Henderson meeting draws crowd and visitors
The Henderson gathering Friday drew many from neighboring towns. Col. D. B. Henderson spoke at Cass Opera House, with praise for his vigor and patriotism. Local editors and visitors like Grawe Tyrrell Morse and G. M. Craig attended, while various business and personal notes filled the page.
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Henderson
Wm. R. McClure
Greene
Col. Henderson
Grawe and
Tyrrell
H. S. Morse
G. M. Craig
Allison
Red Clover Creamery Co
D. B. Henderson
3Rd Town Dist
Cass Opera House
Local notices and ads mix boost from Pioneer Press
An assortment of promotional blurbs and notices tout One Minute Cough Cure and De Witt’s remedies. President Taylor promotes waterworks in Prairie City. Davenport businessmen raise $10,000 for a Mississippi river bridge. Rev. Gunderman endorses King’s New Discovery for pneumonia. The Weekly Pioneer Press offers a premium with subscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie City
Jasper County
O. R. Taylor
Davenport
Mississippi
J. Gunderman
Dimondale
Mich
Dr. King
Baptist
Rives
la Grippe
O. R. Taylor’s Drug Store
Electric Bitters for Spring Health and Malaria Fight
Electric Bitters helps with spring fatigue and bilious symptoms. It relieves headaches indigestion constipation and dizziness by counteracting malaria poison. Only 69 cents per bottle at O R Vayle's Drug.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
O. &, Taylor
O. R. Vayle
Nashville Visit Charted For Tennessee Centennial 1896
A Nashville centennial preparation feature describes a visiting party touring the city’s institutions including Peabody College Fisk University Vanderbilt Belle Meade farm and remarks on race relations and local landmarks amid a 1896 Tennessee Centennial buildup. The piece notes Nashville’s election turmoil its status as Athens of the South and the rail connections shaping the trip plus reflections on nearby sites such as Hermitage and the Murfreesboro battlefield.
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St. Louis
Providence
Lews
Maxwell House
Nashville
Tennessee
Peabody Normal College
Hias
University of Tennessee
Payne
Pres. Lafe Young
Fisk University
Vanderbilt
Old Peabody
the College
New South
Belle Meade Farm
W. H. Jackson
Jackson
U. S. Supreme Court
West Point
Plains
Iowa
Jersey
Illinois Central Excursions to the South in 1893
J. F. Muzey A. G. P. A. Illinois Central offers Southern Home Seekers Excursions from Sioux City Sioux Falls Onawa Cedar Rapids and other towns with dates October November and December 1892 and travel south of Cairo with return options and stopovers. Readers urged to read the Southern Home Seekers Guide for 1893 and request a free copy via postal card to Manchester Iowa.
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Iowa
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
South Dakota
Illinoia Central
Cairo
Memphis
New Orleans
Illinois Central
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisana
Winois Central Southern Blameseekers
Sioux City
Sioux Balls
Onawa
Cedar Rapids
Lyle
FE Dedze
Will
Ohio River
Illinois Central Railroad
Manchester
South
J. F. Muzey
A. G. P. A. Holinois Central Railroad
Historic Route of Nashville Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway
The Historic Route is the Souths famed railroad system with over fifty battlefields and five national cemeteries along its lines. It promotes the Cotton States Exposition route to Atlanta from September 18 to December 31, 1895 with low excursion rates and through sleeping car service from St Louis to Atlanta via Evansville Nashville and Chattanooga.
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Nashville
Jacksonville
Fla
Briard
F. Hill
Marquette
Chicago
R.G. Cowardin
Western
Railway Exchange
St. Louis
Missouri
W.L. Daxter
G. P& Tia
Nashville, Tenn
Train Route to Florida via Louisville and Nashville Line
Travelers planning Southeast trips this fall or winter should seek the L & N route from St. Louis to Nashville and on to Jacksonville and all Florida points. Double daily trains with Pullman sleeping cars run through to destinations including Evansville Louisville Cincinnati Birmingham Atlanta Montgomery Pensacola Mobile and Gulf Coast resorts with special low rates during the Cotton States Exposition and tourist season. For rates and through car service contact Geo B Floren St Louis MO J K Riparry Chicago IL CG P L Atmone Louisville KY.
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Louisville & Nashville Railroad
St. Louis
Evansville
Louisville
Cincinnati
Nashville
Chattanooga
Birmingham
Atlanta
Montgomery
Thomasville
Pensacola
Mobile
Jacksonville
Florida
Pullman
Gulf Coast
Geo. B. Floren
St. Tonis
Riparry
N. W
Chicago
Incg
Atmone
Excursion Rates Announced By Chicago Great Western
The Chicago Great Western Railway offers excursion fares for Shenandoah and Waterloo events. Shenandoah trips on November 5-6 for the Annual Meeting of the Town Branch Woman's Board of Missions of the Interior, Waterloo trips November 13-14 for the Annual Meeting of the Town State Dairy Association. Fares are one and one third the round trip. Inquiries to J. H. Neff, Agent, Sumner, Iowa.
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Chicago Great Western Railway
Gladbrook
Tara County
Elmer Smart
Smart
Oelwein Register
G. W. Ry
Shenandoah
Town Branch Woman’s Board of Missions of the Interior
Waterloo
Town State Dairy Association
J. H. Neff
Sumner
Iowa
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Minneapolis
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Tiz
F. H. Lord
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EORTH
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J. H. Nerr
Azent
A. E Osborn
Enlist
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Gazette
Barnette
Erdhd Frank
E. Patterson
Owa
Carpenter
R. Taylor
McClure
Robish Block
Somner
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Bagesge
Bagage
Portoffice
Tibbitts Otel
C.iml. Simmons
George Kohlman
South Side
Main Street
Reif, Haag
Reif & Hare
Proprietors of
Sumner Dray Line
N. H. Spears
Westgate
Genrye
Aces For Hire
Er. Dickey
Wm. McMeekin & Co
Dawson
Waverly
Mo Meekin & Winter
Roy Mortimer
Georgia
Frank Mortimer
Josiah Carpenter
Justice of the Peace
Ins.Co
Joliet
Will Co
Supreme Court of Or
United States
Iowa Auditors Ins
J. Carpenter Ins. Co
Connecticut
Harford
New York
Hartford
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North America
Liverpool
London & Grove
J. Carpenter
Ing. Co
America
Rockford
Actor Mutual
Creston
State Fair Management
Darlington
Wis
Charberlain
State Dairymen’s Association
Grundy County
Grundy Center
Reinbeck
Ludwig Wreight
Marshalltown
de Witt
O. BR
Taylor
Franklin County
Stampton Bee
Eldora
Munn & CO
Scientific American
Building E Tion
Rouse
Mann & CO
Fale
JAS. A. Smith & CO
Town
Union
O. B. Taylor
Mason City
Brewster Carriage Company
Delevan
A. G. Bartley
Magic
Pioneer Press
Weekly
Minn
Electric Bitters
Nasavituz
Belle Mead
Athens
Cumberland
Louisville & Nashville
Nashville, Chattanooga
Andrew Jackson
Hermitage
Pres. Jas. K. Polk
State Capitol
Nashville, Chattanooga, & St. Louis Ry
Nora Springs
Jewell
California
Los Angeles
Cal
Santa Fe
Bank OF Sumner
S. F. Cass
J. EF. Cass
P. A. Swirg
C. C. Dickway
Chase National Bank
N. Drovers
Chigage
Nat'l Bk
Dubuque
Homeseeker’s
Tineis
Gentral A.B
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