Illinois Central Ocean Steamship Tours From New Orleans
Ocean steamship itineraries from New Orleans offer Mexico Panama and California trips under Illinois Central Rail Car groups. Tour dates include February 12 13 and Mardi Gras February 16 1904 with special vestibule trains dining cars and Open Top Observation Car.
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New Orleans
Mexico
Panama
Central
South America
West Indies
Europe
Illinois Central R. R
Beau Campbell
American Tourist Association
Quincy
Adams St
Chicago
California
Illinois Central
Raymond & Whitcomb
St. Louis
Mardi Gras
Ilinois Central
West Pullmans
Los Angeles
San Franscisco
Southren
Cincinnati
Omaha
Cenic
New Orleans Tourist Boost and Gulfport Hotel Ad
Winter rates for New Orleans are advertised along with luxury train service to Gulfport and through sleeping cars to Hot Springs. The Great Southern Hotel in Gulfport offers 250 rooms with modern amenities and telephone connections. The Illinois Central promotes Dixie Flyer routes via Nashville and Atlanta with through cars and connections.
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Illinois Central R. R
New Orleans
Southern Pacific
S. S
Louisiana
Havana
Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Louisville
Illinois Central R. A
Cuba
Gulfport
Miss
Great Southern
Mexican Gulf Coast
Memphis
Illinois Central
Hotel
Florida
Jacksonville
Nashville
Chattanooga
Atlanta
United States in the Orient in March Booklovers’ Magazine
Harold Bolce discusses America’s opportunity in the East with focus on Korea, China, and the wider Orient. He cites interviews with statesmen and merchants, contrasts pro and anti Russian views, and argues for broad statesmanship to sustain U S commercial expansion as Russia and Japan contend for influence. The piece highlights maps, color plates, and Bolce’s field vantage in the Far East.
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United States
Orient
Harold Bolce
America
East
Korea
China
Bolce
Washington
Booklovers
Far East
Atlantic
Pacific
Japan
Russia
Manchuria
Republic
Six Small Certificates Earned for Large Award
Fran, the Jones County Teacher, lists students and teachers from multiple townships who have earned six small certificates each, qualifying for a large certificate. Names span Cass Mabel Watt to Tonie Ruley across Pleasant Hill, South Prairie, No 2 Washington, Castle Grove, Maple Grove, Lovell, Rome, Pleasant Valley, Black Oak, Wayne, Hale, Scotch Grove, and Oxford districts.
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Fran
Jones County
Cass
Mabel Watt
Abbie Corey
Windy Mare
Victory
Clay Township
Lillie B. Brownell
Hazel Hamilton
Pleasant Hill
Jackson Township
Katie Pecosh
Grant Brickley
Elmer Russell
Howard Brickley
Delbert Brickley
Clinton Glenn
South Prairie
Wyoming
Oscar Huffman
Rome
Frances Lamb
Noel Easterly
Roscoe Easterly
Pleasant Valley
Anna Hanlon
Gladys Houstman
Irma Porter
Jim Hayden
Etta Stivers
Florence Porter
Harvey James
Elsa Clymer
Pearl Clymer
Black Oak
Mary Gorman
Ella Bailey
Wayne
Carrie Page
Johannah Harms
Hale
Lara Vaughn
Lee Freeman
Vernon Freeman
Scotch Grove
Blanch Clarke
Emma Henricks
Lyman Dreibelbis
Oxford
Bess Williams
Tonie Ruley
Sultans and Czars Face Black Sea Fleet Dilemma
The commentary questions whether Istanbul's ruler will back the czar by restricting Black Sea naval power to a secure zone free from Japanese torpedoes, arguing alliance depends on strategic safety.
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Kansas City Star
Turkey
Black Sea
Monticello Iowa Seeks Treasurer and Director at March Meeting
Notice to elect a school treasurer for a two year term to replace Hicks and one director to succeed Hall. Meeting at Monticello city hall March 14 1904 from 1 to 6 pm. Voters also decide on a 2000 dollar tax for the school house fund to cover bonded debt and interest. R P Smith secretary. Monticello Iowa March 3 1904.
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Monticello
Iowa
EB. G. Hicks
J. 8. Hall
Independent School Corporation of
Egg cure for bone felon physician claims
A physician with a large practice prescribes an egg cure for a bone felon. Break a fresh egg at the larger end, insert a finger into the shell, push the egg in, wipe away leakage, wrap with cloth, and leave overnight. Often the felon is cured, sometimes requiring a second application.
