California Home Prospects and Local News from Napa City
A letter from Pacific Theological Seminary in Oakland, dated August 17, 1898, reports on California home prospects, fruit crops near Napa City, and Mr. Hehmke’s forty five acre ranch with diverse fruit. It notes mild climate, prunes, pears, peaches, and winter apples, along with local events in Clarksville, McIntire, Waucoma, and Waverly. The piece blends war news, local commerce, and social notes from the Far West.
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Tennessee
Mr. Darkey
Darkies
San Francisco
Sonoma Valley
Napa Valley
Hehmke
Napa City
California
Washington
Wehmke
Pack-train Heroes Credit Chamberlain Medicine
A July 23 letter from P. E. Butler in Santiago de Cuba credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with sustaining pack-train No. 3 and preventing deaths during the Battle of Santiago. He notes severe diarrhoea among men and says the medicine kept ammunition and rations flowing to the front. The letter, sent to Chamberlain Medicine Co. Des Moines Iowa, is offered for sale by M. Bobish & Co.
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Santiago de Cuba
P.E. Butler
Santiago
de Cuba
Chamberlain
Tampa
Chamberlain Medicine Co
Des Moines
Iowa
M. Bobish & Co
Foley's Honey and Tar Promises Fast Asthma Relief
An advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar as a quick remedy for asthma and differentiates it from other medicines. The note urges readers to try it, claiming guaranteed relief in all cases.
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Foley
Farrand Bros. & Patterson
Bremer county old settlers to meet at Wartburg Park
The annual meeting of Bremer county old settlers will be held in Waverly on Wednesday September 11. Wartburg Park grounds will be available and committees are in place to ensure a successful event.
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Bremer County
Waverly
Wartburg Park
Clover Root Tea Praise by Hartford Woman
Mrs. S. A. Sweet of Hartford Connecticut reports using Karl's Clover Root Tea to calm nerves and strengthen the nervous system. She states it cleared constipation kidney and bowel trouble and rapidly restored health and vigor. Sold by M. Robish & Co. 35wF eG
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Karl
M. Robish & Co
S. A. Sweet
Hartford
Conn
M. Robish &Co
Real estate bargains in Sumner Iowa by Littell Todd
Littell and Todd list numerous farms and parcels around Sumner Bremer and Fayette counties. No. 1 a 243 acre stock and grain farm near Sumner priced at 9.0 per acre with long balance terms. No. 2 320 acres in Bremer with 250 acres plow land at 35 per acre. No. 3 eighty acres in Banks Township Fayette County with strong value. No. 4 160 acres in Tarlan Township with plow land and pasture, price 42 per acre. No. 5 to No. 21 describe additional houses lots and farms for sale with varied terms and cash options. Also notes about Chicago Great Western Railway excursion fares and promotions for travel and relocation.
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Sumner
Bremer County
Fremont Township
Banks Township
Fayette County
Littell & Todd
Tarlan Township
Banks
Fayette Co
Tlouse
Littell’s
Royal Pullman palaces begin service on Great Western
The Chicago Great Western introduces two new luxury trains between Chicago and Minneapolis with green and golden livery and Aladdin interiors. Pullman palaces feature mahogany inlays, rich carpets, and new club cars with diamond glass, conductor’s room, and opulent seating. Inaugural service will showcase the innovations to travelers.
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Chicago Great Western
Chicago
Minneapolis
Grand Pacific
Metropolitan Club
Lhe
How to Look Good from Health of Vital Organs
An old advertisement explains that beauty stems from healthy organs. It warns a bilious liver, dyspeptic stomach, or troubled kidneys produce a poor appearance. It promotes Electric Bitters as a suitable tonic, claiming it cleanses the blood, clears pimples, and improves complexion, with a money back guarantee from M. Robish & Co.
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M. Robish & Co
Home seekers Excursions via Chicago Great Western Ry
The Chicago Great Western Railway offers Homeseekers Excursion tickets to many western and midwestern states on September 6 and 20, October 4 and 18. One fare plus 2.00 round trip, tickets valid 21 days from sale. Call agents Maple Leaf Route for details.
