New Sleeping Car Service Inauguration In Iowa
The Iowa Central Railway announces a new daily sleeping car service starting Sunday September 16 linking Minneapolis and Kansas City via St Paul Mason City Hampton Ackley Vidora Marshalltown Grinnell Oskaloosa and Albia with connections to Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul and Wabash railways. Cars depart Minneapolis at 8:05 am and reach Kansas City by 7:00 am next day with return departures from Kansas City at 9:20 pm and St Louis at 7:30 am reaching Minneapolis 6:30 pm. For details contact the central ticket agent or G. Batry G P T A Marshalltown Iowa.
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Iowa Central Railway
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Mason City
Hampton
Ackley
Eldora
Marshalltown
Grinnell Oskaloosa
Kansas City
Chicago Miwaukee & St
Vidora
Grinnell
Oskaloosa
Albia
St Louis
Northbourn
Agricultural prospects in Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho
Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho offer rich diversified farming lands and fruit growing with minimal irrigation. Northern Idaho hosts the largest white pine body in the United States while Palouse wheat fields and Coeur d Aleve Bitter Root districts provide markets for farmers and fruit growers. Contact C W Mott Northern Pacific Ry St Paul for maps and details. travel ads tout low fare trips on Washington’s first class route with agencies for White Star Red Star American and International Transportation Co.
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United States
Idaho
Washington
Palouse
Big Bend
Coeur d’ Aleve
Bitter Root
Rossland
Republic
C. W. Mott
Northern Pacific Ry
St. Paul, Minn
Davenport
Roosevelt
Fairfield
Wild West
Kan City
Homeseeker
Paris
Old World
White Star Line
Red Star Line
International Transportation Co
Burlington Cedar Rapids North Western Ry Land Offer
Prospective land buyers are told no better rates exist than those offered by the Burlington Cedar Rapids and North ern Ry. On specified dates round trip tickets with a 21 day limit are available to points north of Abbott Shell Rock and Waverly at One Fare plus 2. Industrial agents in Cedar Rapids offer full information about lands along the new lines.
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Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Ry
Abbott, Shell Rock
Waverly
Mesers Iion & Brooks
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Pares
John
National encampments in session in Washington
The fifteenth national encampments of the Union Veterans Union and the Woman's Veteran Relief Union meet in Washington. Major John Schrocting of Port Washington Wisconsin plans retirement after about thirty years as Ozaukee county clerk.
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Union Veterans Union
Woman's Veteran Relief Union
Washington
John ©. Schrocting
Port Washington
Wis
Ozaukee County
Michigan Supreme Court
Denmark
Jacob A. Riis
Order of Dannebrog
Hielen Southgate
Henry Grosvenor Barbour
Brooklyn
Frank Leslie
Leslie
Popular Monthly
Berlin
France
Baku
Russia
Market Roundup Chicago and East Buffalo Hogs Cattle Sheep Prices
The market report notes Chicago receipts of hogs 24 000 cattle 4 000 and sheep 18 000 with varied price ranges for different grades. East Buffalo reports steady hogs cows and lambs with steady to firm prices and specific bids across carcass categories. St Louis grain markets show No 2 red wheat around 75 to 76 cents and corn around 37 to 40 cents with oats easing.
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Chicago
Texas
East Buffalo
Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
St. Louis
County Board Delays Mulet Tax to November Session
County board of supervisors in session will adjourn to the regular November meeting. Attorneys are in court so the multi tax matters won’t be considered this month. Several claims were allowed this morning and judges and clerks were appointed this afternoon. Petitions for remission and other business await November action.
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County Board of Supervisors
Washington County notes sifted from telephonic news
Oct 3 updates from Verdi Wellmania and Washington County include McMillan sick with la grippe, travelers leaving for Eldon Muscatine and your city, and Baptist association session with J P Babcock T E Brown and Dolittle in town. A stove pipe accident injures Geo Stewart and two local families move into Wash ington. Cattle shipments from Kansas Missouri boost local feeding, Rock Island line brings 30 cars, and visitors arrive at Ferguson home and R G McChessney daughter Lella McChessney.
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Mr. Myers
Kansas
W. W. Wilson
Missouri
Rock Island
Washington County
Schubert Quartette Benefit Surpasses Sunset Park Event
Washington seeks to sell 300 season tickets at 200 each for a six lecturer and two concert course. Eight entertainments cost 2 total, 25 cents per show, promising the largest course yet. Close by two weeks to determine if the event proceeds. pick up tickets with C H Wilsons. A minor unsigned notice reports a local social disturbance in West Washington with temporary friction between young women, crape slapping, and hopes for no further coverage. Mr WOC Martin departed for Oskaloosa and 5 0 Barden was bound for Oskaloosa last night.
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Washington
C. H. Wilsons
Local Guests and Birth Report From Old Arkansaw
C W Walsh and Geo Deatach of Riverside registered at Hotel Allen. Edgar Wilson of Keota visited the city. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs W Ek Woods of southwest Washington. John Brown of Letts, brother of C W Brown, becomes a new clerk at the New York Store.
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Riverside
Hotel Allen
Edgar Wilson
Keota
Mrs W. Ek. Woods
A Soldier of the Revolution Excerpt Cites Cannon Fire
Noah Brooks recounts dodging 104 cannon shots fired by British troops near General Washington's works. He notes close-range bombardment, a man scratched by splinters, and his confidence in avoiding harm through providence and skill during the siege era.
