Washington Chautauqua Stock Holders Meet Reports
Washington County Chautauqua stock holders met in the City Mall with about forty attendees. President Hl. Wilson opened the session and Col. W.LB. Bell was named chairman while A. RK. Miller served as secretary. The gathering heard the finance committee report and planned to elect fifteen directors for next year.
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Washington
Chautauqua
City Mall
Hl. Wilson
Col. W. LB. Bell
A. RK. Miller
Richards Gets Letter From Anonymous Accuser
Former deputy U.S. Marshal W. A. Richards, awaiting appeal in Des Moines, received an anonymous, hostile letter in jail accusing him of past abuses. The note, postmarked with blurred details, mocks justice and urges harsher punishment, reflecting tensions from his robbery conviction. A follow up meeting for Chautauqua organizers is scheduled in City Hall Friday at 7:50 p.m. to elect directors and address a minor year one deficit.
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W. A. Richards
United States
Des Moines
Indianola
Jesus
Richards
Lilingis
Register and Leader
White Pine Cough Syrup Offer
White pine cough syrup claims to cure colds hoarseness sore throat and bronchitis. The advert promises a full refund or exchange of the remaining bottle if customers are not satisfied and prices the remedy at 25 cents per bottle.
New Orleans Grand Colored Concert Company Notes
Vielner and Warp Luther Solos Damon, born in Baltimore Maryland, studied at the Chicago College of Music under Prof Zeigfelt. He became a principal in the music department there for two years, then principal at Northern Illinois College for five years, giving recitals across the East and South and appearing with Jules Levy Carl Lochman Clare nce Eddy and Theodore Thomas Orchestra.
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Damon
Baltymore
Chicago College of Music
Charles Zeigfelt
Ilinois College
Jules Levy
Carl Lochman
Clarence Eddy
Theodore’ Thomas
Benkert Secures Coliseum For 1904 National Convention
William R. Benkert national chairman of the United Christian party has secured the Coliseum in St Louis for the opening day program of the national and international convention May 13 1904 and the exposition grounds for sessions May 2 and 3. The exposition will hold the Coliseum for the entire period and offered May 1 free of charge.
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Davenport
William R. Benkert
United Christian Party
St. Louis
Electric Bitters claimed to cure long-standing jaundice
Wake Ark minister Rev Jno 8 Cox says he suffered yellow jaundice for 12 years and after trying many doctors and medicines was cured by Electric Bitters. The ad promises relief for liver kidney trouble stomach issues and general debility with a Stewart's Pharmacy guarantee and a price of 50 cents.
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Jno
Cox
Wake
Ark
Stewart
Regular meeting of the Commercial club this evening
The Commercial club holds a regular meeting this evening in the Club Building with full attendance urged. Important business is to be addressed.
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Commercial Club
The Little Homestead at Graham Tonight
The Little Homestead screens tonight at Graham promising a guaranteed attraction for local audiences.
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Graham
Low One Way Rates to the Coast on Excursion Tickets
The Iowa Central Ry offers daily special one way colonists excursion tickets to California Oregon Washington Idaho and Montana at very reduced rates. Tourist cars pass through unchanged every Wednesday via the Santa Fe System. Contact A B Cutts G P T A Minneapolis Minnesota for price lists. novso
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Iowa Central Ry
California
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Santa Fe
A. B. Cutts
Minneapolis
Minn
The Little Homestead Play Shines at Graham Tonight
Review praises the Graham performance of The Little Homestead as one of this season’s best offerings. The production is highlighted for its charm and strong reception by audiences.
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Graham
Hall's Snakes Cure? Deafness Claim Ad
An advertisement claims deafness from inflamed sinus tube mucous lining can be cured only by constitutional remedies. It targets catarrh related deafness, offering $100 for uncured cases and promoting Hall's Family Pills and circulars from F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Lytle to Wed Mildred Drake at Valley Junction
Ralph Lytle leaves for Des Moines this morning and plans to wed Mildred Drake tomorrow evening at her Valley Junction home. They met at Cornell Bluffs where Miss Drake led a girls department. After marriage they will farm on Lytle's father’s property and start spring duties. The couple has many friends who wish them well. The Washington Basket Ball Club hosted a party for Miss Carrie Kyle before her departure to Xenia Ohio. The 8. 8. Club hosted a spread with fortune-teller Madam Gabbalote and lively music.
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Ralph Lytle
Des Moines
Mildred Drake
Valley Junction
Mr. Lytle
Miss Drake
Cornell Bluffs
Anti Spring
J. M. Lytle
Washington Basket Ball Club
Elizabeth Dawson
East Jefferson Street
Carrie Kyle
Xenia
Ohio
Alice Sandros
Madam Gabbalote
LeQuinn of Cavendish Cured by New Life Pills Robbery
S LeQuinn of Cavendish Vermont reports a robbery by constipation in his home. Dr Kings New Life Pills claimed to arrest the trouble and cure him entirely. Pills priced 25 cents at Stewart s drug store.
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S. LeQuinn
Cavendish
Dr. King
Stewart
Lippincott tale of bishop and portable tub mishap
A humorous vignette about an English bishop who owned a portable bathtub. On a pastoral visit he forgot the tub and returned to find the housemaid had used it. He gently reproved her saying he minded not the use but the secrecy behind his back.
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Julia Jd. Patton
Lippincott's
Mary
A Maiden Whioux and the Gum Death
A riddle like verse from the San Francisco Bulletin recounts a Sioux maiden’s death linked to a sticky gum. The coroner’s verdict blames the victim’s own action causing a sad demise linked to the glioux chunk.
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Whioux
San Francisco Bulletin
Drunk husband cites mixed drinks joke on sarsaparilla
Mark Twain narrates a humorous scene where a man, drunk, explains his state as mixing drinks. His wife counteracts with a plan to request sarsaparilla after finishing whiskey, but the husband points out he cannot pronounce sarsaparilla after drinking all the whiskey he wants.
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Mark Twain
John
Tomorrow Is Another Day Poem Fragment by Isaac B Choate
A reflective verse fragment describes mossy stone and amaranth with creeping shadows as Love and Hope sing of sorrow and tomorrow. The lines explore enduring emotion, contrasting sorrow with the promise that tomorrow brings renewed life and brighter days.
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Isaac Biasset Choate
Iowa Central Keeps Cheap Round Trip Rates to Twin Cities
Due to the backward season in August and September Iowa Central will maintain low round trip fares to St Paul and Minneapolis daily through October and November. See agents for details.
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Iowa Central
St. Paul
Minneapolis
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Columbia Pharmacy
J. KE. Lemmon
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