Births and Local Happenings Flash in Summary
A baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs Wm Rundle on Oct 20. Dr Emmons of Barr Oak visited last week to see wife and infant. Local youth Fred Legh learns store clerk work at Carpenter Wescott and Lowe. Several residents plus Walter Hallowell Vine Austin and Will Goodall left for the fair. Prohibition Bells entertained at Cass Opera House, drawing a full crowd and mixed reactions to temperance message. James Stanton of New Hampton received postmaster commission. Community notes cover crop prices hogs grapes and local real estate listings. County news includes property deals in Waverly Tripoli Plainfield and Cedar Falls, and a Denver fire event. Public notices warn about polling duty and voting information.
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Wm. Rundle
Dr. Emmons
Barr Oak
Fred Legh
Carpenter, Wescott, and
Lowe
Walter Hallowell
Vine Austin
Will Goodall
F. E. Dano
Frank Houghton
Burrington
Manchester
Cass Opera House
Prohibition
Sumner
Marriages and events stir Waverly and county life
John Knott married Bessie Sitterall of Waverly last week. Populists boast of fifty thousand votes in town for the coming election. A new populist paper debuts at Marshalltown. Barnes Thompson, longtime county resident born 1825 near this county, died near Horton. A fire in LieMars livery stable caused heavy losses above $100,000. forty horses burned. Madame Adelaide Ristori pieces to appear in The Ladies' Home Journal. A Waverly Democrat note recalls a visit to The Fair in South Chicago during the Columbian Exposition. Iowa Day at the world’s fair drew over $20,000 in parade costs. Cheese exhibits at the fair total 667 with Canada earning most medals. A Hawk Eye resident receives a tar and feathering threat via post. IC has 18,000 tons of coal piled at Waterloo. engines coaling from the pile. A farm near Oelwein reports a palatable root-eating incident. A Shell Rock residence fire appears deliberate. candles in boxes kerosened. Home ads bolster local papers, as in Oelwein Register. The supreme court upholds $1,500 damages for a girl injured by a dog in Cameron vs Brien. Frank Rehle severely injured crossing a bridge with a traction engine near Spillville. bridge collapse endangers recovery. Winnebeshiek supervisors inspect wreck site and note missing bridge provisions, limiting damages.
Salve offered for wide range of skin ailments
An 19th century advertisement touts a universal salve claimed to heal cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions with a money back guarantee. It sells for 60. per box by EB G Trump & Co.
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EB. G
Trump & Co
Lucania Sets Eastward Record Crossing Ocean
The Cunarder Lucania crossed the Atlantic eastward in 5 days 13 hours 40 minutes, beating all eastward and westward records. The ship now holds all current transatlantic records, with reports noting its faster eastbound passage and overall record status.
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Lucania
Atlantic
The
Dr Kings New Discovery Sales Soar Across Years
The ad proclaims 2,228,672 bottles sold in a year from March 91 to Afard 92. It claims a money back guarantee if results are unsatisfactory and touts Dr Kings New Discovery as the best remedy for coughs and colds. Trump & Co.'s Drug Store sells at $1.00.
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K.G Tramp & Co
Dr. King
United States
Price Inc
Trump & Co
Dr King’s New Discovery Offered For Coughs And Colds
A promoter touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a friend in need for consumption coughs and colds. Claims cure all throat chest and lung diseases with money back guarantee. Trial bottles free at EG Trump & Co drug store. large bottles priced 50c and 1.00.
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Dr. King
EG Trump & Co
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