Professional Cards for Soper Allen and Alexander
A collection of business cards announcing R. Soper of Tampa Florida and R. Allen D. R. Alexander of Roper and Alexander Attorneys at Law. They list real estate, collections, and insurance services with title abstracts for Emmet County and Mayflower? Iowa. Also Wilson physician surgeon with office over Taylor’s Hardware and First National Bank. Residence North Aegenth Street with hours 9 to 12 and 2 to 4.
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B. Soper
R.allen
D. R. Alavander Roper
First National Bank
North Aegenth Street
Typewriter supplies arrive for smooth office work
Inet received a fresh supply of top quality typewriter ribbons and carbon paper. Also in stock are Alae typewriter oil and Hotehkisa staples for reliable daily use.
Mighty Haag Shows Arrive at Estherville in 19th Century Tent
Estherville hosts The Mighty Haag Shows on its continental tour featuring The Incomparable Flying Queteone direct from Paris and The Willery equestrian act. Other acts include The Winstons and Ya Homa Tiapornad Vronpo of Japan. Patrons will see performances under a tent with a mix of novelty and skill.
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Mighty Haag
FE. Haag
Estherville
Flying Queteone
Paria
Dave
America
Vwillery
Winstons
Tiapornad Vronpo
Jape
Dante Rignt
Montana’s Liberty Emphasized In Wet State Image
The article extols Montana as the wettest state with liberal liberty and prosperity. It argues residents can drink openly without hypocrisy, notes reduced poverty and vice, and praises women’s honor and overall freedom under good government.
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Butte
Mont
National Forum
Montana
Maine
Union
Ottumwa Faces Ongoing Dry Controversy and Beer Seizure
Permission was granted for an appeal to the Iowa Supreme Court on Ottumwa’s saloon petition of consent. The city remains legally dry though bootleg liquor shipments continue, with sheriff seizures of 67 barrels of beer highlighting ongoing social and legal tensions.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
District Court
Supreme Court of Iowa
Wapello County
A GOOD HONEST VIEW OF IT
New York Commercial criticizes overlegislation as endless and flawed. It argues laws multiply, yet rarely reform the dishonest minority and often burden the honest majority, predicting reformers may push to repeal and risk extremes.
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New York
Union
Seaion
Reputation for Truthful Advertising Pays
Pecusus argues everyone reads ads that are truthful and fair dealing. He says advertisers pay for repeat business built on honesty, not falsehoods. Merchants rely on long-standing reputations to keep ads valuable and believed by readers.
Freemont Tribune On Billy Bun Day In Omaha Next Year
The Freemont Nebraska paper notes uncertainty over Billy Bun Day appearing in Omaha next year. It questions whether his sensational religious performances, demanding church unanimity for presence, truly promote lasting good or merely provoke hysteria and indecision about religious uplift.
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Freemont
Neb
Omaha
Billy” Bunday
Audh
Hiss
Beauty In Retreat A Flawed Ode To Aging
A Chicago News style verse depicts a girl’s growth from shy maiden to aging woman who retouches features, freckle removal, and whitening hair with time. It notes vanity as she contemplates marriage at each stage and ends with a humorous line about marrying a robust widower despite acknowledging her youth.
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Chiengo
Loopholes Dentist Encounter Delights Patient
A humorous Punch-style scene shows a dentist surprised by a patient who rushes for the door. The patient exclaims a friendly greeting, while the dentist laments arriving late but still finds amusement in the moment.
Modern Version and a Comic Restaurant Misprint
A man recounts an eastern trip and jokes about relatives named Track versus Taxicab. In a Brooklyn restaurant a waiter serves a comically garbled bill with items like filleted fly and wheelbarrow stew, as a car riage manufacturer ads on the reverse bill.
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Baltimore
Father
Robert
Youngstown Telegram
Broadway
Plaza
Brooklyn Hagle
Family Dinner Carving Joke Sparks Tail of Dog
A humorous passage from the Cleveland Plain Dealer and other papers follows a McTavish family meal as a dog eyes a carved fowl, a knife slips, and comic exchanges erupt about a missing leg. Separate vignettes include a clerk at a general store, a Washington Star quip about offices, and college entrance exam quips.
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McTavish
Surprise For Joaquin Miller At Dublin Breakfast
London society reactions after the publication Sangy of the Sierras include three quick letters to Joaquin Miller with an invitation to breakfast that turns out to be from the archbishop of Dublin. Miller recalls scenes of Burt Browning and Trench references, while a Morley address provokes laughter at a crowded meeting noted by Wall Street era press.
