Publisher notice on subscription rates
Fragmentary publisher notice lists subscription options including one copy for one year at 81.50 and six months at 1.00, with a condition for Story Century subscribers paid in advance. Mentions paper sending from the city and out of state distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Em "Ammste
Chicago and North- Western Railroad
Des Moines
Minneapolis
Iowa
Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Advertising Rates for Local Cards and Classifieds
Advertising rates listed for local merchants include five line cards yearly at 500 dollars, standing ads changeable monthly by inch, and 10 cents per line for first insertion with 5 cents per line for each additional insertion under contract. Weekly changes apply to 500 lines at 25 dollars and 1200 lines at 50 dollars.
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Si Sanss
Calm land beyond the Sea and a murder mystery
A reflective piece opens with longing for the calm land beyond the sea, mingled with a grim narrative of a mysterious murder. A narrator claims a brooch bears the killer’s portrait and recounts encounters with detectives, a seaside hotel meeting, and a dramatic accusation tied to a stranger.
The Ladies Health and Engagement Customs
A columnist mixes health advice for women with social guidance on engagement behavior. It lauds tricycling for whole body fitness, warns against overtaxing housework, and urges balance to avoid nervous fatigue. It also narrates an engaged couple conversation on boundaries and public propriety.
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America
Daughters of America
War reminiscences of coffee and marches by soldiers
A heterogeneous collection of veterans' reflections on Civil War campaigns, camp life, and marches. It recalls coffee rituals, hard tack, thirst, sleep deprivation, and the psychological pull of home while detailing march routines and combat memories through personal anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dives
Hell
Local Notables Listed in Richmond Chamberlain Directory
A partial roster lists C. EF. Haverly G. H. Maxwell H Westerman A Perkins among Richmond figures. Names appear in a historical directory section, indicating prominent local residents or officials.
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A. Richmond
van Chamberlain
C. EF. Haverly
G. H. Maxwell
H. Westerman
A. Perkins
Church Schedule Notice by Pastor Everly
Services held weekly with morning and evening worship every Sunday. Sunday School at noon. Prayer meeting every Wednesday at 7 30 p m. Pastor H J Everly leads and conducts the services.
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Nervices
H. J. Everly
H. W. Wilson
E. C. Moulton
A Poets Father
George Crabbe grew up amid a feared father who quarrelled at the tavern and cast plates when displeased. His gentle mother shaped Crabbe while the elder's reading aloud and library interests sparked the poet in him, especially Civilian science notes from Martin's Magazine and occasional poetry pages he hid and learned by heart.
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George Crabbe
Crabbe
Young
Milton
Martin
Philosophical Magazine
Temple Bar
Prussian Deputy Attacks Memory Of Burgomaster
The article quotes Herr Von Ziedemann accusing a Posen burgomaster of forgetfulness about washing. It then contrasts Parisian women who allegedly never wash, detailing a yearly transformation by an emailleuse for 2009 francs, creating a frozen, expressionless beauty once admired at court.
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Chamber of Deputies
Herr von Ziedemann
Posen
Emailleuse
Mme
Rachel
Vossiche Zeitung
Education by Baseball Pitcher Destiny
A boy asks if teachers are poor and if he will be. The father, after twenty five years teaching, reveals his plan to provide life insurance and educate his son as a baseball pitcher rather than a schoolteacher. The exchange reveals humor and ambition framed by a Chicago Tribune note.
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Villian
Max Duncker
Herodotus
Egypt
B. C
Memphis
Ptah
Lord
Truth
Father
Berlin
God
Heaven
Earth
Taw
Gettysburg
Pickett
LaSalle Corbell
Chuckatuck
Nansemond County
Virginia
General Pickett
Chicago Tribune
Bandbox Johnnie redeems a recruit's harsh image at Cedar’s fight
A veteran recalls Bandbox Johnnie a stylish adjutant mocked as a fop. At Stone River Cedars his bold ride on horseback with sword and pistol steadied a wavering brigade, proving courage under fire when many officers faltered.
