Insurgent Critique of Cummins and Political Reform
A nineteenth century editorial argues for abstaining from meat to lower prices and mocks Insurrection plans. It blasts Senator Cummins as disruptive to the Republican party, accusing him of aligning with Democrats and courting personal power. It questions his loyalty and urges Republicans to reconsider his leadership.
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Cummins
Polk County
United States Senate
Mr. Catayquins
Cumming
Maré Timber For the Legislature
J J Ports of Dolliver is urged as a strong candidate to represent this county in Des Moines. Ports, longtime superintendent of the Ellsworth ranch, is a Republican with solid business skills and broad county ties. He is noted for his farmer and professional connections and for winning wide support across factions.
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J. J. Ports
Dolliver
Des Moines
Ports
Nore Frieds
Ellsworth
le Fanners
Gilbertson Jellyfish Letter Sparks Internal GOP Split
The Gilbertson Jellyfish letter, prepared by former state treasurer Gilbertson, was reportedly planned at the Gollar Dinner in Des Moines where GOP factional war intensified. Iowa congressman aligned with the administration on tariff policy amid ongoing threats and factional tensions.
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Gilbertson
Wis
Republican State Central Committee
Des Moines
Iowa
Taft era politics split and jellyfish label sparks debate
The piece reviews factional tensions within the Republican Party over Taft's administration and Roosevelt's influence, noting dissension in Wisconsin and Iowa. It cites La Follette and Cummins, critiques Gilbertson as a career politician, and highlights calls for unity under Rooseveltian policy. It also covers Estherville church revival events and seed corn concerns with local testing efforts.
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Walter Wellman
la- Follette
Cummins
la Follette
Taft
Roosevelt
Wisconsin
Gilbertson
Judge Hubbard
Iowa
United States
Republican Committee
Cedar Rapids
Gilbertson Blunders in Political Affusion Letter
A reader criticizes Gilbertson for errors in political writing. He points to a letter allegedly calling President Yatt a jellyfish and labels such phrasing as blunders in advocacy writing.
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Gilbertson
Nake
Yatt
Weather, snow, and dirt storms tease western county readers
A note invites readers to imagine discomfort from dirt storms in the western county as a light editorial aside. It mentions Happy Hooligan, a tramp juggling act, at the Lyric on Wednesday and Thursday nights, suggesting local entertainment to brighten winter days.
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Happy Hooligan
the Lyric
Real Estate Transfers Noted in Local Ledger
A fragmented list of real estate transfers shows multiple names and parcels. Transfers include Hiedlow lid athale wife to Tsun TAT WA, 4 Hale Morn. Neil and wife to Jno BP Kirby. Koehler Milly and husband to ilk Yorn wid lot 83,4,6. Purger WHilbin H to Mila Turner. Pereas Welty and wife to irvery duet. Details are partial and obscured by OCR.
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Hale
LL 'Vorner
CAVE
Jacobson Row
Neil
Jno BP Kirby Ae
Koehler Milly
Ilk
Milt Gom Ward
Mila Turner
Pereas Welty
Irvery
Willes
Welty WA
Jackson
Farmland Listings in Stanley and Hand Counties
Town offers fine lands in Stanley County at 15 dollars per acre and Hand County land at 30 dollars. For investment buy now before spring advance. Jay P Morrill Palace Building Minneapolis. 2w-4.
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Stanley County
South Dakota
Hand County
Jay
P. Morrill
Palace
Minneapolis
Polumonia Follows a Cold Says Foley's Honey and Tar
A historical ad asserts pneumonia follows a cold and claims Foley's Honey and Tar stops the cough heals the lungs and expels the cold. It urges taking at the first sign of a cold and warns to avoid four dangers attributed to unnamed hinds by Jay Johnston and Co.
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Foley
Jay Johnston & Co
Contrasts in fame as Longfellow bust in Westminster
The New York Press remarks on how Longfellow’s bust sits in Westminster and questions if Harriman could share a niche there. It contrasts the literary fame of Whitman Poe and Emerson with industrial giants like Jay Cooke and Harriman, noting Cooke’s Civil War financing and public prominence.
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Longfellow
Westminster Abbey
Harriman
Europe
Walt Whitman
Poe
Emerson
Jay Cooke
Coke
Cooke
New York Press
Farmer Nubbins Debates Speed Myth In Comic Paper
In a rural chatty piece, Farmer Nubbins argues against a comic paper claim that a man cannot run faster than a walking pace. His wife Marta challenges him, and Nubbins recalls watching a city man racing ahead of his bull, offering a humorous rural rebuttal.
