Moines and Minneapolis Row Near Center of Iowa College
The passage notes Moines and Minneapolis as a northern row near the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. It mentions a well appointed public school and a large school building amid productive farming lands surrounding the city yielding abundant fruits from sil and orchard.
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Moines
Minneapolis
Dex Moine
Lowe
Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arta
Congregational Services Announced by Pastor Moulton
Congregational services scheduled with Sunday morning worship at 10 45 and Sunday evening at 7 30. Sunday School follows the morning service. A prayer meeting is set for Wednesday evening at 7 30 led by Pastor E C Moulton.
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Hrvices
Cormian
H. W. Wilson
Cnervices
E.C. Moulton
Attorney Admits Practice in State and Federal Courts
D. A. U. attorney and counsellor at law lists practice in all state courts and U S courts for the district. Office atceri er National Bank.
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D. A. U . Prorney
Ane
U. S
Cer
SF Cetion National Bank
D. McCarthy
J. L. Stevens
Ames, Iowva
United States
Iowa
Nevada
Angel and Demon in a Dream Voyage through Ledger Cave
A narrator recalls a surreal expedition led by Bob into Ledger Cave. They scramble through rock passages to a gasping chamber of fossils and stalactites that evoke music and myth, ending with a spectral female figure and monks before waking to the porter’s call.
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Bob
Hawk
Rocky Mountain
Danai
Mammoth Cave
Ledger Cave
Nature
Rome
Wonderful Adventure Scene on a Westward Train
A traveler aboard the Council Bluffs Express waits minutes before boarding. Buckskin Bob guides a perilous prairie journey full of Indians, buffalo, and wild camp life. They share a potent juniper whisky as night shadows fall and the adventure darkens into a fog of memory.
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Depot C
R. I
Council Bluffs Express
Meteoric Thunder and Diabetes Cures Reported
A French physician Dr Martineau claims to cure sixty seven of seventy diabetes cases with a lithia carbonate and arseniate of soda solution. Meteoric thunder described as air rush causing heat and sonic effects rather than explosions. Notes on meteors cite speeds and temperatures, with phrases on atmospheric friction and perceived thunder.
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M. Hirn
Martineau
Budget of Entertaining Gossip Relating to Tender Sex
Feminine characteristics discussed with satire and humor. A light moralizing piece on domestic life includes a joke about a handkerchief and a postage stamp, reflecting social norms and marital roles. The piece appears in a humorous column aimed at fair readers.
A Great Principle Involved
Dialogue from the Boston Record shows Reginald and Dorothy debating a moral dilemma over a trifle. The exchange centers on whether removing a neighbor's view is a moral act, with a humorous twist about a hat and theater cloves.
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Reginald
Dorothy
Boston Record
Love and quarrel end in playful reconciliation
A comic exchange between a wife and husband follows a minor spat. She tests his affection, he insists he loves her madly, then warns her to stop. She smiles, pleased, as the couple settles after the affectionate outburst. Boston Courier.
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Boston Courier
Boston
Hanover Street
Elm Street
English middle class women praised for health and virtue
The article celebrates English middle class women as healthy, active, and charitable wives and mothers. It praises their outdoor leisure, household management with multiple servants, and charitable work, viewing them as a stabilizing force in British society. It contrasts them with American domestic norms and lauds their practical, devout conduct.
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England
Saratoga
America
British Empire
Home Journal
Four Catch Pickerel Despite Rain Soaked Clothes
Four people caught a pickerel and wrapped it in waterproof gear, getting soaked to the skin by rain, yet the fish stayed dry. The incident is reported in the San Francisco Chronicle.
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San Francisco Chronicle
How to Keep the Hands Soft
Advice from The Analyst on hand care outlines lukewarm water with ammonia or borax, oatmeal for whitening, and glycerine at night with gloves. It notes risks of glycerine on some skins, suggests dry oatmeal, and proposes white of egg with alum, Roman paste, and lemon as effective alternatives.
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H. Longwell
Port Hudson
JT. W. Sherman
Tecumseh
Poe
Paul
Gettysburg
Albany
Louisiana
Fort Saratoga
Waington
Abram Chappell
William Sipples
Morel Sturges
Sturges
General Sherman
J. F. Fitta
Chicago Ledger
Women Fish On Rainy Days And Other miscellanies
A humorous piece describes women braving rain for shopping and fishing, then shifts to reflections on hotel menus and multilingual bills of fare. It cites Maine anglers and a punchy anecdote about a soaked pickerel, followed by musings on language, taste, and the style of hotel menus in America.
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United States
Carpenter’s Union
Charles Dudley Warner
Harper's Magazine
The Beneficial Affection and Life Extension
A short philosophical note by Bacon praising beneficial affection as a virtue that prolongs life when not overused. It emphasizes moderation and the uplifting power of hope and positive feeling in human health.
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Bacon
Bullets and Bayonets in a Civil War Scene
A Chicago Ledger poem recounts Pickett s Charge at Gettysburg with dramatic war imagery. The veteran narrator describes lines of gray on the hillside, gunfire, explosions, and the flag flying as a symbol of freedom.
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Grand Cid
Chicago Ledger
Wounds and wonders from Port Hudson battles recalled
The narrator recalls Civil War injuries from Port Hudson and elsewhere, detailing surgeons baffled by case after case. He notes amputations, delayed deaths, and miraculous recoveries, with examples from Lt. Col. George Lewis to General Halbert E. Paine, and odd survivals defying medical expectation.
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Port Hudson
George Lewis
Twelfth Connecticut
New Orleans
Cedar Creek
Connecticut
St. James Hospital
Clinton Medbury
Medbury
James
Carter
Wisconsin
Halbert E. Paine
Sith
Milwaukee
Congress
Winchester
Mosby
Mississippi
Ort Hudson
Elisha B. Smith
One Hundred and Fourteenth
New York
Bisland
Battle of
Blunders and Bravery Mark Chickamauga Aftermath
General D. H. Hill notes the failure to pursue at Chickamauga as the great blunder, while Forrest presses the retreat and Rosecrans withdraws. The piece contrasts Confederate resolve with Union disarray, and labels the victory as barren for the South. It also previews Taine on Napoleon's fiery temper and impulsive decisions.
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McDowell
Icksburg
Joiellan
Richmond
Front Royal
Strasburg
Jackson
Fremont
Bolivar Heights
Harper's Ferry
Winchester
Srasburg
Port Republic
Cross Keys
Dune
Tyler
Phil Sheridan
Sheridan
D. H. Hill
Chickamauga
Forrest
Foriet
Bray
Rosecrams
Zistin
Chattanooga
Tower of the Rea
Georgia
Longstreet
Lee
Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte
Revue Des Deus Mondes
M. Taine
Napoleon
de Pradt
Volney
Josephine
St. Cloud
Berthier
Talleyrand
St. Augustine
Paris
A Hideous Museum of Death Heads and Skeletons
A Parisian collector maintains a macabre museum of death featuring marble, wood, and stone skulls and skeletons. The display includes medieval rosary beads with skeletal faces and a highly artistic skeleton figure in a pose of removing the conqueror Worm from its own bones.
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Iowas
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Tam
Love
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Chester County
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Miss Carter
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Robert
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Navy
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W. B. Leary
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Hallowell
Northern Virginia
TeverHone
Delphia Call
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Harper’s Bazar
Washington
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