Conollys American Evening in Pollokshaws Scotland
The Conollys hosted a grand American Evening at Lily Bank House Pollokshaws Glasgow with Uncle Sam Queen Victoria and George Washington in costume American decor and a two and a half hour dinner dancing into five in the morning. Noted outfits include Mrs Conolly sen as Queen Victoria Mr W L Conolly as George Washington and Miss Conolly as Columbia. The event drew praise as a season’s great social success amid lavish linen gifts.
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Horace
W. L. Conolly
Lily Bank House
Pollokshaws
Glasgow
Scotland
Uncle Sam
Columbia
Queen Victoria
George
Martha Washington
Mr. Conolly
United States
HeErAvp
Mrs. Conolly
Sen
George Washington
Miss Conolly
A. Conolly
New Brick Block Plans Spur West Second Street Growth
Last week Toe Heraxo announced Ditter Bros and Alex Miller will build a two story brick block with 100 feet frontage. Now a 150 feet brick building is planned for spring on the west side of Second street from Yakima Abstract Co to the corner. John Curry bought the corner lot for 850 dollars via H B Scudder & Co, with more purchases nearly closed. Local owners along the line vow to build, forming a 150 foot block owned by C R Harris Garrett Bros Mr Sherwood of Minnesota an unknown and John Curry.
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Toe
Heraxo
Ditter Bros
Alex Miller
Second Street
Yakima Abstract Co’s
H. B. Scudder & Co
John Curry
C. R. Harris
Garrett Bros
Mr. Sherwood
Minnesota
Editor's Luckless Kiss Case Hits Supreme Court
The Iowa Supreme Court upholds a lower court ruling in Brenner versus Boegerit, valuing a single kiss at $375 and keeping the related embraces in escrow. The defendant must satisfy the judgment, despite offering to return the kiss.
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Lind
Supreme Court of Iowa
Hawkeye
Brenner
Prosser approves electric franchise and city staffing
The Prosser council grants an electric light franchise with buyout at true valuation and agrees to purchase ten 32 candle power incandescents for $1.50 monthly. Licenses rise to 500 per year, curfew and minor cigarette bans pass. C M Powell named clerk, Charles Gillett marshal, G W Wilgus police judge.
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Council of
Prosser
C. M. Powell
Charles Gillett
G. W. Wilgus
Green's August Flower praised by world traveler
Prof Houton notes in ten years of travel he met more people using Green's August Flower for dyspepsia liver and stomach derangements and constipation than any other remedy. He says it suits tourists and professionals with headaches from irregular habits and sour stomachs. Free sample bottles at North Yakima Drug Store A D Sloan proprietor. Sold by all dealers worldwide. Get Green's Prize Almanac.
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Prof. Houton
North Yakima
A. D. Sloan
Inventor Hiram Burke’s Floor Scrubbing Machine
Cleveland IL inventor Hiram C Burke unveils a floor scrubbing machine with two tall wheels and attached cranks. A bucket of soapsuds drips over brushes to scrub floors, replacing the old water distribution method.
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Hiram C. Burke
Cleveland
Cough remedies and digestion aids in old ad text
An advertisement sample promotes FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR for coughs and pneumonia prevention in infants, praises Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for indigestion, and notes a century long US population shift from near Baltimore to western Indiana, 505 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
The
United States
Baltimore
Indiana
You Cold Cure Tablets Praise From Denver Firm
Sacramento advertisement notes EB Baldwin Co and WM Dwinell with Adams Boothe Co promoting No 23 B You Cold Cure Tablets as splendid for cold in head. Denver Colorado reference included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Baldwin CO
Harry Ropgeirs
Sacramento
Cat
EB. L. Baldwin CO
WM. Dwinell
Adams, Boothe & Co
FP. Coorson
Boyle Elected Yakima City Marshal By Council
John G. Boyle, formerly connected with the JPaccoma Ledger and later with Yakima papers and a Missourian, was elected city marshal of Yakima last Monday evening by the city council amid surprise and curiosity.
No-Name Medicine Ads and Local Quips Mix
A collage of testimonial snippets and humorous dialogues about medicines and products. Mrs Francis L Sales touts FOLEY'S KIDNEY CURE after kidney troubles. Other notes promote FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR and De Witt's Little Early Risers. Quotations reference humor and local figures, with a nagging line about middle names and a plea to avoid name usage.
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Francis L. Sales
Missouri Valley
Foley
Man digs his own granite grave and plans wife's grave
Samuel Reinert of Shoemakerville Pennsylvania completed a granite lined grave seven feet long and five feet deep with a top stone weighing 675 pounds. He plans to dig a grave for his wife and arrange funeral details including pallbearers and sermon text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Reinert
Shoemakerville
Reinert
Little Sloops Voyage Sailor Joshua Slocum Returns to New York
The sloop Spray built from an old vessel by Captain Joshua Slocum arrived in New York after a world voyage begun April 24 1805 from Boston. Slocum crossed vast seas and head winds visiting the Azores Cape Verde Canary Islands Pernambuco Montevideo Samoa Marquesas Australia Trinidad and Newport returning June 27 1898 after 46000 miles and three years two months at sea.
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Joshua Slocum
New York
Slocum
Boston
Azores
Cape Sable
Horta
Gibraltar
Canary Islands
Cape Verde Islands
Pernambuco
Uruguay
Cape Horn
Marquesas
Samoa
Malietoa
Australia
Trinidad
Home
Newport
Family Jars and Dyspeptic Trouble Cured by Dyspepticide
Dyspeptics are irritable and cause household friction. Dr Loyal Ford’s Dyspepticide promises to settle indigestion, restore stomach health, and bring happiness back to the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyal Ford
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Neworth
Ditter & Mechtel Bakery and Restaurant
Anil Q MeGhiet
Yakima Ave
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Tive
Yakima Avenue
Lucy, Propr
CEUL
Conollys
Iowa
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CFEDS
Ferry
D. M. Ferry & CO
Detroit, Mich
San Francisco
Marry Rodgers Co
Denver, Colo
Quiett & Ayres Drug Store
Phillippines
Freddie
de Witt
Casey
Hoolihans
Murphy
Nannette
J. Lambert
Rachel, N. C
Pennsylvanian
Mis
Little Sloop
C. W. Chamberlain
General Commission
Merchant
Western Avenue
Seattle, Wash
Majestic
John Sawbridge
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