Ames City Council to pave major streets in 1911 plan
Official publication announces a resolution of necessity to pave Duff Douglass Kellogg and Grand avenues in Ames Iowa with bitulithic pavement on Portland Cement bases. The plan covers grading curbing and guttering and sets assessment rules and a ten year levy, with bids and bonds required and public objections permitted at a February 20, 1911 meeting.
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Sth Street
13Th Street
Douglass Avenue
10Th Street
Kellogg Avenue
Boone Street
N. W. Ry
Grand Avenue
Main Street
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City Improvement Fund
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Earnings of Writers in England in the Late Era
The London Magazine notes many writers in England earning substantial sums from books. It cites Marion Crawford earning about £2,000 per novel and three yearly. Sir Walter Scott achieving vast totals over his career. Alphonse Daudet paid £40,000 for a single novel. Lew Wallace earning around £80,000 in royalties for Ben Hur and The Prince of India. Rudyard Kipling charging two shillings a word. Victor Hugo nearly £16,000 for Les Miserables.
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England
Marion Crawford
Walter Scott
Phonse Daudet
Lew Wallace
Rudyard Kipling
Victor Hugo
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London
Isles of the Sea and their Hidden Treasures
The Exchange notes that even remote isles in the South Pacific are charted and visited by traders. It cites coconuts, guano, and pearl shell beds as already tested, harvested, or stripped, leaving few untouched spots for explorers.
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South Pacific
The Telephone Girl: A Profile of the Operator’s Valor
A veteran observer portrays telephone operators as more than operators. They are trained, brave, empathetic workers who handle emergencies with calm, courage, and teamwork, even during fires, gas leaks, and blackouts, remaining devoted to public service.
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America
Entitled to Them Echoes of Title and Power
A humorous exchange shows a new arrival boasting titles after registering at a hotel. The clerk reads a string of ex- titles including ex-school director ex-township trustee ex-county commissioner and ex-mayor. The guest asserts the X's signify a lot in their perceived status.
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Jeremiah
Telegraphers tale of a boarding house Mrs Smith
A postal official recalls a man who handed him a message to Mrs Smith in New York City. When asked for an address the patron explained simply to send it to Mrs Smith who runs a boarding house in New York and not to reveal ignorance of the location.
Puritanical mother scolds son over skipped prayers
A mother confronts her son Willie after finding no prayers said at bedtime. He explains that his father hurried him to bed and warned there mustn’t be another word tonight. The anecdote from Lippincott's comments on parental discipline and child speech.
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Willie
Lippincott’s
Ocean gold in solution could fund world wealth
A French scientist says oceans hold enough dissolved gold to give every person on Earth $24,000,000. The Albany Journal notes the difficulty is that the gold will remain in solution.
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Earth
Albany Journal
Two Boys Play Wagon Game Highlighting Smaller as Horse
An Atchison Globe item notes boys playing with a wagon, with the smaller child cast as the horse in a simple playground scene. The brief reflects a local everyday moment and urban sportslike humor.
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Atchison Globe
Fragmentary note on disinfectant use and testing
A fragment notes that some of the disinfectant was added to a solution or environment for cleaning. It mentions testing and effectiveness in general terms without specific names or dates.
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Czernys
Goetzmann
Fischer
Early
Hotel Ames
A.B. Maxwell
Ames Times and Intelligencer
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Bosworth
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