Death of Wm. McGovern Sr. noted at Richland township
The Cascade Pioneer records the death on the 20th inst of Wm. McGovern Sr a respected Richland township citizen born in Newry Ireland June 5 1825 nearly 75. He worked as a newspaper compositor in Newry and later farmed in Iowa with a large family loss of three sons and a daughter in 1882. He leaves wife and sons William Jr and Thomas in Richland township.
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Cascade Pioneer
Wm. McGovern
Richland Township
McGovern
Newry
County Down
Ireland
McCovern
Terrence
Eugene
James
Frances Jane
Mr. McGovern
William, Jr
Thomas McGovern
Wapelled Buys Palouse Farm Near Colfax in Cash Deal
J W Wapelled and family arrive in the Palouse region from Langworthy Iowa and purchase the Jim Cochran farm one and one half miles north of Palouse for 8125 cash. The deal includes possession and improvements but excludes 148 acres of fall wheat. The family brings furniture horses and wagons and plans to stock and improve the property.
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Colfax
CMR
Stony Cazette
J. W. Wapelled
Palouse
Langworthy
Jones County
Towa
Lewiston
Asotin
J. K. McCornack
Jim Cochran
Ferguson
Nickle Plate to Run 27-Hour Chicago to New York Service
The Nickle Plate announces a May 6 launch of a daily 27 hour train service between Chicago and New York with enhanced dining car service at popular prices. Trains depart from Van Buren Street station with city ticket offices at 111 Adams Street and Auditorium Annex, contactable by telephone. A humorous Washington note mocks dieting fads and obesity advice, praising plain living and strict restraint.
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Nickle Plate Road
Chicago
New York
van Buren St
Adama St
Auditorium Annex
Central
Harrison
J. Y. Calahan
Adams St
Pacific Ave
Adams T
Central and Union
His Modest Luncheons
A lawyer recounts a lunching solution that ends menu confusion. He tells of a daily fixed menu under $1.25, allowing the waiter to choose a better meal while saving 20 to 80 cents. The scheme reduces indecision and improves satisfaction.
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Philadelphia Record
Figs Trial Ends With Bold Risk Proved Luckless
A fruit broker won a $100 suit over figs claimed unfit for eating. The plaintiff cross examined and faced contempt, then offered the judge to eat two figs to prove safety. The broker declined, the verdict went against the plaintiff, and he urged the broker to lose the case.
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Coster
Bottomless Holes From a Cincinnati Inquirer Tale
A Cincinnati Inquirer piece recalls a rocky Malwant river hollow with a bottomless rumor. A second nearby pit holds water and a shifting floating island of grass while locals fear meddling with powers best left alone.
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Malwant
Diamter
Tropics
Cincinnati Inquirer
Lasker Games Unknown Opponent in Manchester Simul
Lasker faced an unknown local player in a Manchester simul before the 1899 chess international. The challenger, granted board time by the club secretary, played fairly but was mated. When asked where he erred the player admitted never moving his knights, revealing he had not mastered the piece.
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Lasker
Manchester
Brooklyn Eagle
London Truth picks twenty best books in world ranking
A London Truth list names twenty top books in order led by The Bible and Shakespeare. Other entries include Paradise Lost, Vanity Fair, Dante, Pilgrim's Progress, Decline and Fall, Ivanhoe, Robinson Crusoe, and Pickwick among many classics.
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London
Truth
Komer
Vanity Fair
Pilgrim’s Progress
Golf Craze Turns Canary Keeper Into Bobolink Host
A Chicago Times-Herald quip notes a woman’s swift shift from keeping canaries to exclusively housing bobolinks as a vivid sign of a spreading golf fad. The playful line likens the obsession to a contagious craze altering domestic life.
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Chicago Times-Herald
Debtor and Creditor Exchange in Baltimore Jewish Comment
A brief exchange centers on a financial dispute with the debtor urging calm and the creditor insisting on payment. The dialogue highlights tension over a bill and collection, set against a Baltimore Jewish community context.
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Baltimore
Excursion Tickets to Clear Lake Offered by Rail Line
Clear Lake Excursion, The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway will sell round trip tickets to Clear Lake Iowa at one fare and a third daily through September 30. Clear Lake is described as a top Northwest summer resort. The Tri Express and Chicago Weekly Inter Ocean combo remains available for $2.00 to advance subscribers only.
