Ames Iowa Des Moines Road Jurisdiction
Ames lies at the Chicago and North Western Railroad junction with the Des Moines and Minneapolis Road thirty six miles north of Des Moines Iowa. It is the seat of Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts with an annual enrollment of several hundred students. The town has a well appointed public school and a large commodious public school building. Surrounding farming lands are productive and yield abundant fruits of the soil and orchard.
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Ames
Chicago and North- Western Railroad
Des Moines
Minneapolis
Iowa
Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Burial of the baby at the Cotton Factory Times
The narrator mourns a buried infant and recalls memories while noting relief that the child’s fate spares future troubles. Grandparent travel and a peaceful home awaiting reunion frame a solemn family reflection on loss and hope.
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Cotton Factory Times
Financial Success at Aunt Susans and a Wedding Bargain
Abbie Gladding faces family scorn for her looks and independence. She runs away to seek work, learns egg gathering and cart driving, earns trust of farmer families, and returns with Loren Ingersoll as her fiancé, defying her mother’s plans.
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Mr. Gladding
Retta
Abbie
Maud
Mabel
Abigail
Papa
Carl
Mother
Mr. Ingersoll
Maude
Susan
Sue
John
Tom
Mamma
Papaso
Camwood
Ruther
Tildy
Paps
Hanner
Susie
William
Loren Ingersoll
Mrs. Brayley
Mrs. Ingersoll
Chicago Ledger
Industrial Training Across France Austria Highlight Programs
The New York Times surveys how France funds sixty five evening art schools and Austria runs eighty four trade schools. It notes widespread free instruction, extensive weaving, wood and metal trades, and design training shaping industrial progress.
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New York Times
France
Austria
Paris
Tyrol
Austra
Germany
Westphalia
A Man Will Die For Principle, Yet Not Live For It
A reflective line on the paradox of principle urging sacrifice, yet contrasting with the struggle to truly live by those beliefs. It examines motive and the cost of steadfast conviction.
Pretty Little Maids and a Bachelor’s Reason for Not Getting Married
A fragmented collection of satirical notes on marriage age and gender roles. The piece cites a Columbus Dispatch line about maids and maidens and includes a Philadelphia Call reflection on late marriage. It contemplates how inquiry erodes chivalry and explores perceptions of women as wives amid rising bachelor independence.
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Ida
Humorous Vignettes on Matrimony and Odd Eyed Tales
A collage of lighthearted quips about marriage and divorce from various newspapers. A Boston Post remark on impossible feats by men, a St Paul Herald jab about a gossiping wife, and a Texas Steifings joke about divorce and feeling unmanned. Also a Cleveland Plain Dealer vignette about vagrancy and support, plus Americas man with cat eye.
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Boston Post
Legal Counsel Urges Continuation Of Suit Despite Advice
In a Boston Transcript excerpt, a lawyer insists the client must fight the suit to preserve reputation and calls previous informal counsel different from official advice, as the client recalls differing guidance given earlier.
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Boston Transcript
Sinking in age his memory yields no benefit to man
An archaic line reflects on Tuoves sinking age and suggests that only the virtuous gain lasting value. The excerpt condemns vanity and affirms that long life is earned through virtuous conduct.
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Helly Silvester
Lancet
Tuoves
Husband Refutes Accusation After Public-House Sightings
In a tense domestic exchange Benton denies prolonged tavern visit after his wife asserts she saw him at a public-house. The dialogue hints at strain and potential infidelity rumors without concluding consequences.
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Benton
Dentists Pull Together When Partners
When two dentists partner they rarely quarrel and pull together as a united practice. The saying notes harmony and shared effort in managing their dental business and patient care.
Dickens Reckless Mischief on the Sea Front
An Englishwoman's Magazine tale recounts Charles Dickens pursuing a moonlit coastal prank. The narrative details a tidal risk as he drags a companion toward the jetty, culminating in a near drowning, wardrobe wreckage, and a humorous yet alarming episode exchanged in the publication.
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Dickens
Englishwoman's Magazine
Times
E. P
L'Rd
Mrs. Dickens
Mr. Dickens
Charles
How Webster Saw The Sea-Serpent In Thoreau's Summer
The tale recounts Daniel Webster sailing from Manomet toward Duxbury with Peterson when a sea serpent crossed the bow at a close range. After the encounter Webster warned Peterson to avoid mentioning evaporation and reflected on natural phenomena from Burrill's experiments. A humorous exchange about sweet potatoes and a prince’s effect on hospitality ends with a meditation on fondness after separation.
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Thoreau
Daniel Webster
Webster
Plymouth
Manomet
Duxbury
Peterson
Burrill
Illinois
Girl Found Safe After Overnight Hideaway Under Tree
A McKean County child aged about eleven vanished while playing in a yard in the Quintupé oil tract mountains. After a nightlong search, she was found beneath a fallen tree inside a leafy bed with crockery and a kitten, happily declaring the house was being kept.
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George Moore
Quintupé
McKean County
Pennsylvania
New York Sun
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