductor, insulating the warmer water below. This limits Arctic sea ice thickness to a few feet. Davis hardware sells coffee and teapots for Christmas gifts.
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Arctic Ocean
Marine Journal
Subscriptions Offer for Tribune and Express
Authorized offer pairing Chicago Daily Tribune with The Express for one year at 3.75 for local subscribers and 4.00 for out of county, with November December only and withdrawal Jan 1 1904. Also holiday roundtrip fares at 1. Think rail details include Nickel Plate Road and Chicago ticket offices.
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Chicago Daily Tribune
The
Express
Tribune
Chicago
Jones County
New York
One Hundred Dollars a Box for DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve
An advertisement by H A Tisdale of Summerton claims DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve cured his 20 year piles after other doctors failed. The product promises relief and cure for piles and skin diseases and is sold by all druggists. A Louisville Herald note reports a Philadelphia woman claiming descent from King David with remarks on lineage of Eve.
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H. A. Tisdale
Summerton
DeWitt
Louisville
Philadelphia
David
Eve
Electric Bitters Promised to Cure Common Ailments
An advertisement claims Electric Bitters quickly relieve nervousness sleeplessness or stomach upset and improve digestion kidney and liver function. It promises thorough system benefits and a 50 cent price with satisfaction guaranteed by O H Soetje, Chicago druggist. The Chicago Post notes M Bertillon expanding physiognomy into criminal detection, suggesting detectives may ID criminals by appearance.
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O. H. Soetje
Chicago Post
M. Bertillion
Coal Barons Stand Firm on Prices Despite Wood Fire
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune notes the coal industry maintains high prices despite the heat from a Wood fire and ongoing market pressure.
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Ad and Theatrical Note
Digests all classes of food and tones the stomach. Kodol cures dyspepsia and indigestion by rebuilding tissues and purifying the stomach. Gov. G W Atkinson of West Virginia endorses it as effective. Sold by all druggists. Nebraska Journal notes theatrical people prefer the prosperous west and milder snow.
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G. W. Atkinson
W. Va
Nebraska
New Discovery for Consumption Promises Cure
Beall of Beall Mississippi reports his wife suffered from pulmonary consumption last fall. After failure of other treatments she used Dr Kings New Discovery and improved at once, with four bottles curing her. Guaranteed by O H Soetje druggist. Price 50 cents and 1. Trial bottles free.
Success in the South for Northern farmers
Circular No. 11 from the Illinois Central Passenger Department compiles twenty letters from Northern farmers in nine states now on Illinois Central and Yazoo Mississippi Valley lines in Tennessee Mississippi and Louisiana. The letters describe success farming in new conditions and climate and offer guidance for those considering relocation. For a free copy of Circular No. 11 and complete Southern Circulars Nos. 1 to 11 write J. B. Merry Ags t Gen Pass Agt Dubuque Iowa.
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Illinois Central
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
J. BF. Merry
Ags
T Gen. Pass. Agt
Dubuque
Iowa
One Minute Cough Cure Endorsed by Tex. Doctor
A Texan physician, Dr Armstrong of Delia, prescribes the One Minute Cough Cure for coughs croup and influenza saying it acts at the source and cures by aiding lung oxygenation. The Chicago News notes a Boston mayoral race where the Democratic candidate Swallow defeated the Republican in a landslide.
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Armstrong
Delia
Tex
Chicago
Boston
Demarcatia
Swallow
Dr Kings New Life Pills Ad Teems With Claims
Blunders cost and life risks are cited as a preface to promoting Dr Kings New Life Pills for dyspepsia dizziness headache liver and bowel troubles. Claimed to be gentle yet thorough and priced at 25 cents at O H Soetje's drug store.
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Dr. King
O. H. Soetje
Guesser Arrested After Gun Draw in Church Fair Contest
In Alma a church fair contest went wrong when a top guesser was arrested after drawing a gun. Police responded to the scene and released no immediate charges details pending investigation.
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Topeka
Alma
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Advertised For Quick Relief
A frightened horse causes chaos in the street with occupants dumped, described as one of many accidents. The ad promotes Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a reliable remedy for Burns, Cuts, Sores, Eczema and Piles, claiming quick soothing effects at 5c a jar.
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Bucklen
Soetje
Little Early Risers Promoted For Morning Rise
In Yoakum Texas a dry goods firm led by J M Haller is noted in a palace car tale. He recommends DeWitt's Little Early Risers to a companion for a good morning after retiring. The dark brown taste headache and loggy feeling are described as avoided by these pills, sold by all.
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Lone Star State
Texas
Yoakum
J. M. Haller
Haller
DeWitt
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Youth
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Jacob and
John Reider
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Towa
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John B. Corbin
G. W. Eastwood
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H. M. Carpenter
Ricwanpsey
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S. E. Sarles
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