Miss Kate Todd Visits Eddyville Friends and Eddyville Moves
Local notes tell of Miss Kate Todd visiting Eddyville and planning a week in St Louis, plus Miss Minnie Rinehart from Marysville visiting north of town. Ottama visitors Ethel Kester and Philip Udell join local families, while seed-store moves and a new Eddyville store prep unfold. A Des Moines trip ends in pain for B Dennis, with a possible loss of a mark. The Little English sparrow debate continues as Cedar Rapids Republican recounts sparrow’s resilience and mild impact. Harvey Shilling yields $117.50 from cucumber patch with strong forecast to reach $250, amid Marion county land debate.
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B. Dennis
Des Moines
Dennis
Harvey Shilling
James Eyeland
Knoxville Journal
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claims Cure for All Stages
Readers learn of a claimed cure for catarrh by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The ad asserts the medicine treats the constitutional disease internally by acting on blood and mucous surfaces, with a $100 reward if any case fails to cure. Mentions testimonials and Toledo address. Includes Hall's Family Pills promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Chenney & Co
Toledo
Oats Yield Varies By Variety and Locality
The threshers report both good and poor oat yields by locality and variety. Old standard varieties are declining, yielding 11 to 14 bushels per acre in some areas. On John Tipton’s Mt Olive 40 acre field average 42 bushels per acre, twelve acres averaged 50 bushels. Tipton planted a new short grained plump northern oat variety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Tipton
Mt. Olive
Tipton
Knoxsvile Journal
Prize guess subscription offer from Omaha Daily News
The Omaha Daily News in Omaha Nebraska offers a one year subscription for $1.50 plus a coupon to guess the presidential vote prize worth $25,000. A sample copy will be mailed upon receipt of a postal card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha Daily News
The
Daily News
Oamaha
Nebraska
Pella's Juvenile Band Shows Rapid Progress
The juvenile band has made notable progress in band work. Those who heard practice last Thursday evening expect the group to become one of the best bands Pella has ever had. They are prompt at rehearsals under a capable instructor ensuring future band music quality.
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Pella
Iowa Hen Gets Spotlight With Poultry Prosperity
In the wake of distant meat packers strikes, Iowa emerges as a poultry powerhouse. Chickens and eggs sell for good prices as Iowa leads in fowls produced and egg output, highlighting the state’s enduring poultry wealth and the humble hen’s overlooked contribution to agriculture. The 1899-1900 figures show Iowa far ahead of Missouri and Kansas in fowl value and egg production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Rocky Mountain Tea touted to clear pimples in Denver ad
Nellie Fuller from Denver testifies that Mollister's Rocky Mountain Tea cleared pimples and blackheads leaving her looking better. Ad promotes tea or tablets at 35 cents with IF. D. Stubenrauch listed as contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Fuller
Denver
Mollister
Rocky Mountain
D. Stubenrauch
What is Life Life’s Rigorous Health Law Declares
In a terse ad the dangers of irregular living are linked to constipation and liver trouble. Dr. King's New Life Pills are advertised as a gentle corrective, promising fast adjustment of life health without harsh remedies. Available at M. Lun gerak's drug store for 250 envy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Envy M. Lungerak
Henry M. Langerak
Readership Reacts to Advertisements in This Paper
Town talk centers on the impact of ads appearing in this newspaper. People say a live paper keeps them aware that something is happening and they pay attention to what is advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ike Wormhoudt
Orange City
Eddyville
Ike
H. D
L. Strickler
Della
Old Iowa suit seeks cloudless title on Marion County land
In Marion County Iowa a 1904 petition by W G A Rietveld seeks to quiet title to the southwest quarter of section 28 township 77 range 10 west. The suit names Simpson Mathews and heirs unknown and flags a lost deed from 1849 as the basis for a claim adverse to the plaintiff. The case calls for conveyances to clear title unless defendants appear by October 1904. Dr. Geo J Thomaassen is attorney. Also note a brief testimonial about Electric Bitters by an Ohio veteran and druggist advertisement.
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Simpson Mathews Et
District Court of
State of Iowa
Marion County
Simpson Mathews
Mathews
St. P. M
Iowa
Wiggert A. Rietveld
State of
Phat Warren Mathews
United States
Osco Reynolds
Knoxville
Geo. J. Thomaassen
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Kate Todd
St. Louis
Minnie Rinehart
Marysville
Jacob Mansham
Ethel Kester
Philip Udell
Ottama
Kate and
Nellie Lucas
Seal OF Minnesota
Cole’s Seed Store
Cedar Rapids
American Jr
American Camera Mfg. CO
St. Paul St
Rochester, N. Y
Polk County
Isaac Branat
Mr. Brandt
Letters’ Association
Mesdames
Phoebe Justice
Elizanabeth ST. Norris
Eliza Moore Tinger
Diana Bowers
Vander ZylBros
Cholly
Wiggert Rietveld
J. J. Mayens
Versailles
Henry M. Langorak
Ayers
Ayer
Argeas
J. K. Nononoss
Waltham, Mans
John van Hemert
U.S
Ozaiuc Ginseng CO
Dep't W
Joplin
Yourn Ormany
Empire Dream Separator CO Embed
Chicago
Iic
Klein & Co
D.W. Wilkes
C. E. Martin
Wormhoudt
A. Haselbarth
Wormhoudt's
Minnesota
Coles Seed Store
P.O
Fifth Avenue
New York
N. B
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