Many Iowa visitors travel between Des Moines and surrounding towns
Geo Copestake is in Kansas City on business and numerous residents visit Des Moines, Cambridge, Boone, Mendota, De Smet, and other points for visits and short trips. The local social circuit lists Mr and Mrs Greeley, Miss Rutherford, Misses Bryant, Mrs Ross Mason, and many others visiting relatives or attending events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Copestake
Kansas City
Glendora
Mary Bryant
Cambridge
Chas. Ross
Boone
Parks Merritt Wedding at Grundy Center
Mr H M Parks and Miss Alice Merritt of the college faculty were married at the bride’s parents home in Grundy Center on New Year’s Eve with Dr A B Storms performing the ceremony. Attending were Miss Pike Morrison Paddock and friends Dunphy Ren of Ames. They will reside at the college at the spring term start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Parks
Alice Merritt
Grundy Center
A. B. Storms
Dunphy and
Ren of
Ames
Mercy over Fashion in Mansfield's Death Punishment Rule
The piece recalls England's harsh theft penalties, noting Lord Mansfield's directive to spare a thief by deeming a trinket under ten shillings and the jeweler's protest over the fashion’s cost. The judge urged mercy, saying not to hang for fashion's sake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Hampstead
Cat Snags Mouse With Cheese Trap In Cupboard
A restaurant manager’s cat spotted a mouse in a wine glass cupboard. It dropped a cheese bait from a plate, waited beside the cheese for an hour, and when the mouse charged the cheese the cat seized its prize in a calm, calculated capture.
For Sale Wood in stove length by E. J. Mat tocks
For sale stove length wood offered by E. J. Matocks. Contact details not provided.
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E. J. Mat
London in 1700 Traitors' Heads at Temple Bar
A Saturday Review excerpt paints London 1700 as a small city with rough roads and decaying urban life. It notes hanging heads near London Bridge and Temple Bar, prevalent public punishments, rotten smells, polluted drains, crowded churchyards, and even royal attendance at bear baiting and dog fights.
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London
Southwark
London Bridge
Temple Bar
Tyburn
Saturday Review
Local Notes From Our Town This Week
The Baptist church meetings closed Sunday evening. Frank Sutter visited relatives last week. Miss Vivian Hutchinson is improving and will soon return to school. Merritt Rigby takes his station vacancy. Mayor Sheldon and A J Graves of Ames conducted business here Tuesday. Dr Will Lytle left Jefferson for Ottumwa to take a government post. Mrs C F Davis and children of Gilbert Station and Gertrude Morris of Ames visited L G Rosenfield family Friday and Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Rowe
Boone
Morris
Minneapolis
Gen. Lincoln
Ed. Graves
Storm Lake
City
Dr. Bradley
I. S. Stephens
Alice King
Aurora
Vivian Hutchinson
Miss Fentons School
Gerbracht
Illinois
Frank
Fred
Will Lytle
Jefferson
Ottumwa
C. F. Davis
Gilbert Station
Gertrude Morris
Ames
L. G. Rosenfield
Birth of Advertisements in English newspapers
The first periodical press appeared in 1622 but ads grew from 1647. An April 1647 issue announced a book praised by clergy and sold at Stationers Hall and the Golden Fleece. The London Gazette later ran a special ad supplement. An earlier Dutch ad from 1626 advertised an auction of sugar ivory and tobacco.
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England
London
Joseph Hunsecot
George Calvert
London Gazette
Gazette
House Emphasizes Utility Over Ornament Despite Four Children
A Syracuse Journal excerpt notes a household adhering to William Morris ideals of usefulness, sacrificing decoration to practicality to accommodate four children.
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William Morris
Syracuse Journal
Sharp words spark a tense Chicago Post moment
A brief Chicago Post exchange features a sharp remark and a quick, wry reply about opportunities, capturing a terse, magazine-like street dialogue.
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Chicago Post
Convenient Fetters and the Siberian Prison
Russian exile Leo Deutsch recounts lenient discipline in Siberian prisons in his book Sixteen Years In Siberia. He recalls governors joking about fetters and an incident where he presented in “full dress” with string tied chains. He also notes a theft of his bag containing the fetters and the demand to replace them.
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Leo Deutsch
Siberia
Siberian
Deutsch
Ancient Babylonian Code Attributed To King Amraphel
London Express cites a 2250 year old Babylonian code of 282 statutes. Provisions include punishment for deceitful beverage sellers, wife's dismissal rules, dowry return if divorce for childless reason, compensation for rescinded betrothal, and a widow with grown children needing a judge's permission to remarry.
