Mail routes and office hours in 19th century office
Mentor Frederika Dicky Orton and Plainfield mail leaves Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays at 5:00 PM and arrives Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays at 5:00 PM. Buck Grek mail leaves Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays at 1:00 PM and arrives the same day at 6:00 PM. Office hours run from 8:00 AM to 12:02 PM, on Sunday from 12:00 noon until 1:00 PM.
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Mentor
Frederika, Dicky
Orton
Plainfield Mail
Buck Grek
Samas Uay
Oklahoma City News in the Spring Breeze 1594
The writer notes balmy spring weather in Oklahoma City with plowing gardens and new arrivals. Mentions Oklahoma State weekly venture, Oklahoma City papers, and the upcoming Democratic postmaster election. Observes cautious optimism amid quiet business and dust in the wind. March 1, 1594.
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Hicks
Foster
Iowa
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma City
Sam W. Small
Oklahoman
March Std Mrs Mabie Wounded in Event
Mrs Mabie slipped and suffered serious injuries on Monday evening. The family of H W Hilmer left for Riceville to establish their future home. A Botition appears in the Hitec listing with an uncertain item.
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Charles Mabie
H.W. Hilmer
Riceville
Town
Hitec
District closes as health board ends quarantine
Last Saturday Ker district held an engaging program and Miss Harvey’s pupils show notable dramatic talent. W.1 Carpenter visited from Minneapolis to oversee business, planning a coast trip next week. Health board released quarantine for public entertainments and churches, deeming further precautions unnecessary.
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Ker
Board of Health
A Farmer Foiled by a Five Percent Land Scheme
A Wright county farmer near town faced a con job when a vehicle of men offered to buy his farm. The contract pressed a five percent commission on any sale, paid by the landowner, no matter when or how the sale occurred. He refused to sign, calling the tactic early in the season for suckers, and the con men moved on to a nearby neighbour.
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Clarion
Wright County
Monitor
Webster County
Fort Dodge Messenger
Ex-Sheriff Sager takes post with Garner on March first
Ex Sheriff John Sager accepts a position with C F Garner and begins new duties March 1. County superintendent L Oberdorf moves to Waverly and occupies the Chapin house in the South ward. Isaac Woodring sells a creamery outfit to Farmers Cooperative Creamery six miles southeast of Janesville, after selling units at Spring Lake and New Hartford the prior week. A Hampton Globe quotation lists nine types of problematic townsfolk, plus a jab about some preferring dead community would-be good.
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Frank Woodring, Jr
QO. E. Banks
Waterloo
J. H. Martin
Bank of Tripoli
Creamery Supply Company
Mt. Vernon
Gane Ranche
Allen Sewall
John Sager
4. C. Garner
Isaac Woodring
Farmers’ Cooperative Creamery
Janesville
Spring Lake
New Hartford
Hampton Globe
Beets, cattle disease, and labor in agriculture
The article reviews milk from diseased cows as a tuberculosis risk and state plans to slaughter at least 20,000 cattle with $330,000 appropriated. It notes blooded cattle owners receive no full reimbursement and cites opinions on beet sugar viability in Northwestern Iowa, arguing beet farming requires capital and loses value due to labor intensity. It contrasts California Chinese, Nebraska Polish labor, and European cheap labor affecting Iowa farming.
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State Board of Health
New York Tribune
Cherokee Times
Iowa
Kil
California
Nebraska
Europe
The Beat Salve for Skin Eruptions and Piles
An advertised salve promises cures for cuts bruises sores ulcers rheum fever sores teitter and skin eruptions with guaranteed satisfaction or money back. Sold by E G Trump & Co at a nominal price.
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E.G. Trump& Co
Hoar bill targets lotteries amid scattered reform efforts
Senator Hoar introduces a bill to suppress lotteries and raffles with fines or prison, noting little mail-based lottery activity. A Washington report cites five river port entries with mixed receipts and modest collector pay. A Webster County tale shows a farmer selling chickens, then buying them back as a backfire. Hunter access disputes grow over Pank’s hunting consent bill, sparking farmer outrage according to exchanges.
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Hoar
Pank
Quail Flocks and Lawful Hunting Rights Debate
A gentleman laments who hunt dogs and guns disregarding others rights. The piece urges stricter law enforcement, while promoting Louisville & Nashville Railroad tourist tickets and through Pullman services to the Southeast with reduced Florida Georgia Alabama Mississippi rates. Contact Geo. B. Horner in St. Louis or Geo. L. Cross in Chicago for full rates and schedules.
