Freight rates and Iowa dairy pains echoing fears
Iowa dairy freight complaints mirror national worries as creamery butter to Boston matches rates paid by Ohio and Pennsylvania farmers. Editorials from Britt Tribune and Colfax Clipper mock political agitation and even Des Moines habits. A China banker joke reframes rate discrimination as corporate decapitation in satire.
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Iowa
Boston
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Britt Tribune
China
Electricity in Hair Sparks Family Joke in Kansas
A Kansas grandmother brushes her hair on a crisp morning and explains the bristles come from electricity in the air. Her grandson asks why hair stands, prompting a humorous family quip about electricity in hair and gas in the stomach, reflecting a lighthearted domestic moment.
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Kansas
Rainfall Theory T J McDermott Proposes Railroad Link
Liberal resident T J McDermott argues increased Southwestern Kansas rain stems from railroads. He claims neck Island expansion causes trains to emit about 5,000 gallons of water every thirty miles daily, creating moisture nuclei and doubling rainfall since the road's construction. The note quotes Colfax Clipper and notes it may be recycled lore rather than a technical finding.
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T. J. McDermott
Liberal
Kansas
Neck Island
Fatal haste proves costly on elevated train in New York
A wealthy New Yorker, a prominent man with no urgent need for haste, died of heart disease after taking station steps two at a time to catch a train. The dispatches frame the death as a moral consequence of imprudent exertion in the metropolitan transit.
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Metropolis
Cole
The Costly Rush in American Life
A defense of sensible pace over haste cites a fatal incident where saving two minutes between trains cost a life. The piece condemns the era of excessive speed in work, leisure, and dining, warning that haste fuels risky fashions and comforts wealth for nerve specialists and sanitarium owners. It urges turning the microscope on daily actions to find a balanced, safer speed.
Charities Office Sees 88 Aid Applications in Eight Months
The Des Moines Capital reports eight months of records from the Associated Charities show 88 applications for family aid, 1,240 individuals seeking assistance, with 361 by families themselves. Seventy-nine received cash or store orders, 212 were helped indirectly, 79 found employment, and the remainder deemed undeserving. Yearly applications run about the same as last year.
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Des Moines
Associated Charities
A Traveling Man Praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy
A well known traveling man in the drug trade says druggists often ask if a cough medicine is for a child or adult and reward child cases with Chamberlains Cough Remedy. They claim no danger and reliable relief for coughs colds and croup. For sale by F. D. Stubenrauch.
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F. D. Stubenrauch
For Sale Farms in Washington County Iowa
For sale a number of good well improved farms in Washington county Iowa priced from fifty to eighty five dollars per acre. Correspondence solicited. W H Barber Brighton Iowa.
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Washington County
Iowa
W. H. Barber
Brighton
Port land exposition sights and local joggles in Knoxville
Uncle Benton Buckman and son William Clyde toured the Portland exposition sights between Iowa and the coast returning Saturday. Mrs. O Wright is home from the Iowa Sanitarium Des Moines improving in health. A fight at Reichard billiard hall left John Phillips stabbed in the left shoulder by Rubber Pringle. no arrests. I L Mendenhall of Webster City visited Knoxville. State Inebriate Home main building nears completion with roof work due. inspectors promised by Thanksgiving. Wm Hughe of Percy, 85, recalls 1836 move to Iowa. he remains near Knox ville. He raises cattle and mounts a horse from the ground, a sign of sturdy pioneer stock.
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Benton Buckman
William Clyde
Portland Exposition
Iowa
Iowa Sanitarium
Des Moines
John Phillips
Pringle
Reichard Billiard Hall
Phillips
Dr. Brawn
New State
W. A. Henry
Knoxville
Wm. Hughe
Percy
Missouri
California
Marion County
Hughes
Great Western Rail Way Round Trip Fare Promotion
The Chicago Great Western Railway offers round trip tickets at one fare plus 8200 points on the first and third Tuesdays of each month through December. Valid in multiple U S states and Canadian provinces including Alabama Arizona Arkansas Colorado Florida Georgia Indiana Territory Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Mexico Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Nebraska Nevada New Mexico North Carolina North Dakota South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Wyoming Virginia Alberta Assiniboia Canadian Northwest Manitoba Western Ontario Saskatchewan. For details contact any Great Western agent or J P Elmer G P A St Paul Minn.
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Chicago Great Western Railway
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Indian Territory
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mexico
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
North Carolina
North Dakota
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Wyoming
Virginia
Alberta
Assiniboia
Canadian Northwest
Manitoba
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Some Seasonable Advice on Chamberlain Cough Remedy
The piece urges buying Chamberlain's Cough Remedy now for winter. It claims rapid, satisfactory results when taken at the onset of a cold before it settles in the system and recommends keeping the remedy at hand. F. D. Stubenrauch sells it.
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Chamberlain
F. D. Stubenrauch
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea Ad Promises Relief
An old advertisement asserts that no matter illness duration indigestion constipation and liver and kidney troubles will improve with Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. The sale price is 53 cents and the notice is signed by F D Stubenrauch.
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Hollister
F. D. Stubenrauch
How to Cure Corns and Bunions Today
Soak the corn or bunion in warm water to soften it and pare it down carefully without drawing blood. Apply Chamberlain's Pain Balm twice daily, rubbing vigorously for five minutes at each application. Wear a corn plaster for a few days to protect it from the shoe.
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Chamberlain
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