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Farmer Nubbins
Marta
Hankinees Genterin
Canine Justice Among Eskimo Dogs on Polar Voyage
In a polar expedition, Commander Mala notes Eskimo dogs form a self-governing canine society. They enforce severe rules with death as punishment. eight dogs vanish during dark periods, three killed by peers, others drift away or are killed by the pack. Dogs with leg bites face execution. large bullies judged harshly by the collective.
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Lawa
Mala
Ifrom
Virtue in Smoking Man Reveals Lost Ten Dollar Bill
A Topeka husband, a confirmed sniffer of cigars, loses a ten dollar bill while hunting for matches and a watch. He discovers the bill blowing past him as he lights a cigar and explains his misfortune to his wife, declaring the virtue of smoking. The anecdote appears in the Kausag City Journal.
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Kausag City
Where Women Do All the Work on the Ned Hoedie Island
A historical sketch describes Ned Hoedie at Belle Isle as a 200 person Celtic-speaking, non French island where women manage food distribution and harvest work while men fish and smoke. They gather seaweed for soda, share profits yearly, and hold an early October feast under a ten-member governing council led by a cure.
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France
Ned’Hoedie
Belle Isle
Imoud
I'he
The Villain's Teeth in Melodrama Prop Teeth
A New York Press note details a dentist who crafted two nearly identical sets of false teeth for a melodrama actor who plays the heavy. The pricier set cost ten dollars more after extensive tinkering to produce hissable sibilants and menacing sound effects.
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New York Press
What Is a Gentleman According to the New York Sun
A real gentleman is defined as a man clean inside and out who does not abuse the weak or brag about victories. He is considerate of women children and the elderly, brave yet generous enough to avoid cheating, and takes his share of the world while letting others have theirs.
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Brown & Righman
New
York Sun
Notable Quarrow in a Chicargo Record Herald Excerpt
A fragmentary Chicago Record-Herald piece hints at social quirks and mistaken affections. It features dialogue about a woman’s admiration for an unlikely suitor and humorous notes on everyday purchases like coal going to the cellar.
Compliment for the Pastor Aaron Bancroft in Memoranda
Massachusetts clergyman Aaron Bancroft, famed father of historian George Bancroft, opposed Calvinism. A farmer in his parish reportedly remarked that Bancroft minded neither praise nor fault, a response Bancroft called the finest compliment of his life, as quoted in Youth's Companion.
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Aaron Bancroft
Massachusetts
George Bancroft
M. A. Dew. Howe
Mr. Bancroft
No Harm In Discussion Says Old Fogies
A social note mocks the belief that discussing diseases spreads illness and urges open dialogue. The piece argues people can recover self control, comparing humans to a rubber ball that regains shape when pressure eases and a chance is given.
Making Life Safer Pill Ad Boosts Health
An old advertisement touts Dr. King’s New Life Pills as a safe quick remedy for constipation biliousness dyspepsia indigestion liver and kidney troubles and bowel disorders. Sold for 25 cents at S H Williams.
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Dr. King
New Life
S. H. Willames
Time for Change in French Property Case
A real property dispute before a French judge during the early revolution era ends with the defendant proving the estate had remained in his family for over two centuries. The judge retorts that it is now time for another family to have a turn.
New Norwegian Railroad Cut Travel Time Between Cities
The railroad from Christiania to Herger will shorten the journey between Norway’s two largest cities from 60 hours by sea to 18 hours. Total cost is estimated at 15 million dollars.
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Christiania
Herger
Alleluia Victory of Saxons Over Picts
A historic snippet notes St. Germanus led Saxons to a triumphant victory over Picts on Britons with Christians shouting Alleluia and driving the heathen into flight. The fragment preserves a vivid early Christian victory chant and its perceived impact.
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St. Germanus
Cure Your Kidneys Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement
An Estherville reader testifies to relief from kidney symptoms after using Doan's Kidney Pills. G. J. Wilkens reports improved energy, back weakness, irregular secretions, and overall health following four boxes. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY markets Doan's as the sole US agents priced 50 cents. Remember the name Doan's.
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Estherville
Dean
Bright
G. J. Wilkens
Fourth Street
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
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