Call Up Phone 4077 Johnsons Floor Restorer Ad
Call Up Phone 4077. We handle the celebrated Johnsons floor restorer Johnsons wax and Johnsons power wax for dancing floors. B‑st mixed paint 1.25 per gallon. Brushes and all other articles that go to make up a complete stock Roll Berg Florida West Indies and Central America. The facilities of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad for handling tourists and travelers destined for all points Florida Cuba Porto Rico Central America or for Nassau are unsurpassed. Double daily lines of sleeping cars are run from Cincinnati Louisville Chicago and St Louis through Jacksonville to interior Florida points and to Miami Tampa and New Orleans, the ports of embarkation for the countries mentioned. For folders etc write Geo B Horner D P A St Louis Mo.
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Johnson
Johnson’s
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Florida
Cuba
Porto Rico
Central America
Nassau
Cincinnati
Louisville
Chicago
St. Louis
Jacksonville
Miami
Tampa
New Orleans
Geo. B. Horner
St Louis
English war hero Buller in Iowa tale of charity
Humboldt Iowa residents recall General Sir Redvers Henry Buller as a generous guest who shared meals and shelter with a destitute farming family in the 1870s. The tale recounts Buller's kindness toward a poor farmer and his wife, and notes Buller later served in South Africa.
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South Africa
Sir Redvers Henry Buller
Women Who Earn Their Living
Letters from readers praise Lydia E. Pinkham’s Blood Purifier and Vegetable Compound for relief from womb trouble headaches backache and fatigue caused by standing and monthly ailments. Miss Nancie Shorr and Miss Potty Frame recount improvements and strong endorsements for the medicine.
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Miss Potty Frame
Meade
Kan
Mrs. Pinkhamm
Runaway Boy From Nugent Returns Home In Iowa
In Washington Iowa on March 27 a 16 year old boy named George Schley left his Nugent family home near Ollie to head to Columbus Junction. He rode the blind baggage to Washington and gave a case of mistaken race to the depot. He intends to pursue education and may return home tomorrow after advice and care. The piece reflects on family warmth and the pull of home for troubled youths.
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Washington
Iowa
Columbus Junction
Brighton
George Schley
Nugent
Ollie
George
Direct Town Central Route Linking Midwest to Great Cities
Advertises the Town Central Route as the fastest line connecting Minneapolis St Paul Mason City Marshalltown Grinnell Oskaloosa and Peoria with the east south and southwest. Highlights close Union Depot connections at Peoria for Indianapolis Cincinnati Washington and New York. Promotes Palace Sleeping Cars and elegant coaches on all trains along with daily dining car service.
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Minneapolis
St. Paul
Mason City
Marshalltown
Grinnell
Oskaloosa
Peoria
St. Louis
Kansas City
Union Depot
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Washington
New York
Palace
Church Conventions Elect Iowa Christian Leaders
At the Northeast Iowa District meeting in Cedar Rapids officers were named for the next year J M Rudy Cedar Rapids as president J T Nichols Vinton as secretary and treasurer and Mrs Sherman Hill Hampton as secretary of Sunday school and Christian Endeavor Delegates visited the Anamosa penitentiary for a tour and reception A paper by Prof G T W Patrick on degeneracy as the cause of pauperism and crime was highlighted The Iowa Conference of the United Brethren church held its fifty sixth annual session with about fifty delegates and reports of growth.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Fourth Reunion Planned for Iowa Hornets Nest Brigade
Des Moines march 27 1900 executive committee of the Iowa Hornets Nest Brigade 2d 7th 8th 12th and 14th Iowa Infantry met to arrange the fourth reunion at Davenport on June 12 1900. George L Godfrey elected chairman if President Shaw cannot attend. Comrades selected to represent regiments at the Davenport campfire and brigade headquarters to open June 12 at 7:30 am.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Hornets’ Nest Brigade
Col
G. L. Godfrey
R. P. Clarkson
W. P. Twombley
R. L. Turner
W. T. Shaw
Davenport
Col. Shaw
George Metzger
Lincoln elected colonel in Iowa National Guard Fifty-first
In Des Moines on March 27 the Fifty-first and Forty-ninth Iowa National Guard regiments elected field officers. James Rush Lincoln is named colonel of the Fifty-first and William G. Dows colonel of the Forty-ninth. Additional officers receive proposed ranks as captains and majors.
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Ames
Des Moines
Iowa National Guard
James Rush Lincoln
William G. Dows
J. W. Clark
Red Oak
E. R. Bennett
W. B. Widner
Bedford
W. C. Mentzer
Knoxville
Grain-O promises coffee substitute from pure grains
The notice extols Grain-O as a delicious nourishing drink replacing coffee for children. It claims Grain-O is made of pure grains, tastes like coffee when prepared properly, and costs about the same. All grocers sell it.
Keokuk Presbytery Women Open Two Day Mission Meeting
The Women's Presbyterian Missionary Society of the Keokuk Presbytery met in Washington Iowa for a two day session at the First United Presbyterian Church. President Mrs T C Maughlin of West Chester led devotions and set up committees. Mrs J K Logue led an afternoon prayer service and a conference on the Century of Missions and Their Reflex Influence began with Mrs Jeanette Co Alter of Brighton leading the session.
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H. R. Stark
Missionary Societies
The
Presbyterian Church
W. R. Jeffrey
Methodist
W. D. Allen
Reformed Presbyterian
Benjamin Nicola
W. C. Williamson
Keokuk
Georgia Hay
J. S. Tussey
Mazie Stewart
Walter Davis
J. K. Logue
Jeanette Co. Alter
Brighton
His Farewell Shot in Humble Refusal to Praise Harold Bicknell
A quarrel unfolds as Perdita Punkyn-Hedde defends Harold Bicknell and insults another youth. The indignant suitor, seizing his hat, declares the ring on Bicknell’s little finger is paste, not diamond, and asserts his knowledge of the price. The exchange ends with heated denial and accusation.
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Harold Bicknell
Perdita Punkyn-Hedde
Chicago Tribune
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West
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Iowa Avenue
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ELY Brothers
Warren Street
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America
Buller
Africa
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Him
Jim” Farback
Algona
Minnesota
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Val
Beecham
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United Brethren
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Presbyterian Mission
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Aver
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