Widening of Gauge on Local Rail Lines
The Arlington & Northwestern and Burlington & Western roads plan widening to standard gauge late this month. Manager Mr. R Law, in charge since 1895, reorganized operations, improved roadbeds and bridges, and increased traffic. Four hundred trackmen, four gauge trains, and supporting crews will perform a rapid conversion, with trains run at each end dropping off along the line, while crews restock lunches and supplies for the day.
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It Law
Law
General Managers Association
Chicago
Oceda
Fieet
Carlota
Trafic
Local Notes From Crawfordsville and Nearby Towns
Telephone Our News Service reports travel and visits across the county. Mrs Hull visits Fairfield with daughter Nell then returns home. Thompson I visits Princeton. Edna Hough returns from a week with friends. Dr and N J Lease move into rooms over the drug store. Twinam visits Washington. Mr and Mrs Raney visit Wellman relatives. Mills Yard Crawfordsville trains to Victor Iowa. J K Jeffers and son visit Cedar Rapids. Stickley and Erdice return from Grand Lodge in Dubuque. Mrs L Brocklin travels to Washington after the death of her niece Stella Hahn.
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Crawfordeville
H. C. Hull
Mies Nell
Fairfield
Thompson I
Princeton
Edna Hough
Pleasant
Victor
Iowa
Mre
J. K. Jeffers
Cedar Rapids
JW. Stickley
A L Erdice
Dubuque
Grand Lodge
L. Brocklin
Washington Thuratay
Stella Hahn
Deed and Lease Recorded in Court House Notices
A petitioner describes a deed recorded by Recorder Cocklin transferring Iowa City and Western railroad properties to the B C R and N RR for 90 years and a lease to Rock Island for 99 years. The monied details and county-wide filings are noted amid a Monmouth college commencement report and an advertisement for Chamberlain's Pain Balm praised by a German reader.
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Cocklin
Court House
J R McPartland
Cedar Rapida
Bh. O R &N Brr
McPartland
Iowa City and Western Railroad
Iowa City and Western R BR
Iowa City
What Cheer
Thornburg
Montezuma
Rock Island
George Schaub
New Lebanon
Ohio
Dayton Volksceling
Chamberlain
Stewart's Pharmacy
Cook & Sherman
Boiling Apples in Sweet Cider and Cooking Hints
Practical kitchen tips from a vintage era cover boiling apples in sweet cider to refresh flavor, simmering cocoon in milk for five minutes, testing fat temperature with a cut potato, broiling with charcoal, and ensuring tenderness. Guidance for invalid soups avoids heavy turnips carrots and bay laurel. For roasting chicken, brown then finish upright to keep juices in the breast.
How did she get there at the dancing assembly
A fashionable young newcomer makes a striking entrance at an exclusive event. She greets critics with wit and reveals her social ties as she mingles with married belles, many hosting luncheon parties and claiming her place among the set.
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Cally
Mi. Crosshbeam
Lippincott's Magazine
The Law of Compensation Discussed in Dialog
Bridget and Pat discuss a Philadelphia Times excerpt on the law of compensation. They note that loss of one sense or limb allegedly heightens remaining sensations and adjust to imbalance in body proportions.
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Bridget
Pat
Luggage Trusts In Foreign Labels Highlight Social Ties
A New York Press snippet notes Miss D as free of foreign labels on trunks showing she travels often. A crusty man retorts she does go abroad but others know it, reflecting social judgments of travel. The excerpt includes quips from Mose Johnson and a Canton flannel tongue disclaimer for a patent remedy.
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Miss D
Comfortable Shoe For Elderly Ladies
A shoe designed for older women promises comfort for tender feet. It offers easy wear and a gentle fit, ideal for those who struggle with finding shoes that feel good and are simple to put on.
Senate Tug of War Over Cuban Bill and Coal Strike Fallout
Washington reports a tug of war between Cuban reciprocity and beet sugar interests shaping the cane sugar policy. Senator Hanna faces regret over coal strike impacts while Morgan prolific on Nicaragua canal coverage. Tillman demands light in debate. Elkins warned about Cushman ties. anecdote on Portland mayor's backbone. ARTHUR W. DUNN.
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Hanna Mach
Tom Heed
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Hanna
McKinley
Ohio
Morgan
Nicaragua
Central America
Panama Canal Company
Reed
Portland
Board of Aldermen
Tillman
South Carolina
Cushman
Elkins
West Virginia
Virulent Cancer Cured by Electric Bitters and Arnica Salve
G W Roberts of Elizabeth West Virginia reports an old man with a hopeless cancer cured using Electric Litters and Kunklen’s Arnica Salve. The ad claims the treatment also expels poisons and heals blood diseases skin eruptions ulcers and sores. Stewart's Pharmacy sells Bitter 50c and Salve 25c.
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G. W. Roberts
Elizabeth
W. Va
Kunklen
Stewart's Pharmacy
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Black Cloak
Mercer & Chilcote
Gompare
Monarch
Dougherty Bros
Wiest
Big Chief
McCall
R. Law
Arlington & Northwestern
Hurlington & Weatero
Wellman
Struble
Big
Muscatine
Milwaukee
Doc Henderson
Lake Benton
South Dakota
Doc
Columbia Pharmacy, Mon
Prop
N. J. Lease
Chil
Dren
A. Twinam
Aineworth
Raney of
Mill Yard of
Crawfordaville
Monmouth College
Monmouth
Ill
Herbert A. Acheson
Eleanor, Illinois
Eva Beard
Ainsworth
Lucia Barnes Blakes
Burlington
Mary Wilson Brown
Berlin
James Charlesworth Hill
Newton
Tirza Eva Samson
Wyman
W. Wyeth Sprague
Columbus Junction
John Allen Stewart
Philadelphia Times
Mose Johnson
Jess
Puck
J. H. S.ewart
Sole
Work & Meek
Co. Soleric
Opera House
Tom Reed
Limerick
Miller
New York
Tee County
Saads
Rich
SOL Rich & CO
Glothiers & Tailors
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