Iowa City Summary of Iowa State College and Surrounding Area
Amxs located on the Chicago and Northwestern line near De Moines and Minneapolis Road about thirty five miles north of Des Moines. The Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts sits in the state capital and hosts hundreds of students. The area features a well appointed public school and a large modern school building. Farmland nearby is productive with abundant fruit and orchard yields.
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Chicago
de Moines
Minneapolis
Dex Moines
Iowa
Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Schoel Buiding
Return to the Valley Poem Echoes From Abroad
The speaker contemplates returning to a cherished valley as voices urge a return to old home. Though olives, vines, and old loves loom in memory, the narrator travels across the sea finding only graves, sunlit sod, and a quiet peace that lost things may be found in God. Good Words
Capitola's Hero and the Brave Doctor at Westville
Capitola Stern witnesses as Dr. John Benton saves a lunatic during a cliffside moment and later rescues ward five from a fire. Benton is burned and blinded, but Capitola vows love and supports him as they marry after a long recovery.
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Westville
Society
Capitola Stern
Asylum Grounds
Miss Capitola
Claude Aultman
John Benton
Dr. Claude
Capitola
Miss Stern
Dr. Benton
John
Claude
Benton
Doctor Benton
BREMINISCENCES OF PUBLIC MEN AND SOCIAL WABLES
A collage of vignettes from 19th century social life and public figures. Anecdotes include Capt. Bassett’s snuff boxes for the Senate, the Jefferson theatrical lineage in Washington, and remarks on flirtation and love making. The piece blends satire with memoir style notes on manners and public behavior.
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Capt. Bassett
Senate
Daniel Webster
Filmore
Bassett
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Jeffersons
Washington City
Joe
Louisiana Avenue
City Hall
John Jefferson
Tommy Tompkins
Polly Popkins
Tommy
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Polly
Booth
Rolla
Rip van Winkle
Joe Jefferson
Clark Mills
Washington
Capitol
Hale
New Hampshire
Committee On the Library
Pearce
New England States
Kentucky
Italy
South Carolina
The Tender Sex and School of Love for Young Women
A Victorian style essay warns graduates about waiting for romance and urges pursuit of personal development. It contrasts financial dependency with self improvement in music, art, and elocution, then emphasizes practical household skills, sewing, cooking, and independence over chasing a husband. It champions education and self-reliance.
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Papa
Ellie
George Eliot
Mrs. Browning
Marion Harland
Mrs. Henderson
Europe
Revenue
A Coincidence. Mater Pulchra
A fragment from New York Graphic presents a dialogue between Filia Pulchrior and her mother about a neglectful husband, noting his frequent club visits and rare presence at home.
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Mater Pulchra
Filia Pulchrior
New York Graphic
Dialogue Snippet Ends Debate With Grim Metaphor
In a terse exchange, the Head of the House voices firm opposition to a movement and pledges to stop it, while Young Hopeful offers a drastic yet comic solution by suggesting letting a mouse in among them.
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Harper’s Bazar
Ecuador Indians Sell Only In Market Places
A narrator notes that Ecuadorian indigenous people do not sell goods on the road. They travel with produce but trade only where they habitually do in town markets. An old woman with pineapples refused 10 cent offer, insisting on selling in town.
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Guatemala
Ecuador
Robert Collyer on Dyspepsia and Poverty
The Cincinnati Commercial recounts Robert Collyer reflecting on family hardship under $4.50 weekly income. He recalls oatmeal and milk, scarce meat, Sunday soup, and a ritual where who drank more soup got more meat, illustrating frugal upbringing and how it shaped his view of digestion.
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Robert Collyer
Cincinnati
We all dig our graves with our teeth
An aphoristic remark reflects on self-damaging habits framed as a grim metaphor. The line highlights personal accountability and the consequences of choices, delivered in a stark, almost literary voice.
Motmot Decorates Tail Feathers Like Lawn Tennis Bats
The motmot displays striking natural beauty with blue and green plumage and a crest. It adds an artificial touch by trimming its two middle tail feathers to resemble lawn tennis bats, sometimes misjudging which feathers to trim, as noted by J. C. Beard in Harper's Magazine.
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London Society
Waterton
J. C. Beard
Harper's Magazine
Spunky Tip the kitten's long journey to a new home
A kitten named Spunky Tip recalls birth in the woods and a near drowning during a rain. A little girl rescued it, kept it in a flannel wrap, then in a wagon for twenty miles. The girl later adopted a sister kitten and the pair played, while a brother sometimes mistreated the kitten. The cat grew ill until a comforting home took its place.
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Tip
Anna
Philadelphia
Cail
Judas who will take money by any means described
A charged remark labels a person as a Judas who will accept money by any means, implying betrayal for financial gain.
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Judas
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South Side
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Story County
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West House
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Ames Intelligencer
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Popular Science Monthly
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