Turkeys and Thanksgiving Spirits Across Missouri to Istanbul
An observer recalls driving 5,000 turkeys to market in historic Missouri country settings, notes wild and domestic flocks, and explains turkey origins. The piece then shifts to a Thanksgiving in Plymouth and a portside Turkish celebration with diplomats, naval crews, and a nine days’ recognition of gratitude aboard a seafaring vessel.
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Judge Hartzler
Brookfield
Brunswick
Missouri
America
Turka
New England
Plymouth
Plymouth Town
Massachusetts
Thanksgiving Aboard the Alliance in the Bosphorus
The 135 man crew of the United States ship Alliance celebrated Thanksgiving in Constantinople. Turks and other foreign ships joined the feast with lavish cooking, decorations, and a rainbow flags arch. The captain received greetings from Ottoman officials including the Sultan, illustrating strong U S Ottomon ties and a contrast to home celebrations.
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United States Ship Alliance
Bosphorus
Constantinople
Adrianople
Perth
Paris
Crimea
Dardanelles
United States
Ottoman Empire
Scutari
Angel of Mercy
Florence Nightingale
Prince's Islands
Sea of Marmora
Pal
Observations on People Laughs and Notions of Wealth
A string of satirical maxims on laughter, wealth, virtue, and social pretensions. The quips note how people judge others by appearances from lumbago to funerary inscriptions, and warn against misreading motives in hard times and in distant cultures.
The Old Game of Temptation Ends With a Box
Miss Fannie Lomer recalls a party encounter with Gus Simpson. He proposed marriage after a playful bet and then revealed he took No 9s, laughing, leaving her in tears as she recounted the tale.
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Fannie Lomer
Fannie
Gus Simpson
Pointed Paragraphs from the Chicago News
A collection of witticisms and aphorisms on love luck dogs and manners. The quips contrast caution in men with expectations of women and humor about marriage, loyalty and curiosity in everyday life.
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Chicago News
Mother Eve
Office over Gamble's Drug Store in Iowa
Classified notice notes contact details for a the office above Gamble's Drug Store with phone numbers 121 M for office and 133 3 for residence, plus Mutual phone line office 199.
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Gamble’s
Iowa
Mutual
Keating
Odd Fellows Iowa
Onondaga
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Evelyn Cahoon
Linn County
Linn
Dolma Bagtsche
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Golden Horn
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Muezzin
Galata
Robert College
Horace Maynard
Austen Henry Layard
Hobart Pasha
Archibald Forbes
Turkey
Stanley Dubois
Atchison Globe Lights
C. E. Hunt
Ames
G. J. Snyder
DR. T. S. Rice
B. F. Nickerson
General Cement Contractor
The
Iowa Association of Cement Users
A. B. Maxwell, M. D
Koower’s Grocery
Ames, Iowa
J. F. Tilden
Cc. G. Tilden, M. D
C. F. Temple
C. L. Waltmire
Bell
C. H. Pasley
Ames, Lowa
M. J. Adams
Bembalmer
Daniel McCarthy
J. Y. Lurs
McCarthy & Luke
Attorneys-At-Law
Story County Bank
A. W. Crary
M. D
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Crary Bros. Hardware
Seventh and
Story Street
Boone, Iowa
Union National Bank
W. M. Greeley
B. W. Stanton
Henry Wilson
C. L. Biverly
Nelson & Nible
Bower & MacCartney
Parley Sheldon
B. J. Sheldon
Cash
A. Keenan
Knauth
Nachod & Kahne
New York
National Bank of Commerce
First National Bank
Chicago
Des Moines Savings Bank
Des Moines
Marshalltown
Judisch Bros
Green’s Furnaces
Colonial Furnace
A. L. White
Frank E. Morris
E. F. Posegate
Kennedy
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