Improved Farms Offer Timber Lands Near Railroads
Improved farm homes at prices and terms in reach of all. We have just purchased another tract of 76 000 acres of hardwood timber land including maple basswood birch and hemlock with no pine. Lands near railroad towns schools churches creameries and good wagon roads. With each land purchase we build a log house ready to move into at 5 to 15 dollars per acre. One-fifth cash and five equal annual payments at 6 percent interest. Saw mills wanted to cut hardwood timber and do custom sawing. We own thousands of acres available at 7 to 10 thousand feet per acre. Buy tickets to Cable on the C N W Ry. Low rates to land seekers with return fare refunded to purchaser.
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Cable
R. R
Trains Arrive at Huron From East and West S:
C N W Ry schedules list arrivals at Huron from east and west with times for Minnesota and Dakota passenger No 15 freight and accommodation routes and connections. Includes north and south departures and notes on connections at Sioux Valley Junction for Redfield and points east.
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Minnesota and
Dakota
Bonday
Sioux Valley Junction
Redfield
Gopher Deaths Offer Bait and Price in Iowa Flyer
An old promotional ad touts a poison product to kill gophers ground squirrels and prairie dogs. It claims 1 400 tablets per box and urges immediate order with prepaid shipping and a price of 1 25 dollars. The noisy text includes garbled pseudo Latin phrases and mentions Iowa and a booklet.
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Fo Ge
Iowa
Nerve Pills Promised to Restore Restful Sleep
Dr. A W Chase's Nerve Pills are advertised as a remedy for overworked brain cells, promising natural sleep without bromides or opioids. Customer testimonial from Mrs. Fred Wholeben cites reduced nervousness and improved mental clarity after use, with sale points listing 50 cents per box and distributors in Buffalo New York and Huron South Dakota.
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A. W. Chase
Fred Wholeben
Glade Run
A.W. Chase Medicine Co
Buffalo
N. Y
M. D
C. H. Longstaff
Ph. D
Huron
South Dakota
Very Low Rates to Denver for Stock Growers’ Convention
Reduced round trip fares to Denver Colorado on the North Western Line May 7 8 and 9 with return limits May 12 to 31 inclusive for American Stock Growers Convention. Apply to agents Chicago and North Western Railway.
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Denver
Colo
Chicago & North-Western Ra Y
Electric Bitters Restores Tampa Man After Illness
Ralph F. Fernandez of Tampa Florida credits Electric Bitters with a rapid recovery from liver trouble and heart disease that left him sleepless and disinterested in life. After trying many doctors and medicines he felt like a new man in three days and calls himself cured. Guaranteed at Holland Wheeler’s drug store for 50 cents.
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Ralph F. Fernandez
Tampa
Fla
Holland
Wheeler
Very Low Rates to Savannah via the North Western Line
Excursion tickets offered to Savannah Georgia on May 12 13 and 14 with favorable return limits for Travelers Protective Association of America travelers. Tickets available through agents.
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Savannah
North-Western
Travelers’ Protective Association of America
Chicago & North-Western Ra Y
Local notice touts Kodol cure after engineer’s recovery
An Atchison Globe item features Joe Tack, a Missouri Pacific engineer from Wichita to Kiowa, who credits Kodol Dyspepsia Cure with curing his stomach pains and cancer fears. He says the medicine digests food and restores stomach health, recommending it to others. Holland Wheeler sells it.
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Atchison
Kan
Joe Tack
Wichita
Kiowa
Holland Wheeler
Very Low Rates for St Louis National Baptist Anniversaries
Low return travel tickets to St Louis Missouri go on sale May 13 through May 22 with return valid through May 24 due to National Baptist anniversaries. Tickets available via agents of Chicago and North Western Railway Ray.
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St. Louis
North-Western
National Baptist
Chicago & North-Western Ray
Piles Warning in Hot Weather
Physicians warn that heat and bad drinking water worsen piles and cause pain this season. De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve is promoted to ease pain draw out soreness and cure. Genuine product bears the E. C. De Witt & Co. name and is sold locally.
