Story City and Nevada News Items Echo Local Happenings
The column details a February birth in Story City to Mr. and Mrs A M Ringheim, Ames and Story City bowling contests with high scores, a Story City wedding of Jessie Dick to M B Jones of Ontario, hunting accident near Nevada, and a prohibition era night in Story County. It reports Minnesota game smuggling fines for William Kerr and Robert Pool, a gun donation plan from Rock Island Arsenal to Story City G A R Post, and a 24 pound howitzer proposed as a cemetery monument with transportation costs to be covered locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Hull
Jessie
M. B Jones
Ontario
Rev
J. S Bamford
Cole Banner
Nevada
Minnesota
St. Paul
District Court
Jackson County
William Kerr
Robert Pool
Iowa
Kerr
Pool
Nevada Journal
H. F. Ferguson
J. A. T. Hull
E. L. Sheldah
Story City
G. A. R. Post
Rock Island Arsenal
Rock Island
Ill
Frankford Arsenal
Philadelphia
Hull
Story City Herald
Great Men Who Loved Children Across Ages
An affectionate reflection catalogs famous authors and thinkers who adored children. It highlights Boswell, Byron, Southey, Lamb, Dickens, Carroll, and Oliver Wendell Holmes as exemplary “children lovers” whose lives and works reveal a shared joy in youthful companionship and gentle wit.
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Sam Johnson
Boswell
Byron
Ada
Southey
Lamb
Mary
Edmonton
Charles Dickens
Boz
Gadshill
Lewis Carroll
Christchurch
Oliver Wendell Helnes
The Richmond Theater Fire of 1811 Tragedy Recalled
A graphic account from Rev. Robert May details the December 26 1811 Richmond theater fire. Wooden construction and dry rafters fed a blaze that killed around 200, trapping patrons in narrow lobbies as stairs and doors blocked escape. Citizens mourned, a four month ban on public amusements followed, and a monument was planned with days of fasting and prayer.
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Robert May
America
India
Richmond
Shockboe Hill
Commonwealth
New York Post
Scheme That Failed At the Manufacturers Club
A Philadelphia Press account recounts a Baltimore connected electrical engineer shared a 1896 New York scheme failure. He describes disguising as a worker, clearing snow to gain access to a rival factory, learning a rival process, and how secrecy collapsed when faced with rival pricing.
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Manufacturers’ Club
New York
Aaron
Baltimore
Philadelphia Press
When a man asks your age guess fifteen years younger
A Baltimore American quotation notes a social tip: when asked about age, guess at least fifteen years younger than you are, with the certainty that such a guess will win a friend for life.
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Baltimore American
Don’t be downcast. Patient jokes about bills
A brief dialogue from the Boston Transcript features a physician’s line about not being dead yet and a patient quipping that if he were dead he wouldn’t worry about the bill, highlighting a sharp exchange over medical charges.
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Boston Transcript
Guilty Anyhow A Marble Notion in a Murder Case
A court tale recounts Daniel O Connell in a murder charge where the defense announced the murdered man would testify. The supposed victim testified, the jury acquitted by form but returned a guilty verdict. The foreman claimed the man stole his mare three weeks earlier.
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Daniel O’connell
True
The Arabic Day Begins With Crescent Seen After Sunset
The Arabic day starts at sunset and the new month begins when the new moon is first seen after sunset. Cloudiness may hinder sighting the crescent, causing uncertainty whether the day belongs to the previous month or the new month.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Story County Newslets
Orn
A. M. Ringheim
Arnal
Ames
Rand Art Anderson
Story City Fed
Story
Hans Johnson
Frank
Harrison
Frank Tudor
Isaac Tudor
Harrison Johnson
Tudor
Coloman
Hibition
Story County
Noo
Chiffonias
E. L. Sylvester
East Main Street
Etory OF
Richmond Playhouse
Daily Guide
Rte
Cade @ Steigerwalt
Geo. E. Baker
H. L. Munn
SON Mutual
Julia
Kansas
Omaha
Neb
J.C. Revaew
St. Omaba
Koda K&s
Eastman Kodak
Eastman
IL. M. Bos
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