Mitten Industry Flourishes In Washington Iowa
The Journal details F. A. Haughman & Son etablishment of a thriving mitten making business in Washington Iowa. A new 20 by 24 foot factory is under construction to expand production from 100 to 600 sales weekly. The piece notes confident growth, employment of seamstresses, and plans to drive machinery with an engine as output aims to dominate the world mitten market in the coming decade.
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Washington
F. A. Haughman
Tie Son
Baughman
Armory Allowance Bill Passed House Unanimously
Telegram from Representative J. Wilson informs that the Armory Allowance bill passed the house by unanimous vote. If the bill clears the senate, Company D will likely obtain a new armory here, an project Captain Brookhart strongly favors and which enjoys strong popular support.
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SW. Krockbart
Bryan leaves Lincoln for farm life on forty second birthday
Lincoln, March 20. William J. Bryan is no longer a resident of Lincoln. He celebrated his forty second birthday by moving to his farm four miles from the city. Until his country residence costing 820,000 is completed the family will live in a barn.
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Lincoln
Neb
Wm. J. Bryan
Lincolon
Bryan
Torpedo Guardship To Be Renamed Alice Roosevelt
Wilhelmshaven report says Emperor ordered the torpedo boat used as a guardship here to be renamed Alice Roosevelt. The change reflects a gesture from the ruler amid ongoing naval affairs.
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Wilhelmshaven
William
Alice Roosevelt
Warning on Cascarets Candy Cathartic C C tablets
Public notice warns buyers to seek genuine Cascarets stamped C C and avoid substitutes sold in bulk. Advises that druggists carry the 10 cent tablets and condemns substituters as cheats and frauds.
Interstate rail rates advertised for 1902 travel
Notice says a rate program will run from all points on the Iowa Central road to Minnesota and the Dakotas on March 25 and April 1 and 8, 1902 at very low fares. Travelers are advised to consult the nearest local agent or Geo Batty P T A Marshalltown for details. Also a preaching event is announced at the Pree Heseriah church.
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Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Marshalltown
Town
Interstate rail rates spread across four states
Topotota will be applied at all stations on the Iowa Central road daily during March and April. Fares reach multiple major hubs including Helena Boise Tacoma Spokane Seattle Portland Salt Lake City Ogden and Denver and extend to intermediate points at these low rates.
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Topotota
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
Utah
Iowa Central Road
Batten Helena
Boise
Tacoma
Spokane
Seattle
Portland
Salt Lake City
Ogden
Denver
Fire threatens schoolhouse as high school boys stop spread
Monday nearly brought disaster as a gale driven fire damaged a 4 by 5 foot area near the roof and belfry of the schoolhouse before high school students quickly contained the blaze. The event began around ten o clock and could have required a tough department fight.
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Wellman
How Are Your Kidneys Dr Hobha Eight Pills Cure All Ills
An old advertisement claims Dr Hobha’s eight pills cure kidney ailments and offers free samples from the remedy company in Chicago. The text is fragmentary and promotes a patent medicine product without medical endorsement.
Aphorisms and maxims from Benjamin Franklin
A collection of Franklin sayings on famine and wolves, marriage gifts, teaching, virtue, clothing, physicians, cautions about meat, local genius, enemies, and wisdom. Includes statements on virtue, pride, temperance, and the old man’s gifts to his son in concise, proverbial form.
Moore Bartholow Wedding in Crawfordsville Iowa
Misalva Moore and E L Bartholow married March 19 at the bride’s sister Mrs Ee Moore’s home in Crawfordsville. Rev W McCleary officiated as about forty relatives attended. The couple plan to start housekeeping on a farm west of town with many presents and best wishes from friends.
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Crawfordsville
Iowa
Misalva Moore
E. L. Bartholow
Ee Moore
W. McCleary
Rock Island Special Passes Through City
A polished two-coach special train led by engine No. 1105 passed through the city this afternoon at 2 24 en route to Chicago. President Leeds and other officials rode aboard as they travel to California on the El Paso route, marking growing popularity of the new division for travelers.
