Stebbins Held on Sodomy Charge After Jury Removal
A juror, Joe Stebbins of Ames, was arrested in the Nevada jury room during the Granger case proceedings on a sodomy charge. Indicted by a grand jury, Stebbins faces up to ten years in the penitentiary amid testimony from college witnesses. He allegedly admitted a long history of the act beginning at age fourteen and is to await a hearing this term. The report also pays tribute to Professor J. L. Budd and his influence on western horticulture.
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Granger
Iowa
Joe Stebbins
Story County
Stebbins
Iowa State College
Engineering Hall
Joe
Ames
Wright
Stebbin
Nevada
Grand Jury
State of
Siberia
J. L. Budd
Hansen
Lowan
Iowa State Agricultural College
Des Moines
Budd
Northwest
Young Hansen
Professor Budd
W. M. Hays
Department of Agriculture
Columbus
State Agricultural College
Well Deserved Appreciation for Prof Niels Hanson
A lengthy Ames Register and Leader article honors Prof Niels Hanson a renowned figure at the local college. It notes his rise to head the department of horticulture and forestry at Brookings South Dakota and mentions his early career and a romantic European trip that influenced his work.
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Frof
Parl McFarland Drives Dry Vote After Iowa Visit
Parl McFarland a Keithsburg resident and recent visitor here supported the anti-saloon pre position. The local election swung dry by a narrow two vote margin after Parl returned just in time from an Iowa trip.
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Parl
Parl McFarland
Keithsburg
Ill
Iowa
Stults Buys Ley Home. Holmes Child Ill With Meningitis
Frank Stults purchased the old Keg ley home on west main street Wednesday and plans to occupy soon. The Holmes eighteen month old daughter remains seriously ill with meningitis with no recent change in condition. Mrs and Mrs Joe Davis traveled to Colorado last week for health reasons.
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D. B. Cooley
Joe Davis
Colorado
Arthur Holmes
Mansion House Request Delays as Omnibus Pulls Up
Evening on a city street, a conductor bangs the bell and demands a passenger rise. A large lady sits unruffled as the driver jokes about moving the omnibus closer for tuppence, saying the "asses is tired of waiting." The scene captures blunt humor in urban transit life.
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Ouse
London
Courts In the Open and Historic Open-Air Judgments
A London Law Journal note recalls judges who held open air courts in a vicarage garden and cites Reborah under a palm tree, with references to Admirals near the sea and an 15th century admiralty court on a Southwark quay.
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England
Reborah
Prynne
Admiralty Court
Southwark
London Law Journal
Youth angers passengers on Great Western rail trip
A youth on a Great Western railway to London disrupted travelers with loud foolish remarks. Near Hanwell Lunatic Asylum he quipped about the asylum, prompting a grim reply from an elderly passenger who warned he might later view the railway from the asylum.
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London
Hanwell Lunatic Asylum
Reading Between the Lines at the Pittsburg Post Hash Shop
A mock dialogue reveals a patient asking for a balanced order. The doctor prescribes carbohydrates and proteins with a nitrogenous craving. The clerk suggests hash as a fitting choice in a Pittsburgh Post style vignette.
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Pittsburg Post
City Council Considers Meat and Milk Inspection
The Iowa community council met in adjourned session at city hall. A resolution by the Veterinary Medical Society of Iowa State College proposes a meat inspector and tubercular testing for dairy cows. Mayor Tilden to confer with the society. trees in the city park to be trimmed. Boone County Telephone Co to fix lines to avoid contact with electric service. repairs due by May 1 1908.
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Veterinary Medical Society
Iowa State College
Tilden
Potter
Wilson
Civic Improvement Society
Boone County Telephone Company
Thames Ice Town of 1683 84 Stuns London In Frost
Pearson's Weekly recalls a brutal winter when Thames ice formed a thick, street like town with tailors shops and printers as businesses, ink froze on pens, wine sold in blocks, bread hardened, and hundreds died while the poor suffered.
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Europe
Thames
Pearson's Weekly
Little Great Men and the European Book Trade
A Chinese scholar who studied Confucius travels to Amsterdam and speaks with a Dutch bookseller requesting the works of Xixofou. The seller has never heard of the author, prompting the traveler to lament that renown may die in China while Europe remains uninterested. The tale mirrors a satire on limited awareness across villages and universities.
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Confucius
Europe
Amsterdam
China
Oliver Goldsmith
First American Play The Prince of Parthia at Southwark
The Philadelphia Public Ledger notes The Prince of Parthia by Thomas Godfrey as the first play written by an American produced in the United States. Presented at Southwark theater in Philadelphia in April 1767 by Lewis Hallam's company, it marked an early milestone in American drama. Godfrey, an ambitious young poet, died young. the work was cited as above mediocrity and part of his 1765 collected volume.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Thomas Godfrey
Southwark Theater
Quaker City
Lewis Hallam
Philadelphia
Godfrew
Use For His Obituary
A well meaning editor apologized after learning the commandant was falsely reported dead. The editor offered a correction, but the man who wasn’t dead suggested leaving the notice, noting he could show it to friends when they seek to borrow money.
