Fragmented May issue hints at apocalyptic tale and local notices
A garbled May issue fragment references a tale titled Prophet's Chamber linked to a New York wife and a central story about a “Four-Track News” free subscription. The text also shares scattered items from old newspapers, including an anecdote about a funeral home and a quirky line about a mysterious inquisitive plant. Nearby notes hint at local vendors, healing remedies, and small-town commerce.
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i'Xews
Pphet
Mers
New York
New Rmould
Geo
H. Danier
Central Station
Iowa to Recieve War Bonds Interest Refunds for Civil War Loans
Des Moines May 12 The governor was informed that the general government will refund Iowa either 456 417 89 or 220 600 62 for expenditures to equip Civil War troops. The state seeks the larger amount but federal auditors may favor the smaller under court of claims rules. Regardless, Iowa should receive about a quarter of a million dollars from interest on bonds and warrants. The Grand Army of the Republic will gather in Des Moines May 20 21 and 22 with a program including a sunrise 13 gun salute and speeches by Comrade Van Sant Gov. Dodge and others.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Court of Claims
Grand Army
Grand Army of the Republic
Department of Iowa
Hotel Savery
Esplanade
Capitol
State Capitol
Assembly
Josiah Given
Fourth Street
Grand Avenue
A. L. Frisbie
Our Republic
Stars and Stripes Forever
East Des Moines
Minnesota
C. Ladies
G. M. Dodge
J. A. Williamson
America
Locust Street
First Street
E. R. Hutchins
First Town
Mirror Theater
YMCA
John Lindt
Council Bluffs
Philadelphia
Navy
Army
Lindt
Uses of coal tar spark new industry and products
A commentary on coal tar as a valuable by-product of gas works, detailing its rise from nuisance to industry. It notes distillation into light and heavy oils and pitch, with applications from roofing to synthetic asphalt, and highlights compounds like creosote oil, benzine, toluene, naphthaline, phenol, and nitro compounds used in dyes, medicines, and explosives. It mentions American strides in artificial asphalt and ongoing European competition in aniline colors.
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England
United States
America
F. Francis Hicks
The New Education for Women in Domestic Science
The article notes that domestic science courses spread widely in western colleges led by Chicago Stanford and Kansas Agricultural College, with MIT as a landmark. It argues general education strengthens home science, cites millions of American women as households, and urges mothers and schools to elevate housekeeping to a respected profession integrated with overall education.
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West
University of Chicago
Leland Stanford
Kansas Agricultural College
United States
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
America
Morris
Prisons, Robberies, and Oddities In Old News Frames
A varied snapshot notes prison crafts in Philip pine with pearl inlays, a Philadelphia robber triggering a trolley panic, Madrid recording 27 personal crisis reports in a week, and love and money troubles dominating victims. Boston’s Revei house becomes a Banca Italiana after its ride on April 19, 1775. Swindlers in New York Battery sell elevated rail tickets at 60 cents. Maine reports 1911 liquor dealers across licenses, with 15 wholesalers and 260 retailers. Comet A 1902 is catalogued after a Geneva discovery. Paris post offices are dirty and undermanned, stamps best bought at tobacco shops with a mail box nearby.
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Philadelphia
Madrid
Paul Revei
Boston
Longfellow
Banca Italiana
the Battery
New York
Maine
W. R. Brooks
Smith Observatory
Geneva
N. Y
Rheumatism Cure Celebrated in Minnesota Town
Mrs Hildebrandt of Lake Sarah Minnesota after many medicines found relief using Dodd's Kidney Pills. She suffered severe rheumatism in her arms making sleep impossible. One box improved her condition and she now expresses thanks for the remedy.
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Lake Sarah
Minn
Hildebrandt
Dodd
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