Lipton Returns Home and Boone Talks Parks and Costs
The piece notes Sir Thomas Lipton’s departure and a Boone Republican observer in the park discusses land shortages in Boone. He speculates on an ordinance similar to Boston’s ten dollar fines for kissing in public and suggests Boone could cut rates to twenty cents to pave streets, settle water debts, buy utilities, establish colleges, and still earn interest.
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Boone Republican
Boone
Boston
Chicago plans International Live Stock Exposition growth
Chicago eyes a record International Live Stock Exposition to top prior shows. Officials cite 33 million dollars of stock handled at Union Stock Yards last year and 70 000 carloads brought to Chicago by the Chicago & Northwestern. The event aims to educate and raise breed standards, boosting producers' profits. details and rail rates to be announced soon.
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Chicago
Union Stock Yards
Chicago & Northwestern
Union
The
International
Building Iowa State Farm Machinery Building Urged by Experts
Professor Curtiss welcomes Elwood Mead on cooperation for a new four story farm mechanics and agricultural engineering building at Iowa State College Ames. Mead cites Europe as model and notes drainage expertise, and cites dramatic labor savings from machinery dating 1830 to 1900 under U S agriculture.
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Curtiss
Division of Agriculture
Iowa State College
Elwood Mead
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Department of Farm Mechanics
Ames
Europe
Germany
Berlin
England
Africa
Australia
Elliott
Zinthee
Dakota
Extwoop
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Ames Times-Roland Record hires Exchange staffer
Tony Stueland, previously in the Record office for two months, joins the Ames Times-Roland Record in a move seen as a straightforward change. In a northern county a set of 19 claims out of 1000 filed against the government were allowed, with the claim set at 125 per acre.
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Tony Stueland
Record
Ames Times
Roland Record
Story City Herald
Langland Returns From Iowa City Hospital
Langland came back home last week after a long hospital stay in Iowa City where he spent most of the summer. He remains very feeble and recovery prospects are not as favorable as friends hope.
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Langland
Iowa City
Roland
Pigs for Sale Duroc Jersey Breeds Inquiry
Thoroughbred Duroc Jersey pigs, both sexes offered. Inquire of H Goodnow, southwest of college. Ad indicates age 4 weeks and 4 weeks old.
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Poland
China
Goodnow
South West of College
Dailey Moves to Telegraph Superintendent Role
G W Dailey formerly assistant superintendent of the Iowa Division on the C and NW line has been named superintendent of telegraph for the Chicago system. His headquarters are now in Chicago, previously in Boone.
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G. W. Dailey
Iowa
C & NW
Chicago
Boone
Maxwell roller mills change hands again
F W McClintock purchased Maxwell roller mills from George Pring on Monday. McClintock, known in the local livery business, will run the mill in his typical enterprising style. Pring’s plans remain unknown, with hopes he stays in the city.
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Maxwell Roller Mills
F. W. McClintock
George Pring
McClintock
Pring
Maxwell Tribune
Miller & Miller to open large scale store in Iowa Center
Maxwell Tribune notes Miller and Miller plan a new store at Iowa Center expected to open next week with a large stock and big operation. The move will expand local business and, given their energy, should prove a success for Iowa Center residents.
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Miller & Miller
Iowa Center
Maxwell Tribune
Mrs Perkins and Mrs Han negan Visit Ames Farmers Daughter
Mrs W A Perkins and Mrs W Han negan of Ames have been in the city for a week visiting the farmer's daughter. Mrs W J Logan of 308 West Nevada street returned home Monday evening.
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W A. Perkins
W Hannegan
Ames
W. J.logan
West
Nevada Street
Times- Republican
Bible Prophecy Cited On Automobile Image By Watchman
A Watchman cites a passage from Nahum predicting chariots racing streets and broadways like torches, running like lightning. The note frames the comparison as a prophetic sign of the automobile’s arrival.
