Randolph Baking Powder and Daily Remedies Noted in Local Ads
Randolph Baking Powder touts purity and superior results. Local ads promote Bromo-Lax a safe Quinine free remedy for colds and neuralgia. Dr Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup endorsed for coughs. Notices report J M Woodcock’s return to Chicago from Easter visit and Mr Kirk Milnes purchasing land in Rock Island County. Mrs Lucelia John learns of sister Mrs A Mattoon’s Boston death.
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Kirk Milnes
West Liberty
A. G. Tyler
Rock Island County
Illinois
Dr. Wood
Lucelia John
Old Ladies’ Home
Boston
Mass
A. Mattoon
Mattoon
Andrew Humphrey
Local notices and personal updates in Muscatine
Short items note Dr. Pentzer eyes examination free. Coldren couple home from Iowa City. Home Tea Co. named west’s largest premium giver. Mrs. McBride back from Davenport aboard the Helen Blair. Promoting Dr. Blood Bitters for lazy liver and skin remedies. Mrs. Funck improving after illness. Various ads for ointments and tonics. Clergy visits noted and Rev Thorn travels between cities. Accidents advice from Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil. Houdek family heads to Wisconsin for shell and pearl work. Miss Heller returns home to Ottumwa. Post office bulletin warns against abbreviating Iowa. Mrs. Shoemaker and son travel to Chicago for son’s wedding. couple to reside in Chicago.
One-Way Colonists Rates Announced by BCN Ry
The Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway sets one way colonists fares for March and April at all stations. Key destinations include Denver Salt Lake City Helena Butte Portland Tacoma Seattle with many other points served. Settlers' rates also apply from all BCN points to northwestern destinations on April 25 and May 1 and 8.
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Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Ry
Denver
Salt Lake City
Helena
Butte
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
John G. Farmer
N. Ry
Precedence Clash Over State Occasions in Washington
A dispute in Washington pits supreme court judges against foreign ambassadors on rank at official and social events. The dispute touches official etiquette and society questions and risks sparking a social upheaval or foreign conflict without a satisfactory settlement.
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United States
Washington
Supreme Court
Voyage by Zeeland Ends Seasickness for Mahin Family in 1902
Frank W. Mahin recounts a smooth Atlantic crossing aboard the Zeeland of the Red Star line, noting no sickness among passengers and praising the ship's comfort. The voyage meanwhile featured high waves, Antwerp arrivals, and visits to Rubens works, the Plantin Moretus museum, and other sights in Reich enberg and Antwerp after travel from Clinton.
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Frank W. Mahin
Muscatine
Clinton Herald
Reichenberg
Austria
Clinton
Zeeland
Red Star Line
Prince Henry
United States
Prince
Vaderland
Lhe
International Navigation Company
Rubens
Antwerp
Plantin-Moretus Museum
Herald Office
Antwerps Old Presses and City Streets Delight
Frank W. Mahin admires Antwerp noting presses resemble modern ones and a Moretus poem guide. He questions claims about period accuracy while praising the city’s unique printing heritage, narrow crooked streets, sewerage, horse cars, an omnibus line, and a broad promenade by the riverfront thronged with fashion.
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Washington
Moretus
Antwerp
Frank W. Mahin
County Clerk Records 21 Marriages in March
County Clerk Chas. Richman issued 21 marriage licenses in March listing couples: James M. McDonald with Bessie Manser. John T. Verink with Florence E. Hunter. Harry M. Cochran with Elizabeth E. Durell. Oliver C. McCullough with Blanche A. Halleck. James E. Essex with Sarah A. Armstrong. M. A. Widebrook with Elizabeth Mills. Charles Hahn with Callie Arnhood. William A. Perry with Emma Beiswinger. A. F. Johnson with Lottie Hunt. James H. Rohan with Carrie E. Willits. Edward Stewart with Margaret J. Phillips. William A. Meerdink with Emma Clara Loose. Fred Schellhorn with Bessie McCleary. C. S. Leach with Anna Pardee. Paul P. Paulsen with Marie J. K. Andersen. Converse L. Lutz with Delpha M. Pratt. James H. Franklin with Rebecca B. Dey. George W. Coulton with Nellie Lessman. John T. McKinley with Pluma Clara Cox. Oscar Schmidt with Mary S. Allman. J. M. Gibbs with Lillian Henlein.
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Chas. Richman
James M. McDonald
Bessie Manser
John T. Verink
Florence E. Hunter
Harry M. Cochran
Elizabeth E. Durell
Oliver C. McCullough
Blanche A. Halleck
James E. Essex
Sarah A. Armstrong
M. A
C. S. Leach
Anna Pardee
Paul P. Paulsen
Marie J. K. Andersen
Converse L. Lutz
Delpha M. Pratt
James H. Franklin
Rebecca B. Dey
George W. Coulton
Nellie Lessman
John T. McKinley
Pluma Clara Cox
Oscar Schmidt
Mary S. Allman
J. M. Gibbs
Lillian Henlein
Food and neuralgia cured by Grape-Nuts diet claim
An article promotes a dietary cure for neuralgia asserting that the right food rebuilds tissues and cures disease. It cites a Delaware man named Thomas Craven reporting his wife was freed from neuralgia after using Grape-Nuts Breakfast Food, claiming she was completely cured.
