City Notes on Directory Boycott and Bond Sale
The Des Moines city page reports union pressure against a local directory canvass, calls to boycott advertising, and a push to halt printing. City bonds for a new city hall site are sold to Emory Anderson Bonding of Cleveland for 73000, with Gilcrest estate property securing the deal.
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Mani Business
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Alanager O'Brien
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City Hail Bonds
Emory Anderson Bonding Company
Cleveland
Arast
Gilcrest Estate
East First and
Locust Streets
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Lucas
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Policen Rauslity
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Hondings
District Court
Tobsem
Polk County Coal Output Buries Iowa Blocks and Mills
Polk County coal mines this year will produce about 7.4 million tons, enough to cover sixty blocks a story high. State totals may exceed seven billion tons. 75 percent is lump coal with handling costs around 1.90 per ton. About 8,875 workers were employed last year, supporting roughly 45,000 people in Polk County. Code supplement printing may reach 1,800 pages, with plans to publish under a nightly press operation once contracted.
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Iowa
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Basie
Polly County
Zhia
Dez Mones
Des Moines
Legislative Code Commission
Cod State
Jenson
Train Crash Near Mattoon Kills and Injures Numerous
A derailment near Mattoon at 10:40 p.m. Friday on the line to Charleston caused multiple deaths and injuries. Victims were crushed and trapped as passengers cried for rescuers while authorities rushed bodies to the Mattoon morque and hospital. conditions remained critical with little chance of recovery for several.
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Charleston
Electita
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Gharington
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Richard Mansfield Dead in New London Home
The famed actor Richard Mansfield died at Seven Oaks on Geena Avenue after a long health decline. His death followed a March return to New York and a recent period of frail condition with his wife brother Falls son Gibvs present, Dr. Allen noting liver failure and complications.
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England
America
Allen
Mansfield
Sarangy Lake
Baron Chevrial
Arse Rers
Ja&ting
Hanging Attempted Twice In One Night Ends In Execution
In Indiana Pennsylvania on August 8 Carmine Renza age 45 weighing 175 pounds faced a noose in a double execution attempt. The rope broke on the first drop of five feet causing a retry with a reinforced rope. The second drop succeeded and the condemned man was executed.
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Indiana
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Carmine Renza
Quebec Bridge Collapse Kills 84 Workers
The giant Quebec bridge fell yesterday afternoon and a wrack of steel blocks the St. Lawrence channel. Officials report eighty four workers died or are missing. Families in Stromuald and New Liverpool mourn as rescue crews search wreckage for survivors and bodies.
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Bis Toon
Chinese Throne Faces Deliberations Amid Empress Conference
In Peklo an extraordinary gathering convened under the dowager empress with Kuan Shi Hai and top dignitaries to discuss imperial duties. Viceroy Sab Bo and other officials arrived for the key deliberations on the empire's future.
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Pebbles Town Notorious for Oddities in Lincoln Tale
Lincoln Steffens cites Pebbles as notorious for a peculiar trait in municipal life. An anecdote on a Chicago lecture notes a traincar incident where a passenger asks for anyone from Pebbles, prompting a dry quip about lending a corkscrew.
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Lincoln Steffens
Chicago
Jelly humor and teased betting in playful exchange
Ridder and Kidder trade light banter about mood and a prank involving a beet girl. Kidder jokes about feeling jolly and mentions a rake well and getting tarried as cigars rest on Browning's Magazine.
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Kidder
Browning's Magazine
Tipping system blamed for hotel thefts rise
Fragmentary text alleges widespread thefts in New York hotels and restaurants tied to reliance on patrons for staff tips. It critiques the hospitality pay model and mentions discomfort and coercive dynamics around tipping, with unclear dialogue about experiences.
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New York
Coffee and Nervous Symptoms Linked in Woman’s Testimony
A woman from North Dakota describes years of twitching and jerking movements interrupting sleep due to cold feet and discomfort in bed. After stopping coffee she reports relief, sleeping with ease and peace, claiming coffee was the root of her nervous troubles.
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Thavye
Cottes
P. Gound
Fragmentary tale details a traumatic late-stage incident
The readable fragments describe a sequence where a silver coinage and money exchange lead to a dangerous crash. A boy experiences a harrowing moment as an embryo author’s fingers appear, followed by a foggy memory of a glovsy man and a family, with themes of rape and violence implied but not explicit.
Cure Remedies and Soap Restore Children After Severe Eczema
Mrs Lizzis Vincent Thomas of Fairmont Tennessee recounts using Cuticura Remedies for her daughter’s obstinate eczema with rapid relief. She also notes a case of poison oak in a little boy that healed in weeks after applying Cuticura Ointment and Remedies. Published October 43, 1905.
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Lizzis Vincent Thomas
Fairmont
Walden
Ridas Tenn
Jerome on Colored Evidence in New York Case
District Attorney Jerome cites manipulated testimony as colored evidence. He likens it to a false medical report and describes a July visit to a physician who advises summer clothes and sea air. The column then shifts to gossip about a strained marriage and a cooking school recipe incident.
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Dan Cupid
Spotle Riddell
W. O. Riddell
Des Moines
Des Moles
Jerome
New York
Riches Bring Trouble and Quiet Desires
A reflection on wealth noting that riches accompany anxieties and new possessions invite further disquiet. The author cites Goldsmith and argues wealth does not guarantee lasting peace or freedom from worry.
Hod Atha and Lielity Atty Offerings Misread
Fragmentary ad style text lists items like headache remedies and drugglet products priced at 25 cents. Mentions Winslow and Carlyle quotes with unclear local references.
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Krawso
Formun Lielity Atty
Bes Moines
Mame Then You Save Eve Story Fragment
A fragmentary line suggests a message about saving Eve from a snottier person, implying a dramatic or humorous scenario. The text is garbled and lacks clear context or identifiable entities. Further readable detail is needed to determine names, places, or the event type.
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