Dr Kings New Discovery earns trust of one million users
A testimonial claims Dr Kings New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds has cured diseases of the chest and lungs. It guarantees refunds if not as claimed. Trial bottles free at BG Trump & Co's drug store with larger bottles priced at 50 cents and one dollar.
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Dr. King
BG Trump & Co
B. R. Swetnam
Fairfax Station
Chamberlain
E.G. Trump & Co
Cabbage of notices and local chatter in wordy column
A long, mixed page notes a breach of promise case ending in a dollar award, bank critiques, legal tender trivia, local theater bills, a Nashua Episcopalian school mention, lottery ads, patent remedies, a Baltimore penitent sentence, and various local notices and editorial jabs. It cites officials, traders, and small-town names, with remarks on post office rules and ads for medicines.
Four Big Successes Marketed by Local Drugstore
Four remedies claim strong sales and proven merit with guarantees. Dr King's New Discovery targets consumption, colds and coughs, Electric Bitters aids liver stomach and kidneys, Bucklen's Arnica Salve is praised as the world’s best, and Dr King's New Life Pills are presented as a perfect pill. Sold at E. G. Trump & Co.'s drug store with dealer endorsements.
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Dr. King
Bucklen
de. King
E. G
Trump & Co
South at Half Rates for Southern Excursions 1894
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad offers single fare round trips to Southern points on February and dates in March and April 1894. Excursion rates cover Tennessee Alabama Georgia West Florida and Mississippi with return within twenty days. Tickets on sale in St Louis Evansville and Louisville. through cars to major southern points. Information from Geo B Horner and Geo L Cross.
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Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Tennessee
Alabama
Cgeorgia
West Florida
Mississppi
St. Louis
Evansville
Louisville
Geo. B. Horner
Division
North Broadway
Geo. L. Cross
Northwestern
Rackecy Building
Chicago
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Sumner
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Geo. Younexncoop
Lutheran- Church
Rev
H. Brepow
J. Hogan
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Dubuque Ponch
E. M. Cass
Jane
Nowrwesil
IG Des
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F. Hu. Lord
Gen’s Pass
Ticket Ag’t
Chicago IL
North
Eaving Time Express Mail Way
Saly Lrang
South
J. Il. Nerr
Sameer
Towa
Feqouate
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
R.R
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Houston
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Texas ‘Panhandle
S.M. Osgood, Kent
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L. Nearse and Son
Creston
W. B. Barnes
LeRoy Township
Independence
P. J. Clarke
Greene
West Union Odd Fellows
Bland
Dist. Press Association
Charles City
West Union
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Leith Tompson
J. F. Callender
District Court
Jon Rourke
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Fred Hartman
Jefferson
Henry Schlutsmeyer
C. M. Orcutt
Park
G. A. Wheaton
Frank Gardner
Douglas
L. W. Hutchinson
Lafayette
F. Buesing
Washington
Charles Fosselman
George Hursh
George
P. Ellis
Waverly Democrat
L. \. Oberdorf
Chapin
Sth Ward
Vick’s Floral Guide
Vick
James Vick
Rochester
N. Y
Geo. A. Smith
New York
New Yorker
Colman
Florida
Post
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Dubuque
Sioux City
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Rickery Building
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Mike Conners
Ft. Madison Penitentiary
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Union
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Bank of Sumner
F. Cass
James Lambert
New Brunswick
Tuis
Nashua
Oselwein
Donlan
Baltimore
Post Office Department
Noble
Tobi
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Portland Mills
Indiana
E. G. Trump & Co
Standing Rock
Pine Ridge Agency
Forest City
S. D
Rosebud Agency
Crow Creek
Gazette Signal Service
Cory
S. F. Cass
3. P. Cass
Frank
Lr Cashier
P. A. Sori Asat
Cashier
Chase National Bank
N. Drovers
Nat'l Bank
Chica
Nat'l
Minneapolis
First Nat. Bk
Dubuque, Is
Leonard Carroll
W.M Wood
Carroll & Wood
SALE
W. L.whithire
M.D. Hysician
Reimler & Farrand
Fred Eran
C. E. Patterson, M. D
Sumner, Ilowa
Cass Bros
Carpenter Brick
Nonrad Haag
F., W. Muir
A. E. Osborn
Entist
Geo. Hang
Reif
Reif & Hare
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N. H. Spears
Westgate
Jas
Pamphrex
Keystone Watch Case Co
Philadelphia
Barnetto MW
Robisek
Nonn & CO
Munn & Co
Scientific Americann
Munn £ CO
Washington, D.C
Qatar
Canen
Anid Avel
Ports
Deperos Hournehoald
Pepa Tapia
America
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New York Ave
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