Big Little Town on Earth Promotes Idaho Montana Trips
Joe Schloesser writes from Troy Idaho in 1908 about a lively town with 700 people famed as The Biggest Little Town on Earth. He describes rail grade, runaway trains, Flathead reservations, deer and fishing, stock in Coeur d Alene mines, and Idaho Mormon politics amid pre election talk and Taft Roosevelt Governor Gooding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Schloesser
Troy
Idaho
Evening Journal
Washington
Iowa
Ioy
Kendrick
Montana
Missoula
Flathead Reservation
Flathead
Deur d'Alene
Coeur d’ Alene
New York
Gooding
Roosevelt
Taft
Guaranteed Mi-O-Na Stomach Remedy Ad Claims Cure
A Columbia pharmacy advertises Mi-O-Na stomach tablets with a money back guarantee if not curing dyspepsia. It contrasts Mi-O-Na with ordinary digestives, claiming Mi-O-Na strengthens digestion and permits stopping other medicines after use, priced at 50 cents per box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Cure a Cold in One Day Remedy Warning
Advertisement for laxative bromoquinine tablets claims to cure a cold in one day. Druggists refund if it fails. Grove signature appears on each box. Price 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E W. Grove
Patent notices issued for Iowa residents and inventors
Patent records list inventions and assignees across Iowa and nearby states including Haystacker by Joseph Dain Ottumwa Air-filter by I F Wallace Minneapolis and W L Kellogg Sioux City Turbine by KF D Millard Burlington Ditching-machine by F J Georgen and F J Diederich Granville Scoop-board by Louis Pals Davenport Hay-rack by J H Schuneman Cedar Falls Mechanical stokers by W H Strouse Oskaloosa Button machine by W C O Hopkins and J W Miller Muscatine Miller assignor to The McKee & Bliven Button Co Post-mold by Hiram Routt Dallas Center Shaft-support by William Noles Montrose Cultivator attachment by William Tiernan Rolfe Lifting-jack by P M Egan Council Bluffs Fence-post mold by J B Engstrom Manchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Bishop
Washington
WD. C
Iowa
Joseph Dain
Ottumwa
I. F. Wallace
Minneapolis
Minn
W. L. Kellogg
Sioux City
KF. D. Millard, Burlington. 840,617. Ditching-machine, F. J. Georgen
F. J. Diederich
Granville
Diederich
Said Georgen
Louis Pals
Davenport
J. H. Schuneman
Cedar Falls
W. H. Strouse
Oskaloosa
W. H. Strouse Mfg. Co
W. CO. Hopkins
J. W. Miller
Muscatine
Iaid Miller
McKee & Bliven
Willliam Tiernan
Rolfe
P. M. Egan
Counc
L Bluffs
J. B. Enogstrom
Manchester
Vision of rural mail carrier woes shocks Christian Advocate
The article relays a satirical vision about a rural mail carrier faced with endless delays and harsh scrutiny. It depicts late trains, misplaced mail, harsh postmaster scolding, storms, cold fingers, and pennies gathered from boxes, ending with creditors and self‑mockery over wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Advocate
Samuel
Selah
Dr King's New Life Pills Advertised By Stewart's Pharmacy
Mr August Sherpe, overseer of the poor at Fort Madison Iowa, endorses Dr King's New Life Pills saying they act more agreeably and do more good than any other laxative. Guaranteed to cure biliousness and constipation. 25¢ at Stewart's Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Sherpe
Fort Madison
Iowa
Dr. King
Stewart
Swift Funeral Rites Held in Catholic Church
Funeral services for Martin Swift were conducted yesterday at 10 o'clock in the local Catholic church. A solemn high mass was offered by Rev. Father Sueppel with assistance from Rev. Fathers Jacobsmeier and Galligan. The sermon followed, delivered by Rev. Father Sueppel with the St. James choir. Floral tributes filled the church as the service drew one of the county’s largest crowds. pallbearers included Swift’s five sons Jobo Martin Abe James and Francis and his grandson Willynn.
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Martin Swift
Father Sueppel
Fathers Jacobsmeier
Riverside
Galligan
Tipton
St. James
Jobo
Martin
Abe
James
Francis Swift
Willynn
Standard Land Co Announces Two Cars to Stratford Texas
The Standard Land company will run two Pullman sleeper cars to Stratford Texas on January 15. One car departs from here and the other from Columbus Junction on Rock Island No 29. Cars are equipped with modern conveniences. Terms available from L. D. Higgins.
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Washington Land Co. Gar
Washington
Iowa
Dalhart
Texas
Standard Land Company
Stratford
Columbus Junction
Rock Island
L. D. Higgins
How to Cure Chilblains and Skin Ailments
John Kemp of Hast Otsfield Maine recommends Lapely Bucklens Arnica Salve to cure chilblains fever sores ulcers piles burns frost bites and other skin diseases. Advertises a 25 cent salve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kemp
New Honeybee Hybrid Found by Captain Holder in Indian Territory
Captain John Holder, living near Colbert Creek in the Arbuckle mountains, reports discovering a new hybrid honeybee. He claims to cross the mongrel bees with ordinary bees to create a superior strain better adapted to the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Holder
Arbuckle Mountains
Indian Territory
Kansas City Star
Captain Holder
Colbert Creek
Davis
Ile
Burbank
Vegetable
Navy Into Literature Portraits Afloat In Verse
A commentary on enlistment of writers into naval prose and song. The poem lists authors James B. Connolly Ham Mabie Jack London Bliss Carman A Sinclair Henry van Dyke Henry James Alfred Lewis Howells Lorimer White and J. Montague, imagining their work aboard a warship as it sails the deep with vivid nautical imagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Connolly
Deep Blue Sea
Ham Mabie
Jack London
Bliss Carman
A. Sinclair
Henry van Dyke
Henry James
Alfred Henry Lewis
Howells
Bob
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J. C. McCartney
J. W. Patton
D. A. Chalmers
Work & Meek
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Mason
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