Heavy rainfall ends drought meet and saves crops
A three and one third inch rain fell since Saturday night, with the heaviest downpour in the south. The storm caused damage to barns windmills and windows south of the city while telegraph lines were out. Crops in many areas are saved by the rainfall though some corn is blown down and pastures benefit from the moisture.
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Christian Endeavor
Here
Crawfordsville
Ross Bros
O Grifith
Chas
Oxford
James Conger
Campbell
Colorado Letter from Camp Washington Moraine Estes Park
A letter from Camp Washington near Estes Park Colorado August 8 1900 describes a trek with twenty nine people including Edith and Tina Shields. The camp sits in a pine valley near a moraine with Big Thompson River and high peaks. They detail meals baked beans pancakes and pies plus daily campfires and humorous anecdotes about altitude and cooking. They note trapping and fishing for speckled trout and jokes about distance and measurement errors in the landscape.
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Washington
Moraine
Estes Park
Colo
P. O
Edith
Tina Shields
Denver
Thompson
Deer Mountain
Eagle Cliff
Mt. Olympus
Long’s Peak
Pike’s Peak
Flat
Sprague’s Springs
Sprague
Alpha
Omega
Midway
Sam Clark Dies at 10:15 PM in Keokuk
The Gate City editor Sam Clark, longtime Iowa figure and editor of the Gate City, died after several weeks illness. He served in Congress and led public enterprises, beloved by readers in Keokuk and across the state. Washington public expresses sympathy to the bereaved family.
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Gate City
Keokuk
Sam Clark
The
Clark
Iowa
Congress
Washington
Union Park Meeting Sermon on Indifference
Rev. W KR Williams of Bethel preached at the city park gathering last evening at five o clock on the sin of indifference and the danger of being asleep in faith. The sermon urged vigilance against moral laxity and urged strong Christian character with a choir directed by W A Moore providing the music.
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Williams
Bethel
W. KR. Williams
Satan
W. A. Moore
Dwight's Complexion Beautifier Free Trial Offer
An advertisement urges readers to try Dwight's Complexion Beautifier, offering a free full size box to ladies who mail their address and 10c for packing and postage. Only one free box per address. send to D W Custer & Co Huntington WV. Winnie White, four, dies near Crawfordsville. funeral held. burial at Ainsworth cemetery.
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Evening Journal
Dwight
ONCR
D. W. Custer & Co
Huntington, W. Va
Winnie White
Sherm White
Crawfordsville
Ainsworth
Linen ad touts fine textiles for town shoppers
An old classified note promises extra heavy linens two yards wide and finer than any locally available. The terse line hints at quality and local demand for durable fabrics.
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Mercer & Chilcote
Sol. Rich & Co
Walther
Washington, Iowa
Colorado
Rocky Mountain
Isaah
Meredith
Heintz
Long's Peak
Montrose Bicycle
C. D
Montrose
Shelby
Chicago
Piper
J. L. Mead Cygle Company
Cary
Aoa
Buffalo
N.sy
United States
Gov't
Washington, D. C
Union Park Meeting
Geo. Thompson
Coneville
Bowman Bros
Geo. DeLong
Miss Carter
Winfield
Howard
Jacob Doll
Breiter
York
Ultra
West Side
Ashby
Nicola
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