Fragmented Advice and Oddities Mix in Local Dispatch
A scrambled miscellany of aphorisms, odd facts, and brief notes runs through a Des Moines primaries era page. Items touch on wisdom versus riches, gossip, minor crime, and weather quips, interspersed with peculiar anecdotes about ice men, penny-stock fish breeders, and inspectors on the Rio Grande, all in a dusty old newspaper voice.
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Isma
Des Moines
Port Arthur
Reichstag
Toledo
Rio Grande
Allentown
Wh. H. Heimbach
Orient
Helmbach
Voice of the Press Highlights Silly and Sentimental Wire Snips
A collage of brief dispatches from papers like the Brooklyn Standard-Union Toledo Blade and Richmond Times-Dispatch. Items mock the press and public figures while noting bank closings and theatrical previews.
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Brooklyn Standard-Union
Toledo Blade
Richmond Times-Dispatch
New York
Omaha Bees
Henry Janes
Out
Henry Jones
Manchester Union
Szechenyl
Ikea
America
Maxim Gorky
Why She Refused Him: Park Proposal Ends In Rejection
Peter Ponson pursues Miss Mabel Went Worth with a costly plan including a park walk and a Swiss luncheon. She rejects him, citing his extravagance, after a day that begins with rain and ends in a cab ride to her doorstep. The tale blends romance with social finery and a humorous, sharp critique of spendthrift proposals.
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Pater Penson
Miss Mabel
Peter Ponson
Miss Mabal
Peter
Mabel
Switzerland
Gatas
Short Lives of Medical Man and Foreign Courier
A fragmentary note describes diverse lives of a medical man and a foreign correspondent. It hints at 1A era duration and a casual gathering, but specifics are unclear from the damaged text.
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Garfield
New Arrivals in Canada Near 900000 in 1907
The piece argues that many Americans are moving to Canada for land and opportunity. It praises favorable climate, crops, low prices, government land grants, light taxes, and social conditions, citing Calgary and Edmonton as parallels to American Western growth and urging continuation of settlement.
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United States
Canada
Republic
Winnipeg
Chicago
Edmonton
Omaha
Calgary
Old Friands
The Wrong Tenge and Dorothea’s Father Moment
A folklore scene shows Dorothea kneeling before her father as he gazes outward, the girl asking about what he sees and the father replying he is looking into the future, with a playful mishearing about pasture. The piece contrasts a domestic moment with a quip about the future. An advertisement touts Defiance Starch for white goods, claiming safety and efficiency.
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Dorothea
Papa
Harper’s Weekly
Too Polite to Interrupt Police Justice in Chicago Tribune remark
Report of a police exchange in Chicago where an officer claims he attempted to intervene as suspects acted, followed by a disputed remark about the timing of the intervention. The brief dialogue highlights tension between police restraint and public expectation.
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Polloe
Chicago Tribune
Hand mixed paint praised as scientific and reliable
The article argues that hand mixed paint by painters is the most scientific approach, using genuine white lead and linseed oil. It claims factory ready paste is pre mixed and advises readers on testing purity, offering a tester from National Lead Company, and includes a brief, unrelated anecdote about marital plans.
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National Lead Company
Woodbridge Building
New York
Lest He Forget and Quick-Witted Church Jokes
Fragmentary humor notes reference a finger ring reminder exchange between Gotham and Church as The Congregationalist and a stray line about mail. An ad column promotes Pettit's Eye Salve for tired eyes with Buffalo distribution and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething. The text ends with a witty maxim about ignorance and doubt.
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Gotham
Catarrh Cure Ad Claims Internal Blood Action
A vintage advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy that cures catarrh by cleansing the blood. It asserts external applications fail and promotes testimonials and prescriptions from leading physicians. Also promotes Allen's Foot-Ease for foot issues and a trial package offer.
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Hall
F. Henry & CG
Props
Toledo
Serita
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
The Power of Love As Moral Wealth
Love is the only power to enrich a moral world, embracing many persons and creatures. Blackie asserts love as a boundless force guiding wealth of character and community.
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Blackie
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Philadelphia Press
Mr. Petey Forsep Nee
Tao
T. 2H
Massen
The
Mean Man
Pettit
Howard Hroé
Buffalo
Dodds
Guart
Anakesis Sivsczemat Sinneereieek
Adres
Anakesis
Tribune Bldg
W.l.douglas
Ain
FAM
Beal Malley
Putnam
Willa
Sane Mowade Drug CO
Quincy
Charley
Carters
Theae
SMA
BORAX
Pacific Coast Borax CO
Watson E. Qaleman
Paton
Atents
Thompson
Great Thin Falls
Jerome
Lcalo
Snake River
Adress Gd. & Stroud & Company
Twin Falls, Idaho
Central Plains
Texas
Hotel Savoy
Kansas City
R. M. Ellerd
Harrow
Orses Aia
Sayy Stenperwnee Nes
Ma. Kramer
Paxtan
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