Des Moines Letter Sees Prosperity and New Court House
The Des Moines letter from September 8, 1900 notes pleasant autumn weather and signs of general prosperity. It reports a Polk County courthouse bond bid where a local bank bought 300000 at 34 percent with a premium, and mentions a riverfront site for a new courthouse and a Navy-like post relocation effort in forty eight hours.
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Autum
Iowa
Sutum
Des Moines
Polk County Court House
Sioux City
Ottunmwa
Des Moines News Highlights Labor Events and Obituary Notes
Labor Day parade and speeches noted amid civic appeals for support to churches, hospitals and the Fair grounds. Obituary records Mrs. E E Sharp of Boyden, aged 73, with funeral at Hull and burial beside husband in Beaman. Cummins withdraws from Senate race. Governor Shaw active in campaigns. Cuba Philippines round trip offer promoted at Boyden Opera House on September 22, 1900.
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Des Moines
United States
Iowa
Avs
M. E. Church
Chardler
Hull
Acheson
Beaman Town
A. B. Cummins
Lowa
A.B. Cummins
Shaw
Wells
Tuider Bryan
Cuba
Philippines
Boyden Opera House
Logan County Recorder
The
Springfield Inquirer
Des Moines Free Press
Mrs Sarah Miller Passes. Early Iowa Pioneer
Miss Sarah Miller born May 22 1827 Fairfield Ohio came to Iowa in 1844. She married Rev S W Hutchinson in 1848 in Jones County Iowa. Four children survive mourning a kind mother. Javed Mrs Mary Fettit Grundy County J W.
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Sarah Miller
Fairfield
Ohio
Iowa
Jones County
S. W. Hutchinson
Mary Fettit
Grundy County
J. W
Wanted Active Man for Chair Trade in Iowa
Advertises for a steady paid position in Danver Iowa with an old established manufacturing wholesale house. Pays 90 a year with sure pay. Emphasizes honesty and references from any bank. Enclose SASE to Manufacturers Third Floor 334 Depborn St Chicago.
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Danver
Iowa
Dearborn St
Chicago
Hartwig's Lung Balsam and Dr Caldwell Ads Revive 19th Century Health Claims
A collage of medical cure claims and sales pitches. Hartwig's Lung Balsam promises cure for coughs and lung troubles with testimonials from W L Warner and Mrs Flynn. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin advertises heart relief and indigestion remedies with Dr Brink promoting the product. Real estate notes and farm sales from Morris & Baird in Iowa appear alongside a request for an active delivery person and a brief endorsement from the editor of Clarence, Iowa.
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Dr. Caldwell
M. Brink
Clarence
Iowa
Clark Smith
Moody County land for sale in the garden belt
A line of South Dakota land listings in Moody County invites buyers to contact the local office for details. The ad highlights the area as the garden belt and offers in person visits to the office for viewing and purchase information.
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South Dakota
Moody County
Illinois Central R R Stockholders Free Transport to Meeting
Illinois Central Railroad issues a free travel ticket policy for stockholders to attend the annual meeting in Chicago. Tickets cover travel from the stockholder's nearest station to Chicago and back, valid four days before and after the meeting, obtainable by written application to the Chicago president, with limits of one free traveler per stockholding.
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Chicago
Illinois Centeral Railroad Company
Ilinois
W. G. Bruen
Board of Directors
A. G. Hackstar
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Ayer
Manion
Camden
N.Y
Rk. J.C. Ayer
Lowell
Mass
J. M. Mehan
Mother
Ella Sharp
Corasner
U Collegr
Capital City School of
Y.M.G. A. Gioa
Mean & Biccauley
Los
Olnes
Iow
Bottie Hartwig
W. L. Warner
Stewart Ave
Hartwig
Boyden
Morris & Baird
A. A. Wyman
Omaha
Illinois Central
R. R
Morris
Ginginnati
Jewel Nursery Co
Lake City Minn
S. B. Baird
Boyden Lowa
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