Mrs Grundy: Silence as Power in Speed the Plow Censorship
A New York Herald piece traces Mrs Grundy as an invisible social censor arising from Thomas Morton’s Speed the Plow. It notes the phrase’s authority without a concrete figure and recounts Dame Ashfield’s tense exchanges hinting at Mrs Grundy’s influence on manners and morals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Grundy
Dame Ashfield
Ash
Dame Grundy
Tommas
Dame
New York Herald
Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup Claims Quick Constipation Relief
An old line advertises Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup as a cure for chronic constipation. It claims to aid digestion stimulate the liver and bowels and restore natural action with immediate effects and pleasant taste. Substitutes are refused and it is sold by all druggists.
Settlers' Low Rate Tickets For Northwest Lands
Iowa Central announces special second class settlers tickets every Tuesday in March and April for settlers bound to the Northwest. Agents for rates include B. Cutts, G. P. & T. A., Minneapolis, Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Canada
Iowa Central
Northwest
B. Cutts
G. P
T. A
Minneapolis
Minn
One Way Settlers Rates From Iowa Central Line
Iowa Central announces one way settlers tickets to Nebraska Kansas Missouri Arkansas Indian Territory Oklahoma and beyond. Sale on the first and third Tuesdays of January through March at two dollars above half fare. Contact Iowa Central agents or A B Cutts G P and T A Minneapolis for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
fEastern Radio
Kansas
Missouri
Arkan- Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Alabama
Mississippi
Iowa Central
Lowa
Central
A. B. Cutts
Rig
Minneapolis
Minn
Cheap Rates to the Pacific Coast Offer
Beginning March 1 and running to April 30 the Iowa Central by will offer reduced fare tickets to Arizona California Oregon Washington British Columbia Utah Montana Idaho and Old Mexico. Substantial savings of 15.00 below regular rates apply. On Wednesdays trains to Los Angeles and San Francisco travel via Kansas City and the Santa Fe System. Contact agents or write A B Cutts G P T A Minneapolis. apr29
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Central
Arizona
California
Oregon
Washington
British Columbia
Utah
Montana
Idaho
Old Mexico
Los Angeles
San*Francis
Kansas City
Santa Fe
A. B. Cutts
G. P
T. A
Minneapolis
Minn
Disturbance at Congregation Leads to Remedy Request
A person disturbed the congregation last Sunday and faces a request to purchase Foless Honey and Tar from All S Druggists. The notice seeks compliance with the remedy and cites the need to prevent further disruption.
Cabby Pleads For Fare Amid Yard Ride
Cartoon caption depicts a cabby begging to be driven two more fur for the legal fare. The humor centers on the driver’s insistence and the passenger’s reluctant compliance in a street scene.
Swettenham Proposes Grants for Kingston Rebuild
Kingston Jamaica February 22 Governor Swettenham told the legislative council he urged the imperial government to grant 750000 dollars and loan 5000000 dollars to aid merchants in rebuilding Kingston’s commercial section the loan to be without colonial guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Jamaica
Covernor Swettenham
Legislative Council
Manes mule bite ends in hydrophobia case in Evansville
Evansville Indiana February 22 Lewin Cavins was bitten by a mule diagnosed with hydrophobia and is likely to die authorities say the animal may have to be destroyed pending further tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Lewin Cavins
Hewitt Dies in Menasha After Illness
W P Hewitt 59 president of the Bank of Menasha and Menasha Woodenwire company died after a three month illness due to throat cancer. He was a well known figure throughout Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menasha
Wis
W. P. Hewitt
Bank of Menasha
Menasha Woodenwire Company
Hewitt
Duty to Society Against Self Destruction
Cardinal Gibbons asserts voluntary self murder harms society and military discipline. He warns that suicide spreads through the press, likening society to a grand army where each member has a duty and desertion harms all. He frames self harm as a cowardly act with far reaching social consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth
Cardinal Gibbons
They Raised Wages Telegraphed Wage Increase Planned Toll Hike
New York telegraph firms announce a 10 percent raise for workers and reportedly plan higher message tolls. A ten word message could rise from 2 cents to 20 cents, a 20 percent increase aligning with material cost hikes. Longer messages and leased wires rates are not yet disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wisconsin Central Expects Rate Cuts Despite Commission
Milwaukee Feb 22 President W A Bradford Jr of the Wisconsin Central Railway reviews the rail commission ruling that sets a 2 percent per mile passenger fare within Wisconsin on three railways and says the Wisconsin Central will meet any required or suggested reductions even if the commission widens its actions or other interstate lines in Wisconsin cut fares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
W. A. Bradford, Jr
Wisconsin Central Railway Company
Wisconsin Railroad Commission
