Local notes reveal oddities from Goldfield to Webster
A garbled rural dispatch reports Will Roapke opening a paint shop at Golifield while Storm Lake plays host to rumors. Ed Entrikin returns to Beldiouu from Natal, Africa, and a Webster county chase leads Eagle Grove to recover stolen ham and harness. Insanity, crime, weather figures, and bills in Congress fill the jumble of items in this patchy, period-voice column.
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Will Roapké
Golifield
Storm Lake
Phil McMurty
Holmes
Sheriff Bradfield
Wright County
Buffalo Center
Ed Entrikin
Beldiouu
Natal
Africa
Qoiten
Convict Labor on Public Highways Debate Emerges
A discussion notes that a law forcing convicts to labor on public roads would remove them from unfair competition with honest workers. The piece mentions calls for reform and cites opinions about the social impact and economic effects of such policy shifts.
East Capitol Street Building Promises Magnificent Design
An East Capitol Street structure near the Congregational Library is described as to correspond in magnificence to a beautiful building. The note mentions payments by B D Branton of Thackerville Texas and a longstanding leg sore treated with Bucklen's Arnica Salve, advertised as a guaranteed cure for piles at 25 cents a box, sold by J B Cole, Druggist.
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Iowa Weather and Crops Bureau
Iowa Weather and Crop Service
Los
Wii
East Capitol Street
Congregational Library
B.D. Branton
Thackerville
Tex
Locnraa
Bucklen
J. B. Cole
What is Shiloh A grand old remedy for coughs and colds
What is Shiloh offers a claim that the remedy cures coughs colds and consumption, touting world usage for half a century and promising relief through various stages. The text contains garbled phrases and inconsistent terms but centers on a tonic claiming to treat incipient consumption and offer benefits for those not yet satisfied with remedies.
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Lees
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Towa
Ajgive
Lei Jouk
Thankiu
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Olden
Oteomay
Lows
Belmond
Robert
Harlesworth
Goldfield
Am Setraat
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Heron Boys
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Webster County
Keleigh
Ee 8
Eagie Grove
Burns
John Brooke
Krause
H. B. Cole
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Bngham
Roberts
Utah
Iowa
White
North Carolina
Congress
James L. Stayden
Texas
Phi D
American Bank
Renwick Iowa
B. F. Bacon
F. Bacon
Humboldt Wright
Hahcock
Kossuth
the State Bank of
R. R. Smith
L Gillespie
Laura M. Smith
Europe
Oldens
Crade
Duck Coats
R. J. Griebel
Waker
John Callesen
Merret
Cole
Viorence Frasier
B. Cole
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