Newton to Newton & Northwestern track line opens
The Newton & Northwestern reaches Newton with its track and a completed depot. The first engine to use the line is a Des Moines Union No. 3. No firm train schedule yet. service likely within a few days. The line may extend south or connect with the Iowa Central. current terminus remains Newton. The Illinois Central is suspected promoter.
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Newton & Northwestern
Newton
Des Moines Union
Iowa Central
Illinois Central
Cambridge Phoenix
Honest man and crooked claims in staffing notes
A Cincinnati Times-Star quotation contrasts a supervisor’s dismissal of a confidential man for lack of skill with a separate manager’s firing of a "crooked chap" who knew too much. The exchange exposes tension over trust and competence in personnel.
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Cincinnati Times- Star
The Attraction and Witty Exchange in Smart Set
A witty quip from Smart Set plays on wealth and love as He says he would give up millions for her and She retorts that such a sacrifice would leave him without her. The exchange highlights humorous banter about fortune and romance.
He Has Felt Them
A short cryptic line from the Philadelphia Record notes a boyish remark about leather slippers and felt implying a sensory detail or metaphor from an old column or cartoon caption.
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Philadelphia
Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty
A short aphorism attributed to Simmons states that accuracy and honesty are tightly linked, emphasizing precise truth in conduct and reporting.
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Accuracy
Honesty
Simmons
Kidney-Ettes Cure Kidneys Quickly and Safely
An antique health notice promotes Kidney-Ettes by LovenRAN and Bauer claiming rapid kidney purification and strengthening. Offered for 25 cents to restore kidneys to normal healthy condition.
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Lovenran & Bauer
How Turks Make Coffee Delights Readers With Flavor
The piece explains Turkish coffee making as a precise art using small pots, specific sugar amounts, and repeated frothing steps until the foam rises four times. It contrasts Turkish methods with English and French attempts, stressing freshly roasted and ground beans in a dark brown roast for a divine flavor.
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Turkey
Boston Globe
Motivational Maxim On Self Improvement And Opportunity
A 19th or early 20th century style admonition stresses taking action now to improve oneself. It emphasizes seizing opportunities, daily stocktaking, and measuring progress to avoid carrying over only empty ciphers. The piece frames success as earned through deliberate effort and timely decisions.
Smoked Cat Becomes Museum Curiosity in Northampton
A Northampton hotel cat long remembered for mousing vanished and was later found entombed in chimney brickwork. A workman uncovered the cat in the hotel’s chimney, both front paws gripping smoked mice, preserved in a glass case as a museum oddity.
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Northampton
England
Dickens School Pets
A boyhood glimpse at Wellington House academy where students prized their white mice red polls and linnets kept in hat boxes drawers and other secret places as part of school life. The article notes the pets formed a proud, secret collection among the pupils.
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Dickens
Charles Dickens
Wellington House Academy
Topsy’s Full Name and the Curious Alias
A Kansas City Journal snippet recalls a play scene where a child learns Topsy’s name. The dialogue hints that the character’s full name is Topsy Turvy, as discussed by a parent and child.
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Topsy
Mamma
Papa
Topsy Turvy
Kansas City Journal
Emeline Sara as Solace Amid Detroit Free Press Banter
A brief Detroit Free Press exchange notes Emeline Sara as the speaker’s greatest consolation in life. Elizabeth questions why, and Emeline remarks that others say she talks more than she does.
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Emeline
Sara
Elizabeth
Detroit Free Press
Customary Notice Signals Economic Concern in Town
In a brief exchange cited by the Washington Star a young Mrs. Torkins asks if races are coming to town and notes her husband has not spoken on economizing, reflecting local financial anxieties amid uncertain events.
Jungle Housekeeping in Indian Jungle
A brief colorful sketch describes a West Indian housewife living among the jungle. She gathers soap berries for cleaning, uses calabashes as bowls and jugs, weaves mats from banana leaves, and brews tea from lime leaves and sugar cane juice, illustrating self sufficient daily life.
Colchester Oyster Feast Through the Ages
Colchester's famed Oyster Feast is described as a high honor, with a history spanning Roman times and royal charters. The piece notes exclusive fisheries rights under Richard I and Elizabethan courtiers receiving oyster gifts, and Massinger’s line referencing a barrel of Colchester oysters.
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Colchester
London Chronicle
Richard L
Elizabeth
Massinger
Greedy
Who Nero Was a Celebrated Roman Butcher
In Victorian Melbourne a wealthy butchersman quips Nero was a celebrated Roman butcher. The exchange follows the chief secretary’s jab at the opposition leader, asking Who was Nero to underline ignorance while defending it with wit.