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Lucy
Providence
Noah Brooks
Princely mishap recalled in Lerwick visit 1882
A tit bit recalls the late Duke of Coburg unintentionally tearing a dress flounce during a ceremonial Lerwick visit in 1882. The note echoes Calverley’s verse on fragile objects trod under a princely heel and cites the London Academy’s praise.
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Duke of Coburg
Lerwick
N. B
Calverley
London Academy
Mrs Dewey and Daughter Host Thimble Bee
Mrs Judge A R Dewey and daughter entertained about thirty six ladies at the Judge Dewey residence yesterday afternoon in a thimble bee. Refreshments were served with help from Mrs Richer Mrs Alex Miller and Mrs Patrick. Judge Dewey returned from Cleveland Ohio last night to visit his old home after thirty three years.
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Mrs. Long of
Crawfordsvile
A. Ferguson
Judge Dewey
Cleveland
Ohio
Indorsed Genius and Hard Work in Acting Debate
A lively Washington Stag vignette features a chubby matinee favorite praised for genius and effort in acting. A press agent, smoking and immersed in fiction, agrees with a fiery claim that dedication makes a great performer. The exchange captures old showbiz chatter.
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Optoton
Washington Stag
Pooled Them Mrs Walldorf and Ancestral Mix Up
A quip from the Philadelphia Record notes a Chicago divorcee discussing ex husbands. A friend asks about the first and second marriages and the punchline lands on misread motives. A joke about ancestors confuses who owns whom as decorators mix the gallery.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
Pocketbook Swelling Confounds Doctor in Harlem Life
A humorous street scene in Harlem Life shows a physician telling a patient to reduce a swelling over the heart region, only to have the patient reveal the swelling is his pocketbook and beg for gentler treatment. The exchange captures urban wit and financial anxiety in a single panel.
Riis and other lecture plans announced for Iowa and Centerville
Jacob A. Riis former police editor of the New York Sun and Roosevelt ally will lecture in Iowa City on January 30. Elbert Hubbard, the Royce rofter, lectures in Centerville on October 22. Mrs Pleasant hosts the brilliant speaker for one night. Edward A. Kimball lectured in Kansas City on The Cause and Scientific Cure of Disease before about 10000. Household goods of D C Olive arrived from Rose Hill. John Skipton now works for Singmaster Son of Keota and sold a Percheon stallion to Louis Kickhoro near Kalona yesterday.
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Jacob A. Riis
The
New York Sun
Gov. Roosevelt
New York City
Iowa City
John Skipton
Singmaster & Son
Keota
Louis Kickhoro
Kalona
Lost and Found Notices Mixed in Local Transcript
A collage of small ads and notices lists lost and found items, sales, and wants. Items include a gold ring found in a buggy, a small black terrier missing its right eye, and a blue Macintosh leave, plus requests for lumber, hoes, and housework help with office inquiries.
Notable Crime Report from Eclectric and Other Plats
Reports from Eclectric Elmore county recount Linfield Townsend a Black man burned at the stake after alleged assault on Mrs. Harrington. Other items mention a missing census investigator in Fond du Lac and Sioux City's carnival opening with Labor Day parades. A Kansas incident records Guy Aggs, 6, shooting his sister over money. A Marlboro fair coonskin portrait session ends with risky taunts and a warning from an operator. Washington Post.
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Montgomery
Ala
Linfield Towwnsend
Eclectric
Elmore County
Wetampka
Longle Harrington
Fond du Lac
Wis
William T. Spaulding
Spaulding
Palmer House
Coins and Conductors Spotlight a Street Car Industry
A New Industry among street car conductors emerged when a patient passenger on a Sixth Avenue uptown car heard a talkative conductor discuss rare premium coins. He said conductors receive bad quarters and half dollars from oblivious passengers or unemployed men, and sell them at a five cent discount to other conductors rather than pass them off.
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Sixth Avenue
New York Sun
Wealthy suitor blocked by selfless refusal in love tale
A Chicago Post style vignette shows a woman sacrificing love to spare a poor suitor misery by choosing to marry a wealthy man instead. Nearby notes report a Pueblo plot thwarted, Yamagata resigned, a breach of promise suit against a Chicago lamplighter, Spain buying ships in 1899, and 256 railway stations within six miles of St Pauls Cathedral.
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Roosevelt
Pueblo
Colo
Yamagata
Joseph Rohden
Chicago
Anna Hoffmann
Spain
St Paul's Cathedral
London
Washington Academy Catalog Entry Highlights Courses and Fees
The listing details Mathematics and Science including Algebra Plane Geometry Plane Trigonometry and Physics. Language and Literature covers Latin Grammar Greek German Anabasis Gen Hist Eng. Lit and Fisk's Govt. Term lasts 14 weeks with tuition set at 12 dollars.
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Cesar
Virgil
Fisk
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Your City
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Lella McChessney
R. G. McChessney
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OLD Arkansaw
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Geo Deatach
John Brown
Letts
W. Brown
York
Schubert
A.R. Dewey
Elbret Hubbard
Royce Rofter
Centerville
Pleasant
Edward A. Kimball
D. C. Olive
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Rose Hill
Peninsular Oak
Globe Barber Shop
T. W. Thomas
Civic Hotel
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Madison Medicine Co
Madison
Munn & Co
Scientific American
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Golden Medical Discovery
R. V. Pierce
Washington Academy
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Kemble
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