Ames Landmark Describes Iowa City Road and College
Ames sits on the Chicago and North Western and Minneapolis Road thirty six miles north of Des Moines. It notes the seat of the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts with a well appointed public school and a large school building. The region supports farming and fruit orchards.
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Ames
Chicago
North Moines
Minneapolis
Des Moines
Lows
Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
The Mysterious Boarder at the Dinner Party
In a boarding house story the lively hostesses praise a captivating new guest who departs with a bleeding nose. After dessert the room falls silent and suspicion spreads as neighbors recall the missing man and his jewelry.
Eugenia's New York Society and the Magazine Scheme
A young woman visiting Aunt Eugenia Blackford becomes entangled in New York society as she befriends Mrs Forsythe Daveney who dreams of launching a women’s magazine. The scheme collapses when Daveney is exposed as an embezzler, taking the funds and leaving town along with her ally Mr Phillips, leaving the narrator financially ruined and uncle unaware of the full cost.
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Eugenia Blackford
Duval
Park
Pelham de Veres
Jeanie
Eugenia
Mrs. Graeme-Westwater
Boston
Forsythe Daveney
Mrs. Daveney
Mrs. Graeme- Westwater
Harry
Daveney
Gacams Beda
Heston
Forsythe DaVenee
Graeme-Westwater
Tiffany's
Chisholm
Emerson
Baring
Allardyce
Guardian
Mr. Lenox
Phillips
Mr. Phillips
Lenox
Cambridge
Clara Daveney
Mr. Allardyce
Mrs. Baring
Mrs. Allardyce
Sandown
Omnium
Primrose League
Ascot
Maidenhead
Carlton Club
London
Col. Benton
Philadelphia
Johnndolph
Nat Maron
Mr. Randolph
Nathaniel Macon
Hull
James A. Garfield
Sandler
Lucretia Sturgis
Kirs
Joshua Bates
William Sturgis
Samuel Hooper
Mr. Bates
William
Creeche
England
House of Bering Brothers
van de Weyer
St. James
Leopold
Lord Holland
Sidney Smith
Miss Bates
Windsor
Robert E. Lee
Washington
Joint Committee On Reconstruction
Lexington
Metropolitan Hotel
Church of the Ascension
Georgetown
Arlington
Republic
Blenker
George Spencer
New York
Alabama
Storm
Peaceful Bird House Battle Ends In Oak Shadow
A Memphis Missouri man built a three story bird house for martins bluebirds and sparrows. The birds battled sparrows vs martins and bluebirds with jays joining, but the sparrows were driven out and later found refuge in oaks as the jays mediated peace. The three colonies coexisted for the summer.
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Memphis
Keokuk
How Incandescence Is Produced by Light and Flame
The article explains incandescence in gas flames and electric lamps. It contrasts gas flame heat from combustion with electric current heating a fine carbon filament to incandescence, producing light.
Daily joys amid daily pains urged by impartial view
The speaker notes that each day bears pains and sorrows but not only. If we examine impartially we will also find pleasures and joys present in everyday life.
Charm of Moments and Manners in Everyday Life
A reflective passage extols the charm found in composed behavior kindness and courtesy guiding daily interactions. It emphasizes self command benevolence and the grace that can adorn ordinary moments and objects.
NorutG Achieves Tasks Without Labor
The phrase asserts that NorutG can be accomplished without labor and that nothing is too difficult with it. It conveys a motto-like statement about ease and capability, implying efficiency and power through its method or tool.
Highly Seasoned Potpourri Sparks Modern Woman Debate
A Brooklyn Times fragment blends humor and essays on women’s roles. It rails at traditional dependence while urging women to work, read, think, and gain experience to be self-reliant and provide sound counsel at home. It cites humor about boarding houses and decor as cultural commentary.
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Smythe
Jarby
Placed Memoir Mirth From Penelope and Evarts
A curious memo rand a lists errands with absurd phrases such as plush for a frame and potatoes for a board. The note mentions piano tuning and a flat iron while referencing Evarts and a dinner plan to hear a speech, tied to Mrs. Maria Jefferson Swayze of New Orleans Woman's club.
