Compton Promotes Farmers Congress Excursion
Farmers National Congress meets in Colorado Springs August 21 to 31 1900. Chicago Great Western Railway offers excursion tickets Aug 18 and 19 good for return by Sept 20 at one fare plus $2.00. Inquiries to any Great Western agent or F Lord G P T A 113 Adams St Chicago.
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Famers National Congress
Colorado Springs
Col
Coun
Chicago Great Western Ry
Great Western
F. . Lord
Adams St
Chicago
Eight Inch Trees Rule Sparks Campaign Clash
The piece recalls a campaign clash over Commissioner Sparks and a ruling that no trees under eight inches in diameter may be cut for agriculture or mining on US lands. A Bozeman speech prompted farmer and miner protests, ending with a farmer’s quip about splitting such trees. The excerpt also cites charms beliefs and English timber law notes from London Answers and New York Herald.
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Sparks
General Land Office
United States
Montana
Bozeman
New York Tribune
England
London
Settled Out of Court on Village Path
A barrister riding a bicycle met a policeman on a path and, after a brief exchange, invited the officer to a nearby public house for discussion. They shared two glasses of beer before the man decided not to pursue the matter further, remarking on his duty as a lawyer.
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Polliceman
Bo Ticeman
The Real Puzzle of Life: Fashion Spurs Awe and Wonder
Fidelia and Flavilla discuss life’s great mystery in a lighthearted exchange from the Indianapolis Journal. Flavilla confesses that clothing worries occupy her most at the moment, while Fidelia contemplates the broader mystery with curiosity.
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Fidelia—Flavilla
Flavilla
Fidelia
Indianapolis Journal
Defining a Function in a Humorous Phrase
A Detroit Free Press quip notes a piano recital as a scene where one woman plays fervently while others chat, capturing a light social aside about performances.
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Uncle Aleck
Detroit Free Press
Kircher Said to Invent the Golian Harp in Seventeenth Century
The golian harp was reportedly an invention of Athanasius Kircher who lived during the seventeenth century. The claim notes Kircher as its inventor and places the device in that historical period.
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Athanasius Kircher
Army Food and Ammunition Demands by the Field
Captain Zalinski in Harper's Weekly outlines the scale of supply for an army in the field. For 150000 men the demand includes 525000 pounds of food daily and 1350000 pounds for 90000 supporting animals, totaling about 1875000 pounds or over 836 tons per day.
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Captain Zalinski
Harper's Weekly
The Finger Nails and Destiny Beliefs of Nails Shape
The passage explains how superstition linked nail shape and appearance to character and fate. Wax and soot rubbed nails, sunlight highlights signs. red and spotted nails signaled hot temper, pale nails melancholy, narrow nails ambition, round nails love of knowledge, small nails conceit, fleshy nails laziness, broad nails gentleness.
The Arab's Little Game on Mummy Grain
An Agricultural Journal of the Cape of Good Hope article argues that claims of Egyptian mummy grain sprouting wheat are likely false. It notes Arabs sell grain to tourists, often from nearby fields, and that hearsay of ancient tombs yielding mummy wheat is unreliable and may involve misidentified corn.
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Agricultural Journal of
Cape of Good Hope
Joseph
America
Frail Historians of Sevres Porcelain History
Sevres lies twenty miles southwest of Paris where porcelain has been made since 1756. Royalty and republics successive left marks on pieces, with initials, dates, and palaces stamped on the backs. Each plate silently records France’s changing, brilliant history.
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Sevres
Paris
Iowa Republicans Endorse McKinley Roosevelt Ticket in 1896 Campaign
The Iowa Republican convention pledges support for the national platform of Philadelphia and endorses William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. It praises Governor Leslie M. Shaw and the state administration, approves the Iowa delegation, and adopts resolutions honoring John Henry Gear. It notes Edwin H. Conger’s service and prays for his safe return.
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Iowa
Senate
House of Representatives
Leslie M. Shaw
Philadelphia
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Republic
Commonwealth
John Henry Gear
Aem
East
Edwin H. Conger
Rep
State Central
Des Moines
Roach
Republican State Central Committee
McKin
Republican ticket pacing Iowa for 1900 campaign
Des Moines dispatch reports Iowa Republicans endorsed the national and state platforms, urging vigorous campaign work. Biographies highlight William B. Martin, G. S. Gilbertson, Frank F. Merriam, David J. Palmer, Charles W. Mullan, and Emlin McClain as nominees for state offices and Supreme Court judge, with notes on their careers and roots.
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W. B Martin
Greenfield
F. F. Morxram
Hopkinton
Giluf Tsun
Forest City
C. W. MutLan
Waterloo
Supreme Court
Eunos McCriary
Iowa City Railroad
A. Con
D. J. Patmen
Washington
Jouyn N. Batochy
Council Bluffs
Ove O. Rox
Des Moines
B. V. Tucker
Louisa
J. L. Bartholomew
Jackgor
L. B. Raymond
Franklin
C. H. McNidor
Cerro Gordo
H. H. Root
Linn
S. H. Harper
William B. Martin
Adair County
Vermont
Rochester
Winnebago Summit
State Senate
Frank F. Merriam
Delaware County
Lennox College
David J. Palmer
Washington County
Iowa
Palmer
Eighth Iowa Infantry
Twenty-fifth Iowa
Henry
C. L. Davidson
Charles W. Mullan
Wayne County
Illinois
Black Hawk County
Mullan
Minneapolis
Harrison
Senate
Black Hawk-Grundy
Signal Credit
Emlin McClain
Salem
Ohio
Tipton
Law
The
State University
Republicans urged to vote for prosperity and a Republican senate
H O Weaver argues voters should back the Republican ticket to prevent Bryan’s money platform. He claims a Republican Senate could block free silver for years, warns that Bryan’s 16 to 1 platform shows his priority, and urges careful voting to keep a pro‑sound money majority. Gems from Roach’s speech lauds Iowa as a banner state under Shaw.
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Senate
Kansas City
Bryan
United States
United States Senate
Roach
Iowa
Leslie M. Shaw
Nebraska
Illinois
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New York Herald
President McKinley
Gov. Shaw
Sonnel
Weaver
Daniel Bros. & Herman
Tilden & Loughran
I. W. Adams
O. K
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Bellamy
Union National Bank
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Spaulding
J.e.davis
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