Des Moines Lovers Linked To Aurora Murder Mystery
Elsie Day and brother Alfred Love recount a winter trek from Spokane to Des Moines aboard freight cars to seek work. Bloodstained items and a revolver tied to their names sparked a western murder mystery, later clarified as a perilous escape tale.
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Des Moines
Aurora
Alfred Love
Deweures
Elsie Day
The
Register and Leader
Syu
Kane
Wash
Cox
Chicago
Rexreaterline
Pukine
Sam Sie
Nook
Elsie
Alfred Lava Brother
HW. A
Springfield
Ore
Misse
T. Love
Bua
Fifth Street
Alfred
Love
Oregon
Spokane
Ime
Ilshe
Wouse
South East Fifth Street
Third Street
Swift & Co
West
Hisse
Charles Mantz
Collville
Noo
Miss Day
Thanksgiving Library Hours Open on Thanksgiving Day
The public library will be open on Thanksgiving day in two blocks from 10:00 to 12:00 and from 5:00 to 9:00. Patrons may exchange books and use the reading room in the evening while staff enjoy Thanksgiving dinner and perhaps the football game.
Fleeing Negro Shot Wounded After Greeley Chase
Nelson Williams, described as a negro, lies near death at Park View hospital in Manchester after two bullets struck him during a pursuit by a posse in Greeley Nebraska. He terrorized the neighborhood, entered the Schneider home, ate supper, and refused to leave. after shots were fired in the air he hid in a barn and was later wounded in a confrontation with pursuing officers and townspeople.
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Greeley
Nelson Williams
Park View Hospital
Manchester
Joe Schneider
Schneider
Hansel
Iirades
Sehneider
White House Weddings Through a Century of First Daughters
Washington November 24. A White House wedding blends superstition and history as Jessie Wilson will become the thirteenth White House bride in a ceremony in the east room with Reverend Sylvester W. Leach officiating. The piece recounts twelve prior White House weddings and notes repeated patterns of room choice and family ties.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
White House
Sylvester W. Leach
Princeton
N. J
Jessie W. Wilson
Francis B. Sayre
George Washington
Madison
Justice Todd
Supreme Court
Anna Todd
Philadelphia
Edward BR. Jackson
John Adams
John Quincey Adams
Delia
Lewis
Nashville
Tenn
Andrew
Polk
Elizabeth Tyler
Tyler
William Waller
Williamsburg
Nellie Grant
Grant
Alernon C. F. Sartoris
Emily Platt
Hayes
Russell Hastings
Leutenant
Twenty-third Regiment of
Ohio Volunteers
Frances Folsom
S Ward
Grover Cleve
Olive Tablets claim health and beauty benefits
An advertisement for Dr Edwards Olive Tablets promotes a vegetable remedy for skin tone and digestion. It touts liver and bowel action with no dangerous after effects, claiming pale complexions improve with nightly use. The copy targets general wellbeing and beauty with mass availability through druggists.
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Dr. Edwards
Vir. Kedwards
Edwards
Valoriel
Olive Tablec Companys
Columbus
O. AI Drago
Resinol Proves Eczema Cure for Baby in Reading Ad
A Reading, Pennsylvania mother testifies that Resinol Soap and Ointment cured her baby's six month eczema. She reports rapid relief, sleep restoration, and scabless skin after using the samples and recommends others try it, noting free samples from Resinol Dept. 18 M Baltimore MD.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. M. Fletcher
M. Resinol
Baltimore
Darken Your Gray Hair with Sage and Sulphur Remedy
An ad touts Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as a simple home tonic to darken gray hair naturally. It claims gray hairs disappear by morning and continued use yields glossy, luxuriant hair, with dandruff gone and less shedding. Sold by WH. W. Taggart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyeth
WH. W. Taggart
Julia Gardner Bride of President Tyler Era Reception
President Cleveland followed a precedent by inviting the bride to the White House for their marriage. A reception was held after the honeymoon at Deer Park with notable officials in attendance. The couple greeted guests for two hours and appeared on the south balcony for the weekly garden concert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Grant
Algernon Sartoris
Elizabeth Tyler
William Waller
White House
East Room
Anna Todd
Madison
Tyler
New York
Julia Gardner
Cleveland
Deer Park
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Underwood
Underwood Typewriter Company, Incorporated
Marsh-Place Building
Ments
Billings
Mont
Trip Delight Ang Lark
al- Tred
Wes
California
Waterton
California Limited
Ular
Busiand
Cleary
AL EL P.orretz
A. GW
6Th and
Sycamore Sts
Waterlon
Asevaven Sebel
Tional
Eczema
Dr. Everall
Marsh-Place
Joe
Joe Raymond
Fifth ST
P. O
C.J. Miller
W. Fourth St
Black Hawk Coffee & Spice Company
Adverth
W. R. Cothern
Waterloo
Russell-Lamson Ridge
Chas. Sherwood
Florist
East Fourth Street
Chrysanthemums
Paul Davis
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