Etiquette on a Cold Morning at Louis XIV Court
A London Scrap Book note recalls how Louis XIV caught a severe cold because the lord of the chamber was absent when he rose and no courtier dared break etiquette to bring him his shirt. The tale highlights strict court manners over practical aid.
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France
Louis XIV
London
Statesman Declines Comment on Question of Interest
The statesman says he pays no attention to the question and remains indifferent. He notes a backswoodsman whose wife watched a bear fight and claimed it was the only fight she saw where she did not care who won.
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Statesman
Camp Meeting John Allen Wins Maine Central Pass
Governor Morrill relents and issues a railroad pass to Camp Meeting John Allen after repeated requests. The exchange turns on persistence and a humorous note about parsons needing good connections with Maine Central.
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John Allen
Maine
Morrill
Maine Central
Allen
New York Tribune
The Only Digestible Kind
A young man seeking political honors was approached by a delegation from a poorer district asking for an early speech. He asked for the speech type and was told it should be an after dinner speech by a wag in a shabby coat.
Nice friend questioned over loan to Burroughs
A London Telegraph excerpt shows a conversation about a borrowed sovereign. One person accuses another of almost robbing them by withholding the loan, arguing Burroughs would have sought the money elsewhere if not from the speaker.
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Burroughs
London Telegraph
Is It a Sin to Play Poker
The religious editor weighs the question with prayer and answers that poker, when played by some people, is sinful. The Philadelphia Press presents the reply as a humorous take on morality and gambling.
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Philadelphia Press
Local paper expands pages for eight pages of news
The Times in Story county explains that due to multiple large position ads the paper now distributes local reading matter across several pages each issue. Readers are urged to inspect every page weekly to catch all local news items.
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the Times
Story County
Dr King's New Life Pills Promote Health Purification
Claim that stagnation of liver and bowels causes illness and jaundice. Recommends Dr King s New Life Pills as reliable purifiers that work without grinding or griping. Priced at 25 cents at all druggists.
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Dr. King
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea Promises Health Toning
An old advertisement touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a spring tonic that tones the stomach purifies the blood regulates kidneys liver and bowels. It claims health benefits and offers Tea or Tablets for 35 cents from L. M. Bosworth.
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Hollister
L. M, Bosworth
Gasoline Explosion at Sluman Restaurant Under F B Spence
A leak in a feed pipe ignited from a generator while a clerk tended a gasoline tank at the old Sluman restaurant now run by F B Spence. The tank exploded throwing gasoline and oil over the back room. flames were quickly quenched by the staff, saving the building and avoiding greater damage.
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Sluman
F. B. Spence
Hollister tonic tea cited by Bosworth
Fragmentary ad style line credits L M Bosworth praising Hollister Foiry Mountain Tea as a tonic increasingly recommended by doctors. The text suggests a worldwide influence and social endorsement of the product.
Gilbert Garden Progress and Town News
Gilbert community reports ongoing garden work as farmers sow oats. Local updates mention Mrs. C. M. Abrahamson in Story City, Mr. Herman Schmidt taking a job in Omaha, Dan Jacobson losing a mare, Ed Holmes fixing his restaurant room, and Thrasher set to occupy Delbert Smith’s East Gilbert property.
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C. M. Abrahamson
Story City
Herman Schmidt
Omaha
Dan Jacobson
Ed Holmes
Mr. Thrasher
Delbert Smith
East Gilbert
Ben Dale
How to Drive an Automobile and Earn $8 a Day
An advertisement offers a home driving course from J. J. Evans at 1661 Broadway New York. The booklet promises instructions to learn to drive and earn a daily eight dollars.
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J. J. Evans
Broadway
New York
Painter and decorator M A Bliett listed in Iowa
Local printer ad announces M A Bliett painter and decorator in Iowa with contact phone 64X and reference number 49 tf.
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M. A. Bliett
Iowa
A Brainstorm of States and a Reformatory Note
A satirical verse lists states from Montana to Tennessee and others, folding in jokes about liquor laws and local options. The piece ends with a reference to Mary Anne R. D. Thompson in the Reformatory Press.
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Baltimore
Portsmouth
Maryane R. D. Thompson
Reformatory
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Herman
Tam
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THE
Ames Times
Spence
Foiry Mountain Tea
L. M. Bosworth
Gilbert
Minnesota
Davie
John Townsend
Robinson
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