Dumont area gains growth as farms and lines expand
Dumont and surrounding districts report new developments including an electric exchange installation, a growing grain trade with several elevators expanding, new homes and improvements, and a harvest festival planned for August 14. People visit relatives, traders relocate, and local business activity widens with cattle movements and real estate ventures.
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Geneva
Bert Finn
Toledo
Towa
Mise Cora Manifold
Forest City
Minoie Rogers
Yen Valley
Waddington
Till Boots
James
Tucker & Bell
Henry Ibling
J.T. Dalby
Orient
Curtis
Hampton
Cabinet rumor andDisraeli versus Gladstone tale inLondon
A fragmentary Victorian tale recalls rumor around a postponed cabinet council sparked by a wind and weather omen. Queen Victoria, through a professor weather diviner, influenced a witty anecdote about whether Gladstone or Disraeli would wed, ending with a stage Irishman and a John Bull clash over speaking and publishing.
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England
Lord Beaconsfield
Queen Victoria
Wind
Ware
mid-Atlantic
Princess Louise
Walting
Lord Berconfield
Elim
Gladstone
Disraeli
Pisraeli
Disrael
Cutrnn
Herring
Stock Exchange
London Chronicle
Table Decoration Delights Paris Banquet Guests
A Paris banquet featured a surprise as a rose centerpiece split to reveal a winged young woman who announced each dish. The odd display intrigued guests during dinner while unrelated notes mention travel services and a sleeping car route via the Iowa Capital Railway to Minneapolis.
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Paris
Jealousy Pride in a Virtue Article Notes
The San Francisco Bulletin essay contrasts jealousy with love and pride, detailing how jealousy arises from deep affection and can damage relationships. It argues jealousy can be irrational and even dementia like, while asserting pride underpins much virtuous action and noble bearing.
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Tride
San Francisco Bulletin
Oddities in gendered crowds and power dynamics
A New York Tribune excerpt reflects on gender perception and collective behavior. It contrasts women's and men's groups, noting how individuals are admired in isolation but lose distinction in crowds. The piece jokes about temperance cyclists and social clubs, admitting gendered stereotypes while highlighting social unity and performance.
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Mansaing
Saya
Menta
Joel
Soroshr
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Mrs. Jones
New York Tribune
Had Looked Out For Number One
A terse exchange questions personal duty to improve the condition of others. A very serious man asks if one has acted to better any part of the hump race. The reply asserts shared humanity and self interest in a blunt, cynical tone.
A Cynic on Marriage And Other Oddities
An ironic Cornish quip compares pilchards to wives, saying bad ones are awful while good ones are only middling. The note accompanies a miscellany of improbable animal feats and macabre imagery.
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Sall Mail Gazette
Levy Hours Probable for State Levies to Raise Funds
A probable 4 mill levy by the executive council aims to raise about $2.3 million for state needs, based on estimates of taxable property including real estate, personal property, railroad, telephones, telegraphs, and express companies. Higher railroad assessments could reduce the levy. Harry Faber, traveling for M Stern Millinery, died by suicide near Clarinda after a Texas lover's refusal. The coroner's inquest returned a verdict consistent with that finding. Cedar Rapids sees a major bankruptcy filing by W R Casebeer, a wholesale and retail lumber dealer, listing liabilities of $65,540.38 against assets of $480. The petition names many unsecured creditors and local firms.
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Executive Council
Harry Faber
M. Stern Millinery Company
Keokuk
Clarinda
Texas
Cedar Rapids
Wr Casebeer
Casabeor
J.C. Stewart
United States District Court
Rural Mail Box Protections Under New Post Office Rules
Postmaster General A. C. Payne announces laws on rural mail delivery forbidding damage to letter boxes and receptacles on rural routes. Offenders face fines up to one thousand dollars or imprisonment up to three years for each offense including tearing down, breaking open, defacing, stealing mail matter, or aiding such acts.
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A. C. Payne
Our Town Makes Strides Says Local Citizen
A Chicago News quip notes progress in a small town as residents celebrate changes. The citizen boasts about modern habits, saying they no longer turn around when an automobile passes.
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Chicago News
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L. Reed
Missouri River
Pierre
Dakota
A. B. Schmitz
West Bend
Wellsburg
Ne. Schoenhut
Oakley
Tjaden
InJaw
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John Miller
Dick Clausen
Tom Ackerman
South Dakota
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Manchester
Henry Peters
Depa Balttjer
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Afplington
Foun Krull
YA. Gerhardt
Della Fink
Ackley
Sam Patterson
Sheldon
Royce
Ou M. M
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M. Coggeshall
Fete
Sheridan
John Bull
Hibernian
Patrick
West Indies
Ieland
Ackley Markets
Twin Cities
Northwest
Iowa Copttal Railway
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Geo. P. Ide & Co
Priestley Cravenitte
Ries
Roger Hong
Mme
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