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de Witt
E. C. de Witt & Co
Holland Wheeler
Fire Insurance Certificate for Fire Association of Philadelphia
The Fire Association of Philadelphia is certified by South Dakota Commissioner of Insurance John C. Perkins to transact fire insurance in the state. The certificate remains valid until December 31, 1905, based on sworn statements and charter documentation filed in the department.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
South
Commissioner of Insurance
Department of Insurance Company
Fire Association of
John C. Perkins
Department of Insurance
A. D
Pierre
Insurance
Emanuel Hendriksen
Qherk
Hartford
Connecticut
Cepenys
Connecticut Fire Insurance Company
South Lukuta
John CC. Perkins
Emanuel Stendriksen
Woodmen of America
Illinois
Striking workers force closure of 13 brickyards at Duchess Junction
A mob of 700 Syrians Italians Hungarians and African Americans marching from Duchess Junction to Chelsea compelled all workers to quit the yards. Led by a Syrian with a red flagged pole the crowd armed with clubs forced out 1000 to 2000 men across thirteen brickyards with only a single instance of violence reported.
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Duchess Junction
N. Y
Chelsea
Japanese Laborers From Hawaii Landed For Great Northern
610 Japanese laborers are aboard the steamship Olympia in Seattle awaiting landing and distribution along the Great Northern railroad sections. Brought from Hawaiian plantations by Oriental Trading company, their entry is being challenged by the Western Central Labor union as possible violation of alien contract labor law. A restraining order to stop landing is being sought.
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Seattle
Olympia
Great Northern Railroad
Hawaiian Islands
Oriental Trading Company
Western Central Labor Union
Typhoid Fever Sweeps Milwaukee With Reports
Milwaukee records fifty five cases of typhoid with three deaths as of May 2. Health Commissioner F M Schulz suspects water contamination and orders a thorough inquiry into the public supply.
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Milwaukee
City Health Office
F. M. Schulz
Wey
Architect Johnson of Canal Staff Dies in Panama
Panama May 2 A dispatch reports Chief Architect Johnson attached to the canal staff died of yellow fever in Panama He formerly worked as a railroad architect for the Illinois Central and helped design new canal buildings and repair old ones Johnson a Kentucky native had been on the isthmus since last July.
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New York
Panama
Johnson
Canal
Illinois Central Railroad
Kentucky
Isthmus
Chicago Strike Raises Wide Wage Row at Great Western
Six hundred workers at the Chicago Great Western company walked off the job citing pay issues. They were paid 2.75 dollars for ten hours and demanded the same for eight hours. The company refused. The dredging and pile driving crew left for the work stoppage.
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Chicago
Chicago Great Western Company
Engineer Killed in Iowa Wreck Reported in Ottumwa
An SM&SP Southwest Limited train wreck in Ottumwa Iowa on May 2 results in the death of the engineer and injuries to several passengers. Details describe a rear collision on the line near the yards with emergency crews responding swiftly.
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Iowa
Train wreck claims engineer and injures fireman
Engineer Harry T. Dikes was killed and Fireman Claude E. Warren injured when the locomotive left the rails on a curve, ditched the engine, and two sleeping cars derailed.
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Harry T. Dikes
Claude E. Warren
Chicago Grain and Provisions Market Summary
Chicago May 1 Wheat prices for May 9% c July 83%c Sept 79 Ke. Corn May 47c July 46%c Sept 46'gc. Oats May 28%c July 28%c Sept 28c. Pork May $11.75 July $12.07% Sept $12.30. Flax cash Northwestern $1.40 Southwestern $1.25 May $1.25. Eggs 14%c. Poultry Turkeys 14 16c chickens 13c.
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Chicago
Northwestern
Southwestern
May
Les
Dairies
Twickens
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