Electric Bitters touted as cure all tonic with wide claims
An advertisement extols Electric Bitters as a universal cure and stimulant for stomach, kidneys, liver, nerves, and blood, claiming cures for malaria and various ailments. Probate notices announce executors and administrators in Iowa counties with deadlines for filing claims, then a cholera infantum warning notes Perry Davis Painkiller for dangerous summer illness in babies.
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Westbrook
Perry Davis
Water and Rose Cure at High Altitude Store
A Denver Times report recounts a store proprietor claiming bronchitis cure via cold water buckets placed in his room corners with a central rose bouquet. He says weekly exposure led to relief and no cough. a customer visit suggests prior illness. The anecdote lacks medical validation.
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Downs
Eluar
San
Denver
Fragmentary Odds and Ends From a Holland House Scene
The text recounts an unclear exchange at the Holland house about savings and advice, with Bruner declining to answer questions. The fragmented OCR hints at a discussion of Wall Street placement and a steel length, but details are incomplete and uncertain.
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Des Moines
Chicago
Holland House
Adam
Wall Street
Bruner
Zelka and His Stripes Explain Zebra Camouflage Paradox
Analyzes zebra markings as dual camouflage. Zebras appear conspicuous to warn herd mates, yet blend into twilight shadows to escape predators. Stripes deter both visibility and detection, allowing daytime grazing and night ambush avoidance.
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Inet
Jone
Duck and goose carving lesson shocks Chic Tribune
Miss Flyppe recalls dining with Cholly Slimpayte who asked her to carve a duck. She demonstrates her skill by also carving a goose when they meet on the street, prompting astonishment and a boastful exchange.
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Miss Flyppe
Cholly Slimpayte
Tribune
Fifty Years of Mark Carr's Christmas Tree Trade
Fifty year tale of Mark Carr and his sons shipping young firs from Catskill to New York City. EarlyDecember 1851 start, sidewalk purchase on Greenwich Vestry, rapid town demand, and the business expanding to hundreds of thousands of trees yearly. Also includes brief, unrelated anecdotes on elevator stories and a court case about a red haired infant, plus a note on Consul Kehl exploring coal trade with Stettin.
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Jolly Catakitt
Mak Carr
New York
Thom the Christians
Cart
Saya
Mark
Catskill
Greenwich
Vestry Streets
Mark Carr
Ted Mail
Russell M. Thayer
Coong
Allezat
Aml
Thayer
Nilemen
Philadelphia Telegraph
Visiting Cards and Sane Stove Ad In Office Notice
New card styles arrive at Recorp office 25 for 20 cents 25 for 35 cents and 50 plain 35 cents 80 printed 60 cents. A very good small hard coal stove is very cheap inquire at this office.
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Recorp
Railway Sleepers Will Run Peoria to St Paul Minneapolis
June 7 near-term service expansion announced for the Iowa Central Railway with through sleeping cars and coaches between Peoria and St Paul and Minneapolis. Improved rapid transit from all points to Paul and Minneapolis or Peoria, with agents available for details. Also notices of estate administration in Jasper County and medical remedy promotion for dyspepsia with Dr King’s New Life Pills at Westbrook & Geise.
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Red River Valley
Minthat
Truax Land & Investment Co
St. Paul, Minn
Amd Tordasper
Tawra
Gstate
Dames Charlesworth
Sata
Shamty
Sama
Tie Tistrict Court
W.O McElnoy
Penhom
Miceli
Fomineper County
Towa
Isahelia Patt
Tate
Sale
Sishiere Tore
Eatace
Newton
Ssw
Lewis
Shane
Iowa Central Railway
Peoria
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Paul
Iowa Central
District Court
Jasper County
C. W. Squires
H.C. Kerr
Dr. King
Westbrook & Geise’s
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Wagley & Smead
South Side Square
Iowa
Bergman Bros
Rinehart
Foster's
Howard Case
Fearle
Inter Ocean
Associated Press
New York Sun
New York World
Mont Sme
Heth
Waitens
Steat Macnate
Zelka
His Stripes
Geitirmas Tree Trade
Chandos Fulton
Joaquin Miller
Rst
Astor Hou
Awell
Simall
Marcus Mayer
Mexico
Patti Swindle
Iturbide
New York Times
Kehl
James Stevenson
J. W. Lover
Maytag & Emerson
A.M. Hough
South Springst
R. F. McCullough
East Side Square
Newton, Lo
Mason
Samuel Sister McDonald
Newton, Towa
George Koenig
Lambert
1Ston
Lowa
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