Sixty Seven Years Ago Stanton’s Company Leaves for Camp Lincoln
Funy O leaves home for war. Stanton's company departed for rendezvous at Camp Lincoln. The march began with a morning meeting to elect officers but outsiders pressured, delaying, until Keokuk. They traveled by steamer Kate Kassell to Muscatine and Wort Madi then by rail to Keokuk arriving at 6. Camp Lincoln awaited them with Jordan's Company from Fairfield. After breakfast they wrote home about army hardships and several lieutenants were elected from the ranks.
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Stanton
Camp Linechuk
Wilson
Thad H. Stanton
Keokuk
Muscatine
Kate Kassell
Wort Madiere
Camp Lincoln
Jordan
Fairfield
Cured Hay Fever and Summer Cold Testimony
A. S. Nusbaum of Batesville Indiana says a summer cold with hay fever symptoms plagued him for months until Foley's Honey and Tar relieved it quickly. He notes his wife also found the remedy effective and mentions Lemmon's Pharmacy and Meckihinney Drug Co. as suppliers.
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A. S. Nusbaum
Batesville
Indiana
Foley
Theosophist Chief Foresees Rational Religion Era
Annie Besant in New York predicts a coming era with stronger family ties and rational religion. She argues third eye insight will guide progress, denies universal suffrage for women, and says divorce will disappear as duty replaces rights while women will be defined by merit and motherhood supported by husbands.
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Theosophist
New York
Annie Besant
India
United States
Mrs. Besant
New York American
Puzzler 350 Novel Acrostic From Transacting Court St Nicholas
All clues share equal length. correct answers form two vertical rows. The top row spells a famous novelist, the bottom row his book title, using the initials from each solved word. Listed clues range from Cyprus native to leather, ejection, mortification, and wind from the north, culminating with a court meeting in Saint Nicholas.
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Cyprus
St. Nicholas
Day of haymaking joy as children toil and play
On a bright summer morning children load fresh hay with laughter and energy. They haul fragrant clover to wagons and barn, then rush inside when the clanging supper bell rings, ending their playful day with a pellmell dash to the house.
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Pellmell
Riddle Clues on Word Transformations
A series of wordplay prompts builds new words by adding a hint word to a base word. Each clue merges a base with an added element to yield a related object or name, revealing a playful pathway from spirits to lanterns to cities and nations.
Ragged child steals to cross muddy route
A fragment describes a ragged child carrying stolen items and attempting to cross a mud filled path. A boy lagging behind from school intervenes, pulls her from the mud, and helps her with her load.
Guess the author by initials from the illustration
A clever riddle asks to identify objects in an illustration. The initials formed when correctly arranged spell the name of an author, guiding you to link each item to letters that reconstruct the author’s name. The puzzle blends visual cues with letterplay to reveal the writer’s identity.
Remedy Relieves Severe Colicky Pains After Four Years
I S Mason of Beaver Dam Kentucky credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with ending years of intense colicky pains after a friend recommended it. After a few doses the symptoms were entirely relieved and have not returned. The remedy is sold by F L Stolte and Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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I. S. Mason
Beaver Dam
Chamberlain
Kennedy
F. L. Stolte
Lemmon
Explosion at Aetna powder mill kills two in Indiana
An explosion at the Aetna powder mill in Aetna Indiana on August 14 killed two workers and destroyed property valued at twenty five thousand dollars. Fire and rescue crews reported extensive damage and investigations are underway. The victims were identified by local authorities as crew members employed at the plant.
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Gary
Ind
Aetna
Chamberlain's Colie Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy Praised
A testimonial states Chamberlain's Colie Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy has never failed to cure and has served as a faithful travel companion for eighteen years. The note cites commercial traveler H. L. Nichols of Oakland, Ind. Ter. and lists F. L. Stolte and Lemmon's Pharmacy as sellers.
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Chamberlain
Faik
H. L. Nichols
Oakland
Ind
F. L. Stolte
Lemmon
Mosquito Bites Prompt Child’s Curious Question
Leonard asks his mother where mosquitoes get the lumps they leave on people, a puzzled moment over a small bite. The exchange captures a simple, curious domestic scene and a child’s attempt to understand a common household nuisance.
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Leonard
Puzzler Highlights and Wordplay List No 844 845 346 847 348 34
Key to the puzzler entries present a set of wordplay items including palindromic terminal deletion variants swearing in rows and other word ladders and acrostic style prompts. It lists multiple puzzle numbers with terse hints and truncated readings.
TEST MAIL CATCHING DEVICE FOR RAIL MAIL TRAINS
The post office department reports testing a mail catching and delivering device by F H Burr of Atlantic IA on the Rock Island between Davenport and Council Bluffs. It has operated on westbound trains through Davenport Des Moines for months and may be extended to more cars for trial. Formal approval is not yet given.
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Washington
Post Office Department
F. H. Burr
Atlantic la
Rock Island
Davenport
Council Bluffs
Des Moines
American Flour is Best for European Markets
Washington report says Special Agent Davis of the commerce and labor department prepared a bulletin explaining why European bone and tissue nutrition would benefit from American flour. He asserts flour made from American wheat is superior to foreign varieties and urges millers to meet foreign market demands and persuade Europe of the merits of American products. Clothes cleaned, Shellabarger’s Pantatorium.
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Washington
Davis
Department of Commerce and Labor
Europe
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