Howell Station Changes And Local Real Estate Ad
Genial at Howell spends a month visiting Colorado friends and will move to Albia Iowa to take a night operator post Cameron to run Howell station Dr Fuqua leaves for New Mexico for winter due to poor health Farm 238 acres with multiple barns wells orchard priced 318000 see C C Caves New Sharon Iowa Also Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar advertised as cough remedy in local ad.
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Howell
Colorado
Albia
Iowa
Cameron
Fuqua
New Mexico
Oskaloosa
C. C. Caves
New Sharon
Great Western Half-Rate Ticket Sale Announcement
The Chicago Great Western railway offers half-rate homeseekers tickets to Minnesota North Dakota and Canadian Northwest on first and third Tuesdays through the balance of the year. Apply via any Great Western agent or J P Elmer G P A St Paul Minn state party size and travel date.
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Chicago Great Western Railway
Minnesota
North Dakota
Canadian Northwest
Great Western
J. P. Elmer
St. Paul
Minn
Buy coal at Dieleman Coal Mine near Pella
An advertisement invites buyers to purchase coal from the Dieleman Coal Mine located 1 to 2 miles west of Pella. The brief notice emphasizes direct sourcing from the mine and a rural setting, appealing to local customers.
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Dieleman
Pella
The Sonnet Writers and Their Prolific Pages
The fashion of sonnet writing peaked in the sixteenth century with Ronsard and Gomez de Quevedo. Petrarch created the classic model. Campanus, Sidney, Spenser, and Dante produced many. English sonnets began with Wyatt and Surrey, with the 16th century publication of Tottle’s Miscellany. The greatest English sonneteers include Shakespeare, Milton, Wordsworth, and Rossetti.
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Ronsard
Gomez de Quevedo
Voltaire
Petrarch
Campanus
Sir Philip
Sidney
Spenser
Dante
Thomas Wyatt
Henry Howard
Earl of Surrey
Tottle
Harle
Surrey
Shake,speare
Milton
Wordsworth and
Rossetti
London Standard
Vultures of the sea orcas attack killer whale tale
An article in Windsor likens killer whales to tigers of the sea and recounts orcas attacking a floored whale. A northwest whaler had the whale lashed to ropes when orcas closed in, tearing the animal free despite blows with spades and lances, illustrating orcas’ courage and intelligence.
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Windsor
Dundee Advertiser
Wealth and risk in a horse race remark
A terse exchange notes wealth has disadvantages and a man bets on a horse for ten thousand dollars without concern for losing, reflecting a blunt view of fortune. The dialogue appears in a clipped Washington Star style snippet.
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Washington Btar
Sounded Expensive Packing Case Route Questioned
A freight agent and Dumley debated the cost of moving a packing case from Philadelphia to Boston. The exchange centered on a six cent rate and the distance between the two cities. The dialogue reflects the era’s pricing quirks and transport concerns.
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Dumley
Philadelphia
Boston
Jadelphia, Press
Duel Debt Turns To Cards In Paris Cafe Scandal
A Paris cafe insult triggers a mistaken duel threat. M. Cartier, an attorney, seeks the man who called his wife Julie. A comic error reveals the alleged insult came from a sample calling card, not a real insult, ending with apologies and laughter.
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Paria
Gambler
M. Gambler
Julie
M. Gignoux
Rivoli Street
M. Henri Cartier
M. Cartier
Cartier
Madame
M. Gignour
Monsieur
Roman banquets and costly delicacies of ancient kings
The passage describes Roman epicures paying vast sums for rare dishes. It notes peacocks dusted with gold or diamonds, parrots tongues capable of forming words, and the pheneceptrix (likely ptarmigan) from northern regions. Tongues and brains of birds served as hors d oeuvre, reflecting luxury and extravagance in Roman dining.
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Nero
Pheneceptrix
Ptarmigan
Scotland
Norway
What mean the words stamped on a cigar box lid and sides
The article explains cigar box terminology detailing shape and size on the lid such as conchas, reina, regalias and perfecto finfantes. It notes back lid stamps quality terms su perfino, fina, flor, superior and bueno, and side end colors claro through negro describing shade.
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Colorado
Colorado Maduro
Maduro
Hours of Sleep Belief Opposes Health Advice
The Cleveland Leader notes that restricting sleep contradicts common sense and body needs. It argues sleep should occur as long as there is inclination, warns that five to six hours of sleep under mental strain leaves nerves tense and can lead to a nervous breakdown.
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Cleveland Lender
Lightning's Course On the Water Bayman Warns of Storm
A bayman in a bayside scene explains how to read lightning during a thunderstorm. He notes that lightning shifting to the sides indicates the storm moving away, while a steady strike in one place growing brighter signals it is bearing down. He advises seeking shelter at once and making things snug.
The Human Head and Oddities in 19th Century Texts
A compilation of epigrammatic definitions and humorous lines from period sources. The essay humorously critiques the human head as a hat peg, barber’s block, target, snuffbox, and more, followed by snippets about car delays and a joke about engagement versus collar studs.
Special Delivery and the Socks Drum Mystery
A fragmentary exchange shows a driver claiming to be the band wagon driver while a woman questions why only the rum arrives. The scene mentions socks and a drum for a boy, hinting at a mix of delivery and domestic miscommunication in a Woman's Home Companion page fragment.
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Uptowne
Will
Executor's Notice for Teunis de Haan Estate
The District Court of Marion County Iowa appoints Simon De Haan as executor of Teunis de Haan estate. Creditors urged to come forward and settle debts and claimants to present verified claims for allowance as required by law.
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Marion County
Iowa
Teunis de Haan
Simon de Haan
Notice to public on account sales by N B Tice
A warning declares no sales to anyone on my account without a written order signed by OC G. Tice or N Y E Tice. I will not pay for any account sold contrary to this. Oct 3, 1906. 31-34
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OC. G. Tice
N.ye. Tice
N. B. Tice
Daily Register and Leader offer to 1908 subs
An offer to new subscribers runs until January 1, 1908 for 4.50 dollars. The Daily Register and Leader proclaims itself the best paper in the state, providing national Iowa sports and market news, plus all the big news first.
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Daily Register and Leader
The
Chronicle
Register and Leader
Iowa
Randophy Adds Specimens to Webster City Science Hall Collection
B Randophy of Webster City visited this week to place additional specimens in the geological collection housed in the science hall. The collection is described as among the finest in the state.
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Hi. B. Randophy
Webster City
Hall's Catarrh Cure Company Ad Affidavit Claim
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo promises one hundred dollars for each catarrh case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Court affidavit dated December 6, 1886. Halls Catarrh Cure marketed as internal remedy aiding bloody and mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists for 75 cents. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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City of
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney &Co
Hall
A. W. Gleason
Novary
F. J. Cheney & Co
Dry Wood for Sale on Farm Near Des Moines River
Corded four foot lengths of soft maple and cottonwood offered for sale at $1.25 per cord. Sold by Wm. Visser on a farm south of the Des Moines River bridge. Also includes unrelated poem lines about FEilts fame and Rocky Mountain Tea with F. D. Stubenrauch listed.
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Des Moines River Bridge
Wm. Visser
F. D. Stubenrauch
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Kennedy
H. M. Langerak
London Tribune
Niscis
California
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