Central Iowa Choral Union and Local County Notes
The Central Iowa Choral Union gathered in Slater with several hundred singers from across the region. Ed Ryg's team in Slater spooked by a car, sending Clar ence Ryg into the road. Dr. H. P. Hanson buys the Northwestern hotel at Cambridge to rebuild as a sanitarium. Auditor and magician T Nelson Downs to open Cambridge opera house August 21 for a week. On the A. M. Mason farm near Cambridge, 37 work horses labor at once, showcasing farm scale. Dan Keefe of Nevada bound over on wife beating charges after a trial reveals family row dynamics. The Register and Leader mocks local paper boasts of circulation and machinery. McDowell of Ames and Smith Beck of Cambridge join Grand Island Neb. team this season, via Ames influence.
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T. Nelson Downs
Marshalltown
Cambridge
Downs
Dan Keefe
Nevada
McDowell
Smith Beck
Grand Island
Neb
Ames
Beck
Mac
Yank
Brown
Iowa
Kidney Cure’s Praise From Oakville Man
R A Gray J P of Oakville Indiana says ten years confined to bed by kidney disease could not move part of the time. After trying top medical skill, Foley's Kidney Cure was recommended and he calls it a Godsend, as reported by Cagwin, a local druggist.
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R. A. Gray
J. P
Oakville
Ind
Foley
Cagwin
The Conductor Courteous in St John’s Nfld
Travel Magazine praises St John’s Newfoundland as pictur esque and quaint yet charming. Locals shown as courteous hosts who greet strangers with thanks and help travelers by guiding them off the trolley and pointing the way, even in winter.
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St. John’s
N. F
Senjens
Travel Magazine
Hostess Defends Husband In Dinner Party Row
At a Harlem dinner party a guest hinted the host could swear when women were absent. The hostess retorted with crushing dignity that her husband never says anything before ladies that he would not say anywhere. She remains puzzled why all laughed.
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Harlem
New York Tribune
Miss Vern Realistic Love Story Cited by Crabbe
A reader notes that the new love tale about him, discussed by Crabbe, feels surprisingly realistic and is mentioned by Miss Vern.
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Miss Vern
Crabbe
Saving life while waiting for patient advice
A witty exchange cites Harper's Bazar noting many books teach saving life while waiting for a doctor, but few guide young doctors on saving life while waiting for patients.
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Kulcker
Becker
Harper’s Bazar
Animal Traits and Ancestral Habits Highlight Domestic Animals
A London Chronicle piece compares foal and calf traits to infer wild origins. The foal shows sprinting speed, vigilance, and open-country travel, while the calf milks eagerly, travels poorly, and hides low when danger arises, suggesting cattle evolved in moist wooded areas and horses roamed plains.
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London Chronicle
Sleep and Death: Three Forms of Dying Explored
A Cosmopolitan writer outlines sleep as temporary death of sensitive functions due to fatigue, and broader death concepts. Natural death is old age with sleep, sudden death from sudden injury, and death from disease with dying preceding recovery or final death. No pain is felt in sudden death or the transition into permanent sleep.
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Cosmopoliitan
The Flying Fox of Moreton Bay
In east Australia near Moreton bay the flying fox, a curious forest dweller, moves mainly at dusk. They roost in large araucarian pines with scrub beneath, hanging densely from horizontal branches. When clear spaces appear, vast flocks emerge, their barking alarm distinct and sharp.
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Moreton Bay
Australia
Winged Foxes Soar: Pteropus Described As Flying Foxes
The passage describes young pteropus foxes flapping their wings by holding with hind feet and snarling as they jostle for space. They suddenly take flight, wings beating their furry sides as they wheel like heavy birds. The creature is not a true fox but has a skin fold from fore to hind legs forming a wing enabling gliding.
Obsolete Cures and Folkloric Epilepsy Remedies
A list of outdated beliefs claims epilepsy could be cured by silver coffin-nail rings seven drops of cat tail blood and blood from a recently executed criminal. Other folk cures include finger in a cat's ear for felons, nail trims on Friday for toothache, a mouse nibble bread, or a soldier’s tooth carried, and various potions and magical steps for tongue pits, alcohol abuse, and warts involving animals and plants.
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Royal Medicine
Marine Bidg
Chicago
The Tree Doctor And Its Cement Cavity Repair
A tree doctor explains treating decayed trees by cutting an aperture, then filling with a sand and portland cement mix. Outer coating uses half cement and sand, with tin strips nailed to hold shape, and sheets for large cavities. Cement hardens in 24 hours. tin is removed afterward. Applied to fruit and shade trees.
