Chamberlains Cough Remedy sale and circus romance tale
SEAVIEW Virginia advertises Chamberlains Cough Remedy with praise from customers who say it saved children from croup. M Robish Co sells 25 and 50 cent sizes. Fred Grund, Ringling Bros. master blacksmith, advertised for a wife in Chicago, moved to Alden Iowa, married a young lady, then left abruptly leaving heartbreak and pursuit by her father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. J. Schall
Meyer Bros.* Drug Co
St. Louis
Chamberlain
M. Robish & Co
Seaview
Kellam & Carren
Fred Grund
Ringling Bros
Chicago
Alden
Towa
Grand
Editors Err in Report on Deheneiner Kent Lawsuit
A newspaper notes a prior lawsuit report mixed up names and roles in the Dehereiner versus Kent case. It admits the essential fact was reversed and defends the error as rumor driven.
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Dehereiner
Kent
Debereiner
Lime in stock water and two dollar farmer aid
A cheap, safe lime dose keeps stock tank water free of scum and prevents stagnation. When the lime weakens and scum returns, wash the tank and reapply. Beach's World Soap is pure and free from adulterants. ask for Beach's World Soap from your grocer. The Finchford sorghum works burned for a $5,000 uninsured loss. One Minute Cough Cure gives quick relief for whooping cough and throat tickles. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve advertised as a healer and pile cure. Waverly school population rose from 10 to 862 with 412 boys and 450 girls.
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Waverly
Robish & Co. A
Paint quantity rule and rural notices from a 19th century issue
A practical rule multiplies the house circumference by the average height then divides by 250 to estimate paint gallons. Local notes recount hogs wandering near rail tracks, a narrow escape from a midnight train, and a cautionary remark on track safety. The column also promotes DeWitt’s Little Early Risers pills for liver and bowel issues, warns about eye exposure from coin dust, and mentions DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve and a postal savings bank debate. A farming anecdote from Bremer county is corrected to Fayette county.
Dr King's New Discovery Cures Chilhowie Merchant
Mr FR 2B a Chilhowie Virginia merchant says he suffered nights of coughing and sought many remedies without relief. After using two bottles of Dr King’s New Discovery he was cured. He praises the remedy for coughs colds and consumption and notes trials were offered free at M Robish & Co. drug store.
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Greeve
Chilhowie
Dr King
M. Robish & Co
Bucklen Arnica Salve touted as best remedy
The notice markets Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers and skin eruptions with a satisfaction guarantee or money back. Sold by M. Robish Co. in a 25 cent box.
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Bievelist
DeWitt
Robish & Co
Bucklen
M. Robish & Co
Striking White Workers Resent Colored Employees at Cedar Rapids Factory
In Cedar Rapids a factory facing backlogged orders hired several educated colored women to assist. White workers struck and refused to return until the new hires were discharged. The firm sent the colored workers home, ending the disruption.
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Cedar Rapids
Heaven
Letter From Alaska: Feats and Fares on the Dyea Trail
Col Waverly describes arrival at Skaguay and the perilous Dyea trail. He details river crossings, cliffs, and a grueling 40 mile trek to Lake Bennett with packs of 50 pounds. He notes rising freight rates, ship arrivals Is lander Bristol Pioneer Ajax, and booming town growth with prices for goods, mules, carts, and labor. He mentions Taylor waiting for sled travel, and ends with a moral about haste and opportunity.
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Col. Waverly Democrat
Seaguay
Alaska
Willamette
Dyea
Lee
Texas
Skaguay
Lake Bennett
Islander
Bristol
Pioneer
Ajax
Taylor
Lani
Dam
A. EL Peck
Carpenter's Ins Co assets and losses in 1895 report
In the 1896 Iowa Auditor's Ins Report, seven companies carried by J Carpenter show paid losses totaling 316,015.44 with individual amounts from Connecticut Hartford 3,986, Continental New York 1,830,789, Hartford Connecticut 3234, Home New York 2,074,182, North America 3,900, and Liverpool London & Globe these figures reflect the heavy insurers he represents. The total assets of the Cass group exceed 348,000,000. A note mention 816.01L5,644 paid in 18 by these seven companies. Also included is a local legal note about a theater prize bicycle dispute near Jones County.
