Summons in a Humorous Deathbed Calamity
Mrs Gallup plots a mock funeral and hawks a cheap gravestone as her husband reads testimonials of miraculous lung cures. The scene unfolds with comic nagging about funeral arrangements and neighbors, while Gallup debates buying the bottle to placate her schemes. The piece blends farce with a satire on medical cure testimonials and rural gossip.
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Mr. Gallup
Susan Gallup
Iallus
Samuel
Barbara Allen
Jim Dewitt
Hanner
Young man recalls a wild night and a judge’s memory
A man describes a night of confusion at 8 30 pm claiming he faced spontaneous combustion after visiting his girlfriend. A policeman intervenes as the youth explains trouble at the door with the girl's father. The scene ends with the officer sending him home.
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Bluecoat
Detroit Free Press
Lightning rods blamed for barn fire dispute
A dialogue from the New York Weekly features a farmer accusing a peddler of causing a barn blaze by failing to keep lightning rods visible. The exchange questions nighttime lanterns and the role of the rods, ending with the farmer blaming the other party for the fire.
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New York Weekly
Bright Little Sammy
In Harlem Life a child asks to stay home after learning his mother died. The mother grants a week off, and the boy wonders if dying means vacation. The humorous exchange captures a child's blunt logic and a mother's pragmatic reply.
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Sammy
Howdie Hurlburt
Mamma
Harlem
The Conceited Peer and Charles Townsend Exchange
The conceited nobleman boasts of folly and laughter. Townsend remarks that such happiness may be the merriest life in Europe, praising the serene confidence of a man who can laugh at himself.
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Charles Townsend
Test of hospitality with floating island supper
A brief remark from the Atchison Globe notes that being invited to a traditional woman’s home for supper is proven by the serving of floating island, described as a reliable test of etiquette.
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Atchison Globe
The temple of fame rests on a grave’s ashes
The saying speaks to the enduring memory of those who die for greatness and the price paid by heroes. It reflects reverence for the dead who shaped lasting reputations and the idea that fame is built from sacrifice.
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Temple of Fame
Brave Young Irish Trooper in Transvaal Tale
In Colier's Weekly reminiscence a 16 year old Irish trooper nicknamed Bobby shows exceptional pluck in South Africa. He shoots an officer near a camp, steals the officer’s horse, and escapes under fire as shells burst over the ridge.
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Transvaal
South Africa
Bobby
Collier’s Weekly
Russian timber skill noted in Siberian mining work
The article highlights the Russian workman’s aptitude with the ax in Siberian mining operations. It notes abundant wood and fuel under a dollar per cord, low timber costs, and praises the peasant’s capability in pick timbering, erecting buildings, log cabins, and wood joining, while dismissing an apocryphal anecdote of finger-axing.
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Siberia
Russia Bans Child Labor Under 12 in All Workplaces
Russia forbids employment of children under twelve in industrial establishments whether state or private. The notice appears amid ads for Books and Stationery and a Chest Protector marketed by Tilden & Loughran.
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Russia
Train Schedule Fragments Show Ames to Des Moines Routes
A partial timetable lists GOING EAST and WEST routes with Chicago Express Sioux City Omaha Overland lines and Des Moines connections. It notes baggage handling and check in at Ames before arrival, with agent W. Rogers.
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Chicago Express
Atlantic
Sioux City
Omaha
Overland Lim
Chicago
Lee Bunewan Te Maskeke
Cedar Rapids & O. Pass
Dakota
DM & S.C
Ames
Seeane Rooms
W. Rogers
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C. B. Lewis
Story County
Smith & Bricker
Thos
Schmetzer
Jesse
Cole
Maxwell Geo. H. Warner
Andes Turek
Collins Eliza Ann Dunahugh
Banks
Nevada
Ida B. Thompson
Eli Goodnow
Iowa Center
Hodge
R H McCarthy
College Park
Ad Ames Thos A
McMillan and W
E Peterson
Anton Reinertson
Vw Vo
Henry Hetland
Laura A Wheatley
Robert C
Susan Sarsfield
Milburn Ellison
T. William Lewis Ellisop
Mary Jane Alderyo
Benjamin F Whipple
Warner
Julia
Shira Thompson
Hawthorn & Booher
Sane
Thomas Scott
Andrew Scott
Love
Story City
Engebret Engebretson
Fairview
Sarah
Nelson
Court Street
Lettie J Fowler
James T White
Jones
Collins
William King
Emil Anivers
Swanson
Sheldahl
Lasellahd
Beatty
Maxwell Mary E Warrell
Cappie Stevens
Denniston
Burney
Collins Anna E Olinger
Geo Graybeal
Halverson
Nels T
Ryen
Lotea
Jenks
Slater Peter Wierson
Christine Claussen
Larsons
Edith Bennett
Browallie
Bigelows
Cole Drake
Newcomer
Alvai Larson
Ad McCalisburg
Bertha Stueland
Onn Mannes
Lote
Roland John Turkington
Joseph Miller
Alli
India
JA Fitchpatrick
Wito Jacob Leake
F Swayze
Alice
Tim Keef
George E Ficken
Jas D Furner
J Houghland
O Moklebust
M Greeley
Finch
Nisa
Lee
Christianson
Tilden & Loughran
Cooley
Barkhurst
Chicaco
Northwestern
R’y
Murine
Lancaster
Murine Co
Masonic Temple
G. W. Mechling
D.D
Cordonsville
Minn
Marine
Edward Buley
Des Moines Daily News
Associated Press
the News
Des Moines
Iowa
Tilden & Loughran’s
T. J. Minieerr & Son
B. Read
Iones
The
Optimist
the Times
Joe Coomn
Armes, Iowa
D. Hamilton
Victor J. Evans & CO
Washington, D. C
Evans
Alaskas
Canepr Bros. & Herman
Bower & Longscorer
INQ
Bic
Hemstreet
M. Hemstreet
J. A. Campbell
Ames, Owa
Campbell
Bustia
Burt Kooser
Mainstreet
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