County fair and local notes span Story County
Story County Newslets reports the Nevada fair opening September 12 and pumpkins ready for the county fair next month. It notes Roland curfew experiments, a new brass band in Nevada, and various local events from Slater to Cambridge including weddings, church anniversaries, storms, and a mayoral or post office site bid. Robert Bryant dies. Palestine Lutheran jubilee. Sangerfest moved to Cambridge. many small incidents across towns.
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Story City
Cambridge
Slater News
The Crow Thief and the White Horse Heist
A Crow Indian steals Blackfeet prized white horse by climbing a tepee and using a travois ladder. The bold theft, guarded by four sentries and bells, ends with Crow ownership and the horse’s triumph. The tale appears in Julian Ralph’s Stories Told by Indians, cited alongside reflections on modern society by Arthur Colton.
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Blackfeet
Plains
Hudson Bay Company
Bow River
Idaho
White Horse
Julian Ralph
St. Nicholas
Very Low Rates to Richmond Via the North Western Line
Excursion tickets are sold September 8 through 11 to Richmond Virginia with favorable return limits on account of the Farmers National Congress. Apply to agents of the Chicago and North Western Railway.
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Richmond Va
North-Western
Farmer’s National Congress
Chicago & North-Western R’y
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Chicago & North- Western R’y
A Drawback In American Life
A reflective essay notes the difficulty of identifying individuals by appearance or birthplace. It argues Americans are indistinguishable at first glance, with diverse backgrounds and beliefs, making broad judgments unreliable.
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Iowa
Maine
Peaches A Versatile Food And Medicine
The piece extols peaches as tonic food and medicine noting they suit meals and snacks with sugar and cream or alone. It claims peaches aid digestion blood and complexion and can blunt appetites for heavy meals. Eating freshly cut fruit preserves flavor and may reduce redness nose congestion and bilious tendencies.
Notorious judge wooed by clever wife and long court nights
A celebrated English judge married a woman who mixed a ludge artfully to exploit his weakness. He soon regretted it as her temper stretched court sessions into the night. Notes on Sacajawea praise her role in Lewis and Clark yet say she received no pay, while her husband, described as an idler and wife beater, got $800.93 with horse and lodge.
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Reinsch
Gilbert
Mamie
Lewis and Clark
Sacajawea
Lodge
Cat Medicine and the Nine Lives Belief
An ancient physician tradition links cats to cures with a curious recipe for fevers. It calls for two pints of water and three drops of blood from an ass ear, plus parts of a cat's digestive organs.
Secret Hat Reveals Hidden Truth in Private Dialogue
A wife boasts she has kept a secret for two months about her old hat trimmed over. The husband responds by asserting he cannot be trusted to keep secrets. The exchange ends with the wife declaring she has spoken to no one.
In His Friend’s Gaze at St Dobbs
A witty exchange centers on Dobbs and a romance gone awry. One man recalls a former lover while another quips about town marriage motives. The Detroit Tribune notes the sharp humor in the exchange.
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St. Dobbs
Dobbs
Detroit Tribune
Confucius Quote on Knowledge and Application
A concise reflection on knowledge as practical use rather than mere possession. It emphasizes confessing ignorance when lacking understanding.
Special G A R trains to Denver excursion rates
From Chicago to Denver rates for G A R encampment events August 30 to September 4. Two daily trains with a special September 2 departure, through routes with no change. Side trips to visit Colorado scenery and hotel lists available. Apply through Chicago & North Western Railway agents. Also notices of low excursion rates to Philadelphia via North Western Line and Chamberlain's Salve ad.
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Colorado Pacific Coast
Black Hills
Chicago & North-Western Railway
Colorado
Denver
Portland
Lewis and Clark Exposition
California
Yellowstone Park
Hot Springs
Deadwood
Lead
North-Western Line
Chicago
W. B. Knistern
Chicago & North-Western Re Y
Special Trains To National Encampment In Denver
The Iowa G A R and friends will travel to the thirty ninth National Encampment at Denver on special trains via the North Western Line with continued arrangements to be announced and tickets available through local posts.
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Denver
Colo
Iowa
Iowa G. A. R
Thirty-Ninth National
North-Western
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Story County Newslets
Nevada
The
Iowa Central
Zearing
Jam the Wind Boys
Roland
Ames
Slater
Wright Fred
Ben Ericson
Lars Ericson
Huxley Stem
Robert Bryant
Story County
W. H. Grafton
Julia Sellers
John Sellers
Cole
State Luther League
Lutheran Church
Palestine Lutheran Church
Frank Richardson
C. D. Davis
O. N. 0. Club
Hansen
Lincoln
Gjerstad
Ada
Minn
I. B. Bell
Taxwell
Reform School
Carrie Nelson
Ole Nelson
Gustave Prestegard
Minneapolis
Cambridge Leader
Blanche E. Renne
Carlisle
Mason City
Renne
State Normal
Journal
George L. van Dyke
Post Office Department
Des Moines
H. C. Craver
H. ©. Chamberlain
Long’s Clothing
Chas. P. McCord
People’s Bank
van Dyke
Arthur Colton
Atlantic
Crayon India Ink
Ivory
C. R.’Quade
R. Oquade
Rochester
Itammocis
Pittsburgh
Cutler
Cat Medicine
Confucius
Potter Yeast
Judisch Brothers
Riig
W. B. Kniskern
Chicago, Ill
Union Pacific
Secor Rapids
Pullman
Chamberlain
Judisch Bros
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