A Good Proposition and Local Ordinance in Webster City
Coupons redeemable at Teed & Teed and a list of firms offer free selections with each ten cent purchase. An Ordinance No. 176 creates sewer district number five in Webster City, Iowa with specified boundaries. Also notices for Foley's Kidney Cure and Banner Salve promote health remedies and Rocky Mountain Tea.
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Teed & Teed’s
J. W. Allington
J. M. Richardson
Hanrahan & O'Connor
Joe Opperheimer
Chas. T. Smith
L. A. Lehnhard & Co
Keltz & Little
Teed & Teed
Geo. W. Teed
EB. EB. Valentine
Metcalf & Lewis
Sackett & Cornell
Webster City
Iowa
Beach Street
Jacob M. Funk
Union Street
Tifi
Edwards
P.M. Banke
Quick Relief for Asthma Sufferers and Rail Travel Note
An ad promotes Foley's Honey and Tar for immediate asthma relief and potential cure. It also markets Illinois Central and Kansas City rail service via Webster City Omaha connections with through Pullman sleeper to Kansas City. Also includes a testimonial for Kodol Digestive Cure from Mrs. Henry Carter in Nashville and a seller H. J. Arthuy.
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Foley
Bayless & Co
Kansas City
Illinois Central
Webster City
Omaha
Kanage City
Missouri, Pacific
Tuinoia Central Patrona
Kodal
Nashville
H. J. Arthuy
Lincoln Saw 0 Way and Suspending Judgment Wisdom
A collection of quotes on restraint and judgment. Youth's Companion notes that true discernment comes from delaying snap judgments about art and people, and Lincoln endorses a hesitant approach to assess a soldier who lacks battlefield science but shows potential for leadership.
The Carnation in English Floral History
The carnation, once prized by the ancients for flavor and love, gained a homeland in England around 1200. Chaucer referenced its cultivation in 1286, and it acquired the name carnation by 1578 with later ties to pink and coronation in literary works by Spenser and Shakespeare.
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Pliny
Augustus Cresar
England
Chaucer
Henry Lyte
Edmund Spenser
Shakespeare
Great Dog and Grenot Chicken Tale Echoes in Dinner Talk
A group discusses odd animal stories with a garden setter known for maternal instincts nursing a chicken after the hen died. The colonel notes the chicken now barks, sparking astonishment among listeners who deem such cases not uncommon.
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Grenot Chicken
Unsettling Portrait From A London Gathering
A London Standard blurb recalls a tense scene where a pelogical gentleman invited to a social gathering is confronted by an amble cleric pressing a gun to the host’s back. The cleric asks how to lower loaded weapons, revealing a moment of fear and inquiry amid the tense exchange.
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London Standard
Campaign finance debate sparks in whispered chatter
A fragment from the Washington Stir discusses campaign funds and election methods. The quote cites a man resenting current practices and a senator contemplating self funding as an extreme political stance.
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Manu
Sureliusa
Washington
Divided Booty In A Pantry Tale
A playful exchange shows a mother accusing Johnny of a theft from the pantry while the boy downplays it and hints partial mischief. A Philadelphia Press clipping adds a quip about a piece being in Wisie. The text also references a tile scripture production and textile manufacture in a casual conversation.
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Johnny
Wisie
Philadelphia Press
Scrub Yeom and Al Yale Laundry Mention Noted
Fragmentary lines reference Al connected to Yale and a Commons laundry. The garbled text mentions a serub team and a Yule Record, with unclear actions or outcomes. Further readable context is needed to confirm persons, places, or events.
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Yale
Salie
Yule Riecord
Tallin JC Literally Quote Confuses Cost of Food
Cleveland Plain Center notes a misquoted remark about New York expenditures and U S immigrant mortality. The piece mentions Irish and German deaths being high while Polish residents show lower mortality among foreign-born groups.
