Iowa Picnic Brings Iowaans to Los Angeles February 22 1910
The Iowa Association of Southern California schedules its annual picnic February 22 at Hastlake Park Los Angeles for Iowans resident or visiting. If bad weather forces postponement to February 26 at the same site. Ninety nine county headquarters will aid arrivals. Officials urge baskets and hospitality while no advertising or non official badges sold. W A C of Los Angeles provides coffee sandwiches doughnuts. business meeting at 2:00 with program to follow. Also note a separate local advert for A Pair of Country Kids at the Armory February 11.
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Iowa Association of Southern California
Hastlake Park
Los Angeles
Grand Old Commonwealth of Iowa
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve touted as great healer for burns
An ad copy praises Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for first aid in fires and injuries. It claims quick pain relief for burns scalds wounds cuts and bruises and calls it earth’s greatest healer for skin eruptions and old sores.
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Bucklen
A Pair of Country Kids returns for one night only
Quality and not quantity guide the manager of A Pair of Country Kids Co. The popular play is welcomed yearly by theatergoers as an old friend. Remember the date one night only Friday Feb. 11 at the Armory.
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Country Kids” Co
the Armory
City Council Approves Sewer Assessment Plats
The city council met last Friday evening and approved plats for sewer assessments, authorizing the planned sewer project details and related property allocations.
For Sale and Rent Classified Snippets Ames Iowa
Multiple terse notices list properties for sale or rent in Ames Iowa. Items include two front building lots on Hodge Ave and east front lots, a typewriter and desk, lard barrels, Brahma poultry, a small house, a three room rental, a house with Mutual phone, and a lost ten dollar bill with a reward offer.
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North
Ames
Times Office
Central Hall
Central Station
Sta. A
A Pair of Country Kids at the Opera House
A new sensational comedy drama titled A Pair of Country Kids plays next Friday February 11 at the opera house. Hi and Trixie entertain for two and a half hours with a lively show, persistent plot, sensation and scenery and ten specialty numbers guaranteed as a first class production by the management.
Early treatment with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy urged
A public notice advises starting Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at the first cold to avoid repeated illness and tougher future cures. Sold by all dealers.
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Chamberlain
Wreck Master Commands Rescue After Rail Crash
A vivid Harper's Weekly description shows the wreck master directing instant, coordinated action after a train collision. He leads a crew of experts to clear obstructions, topple derailed cars, and recover valuable cargo amid chaos and noise. Also includes an ad for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea claiming winter health benefits.
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Thaddeus St. Dayton
Harper's Weekly
Caution in the Mint Reveals Hidden Silver Saving Tricks
A Baltimore or Philadelphia style report details safeguards in US mints. It explains dust and soot recycling, crucible reuse, and the recovery of silver from oxidized tools, ash, and mud. It notes clandestine efforts yield about $50 quarterly.
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Uncle Sam
United States
New England
Hiltimore American
Great Wall of China as a Military Marvel
London News notes the vast length of the wall at about 2,550 miles with 25 000 towers and 15 000 watch towers. It recalls its historical power against the Tartars and contemplates the cost and effort required for a similar European fortification.
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China
Europe
Rome
Hannibal
W. E. Gell
Chin
London News
Judge Grants Divorce Over Ill Temper and Bad Breath
A western judge grants a divorce citing ill temper and bad breath as grounds. An advertisement for Dr Kings New Life Pills claims to cure constipation Liver trouble headaches colds and chills and lists a price of 25c at druggists.
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Dr. King
Savage Witch Tale From West Africa Provokes Curious Folklore
In a anecdote from Rev Edward Gilliat the Quiah king Tetti Aga masong recounts a hunter’s tale of a prisoner who could transform into an alligator. The king explains he once killed the witch by severing his left ear to spare his life, illustrating superstition among his people on the west African coast.
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Edward Gilliat
Harrow School
Tetti Agamasong
Harrow
St. Augustine’s College
Canterbury
Africa
England
King
Mechanics of repeated stresses in watch mainsprings and metals
The article explains that a watch mainspring experiences nonuniform unwind and repeated shocks, totaling 345000 ticks daily and over 126 million annually. It compares this to Kent and Wohler findings on metal fatigue, noting ruptures from repeated stresses even without a single excessive impulse.
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Kent
Scientific American
Giants and Dwarfs in Seventeenth Century Vienna
In seventeenth century Austria the empress gathered all exceptionally tall and tiny people in Vienna. Giants feared dwarfs who teased them, prompting guards to protect the tall from the small. The dwarfs boasted sharp minds and long tongues.
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Austria
Vienna
Planets Show Phases Like the Moon and Eclipse Proofs
The article explains that all planets and their satellites exhibit phases visible with a small telescope, not just the Moon. It describes crescent and half appearances of Mars and Venus, planetary eclipses, and a classroom analogy for lunar phases, then notes Liverpool observations on Jupiter moon eclipses leading to light speed estimates of 186,000 miles per second.
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Mars
Venus
Earth
Jupiter
St. Louis Republic
Von Bulow of Gentle Nature
In Modjeska's Memoirs, Century, the author recalls initial distrust of Von Bulow due to tales of irascibility and mistreatment of musicians. Close acquaintance reveals a strong minded, gentle, artistic pianist with a nervous temperament, whose outbursts were sparked by perceived stupidity or grave musical errors.
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von Bulow
Modjeska
Century
Hawk Between Two Pigeons Echoes in Child's Memory
A Chicago News item recalls a church sermon on the line Why halt ye between two opinions. On returning home Cora misremembers the text as hawk between two pigeons, prompting a grandmother to note the child’s vivid, humorous misunderstanding.
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Cora
Chicago News
Fooling the Boy Laugh Line from New York Press
Short humor item cites the New York Press with a joke about a cow jumping over the moon as an early experiment in aerial navigation.
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New York Press
Almond Oil Yield From Almonds
One hundred pounds of almonds yield forty eight pounds of oil indicating a conversion ratio used in processing and trade in historical food production records.
Careworn Man Sows Vanity, Reaps Despair, Goethe Quotation
A somber Goethe line warns that vanity sown across ages yields only despair. The maxim reflects weary wisdom on human folly and its long shadows.
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Goethe
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Artesia, California
Hodge Ave
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J. W. Passmore
Gus Martin
Duff Ave
Mutual
Bosworth
Iowa State College
City
Milford School House
J. H. Winters
E. F. Posegate
B. J. Shelden
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
J. E. Cagwin
China’s Great Wall
Watch Springs
D. M. Ghrist
M.D
Jennie G. Ghrist, M. D
Drs. Ghrist
Ghrist
Physicians & Surgeons
Masonic Building
Onondaga St
Charles J. Biewen
Wall Paper
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E. Cagwin
Olympia
Valentines
Cagwins
Schulz
C. E. Holmes
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