Happenings and notices from the Iowa college scene
A roundup of campus life includes visits by Prof. Bennett and Prof. Kennedy to Des Moines, a senior class society named Senioritas, growth of the Galloway Breeders Association secretary, a drainage notes pamphlet from Civil Engineering, and a notable extortion case involving Thomas Fuller arrested after sending a Pat Crowe letter to H W Spaulding.
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the Civil Engineering Department
A Marston
A. T. Erwin
Des Moines
Iowa State Horticultural Society
Thomas Fuller
Marshalltown
Grimer
U.S
Christian
Fuller
Pat Crowe
H. W. Spaulding
U. S
Packing Plant Idea Grows At Ames College Campus
The Meat Producers Association formed to challenge the meat trust backs Iowa State College efforts to create a department for killing and curing meats and to study an independent packing plant. J J Ryan of Fort Dodge leads the push with President Storms to seek legislative appropriation and local backing.
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Meat Producer’s Association
Meat Trust
Register and Leader
J. J. Ryan
Fort Dodge
Bell Meat Producers’ Association of Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa
A. B. Storms
Iowa Agricultural College
Storms
General Assembly
Ames
Ryan
Association
Washington cafes offer bread and butter on the free list
A Bostonian in Washington notes free bread and butter in cafes and jokes about water charges. He compares New York, San Francisco, and Philadelphia, then remarks in Boston you get free brown bread with beans, highlighting city cafe practices.
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Washington
New York
San Francisco
Philadelphia
New York Commercial Advertiser
Dodging a Lion Hunter
The anecdote recalls Baron Huddleston offering a sovereign to a hotel waiter to secure a seat beside a duke. The waiter betrayed him, admitting the duke gave him two sovereigns to keep the baron from the favored place.
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Baron Huddleston
Mexican Ruins Across Oaxaca Chiapas Yucatan and Morelia
The article highlights famed ancient sites Mitla Oaxaca Palenque Chiapas Uxmal Yucatan and Xochimilco Morelia. These ruins, some forming whole cities, are said to be two to three thousand years old and feature elaborate carvings resembling Egyptian hieroglyphics.
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Mexico
Oaxaca
Chiapas
Yucatan
Morelia
Mitla
Palenqua
Uxmal
Xochimilco
It All Depends The Voice Of Love In Conversation
A dialogue touches on how a woman cares about a man's love, noting how interest wanes when he loves another. The Cincinnati Enquirer presents a playful exchange about romance and attention.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Tragedy in Gowrie Narrows to Hulda Nelson and Mother
Hulda Nelson killed her mother in Gowrie Iowa and then took her own life after a period of ill health and mental strain. The incident followed earlier suicide attempts and a life of academic achievement in Iowa and Fort Dodge. Both women were long time residents and well regarded in the community.
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Hulda Nelson
Gowrie
Iowa
Mangus Nelson
Nelson
Hulda
Gustaf Nelson
Fort Dodge
Nebraska
Hilda Nelson
Clay as Food Among Oriental Peoples Described
Travel testimony notes earth consumption among yellow races in China New Caledonia New Guinea and Malay archipelago especially Java and Sumatra. Clay is mixed with water dried formed into pencil thick tablets baked in iron pans resembling dried pork and Javanese also fashion clay figures of animals or people as edible forms.
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China
New Caledonia
New Guinea
Malay Archipelago
Orient
Java
Sumatra
First Railway Trip by Stephenson and Stockton and Darlington
The first locomotive built by George Stephenson for Stockton and Darlington ran on Sept 27, 1825. The fire fed so well the chimney glowed red while the engine ran boisterously yet safely, driven by Stephenson. The train carried six loaded wagons, a passenger carriage, twenty-one seated trucks, six coal wagons, and 450 passengers. On return the number rose to over 600 with passengers hanging to wagons in thrill and fear.
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George Stephenson
Stockton and Darlington
Stephenson
No Heaven Bent Mob For Him
A Glasgow evangelistic service ends with the preacher urging ascent to heaven but an elderly Scotsman remains seated. The reply is clear and humorous, I am going but not with a personally conducted party. The remark appears in the St James Gazette.
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Glasgow
St. James Gazette
Community Notes From Kelley and Nearby Towns
The Woodmen held a Tuesday night dance at their hall. Measles remain active among those not yet immune. Des Moines shopping trips included Mesdames Rigby Stevens Lytle Hutchinson and Lizzie Long. Mrs. W A Gossard visited Milford to stay with daughter Mrs J B Rowland. Tom Armstrong moved to Illinois to farm for the year. No Congregational church sermon next Sunday due to a wedding. Congregational Sunday School social set for Friday evening at Mr and Mrs George Person. Entertainment by Mrs Frank Smith of Ames and Miss Mabie Gates of Nevada planned for February 26 under school auspices. All are invited.
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Congregational
George Person
Frank Smith
Ames
Mabie Gates
Nevada
Smoking in the Street Punishments in 1695 Methwold Record
The Methwold mayor court book for October 14 1695 records penalties for street smoking. It states that any person caught smoking tobacco in the street must forfeit one shilling for each offense and petty constables may distraine for payment. Nicholas Barber is presented for smoking in the street and amerced one shilling.
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Methwold
England
Nicholas Barber
Tea's arrival in seventeenth century London surprises readers
The excerpt recalls early curiosity about tea as a foreign drink in the seventeenth century. It notes careful preparation and trepidation, with ladies sometimes using brandy afterward. Dr. Lister is cited blaming tea and coffee for shortening life as a silent plague.
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Lister
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Nicholson
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U. P. Railway
Elwood Mead
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Ellison Orr
Postville
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W. M. R. French
Art Institute of Chicago
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Stevens
W. A. Gossard
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J. B. Rowland
Tom Armstrong
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Lizzie Long
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