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New York Tribune
A Lesson in Nerve From a Laundry Mishap
A bachelor recounts finding a repaired shirt sent home from the laundry with torn sleeves and a punched cuff. The shop offered no charge, teaching him a blunt lesson in nerve and fairness. The item concludes with a quip about a boy who pretended to fall in order to shed his clothes.
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New York Sun
Story County Purchases Land For County Fair 1907 Vote Declared Lost
Second Day proceedings show Story county in Iowa canvassed a July 20, 1907 special election on buying land totaling about 20 acres for a county fair. The proposition failed with 571 votes for and 1196 against. The board adjourned to meet August 20, 1907.
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Story County
Iowa
Oneral County
Incorporated
Daniel Zumwalt
Washington Twp
Johnson
Silliman
S. Davidson & Bros
Joint Boone and Story County Board Meeting Minutes 1907
The Joint Boards of Supervisors of Boone and Story counties Iowa met in Boone on August 10 1907 with all members present. They approved a plan to extend a drainage ditch converting part to a 14 inch tile and ordered the Boone Story Drain No 1 divided into sections with bids to be advertised and opened in September.
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Boards of Supervisors
Boone and
Story Counties
Iowa
Boone, Iowa
W. O. Holcomb
H. D. Howe
J. W. Keigley
Boone County
B. BK. Silliman
J. O. Michaelson
Silliman
Michaelson
Johnson
Boone- Story
County Auditor’s
Boone
County Auditor's
Nevada
Board of Supervisors of
Story County
Joint Boards of Supervisors
Holcomb
Howe
Keigley
Wv. Co
Board Proceedings on Richland Two Drain No 10 Bid
Story county Iowa board met August 2 1907 at Nevada to open bids for Section One of Richland Two Drain No 10. Dunkelbarger King and Morse bid 40 cents per cubic yard and were accepted. Contracts filed. Sections Two and Three dates set. meeting adjourned to 9 a.m. tomorrow.
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Board of Supervisors
Story County
Iowa
Court House
Nevada
B. R. Silliman
J. O. Michaelson
B. Johnson
Richland
Dunkelbarger and
King
C. M. Morse
Michaelson
Silliman
Dunkelbarger
G . Morse
Richland Two
Old Hundred Scares Birds in Sierra Woods
Naturalist Muir sang Old Hundred in the Sierra woods to tame birds and squirrels. The creatures approached, perched on trees, listening with bright eyes as they preferred the hymn to loud noises.
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Muir
Sierras
Old Hun Dred Experiment Described In Historical Report
A New York Herald note describes an experiment where at the first sound of Old Hun dred the subject creatures fled to holes or nests and did not reappear until a tune was changed. The tests were conducted in various locations and times with identical outcomes.
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New York
Heraki
When It Rains In India A Verse on Rain
A brief excerpt from Wide World Magazine describes India's monsoon as a heavy downpour. The narrator notes rain can become a white solid sheet falling from the sky, making outdoor activity impossible during a truly wet spell.
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India
Jupiter Pluvius
Wide World Magazine
Have you lived here all your life, friend
A quip from Prospect notes a local exchange about moving away due to money needs. The Atlanta Constitution quotation reflects a small town concern with residency and finances.
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Atlanta Constitution
Cupid's Court and the Judge's Daughter Tale
An anecdotal piece from Chicago Post about a judge and his daughter debating courtroom procedure. She recounts a case where an adverse decision was appealed for rehearing. The judge notes the novelty of arguing oral grounds and ultimately rules in favor of the plaintiff. Includes an ad endorsing Bucklen's Arnica Salve and a local land sale notice.
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Court of Last Resort
Chicago Post
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County News
Big Central Iowa Choral Union
Slater
Ed Ryg
Clarence Ryg
H. P. Hanson
Northwestern
A. M. Mason
Register and Leader
the Flying Fox
the Tree Doctor
Johnny
G. Dunahugh
F. G. Dunahugh
Cupid’s Court
C. G. Hayes
Bluff
Bucklen
Campbell & Graves
Niles
F. H. Waters
Bakers Jewelry Store
G. J. Snyder
Gamble’s
Mutual
C. W. Payne, M. D
W. E. Harriman
McWilliam
Jows
B. G. Dyer, M. D
Groves
Pierre Chemical Co
Loughran
Bauer
Druggdists
Willis Ball
Shadrick Worrell
Shad
Rick Worrell
District Court of
State of Iowa
Lows
Amas W. Powell
Agatnat
MacCautay & Luxe
Oc. A. Lee
E. F. Passegate
Daniel McCarthy
Luke
McCarthy & Luke
Attorneys At Law
Story County Bank
Ames, Iowa
Peffers
Peffer
Peffer Medical Association
U. S
Joel E. Cagwin
Gamble Drug Company
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