Des Moines Letter on coal talks and public notices
Des Moines correspondent reports near-term coal talks between Iowa miners and operators, warning of a possible April 1 stoppage if no agreement, with 15 000 workers affected and coal reserves limited. The piece also notes grand jury investigations into grocers and trusts, a landmark real estate ruling, new statue plans for Harlan, meat contracts, and upcoming civic events.
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Te Towa
Lettyha
Towa
Opera Grange
Plaza themes and a New Year crowd tale with a wary grocer
Frederick Sterry of New York recalls holiday restaurant crushes and a busy illusion in a shop. A grocer urges showy busyness to attract customers while a judge's wife visits, leaves a long order, and departs as the shop pretends to be overwhelmed.
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Frederick Sterry
New York
Plaza Theel
Washington
Mr. Sterry
Birak
Anghoor
Brouher
Bluter
Cnet
Lowate
E. T. Rolmes
Jackson St
Paul
Minn
WV. Bennett
New York Life Didge
Omaha
Hah
The Wisdom of Experience and a Cape Prophesy
A Hobart family discusses young James who can foretell outcomes. An old Cape authority warns that if his prophecies go wrong the blame will rest on him, while correct forecasts go unnoticed amid people's joys and forgetfulness.
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Hobart
James
McLe
Cape
Odd Animals in Harness Among Unlikely Beasts
An Andheim German settlement in southern California trains ostriches to draw four-wheeled traps, with one bird covering a mile in three minutes. Zebras, once deemed wild, are now trained in British East Africa for bit and bridle, touted for strength and disease immunity. A French peasant in Montlucon drives a wild boar, three years old, drawing a small two-wheeled cart using reins attached to its eye teeth.
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Andheim
California
Filma
British East Africa
Attica
India
Hacness
Montlucon
Milk scandal sparks probe at Olympic club dairy
Siace Loula Ferrari leads the investigation into impure milk cases tied to a San Francisco dairy. A club member recalls a bottle of cod liver oil emulsion found in a plain bottle, with suspects pointing to Jack Gleason and his brother’s dairy as potential sources.
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Siace Loula Ferrari
Olympic Club
Stu
Ferrari
Andrew Ginmer
Jack Gleason
Jack
San Francisco Chronicle
Victory So Called Boxing Exhi bition Sparks Social Debate
James Carroll, amateur light weight boxing champion of San Francisco, spoke after a women’s boxing and fencing exhibition about physical culture among women and marriage. A spectator asked how Smithers was faring, and another replied that Smithers is nearly recovered from the beating he gave his wife last Saturday night.
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James Carroll
San Francisco
Smithers
True Irish Wit and Healy Quip on Voting
A fragment from an Irish parliamentary wit shows Tim Healy answering a voter with humor about preferring to vote for the devil than for him. The exchange continues with a light inquiry about whether the voter's friend would turn up to support him.
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Tim Healy
Healy
Western Canada Crops Cannot Be Checked Claim
A letter from the Dominion Government Commissioner of Emigration to a Winnipeg contact extols Western Canada free homesteads. The author recounts his own and his son’s successful crops near Rouleau and Drinkwater, noting high yields, marketable grain, and confidence that Western Canada crops cannot be checked despite adverse conditions. The letter asserts government assurances and economic opportunity.
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Western
Canada
Dominion Government
Regina
Sask
Navy
Winnipeg
Rouleau
Drinkwater
Moose Jaw
Western Canada
A. Kaltenbrunner
How's This Hendred Vayare Reward and Patent Cure Ad
An early 20th century ad fragment offers a reward for a cure of Cotarsh by Falla Walaerh CAGa J and lists firm signatories WALDING KINHARD MARTIN and Wholesale Dragelute Toledo. It also promotes Gatarrh Cure and Hull's Family Pills with testimonials and a joke about telephone operators misquoting numbers.
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Cotarsh
Walding, Kinhard Martin
Dragelute
Toledo
O. Hut Gatarrh
Syategn
Priva
Wik Hull
Important to Mothers CAETORIA Bottle Notice
Examine every CAETORIA bottle at saf a to ensure the remedy for infants bears the signature In Use For Over 30 Years The Kind You Have Always Bought Gather Wisdom and avoid different problems by learning from the past Lota
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Safa
Lota
Plymouth Rock Coffee Jelly Promotion Satirized
An ad style fragment touts a coffee jelly dessert using Plymouth Rock Coffee Jelly Compound with sugar cream and hot water. It jokes about grocers and offers to mail a box if the grocer’s name is sent, attributed to Plymouth Rock Gelatine Co in Boston. The Harvard Lampoon quip follows.
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Plymouth Rock
Plymouth Rock Gelatine Co
Boston
Mass
Deliciavs Lemon Plea and Our Pie Prep Ad Fragment
A garbled advertisement fragment promotes Deliciavs Lemon Plea and Our Pie preparations in Rochester New York. It mentions ten cent pricing, grocers, and a quirky claim about happiness contentment. It also includes references to headaches and a laxative product called BromO Winnie in inconsistent wording.
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Dd-Zorta Co
Rochester
N.Y
Public Land Opening Offers Irrigated Farms in Big Horn Basin
Government land opening in the Big Horn Basin promises affordable irrigated farms with 9 year repayment. Options include 40 acres for 211 down, 80 acres for 421 down, 120 acres for 631 down, and 260 acres for 1 down with final proof and patent after thirty days residence. Contact the Irrigation Department at 405 Home Insurance Building, Chicago for details.
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Big Horn Bagin
Irrigation Department
Home Insurance Building
Chicago
Notable Library Debate Sparks Domestic Snag
In Washington Star style humor a couple discusses library funding with irony. The husband is teased for contributing to the library while his wife notes he prefers reading novels and seeking value from his money. The exchange highlights domestic tension over public money and reading.
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Jen
John
Washington
Star
Billion Dollar Grass Seed Catalog Teaser
An advertising style notice from John A. Salzer Seed Co pledges unusual grain growth and crop yields. It touts seeds like Billion Dollar Grass Victoria Rape and Silver King Harley claiming high per acre outputs and offers a mail order catalog for 10 to 14 cents.
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Notioe
John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Win
America
Sam Eee
Sly Miller
Sainfoin
Victoria
Silver King Harley
John A. Salzer
He Wasn't Afraid to Wear Men’s Clothes
Mrs Spenders I wonder how you'd take it if I ever got new womanish and insisted upon wearing men's clothes Mr Spenders Oh I haven't any fear of your ever doing that Men's clothes are never very expensive Catholic Standard and Times.
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Mrs. Spenders
Mr. Spenders
Catholic Standard and Times
Oblique verse fragments on justice and memory
A fragmented passage mentions many vague phrases about oblivion and death, with references to a judge and a prisoner. It weaves obscure names like Mia Winslow Boutling and Dy erpation, plus odd terms such as rehildren teathing and Solk cures wind. The tone is cryptic and judicial.
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Mia
Winslow
Boutling & Rehildren Teathing
Aoftana the
Allaya Paid
Cures Wind Solk
Mica Betsy
Bligh alms form noble character and great objects
Tryon Hdwards praises Bligh alms as shaping noble character and inspiring great minds, urging charitable deeds and lofty aims. He argues generous acts cultivate virtue and uplift society through disciplined effort and public service.
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Tryon
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