Compendium Highlights Cold Winter Dairy and Park Talks
Ames Iowa College notes outline winter courses in dairying at multiple colleges, with Rasmussen and Alvin Burroughs among staff and visiting lecturers from Ohio University and Guelph. Trustees discuss refrigerating the new dairy building as the two week domestic economy course runs January 3 to 13 with lectures on health and diet. Central Telephone Co hosts its first annual banquet at an old schoolhouse, praising community lines and featuring Z. K. Graves address and a festive supper with patrons of the system.
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Guthrie
Ohio University
Columbus
Ohio
L. A. Beach
Iowa State College
State Horticultural Society
State Society
Beach
Iowa
Texas
Geneva
N. Y
United States
Central Telephone Co
Ames
Nutchison
George Person
Cupid
Forested Areas Across Europe Show Wide Variation
The share of woodland in European countries varies from 51.2 percent in Finland to 20.8 percent in Bulgaria. Other figures include Sweden 49.3, Russia 40.4, Austria 32.6, Luxembourg 29.1, Hungary 27.7, Germany 26.1, Serbia 24.9, Turkey 23.4, Norway 22.0, Romania and Switzerland 21.4 each, with many nations under 20 percent.
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Europe
Finland
Sweden
Russia
Austria
Luxemburg
Hungary
Germany
Servia
Turkey
Norway
Roumania
Switzerland
Bulgaria
Opportunity to Guess in a Snappy Quote
A caustic quip from the Cleveland Plain Dealer contrasts an old maid with a married woman noting one makes some man happy for life while the other does not.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Unhappy Union Quips From Boston Transcript
A brief dialogue mocks marital choices with Mrs Young-Lucy confessing a mistaken marriage and Mrs Eider offering blunt reassurance that all women marry the wrong man at times, reflecting social satire in Boston’s newspaper tone.
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Young
Lucy
Worshipers of Baal and the Turkish Yeaidee conscripts
The Yeaidees of Turkey are described as devoutly Baal worshipers whose young men face forced conscription. Families mourn openly as recruits are seized, kiss the walls of their homes, and beg fate for the departing sons. After marching away, the villagers resume daily life and never speak of the conscripts again.
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Turkey
Yeaidee
The Negro Dialect in Dunbar’s Death Song Critique
A New Orleans Times-Democrat commentary argues that Paul Laurence Dunbar’s Death Song best sustains Negro dialect among his writings. It notes Dunbar’s use of I and related sounds, contrasting with other dialect writers who tend to replace I with A and merge words.
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Paul Laurence Dunbar
Dunbar
New Orleans Times-Democrat
The Wily Widow social intrigue scene
A widow teases a bachelor about her daughter admiring him as a potential mate for her husband. The bachelor is flattered by the daughter's expressed taste and the widow notes the girl’s gentle standards.
Idle today, mortgage tomorrow looms heavy
A compact reflection notes that delaying action today burdens future finances with a heavier mortgage, implying long term consequences for procrastination and responsibility.
Unbidden Guests Are Often Welcomed When Gone
A compact reflection on guests who arrive unasked and depart unnoticed, implying courtesy or relief in their absence. The line underscores social tension between hospitality and intrusion, as in Shakespearean verse where timing and manners shape impressions.
Our Misnamed Quail Says Names Mislead
An ornithologist argues the American quail is misnamed as a true quail exists only in the old world. He notes the bird is also called partridge in many regions, but the American partridge is the ruffed grouse. The local nickname bobwhite is deemed accurate as a reflection of its call.
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America
Man who goes through the world finding fault
Uncle Eben laments those who seek fault as an easy job and expect appreciation. The Washington Star quotes a folk saying about finding fault.
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Eben
Washington Star
Her Gray Locks
Dialogue between Mr. Oldboy and Tommy about respect for gray hair and the mother’s views on dyeing hair.
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Mr. Oldboy
Tommy
Water on the brain remark sparks confusion
A physician diagnoses hydrocephalus as water on the brain, prompting a patient named Mr. Jagway to insist he has not consumed any water for six months, in a terse exchange that mixes humor with medical worry.
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Mr. Jagway
Who Was Conceited
A brief quote from the Cleveland Plain Dealer shows a dispute over who is conceited. It notes a remark about Blowley being the limit and a response attributing vanity to a person who claimed equal knowledge.
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Blowley
Wisdom on small motives shaping our conduct
A reflective meditation on how wisdom comes from noticing minor, often overlooked motives behind behavior, revealing true character when we examine everyday actions and impulses.
Untold Wealth in Tax Collector Suspicions
Town Topics notes rumors about a banker known as Coupon ness and a tax collector suspecting untold wealth. The dialogue hints at hidden fortunes and financial intrigue in a civic gossip column.
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Wageger
Gagger
Contentment gives a crown where fortune hath denied it
A brief aphorism notes that inner peace and satisfaction bring reward when external luck fails. The line contrasts wealth with contentment, suggesting true reward lies in personal virtue and calm.
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Ford
Boston Leochery Touts Popularity Contest in Ames
The Boston Leochery announces a popularity contest offering a $1000 value box of bon bons to the most popular young lady in Ames or college. Patrons earn votes by spending 25 cents on meals and shop goods. daily results are posted at 6 p.m. and the final winner is crowned on January 1.
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Boston
Ames
College
Excursion Rates for Holidays on Northwestern Line
Excursion tickets offered at reduced rates to points on the Northwestern, Union Pacific, Colorado & Southern, and Denver & Rio Grande, east of Cheyenne and including Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo. Valid December 24 25 26 41 and January 1 2 with return through January 4 1905. Apply to Chicago & Northwestern Railway agents.
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Union Pacific
Colorado & Southern
Denver & Rio Grande
Cheyenne
Wyo
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Colo
Chicago & Northwestern R’y
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State Teachers Association of Moines
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Washington, D. C
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