Fisherman Fweddy Quips At Slippery Catch
In Stray Stories Perkins calls Fweddy to remove a fish from the hook as he yawns and jokes that fishing has its rough moments. The pair discuss the perils and humor of Angling and the sport.
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Fweddy
MAKE EXERCISE A HABIT
A Chicago Record Herald item urges regular exercise as essential for health. It stresses deep breathing, daily habits, and viewing athletic men as examples to follow, warning against neglect.
Scraps of science spark curious notes from Manchester
A Manchester woman invents an electric pickpocket alarm. Muller’s experiments show bullet wounds in no gun barrel would stay sterile if microbes are absent. Phosphorus can be produced by an electric furnace process with carbon and sand. Sugar glucose and chalk absorb sunlight and emit rays at night. Thorium is reimagined as part of a new class of substances. Kraemer explains corn popping via endosperm structure and moisture balance.
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Manchester
England
Muller
Berzelius
Kraemer
Philadelphia
Love as the mainspring of industry in a sermon
A sermon excerpt argues love for home and family drives industry, not self interest. It cites Erskine’s defense before a hostile court, recalling his children tugging at his robe for bread, and credits the vision of dependents for motivating public effort.
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Erskine
Lyman Abbott
Atlantic
No Royal Road to Learning Quote From Euclid
The famed Greek mathematician Euclid taught in Alexandria and replied to King Ptolemy Soter that there is no royal road to learning. This remark has endured for over two millennia as a timeless reminder of diligent study.
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Euclid
Alexandria
Egypt
Ptolemy Soter
Nutrition basics and mineral importance in living beings
The passage notes oxygen water salts carbon and nitrogen as life's base. It cites Tiorster who fed dogs organic matter with little minerals, causing death sooner than total starvation. Sferrera in Revue Scientifique suggests life is an aggregation of minerals and biology a branch of mineralogy.
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Tiorster
M. Sferrera
Revue Scientifique
Paris
Broad sows for sale at Scotch Grove due to farrow soon
A listing advertises high grade Poland China broad sows for sale at Scotch Grove, due to farrow between April 10 and May 1, priced at 36t £ C6. 8, with contact Applegate. Also notes a ten room rental on Sycamore Street with furnace bath and barn, and a Burrichter’s ginghams line.
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Scotch Grove
Poland
China
Farrow
Applegate
Sycamore Street
The Kickapoos and Their Peculiar Marriage Customs
The Kansas City Journal describes the Kickapoo Indians as selecting wives, implying mutual consent, with no scandals or crime among the band. It notes strict fidelity, communal ownership, and a belief in two spirits, plus daily religious dances, singing, and tom-tom beating, with caution toward outsiders.
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Mutrall
America
Kansas City Journal
Complex Kinship Web Revealed By Simple Marriage
A philosopher notes how marriages can create tangled family ties. He cites a man who married his first cousin's daughter, producing two children whose relationships to each parent form a matrix of cousin removals. The speaker claims to have proved a theorem on how simple causes yield complex offspring relations.
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Know
Providence Millionaire Seeks Value From Rat Killer
A New England senator recalls a wealthy Providence businessman famed for tightfistedness. He hired a rat catcher to clear warehouse cellars of rodents and balked at a $10 bill, exclaiming “$100” and asking if he would get anything for the rats, a tale cited by the New York Tribune.
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New England
Providence
New York Tribune
Young Mrs Mead Engages Servants Despite Cautions
A newly married Mrs Mead hires a man and his wife as workers at her home. She expresses hope for happiness and harmony. The man replies that they have many children and keep quiet about Bridget, implying tensions behind the scenes.
Land for Sale in Minnesota and Canada Northwest
One hundred thousand acres of timber meadow and burned lands in Eastern Central Minnesota offered at $4.50 to $8 per acre. Two hundred thousand acres of prairie land in the Canadian Northwest at $5 to $8 per acre. Henry M. Troy lists land folders and terms at 502 Guaranty Building Minneapolis Minnesota. Also Stevenson farm 283 acres near Monticello Jones county with two-story house two barns and timber water. price $53 per acre if sold within 30 days by McLaughlin & Eby.
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Minnesota
Canadian Northwest
Henry M. Troy
Guarranty
Minneapolis
Minn
Stevenson
Monticello
Jones County
McLaughlin & Eby
Desirable Houses for Sale and Farm Goods Offered
Poland China sows for sale with full blood lines and gifts safe in pig. Jones County contact A Colton Langworthy. Also Desirable houses for sale including a large house near the depot suitable for boarders. James A Voorhees. The Model Grocery promotes Ferndell Coffees as favorites with Jay the Grocer's selling the product.
