Iowa State College and Public School Noted in Des Moines Area
The passage describes a public school in Des Moines Iowa and the surrounding farming lands. It notes the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts annually enrolling about a hundred students and highlights a well appointed public school building.
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Oe Mechelen
Chicago
North Moines
Voce Hs
Minneapolis
Des Moines
Iowa
Ae Seth
Iowa State College of Agricult and Mechanic Arta
Christmas Tree Bridge
A German-town banker Carl Rutter longs for a simple home not riches. He finds Elsa, a widow he loves from the other side of town, and they marry on Christmas Eve with a bright cottage tree full of gifts. The story ends hopeful for a family to come.
Bonds Across Generations: Old Folks and Children Alike
An essay notes the mutual benefits of homes with both old and young, describing how elders share wisdom and humor with children while children bring joy to aging hearts. It contrasts harmonious homes with sour elders who scold and fear of play, urging patience and empathy as life lessons move through generations.
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Grandpa
Grandma
German Housekeeping Schools and Husband Codes
A satirical piece surveys German housekeeping training and domestic routines. It parades a woman’s plan to teach German matronly efficiency, then lists marital and household tips in a humorous tone, contrasting German ideals with English domestic life as described by a Pall Mall Gazette writer.
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Pall Mall Gazette
England
Germany
Curious case of man who thinks he powers the world
The Superintendent recalls a patient who imagines he is the motive power behind global events. He is described as harmless yet deluded about his essential role, a notion echoed by a wife who jokes her husband shares the same belief. A California Maverick remark accompanies the exchange.
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Insane Asylum
California
Maverick
Comical Bedroom Debate Over Bureau Fitting
A husband and wife argue over fitting the bedroom with no bureau. He insists on a bureau for his collar button, while she objects to its space, leading to the joke that the button is never kept in the bureau but under it, and the room awaits the return of the bureau or shirt neck-band buttons.
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Elsa
Carl
Chicago Herald
Aroud
Bureau
Untler
Lulu
L. F
Washington
Congress
Samuel F. B. Morse
New York
United States
Morse
Secretary of the Treasury
F. O. J. Smith
Alfred Vail
George Vail
Prof
Baltimore
Mother Earth
George Wood
Smith
Capitol
Louis F. Banitzinger
Seventh Street
City Post Office
General Postoffice
William Linton
J. W. Lugenbeel
New Orleans
John W. Lugenbeel
Fred Koons
James Towers
Llewellyn Washington
William Macfeely
Messrs
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Lambert Tree
Illinois
Belgium
Providence
Gerstwecker
Arkansas
Oswald
Gardner
Chicago
Kansas
San Francisco
Rawyer
Groner Stosson
Dayton
Minn
Ogdensburg
George
Slessen
Eénki
Rainwater versus flannel and the talk of toilet powders
A Boston Traveler cor representative notes two women argue over complexion care using rainwater versus warm-water flannel, with outdoor exercise cited. warns against powder routines that mask reality. It adds household tips and a humorous aside on husbands and morning papers. Also reports on oils and metals testing showing mineral oil has the least effect on metals and various fixed oils act differently on iron brass tin zinc lead copper and others.
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Washington Cor
Boston Traveler
Journal of Chemicalndustry
Secret Service pursuit of a Washington leak in 1863
A Civil War-era account recalls Secret Service efforts to sniff out official traitors in Washington. A notable dragnet follows a disguised private secretary and a suspicious widow, leading to arrests, confessions, and a perilous trail of clues across the capital.
Sad stories from Berlin reflect social decline and reforms
Berlin faces rising public charity with over 150000 recipients from a 1200000 population. Divorce rates climb to 15 percent, church attendance falls to 2 percent, and many funerals occur without religious rites. Women seek work, lodging houses and benevolent shelters appear, and a ladies' society aids women up to 35, while protections for girls up to 18 are discussed.
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Berlin
New York
England
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West House
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