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Chicago
Leeds
California
el Paso
Storm blockade ends as rail lines resume service
North Dakota March blizzard halts on three trans continental routes. Northern Pacific endured 181 hours of blockade and Great Northern 144 hours before full service returned. Railroads faced costs and traffic losses, yet optimism grew for wheat markets and new settlers moving to the region.
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St. Paul
North Dacotabes
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Mlinois
Pennsylvania
Kansas
Missouri
Morgan may race Columbia against Shamrock in British waters
The Yachting World hails a possible race series featuring J. Pierpont Morgan's Columbia against Shamrock I in European waters. A British hosted series could settle debates over Sandy Hook racing and the faster performance of the Shamrock after its 1901 trial races and altered sail plan.
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London
J. Pierpont Morgan
Sandy Hook
Yachtamen
Special Policeman Shot in Knoxville Feud Case
Special policeman Howard was killed in a shooting gallery in Knoxville. Joshua Jones and his nephew Moultrie Jones are jailed for the crime. The feud involves three East Tennessee families. Three and a half years earlier John McGhee Sr. and John McGhee Jr. killed Henry McGhee, Ernest Howard, and Jim Murray. the McGhees are serving life sentences.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Howard
Joshua Jones
Moultrie Jones
East Tennessee
McGhees
Monroe County
John McGhee
John McGhee, Jr
Hiewry
Ernest Howard
Jim Murray
Man from New Buffalo Charged With Train Wreck Attempt
Herbert Cook, 19, of New Buffalo, is jailed in St. Joseph on a charge of placing a bolt on a switch near New Buffalo to derail an eastbound Michigan Central passenger train. He says he intended no wreck, admitting dime novel reading influenced the act.
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St. Joseph
Mich
Herbert Cook
New Buffalo
Michigan Central Railroad
Cook
Pastor Charged with Heresy in Kansas Case
Rev. Granville Louther D D pastor of a local church in McPherson Kansas has been served with papers at a Methodist Conference charging him with heresy and stating he would be tried at Arkansas City on March 26. He is alleged to be atheistic and evolutionistic.
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McPherson
Kan
Granville, Louther
D.D
Methodist Episcopal Conference
Arkansas City
Louther
Engagement of Duke of Chaules-etrle-Picquigny in Paris
Paris reports the engagement of the Duke of Chaules-etrle-Picquigny, brother of the Duchess of Yves, to a daughter of William Gebhard of New York who has resided in Paris for years.
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Paris
Chaules-etrle-Picquigny
Yves
William Gebhard
New York
German Fleet Signals Premier Sail Plans for March
Admiral Prince Henry of Prussia hoists pennant on Kaiser Friedrich TI. German emperor’s yacht Meteor to have a trial sail on March 28 at Shooter's Point.
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Prince Henry of
Prussia
Shooter’s Point
L. L
Custom of box exchange at Yeryen Mountain in Kwangsi
On the fifteenth day of the first month each year young women place a small box at the foot of Yeryen mountain. A gentleman may choose a box and reveal the owner, forming an acquaintance. The custom occurs only among well to do classes and aims to pair mates.
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Huayning-hsien
Kwangsi
Yeryen
Unnamed Physician Remembered for Emergency Help
A fragmented dialogue recalls a physician praised at times and criticized at others. One speaker notes the absent doctor once saved a life when the family physician was away and the emergency doctor was unavailable.
Iowa Central Offers One Way Excursion Tickets to California
During March and April the Iowa Central will sell one way excursion tickets to California from Iowa and Illinois stations at a special low rate. Tourist cars leave every Tuesday in March and April with modern conveniences and no changes. Full information and reservations via local agents and offices.
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Iowa Central Road
California
Iowa
Illinois
Pacific Coast
Coast
Tate
Otroulara
Tom
Orotal
Geoft Toy
Oteal Shalitows
Awh
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Tianen Bates Winston
Joserh F. Sartrott
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Muscatine
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Joseph Pollard, Jr
Woodmen of America
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Chariton
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
M. E
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Armory
Miss Alice
He Unter
Rex
Columbia Pharmacy
Bowland & Shiplds
Richard
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Moore Bartholow
Afernoon
L. J. Wilmet
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Shamrock
Huntied Waters
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Se Fei
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Marshall
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