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Joaquin Miller
London Society
Angueta
Dublin
Jarrad
Spencer Lefeh Hughes
John Morley
Morley
Wall Mall Gazette
Chinese nurses praised for gentleness in care
A New York Times quotation notes that a professional Chinese nurse is valued for rapid recovery. Doctors searched for such attendants after a sick American returned from the Orient. Many trained by American and European mentors work in Chinese cities but often leave for better opportunities.
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New York
Orient
New York Times
Hardly Worth While
Eleanor, daughter of a musician, travels with her parents to a distant city for a festival and a debut oratorio. The piece is praised as highly successful, but the child mourns the lengthy journey and the ongoing practice piece rising from the register, asking if she was brought all this way just to hear that.
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Eleanor
Elarper's
Elmanor
Bone
Old Cuckoo Superstitions and Literary Snippets
In spring lore the cuckoo’s call shaped love divinations with boots and stockings removed to reveal the destined lover’s toe color. Milton linked a cuckoo’s first spring calls to years of singleness, and a witty quip on living by a single path echoed in Lumwan satire. Matthew Arnold praised self discipline via Pope’s “Make each day a critic on the last.”
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Matthew Arnold
Pope
Right Up to the Minute. Hall Clock Claims Spouse’s Vigil
A Kansas City Star snippet notes a wife described as a businesswoman who installs a hall clock that her husband must punch when leaving at night and returning home, illustrating a domestic routine cited in local society coverage.
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Kansas City Star
You can't make elk purse out of a BOW's ear
A Washington Herald quip contrasts elk hide use with leather goods, noting the impracticality of turning an ear into a purse and remarking that leather goods remain fashionable.
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Washington Herald
No Sorrow in the Woods Says 4 Not Writer
An obscure quotation about happiness in the woods appears in Tall Timber with a note that it comes from a writer labeled 4 not. The Denver Republican quotes a line about contentment in nature and links it to a proverb-like observation.
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Denver Republican
A Few Weeks In the Rockies
A Few Weeks In the Rockies offers renewal in Colorado as nature engages the senses, re energizes the body, clears mental cobwebs, and refreshes imagination amid mountain forests and fresh air.
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Rockies
Colorado
Rock Island Lines Offer the Best Service to Colorado
A vivid sales pitch promises the finest travel experience aboard Rock Island Lines trains to Colorado. It invites readers to spend a small amount for a wonderful and stimulating journey, claiming the heat trains provide superior service and an exceptional lifetime experience.
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Colorado
Fcee
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement Testimony
Estherville resident Brank Gransbury testifies that after a back strain he suffered kidney trouble. He credits Doan's Kidney Pills with curing him and urges others with kidney complaints to try the product. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY at 60 cents. Remember the name Doan's.
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Estherville
Dean
Brank Gransbury
Iowa
Hoan
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
Tales Of Honey and Tar From West and East Win
Win Lee of Paskenta Califf saya says Foley's Honey and Tar Compound gave universal satisfaction for children and helped a stubborn lagrippe cough. G Rhodes of Middleton GA reports relief after using the product. Use Foley's Honey and Tar only. for sale by all druggists.
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Lee
Paskenta
Califf
Saya
Foley
Rhodes
Middleton
All Drugjwiste
Meritory Hair Tonic Endorsed by Association Leaders
The American Drag and Presa Association authorizes its members to guarantee Meritory Hair Tonic as an unrivaled remedy. J. J. Klopp endorses the product and invites readers to try it for themselves, promising a convincing trial.
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Seieres
Association Meuiber
American Drag and Presa Association
J. J. Klopp
Uhlan the World Champion Trotter at Minnesota Fair
Telegram announces Uhlan world champion trotter, owned by C K G Billings, will appear at Minnesota State Fair Grounds during Week of Rept. He aims to lower town and world records by Tuesday or Wednesday. Uhlan, fastest horse next to Dan Patch, will travel in private car with special quarters on grounds and may set a new mark before Northwest crowds.
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Minneseta State Fair Grounds
Uhian
Herve
Minnesota
C.K. G. Billings
Uhlan
Loth
Billings Kinigelt
State Fair Management
Unian
Dan Patch
Hamlin
Sun of
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Bernie Ahapett
Sale
Holland
Beauty
Hara
Shea
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Washington Star
Aunt Mandy
G Eneral
New York Journal
Howell
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Uome
Jameson
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Rock Island Lines
E. W. Knight
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