Growth and decline of country towns in Iowa era
The article notes a trend of population stagnation in rural towns dependent on nearby farms. Growth resumes only with manufacturing and outside demand, while trusts and railway rebates impede small firms. It calls for curbing trusts to revive small-town prosperity. It also mentions Estherville saloon petitions and ongoing bootlegging issues with little law enforcement impact. Noted health ad promotes One Minute Cough Cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Expenatus Planta
Lkely
Estherville
Marshall [Town Times Republican
Des Moines
Laws
Hlawife
Lawfer
Klawife
Iowa
Testimonial for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in 1803
An Ashburnham Ontario rector testifies to the efficacy of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy after a severe Easter cough, recounting recovery that allowed him to preach thrice. The ad shows multiple aged clippings promoting the product and other moral tales and notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashburnham
Ontario
Chamberlain
Youra
FE. A. Langfeldy
St. Luke's Church
Chamberlain’s Medicine Co
Jay Johnston & Co
Williams & Anderson
Valuable Queen Bees and a Red Waistcoat Funeral Joke
A passage notes valuable queen bees worth hundreds of dollars and international trade, with a Canadian bee farm owner insuring his finest queens. It includes a Detroit Free Press quip about Moors and a birthday age taboo. The piece blends anecdotes, a Cambridge quote style, and social humor in a newspaper brief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canada
Europe
Boston ‘Transcript
England
Robert
Miss
Detroit Free Press
Humorous Bits and Quips From Noted Writers
A collage of quirky lines echoes from Famous authors and papers. Lippincott’s Cynical Witness mentions hair and identity in a playful exchange. Pearson’s Weekly quotes a lawyer banter about truth and business. The Chicago News records a child’s pun about dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearson’s Weekly
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A. J. Cummings
Minneapolis Chamber
Chicago
New York
A. M. Nelson
Estherville, Iowa
Stores
E. Ingwall
N. 6Th Street
United States
THE
Selden Pen Mfg CO
Nassau St
Hocking
Trenton
6Th St
Buffalo
Ft. Wayne
Findlay
Cleveland
Erie
Boston
Lacarte
Chicago Depo
van Buren
la Galle
Adama St
Auditorium Annex
John Y.calahao
Adama
Williams & Anderson and
Quammen & Walden
Wallingford
Keutor OF
ST. Lukes
DeWit
DeWitt
Williams & Anderson Purl Quammen & Walden, Walliegord
Fonda
Sherif Kelleher
Havelock
Fooda
Jay Johnston
Belfast
Sndh
Conmmuer CIA
Ain
Philadelphia Record
Elizabeth
Highlands
Scotland
Culloden
Blackall
Hamilton
Blackmill
Rob Koy
Uti
Agnes Westley
Wells Street
Marinette
Wis
Boe'y
North Wleeyumla Huilland Society
Cardui
Thedford
Cinelpnat
Nanule
Naniule
Lippincott’s
Howe Mill
Harry
Lni
Elsie
Chicago News
BR. Soper
Webb Vincent
P, Kirby
First National Bank OF
Toma
Japital
Board OF Directors
Ino. Montgomery
R.A Soper
Webb Vincent A. G. Qnaap
BLT
Hondrol
M. K. Whelan
Onevicle
Oes
L. C. Boolittle
Frisco System
R. R
Frisco
Doube
Retwefe
St.[Louis
LaSalle Street
Union Star
Meicharte Pridge
St. Louis
A. W
Iines
Torvia
Bran
Estrervlle
C. M. Brown
Iowa Savings Bank
E. J. Breen
Mack J. Groves
Presideus
Frank P. Woods
W. Converse
Northern Lumber Co
L. J. Bennett
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