Remembering Deep Snows and Old Settler Tales During A Great Midwestern Storm
The narrative recalls Mrs Chadwick and Nan Patterson as a severe blizzard grips the middle west. Women defy cold Monday and Tuesday in hats and cloaks, while men wear shawls and scarves. A pedestrian trudges Douglass street as drifted sidewalks and a lawn sign are ignored. The storm, rivaling the 1888 blizzard, raged from Monday night through Tuesday night with sleet since afternoon.
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Middle West
Snow Storm Paralyzes Transport from Oregon to Kentucky
A severe snow storm disrupted travel nationwide from Oregon to Kentucky. Pedestrians struggled in icy conditions as trains, telephones, and telegraphs failed. many services were delayed, and a motor service halted until the following day.
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Medicine Hat
Oregon
Kentucky
Grant and His Boy Admirer Signature Secret
An intimate friend of President Grant recalls a moment where the president calmly writes his name on a card and tells a boy the signature is that of a man not great, but the secret must stay between the boy and him. The anecdote appears in the Boston Christian Register.
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Grant
Boston Christian Register
Spiders Distinguished From Insects by Anatomy
The text explains spiders differ from insects in eight legs versus six, distinct nervous, circulatory, and respiratory systems, simple eyes up to eight, and a fused head thorax rather than a separate head.
Iowa State College hosts stock short course at Ames
The Iowa State College short course January 2 to 14 features twenty five breeds on the college farm and prize stock from Nelson Morris & Co. McLaughlin Bros. will ship Percheron and Belgian horses, Cairnbrogie Clydesdales, and Angus cattle from C. J. Martin. John Gosling oversees meat tests with cattle sheep swine. Lectures forenoon demonstrations afternoon. Noted speakers include W. O. Thompson J. E. Wing L. H. Kerrick and W. H. Whalen. Stock breeders associations and the Iowa Drainage Convention meet in Ames with reduced certificate fares from Chicago toward Cheyenne and Denver.
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Iowa State College
Nelson Morris & Co
McLaughlin Bros
Express
Columbus
Ohio
W. H. Tichenor
Chicago
C.J. Martin
Chardan
Iowa
America
John Gosling
Kansas City
W. O. Thompson
J. E. Wing
L. H. Kerrick
Ilinois
W. H
Iowa Improved Stock Breeders’ Association
Corn Belt Meat Producers’ Association
Iowa Drainage Convention
Ames
Western Passenger Association
Cheyenne
Denver
Your trouble madam fat excess says physician
Mrs Plumpton reacts as a Chicago News report references a doctor noting excess adipose tissue as the cause of her perceived weight issue in a humorous exchange.
Vanderbilt Buys Top Chicago Horses In Extravagant Deal
Alfred Gwynn Vanderbilt acquired four premier four in hand horses from the M. H. Tichenor stable for a rumored sum over 50 000 dollars. The animals Full Dress Rustling Silk Sweet Marie and Police Prim dominated major shows, and Vanderbilt plans to bring them to the Chicago show next fall. Tichenor and Leonard accompanied Vanderbilt on a tour of Union Stock Yards, then dined at the Chicago Club before returning home.
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Alfred Gwynn Vanderbilt
Chicago
New York
Reginald
Sweet Marie
Police Prim
M. H. Tichenor
Alfred
J. H. Moore
Eben D. Jordan
Boston
Mr. Ti
Vanderbilt
Arthur G. Leonard
Union Stock Yards and Transit Company
Tichenor
Mr. Léonard
Chicago Record-Herald
Tomb of Confucius at Chufu hsien China A Major Shrine
The tomb of Confucius lies three miles from Chufu hsien in Shangtung province. A sacred mound rises amid oaks and trees with a six by twenty foot inscribed tablet declaring the sage’s titles. A stone avenue flanked by colossal stone animals and mythical beasts leads to the burial site, a top historic spot in the orient.
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Chufuhsien
Shangtung
Orient
Confucius
Cher
THE WEST'S GROWING POWER SHAPES NATIONAL VIEW
The article surveys how the Louisiana Purchase region reshaped U S agriculture and population by 1904 with wheat corn oats and hay leading output values rising from 1890 to 1903. It notes eastern interest in western expansion, immigration shifts, and the role of expositions in linking regions while praising The Weekly State Register and Times Republican for farm coverage and value.
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Louisiana Purchase
United States
Ber
Trans- Mississippi
Portland
Joe” Trigg
State Register
Des Moines
Middle West
Register
Midwest
The Curse of Money and a Theft Confession
A black man was arrested for stealing from Mr. Appleton’s cash drawer. The magistrate, recognizing him, admonished that money brings a curse. The prisoner responded, claiming Appleton himself stole the money in question.
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Appleton
Sam
Bucklen Arnica Salve Boasts Quick Relief
An advertising note urges using Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for burns cuts sores eczema and piles as frequent street accidents occur. Available for 25 cents at L M Bosworth’s drag store.
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Bucklen
L. M. Bosworth
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Sas
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Ames Times
Story County
Mrs. Chadwick
Nan Patterson
Douglass Street
Library
Alfred Vanderbilt
Mr. Tichenor
Lowa
trans-Mississippi
Mississippi
St. Louis Exposition
National Bureau of Statistics
Times-Republican
Marshalston
T.R
Associated Press Telegraphic News of
Barney’s
N. Y
Seal of Minnesota
Pennsylvania
A. Knudson
N. B
Bosworth’s Rose
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