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Tallin JC
New York
Cleveland Plain Center
Tragic Doubl e Tragedy: Ballinger Dies After Railroad Accident
Isaac Ballinger colored man dies at Mercy Hospital after limb amputation following being run over by an Illinois Central freight train in the city yards. He had come from Sioux City with three companions and died six hours after surgery. Ballinger leaves a wife and two children in Cairo Illinois.
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Isaac Ballinger
Central
Mercy Hospital
Ballinger
Illinois Central
Sioux City
Hlinois ‘Points
Bullinger
Glinger
Cairo
Illinois
South Dakota
Iinois Central Railroad Company
Wm. Reidel
Waterloo
Company C Gains Honors in Regimental Shoot at Cedar Rapids
The Fifty-sixth regiment regimental shoot concluded with Company C earning fourth place and several individual honors. Private Chas Ingermon won second prize in the revolver contest with a score of 88, while Private Ed Wiltsey had the highest regiment score on day one. Captain Will F. Smith was named director of the Rifle Association for the coming year. Meanwhile North Western Felt Shoe Co plans to restart its Galena machinery to launch a local shoe factory, with officials Hyatt and Hellen to return via Galena.
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Cedar Rapids
Regi- Northwestern Felt Shoe Company
Com
Galena
Hull
Fifty-sixth Regiment
Fifty-sixth
Clark
Chas, Ingermon
Purce
Hildebrand
Ed Wiltsey
Porter
Will F. Smith
Amall Arms Practice
The
Rifle Association
N. P. Hyatt
C. D. Hellen
Galena Ilinois
Northwestern Felt Shoe Company
Northwestern
Rink to Be Replaced by New Two Story Building
The Daniels Brog and second hand wen plan to tear down the old rink building they occupy and erect a 22 by 60 two story structure west of the C. L. Powell building. P Schomer intends to move his building onto one of the rink lots. FOLEY'S KIDNEY CURE advertised for Bright's disease diabetes stone kidney and bladder ailments.
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Daniels Brog
Wen
Rink
C. L. Powell
P. Schomer
Land Assessments Lowered Seven Percent in Hamilton County
Hamilton county lands see a seven percent reduction in 1908 assessments after state board of review action. The change lowers the average per acre value from about 50.57 to 47.08, with no personal property or town lots affected. Taxes for the current year remain as is. future levies depend on local board decisions and school and city requests.
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John A. Berggren
State Board of Review
Hamilton County
Board of Equalization
State Board of Equalization
Berggren
Iowa
B. F. Carroll
Board of Supervisors
Weather and Crop Bulletin Des Moines Aug 3
The first of the week was dry and warm then benefical showers and cooler weather followed. The week ended warm and showery with some heavy local rains. Hay and grain harvest nearly complete except in the north. hay crop is very heavy and good. Threshing wheat oats and barley active with variable yields. spring wheat and oats below average. Corn progress aided by showers. needs warmer weather to mature. Potato crop damaged by rot and blight. apple crop unchanged.
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Des Moines
Doctor from Kentucky Endorses Foley's Kidney Cure
Dr. Geo Ewing of Smiths Grove Kentucky recounts relief and cure after using Foley's Kidney Cure for kidney and bladder troubles and enlarged prostate. He states he prescribes it daily and has recommended it in hundreds of cases. Bayless & Co. advertises the remedy.
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Foley
Bayless & Co
Geo. Ewing
Smith’s Grove
A&t
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J. R. White
Bayless & Codd
D-T
Rocky Mountain Tea
Varick CC
Crosley
Lowa
McHlod
Lincoln
Donelson
West Point
A. Lincoln
Texas
Wanuwer
United States
Cairo, Ilinois
Bright
Bayless & Codé&t
Berggen
State Board
Weather and Crop Bulletin
Ayer
Cras
E. Hartman
Gibbstown, N.Y
J. G. Ayer CO
Lowell, Mass
Eg Fortune
H. A
Granball
Dr.Caldwell
Thos. FY. Tipton
Bloomington
Monticolio
Pepsin Syrup CO
Monticello, Ill
Parker
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