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Penelope
Evarts
Albany
New Orleans Woman’s Club
Maria Jefferson Swayze
Thomas Jefferson
Meg
Buffalo Express
The Woman Who Never Slanders
A San Francisco Report essay extols the discreet woman who avoids gossip and public meddling. It contrasts her with social chatter at tennis courts, winter balls, and fashionably kept tea tables, noting such women mind their own affairs and rarely appear in male-dominated social circles.
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San Francisco
Twin brothers cited in Goulbourn note in The Rambler
In a Rambler note from Goulbourn a woman explains twins Jimmy and Micky were born on the same day and one is with his mother while the other is elsewhere. Mrs Worthington asks after the missing twin and Mrs O Finnegan confirms one boy is with his mother. The writer emphasizes adapting prayer when unable to pray as desired.
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Wen
O’finnegan
Micky
Diet for the Reduction of Corpulence
A Victorian era health note lists foods to avoid and to eat. It recommends beefsteak and eggs as permitted with sparing use of bread and potatoes, plus plain vegetables and limited fish and poultry. It also urges regular walking and mental activity, ending with the golden rule of eating less and working more.
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Es Stein
Arranging a Title Page in Classic Book Practice
A prose discussion on crafting a proper title page for a book. It weighs the value of a clear informative title versus clever or misleading approaches and notes authors sometimes hiding their names or using pen names.
Nothing Common Tidbits Dialog Reflects Social Satire
In a Tid Bits exchange Mrs. Snaggs boasts of travel to Boston and sees only elite society. Mrs. Fangle challenges the claim noting they avoided the common and visited only the most elegant venues. The dialogue skewers pretensions and social hierarchies.
Generations of Mincer Pies Charity in Kennebec County
A Maine charity tradition spans three generations in Kennebec County. On Thanksgiving Mrs. Daniel Williams of Augusta gives a mince pie to every prisoner at the jail, totaling 105 this year. The custom traces to her mother and grandmother and may continue with descendants after Mrs Williams passes.
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Kennebec
Daniel Williams
Augusta
What One Woman Can Do
Jennie Collins Shifted from a Boston tailoress to founder of a Boston social center for factory workers. Fifteen years ago she sought a place where shopgirls could meet for social activities and self improvement, addressing their sorrows and poor housing. The piece highlights her initiative and impact.
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Jennie Collins
Boston
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H. H. Sei
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Z. Q. Burcess
Anthony Hale
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A. Ricamonp
van Chamberlain
C. E. Hayes
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Evry Winey
Og Tjaverly
Baptist
Ye W, Wilson
ING
E.C. Moulton
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Masonic
Acadia Lodge
A. F.and
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M. C. Jones
W. M. C. Grippines
United Workmen
Ames Lodge
G. A. Meredith
M. Soper
Recorder
Pllsworth
A. R
G. A. R. Hall
Geo. G. Tilden
M. Hemstreet
Adj. H. Wilson, Jr
Q. M
Smith
Law
Mrs
Torney
Sacco
U.S
Towa
Union Nati Ames
Iowa
D. McCarthy
J. L. Stevens
United States
I, Thayer
Ustice OF the Peace
Eparoree Nd- Insurance Gency
H. M. Templeton
City Drug Store
South Side
Beverly
Church
Story County
Chas. E. Hunt
Entist
West
House
Ames, Towa
H. L. Carrell
Nevada
John Glidden
Hinson Bros
Eprmai
Boarder
Mrs. T
Eugena
Drak Frriend
Canada
Stephen
Woman's Justice
Boston Globe
Thackeray
Pendennis
Adams
Jack
Jason
Omen
Mark
Luke
Ruthie
Crum
Mamma
James
Big Clifty
Josiah
Maria
John
Ruth
Elia
Guernsey
Goodall
Daily Sun
Perley Poore
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Emily Maguire
Sol
Devil
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