Tar and Feathers for Fair Nudity in 1870s Ohio
In La Porte City Iowa a German immigrant Elizabeth Frank dies after a yearlong cancer battle. Born 1844 in Hessen Darmstadt she came to America 1868 and settled near Menominee Falls Wisconsin. Her husband Jacob Frank died two years ago. two children Amy and John survive with six grandchildren. Local church tribute and burial set for West View Cemetery. The item threads into a broader 1870s debate on women’s dress provoking harsh editorials and ministerial calls for modest attire to curb “mashers” and white slavery.
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la Porte City
Elizabeth Frank
Main Street
Beck
Emanuel Evangelical Church
Elisabeth Frank
Hessen
Darmatadt
Germany
America
Menominee Falls
Washington County
Wis
Jacob Frank
Iowa
Mrs. Frank
Mr. Frank
Amy
William Ballheim
John
German Evangelical Church
GP. Canelli
West View Cemetery
M. Knapp
Sycamore
Ki Z
Modistes
Knapp
James Torbett
Shelby, D
Torbett
Joshua Crawford
Lakeside
Ohio
W. D. Jones
Cardington
Boyer
W. C. Endley
Elyria
Rev. Endley
H. V. Givier
Franklin Avenue M. &. Church
Cleveland
Euclid Avenue
Many D Books in All Schools
Des Moines Iowa September 44 Good books are becoming more common for the use of pupils in Iowa small high schools. Seventy nine small accredited high schools hold 51138 volumes valued at 35455. During the year just past 6240 volumes were added valued at 4472.50. Grade libraries in forty four schools total 13373 volumes valued at 6585. Shell Rock leads with 1000 volumes Brooklyn close behind.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Shell Rock
Brooklyn
Nervous Despondent Women Featured in Lydia E Pinkham Ads
Genuine testimonial notices from Plates, Pa and Walcott, N Dakota praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from nervousness backache and crying spells. Women report sleep improvement and regained health after use. Letters are answered confidentially by a woman at Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn, Mass.
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Lydis E. Pinwham
Halstead
Lydia E. Pinkham
Walcott
N. Dakota
Lydia
Pinkham
Amelia Dahl
Lydia EB
Building for State Offices in Des Moines Iowa
Des Moines Iowa September 24 movement to construct an office building for state agencies is gaining momentum. The legislature has discussed securing land, and more action is expected next winter as overcrowding worsens. Several departments including the railroad commission education board fire marshal and tax commission face eviction when the legislature meets.
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Des Moines
State Capitol
Rate Department
Railroad Commission
State Board of Education
Tax Commission
Vacationers who earned trip expenses by working land at agricultural school
Virginia pupils from Driver near Norfolk earned their Washington sightseeing trip costs through garden work at an agricultural school. Doctor Claxton said real farming funded the $13.78 per pupil trip, with annual student profits typically $25 to $100 per garden patch. Principal J B L De Jarnette notes aims for a 75 acre farm to support families while schooling continues.
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Washington
Virginia
P. P. Claxton
United States Commissioner of Education
Second Congressional District Agricultural School
Driver
Norfolk
J. B. L. de Jarnette
Legislative plan for a single master building proposed
The article notes concerns from the automobile, labor, military, geological, and parale boards about the legislature possibly starting with several small buildings instead of a single large structure to house all departments, highlighting fear among stakeholders.
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Tomobile Department
Labor Department
Military Department
Geological Department
Parale Board
Lost Wages from Calamities Estimated at 80 Million Pounds
Dr. Sadler estimates about 80 million dollars in wages is lost annually to the American people as a direct result of calamitous stoppages. Lost time means lost wages and medical costs rise. The ad urges Foley's Honey and Tar Compound to halt coughing and soothe inflamed air passages.
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Sadler
Foley
H. W. Taggart
McCoy seeks 200000 damages after hotel jewel theft case
Kid McCoy filed a claim for 200000 in damages in Brussels. He was arrested in London on July 26 at Ostend police request over alleged complicity in a jewel theft from the Princess von Thurn and Taxis at a hotel days earlier. Detained part of the time, he was released August 22 when authorities admitted no ground for suspicion beyond sharing a hotel with the princess. He then left for the United States.
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Brussels
Kid McCoy
McCoy
London
Ostend
Princesa of Thurn and
United States
Ouster action against Clinton county supervisor under Cosson law
Des Moines September 24 Attorney General moves to oust Frank Kearney member of Clinton county board of supervisors under Cosson law. Petition filed in Clinton district court and supreme court cites incompetence with no corruption charge. Grand jury has indicted eight others as probe into county affairs continues. George Carson leads prosecution with Henry Sampson and Clinton county attorney William Oakes assisting.
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Des Moines
Cosson
Frank Kearney
Clinton County Board of Supervisors
District Court of
Clinton County
Supreme Court
Kearney
Clinton Grand Jury
George Carson
Henry KE. Sampson
William T. Oakes
Northwestern
Kane Construction Company
Supreme Court, BB
Danderine Claims Hair Magic With 25 Cent Bottle
A vintage advertisement touts Danderine as a hair product promising glossy hair with no dandruff in minutes. It claims rapid transformation, increased fullness, and health, urging readers to buy Knowlton’s Danderine at drug stores to prove the claims tonight.
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Knowlton
Carelone
Untitled State County Finances and Petitions Summary
A nineteenth century county records summary notes irregular payrolls and expenditures. It cites paid holidays and double pay, deputy sheriff wages of 3000 dollars yearly, and various unverified or unauthorized bills. It mentions sending patients to private insane hospitals, road work with no records, tax refunds, exemptions, and lax accounting by officials. The petition to the supreme court seeks a named judge to preside.
Vaccine Discovered for Horse Malady in Colorado
Fort Collins Colorado September 24 Dr H F Kanpp of the state agricultural college reports diagnosis of the horse disease that has caused many deaths in the western states He is preparing a vaccine to immunize horses and plans a double vaccination for 1000 animals next Monday.
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Fort Collins
Colo
H. F. Kanpp
State Agricultural College
Kaupp
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William F. Street
Ganton
Billy Sunday
E. S. Tompkins
Fairfield
Board of Stewards
Mr. Tompkins
M’coy
BIG Sum
Belgium
Attorney General's Office
Cosson Law
Quality Biscuits of
Iscuits
Sunshine Graham
Joose-Waes Biscuit
Company Bakers of
Sausbine
Es Biscuits
Pierce
Golden Medical
Dr. Suzen
Mr. Pierce
Boynton Furnace
Kramer’s Hardware
Waterloo
U. G Kramer
Commercial
Hileman & Gindt Cies
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