Glued to a Quest for Riches Twenty Years Long
Denver march 5 weird tale of J W Shimsher of 203 South Kalamath street who claims a twenty year trail of rock markers from Springfield Missouri to a supposed fabulously rich mine near the Sangre de Cristo range Colorado He says he and his wife followed a circuitous route since 1895 uncovering inscribed rocks with numbers like 857 and TL2L-1797-15 and endured perils while seeking a patent ready to reveal the mine only then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
J. W. Shimsher
South Kalamath Street
Springfield
Colorado
Rocky Mountain News
William Legrand
Hoe
Scrimsher
Sangre de Cristo Range
Schimscher
Schimsher
Maso Offenver
Schimecher
Springfeld
Sehimsher
Schimshher
Pueblo
A Beautiful Complexion Promoted by Calcium Wafers
An advertisement touts Stuart's Calcium Wafers as a blood cleanser to remove pimples blotches eruptions and liver spots. It claims rapid improvement once the blood is pure and offers a 50 cent box with a free sample via mail order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
F. A. Stuart Co
Marshall
Mich
Finchford News Roundup Weights Family Moves and Local Updates
Mr Maldzgalin and daughter Mrs Willian Zimmerman visited relatives at La Porte City last week. Luther Sturm and two sons mine coal for the Union creamery. Isaac Garner bought four houses in Cedar Falls. Oscar Davis will work for Charley Benton this year and occupy part of the Benton house. G A Gvenson was elected school director at Monday meeting. August Dorman and Bernard Jonger aided WHHS Bickelburg in moving to Shel Flock and purchased a furii sometime ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Sturm
Union Creamery
Isaac Garner
Cedar Falls
Oscar Davis
Charley Benton
Benton
G. A. Gvenson
August Dorman
Bernard Jonger
Whhs Bickelburg
Shel
Gambler Stung by Westerner's Wife in Palm Beach
A Palm Beach casino tale centers on a high‑stakes con involving a woman who recovers 3 000 from Bradley Brothers after claiming her husband’s debt. The Westerner denies a wife, revealing a broader ruse and Bradley’s quick sleuthing shows the plot unraveling.
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Palm Beach
Mareb
Bradley Brothers
Hu Bradley
Bradley
Jess
Sterry
Breakers
Sieaths
Gretchen Von Doll Faces a Doll House Dilemma
Caroline awakens from a dream where Gretchen Von Doll defies Marie and refuses to be treated as a servant. Gretchen insists she is a guest from Germany and threatens to return to her trunk in the attic. Caroline persuades her mother to keep Gretchen in bed and in the house, hoping Gretchen will stay in America.
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Gretchen von Doll—Vart
Caroline
Marie
Maggie
Gretchen
Sky
Upstair
Patsy
Tam
Germany
Gretchen von Doll
Bownce
Caraling
America
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
New York City
Real Estate Transfers From Black Hawk Co Abstract
A series of property transfers listed by Black Hawk Co Abstract Co notes multiple deeds and prices. Transfers include Herman Webbbeking to Wilbur C Wine for 14450 dollars and Maud Hagerman to Edgar Hagerman for 1 dollar plus undivided interest, among others in Cedar Falls and Waterloo with various lots blocks and sections.
Dandruff Cure Promises Glossier Hair
A newspaper advertisement touts liquid arvon as the cure for dandruff. It claims nightly application dissolves dandruff and stops itching, with four ounces enough for any amount of hair, making hair look healthier and shinier.
Real estate transfers record Waterloo Cedar Falls area
216 acres across sections 19 20 21 28 29 transferred for 1 dollars. John T O Malley to John Berne transfer of lot 2 ne 1 484 w 1 2 uw 1 435 90 11 for 16560 dollars. John Seliger to Andrew L Hauser lot 3 block 13 Cameron s 2nd add Cedar Falls 1 dollar. Thomas E Leeper to F H Filent lot 14 block 4 Calumet sub Waterloo 1500 dollars. Mable Palmer to Edith C Eiella Jet 10 block 27 Hagerman Place Waterloo 800 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. O’malley
John Berne
John Seliger
Andrew L. Hauser
Cameron
Cedar Falls
Thomas E. Leeper
F. H. Filent
Calumet
Waterloo
Mable Palmer
Edith C. Eiella
Hagerman Place
Restorative Treatment Promises Nervous Men Relief
An advertisement promotes three-grain eadomene tablets to treat nervous exhaustion melancholia anxiety and insomnia. It claims rapid restoration of nerve strength without opiates and suggests home use with sealed tubes and full directions from a physician-free prescription.
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Trail Rock
Missouri
Most
Big Find
Leas
Smart
Slate
Finchford
Earl F. Hartong
Myrtle Heintze
Leroy E. Gardner
LaPorte
Maud Hagerman
Edward Olson
Magna Petersen
L Marie Cate
Prie
Black Hawk Co. Abstract Co
Herman Webbbeking
Wilbur C. Wine
Charles E. Kyler
Jamina Hensley
Ora M. Vogt
Shilliam
Andrew C. J. Simonsen
Tena
Dengston
Edgar
Eleda Hagerman
J. A. Runger
Chertchain
Wilby
A. D. Harrington
Elmer W.stevenson
Samusl T. Campbell
Mary J. Frisby
J. W. Craft
Samuel T. Campbell Et al
J. W.craft
Carl W. Howe
M. A. Peterson
Mads Wolff
Julian Frederickssen
Water Streets
Moresco
West 4Th St
5Th St
Boston
Swift
Ewey
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