Ames College Gossip Mixed With News and Visits
Personal paragraphs from Ames detail visits and illnesses across the community. Names include Misa Jessie McMaclean of the English department, Frank Voverka and family from Hawarden, Ceorge Herring, Miss Alma Frond, Miss Mae Dart mou, and many others. Reports cover hospitalizations, travel to Des Moines and Chicago, visits to Ames, farm and college life, a birth, a funeral call, and local society events.
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Misa Jessie McMaclean
He Cal Jeg
Frank Voverka
Caughter
Stande
Hawslden
Ceorge Herrington
Dlrma Frond
Waterloo
Sanday
Wilder cotUsin
Mae Dartmou
Makaret Mall
Seasickness Not Beneficial and Sometimes Fatal
A Marine Journal note declares seasickness is not beneficial and can be fatal in rare cases. It argues old beliefs about recovery pleasure are exaggerated and notes larger ships and faster travel may shorten suffering.
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Seavickner
Peter
Marine Journal
Dresden China and its early factory marks revealed
The article traces Dresden china from its Leipzig launch in 1721 marking three periods King s Marceline and modern with varied back stamps. It explains cup and vase decorations including A RR monogram and Sosculopus wand, the crossed swords insignia, and general porcelain recipe from kaolin feldspar and sand.
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Leipzig
The Art of Poisoning in Ancient Rome
The article recounts early poisoners such as Locusta and the poisoning of Agrippina’s rivals. It notes Nero's order of Britannicus’s death, the use of hot water at table, and a slave mixing in cold water which proved fatal by cyanide or prussic acid, with brief historical context.
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Agrippina
Tiberius
Locusta
Clautine
Britannicus
Nero
Queer Newspaper Names Across Italian Provinces
The Valians publish imag native race newspapers with vivid titles in provinces. Examples include La Sollente at Aqui and Circus of Nero at Gerace, with others like Second Light at Lucca and New Marionettes at Monbercelli. Amorous papers feature many striking names such as contropelo and Two of Spades.
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Aqui
Piedmont
Gerace
Nero
Messina
Lucca
Monbercelli
Dark Stars in Space Explain Their Heat Loss
Scattered through space are porable stars that give forth little Hel or heat. They hover at various histories, sometimes glowing like stars, yet over ages their heat faded, leaving them as dark stars drifting in the vast depths.
Simpkins Accused of Tyranny and Pocket Shortage
A fragment quotes harsh claims about Simpkins and his wife with phrases from the Cleveland Plain Dealer about him being cut off financially and his pockets emptied, portraying a tense domestic or public dispute.
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Simpkins
Cleveland Plain Dealer
What would the money flow be in the family case
The puzzled item explains a father giving the mother six pounds and then reclaiming three. It asks for the resulting total and presents the wording in a riddlelike style from London Answers.
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London
Restitution of Napoleon Looted Art at the Louvre Begins
The Louvre conducts restitution of looted Napoleonic artworks with commissioners from fourteen states. Austria, Spain, Holland, and Prussia recover portions, while many varied pieces and sculptures are returned or reassessed. The gallery remains reduced in size as missing works are replaced.
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Napoleon
Louvre
Cassel
Austria
Spain
Holland
Prussia
Walter Bowt Ie
Vwds
Neatyteou
Hive
Paolo Veronese Nihliek
Cua
Trespass Advice From English Landlord Courts
Fragmentary text warns trespassers to avoid property rights intrusions. It describes legal threats and corporal risk, including possible court action, self defense, and landlord tricks such as damaging fences or bridges. The tone imitates period cautionary guidance on entry limits and penalties.
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Matty
Ecfian
An Architect's Ruse By Sir Christopher Wren Tale
A Windsor tale recounts Sir Christopher Wren easing a wary town council by adding roof supports that proved unnecessary. Decades later cleaners found the extra pillars barely touched the roof, exposing the ruse and preserving Wren's reputation for ingenuity.
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Sir Christopher Wren
Town Hall
Windsor
England
Christopher
Swift Ranked a Dunce at School in Dublin Tales
A fragment discussing Swift’s schooling notes that philosophers and wits called him dull while he later impressed with satire. It claims he was deemed a blockhead by Dublin scholars and denied a degree on first attempt, finally obtaining one after a second try.
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Nosvitel
Habert
L. B. Schmidt
G. A. Wrightman
Iowa State Manufacturers Assecation
Iowa
Penard Sowers
Nevada
Ames
Don
Curtiss
Raleteh
N. C
B. M. Spangler
State Agricultural College At
Raleigh
Swift
Eeheol
Dublin University
A Business Suggestion
A humorous snippet from Harper's Weekly portrays Bobby using his mother's patience to argue about a 10 cent weekly alcohol allowance for the Sunday school collection. The exchange highlights family frugality and cheeky wit in a domestic scene.
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Bobby
Bob
Harper's Weekly
Dyspeptic Exchange Prompts Doctor Visit
Dialogue fragment shows a wife urging her husband to see a doctor and learn dietary guidance while he quips about eating habits and aversions in a brief, personal exchange.
Sound in Argument Confusion and Nonverbal Cues
The dialogue explores how sound shapes perception in argument with two speakers Will and Fred debating what constitutes sound reasoning and what is mere sound, highlighting emphasis on auditory cues over content.
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Will
Fred
Fragments Hint at Cheerful Proverb in Antiquated Text
A short OCR fragment presents a proverb about a merry heart enjoying continual feast, suggesting a moral or literary line. No specific persons places or dates are provided to anchor a broader story or event.
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