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Nero
Charles Gavan Duffy
Melbourne
London
Mm. A. F
Man borrows friend named Gun in Ottawa court
A man arrives at an Ottawa police court carrying a friend on his back. He explains Gun is loaded and illegal to carry, so the judge discharges Gun. The judge’s comment and the next day’s papers are noted.
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Ottawa
A Humorous Quote on Dignity and Balance
A Chicago Tribune line notes a man cannot stand on his dignity and the back of his neck at once. The speaker accepts the odd mishap with a light philosophical attitude about patience and failure.
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Chicago Tribune
Was It? A Clerk and Lady in a Position Muddle
A brief dialogue where a clerk asks if a charge is to be made and a lady confirms with the claim that her husband has just lost his position. The exchange captures social tension over employment status and financial strain.
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Harper’s Bazar
Morality of stealing and success in life
A Milwaukee Sentinel quip states that men who take things without thanks and release them without regret are generally the most successful of mortals. The remark suggests a pragmatic view of success tied to detachment from gratitude.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
Elusive Water Lily of the Amazon
The water lily of the Amazon shows elusive habits with buds opening in two stages. First at dawn the tip slightly unfurls, then the following evening the plant spreads its four petals in a fuller bloom.
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Amazon
Observation of Waterflower Blooming Pattern
The passage describes sepals moving vividly while a large white bud stays still until 4 a.m. when it rapidly opens its blossom. It remains open about half an hour, then begins to close and within 90 minutes is drawn underwater as the stalk coils.
Reformers Face Simple Habit Challenge quoted by Uncle Eben
A Washington Star quote notes reformers who aim to fix the world often struggle with a basic self discipline problem namely quitting chewing tobacco.
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Eben
Washington Star
Galileo and Urban VIII in the Dialogues dispute
A biographical note says Galileo angered Urban VIII by placing in Simplicio’s mouth an argument Urban had devised. Enemies claimed Urban felt mocked, leading to the Inquisition case. Urban had supported Copernican ideas as cardinal and pope.
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Galileo
Simplicio
Urban VIII
Urban
Inquisition
Tobacco Use in Philippines Permeates Society
In the Philippines tobacco is ubiquitous with children adopting the habit early. In northern Luzon, youths five or six years old puff on large cigars while women smoke as much as men. Immense cigars, two feet long, are hung from house rafters and smoked by all family members during the day.
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Philippines
Luzon
Impossible Shakespeare. Rail crash scene mocks Shakespeare
A critic quips that the drama contains a scene even Shakespeare could not have authored, while the author jokes about the flatterer. The critic then cites a railway smash in the play’s third act as the flaw.
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London
Daring Man Attracts Danger In Widow Flirtations
A Chicago Post description portrays a bold man who courts danger and openly flirts with every young widow he encounters, highlighting his fearless and reckless approach to romance.
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Chicago Post
Energy Drives All Things, Goethe Quotation
Inspirational quote attributed to Goethe about energy powering action and achievement. It asserts that talent, circumstance, and opportunity cannot replace energy as the force behind what a person can accomplish.
Iowa Agricultural Union Formed by ISU Alumni at Ames
On January 8 a large group of Iowa State College alumni and ex-students met in Ames to form the Iowa Agricultural Union. The group aims to foster fellowship, conduct cooperative experiments with the State Experiment Station, stimulate farmer interest, disseminate knowledge, and meet annually to review work. Officers include President R B Eckles and Vice President T A Hunt.
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L. B. Carlisle
Central Iowa Teachers’ Association
Ames
Central District Association
Lamson
Carlisle
Nevada Journal
Iowa State College
Iowa Agricultural Union
Guelph Experimental Union of
Ontario
Ohio Students Union of
Ohio
Richelieu Goods Highlight Local Store
Richelieu goods are praised as the very best by T. J. Minter and Son, a local retailer emphasizing quality and reliability.
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Richelieu
T. J. Minter & Son
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Klondike
Lowak
St. Louis
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Geo. M
Nevada
Ole C. Langland
Roland
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Story City Herald
Chris Hoveland
A. L. Hoveland
Albert Henderson
Albert
Chris
Randall
Paulsrud
Story City
Perfumer
Bibles
Kodaks
Eastman Kodak
Eastman
L. M. Bosworth
Brooklyn
Leeks
Ena MT
Cade @ Steigerwalt
Geo. E. Baker
Goethe
Chiffonias
R. B. Eckles
Aplington
T. A. Hunt
G. I. Christie
Herman Knapp
C. ¥. Curtiss
E. C. Beard
Decorab
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