Story County Newslets Highlights Local Incidents
A series of brief items from Story City, Collins, Nevada, and Gilbert area recount minor accidents and events. Mrs Sheffield is thrown from a buggy after a hayload incident. Frank Bence loses barn and farm assets to fire. Charles Schultz contemplates suicide then is deemed sane. Mrs Shenkle nearly poisons herself by mistaken carbolic acid. Gilbert Station seeks incorporation as Gilbert. a civil suit seeks $1500 in damages from Guy Scott.
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J. W. Sheffield
R. W. Ballard
Frank Bence
District Court
Gilbert Station
Story County
Iowa
Franklin Township
Little Town
Ames
Gilbert
Station
Nevada Journal
Guy Scott
Near
Will Scott
Slattery
Plantiff
Scott
Crocodile Tears and the Weeping Prey Legend
The piece traces the old belief that crocodiles cry over their prey, noting lachrymal glands and appearances in Mandeville, Hawkins, Fuller, and references by Shakespeare, Spenser, and Dryden. It examines variations of the tale and the notion that the tears are insincere except under saffron-related conditions.
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Mandeville
Plentee
Cokadrilles
John Hawkins
Fuller
Shakespeare
Spenser and Dryden
The Mayor Demands Answers After Ambulance Absence
In a provincial town a man badly injured in a serious assault was taken to hospital on a brewer's dray delaying his recovery. The mayor demanded the police ambulance, only to be told it was in use carrying back the mayoral banquet’s gold and silver plate borrowed by the mayor’s wife.
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Pearson’s Weekly
Bridal Shirts. The Scandinavian Bridegroom Presents a Prayer Book
In a Nordic wedding custom noted in a regional column, a Scandinavian bridegroom gifts his betrothed a prayer book as part of wedding rites. The act symbolizes piety and devotion within the marriage arrangement documented in the era.
Sweden’s bridal shirts tied to marriage vows
The text notes a Swedish custom where a groom wears a wife’s bridal shirt at his wedding, never again alive, but in death. Widowers are said to destroy the shirt before a second marriage, in belief of a true resurrection of the betrothal garment.
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Sweden
Uncommon World Greetings From Diverse Cultures
Describes how various cultures greet visitors. The Abyssinians kneel and kiss the earth while Mandinkas salute by touching and smelling a woman's hand. Egyptians place a hand to the chest, Tibetans show the tongue, and Kalmucks rub noses.
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Old World
Polynesia
Tibet
Baby’s teething prompts beard shaving mishap
Mrs Nubbins laments her infant son’s teething woes. The baby’s forceful grip on his father’s beard led to a dramatic result when the beard was shaved off in a humorous domestic mishap recounted in New York Weekly.
Simply Gets It Charged
Dialogue from Brooklyn Life notes a playful exchange about curiosity and affording a new hat between Mrs Benham and a respondent named Benham. The banter hints at social humor and domestic budgeting in a urban column.
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Benham
Brooklyn
A Deep One, Doting Mother
A mother asks a professor if her son is deeply studying. The professor dryly replies that he is not. he is always at the bottom.
Labor frees the nation from evils of vice and poverty
A sentiment attributed to Voltaire proclaims labor as the cure for vice and poverty. The quote frames work as the path to moral improvement and economic wellbeing, reflecting a high value on industrious citizenship.
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Voltaire
Bucklin’s Arnica Salve Promises Quick Relief
A frightened horse accident description extols Bucklin's Arnica Salve for burns cuts sores eczema and piles. The ad claims quick disappearance of injuries and notes the price as twenty five cents at L. M. Bosworth's drug store.
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Bucklin
L. M. Bosworth
Rebuking a Duke and a Court Lady
A laborer denounces a wealthy duke in anger as he leaves. Remembering the duke’s wife holds a court position with the queen, the laborer jeers that he has never sent his wife to service while the duke does. He asserts moral superiority and contrasts their positions.
Ineffectual Aspiration
A Washington Star excerpt notes Uncle Jim as a would be statesman who repeatedly runs for office and loses. A young man comments on his uncle's political ambitions and repeated defeats.
