Hart House fire in Belle Plaine and rail tale in city
The report notes a blaze in Belle Plaine that consumed the Hart House, the city’s first hotel. It also lists multiple local incidents including a brakeman named George Dalber fatally injured in Sioux City and other regional events, deaths, and public notices from nearby counties.
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Belle Plaine
Old Hart House
George Dolbar
Sioux City
George Dalber
Sioux City & Pacific Railroad
Mystery death verdict and sea cargo hoax unfold
A coroner's jury rules Gustav Lindau died by a pistol shot from an unknown hand after his body was found in the street. Two suspects were released. The report also details a shipboard mutiny on the Donavera, killings at sea, and a sand packed orange cargo fraud involving 450 boxes. London financiers face losses.
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Cedar Rapids
John Foley
Chicago & Northwestern
Foley
Springfield
Ill
John M. Waite
M. B. Gould
Chicago
Mr. Waite
Boston
Mass
Rice, Kendall & Co
Federal Street
Franklin
Houghton & Osgood
Joseph Hanson
George Pickering
Camden
Philadelphia
Little Rock
N. PD. Saddler
Gustav Lindau
New York
Mediterranean
Barring Bros
London
Savena
Gregorio Pedro Irene
Iloilo
Antonio Aredundo
Vanilla
Sebastian Aguareme
Antonio Marchisia
Constantinople
Germany
Layard
Porte
Ahmed Monkhtar Pasha
Gusinje
Prava
Montenegro
How Animals Play and Enjoy Themselves
A survey of animal play contrasts small birds at play with cranes and trumpeters, water birds diving and flinging water, deer mock trials of strength, and predators feigning capture. Young cats stalk leaves, jaguars and monkeys imitate mischief, and a toad is found in the eel.
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Siseatibeer
Train Disaster Near Dundee Crashes From Broken Bridge
London and Dundee dispatches detail a catastrophic North British Railway bridge collapse near Dundee on Dec 28. A 88 foot fall into the river left hundreds feared dead. reports vary but total lives lost range around 75 to 90 with no survivors aboard the ill fated Edinburgh bound train.
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London
Dundee
Cotland
North British
Leuchars
Edinburgh
James Roberts
North British Railroad
Smith
Lonton “Standard
Broughty Ferry
Edinburg
Little Folks Halting Snippets From Sunday School Tales
A humorous collage of children’s answers from Sunday school and family life. Questions elicit literal or quirky responses about God, Adam and Eve, the senses, and even a chef’s cheese joke. Vignettes include a child’s question about prayer seating and a pork man’s encounter with a book agent.
Indigestion Linked to Nervousness in Health Ad
Advertorial claims nervousness stems from indigestion and stomach weakness. It urges Hop Bitters to strengthen the stomach purify the blood and activate liver and kidneys to remove waste from the system. See other column.
History of the pianoforte and its rising in households
The article traces the pianoforte from ancient stringed instruments to the clavicitherium of the twelfth century and the 1711 action invention. It notes many forms and names before the hammer action standardized play, and mentions the first U S pianos built in Boston in 1822 and the instrument's rapid growth since.
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John Lubbock
B. C
China
M. Berthelot
Grotthus
Scientific American
Haydn
Gluck
United States
Boston
The Golden Silence
Poem by William Winter on the value of silence and inner voice. It argues that true expression comes from nature and enduring forms, not from forced song or external praise. The speaker finds meaning in silent mountains, stars, seas, and the signs of humanity in nature.
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William Winter
Teacher Discovers Child Answers With Humor in Lesson
A teacher discussing the order of beings prompts a pupil to name what comes after man. The boy shouts his undershirt, provoking laughter. Other anecdotes include a mother correcting table manners and an Irish piper tale about blushing when speaking to a gentleman.
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Indu
Pat
Safe of Sanborn & Son Blown Open at Maquoketa
The safe of Sanborn and Son in Maquoketa was blown open recently and about 150 dollars in tokens taken.
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Gibbons
Newton
Oska- Yeosa
Edinburg
Sanborn & Son
Maquoketa
Milkman's Blue Milk Mystery With Widow Lumminger
A milky tale recounts John Dodger the milkman who assigns marked cans to Widow Lumminger and a nosy neighbor. Dodger claims cows were soaked by a storm affecting milk quality, while chalk marks on can stoppers imply varying levels of milk surplus or adulteration.
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John One
John Dodger
Lumminger
Johnger
Dodger
John
Leap Year Law and February Twenty Ninth Explained
The Albany Law Journal explains leap year rules noting that the 28th and 29th of February are treated as one day for legal purposes. Indiana recent Supreme Court ruling affirmed that both leap day dates count as a single day for service, contracts, and instruments.
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Albany Law Journal
Indiana
Supreme Court
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