Down the Coast to New London and Lyme Villages
The narrator travels from Reston along the New England coast by the New York New Haven and Stratford line. In Providence he critiques local merchants, notes coastal wealth and launches in Westerly, and visits New London and Lyme. He highlights summer resorts, aristocratic cottages, historical relics, and Munsey's former building, contrasting city and shore life.
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New England
Reston
New York, New Haven
Startford
Providence
Rhode Island
Ile
Newport
Narragansett
Nantucket
Westerly
Sean
Iever
New London
Conn
New York
Ocean Beach
Ocean Front
Washington
Richard Mansfield
John Drew
Havermeiers
Clark
Washington, D. C
Silas Morgan
Caleb West
Frank Munsey
New York City
Lyme
Hall and Family PIlls Catarrh Cure Advertised
The notice touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy for catarrh a constitutional disease. It claims internal use cures the disease by affecting blood and mucous surfaces and offers one hundred dollars for any failed case. Includes testimonial solicitations and mentions Means and Stichter's as a supplier of ice cream.
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Hall
F. J. Chenny & Co
Last Week of Remnant Sale Ends Saturday Night
Black dress goods sale winds down this Saturday with discounts on remnants. End date approaching as shoppers seek fabric bargains.
Improvements at the Academy Under Prof Daugherty
Prof. R D Daugherty makes improvements around the Academy before the fall term. The commercial room is divided to add an extra class. Southeast room fitted with desks. book cases added in southwest and northwest rooms. A new fence encloses the campus and is painted. Lawn grading and maple trees are being trimmed to enhance appearance.
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R. D. Daugherty
Academy
Mitchell pastor appears in town to trace family roots
Rev. O. L. McCleery of Mitchell Iowa, en route from Olds after receiving a Congregational call, stops to study family history. He learns of local McCleerys sharing Britain Gaul roots and traces kin to an uncle, John Patterson, northeast of the city. He plans further archival visits.
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O. L. McCleery
Mitchell
Iowa
Olds
Congregationalist Church
McCleery
McCleerys
Great Britain
Gaul
France
Rev
MecCleery
John Patterson
Boy Cured of Colic After Doctor’s Treatment Failed
A Shell Lake Wisconsin parent reports a four year old boy with colic improved after morphine failed and a half teaspoon of Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was given. The child slept and recovered. Stewart’s Pharmacy Cook & Sherman sold the remedy.
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Chamberlain
F. L. Wilkins
Shell Lake
Wis
Mr. Wilkins
Shell Lake Lumber Co
Stewart's
Pharmacy
Cook & Sherman
Methodist Church Home Talent Night Program
Public invited to church event featuring Edna Klein and the Mandolin Club, vocal solos by Daisy Hull and Hallie Berdo, piano pieces by Maud Reeves and others, plus readings and dances. A tribal themed welcome note invites all to attend on the lawn at Nena Wilson's with family-friendly games and performances.
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E. A. McDowell
Nora Curran
Ruth Mc Snery Stuart
Hallie Berdo
Heart
Sir Henry Bishop
Edna Klein
Scranton Coal Ad Promotes Local Preference
Scranton coal buyers urged to contract now with John Shields & Son highlighting Scranton as the best source and urging immediate action.
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Scranton
John Shields & Son
Home Visitors Excursions To Ohio And Indiana
The Iowa Central Railway offers annual Home Visitors Excursions to Ohio and Indiana with sales on Sept 1 8 15 and Oct 6. Round trip Bates fare and return limits up to thirty days from sale. Tickets on first and third Tuesdays monthly with two dollar supplement for round trips. For rates contact ticket agents or A B Cutts G P T A Minneapolis Minn.
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Louisville
Ohio
Sandusky
Columbus
Washington
Wilmington
Cincinnati
Bates
Iowa Central
B. Cutts
Minneapolis
Minn
Indiana
A. B. Cutts
Iowa Central Ry
Oolt
Reduced harvest laborer fares offered for Midwest crop
One way tickets are on sale daily for harvest laborers to Minnesota and the Dakotas at very low rates through Iowa Central Ry agents. Liberal return arrangements are provided to secure immediate help for the anticipated huge crop. Aug 3.
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Minnesota
Dakotas
Iowa Central Ry
Iowa Central Sells Round Trip Excursion to Des Moines
Des Moines excursion tickets offered at half rates for the Iowa State Fair dated August 21 to 20 at Des Moines. Tickets valid for return to August with one fare for the round trip. For details contact agents. August 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Central
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve tale warns of small injuries
An advertisement touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as essential for minor cuts burns sores and boils. It claims even tiny injuries can be deadly, urging readers to keep the salve on hand and buy it at Stewart’s Drug Store for 25 cents.
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Stewart’s
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Royal Worcester
Cresco
Mercer & Chilcote
Postoftice
Aed
Kaye & Lytle Telephone
East Side Square
Colenso Hotel
Joe Keltner
Steck
Edgerton
China
Selves
H. F. Steck
West Side Jeweler
L Grins
Columbia Pharmacy
J. Blemmon, Prop
Means &Stichter's
Sam
Miller
J. W. Farwell Dry Goods Co
Chicago
Ory
Methodist Church
M. BE. Church
FEF. W
of the
Violets
Song
Love
Chopin
F. Liszt
Maud Reeves
Hallie
Berdo
Guy D'Hardelot
Daisy Tall
1. F. W. Mandolin Club
The
Aeolian
Marion Ander
Peace Council
Tide
Nena Wilson's
Scranton Coal
Homeseekers
Homer Vis
Harwood
Solbric & CO
Opera House
Iowa Land Co
Crail's
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