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Poland
Jones County
James A. Voorhees
Ferndell
Jay the Grocer’s
Strength Building Through Digestants and Kodol Cure
A health claim promoting Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a strength builder by aiding digestion. It asserts the product adds to the physical, strengthens nerves blood and tissues, and enables the body to absorb healthful qualities. Pleasant tasting and sold by all druggists.
Reverend Jones Sees Cotton Profits Beat Lecturing
Rev. Sam Jones sold his cotton at sixteen cents a pound and asserts that the life of a truthful cotton agriculturist is sixteen to one better than lecturing.
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Sam Jones
DeWitt's Little Early Risers Promoted In Ad
An advertisement claims Little Early Risers are perfectly safe for children and guarantee thorough relief from biliousness. It asserts universal satisfaction and preferring them to other pills. The piece also references a dramatic foreign-coverage rumor about the Russian Black Sea fleet through the Dardanelles.
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DeWitt
Kansas City Journal
Dardanelles
Witch Hazel Salve U Sought as Genuine Cure
The Chicago firm E. C. DeWitt & Co. claims origin of the genuine Witch Hazel Salve for cuts burns and eczema warning buyers to check the box for their name to avoid dangerous counterfeits. Chicago Post questions Wall Street patriotism and the dollar versus country and flag in New York.
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E. C., DeWitt & Co
Chicago
KEC DeWitt & Co
Chicago Post
New York
Wall Street
Remarkable Pneumonia Cure Story From Marion Indiana
Mrs Gerturde E Fenner of Marion Indiana suffered a severe lingering cough that weakened her to 92 pounds before using One Minute Cough Cure. Four bottles cured the cough strengthened her lungs and restored her to normal weight health and strength. Sold by all druggists Louisville Post Diamonds up as Standard Oil dividends fall Miss Tar bell blamed for fluctuations
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Gertrude E. Fenner
Marion
Indiana
Louisville Post
Miss Tarbell
New Discovery Cures Coughs and Lung Ailments Proclaimed
Mrs. W. Watkins of Pleasant City Ohio credits Dr King s New Discovery for curing her son of pneumonia and a severe cough after other doctors failed The remedy is advertised as the only safe cure for coughs colds and all lung diseases with trial bottles free and price 50 cents Kansas City Times notes a reported change in General Kuropatkin s travel plan but says the journey must be by the Trans Siberian railroad.
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Kansas City Times
Kuropatkin
E. O. Gewitt &Co
Chicago
Ili
Electric Bitters Tonic Promoted For Nervous System Ailments
A vintage advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a remedy for overwork sleeplessness nervous tension and liver and kidney disorders. It claims relief from nervousness rheumatism neuralgia and malaria germs and promotes a 50 cent price with satisfaction guaranteed by O Soetje, druggist.
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O. Soetje
Connecticut Clergyman Urges Women Share in Drink Debate
A Washington Post report quotes a Connecticut clergyman who says drink is very harmful to women. He argues men should unselfishly take on the women’s share in that social issue.
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Washington Post
Connecticut
Working Overtime and the Promise of New Life Pills
An old advertisement touts Dr. King's New Life Pills as the cure for indigestion biliousness constipation and stomach liver and bowel troubles. It claims tireless workers benefit from the product available for 25 cents at Soetje's drug store.
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Dr. King
New Life
Soetje’s
Scarless Liniment Praised by Nevada Horse Importer
Mr. H. C. Lowery of Nevada Iowa imports fine horses and endorses Scarless Liniment after three years of use. He says it treats sprains bruises and flesh wounds better than any prior product. Available at all druggists and country stores.
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H. C. Lowery
Nevada
Iowa
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve praised for quick healing
P A Danforth of LaGrange Georgia reports a six month running leg sore cured in five days by Buckien’s Arnica Salve. The ad touts its use for ulcers wounds and piles with a cure guarantee at 25 cents through O H Soetje. Also claims Scarless Liniment heals a horse cut with no scar and is guaranteed available at druggists and country stores.
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P. A. Danforth
LaGrange
Buckien
O. H. Soetje
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R. P. Smith
Monticello, Is
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Smarticus
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Chas. H. Fletcher
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Santa Fe
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I. LL
Palmer
Pass
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Mass
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Edwin Burchell
Shelby
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H. M. Hroxs
H. M. Carventen
Richardson
Csh'r
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Farwell
Frank M. Hicks
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John Schweitzer
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Oxford Freight
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