Glycerine boosts Pierce Medicines claims and roots
The text extols glycerine in Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery enhancing root extracts and preserving medicinal action better than alcohol. It claims nutritive, antiseptic, and antiferment properties, aiding coughs and lung issues, with cautions about miracles and a note that no alcohol is used. It cites Prof Finley Ellingwood and promises a free booklet from Dr. R. V. Pierce.
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Finley Ellingwood
Bennett, Med. College
Chicago
Golden Medical
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo, N. Y
Municipal ownership of barber shops debated in editorials
The piece argues for municipal control to curb abuses under private management, warning that city bonds may be forced on capitalists and prices for bonds could rise. It notes New York pool rooms profiting under public oversight, cites Northfield’s municipal venture profits, and previews an Opera House shift, praising Fassett’s appointment and teasing performances by O’Brien and Dugan with Signor di Napoli leading the orchestra.
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Thue
New York City
Metropolitan Opera House
Opera
Fassett
Common Council
O’brien
Maggie Dug
Signor Cospetto di Napoli
Mulberry Street
The People Must Fool the Bills and a City Plant
A city of about 40 000 voted to switch from gas to electric lighting and consider a municipal plant. The electric company offered 3500 toward expert estimates if it could supply lights cheaply, a proposal rejected as council members pushed for a plant funded by residents. The debate highlighted self interest on both sides as re election motives influenced decision making.
Vienna street railway pay sparks revolt talk
The Chicago Daily News reports first class motormen on Vienna's municipal street railways receive 72 cents for a twelve hour day while many gas works workers earn barely 50 cents daily. The low wages are said to fund city profits and a general revolt against the pay is threatened per a special cable.
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M. O
Vienna
Chicago Daily News
Municipal Gas Works
Elty
Bemis's Suit Over Gas Monopoly Fame and Fees
Edward W. Bemis, renowned for challenging gas monopolies, sued the city of Peoria for $1,000 claiming earnings from his efforts to extirpate the gas monopoly. The case highlights Bemis's controversial reputation and his financial stake in municipal reform.
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Edward W. Bemis
Peoria
Cities Against It Municipal Ownership Bans Across Areas
A survey shows Colorado City Willisville Lake Forest South Sharon and Bryan rejected bonds for electric light or water works. Waterloo Strawberry Point and others debated municipal ownership while Rutherford and Beverly eyed private or no lighting options amid mixed outcomes and concerns about failures costs and service quality.
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South Sharon
Lake Forest
Lake Forest Water Company
Pittsburg
Iran
Waterloo
Strawberry Point
Munele
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van W. Welsh
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Municipal Journal note on bond coverage and city plant upkeep
An article fragment states that if other cities let plants run down to boost appearances, the bonded amounts might not be covered by current property values, signaling fiscal risk in urban utilities. The observation appears in the Municipal Journal and Engineer.
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Municipal Journal and Engineer
Covering Up Wastefulness in Municipal Ownership
An editorial from the Minneapolis Tribune criticizes municipal ownership as wasteful and debt driven. It argues that cities hide costs by borrowing and drawing on general revenues, leading to rising debt and eventual bankruptcy to fund public services.
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Minneapolis Tribune
Municipal plant chief faults board overreach in run down system
An engineer from a city electric plant recounts how board interference delayed repairs and procurement, boosted costs, and hurt service. He claims losses were turned around only after removing board control, noting wage gains and rate changes while criticizing municipal ownership as often impractical.
Valley City votes to sell its electric light plant
Valley City North Dakota voters approve selling the municipal electric plant by a near three to one margin. The banker notes the plant burden and poor lights in the past two years with rising costs and desertion of service. Souderton Pennsylvania mayors consider abandoning the borough plant to buy electricity from West Telford Electric at lower prices.
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Electrical World
Borough Electric Light Plant
Borough
West Telford Electric Company
Unfavorable Committee Report on Klinakauna City Ownership
An aldermanic committee reported against municipal ownership to the Klinakauna Wisconsin city council after visits to Belefontaine Columbus Richmond Reeseville and Evansville. Alderman Martin cited a lighting plant cost of 73000 and a bonded debt of 822000 with a 4 percent tax rate. The city owns watchworks and nine etc.
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Klinakauna
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Belefontaine
Columbus
Richmond
Reeseville
Fwvansville
Martin
Bellefontaine
Cone Ya
A Good Doctor Offers Cure Claims for Incurable Diseases
A Des Moines physician declares success in treating illnesses labeled incurable such as consumption paralysis cancers fits rheumatism tumors and gall stones after thirty years of research. The doctor offers free consultations at his office or by mail and invites patients to write detailing their case to s122 6th Ave Des Moines Iowa.
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6Th Ave
Des Moines
Iowa
Municipal ownership and self government debate in Buffalo Times
A Buffalo Times paragraph argues that municipal ownership ties to republican self government, asserting a community can own and operate transportation, housing, clothing, and feeding for its citizens. It contends self government is about governance, not supplying life necessities, challenging privatization of essential services.
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Toria
The
Buffalo Times
M. O. Official Charged With Graft In Columbus
On the confession of his accomplice William Willcox former superintendent of the municipal electric light plant in Columbus Ohio has been arrested on charges of passing seven bogus vouchers that netted the conspirators four thousand eighty six dollars.
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M. O
William Willcox
Municipal Electric Light Plant
Columbus, O
Municipal M O fad satire by Thomas E Burke
A biting verse lampoons a national craze labeled M O with municipal pastries undertakers crowns silk babies and bars. The poem imagines city control over bread deaths teeth milk and theaters as a warning against municipal overreach by invoking a satirical list of urban vividities and ending with the signature Thomas E Burke.
Church Directory updates for local congregations
Regular services listed for Second and Third Reformed Churches First Christian Reformed and Second Christian Reformed Churches M E Church and Baptist Church include Sunday morning and afternoon services Sunday School times and evening services Christian Endeavor Y P A Epworth League and prayer meetings noted All are invited to attend services and activities across multiple denominations.
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Christian Endeavor
Third Reformed Church
First Christian Reformed Church
Second Christian Reformed Church
W.S. Riddle
T.j.edmond
Epworth League
Baptist Church
First Reformed Church
Whistle or Whine by the Junior Christian Endeavor
A short tale of two boys on the way to school. Charlie urges Jimmy to whistle to drive away whine. Jimmy resists at first, but learns to whistle, and they continue walking as both boys practice. The scene ends with them whistling earnestly, as if life’s purpose.
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Jimmy
Charlie
World
Ulogical Municipal Ownership Debate Sparks Careless Writing
A fragmented early draft shows heated critique of municipal ownership plans. The author complains about sloppy prose and unclear ideas contributing to public confusion and political friction.
Rocky Mountain Tea Recalled In Odd Memoir
A fragmentary note cites F. D. Stuben rauch and a claim about the United States having 260,009 school buildings with a 460,000 ly distance. The text reads like a disjointed reminiscence or diary fragment mentioning a tea and personal sensation.
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