Farm Prosperity on the Gulf Coast Promises Quick Independence
An advertisement extols farming as the easiest path to wealth and self sufficiency. It cites low capital needs, strong returns, and swift improvements in health and fortune, praising the Gulf Coast region for fertile land, established schools, and ready towns. It urges families to discuss and investigate as a career turning point.
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Gulf Coast
America
Califor
Nia
Florida
Canadian Northwest
Marriage plans with notable families in Iowa and beyond
The Muscatine Journal reports upcoming weddings and social events across Iowa. Miline Horton of Marshalltown will wed James M. Brockway of Letts, with notable fathers and guests from Letts, Muscatine, Koehler, Loveland and beyond. A second wedding links Leora Fry of Iowa City with Nathan Lynn, a former University of Iowa student, attended by local relatives. Social gatherings include Hawkeye lodge activities, Pythian sisters visits, a Halloween party planned by Maude and Muriel Miller, and a wooden anniversary dinner hosted by Mrs. Claire Dewey.
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Muscatine Journal
Marshalltown
Miline Horton
C. Horton
James M. Brockway
Letts
Miss Horton
Muscatine
Louisa County
Col. Horton
FE. F. Brockway
Iowa
Kw Horton
Sarah Horton
Fletcher Avenue
Dells
Wisconsin
E. F. Brockway
Libbie Darrow
Alice Brockway
J. H. Letts
Adelia Letts
George Remley
Koehler, N. M
Sarah
E. W. Horton
Vinnie Letts Turkington
Loveland
Col
Samuel P. Fry
Iowa City
Leora
Nathan Lynn
Iowa University
Rowland
The
Christian Church of
Miss Fry
Lynn
Robt. McCall, Jr
Our City
Robert McCall
Uncle Walt the Poet Philosopher at Home
A verse sketch showing a father return from work in sour mood after stock market woes. He rants and throws things while his wife and children fear his outbursts. The poem depicts a troubled domestic scene and ends with attribution to Walt Mason.
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Jay
Autumn social at Presbyterian church Haskins Friday
The Ladies Aid society of the Presbyterian church at Haskins plans an autumn social at the home of Mc Ebner on Friday evening Oct 14. The G M C girls will meet with Mrs E P McCaulley Friday evening.
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Ladies’ Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church
Haskins
Mc Ebner
E. P. McCaulley
Descriptive Recital by Miss Latchem at West Chester
Miss Dorothy Latchem will present a descriptive recital Friday evening at the M K church West Chester under the Queen Esther girls. The program includes Hiawatha. Admission 25 cents for adults 15 cents for children.
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Dorothy Latchem
M. Kk
West Chester
Hiawatha
American star William Macaulay in Classmates at the Graham
William Macaulay brings the American play Classmates to the Graham on October 15. The production, famed for 250 New York performances, follows a West Point graduate who rises then sacrifices his prospects to shield his father, with a strong ensemble and modern costumes. Prices range 25 to 1.00.
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William Macaulay
New York
Hudson Theatre
Mr. Macaulay
West Point
Duncan Irving
Macaulay
Robert Edeson
Graham
Stafford
Gramercy Park
Fifth Avenue
Honest Proprietary Medicine Endorsed Against Frauds Claim
A period ad-style endorsement praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a reliable nationwide remedy. It defends its efficacy against accusations of fraud from physicians and promotes the product as made from field roots and herbs. It emphasizes cures for female ailments and positions it as a standard remedy.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Acquiring Real Knowledge and Thoreau on Learning
A quote from Thoreau on how true understanding comes after forgotten study and approaching a subject as foreign, noting that knowledge isn’t fixed by prior attitudes or established authorities.
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Thoreau
Discovery promises strong stomach and body
An advertisement for Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser claims the discovery will give a strong stomach and body. It offers the revised edition free with stamps covering mailing costs, requesting 21 one-cent stamps for paper cover or 31 stamps for cloth-bound volume to Dr. R. V. Pierce in Buffalo, New York.
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Dr. Pierce
The Big Dipper and Polaris The Home Star
The Big Dipper guides to Polaris the north star. The Great Bear serves as pointers and marks time with the dipper's rim pointing toward Polaris. Indians called Polaris Home Star and Star That Never Moves. The Bear moves around north as the sun and clock hands move around.
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Almerica
Blow Arrested by Organist Deputy at Festival
An organist was replaced by a deputy on the eve of a festival. During the Hallelujah Chorus the wind failed as the blower, ready to leave, boasted he knew how many puffs it took to blow the chorus.
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St James
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Frisco
A. Hilton
Frisco Building
Keck Floral CO
the Sanitary Grocery
Selden L. Stewart
Sociefy
Blawkeye Lodge
U. W
McAvoy
William Vinton
Hawkeye Lodge
W. R. Mount
South
Iowa Avenue
Charles Leiberthal
Ed Eicher
Maude
Muriel Miller
Hallowe'en
Smouse Hall
Claire Dewey
East Washington Street
P. FE. O S
8. B. Dewey
West
Washington
Eastern Star
Woman's Relief Corps
A. L. Young
Temple
Walt
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
the Big Dipper
Chichester
Behamee
Biue
Iowa Gas & Electric Co
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