Old Washington Resident Recalls City Growth and Love
A long lived Washington resident recalling life on Capitol Street, the Civil War era, and early city development. He describes walking to his wife in Georgetown, the lack of sidewalks, and the transformation from marshland to a capital. He recounts post office duties during the war, Shepherd’s 1870s city rebuilding, and modern transit advances. He notes a particularly mild summer and reflects on enduring happiness with his wife.
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Washington
Maxes
D. P.O
Congress
Virginia Hills
Potomac
War Department
Navy Department
State Department
Army
Bull Run
Black Horse Cavalry
Stonewall Jackson
Rebs
Grant
Alexander Shepherd
Shepherd
Carnegie Library
Liberty Market
East Capitol Street
Georgetown
New Trial Ordered in Monona County Breach of Promise Case
Judge Hutchinson granted a new trial in the Mary Christiansen versus John Spalding case in Monona county district court at Onawa. The 1902 ruling overturns a prior $6,000 verdict in a breach of promise of marriage suit against the late Frank M. Crum, a prominent farmer.
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Hutchinson
Mary Christiansen
John Spalding
Frank H. Crum
Monona County
Onawa
Frank M. Crum
Lso
Frank H. Cram
New York
San Francisco
Frank N. Crum
Iowa
Smooth stranger swindles widow in Dubuque scheme
A well dressed, professor like man named P. F. Mueller arrived at an uptown widow's home in Dubuque posing as an agent for Kimball Piano. He won her affections and proposed marriage, then enticed her brother Gukeisen to buy stock in a Colorado silver mine. He sold mileage books for 48000 miles at 48 dollars and fled with an accomplice overnight.
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Dubuque
Minneapolis
P. F. Mueller
Kimball Piano Company
Stranger B
Gukeisen
Colorado
Mueller
Gukeison
Uniform pricing aim guides Iowa Pharmacists group
The Iowa Pharmacists association in Sioux City voted to have retiring president E B Taintor draft a uniform price scale for members to sell goods, aiming for consistency rather than higher profits. Howard S Baker of Sioux City was elected president. Fr O Connor reports a mortgage dispute at St. Joseph’s church linked to Rev Fowler, with parishioners opposing foreclosure. A dead unknown Black man, about 50, found near the Iowa Central tracks south of Hampton, had head injuries suggesting homicide two days prior. he had worked in town recently.
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Iowa Pharmaceutical Association
Sioux City
E. B. Taintor
Carroll
Taintor
Howard S. Baker
Nefose
Fr. O'Connor
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Montreal
Fr. Fowler
Hennessy
Hampton
First Case of the Kind 8 N B dine Dipsomaniac Trial
First case under the new state law for the detention and treatment of dipsomaniacs. N. Bidne, blacksmith from Norma, tried before Judge Kelly at Forest City and sentenced to confinement in the hospital for the insane.
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N. Bidne
Norma
Kelley
Forest City
Women Billiardists Uniforms Set by Society Leaders
Society women push for a national style for billiard rooms in Newport and the west. A practical costume includes a loose blouse, short plain skirt, and low heeled shoes to allow freedom of movement. The plan aims to blend form and function as women return to tournaments and parlor games.
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Newport
West
Napoleon’ Ives
Jacob Schaefer
Ives
Hobart C. Chatfield-Taylor
Inland seas lack dashing freshwater yachtswomen
A historical account notes many women excel on salt water yachts while inland lakes host fewer high profile sailors. It highlights Miss Russell of Detroit, Mrs. George I. Terry of Chicago, Mrs. C. Oliver Iselin, Mrs. Royal Phelps Carrell, and Mrs. Qyden Goelat among prominent inland water sailors, and discusses wealth and leisure as factors shaping prominence.
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Ocean
Little Lakes
Miss Russell
Detroit
George I. Terry
Chicago
C. Oliver Iselin
Royal Phelps Carrell
Qyden Goelat
Cornelius Vanderbilt
William K. Vanderpilt
Peruna touted as universal cure in early 1900s ads
A testimonial filled notice from Mrs X Schneider of Chicago praises Peruna for curing “systemic catarrh” and other ailments after months of remedies. The piece claims catarrh underlies many female complaints and extols Peruna as a universal cure. It includes endorsements from Congressman J B Crowley and an offer for a free catarrh book and medical advice from Dr Hartman of Columbus Ohio.
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Perna
Joseph B. Crawley
Illinois
Robinson
Peruna
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Hio
Packer Promotes Golf Knowledge Among Chicago Street Urchins
A longtime packer at a wholesale hardware house teaches Chicago sidewalk urchins about golf, noting gutta percha shortages and the high cost of golf balls. He reflects that throwing balls worth six dollars a dozen to street Arabs is wasteful while praising his firm head for avoiding penalties after loss of many gloves.
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Chicago
About the House Homemaking Tips and Tiny Decor Notes
Attractive cushion covers in pink art ticking with a white denim border and tassels at the corners are described. Advice covers flower water changes for mignonette and avoiding heliotrope with other cut flowers. Also offered are a grape juice hot drink recipe and tea ideas with cloves. Bamboo paper and mosquito bite relief use are noted, plus a lemon and clove tea elaboration.
A Foolish Lift Causes Back Pain Cured by Dodd's Pills
William Junemann recalls lifting grain with a farmer near Stratford Wisconsin last summer when his back cracked. After using a fifty cent box of Dodd's Kidney Pills from an advertisement, his backache disappeared and he felt much better.
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Stratford
Wis
William Junemann
Mr. Junemann
Dodd
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