Louisiana Hospitality Dramatizes Tiny Inn Experience
A Virginia storyteller narrates a humorous Louisiana hospitality tale from Lippincott's Magazine. Traveling with S. J. Cary they seek a night’s shelter and are hosted by a couple with six children. The couple feed them well then share the floor with the children, waking to find the guests sleeping in the bed and the couple on the floor.
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Lippincott’s
Louisiana
S. J. Cary
Stonewall Jackson C
Lonesome
Gort
Dodd's Kidney Pills Restores Cream Man After Ill Health
In Cream Arkansas on October 6 a resident Mr W D Smith reports eighteen months of epilepsy backache and kidney complaints ended by Dodd's Kidney Pills. He says he is now able to work and feels as strong as before illness. The product claims to cure kidneys and purify blood for health.
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Ark
W. di. Smith
Dodd
Mr. Smith
Chicago Wally News Verse Sparks Love and Laughs
A humorous exchange features a poetical boarder praising a woman’s beauty while a bachelor quips about men’s hearts and necks, illustrating light gossip in a Chicago setting.
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Chicago
Wally News
Mull's Grape Tonic claims to cure Constipation
An advertisement questions causes and dangers of Constipation and touts Mull's Grape Tonic as a guaranteed cure. It warns against laxatives and mineral waters and says the tonic, made from Concord grape juice, strengthens intestines and treats stomach and bowel trouble. It promises a free bottle to new users.
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Mull
Grarr Tonto Co
Third Ave
Rock Island
Label Instructions for Medicine Use Date and Number
The message notes that the genuine item bears a date and a stamped number on its label and warns to take no other details from the druggist.
Loss and Gain Golf Health Quip Cited by Washington Star
A Washington Star quip notes the health effect of golf on a husband. It says the game improved his health but warns if he does not improve his play it could spoil his disposition.
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Washington Star
Cure for Baby Eczema Sparks Sentiment Across Papers
A New South Wales mother details her two year battle with a baby’s head and face eczema. After trying many doctors she reports immediate relief from Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. The letter underscores family strain and speedy recovery with the remedy.
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W. J. Morgan
Orchard Town
New Lambton
New South Wales
Australia
Iowa Corn Outlook Aims for Record Harvest This Year
Des Moines October report from Iowa officials notes corn may reach 350 to 500 million bushels with 1905 crop ahead of 1904 and largely safe from frost. Officials acknowledge uncertainty but urge optimism as harvests in many counties show big yields while some areas suffer late plantings and flood damage.
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Russo Woodard
Des. Moines
Sage
Iowa
Crownie
Crownie Insists That It Is Going To Be A Disappointment. Mr. Sage
Mr. Crownite
Mr. Cownie
Mr. Sage
Mr.Cownie
Downie
Youngest Mayor in Trouble
Dorr W. Stevenson, Arispe mayor and banker, faces a crisis as his bank is closed by the state examiner after years of losses from litigation and failed crops. The Farmers' Savings Bank, with capital of 10,000 dollars, may meet claims, while Stevenson’s rapid rise from a 16 year old clerk to a bank director and cashier is highlighted.
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Carroll Electric Light & Power Company
J. L. Robb
Clinton
Cedar Rapids
Franklin Smiley
Charles Memmett
Bellevue
Des Moines
Richard Clarkson
United States
Iowa
Nebraska
Iowa State Register
Hampton
Maquoketa
Upper Iowa
Dorr W. Stevenson
Arsipe
State Examiner
DW. Stevenson
D. W. Stevenson
Arispe
Iowa State Savings Bank
Orient
Lewis Linebarger
Farmers’ Savings Bank
Mayor Stevenson
Mitchellville
Linebarger
Boy 11 Hangs Self Over Chicken Duty
In Des Moines an 11-year-old boy, William Van Houten, son of Charles II and Rebecca Van Houten, hanged himself with his belt from a bedpost, reportedly angered after his brother fed the chickens he wished to care for. The brother found the body after breakfast calls, with the boy’s knees nearly touching the floor and eyes protruding.