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Iowa
J. Carpenter
Ins. Co
Connecticut
Hartford
Continental
New York
Home
Tns
North America
Liverpool
London & Globe
Rockford
Linois
America
Cass
N.B. Theamt
Ken
Leo
Atlantic
Maun
Justice Court
Jones County
Guests visit Rammdail home on Sunday in Summer
A fragmentary note reports Mr Hallowell and daughter Susie and Mrs Pentington of Summer as guests at the Rammdail home Sunday. The piece also contains varied, garbled statements about remedies, taxes, and public gifts with no clear continuing event or reliable names.
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Hallowell
Susie
Pentington
Rockefeler
Waterton
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Bank OF Sumner
S.f.dawn
J. F. Cans
P. A. Suirs
C. C. Dickman
Chase National Bank
N. Y
Drovers
Nat'l Bank
Nat'l Bk
Minneapolis
Dubuque
Nedley
East
ST. Paul
Great Northwest
Des Moines
ST. Joseph
Kansas City
Wea
North
Tkly
Sprly
J. H. Nerv
Sumner
C. M. Reed
Hawkeye
Mrs. C. A. Austin
Martha Cass
Mildred Thull
Hazelton
Irma McMeekin
Ada West
Westgate
Florence Winegar
Ray Robinson
F. D. Barnetto
W. L. Whitmire
Cass Block
Charley Barrows
Waterloo
Win
McClure
Mo Itabish Block
The
Lutheran Church
Monrad Haag
Post Office
Tibbitts Ptel
John Kasemeier
Dayton Township
Julius Frisch
August Reimer
Frisch
de Witt
Dubuquese Herald
ST. Todd
Fev
John Dawson
Thornston
Fayette
Patterson & Buchanan, Physicians & Surgeons
Carpenter's
Orrick
C. E. Patterson, M. D
D. BroHnsan
Vere
Amesiowa Intelligencer
Jefferson
Vinton
Geo H. Haffner
Josiah Carpenter
Justice of Peace
Joliet, Co
Will Co
Tibbitt’s Hotel
Wismerce Litz
Gazette
Mr. Robish & Co Drug Store
George Kohlman
South Side
Main Street
A. FE. Osborn
Pers. “Mice
Mose Robinson
Warren Twp
Bremer County
HENRY ROc#E
Ae EE
E. F. Petratz
Fague Bldg
South Side Main Street
Fague Building
A. Shepard
Conrad Lamipe
Douglas Henry Wilkening
Sumner Henry Steege
H. Fink
J. W. Lease
Elias Keough
B. Ellsworth
J. P. Olds
John McDonald
Polk Andrew Carstensen
Fremont A. O. Nutting
A. H. Moehling
Maxfield
G. C. Shepard
Jackson
L. N. Cummings
Douglas
Phil McLarnan
Polk
Edward Bullock
Louis Towne
Fremont
James W. Cave
Lafayette
C. C. Smith
W. D. Schlaberg
Joseph Boylson
Washington
Fred Thieman
Warren Richard Rundle
Franklin
Finchford
New Orleans
YO. A. van Vinck
de- Witt
Klondike
F. P
Barnette
Fred Davies
Tripoli
DeWitt’s
W. Eightey
First National Bank
Mr. Eightey
Chicago Record
Postal Savings Bank
Oulwein
Fayette County
Sumner Meat Market
Frank
TIN
Wilharm & Garland
Seattle
Oyer
Broadway
Juneau
Monarch
Stove
Wisconsin
T. P. Etimons & CO
Insurance Report
Ack
Dickman Brothers
Reobish & Co
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