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Stone River
The
Cedars
Band Music on the Battlefield at Dinwiddie Court House
Edward P. Tobie recalls Civil War scenes after Appomattox as the Maine Cavalry band and a Confederate band engage in a musical duel. The exchange of Yankee Doodle Dixie Red White and Blue and Bonnie Blue Flag stirs troops and patriotism amid fighting. This moment stands out as the only time Tobie notes such battlefield music.
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Edward P. Tobie
First Maine Cavalry
Concord
N. H
Appomattox
Dinwiddie Court House
Parson Brownlow Lecture Sparks Local Complaints
In a small town a debate erupts over admission prices for Parson Brownlow’s lecture. A wealthy resident heckles that Brownlow should not be paid, while a bystander suggests donating to a dismissed captain instead, highlighting local patriotism and public sentiment.
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Parson Brownlow
J. T
Humorous Retorts From Wardrobe to Worldly Wits
A collection of witty quips from Chambers' Journal featuring sharp exchanges. A young lady disputes humbug with a lord and outwits a glove returner. A cavalier notes God and Commonwealth split. Prologue sermons by Adam and Low yield surprising success. An amateur artist seeks charity, but a Scotch critic mocks the blind asylum.
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Page
Cromwell
Commonwealth of England
God
Commonwealth
Adam
Low
Chambers’ Journal
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Yelligence
Anty UN
Ames
Official Directory
C. G. McCarthy
Hunary Winsey, JR
Geo. W. Dyza
J. A. Milis
J. M. Incram
Onerie
DEA, Matchell
Nurveyor
Mosterres
Board OF Supervisors
J. Q. BurcEss
Lincoln
Antony Has
Collins
R. Ballard
Howard
Land
Sea
Frederica W. Fader
Jesus
Brand OF Cain
H. 8. Keller
Mie Th
Empire State
Atlantic
Andi
Jove
Nature
Cain
Ambrose Smith
Big Spring
Mr. Smith
Inyo Independent
Manmai
Colored Knights of Labor
South
Sergeant Alex, Blackburn
Johnnie
Yank
James Franklin Fitts
Pen Crowninshield
Massachusetts Cavalry
Aglay
Ohio” Sutler
Ezekiel
Ohio
Dunning
Company J
Fellers
John Hunt
W. C. Hickman
Nelsonville, Onto
George E. Pickett
Richmond
West Point
Mexico
Vera Cruz
City of Mexico
Contreras
Churubusco
Chapultepec
Cold Harbor
Five Forks
Norfolk, Va
Mrs. Pickett
Battle of
George E. Pikett
Hare
Texas
Boston Post
New Haven News
Congress
Bill Nye
Deacon Buerag
Norristown Herald
Boston Transcript
Polo Grounds
Mr. Day
I MJ
Chamberlain
C. Shockley
L. van Dusen
Ea Be Council
Methodist Episcopal
Baptist
Masonic
Acadia Lodge NO
A. F. and
A. Masons
M. C. Jones
W. M. Cau Gippines
United Workmen
MES Lodge
U. W. No
G. A. Mereditii
G. A. Allsworth
G. A. R. Tiall
E. Duncan
E. Haverty
Adj
Cat Gippines
Q. M
Ellsworth Relief Corps No
G. A. R. Hall
Geppes
Conpit
Sec’y
Jones
Treas
M. J. Smith
Ttorney
Atlaw
Stevens
New Block
Geo. A. Underwood
ATA Law
U. S
District of Iowa
Union National Bank
D. McCarthy
Collec Rion
J. L. Stevens
Dyer & Fitchpatrick
United States
Opera Block
Nevada
H. M. Templeton
Towa
Westerman’s Drug Pitows
C. A. Beverly
Fyeexctos
E. Church
Story County
E. B. Plumb
West House
City Drug Store
Chas. E. Hunt
Wyentist
Oo. M. Sopper
Agent
Travelers’ Insurance
Paris
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