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Des Moines
William van Houten
Charles II
Rebecca van Houten
Multiple Iowa incidents dominate Davenport Des Moines Descriptions
Poisoning house sends candy to Davenport boys aged five and eight, allegedly from Jonathan Foulk of Marion, Iowa, sickening several children as the state board of control investigates poison intent. In Des Moines, Charles Dexter fatally stabs H Q Bateman after a drinking bout. Davenport notes Margaret O’Brien dies at 102, former Civil War nurse and Mercy Hospital inmate. An iron pot of Civil War era coins valued around $500 is found in Hyde Park, likely buried by a missing volunteer farmer.
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Clarkson
Grundy County
Iowa State Register
Twelfth
Iowa Infantry
Agnes Green
State Register
Frank
Richard
Richard P. Clarkson
Register
Pension Agency
Iowa-Nebraska
George D. Perkins
Sioux City
J. D. Hunter
Webster City
A. K. Bailey
Decorah
David Brant
Towa City
S. W. Rathbun
Marion
George EE. Roberts
Des Moines
S. W. Moorehead
Keokink
H.burrell
Washington
J. J. Richardson
Davenport
J. L. Waite
Burlington
United States
Dolliver
Allison
A. H. Thompson
Iowa- Nebraska
Dr. Thompson
George Foulk
Mamie Foulk
Jonathan Foulk
Board of Control
Charles Dexter
H. Q. Bateman
Milwaukee
Fifth
Locust Streets
Bateman
Mercy Hospital
Dexter
Iowa
Margaret O'Brien
Keokuk
George Brown
Hyde Park
Self made men and travel of American meat goods abroad
The piece critiques vanity and self interest among leaders and voters. It notes lawyers profiting from others troubles, flashy blarney in rings, and girls drawing men to church. It extols Yankee merchants expanding meat products to distant lands with various currencies and goods for trade.
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Chicago Packers
Sahara
Zanzibar
Brazil
Two Classes of Women Dividing Marriage Hopefuls
The remark divides women into two groups those who are married and those who remain hopeful. The editor notes social expectations and pressures shaping views on marriage during the period.
Wealth as Yardstick and Social Snippets
A string of quotations and remarks on business, manners, and happiness. Notes include reflections on male prudence in business, a jibe about class awareness, a dated customer testimony, and a statement that wealth measures little happiness.
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Louisiana Hospitality
Cleveland
Philadelphia Inquirer
C. B. Lamkin
Lyon and Osceola
Lyon County
Lyon-Osceola
Lamkin
Pocahontas County
George Whitmer
O’brien
House of Representatives
T. J. Prevo
Davis County
C. J. Lamkin
Osceola County
Thomas Harris
Poweshiek County
A. W. Buchanan
Wapello County
Eli Manning
Lucas County
Dobson
Hankau
George L. Dobson
China
Washington, D. C
Hankou
Thobson
Nottingham
Col
Mahin
Dawson
Hull
Shaw
Missouri
John Simpson
Department of Agriculture
Ravenport
American Can Company
Charles A. Smith
Alice Flynn
Riverside
J. F. Sheldon
Fergus Falls
Minn
Newton
B. S. Donehey
Jasper County
Dubudue
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Robert Morrell
Justice Gillette
Ralph Anderson
George Filer
Bessie Anderson
Cummins
Auditorium Hotel
Cedar Falls
Onawa
Minnie Fisher
Malone
Geo, L. Dobson
Iowa State News
The
California Fig Syrup Co
Louisville, Ky
New York, AY
Putnam Faceless
Monror Drug CO
Unionville
Somerville Journal
Puck
Piso
Thos
Robbins
Norwich
N. Y
Congressman Goulden
Doan
Joseph A. Goulden
Congress
New York
Iomen
Bath
Tienow Doan
J. A. Goulden
Yester-Milburn Co
Buffilo, N.Y
TOWER
A. J. Tower CO
Boston, U.S
Tower Canadian Co., Ltd
Toronto, Can
An, ME
St.Jacobs Oil
Price
Carters
Iver
Nashville, Chattanooga & St.Louis Railway
Union Depot
Chattanooga
Tenn
Andrews
Big Shanty
Kennesaw
Georgia
Western & Atlantic
W.W. A. Fuller
Anthony Murphy
Ringgold
W.L. Danley
Nashville
St. Louis
A. Paxton Company Bouton, Maege
Mecommuch & Sons
Sloan
Earl S. Sloan
Albany Street
Boston
Mass
Moline
AGEAT
SthAveecond
Jin & AU
F. W. Diemer
M.2
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