What is the Weather Going to Be in Des Moines
A collage of chatter on weather and daily life. Notes mention Des Moines furor over a runaway horse, park board tree trimming in Atlanta, and miles of sun on a spot observed by two readers. Reports from North Dakota claim brutal cold while southern Mexico sees sixty above. Anecdotes mix with a Melbourne wreck rumor and a court case on a biennial elections amendment in Nevada.
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Sito
Iowa
North Dakota
Mexico
Melbourne
Evans
Nevada
Lobaugh
Smart Set March issue review and Charlottesville murder
The March Smart Set marks its sixth year with Harold MacGrath's The Princess Elopes and stories by rising writers. It also features essays and verse by noted authors. The Charlottesville murder case of J Samuel McCue prompts a study of love and sex, likening the crime to Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and exploring deeper motives beyond sensational verdicts.
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Harold MacGrath
Norvell Harrison
Beatrix Demarest Lloyd
William Hamilton Osborne
Thorneycroft
Frances Aymar Mathews
Kate Jordan
van Tassel Sutphen
Clinton Dangerfield
Julia B. Foster
Algernon
Assin
Maurice Francis Egan
Washington
March Smart
Madison Cawein
Zona Gale
Arthur Stringer
Florence Wilkinson
Gouveneur Morris
Edith M
Reading
Charlottesville
J. Samuel McCue
Virginia
Monticello
Old University
McCue
Dr. Jekyl
Mr. Hyde
Jekyl
Hyde
The Seed Corn Special and a Civic Tragedy
Iowa crop data highlight corn growth and rail outreach for Professor Holden’s seed selection tour across the state beginning March 6. Separately a Atlanta Constitution editorial discusses McCue’s murder case, marriage tension, and the moral fallout for his family.
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Iowa
Chicago & North-Western Railway
Holden
State College At
Ames
Bitter Winter of 1905 Brings Coal Shortage and Closures
The winter after Christmas 1905 broke records with coal shortages making Simpson College in Indianapolis shut and many factories closed. Trains were abandoned and widespread destitution followed the extreme cold. The season promises to be a bitter memory for many.
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Simpson College
Indianola
Grave Trouble and Museum Gifts Highlight Local News
An Ohio reader describesElectric Bitters aiding a woman with liver and stomach neuralgia, praising it as best medicine for weak women. A second item details vast museum material donated from the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, including woods, gums, plant products, and regional samples destined for the college and various departments.
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John A. Young
Clay
N. Y
L. M. Bosworth
Dr King’s New Life Pills Promised Cure for Food Poisons
An advertisement claims poisons in food cause illness and promises Dr King’s New Life Pills cure all sickness from undigested food. The offer guarantees money back. Available for 25 cents at L. M. Bosworth’s drug store.
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Dr. King
L. M. Bosworth
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Dae Saar
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Ames Times
Story County
Atlanta Constitution
Park Board
Robert B. Armstrong
United States Treasury
Casualty Company of America
Nineten Hundred
Are
God
Olympus
Sodom
Heaven
House of Prayer
Atlanta
Constitution
St. Louis
Buenos Ayres
Algarrobo
Europe
Argentine Republic
Nicaragua
Hercules Club
Oregon
Kentucky
Heinz Pickle Company
Heinz
Lowa
H. P. Baker
Forester
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