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Broadways
Women eye Iowa county recorder post in growing push
The Cherokee Democrat notes an increasing disposition among Iowa women to seek the county recorder role. It quotes the Times-Republican suggesting that if women fill the office, there will be no need for keeping records, as once told, all will know it.
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Cherokee Democrat
Iowa
Republican
Chicago germs swim Atlantic to boost typhoid trade
The St. Louis Republic comments on Chicago asserting typhoid germs cannot survive a 250 mile drainage canal trip, while noting stubborn germ resilience to travel abroad and form a “germ trust” that could grow foreign typhoid fever business.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Windy City
Atlantic Ocean
Europe
St. Louis Republic
Swamp Act Case Moves Toward Nevada Trial
A U S land inspector examined swamp claims in Story City on Tuesday gathering evidence for a damage suit against the U S government set for trial in Nevada on October 20. The case centers on Hitt of Chicago and 312 30 acre tracts under the Swamp Act. The progress of the case will be watched with interest.
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United States
Story City
U.S
Nevada
Hitt
Chicago
Judge Frees Tom Jorstad in Liquor Charge
Tom Jorstad was released on the charge of selling intoxicating liquor contrary to law due to lack of evidence. The case, tried before Justice Johnson, had County Attorney Underwood for the state and A L Bartlett for the defendant, Story City Herald.
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Tom Jorstad
Ancient Disease and the Early History of Smallpox
The piece surveys the literary and medical history of smallpox from Rhazes the Arab physician to its first appearance in the Abyssinian army during Mecca’s Elephants War. It cites Tabari on the legend of stones and birds and notes ancient diagnoses and remedies including chess for melancholy.
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Europe
Abu Bekker Mohammed Ben Zechariah
Rhazes
Rai
Greenhill
Abraha
Mecca
Tabari
The Rooster and Hen Spar Over Love
A playful exchange between a rooster and hen centers on love and loyalty. The rooster pledges to endure fire and water for the hen, while the hen dismisses his effort noting his fear of water and burned feathers.
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Rooster
Puck
Gossip and Complaints Mark Har Trend in Atchison Globe
A brief quip from the Atchison Globe notes that gossip can resemble Har and that a man who constantly complains fits this pattern, illustrating a social observation from the paper.
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Atchison Globe
Light as a corrective against abuses in darkness
The passage equates light with truth, claiming it exposes a thousand wrongs and abuses that thrive in darkness and vanish when confronted by daylight. It uses natural imagery like owls and bats to illustrate the clearing effect of transparency.
Fancies of Students and the Paralyzed Belief
A London Tit-Bits anecdote recalls a medical student who feared paralysis. A prank involving slippers left him certain his feet were immobile, causing a dramatic morning call that ended in relieved laughter.
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London
Irish Wit in Donegal Village Note Style
The London Chronicle relays an Irish shop scene where a Saxon visitor asks for peppermint lozenges and is met with the Irish habit of gentle evasive humor. The shopkeeper avoids direct pricing and finally gives a playful reply, keeping the exchange light.
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London Chronicle
Donegal
Care of the Cat Advice from Good Housekeeping
Instructions on feeding cats include avoiding raw meat for kittens and avoiding cold milk. Use lukewarm water, lightly cooked meat, small pieces, and provide fresh water. Prefer liver sparingly and include fresh fish occasionally. note cats benefit from balanced, moderate diet.
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Iver
Alwis
Injuries Reported After Auto Collision Weds in Town
Puck reports injuries from a street collision yesterday. Moike Monahan was knocked down by a car and suffered a broken jaw. Conley Troth and another man were hurt, with the vehicle owner also noted as injured.
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Casey
Moike Monahan
Conley
Moike
Puck
Sarcastic Reply Amid Marriage Proposal
A Chicago Record-Herald fragment shows a woman responding to a marriage proposal with sarcasm, noting the suitor “looked like” a Chinaman. The quick exchange highlights dated ethnic humor and social expectations of the era.
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Chicago Record-Herald
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