Wisconsin
Railroad Commission
Wisconsin Central
Wisconsin Central Railroad Company
Fast Run By A Train In State Record
In Jackson Michigan on February 22 the second section of Michigan Central No 17, with G B Patterson at the throttle and Fireman Pierce, covered 104 miles to Michigan City in two hours forty five minutes, averaging one mile per minute four seconds. The 11 mile leg to Niles took one hour fifty five minutes. The engine, No 5452, a six driven DP Pacific, was described by a railroad man as possibly the fastest long run ever on the Michigan Central.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Mich
Michigan Central
G. B. Patterson
Pierce
Jackson
Michigan City
Niles
M. Holden
Washington County
Iowa
Rock Island
Seventy-five
District Court
Geo. W. Neale
George W. Neal
Geo. W. Neal
Judge Lindly Sends for Home After Illness
Springfield report says Judge Lindly, chair of the house Republican steering committee, was taken to his home after a serious ptomaine poisoning attack. A physician accompanied him, and his condition eased somewhat during the night but remained serious enough to return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Judge Lindly
House Republican Steering Committee
Heroic Ice Rescue In Pontiac Children Save Sibling
Ten year old Jennie Robert plunged into the Clinton river to save her younger brother Henry after he fell from a cake of ice while playing. B Elsstrom of Welch Motor Car company leapt from a nearby bridge and carried both children to safety. Neither was harmed by the bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontiac
Mich
Jennie Robert
Clinton River
Henry
B. Elsstrom
Welch Motor Car Company
Saginaw Street
Club House Damaged by Fire at Steel Works
Joliet Illinois February 22 Fire damaged the Steel Works club house a $75 000 outlay built nearly twenty years ago by the Illinois Steel company The clubhouse housed finery assembly rooms dance hall and welfare departments and has a large mill employer membership damaged early in the day by the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
Steel Works
Iinois Steel Company
They Are Idiotic Drawings in Youth Literature
The editor praises a young artist’s drawings calling them the best selling juvenile work if reproduced in grand colors. The artist blushes as the editor extols the art and potential success for a youth literature project from Puck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puck
Magnolia man touts New Life Pills in testimonial
Six years ago John Pleasant of Magnolia Indiana wrote he learned a valuable lesson and began taking Dr Kings New Life Pills. He says the longer he takes them the better he feels and claims they please everybody as quarantines at Sewart's pharmacy are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Pleasant
Magnolia
Ind
Dr. King
Sewart’s
District Court Original Notice in Roberts vs Neal et al
In the District Court of Washington County Iowa in March Tern 1907 an original notice is issued in the case Frank W Roberts plaintiff versus George W Neal James W Isett J W Isett Joshua Holland Solomon Perkins Joseph Keck Elizabeth Keck James Law Mathew Law Elizabeth Law Joseph A Green Geo C Stone Mississippi Missouri Railroad Company John C Mason The Washington Branch of the State Bank of Iowa John Goodrich Carson Ohm Andrew Hemmings John Mcll rath Andrew Heming John Goodrich Jackson Roberts G W Neal James Wilson Isett Norman Everson Joseph Gassaver Howard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Roberts
George W. Neal
James W. Isett
J. W. Isett
Joshua Holland
Solomon Perkins
Joseph Keck
Elizabeth Keck
James Law
Mathew Law
Elizabeth Law
Joseph A. Green
Geo. C. Stone
Missippi & Missouri Railroad Company
John C
Mason
Washington
The
State Bank of Iowa
John Goodrich
Carson Ohm
Andrew Hemmings
John Mcllrath
Andrew Heming
Jackson Roberts
Davie Anderson
Agness Anderson
Robert
Anderson
Nancy A. Anderson
James Morrow
Mingaret
K. Ritchey
J. H. Lewis
Mery J Lewis
Leander Ritchey
Mary B. Braden
John C. Ritchey
Nathan'el Woods
Rebecca I. Woods
Jonathan
Conger
Jane Conger
Darniel Edggington
Asahel Edgington
Josephinen R. Deington
Josephine B. Edgington
Mathew Porter
Sarah P. Porter
Samuel Porter
Euma B Watts
Lucinda V. Stephenson
Carrie M. Porter
James T. Porter
Helena A. Porter
Sarah Porter
Euphema L. Porter
J T. Port R
CG. M. Porter
Morris R. Porter
BE. L. Porter
Ralph Porter
Florence Porter
Caryl M. Porer
Emma Wats
Morris Porter
Lucinda Stevenson
Charlies H. Keck
C. H Keck
Charles Foster
Aetna Life Insurance Company
Hartford
Connecticut
A. Edgington
J. H. Young
A. H. Sherwood
John P. Babcock
Norman Chipaca
Sehol Fund
Ella H. Foster
Citizens’ Savings Bank of
Iowa
Euphema Lillian Porter
Washington County
Towit
Suthwest
District Court
J. F. Stewart
G. M. Stewart
B Friese
Ralrd
RK. Stewart
A. D
Also Mentioned on This Page
Paul Peyish
Meth
Thomas Morton
STECK
H. F. Steck
Washington National Bank
East Side Square
Pacific Coast
New York Journal
Swettenham
Lemmon
Columbia Pharmacy
Prescription Store
J. E. Lemmon
Prop
Too
Klein Klothing Ko
Good Clothes Store
Smith
Cash Grocery
Laintiff
Court House
Marett
W. & J. L. Brooxwarr
Evening Journal
W. G. Clements
J.P. Stewart
A. M. Stewar
B. Friese, and
Ralph R. Stewart
Ngston
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!