Doan's Ointment Sold for Itch and Hemorrhoid Relief
A Muscatine test of Doan's Ointment claims relief for itching skin and hemorrhoids. Insurance agent Charles Tappe reports long years of itching hemorrhoids improved after using the product, while Doan's Kidney Pills also cited as helpful. Sold by dealers for 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole US agents.
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Dean
Charles Tappe
Second and
Iowa Avenue
First National Bank
East Eighth Street
Havercamp’s
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
U. S
Doan’s
Pine wood and cooking range savings noted
An ad notes pine wood at $2.50 a cord and suggests shopping around for an economical cooking range. It claims three sticks of wood can bake bread, emphasizing cost efficiency.
Peerless All Steel Range Promises Baking Power
An all steel range is advertised with complete metal construction including bottom top sides and interior. The claim touts unbeatable durability and cooking performance for demanding bakers.
Fuel Saver In the cooking stove line today
PEERLESS model highlighted as a key option in today’s stove line boost.
Thompson Brothers Offer Custom Collar Shapes
Tailor shop notes the only place to get the correct collar shape is Thompson Bros. with emphasis on proper fit and quality. Local readers are pointed toward their tailoring services and expertise.
Barber Laughs Through Tales On The Chair
A lighthearted reminiscence describes barbers who joke about shaving like surgery while sharing numerous old stories and memories from their trade.
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Tor
Victorious British at Ladysmith Reported by White
London reports a brilliant dispatch from Frere Camp Natal dated Jan 8 recounting heavy Boer losses as British troops led by Col Park and Gen Ian Hamilton recaptured Wagon Hill. The city grins at the news while warnings note ammunition shortages and the need for relief for Gen White at Ladysmith.
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London
Frere
White
Ladysmith
War Office
Natal
Caesar
Wagon Hill
Park
Ian Hamilton
Foreign Office
Army for Alaska Formed. Col Randall to Command
Washington January 9 The president created a military department for Alaska assigning Col George H Randall of the Eighth United States Infantry to command He will report here January 15 from Cuba The number of troops is not fixed but a large force is expected as miners in Alaska recognize U S authority by a soldier remains the main fact of the move
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London
White
England
Buller
Ladysmith
Washington
Alaska
George H. Randall
United States Infantry
Randall
Cuba
War Department
United States
Fifty-first Regiment
Philippines
Congress
Iowa
Iowa National Guard
United States Service
State House
Board of Health
Fish and Game Warden
Mississippi River
Shiloh
Chattanooga
Tragedy at 143 West Madison Street Alleged Playhouse Killer
A man believed to be John Furnell shot and killed a young woman then attempted suicide in a Madison Street boarding house. He was found unconscious at the county hospital, doctors doubt recovery. Police suspect theatrical associates from the Coon Hollow company, but no motive is known.
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Chicago
John Furnell
West Madison Street
Coon Hollow Company
Mme. Bazainé Dies After Cancer Operation
City of Mexico reports the death of Mme. Bazainé widow of a famed French marshal who died in exile in Spain. She passed away in a private hospital after an operation for cancer, in a critically dire case with slim chances of survival.
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City of
Mexico
Mme. Bazaine
Spain
Train collision in fog at Moffat Junction kills engineer
In dense fog the fast mail train on the Ticknois Central railroad collided with a freight train at Moffat Junction. Both engines and the baggage mail and express car were demolished along with several freight cars. Engineer Downing of the freight was killed. the other trainmen escaped by jumping to safety.
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Union City
Tenn
Ticknois Central
Moffat Junction
Downing
Toledo Mayor Jones Plans Altruist Colony in New Jersey
Telegrams report Mayor Samuel M Jones of Toledo and Albert S Dulin of Philadelphia chartering the Association of Altruists and selecting Moorestown New Jersey near Philadelphia as the site of a cooperative communistic colony. Jones is expected to move there eventually.
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Cincinnati
Samuel M. Jones
Toledo
Albert
Dulin
Philadelphia
Association of Altruists
Moorestown
N. J
Jones
Riot at City Hall as Tax Collector-Elect Attempts Handover
In San Francisco on Monday noon a riot erupted at city hall when Tax Collector-Elect Scott attempted to take office. One man was shot and several people were bruised in the ensuing clash.
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San Francisco
Scott
Lakeside Malleable Iron Plant Shuts Down on Strike
Racine Wisconsin January 9 The Lakeside Malleable Iron company has been forced to close its plant due to a strike by 40 molders. The operation employs 125 workers and the dispute centers on a proposed wage increase from ten to twenty percent.
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Racine
Wis
Lakeside Malleable Iron Company
Local satire on living with in laws and family tensions
A sharp quip notes that many men imagine living with a wife’s family would work for others but not for themselves. The line mocks self confidence about in law arrangements and social propriety.
None So Popular Kidneoids Remedy Ad Reports Widespread Favor
A historical advertisement touts Morrow's Kidneoids and Liverlax as cures for kidney ailments backache nervousness sleeplessness and general debility. The copy cites Mrs. Geo Butz of 511 West 5th Street praising liver relief after malaria and states products sold as yellow tablets at fifty cents a box and red granules at twenty five cents. Manufactured by John Morrow & Co. in Springfield Ohio.
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Morrow
Geo. Butz
West 5Th Street
J. J. Havercamp
John Morrow & Co
Chemists
Springfield
Ohio
Governor Shaw urges liberal Iowa State University funding
Governor Shaw reports the state treasury is in better shape than two years prior by 1.008 million. He calls for more liberal university support, notes the Board of Control savings, and compares funding with Nebraska Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan. He endorses a special tax of one tenth of a mill for five years for improvements.
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State University
Iowa
Shaw
Twenty-eighth General Assembly
University of Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
Illinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts of
Congress
United States
Board of Trustees
Board of Regents
General Assembly
Governor Urges Public School Reform and University Support
The Iowa governor endorses stronger public school access with graded schools near farms, supports expanding the state normal and university system, and urges public funding to bolster the state university and denomi national colleges. He calls for a five year extension of a special tax for university improvements and recommends legislative grants for lake beds to the university or college. He also supports parole reform, stricter penalties for repeat offenses, and broader authority for pardons, while proposing military and veterinary investments and protected wildlife measures.
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Iowa
State University
State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Executive Council
Capitol Expansion Recommendations Call for New Buildings
The report notes the capitol is crowded after sixteen years with several departments congested. It urges an arsenal for adjutant general, a warehouse for board of control supplies, and a memorial art department building. It favors fireproof, durable construction and recommends purchasing two blocks north of the capitol grounds.
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Board of Control
General Assembly
GSO
Sissuss
Adjutant General's Department
Senate
Capitol Grounds
Soldiers of Iowa muster war call and regiments formed
Governor Shaw recounts the outbreak of war with Sprain and Iowa's rapid response. Four regiments were raised. Death tolls were 54 from the Forty ninth, 32 from the Fiftieth, 41 from the Fifty first, and 36 from the Fifty second.
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Shaw
Sprain
Iowa
Fortyninth
Fiftyfirst
Fifty-second
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Magersfontein
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Wauchope
Berne
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McKinley
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