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Delaware
Thomas Craven
Milwaukee cut off route shown on wall maps described
Wall maps distributed by the Milwaukee company confirm the new line will run along the Illinois side through Moline and Rock Island, cross the Crescent bridge into Davenport, then follow Savanna division routing via Thompson to East Moline, D R I tracks, Muscatine, and onward to Rutledge and Kansas City via Ottumwa.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Company
Illlinois
Moline
Rock Island
Crescent Bridge
Davenport
Chicago
Ashdale
Thompson
East Moline
Muscatine
Iowa
Rutledge
Marion
Kansas City
Ottumwa
A. W. Lee Reappointed Postmaster at Ottumwa
Ottumwa appoints A. W. Lee as postmaster with no opposition. Lee is described as an ideal, industrious, and enterprising official who has already improved service and will continue to do so as needed.
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Ottumwa
A. W. Lee
Lee
Mrs Florence Nightingale Belknap Praises Vegetable Compound
A San Francisco civic leader and Pentecost Church member credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing severe female troubles after childbirth. The letter claims dramatic relief after several physicians' unsure diagnoses but is labeled not genuine.
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Florence Nightingale Belknap
San Francisco
Lydia E. ‘Pinkham
Lydia FE
East Buffalo Notes Weather Farm Work and Visits
East Buffalo Illinois April 1 reports fine weather turned cool and blustery with late snow. Farmers sowing oats and W C Kimball plans 10 acres of corn on sod. Arthur Bull renovates structures while Wm Lewis and son move to a new home two miles south of Edgington. Mrs Cornelia Morehead and Niel of Illinois City visit, and Mamie Kane nears discharge.
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East Buffalo
W. C. Kimball
Arthur Bull
Wm. Lewis
Nelson
Edgington
Cornelia Morehead
Niel
Illinois City
Aledo
Prospective buyers urged to learn of lands along rail line
Investors and business leaders are urged to study lands along and near the Burlington Cedar Rapids Northern Ry before purchase. Round trip tickets will be sold on the first and third Tuesdays of March April and May to numerous western and southern destinations at low rates. Full rates and schedule details available from company representatives. suc. G. Farmer AGP & IT 4 BCR&M Ry Cedar Rapids IA
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Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Ry
Alabama
Arkansas
Arizona
British Columbia
Canadian Northwest
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Indian Territory
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Manitoba
Michigan
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Missouri
Mississippi
Montana
New Mexico
Nebraska
North Dakota
North Carolina
Tennesee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Suc
G. Farmer
Cedar Rapids
Rock Island to Libertyville line eyed to ease sharp grades
Reportedly surveyors have nearly agreed on a new rail line snag between Fairfield and Libertyville that would bypass heavy grades and sharp curves. The accord is unofficial but widely talked of in the region.
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Fairfield Ledger
Rock Island
Libertyville
Special Meeting for ISD Muscatine Bond Vote
Voters in Muscatine Iowa ISD are called to a special meeting at city hall on a Sunday in April 1902 to approve 25000 dollars in bonds for new school buildings and rooms. Polls run from 1 to 7 pm. G O Morgridge presides, A K Raff secretary.
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Muscatine
County of
State of
Iowa
Board of Directors
G. O. Morgridge
A. K. Raff
Guarantee on 60cent bottle of Green's Syrup of Tar
The undersigned agree to refund the purchase price if Green's Syrup of Tar fails to cure cough or cold. A zero cent bottle is offered to prove satisfaction or money refunded. Nesper & Co. J. J. Havercamp G. A. Riemcke W. W. Barkalow J. T. Keuchmar.
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Nesper & Co
J. J. Havercamp
G. A. Riemcke
W.W. B. Barkalow
J.T. Keuchmar
Roosevelt Favorites Grow Tail of Riding Horses
President Roosevelt and family are enthusiastic horseback riders. He ordered stablemen to let his bob tailed horses grow tails as nature intended, reflecting their shared passion for the sport.
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Roosevelt
Farmer’s Plan to Convert Dogs to Hens for Profit
A farmer compares costs of keeping one dog to sixty hens and notes sixty hens would lay 600 dozen eggs in a year worth about $90. He asks readers to calculate the profit from transforming all dogs in the city and vicinity into hens.
Prodding subscribers with obituary warning in Western Kansas
In a bold quip editors urge delinquent readers to prepay for a year of subscriptions. The gag links illness and imminent death with a paid notice, suggesting subscribers ensure a solid obituary by paying in advance. The reference lists ailments and implies a grim consequence for nonpayment.
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Western Kansas
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Walsh
McCullough
West Third Street
Daily Journal
W.E. Battey
Optician
Chicago Ophthalmic College
West Second Street
John A. Robbins
Olds’ Block
Isham
California
McBride & Cope
Randolph
Randolph Tea and Coffee Co
J. M. Woodcock
Mrs. G. A. Funck
Alex Ruth
Wilton
Des Moines
Winterset
Crane
THE
Journal
Towtt
the Journal
Atlantic
Encaene Ronen
Dr. Pentzer
E. Second Street
Mrs. C. A. Coldren
Iowa City
the Home Tea Company
East Second Street
Albert McBride
Helen Blair
Dean
Hattie Snively
Perry
W. G. Thorn
Lone Tree
Rev. Thorn
W. L. Clapp
Dr. Thomas
Richard Houdek
Waukon
Wis
Houdek
Coretta Heller
North Mulberry Street
Misses Heller
Post Office Department
Indiana
J. G. Shoemaker
Arthur
Wm. R. Schoemaker
Helen M. Taylor
Hanover
Ind
Schoemaker
Engleside Ave
Voyage
Twerp
Scheldt
Holland
Belgium
Napoleon
St. Jaques
Holy Child
the Virgin
Bradfield Regulator Co
Atlanta, GA
Shiloh
S. C. Wellrs & Co
le Roy
WNL
GRACE
Board of Trade
C. C. Collins
Jackson Boulevard
Clark Street
Sull
Dr. Bull
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