Eloped couple wed as Rockwell seeks daughter
Story County report notes J F Smith of Rockwell searched Wednesday for his daughter Zola who eloped with Ivan Davis. The couple married last Friday by Mayor Meekins of St Anthony. Smith persuaded Zola to return. Davis reportedly left. Ralph Lefever faces prosecutions for perjury in aiding the couple to obtain a license.
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J. F. Smith
Rockwell
Iowa
Zola
Ivan Davis
Meekins
St. Anthony
Mr. Smith
Mr. Davis
Ralph Lefever
Zearing Enterprise
Odd animal facts from nature notes archive
Birds avoid fireflies and keep away from their vicinity. North American reindeer pick an old doe as leader. A swallow’s body runs hot at least 112 degrees FP. Cats reflect much more light from their eyes than humans. Lake trout spawn about 6,000 eggs per season. whitefish more. Female English vipers hatch internally and give birth alive. Kea parrots in New Zealand eat sheep. Garfish sunfish basking sharks and dolphins swim with eyes above water.
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New Zealand
The Five Senses and Their Remarkable Nuances
An examination of taste smell hearing sight and touch outlines how each sense operates including tongue zone tastes and how extreme liquids paralyze taste the limits of olfaction and its cultivation, the organ of Corti’s complexity, eye vision ranges, and how dreams miss tastes and smells.
Husband Buys Silk Blouse for Wife Mildly, Fails to Please
A Berlin husband sought a silk blouse for his wife, stating a price of 30 to 40 marks and claiming size, color, and cut mattered little. The shop assistant pressed for guidance, while the husband admitted the purchase would surely be altered, noting the item was for his wife.
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Berlin
London Telegraph
Belated Kindness on a Streetcar
A passenger Mr. Smith offers his seat to a standing Mrs. Jones who declines after standing for fifteen minutes. She plans to get off at the next corner while he reassures it is fine, reflecting casual urban courtesy in a Chicago Journal item.
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Henry Gogerty
Chance
H. P. Wightman
Cole Cemetery
Wightman
Schaudt
Elliott Farm
Town
Cole Booner
Mr. Smith
Mrs. Jones
Chicago Journal
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Neo Use at All. He who has offended her Won't you look up at me She If I did you'd kiss me again He No honest I won't She Then what's the use Life.
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Neo
Reminder Jokes on Marriage and Hypocrisy
A brief humor item from Dearborn and Wabash contrasts a man tying a string on his finger to remember marriage with his wife’s resistance. A Boston Herald witticism notes that hypocrisy becomes a necessity for those who live scandalously, attributed to DeFined.
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Dearborn
Wabash
Boston Herald
Best Two Year Old Percheron Stallion Challenge
Horsemen advertise three stallions and one jack and offer a $100 challenge to prove the best two year old Percheron stallion in the state. Promotion includes low California return rates and a C&NW Overland Limited grand train service from Chicago with first class round trips to Los Angeles and San Francisco, May 3 to 12 and May 18. Tickets via C&NW ticket agents.
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St Perry Simmons
California
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Chicago
Usiton Savings Bank Authorized To Open Ames Desk
State of Iowa Office of Auditor of Stats confirms Usiton Savings Bank in Ames fully complies with state requirements. Capital adequacy verified under Code sections 8 and 10. First board of directors named: Frank H. Munn, George Judison, C. McLain, Henry Wilson, E. W. M. Greeley. Des Moines April 1906.
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State OF Iowa
STATS
Usiton Savings Bank
Ames
Iowa
Ponce
H. Munn
George Judison
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Texas
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Hawilton
Ontario
Illinois
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Nevada
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First Ave
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Story County
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L.E. Waterman
Geo. E. Baker
Geo. W. Little
Boone
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Bower & Perkins
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J. W. Adams
Grocrey
Judisch Bros
Parley Sheldon
Pres
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Ass’t Cash
Story County Bank
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New York
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Kachod & Kuhne
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