Trimmed hats and bakery items feature in city notes
The city bulletin lists trimmed hats at half price at Miss Lewis and bargain hats. bakery ads tout Johnson's bakery pies and cakes. Visitors and residents such as D A Fesler, Mrs Ella McCreedy, Frank and Richard Farris, and others are noted in daily city life. A health note mentions amberlain’s Pain Balm curing rheumatism. Sterling Kansas climate contrasted with local views.
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Crown Cafe
Frank Lape
Richland
Lewis
Sam Barden
Ottumwa
Elwyn Baker
Drake University
Des Moines
Motts
Muscatine
A. W. Gifford
Iowa City
Oskaloosa
Johnson's Bakery
Johnson's
Johnson’s
J. H. Helverson
Knoxville
Milwaukee
Cone
Acklen's Arnica Salve touted for wounds and piles
The ad promotes Acklen's Arnica Salve as effective for cuts burns wounds and sore feet with quick relief. It claims the salve also cures piles and costs 25 cents at Stewart's Pharmacy.
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Acklen
Stewart’s
Pope Communicated with Roosevelt in Interlude on Colombia
The first issue of The Daily Press prints an interview with Pope Pius by war correspondent George Lynch. The pope says he communicated with President Roosevelt over Colombia to seek peaceful, effective action. A Chicago double tragedy follows: John Pollak shot his sister-in-law Bessie Pollak and then killed himself after a family dispute.
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Pope
Roosevelt
London
W.T. Stead
Daily Press
George Lynch
Pope Pius
Colombia
Chicago
Bessie Pollak
Throop Street
John Pollak
West Nineteenth Street
Gravelle Sentenced Ten Years For Threatening Letters
Helena Montana January 5 Isaac Gravelle convicted of sending threatening letters to the Northern Pacific Railway company receives ten years in the state penitentiary and a $5,000 fine the maximum penalty for the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Mont
Isaac Gravelle
Northern Pacific Railway Company
General Stephen Moffitt Dies in Plattsburg NY
General Stephen Moffitt a leading figure in northern New York died at his residence near Plattsburg. The brief obituary notes his prominence without detailing cause or age. A separate humorous quotation from New York Weekly is included about a baby and a beard.
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Stephen Moffitt
Plattsburg
N. Y
New York
Hat Buying Sparks Curiosity in Mrs Benham
A brief exchange in Brooklyn Life notes Mrs Benham chastising Benham for not caring about her finances when she buys a new hat, highlighting domestic banter on spending and curiosity.
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Benham
Brooklyn
Deep One Doting Mother Exchange with Professor
A mother asks a professor if her son is a deep student. The professor dryly answers that he is never deeper than the bottom, implying limited academic progress.
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Puritan
J. Albert Williams & Co
Llen’s
Dougherty Bros
the Journal
Evening Journal
Conner & Schillig
D. A. Fesler
Riverside
Ella McCreedy
Ainsworth
Frank and
Richard Farris
Lexington
City
Harry Moore
John Love
Alnworth
Wood Harding
Oregon Township
Mabel Dunham
Monmouth
Mrs
J. A. Carr
Broomfield, Iowa
A. B. Carr
Chas. Needham
Sigourney
W. E. Shinn
Letts
Leigh Wallace
Wellman
Homer Crawford
Morgan Park Academy
Maude Reeves
Mt. Pleasant
Il. L. White
Fairfield
W. Russell
Rumsey & Sikemeier
St. Louis
Johnson
Julia Crawford
Earl Campbell
Wm. S. Crane
California
Stewart’s Pharmacy
Cook & Sherman
M. Y. Wallace
W.S. Wylie
Defender Mfg. Co
Dutoe TB
Washington, Iowa
Graham Theatre
Warrington
Iowa
Eraupesen
John M. Hickey
John Grifapith
Baxter
H. A. Baxter
Samson & Livingston
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