Calmar Faces Diphtheria Scourge and Local Notices
Calmar is said to have a scourge of black diphtheria. The Fayette Farmers Institute will be held in West Union Dec 3 and 4. The Epworth League convention will be in Ottumwa Nov 4 to 8. Vinnie Ream’s Lincoln statue opens Midland feature. The issue promotes exchanges and regional notices with several ad snippets and literary notices.
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Calmar
Fayette Farmers’ Institute
West Union
The
Epworth League of the Methodist Church
Ottumwa
Vinnie Ream
Lincoln
Des Moines
Vinnie Ream Hoxie
Isadore Baker
Lady Henry Somerset
Alice R. Willard
Eastnor Castle
Priory
Frederick Schwatka
Alaska
Eldorado
Col. Emerson
Grant
Kansas
Jerusalem
Henry O'Conner
William M. Evarts
Middle- West
Dominion
Luetgert case jurors discharged amid acquittal and conviction divides
The Luetgert jury split with three voting for acquittal and nine for conviction. Expert witnesses are accused of lying. A Chickasaw County sheriff’s prisoners escaped by sawing window bars, with one indicted for burglary and another for forgery, suggesting outside assistance.
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Luetgert
Chickasaw Co
When Dr Whitman Added Three Stars to Our Flag
A 271000 square mile Idaho Oregon territory was saved to the Union by one man who rode three thousand miles on muleback. The November Ladies Home Journal will print the full tale. Also notes on Chamberlain's Cough Remedy praised for speedy cure and local sidewalk disputes over town repairs and corporation control.
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Idaho
Oregon
The
Ladies’ Home Journal
Whitman
Rockies
Fremont
Fayette
October Eloquence And Sport In Iowa Streamside
J S Trigg of the Rockford Register writes lyrical October scenes describing autumn colors in woods and skies, and the river where a two pound black bass provides October sport. The piece blends nature poetry with a hunter’s note on a quiet, fading season.
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J.S. Trigg
The
Rockford Register
Arctic
Iowa
Waverly News Highlights and Local Notes
Waverly items report A H Jarvis confined with rheumatism, no prisoner in county jail since last court term, and Bremer viewed favorably. Local business and agriculture notes include John Hominghaus expanding at Denver, Mohling’s hog yard lime use, revival meetings, new creamery builds, and farm yields. Also mentions sheriff with a prisoner, real estate transfers, and assorted ads and notices.
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Bremer
Bob Burdette's Compassions on Pay for Faith and Temptation
A satirical meditation contrasts religious and secular speakers' earnings with everyday costs of vice and virtue. It argues that laborers and preachers deserve fair pay, noting Moody Ingersoll Murphy Gough and others, while highlighting the ethics of spending on entertainment and charity.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Best Salve in the World
Bucklen's Arnica Salve claims to cure cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions. It guarantees perfect satisfaction or money refunded with a price of 25 cents per box, sold by M Robish & Co.
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Moody
Ingersoll
Francis Murphy
Congress
John B. Gough
Bucklen
M. Robish & Co.’s
Dr King's New Discovery Cure for Consumption Story
Mr Ft Cyerye Merchant of Chilhowie Virginia states he suffered chronic consumption and poor health for years before trying Dr King's New Discovery. After two bottles he recovered and resumed business. He praises the remedy as grand and guarantees its use for coughs colds and consumption with free trial bottles at M Robish Co. Drug Store.
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Ft Cyerye Merchant
Chilhowie
Dr. King
M. Robish & Co
Elgin Canning Plant Contracts for 15000 Cases of Corn
The Elgin canning factory produced over a million cans this season and has contracted 15 000 cases of corn for the 1898 pack. In Osage Mrs Taft and her three children died within nine days of diphtheria. The house was quarantined to prevent spread.
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Cedar Falls
Towa
Rockford
Elgin Canning Factory
Electric Ditters Nerve Tonic Promoted As Health Restorer
A vintage ad touts Electric Ditters as the best medicine to revive tired nerves and digestive vigor. It claims vegetable formula tones nerves, stimulates liver and kidneys, improves appetite, aids digestion, and purifies blood, priced 6 cents or one dollar per bottle at M2 Robish & Co.
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Robish & Co
Iowa Equal Suffrage Association Opens Des Moines HQ
The Iowa Equal Suffrage Association will open a Des Moines headquarters with funds raised to cover one year of maintenance. The group pledges a vigorous campaign for equal rights in voting, asserting women are capable of intelligent public judgment alongside men.
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Washington
Iowa
Towa
Mississippi
Arkansas
Iowa Equal Suffrage Association
Des Moines
Parkersbury
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P. A. Stra
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Enfidential
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Syashington
Unn & Co
Ecient
Wiunn & CO
Broadway, New York
Nets
East
ST. Paul
Great Northwest
ST. Joseph
Haxsas City
Corthwest
RLY
J. I. Nerr
Samuel
Geo HH. Haffner
Tibbitts Hotel
Wismer Ce Sitz
Benwryt
Livez
E. F. Petratz
Fague Bldg
Main Street
South Side Main Street
Fague Building
W. L. Whitmire
Sumner
Cass Block
A. E. Osborn
Entist
Gazette
Patterson & Buchanan, Physicians & Surgeons
Carpenter
E. Patterson
M. D
W. D. Buchanan, M. D
Wm. BR. McClure
M. Robish Block
Cox Rad Haag
Bagnee
Postoffice
Tibbitts
George Kohlman
South Side
M. E. Church
Oelwein
Emporia
Kan
Hallowe'en
Lamont
Jesup
Rube
Fairbank
Elkader
Duffy
Secretary of State
Mr. Kreiger
Chickasaw County
Osage
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Pelton
Trigg
Sa. m
Klondike
F. P
Barnette
Chamberlain
Banner of Liberty
Libertytown
Maryland
Waverly
A.H. Jarvis
Chas. Mohlis
Dept
Geo. Haffner
John Hominghaus
Denver
Chris
Mohling
Evangelical Church
Goetze
Lorenz
Potter’s Siding
Ike Woodring
Mr. Woodring
Alexandria
J.B. Abrahams
Whit Stockwell
Tiedt
Buck Creek
Clover
Minn
F. Scheetler
Edwards
Black Hawk County
Stith
Janesville
Sarah J. Linquist
Esther C. Donlon
Julian Ruddick
James Fletcher
S. FF. Cass
Tod
C. Kading
Chauncey Carpenter
Gus
Robert J. Lauterbach
Albert Southwick
Mary F. Rose
S. F. Cass
Bridget. McDonald
Frank Heine
Worth Co
Herman Meiers
Worth County
Union
Meiers
Henry Schnadt
Dayton
Henry Geffert
Leroy Township
P. E. Grisham
Gaurs Mills
Colfax
J. I. Case Threshing Machine Co
DeWitt
North Dakota
Minnesota
de Witt
Mason City Republican
Cerro Gordo County
Robish & Con
J. M. Thirlwend
Grosbeck
Tex
Las Vegas
New Mexico
Hardin County
Selawik
J.C. Berry
Spencer, Mo
DeWitt’s
Bob Burdette
Storm Sash
T. P. Emmons & Co
PreQua
Wwe
Dickpman Brothers
Arnt
Sumner Meat Market
Western Railway
Kenyon
Paul
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