Americans Meet The Old World In A Single Nation
A 1975 projection discusses immigration, assimilation, and intermarriage in the United States. It argues foreign prefixes fade through daily contact in schools, libraries, and workplaces, predicting rapid intermingling of Poles Italians and others. It cites home mission work and political voting as indicators of evolving American identity. It notes New York 569 geography work and US Geological Survey bulletins aiding engineers with precise elevations above sea level.
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New World
America
Apulani
Ednivitch
Pulask
R.B. Marshall
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Corps of Engineers
United ‘States Army
iGeological Survey
Iowa
Haseen
United States Geological Survey
United States
Hawaiian Islands
The
Geological Survey
Washington, D. CG
Chamberlain's Liniment Praised for Rheumatic Knee Pain
Edward Craft of Elba New York credits Chamberlain's Liniment with relief from rheumatic pains stiffness and knee soreness after last winter. He endorses its availability everywhere for general use.
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Teeetie
Chamberlain
Edward Craft
Elba
N. Y
Altitudes in Iowa Compared by Spirit Leveling
Iowa and surrounding prairie states show little variation in altitude according to the US Geological Survey Bulletin 569. The bulletin presents results of spirit leveling across the region and notes minimal differences between locations.
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Iowa
Mississippi Valley
Prairie States
United States Geological Survey
Traveling Man Recovers From Severe Cholera Morbus
In the summer of 1888 H. W. Ireland of Louisville Kentucky recounts a life threatening cholera morbus attack. Two doctors failed to help and urged telegraphing for his family. A hotel porter bought Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, a double dose restored sleep and strength, allowing him to travel to his next destination. Obtainable everywhere.
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H. W. Ireland
Louisville
Fourth of July Plans and Purchases in a Letter
A letter to Bill describes plans for Independence Day and how savings were spent. It lists items bought such as crackers and large quantities of various goods, mentions a noisy ear ringing from crackers, and hints at chores like wood chopping. The writer signs as Jim and sends love to Fido.
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Bill
Fido
Jim
Diarrhoea Remedy Restores Buford Man's Health
W. C. Jones of Buford North Dakota describes a severe week long diarrhoea attack two years ago that left him weak. After using Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy the first dose relief came and within two days he regained full health. The remedy is obtainable everywhere.
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W. C. Jones
Buford
N. D
Chamberlain
Golden Rule Quotations and Local Brewery Note
A collection of proverbs and maxims on treating others as you wish to be treated. Also a Cedar Falls Record item noting Ackley capitalists lament the brewery shutdown at Waverly, with forty thousand dollars of stock owned in Hardin County and commentary that Ackley would be larger if invested locally.
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Cedar Falls
Ackley
Waverly
Hardin County
Ackley Enterprises
Quiet stores, booze crimes, and wandering verses in small town papers
A Creston Plaindealer note mocks the quiet shopper who visits a store for minutes. Mt. Pleasant Free Press recounts a parolee ruined by alcohol, facing four more years in prison. An errant motorcyclist and a scribbled verse finish this compact, quirky slice of local life.
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Creston Plaindealer
Message to a Burglar in a Country Girl Tale
A rural job seeker Winifred Bolles is hired by Herman Knowles and helps a telegraph clerk expose a burglar plot. A suspicious message, a skeleton key, and a swift police action lead to her arrest then release after Knowles backs her. The case ends with her becoming a leading Knowles employee.
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Winifred Bolles
Herman Knowles
Winifred
Telegraph Office
Ben
Rose
Knowles
Knowles & Co
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Oorth
Kuyper’s
Quality Lumber
Spreek
Kuyper
Mt. Pleasant
Hamlet
Rob Linncott
George
Lincoln
Berge
Poplin
Pdi
Pillsbury
C. N. Cole
Gezels
Puritan
Lowe Brothers
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