Bids Sought for Pella Schoolhouse and Utilities
Notice announces sealed bids by the Independent School District of Pella for a new schoolhouse with dry closet system and hot blast heating, at 1:30 p m on July 17, 1903. Plans by George Pass, Architect, details and bid security requirements are listed, with viewing at the Secretary’s office or Architect in Mankato.
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Pella
Iowa
Independent School District
County of Marion
State of
George Pass
Mankato
Minn
Herman Rietveld
Surity Company
H. Ric ErveLp
Board of
Low Summer Tourist Rates Via Chicago Great Western
Low summer tourist rates offer round trips to St Paul Minneapolis Superior Ashland Duluth and Minnesota resorts with tickets on sale daily to Sept 36 good to return Oct 21 Also to Colorado Utah Black Hills New Mexico and Texas points with stopover privileges Full information from any Great Western agent or J P Elmer G P A Chicago Ill 14-181 If you are a lover of fine porcelain work see Dr Mitten's office near the post office 15-1f
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St. Paul
Minneapolis
Superior
Ashland
Duluth
Minnesota
Colorado
Utah
Black Hills
New Mexico
Texas
Great Western
J. P. Elmer
Chicago
Ill
Subscription accounts transfer to Sadler Bros Co
All subscription accounts of the CHRONICLE, past, present and future, belong to the new firm of Sadler Bros, & Co. The statement formalizes the change in ownership and assumes responsibility for existing and future subscriptions.
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the Chronicle
Sadler Bros, & Co
Killed by Kindness and Cherries Tale
A six year old boy living near a cannery was the favorite of workers. By their kindness and indulgence he ate cherries until poisoning the mother’s heartbroken grief. The doctor calls it killed by cherries. The piece warns against indulgence spoiling children and overeating driven by appetite.
Remarkable Cure of Diarrhea by Cheap Remedy
Mrs. Alice Miller of Morgan Texas recounts six years of chronic diarrhea and failed treatments. She credits Chamberlains Choice Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy after seeing a testimonial and claims a single bottle cured her. The ad notes the product is sold by druggists.
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Alice Miller
Morgan
Texas
Bosque County
Chamberlain
Kodol Dyspepsia Care Promises Digestive Health
An advertisement extols Kodol Dyspepsia Care as foundational for health, claiming it enables digestion and nourishment of nerves and tissues. It asserts indigestion and other stomach disorders are cured and notes the product is sold by all druggists.
Harmonic mediator in tenement life faces rude neighbor
A city missionary who spends most days in tenement districts is asked to ease quarrels among slum residents. She records the fiery complaint of a bedraggled resident of The Rookery about a hard to get along neighbor, noting the neighbor’s rudeness and the speaker’s restraint despite provocation.
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Woman's Home Companion
No Man Knoweth His Sepulcher Verse by Bryant
Poem excerpt attributed to William Cullen Bryant. Imagery centers on the nameless man who dies in a remote region. It contemplates mortality, divine observation, and the purity of the departed, suggesting heaven will later call the humble ashes to the sky.
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William Cullen Bryant
Gifts to Schools Reach Record Education Donations
Gifts to ten educational institutions totaling 16.34 million dollars over six months include Chicago University at 2.12 million and Harvard 607,795. Other named schools share varying sums, while 82 lesser known institutions account for 13.31 million, illustrating broad support for higher education.
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Chicago University
Amherst
Columbia
Cornell
Dartmouth
Harvard
John Hopkins
University of Pennsylvania
Vassar
Williams
Wellesly
Yale
Step In Anywhere Civil War Lesson Echoes in Crisis
A Civil War anecdote recalls General Sheridan’s command to “step in anywhere” as a heavy machine slides out of control. In a recent incident, workers struggle to restrain a moving piece of equipment, prompting bystanders to act. The tale urges proactive action in perilous moments, echoing Sheridan’s bold guidance.
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Sheridan
Night Was Her Terror and Dr King’s Cure Claims
Mrs Chas Applegate of Alexandria Indiana writes that coughing nearly all night and spitting blood from consumption ended after using three bottles of Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs colds and lung troubles. Trial bottles are offered at a drug store. Rocky Mountain Tea advertised for beauty claims.
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Henry
Langerak
The Real Side of War: A Soldier's Farewell
A dying front-line veteran speaks of war's grim truth. He rejects the glorified image, questions the necessity of fighting, and recalls his mother and sweetheart as dawn brings him toward the Atlantic and a quiet end. His final words condemn war's pomp while honoring service.
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Atlantic
Louisiana statues to premiere at World's Fair exhibit
Louisiana plans a striking display featuring statutes modeled in state products and minerals. The scene includes a devil figure in sulphur flames, a life sized Miss Sugar crystal sugar sculpture, and cotton representations showing raw material attached to figure bodies.
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Louisiana
Catarrh of the Stomach Cure Claim Card
An advertisement recounts stomach catarrh from overload and undigested food causing inflammation and mucus. It cites J R Rhea of Coppell who claims relief after using Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and notes the product is sold by all druggists.
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J. R. Rhea
Sociability and Digestion in Early Christian Dining
Reading from Acts 2 46, the article links shared meals to spiritual life and a natural law of companionship. It cites a London Lancet writer arguing eating alone harms digestion, noting people should eat slowly and converse while dining as a universal habit across cultures and eras.
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Jerusalem
London Lancet
Paris
Hall's Texas Wonder Cures Kidney and Bladder Troubles
A vintage ad promoting Hall's Texas Wonder claimed it cured kidney and bladder ailments including gravel diabetes and rheumatism. It promised mail order delivery for $1 if not available from local druggists and listed Dr. E W Hall as sole manufacturer with a St. Louis address. Keables' drug store carried the product.
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Hall
E. W. Hall
P. O
St. Louis
Keables
Dear Sir Mrs Mummert Recommends Hall's Discovery
Keokuk Iowa May 8 1903 letter from Mrs Jas H Roach 316 South Fight Street notes sister Mrs George Mummert used Hall's Discovery and gives endorsement from St Louis based Dr E W Hall with confident recommendation
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Keokuk
Iowa
E. W. Hall
St. Louis
George Mummert
Hall
Jas. H. Roach
South Fight Street
A Nebraska Letter From Uncle Billy Coleman
A McCook Nebraska letter from June 29 1903 recounts a farmer who moved from Iowa to Red Willow County. He details homesteading hardships a family grew landholdings and crop yields with wheat and corn. He notes cheap land near McCook a county with 88 schoolhouses and active Sunday schools and churches.
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Red Willow County
Colorado
Iowa
High Prairie
Towa
Mississippi
McCook
Coleman
Epworth League
Uncle Billy Coleman
McCook, Nebraska
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Cures Piles Claims
An advertisement touts DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as a cure for bleeding protruding and itching piles. A testimonial from H A Tisdale of Summerton South Carolina says two boxes cured him eighteen months ago and no pile symptoms since. Sold by druggists.
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DeWitt
H. A. Tisdale
Summerton
S.C
de Witt
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