Iowa Leads In Farm Animals Worth Vast Iowa Leads In Livestock Value
Iowa is described as the leading livestock state with total farm animal value surpassing all others. The report notes Iowa has 1,044,570 horses valued at 69 each, 1,390,912 milch cows totaling 41 million, 3,574,012 cattle other than milk cows worth 23.10 each, and 7,438,655 hogs valued at 8.97 each, with hogs and overall cattle values dominating state rankings.
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Iowa
United States Department of Agriculture
New York
Texas
Kentucky
Missouri
Montana
Illinois
Union
Arctic explorer Peary prepares supper in igloo scene
In a first person account Commander Robert E. Peary describes unhitched dogs fed, ice foot climbed, and a snow shelter built for tea and supper. He details melting ice water, cooking setup, and quick rest after a day of hard travel and dog care.
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Liew
Robert E. Peary
Pulse Speed: Heartbeat Rates Across Ages
The article explains pulse speed depends on heart movements with each beat marking left ventricle contraction. It notes adult male normals 60 to 80 bpm, wide individual variation, females broader range, children higher rates from birth to adolescence, and old age commonly above 70 bpm.
Southern lawyer recalls Arkansas hot springs tale
A Mississippi law partner, urged by a doctor to seek hot springs, locked in a bath tub to reach a target temperature. An attendant found him boiled by heat, yet he refused to exit until the thermometer showed the required level, proving his grit.
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Mississippi
Arkansas
Plants That Wear Overcoats
The article discusses plant survival strategies in early spring buds and flowers. It notes seeds bulbs and tubers store energy as fuel for sprouting and highlights frost resistant overcoats like the soft protective coverings on catkins willow and hazel.
Pearl in the Boarding House Joke Sparks Witty Exchange
A lawyer quips that cleverness may fail in a boarding house setting. A new waitress, called Pearl, is approached with a racy line about worth. The girl retorts that she is the pearl cast before swine, prompting a sharp exchange.
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Lor
New York Times
Paying in Advance by Indebted Customer
A humorous London Telegraph quip shows a debtor in a butcher shop saying he will pay for a leg of mutton but admits he cannot. The butcher questions the payment, while the customer insists he intends to pay, highlighting a playful miscommunication.
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London Telegraph
The True Nature of Friendship Explored
The passage argues most men view friendship as a means to gain profit rather than an end in itself. It contends many favor relationships with those who offer personal advantage, likening such ties to cattle kept for gain, and warns that genuine friendship sought for its own sake is rare and undervalued.
Freshman Seeks Birthday Wishes to Governor
A brief exchange from two students shows the sophomore joking about writing to their governor for payday. The sophomore says the governor sent a check that morning, while the freshman asks if it’s his birthday.
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Philadelphia Press
Organ Grinders Restricted in Vienna Hours
Vienna enforces a ban on organ grinders playing in mornings and evenings. Performances are only allowed between midday and sunset to reduce noise during peak hours.
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Vienna
Penalty of Business as Heads of Department Question Desk
A fragment from Fliegende Blatter humorously notes the desk mix up over a dunning notice sent by clerks. The speaker wonders what has happened as the item was circulated for note without proper inspection.
A Lawyer Makes a Quick Settlement Over a Photo
A Philadelphia attorney recalls securing a $5,000 settlement in a Pennsylvania Railroad death case after a photograph of Fanny Davenport prompts a conversation with Wayne MacVeagh. The client had remarried just before the trial, making success unlikely, until a chance remark reshaped the deal.
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Philadelphia
Fanny Davenport
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Wayne MacVeagh
Paid In His Own Coin Bishop Temple Pranks Clergy
Archibishop Temple of Canterbury once faced a parish group urging a cleric to leave. He invited the clergyman to his study and offered a vow to change the benefice. The parson asked what fault they found and the bishop revealed their complaint was his voice. The cleric recalled a visitor praising the sermon but criticizing the voice.
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Archbishop Temple
Canterbury
Temple
Accommodating Witness Sparks Tense Courtroom Exchange
A courtroom scene shows a witness pressured by an attorney to confirm seeing a pistol. The judge interrupts, and the witness defends his truthfulness as the exchange exposes courtroom friction. The line reveals tension between legal theater and witness reliability.
Monument Inscription Sparks Reflection on a Town
A granite cemetery monument to a morally flawed man prompts a local visitor to remark that the shaft is paradoxically mismatched for praise or blame. The New Haven Chronicle recounts the observer noting the inscription’s grandiosity versus the man's life.
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Massachusetts
New Haven Chronicle
Chrysanthemum Artistry Shapes Figures in Tokyo Gardens
In Tokyo gardens, chrysanthemums are trained into life sized figures including court ladies warriors children and animals. Some masks are mechanical with strings turning to Reynard's fox head as a noted feature in these flower sculptures.
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Japan
Tokyo
Reynard
Impertinent Neighbors Irritated by Pianoforte Racket
A comic exchange shows Mr Mulhooly and his daughter arguing over neighbor complaints about piano playing. The neighbor demands quiet while the daughter notes ongoing disturbances from the new adjacent occupants.
Not Acquainted With Him Do You Know Mr Fresco
Mrs Nuritch asks her husband if they know Mr Fresco and learns she has an invite to Mrs Blugore's garden party where guests will dine Al Fresco in the Philadelphia Press excerpt.
Mercenary Wedding Jibe Stirs Baltimore Gossip
The Baltimore Herald notes a sharp quip about marriage based on money as a joke between Nan and Chol ly Sportboy. The exchange questions whether love exists beyond real estate wealth, reflecting social satire in a clipped, period tone.
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Sue
Cholly Sportboy
Nan
Baltimore Herald
Grief and Indulgence in a Life Quote
A compact reflection quotes Disraeli on grief as an instant agony and the longer indulgence as a life blunder, contrasting fleeting pain with lasting missteps.
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Disraeli
Scott's Emulsion Promised For Consumption Care
Old time remedy advice urged eating salt pork for consumption. The modern method favors Scott's Emulsion as refined fat for easy digestion, with cod liver oil and phosphites said to revive weak parts and aid diseased lungs.
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Scott
Rail Schedule Fragments Show Trains Arriving and Departing
A fragmented timetable lists trains east and west from Ames with arrival and departure times, noting Sunday service gaps for several lines. It mentions Overland Limited, Portland Special, Atlantic Express, and Chicago Ex routes, plus restrictions on Nos. 4 28 18 27 56 58 and November dates.
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Overland Limited
Portland
Atlantic Express
Om &Chicago
Chicago Beoret
Dm& Chicago
Ames
Colorado
Om Pass
Northern Iowa
Carroll
Sb. Mail Express
Willan
St P & Sioux City
Dakota & Des M
Dakota Express
P&s
Chicaco & Carroll Pas
Chicago Express
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