Washington x County Man Wood Harding of Ainsworth Iowa
Washington county resident F W Harding known as Wood Harding, a longtime stock feeder and former Washington County Fair Assn. official, resides near Ainsworth. A Republican with Methodist leanings, he hosts local preachers and has contributed to public institutions. He arrived in Iowa in 1865 and became a familiar, jovial figure across the county.
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Washington County
F. W. Harding
Ainsworth
Iowa
Harding
Washington County Fair Assn
Costs 375 a Day and the Fashionable 400 in New York
Esther Belle reports that society women need a 375 a day allowance to maintain the 400 lifestyle. The piece tallies Mrs. Burke Roche’s costs totaling about 100,000 a year, illustrating how a socialite’s expenses exceed standard incomes and how an elevated allowance is proposed. The item sits beside notes on a local oyster supper and Carnegie funded spelling reform efforts.
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New York
New Yorker
Burke- Roche
Frank Work
Bridge Thist
United States
Roche
Cedar Falls
Andrew Carnegie
Iowa
Seerly
Carnegie
Boys and Hardknockers A Harsh School Warning
A brief note expresses a tough corrective stance toward boys behavior. It suggests using Hardknockers as a disciplinary measure to curb misconduct. The sentence reflects a punitive approach within a school setting.
Electric Bitters touted for chronic dyspepsia claim
A Haynesville Missouri widow 70 credits Electric Bitters with curing twenty years of chronic dyspepsia and restoring her strength. The ad notes Bitters cure stomach and liver diseases blood disorders general debility and bodily weakness and is sold at J H Stewart's drugstore with a five cent price.
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Jennie Duncan
Haynesville
J. H. Stewart’s
Greatly reduced Western rail rates advertised
Daily February 15 to April 7 Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway offers greatly reduced rates to San Francisco Los Angeles Portland Tacoma Seattle and other West and Northwest points. Half rates for children of half fare age and liberal stopovers allowed. Tickets valid in Tourist sleepers. Inquiries to I A Miller General Passenger Agent.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul Railway
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
I. A. Miller
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Washington
Square Meals
Fast Side
Roy Y.stichter
California
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Ogden
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Scenic Colorado
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Minneapolis
F. A. Miller
Chigags
Erie
Sam
Larimer
Pass
Agt 406 Equitable Bldg
Des Moines
Santa Fe
Esther Belle
Eureka
Smma Hays
President Seerley
Johnny
Moses
Dr. Pratt
Nicola
Harmon
Snouffer, Hughes & Co
Blair
McElhinney Drug Co
North Side Square
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