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Jim
Washington Star
Unsure Marriage Proposal Provokes Murmured Reply
In a Detroit Free Press exchange Clara asks about a marriage proposal. Maud responds that she has never seen a man who wouldn’t make a fool of himself, signaling skepticism about the proposal.
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Clara
Maud
Detroit Free Press
Merely a Hint and Family Jibe in Boston Transcript
A brief squabble line notes Kitty-Harry declares love for the speaker alone, while Bertha suspects the remark masks a wish to shield the mother from the family. The quip reflects domestic tensions and social exchanges in the era.
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Kitty
Harry
Bertha
Boston Transcript
Brown's Time Ahead Or Behind, Landlord Says
A Chicago Journal readers’ note contrasts claims about Brown’s progress. The landlord asserts Brown is actually six months behind schedule, countering a statement that Brown is ten years ahead of his time.
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Brown
Chicago Journal
Drainage convention at Iowa State College January 15 16
Program for the drainage convention at Iowa State College with evening session January 15 and morning session January 16 detailing speakers on drainage laws conditions and engineering. Also note short course on grain stock judging dairy and butter making January 6 to 16 and reduced railroad rates.
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Iowa State College
C. F. Curtiss
Iowa
W. H. Stevenson
Department of Soils
A. Marston
Department of Civil Engineering
C. G. Elliott
United States Department of Agriculture
A. H. Ade
Kentland
Ind
John T. Brooks
Hedrick
A. T. Lilly
Algona
Fessenden
Whiting
D. A. Kent
Jewell Junction
Western Passenger Association
Ames
Story County Bank Offers Flexible Loans Without Commission
An issuer promotes loans allowing payments on any interest pay day with no commission. The offer claims to reduce rates and let borrowers pay any amount on any day, advertised by Story County Bank.
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Story County Bank
For Sale Poland China Boars and Short Horn Bulls
A choice lot of Poland China boars and three Short Horn bulls offered for sale by C Barbour.
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Poland
Patti and William First Meeting with Emperor William I
Adelina Patti, then a young singer, met Emperor William I at Homburg. An invitation followed to meet him at 7 the next morning at the springs, which Patti refused until her father coaxed her. The emperor later welcomed her in Berlin with a genial smile as he neared death.
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Patti
William
Adelina Patti
Homburg
William L
Berlin
The Naval Academy Class Standing and Promotion
The line of navy officers from admiral to midshipman fixes rank after graduation. Advancements in war or court martial can reverse this order, and a lower class position can block future promotions. A graduate’s class rank may determine reaching the admiral’s stars. Independent.
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Naval Academy
Navy
A Diplomatic Answer
A witty exchange unfolds as a literary spinster questions a gentleman about his age. The man replies with tact noting she appears youthful while he jokes about his own fading memory of age and her notable accomplishments.
Made Matters Worse
A humorous exchange stars a man lamenting luck while recounting a failed courtship plan. He confesses proposing to a woman who was already engaged to prevent her from thinking he flirted with her, only to learn she broke the engagement due to his sincere love.
Unprofitable Bother over hoi polloi at gathering
Mrs Oldcastle laments the trouble of entertaining the hoi polloi while the host Josiah prefers a drastic plan. The remark about boxing guests is dismissed with a plan to replace them next spring if frost kills them, as reported by the ChicagoRecord-Herald.
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poland china hogs for sale eligible to register north street n h griffira ames ia 333 our fare plus 2.00 round trip rate via chicago great western railway to points in new mexico texas oklahoma missouri kansas nebraska ample return limits tickets on sale december 15 1903 january 5 and 19 1904 for further information apply to any great western agent or j p elmer g p a chicago lil 324
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Chicago Great Western Railway
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Great Western
J. P. Elmer
Chicago
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Eastman Kodak
Eastman
Boohseller
John Hamuill
Britt, Iowa
J. F. Ford
Fort Dodge
C. Barbour
China
North Street
N. H. GrifFira
Ames, Ia
Yar
Uva
Mrc
Cade
Steigerwalt
Geo. E. Baker
Dent
Citron
Malaga
Candy Galore
C. Hamilton
Jardinieres
Rockers
Melight
Morris
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