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Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co
Clear Lake
Iowa
Northwest
Tri Express
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Important Change of Time on the Nickle Plate Road
A daily 27 hour through service begins between Chicago and New York with 3:30 p.m. departures from Van Buren St Chicago and 7:25 p.m. arrivals next day. The New York and Boston Express leaves Chicago at 10:35 p.m. daily with through cars to New York and Boston. Night Express departs 10:30 p.m. for New York and Boston arriving next afternoon. Dining cars on all day trains. Details from Mr. J Y Calahan.
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Nickle Plate
Chicago
New York
Boston Express
Boston
Night Express
One Life Saved by Electric Bitters Then Cure
Mrs. T. B. Hunt of Lime Ridge Wisconsin found relief after doctors failed with stomach trouble and yellow jaundice. Gall stones worsened her condition until she used Electric Bitters which cured her, touted as a stomach liver and kidney remedy. The ad notes 50 cents and D C Prader druggist as seller. Also mentions One Minute Cough Cure claims and Japanese mice priced at $100 each per French newspaper.
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T. B. Hunt
Lime Ridge
Wis
D.C. Prader
Painful cuts and bruises healed with Bucklen Amica Salve
Advertises Bucklen Amica Salve as quick pain relief and healing for cuts sprains and injuries. Claims the product cures chafing lips burns ulcers piles and is sold by D C Prader druggist with a 25 cent price. Also mentions Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and One Minute Cough Cure with various claims and endorsements.
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DeWitt
Takenoother
C. Prader
Bucklen
Amica
D.C. Prader
New King’s Discovery Cures Coughs and Colds
Dixie Kentucky witness T L Martin testifies how he suffered nightly coughs until using Dr King’s New Discovery. He praises instant relief and four years of family use, claiming it treats throat chest and lung troubles and can prevent consumption. Price 50c and 1.00, guaranteed with trial bottles free at D C Prader’s drug store.
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T. L. Martin
Dixie
Dr. King
D. C. Prader’s
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Rease Cod
Standard Oil CO
Ake
Monaca Coffe
Stuhler & Sons
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Farwell
Frank M. Hicks
S. E. Sarles
John Schweitzer
Win
I. Vroeter
G. Henry George
Williams Stuhler
O. HH. Soetje
H. M. Carpenter
The
Lovell State Bank
George L. Lovell
J.8. Udall
R.C. Stirton
Georgel. Lovell
R. C. Stirton
J. 8. Halli
J. W. Coxsee
Herman Sandhouse
Nicholas Holst
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A. L. Paiibanka
W. A. Mirick
D. E. Pond
North America
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North British and Mercantile
Pennsylvania
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Chicago Tribune
United States
Omaha World-Herald
Inquirer
the World-Herald
Guy Murs
Gnarldaiberald
Tribians
Wim. McGovern, Sr
Washington
Cleveland
Transvaal
Geo, Stiller & Sons
Grocers
Monticello
Daisy
London Zoo
Prader
Bessie Shirley
Salt Lake City
Charles M. Sheldon
Topeka
Suburbs
Brooklyn
D. C. Prader
Paris
Maryland
Russia
Peter the Great
J. H. McBrayer
Lawrenceburg
S. S
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta, GA
Mary Ittlen
Iron Mountain Railroad
Arizona
Har
Marsh Lifg. CO
West Lake St
District Court
State of
Matthew Johnson Nelson
A. D
Ela May Nelson
Bennafield Reiter
Arard
Ellen Anderson
J. W. Doxsop
Hannah Finn
A Hartman
District Court of Jones Co
Irank Biseck
Anamosa
P. J. Hartman
M. W. Herrick
H. C. Bohlken
Hicks & Eilers
Chas. H. Fletcher
Centaur Company
Murray Street
New York City
Che
West
Outer Ocean
Mail
Tiflis
John Kurt
C. W. Balsiger, Jr
Schweitzer Settlement
al. Kiburz
Greely Horse Importing Co
America
France
M. Quineau
Noce
Orne
DeSouis
Visconti
Madrid
Avata
Nogent
Vidocq
Coco
Vieux Chaslin
Mignon
Jean le Blanc
Dam—Vallante
Mallakoff
Vallant
Prosper
Decide
Vieux Pierre
Jean le Blane
Gentille
Coco II
Klondike Percheron Horse CO
Propr’s. Co
W. Balliger, Jr
Parker
M.& ST
P. Timh
Cedar Rapida
Paul
Minneapolis
Davenport
Farley
Marion
Kansas City
Calmar—Freight
Davenport—Freight
Oxford Freight
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