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Chicago Great Western Ry
Niagara Falls
Chautauqua Lake
Canada
Michigan
Minnesota
Northwest
Colorado
Great Western
Cincinnati
Grand Army of the Republic
Chicago Great Western Railway
America
C.G. W. Ry
Idaho
Indian Territory
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
North & South Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
Utah
Wyoming
Wisconsin
Maple Leaf
Chicago Great Western Ry Enacts Eight Dollar One Way Fare
On August 9 1898 the Chicago Great Western Railway sets a one way first class fare to Chicago and intermediate points at 8.00 dollars for agent inquiry about schedules. A poem follows about three soldiers who cherish their beloveds and carry the same pictures, revealing a moral twist about shared portraits.
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Chicago Great Western Ry
Chicago
Callun
The Best Salve For Skin Ailments By M. Robish Co
A 19th century style advertisement offering a salve claimed to cure cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions. It guarantees satisfaction or money refunded priced at 25 cents per box and offered for sale by M Robish Co.
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M. Robish& Co
Enterprising Druggist Sells King's New Discovery
M Robish and Co advertise their new agency for Dr King s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds. The remedy is said to cure asthma bronchitis hoarseness and all throat chest and lung affections. Trial bottle free and regular sizes 50 cents and 1.00 guaranteed to cure or price refunded.
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M. Robish & Co
Dr. King
Above Drug
Waverly man visits Vernie Heyer over a week
Joe Crause of Waverly has been visiting Vernie Heyer for over a week. A Great Western freight train carried eleven cars of whisky through Oelwein recently, consigned to a firm in Fort Worth Texas. Another day, four hundred Canadians traveling on the Great Western road were bound for the Dakotas and Manitoba.
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New Hampton
Updegraff
Blythe
Haugen
Worth Co
Joe Crause
Waverly
Vernie Heyer
Oelwein
Great Western
Fort Worth
Tex
Great Western Road
Dakotas
Manitoba
Foley Cure Bottle Free For First Civil War Soldier
Farrand Bros. Patterson offer a free 25c bottle of Foley's Cube Cure to the first Civil War veteran who applies. The remedy addresses chronic diarrhoea cramps colic and bowel issues. O C Stone welcomed home his sister Mrs Cummings from Garneal Illinois after twenty four years apart.
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Foley
Farrand Bros. & Patterson
Foley’s
O. C. Stone
Mrs. Cummings
Garner
Llinois
Stone
Waverly
Oliver
Vida
Near Fifteen Candidates for Payette Postmaster Race
Nearly fifteen candidates are reported for the Payette postmaster position. The piece notes a lack of sufficient testing or trial for town troops to demonstrate readiness, underscoring a fragile selection process.
Keep Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin at Home Benefit
Advertisement claims most illnesses stem from stomach issues and keeps the stomach in proper condition with Syrup Pepsin as a specific. Trial bottles are 10 cents, large sizes 50 cents and 1 dollar, Farrand Bros. & Patterson.
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Dr. Caldwell
Farrand Bros. & Patterson
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin A Remedy Highlighted
Readers are urged to try a 10 cent trial bottle of Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for constipation indigestion and stomach troubles available in 50 cent and one dollar sizes at Farrand Bros Patterson's.
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Dr. Caldwell
Farrand Bros. & Patterson
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Pacific Theological Seminary
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McIntire
McIntire Gazette
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H. B. Miller
Bremer Co
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Waucoma
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Robish & Co
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Chas. Congdon
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Chris. Pries
Emily Tennis
Winona, Minn
E. Preston
A. E. Woodruff
The
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Nation
Jay Davis
Valley Junction
Peter Mersch
Waverly Democrat
Lester Carroll
Fred Torrey
Fredericksburg
Maynard News
New Jersey
Sam Cambell
M. M. Preston
Chickamaugaa
Tenn
52Nd
Iowa Volunteers
J. Selig
Fred Muir
Fred Neiverner
Ile
John Kinney
Homeseekers
National Assocition Stationary Engineers
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U. S. Improved Order of Red Men
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