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Amraphel
Babylon
London Express
Speech mistakes in intended and known phrases
A note on common errors of speech shows how speakers confuse intended to tell and intended to tell you and how If I had known becomes If I had have known. Examples illustrate the correct usage and typical slips in casual talk.
Correcting common English usage in historical guidance
The passage notes preferred constructions and cautions against archaic or incorrect forms. It contrasts expected phrases such as I should think that you would have gone to see her with the awkward version and clarifies avoiding ain't and similar contractions for proper form.
Misunderstood Author Ponders New Murder Method
Fergus Hume, famed for sensational novels, told a friend in a railway carriage how he had murdered at least twenty people and sought a new method. An old lady nearby shivered and fled at the next station, likely imagining him a dangerous lunatic.
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Fergus Hume
London
Gun Crews Operate as a Precise Naval Machine
Raval Gun Crews explain that each vessel turret holds seven men plus the captain. Two guns per turret mean fifteen men in action. Each gun needs a pointer trainer sight setter rammer hoist breech block man and loader, each at a defined station. The crew function like a single machine.
The Kitten Story Told by a Little Girl
A lady asks about the kitten once kept by a little girl. The girl explains the kitten grew up and became a cat, revealing a humorous misunderstanding. The scene ends with the girl’s witty reply about the kitten’s transformation.
Uncle Eben on lending and advice in seven of eleven cases
Uncle Eben explains that in about seven of eleven instances when a man seeks advice he will offer a chance to lend him money. The remark appears in the Washington Star.
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Eben
Washington Star
Embarrassing to the Guest in Welsh Mountain Cottage
A stormbound tourist staying overnight is mistaken for the husband by the cottage mistress. After donning the host’s clothes to dry his own, he is confronted with a Bible wielded as punishment as she scolds for asking the man to stay all night.
A Woman's Wish From the Philadelphia Press
A humorous exchange features Mrs. Housekeep and Mrs. Clubb on dinner timing. Mrs. Housekeep jokes her husband would come home earlier to be served, and Mrs. Clubb responds with playful disbelief.
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Belle Rutherford
Des Moines
W. M. Greeley
Ester
N. C. Rew
Chas. Dudgeon
Heir
Mendota, Ill
Dwight Davis
de Smet
N. D
Raymond Titus
Muscatine
H. D. Herr
Ross Mason
Bert Kooser
Katherine Stuart
Wall Lake
Dudge Stevens
Washington, D. C
Asa Vandermast
Orange
Edith Stevens
Miss Jessie Book
Blairstown
Robt Cairns
Dr. Raynor
Port Dodge
Henry Kaynor
Iane Glaisyer
Arthur Bauer
Center Point
W. W. Talbott
Audubon
Alex Talbott
C. D. Reed
Omaha
John Wright
Logan
Burton R. Rogers
G. W. Rogers
O. W. St. John
Montour
Fitchpatrick
Nevada
Fern Belt
Maxwell
Ada Belt
F. H. Munn
Florence McCorkindale
Odebolt
Winnie Hunter-Evans
Baby
E. Hunter
Searsboro, In
Alice Mann
Algona
Fiora Padock
Marshalltown
Nellie Stewart
Father Renier
Tama
Father Stuart
St. Joseph's College
Dubuque
Sherman Griffith
Lela Blaine
Council Bluffs
Iowa City
John Morgan
Clarion
Miss Barr
Kellogg
Mrs. DeForest Pomeroy
Chicago
London Ridge
Kelley
The
Baptist Church
Frank Sutter
Mr. Rigby
Peterson
Sheldon and
A. J. Graves
Foster
Merritt Rigby
Eva Person
McCellsburg
Nora
Mr. Vandermast
Semmons
Loughran
Bauer Prescription Druggists
K. L. Munn
SON Mutual 'Phon
Iowa
Bower & Perkins
Mia
Lowa
Church Directory
John Chandler
F. D. Ferrall, Pastor
Sun
Christian Endeavor
First Congregational Church
Cor. Kellogg and
Sts
Bible School
C. E
Y.P.S.C. E
Methodist Episcopal Church
Andrew M. Shea
Epworth League
Ween
United Brethren
C. L. Welson
Schoo
U. P.o
Otto Haller
West North Ave
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