Cat Comes Back As Brazil to Pathfinder Mascot
The tale centers on Charles Page Bryan, U S minister to Brazil, who receives a Brazilian cat at a Brazilian official’s home. The cat proves a nuisance at Bryan’s house, then travels aboard the Pathfinder to Rio and beyond, finally being sent to a U S warship and presented back to Bryan as a mascot with a humorous twist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long
Charles Page Bryan
Brazil
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Offic
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Pathfinder
Rio Janeiro
Mander
Pacific
United States
Ver
Worthwith
Meg
Naval
Give Your Horse a Chance Excursions By Iowa Central Railway
An advertisement lists numerous 1900 rail excursion ticket sales at reduced rates for meetings and conventions across multiple cities including St. Louis, Sioux Falls, Waterloo, Keokuk, Iowa City, Des Moines, Ames and more. It directs inquiries to Iowa Central agents or Geo. S. Batty, G.P. & T.A., Marshalltown. Also includes a customer letter praising Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and noting local availability through Wagley & Smead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Central Railway
St. Louis
German Catholic Societies of
Illinois
North Manchester
Ind
German Baptists
Sioux Falls
S.C
Supreme Lodge
A.O. U. W. Waterloo
Iowa
Iowa Funeral Directors Association
Kansas City
New York City
N. Y
Association of Military Surgeons of the United States
Ames
Seventh Day Adventists
Des Moines
Iowa Holiness Association
Rock Rapids
Northwestern Towa Veteran Association
Iowa Central
Geo. S. Batty
Marshalltown
Town
Chamberlain
Wagley & Smead
Legends and tall tales at a Vermont fishing event
A veiled recounting in a Vermonico setting features Kilburn describing catching a trout and an eagle in a dramatic fishing tale, followed by Justice Traux and Colonel James sharing nautical and geologic yarns. A fish with a repeater watch in its throat is humorously noted, ending without a clear conclusion.
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Vermonico
Snow Fork
Firet
Spicer
Kilburn
Justice Traux
Mr. Kilburn
E. C. James
St. Louis County
Colonel James
British Columbia
Ogdensburg
Lawrence
Liberal bishops and printed slips stir Washington conference
Methodist teachers and laymen return from Washington with anecdotes not in the official report. Bishop W A Chandler wins attention with a quip about a printer altering his line from we pray too long and work too little to we brag too loud and work too little. The bishop notes he did not correct it. The poet laments that tears appear in many ways.
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Washington
New York Sun
W. A. Chandler
Important to Mothers Castoria warnings and travel notices
Advertisements and notices include a Castoria warning urging careful examination of bottles for infants and children, a claim of 30 years of use, and details about a Davenport encampment excursion via Chicago Great Western Ry with dates and fare. Also notes on homeseekers tickets by Iowa Central railroad and a nurse’s use of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy at Santiago de Cuba with local druggists Wagley & Smead selling it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. A. RB
Bacamptaen
Repermento
Davenport
Iowa
Chicago Great Western Ry
C. G.W. Ry
F. JH. Lord
G. P
T. A
Adams St
Chicago
Charles H. Marks
Fifth Army Corps
Santiago de Cuba
Chamberlain
Wagley & Smead
Miller & McCurdy
G. H. Wilton
Liveryman
Burgettstown
Washington Do
United States
Chicago Great Western Railway
F. H. Lord
F. A. Babcock
Erie, Pa
Wagley & Smead, Druggiers
The Far advertises ties and linen goods sale
An old newspaper ad promotes neckties, linen goods, and hosiery at The Far with guaranteed dollar flour offers and 5 percent optional payments, urging purchases at Winn & Kennedy's and Meredit Oco t for granite ure and related items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winn & Kennedy's
Meredit
Life and Death Front and Local Notices
A jumble of notices, including a claimed cure from Dr King s New Discovery for lung trouble and consumption, a Buena Vista township school report with named students, a testimonial for Chamberlain s remedies, and advertising for Electric Bitters, pain balm, bicycles, shoes, coal, and a home seekers excursion rate. The items feature local drugstore notices, election bishop news, and community classifieds from a Manchester Iowa paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Hines
Manchester
Dr. King
Dreds
W. O. Foster
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Deere
Deere & Manse
Ideal
Dempster
Bergman Bros. & McKinley
L. A. Gates
Newton
Maytag & Emerson
Facelroy & Everley
Jasper County
Newton Steel Cut Milling Co
Wheaton
Eureka _ Harness Oil
Harme
Standan Oil Co
Madison Medical Co
Stevens’ Grocery
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Benoemeporte
Buena Vista Township
Artie Davis
Glen Woods
Etta Mae Edwards
Vina Enfield
Carl Snyder
Hugh
Olin Murphy
Mildred
John Steele
Lola V. Murphy
General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
D. H. Moore
J. W. Hamilton
D. B. Cargile
Washita
Brewer
E. J. Mites
Hickory
Centerville
C. H. Jasper & Co
Radh Ows
Bradfield
Bradfield Regulator CO
Atlanta
Kemble Floral CO
Oskaloosa
Lambert House
Foster
Dewey
O. Foster
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