Roosevelt Sure Winner and Youth Curfew Idea
The Spirit Lake Beacon reports Roosevelt as the likely nominee amid Republican drift and mixed signals on a second choice. A citizen proposes a home curfew device using a siding plank to curb street loafing, touted as a simple remedy for youth misbehavior with a locally noted song reference.
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Roosevelt
Pairbanks
Taft
Cannon
Hughes
Foraker
Knox
la Follette
Roosevalt
Fainion
Spirit Lake
Sioux City Journal Editorial Faults Packers Nickname Change
The Sioux City Journal editorial staff, led by the sporting editor, attacks the Sioux City Packers with harsh humor, renaming them Pikarg and criticizing management while the team sits only a dozen games behind the Western league leaders.
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Sioux City Journal
Knockitia
Uncle George
Cub
Inocke
Sioux City
Packers
Pikarg
Sioux City shuts gambling houses by mayor order
Sioux City's gambling houses ended open operations Monday under mayoral orders. Some quiet games are expected to continue for those who want to buck the fugor.
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Sioux City
Highway Location and Vacation Notice in Plymouth County Iowa
The commissioner locates a highway point in Township 92 North Range 48 West near Mary J. Barber et al. lands, proposing to run east about 1 3/8 miles and vacate part of the North half of Section 3 and NE quarter of Section 4. Property owners must file objections and damages claims by August 31, 1907, with the county auditor.
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Plymouth County
Iowa
Mary J. Barber
John J. Schluter
Rudolph J. Koehler
John C. Hoyt
Emanuel Spittle
Eugene Martin
Daniel B. Anthony
Alex. Reichmann
Lost fur collaretts from Holmberg moving pictures
Two fur collaretts left in the hall during Holmberg moving pictures. Owners may recover them at this office by paying the notice fee.
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Holmberg
Progress in the Art of Warfare Landmark lecture by Victor Hays
Victor Hays of the Akron high school class of 1907 presents a comprehensive ode to warfare progress. He traces shifts from brutal melee to modern tactics, notes the rise of disciplined armies, and recounts naval evolution from wooden ships to ironclads like the Merrimac and Monitor, highlighting the US Navy’s postwar rebuilding.
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Victor Hays
Akron
Alnea
Western
Europe
United States
Sheridan
Grant
Cavalry Corps
Army of the Potomac
Atlantic
Gulf
Lexington
Congress
Navy Yard
Norfolk
Virginia
Merrimac
New York
Hampton Roads
Cleveland
Ten Years Ago From the Akron Tribune Highlights
Ten years ago in Hawarden Carl Odg ington won a bicycle race capturing the first two heats. A calf of 29 steers shipped to Chicago averaged 1140 pounds with the heaviest at 1070. Joseph Beck and Htta Moore wed July 7, 1897, with a bridal trip planned. Akron delegates at Hot Springs health trip included Dr. Clark and wife, W. Bryant and wife, A. Baker, N. Mead. J Thode party headed to Spirit Lake for a weeks camping. Spiritualist troupe appeared with hob goblins at the opera house, but the ghost act balked at the performance. The Tribune also ran a lengthy expos ure by C G Chandler.
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Hawarden
Carl Odgington
Hart
Chicago
J. D. Smith
Ateers
Joseph O. Beck
Mias Htta Moore
Atera
Akron
Opera House
Jones
the Tribune
C. G. Chandler
Hog weights settled at stockyards basis
Due to water and refuse kicked from wagons in unloading bogs it is impossible to obtain correct weights at the City Scales. Henceforth all hogs bought will be settled on the Stock Yards weights accepted at Sioux City and Chicago, signed Benny Witten Horgins & Co Ross & Brapy.
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Sioux City
Chicago
Benny Witten
Horgins & Co
Ross & Brapy
Residence Property For Sale With Farm Equipment
Property includes a three room house a barn and bogey shed two lots partly fenced with fine work horses and one driver tine pigs and three sons all excellent Duroc Jerseys two milch cows wagon surrey baggy harnesses a complete farm machinery set all nearly new and in excellent shape selling cheap if taken this month cash required balance on reasonable terms inquire at Register Tribune office
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Surrey
Register-Tribune
AzRON Haapwanen Co Notice to Debtors
Having sold our stocks of Hardware and Implementa to Mr. H. D. Mohr we shall consider it a favor if those knowing themselves indebted to us will call and settle their accounts at an early date AzRON Haapwanen Co.
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H. D. Mohr
Azron Haapwanen Co
Edison Phonograph and Records for Sale
Phonograph and records in several sizes offered by Mrs. Smith's restaurant. Choose any record you wish and blank records available for your own productions. Call for hours and details about this wonderful machine.
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Edison Phonographa
Akron school bids for building primary room facility
Notice for bids. Sealed bids will be received by N. 9. Moore, Secretary of the Independent School District of Akron, for the purchase of the building used as a primary room by the board. Bids opened and announced on Monday, July 22, 2007, at 2 o'clock p.m. By order of the Board. 458 N.S. Mooniz, Secretary.
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N. 9. Moore
Independent School District of
Akron
N.S. Mooniz
Timetable Notes For M and St P Lines
Freight and passenger trains listed with departures from Chicago gateway and key numbers. No. 101 passenger departs 10 45 p m No 108 passenger departs 1 am Sunday service 10 45 am No 93 freight departs 4 37 am weight 28155 ppm southbound No 106 passenger and No 82 freight appear with Sunday constraints and additional departures shown.
Montmirail Heroism and a Smoking Chasseur
An 1814 Montmirail battle episode shows Major Bancel tending wounded while a guard chasseur, pipe in place, ignores glory talk. The veteran rider’s leg is shattered yet he remains calm, asking if the surgeon will still care for him as he keeps smoking.
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Montmirail
Europe
Bancel
Snes
Colutman
Baucel
Lincoln's Grocery and the Hazard of Partnership
A vivid tale of Abraham Lincoln's early failed business venture with Berry & Lincoln. The partners split duties by appetite end and dry goods, while hunger and thirst consumed stock. A default left Lincoln to cover liabilities, seeding his future legal studies and ending the grocery venture at Putnam's.
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Harvard
Lincoln
Berry
Jack Borat
Mr. Lincoln
Jesson
J. V. Quarles
Putnarm
Sunset and Sor Frire Birds Describe Superstitions
In the West Indies a bird called the sunset bird is named for its cry of Solell coucher heard near dawn and dusk. Locals dub it the Jumble bird, claiming killing it brings death. Another local bird, the Sor friere bird, nests near Sorfriere volcano where a belief holds the first observer will die and the killer faces dire fate.
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West Indies
Sorfriere
Mindenpolis
Call Early Por Good Ones
An anecdote from Bourtre notes a guest at a large ball who, at 8 in the morning, returns to the cloakroom to claim a coat. The attendant insists the coat is new, prompting the guest to remark that he has no new coat left after half past twelve.
The Brain Size Myth Journey Through Time
The article questions a steady brain size increase from paleolithic times and cites Professor Lankester with an illustration noting Isaac Newton’s brain was not much larger than that of an Australian. London Outlook discusses these claims and their implications for human brain evolution.
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Lankester
Isaac Newtom
London
Wonderful Effect and Parvenu Exchange in Italicized Banter
Exchange features Mrs Money Hagy and Mrs Parvenu discussing time in Italy with playful banter. A mock quote from Prince ton Tiger references tears of the night and sins of the day. The snippet suggests a salon or social scene with characterful names.
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Money Hagy
Italy
Mrs. Parvenu
Princeton Tiger
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