Nevada and surrounding towns show lively activity and losses
In Story City and nearby towns a fire destroyed Nels Donhowe’s Story City restaurant. the Roland county fire hit the Cole restaurant in Roland. Zearing held a large market day with seventy drafters selling for over $10,000. Local civic events include a Nevadan booster club meeting and a Maxwell bird cage council project. Golfing or basketball chatter hints at Cole’s bughouse, while Ellison and Mason push new patents and coal prospects in Maxwell and Perry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zearing
Wm. Rooker
Indianapolis
Indiana
Hoosier State
Cat Eyes as Time Indicator Fascinates Early Explorers
The article recounts M Hue and companions learning from a Chinese Christian youth how a cat's pupils narrow toward noon, using this as a time signal. Hue verified the method by examining several cats in the village while observers note the phenomenon and its origin in a Chicago Chronicle excerpt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Hue
Huc
Hue
Chicago Chronicle
The Prince’s Clever Two Hour Arrest Bet
A foreign prince in Paris bet he would be arrested within two hours without breaking any law. He dressed in ragged clothes, ordered chocolate, paid with a large banknote, and after police arrived he was detained briefly before being released once the tale was learned.
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Paris
Imperial Club
New York Tribune
Silent Haircut Request Causes Confusion in Barber Shop
A dialogue-heavy scene shows a barber and a patient arguing over speech style. The patient insists on a silent, concise haircut, leading the archer to question whether the man in the chair is mad or a foreigner. The victim finally clarifies he wants the service performed in silence.
Electric Bitters touted as cure for back and kidney trouble
J R Blankenship of Beck Tennessee praises Electric Bitters claiming complete cure after several bottles. Advertisement notes guaranteed by all druggists and price of 50 cents.
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J. R. Blankenship
Beck, Tenn
Color blindness and its varieties
The article explains color blindness as an absence or reduction of color perception. It notes red green and violet deficiencies, introduces feeble color sense, and observes color blindness is more common among the less educated.
Barbers Through Antiquity and Tudor England
The article traces early barbering in Greece during the fifth century B C and Rome in the third century B C. It notes that in medieval England the barber and physician were one, with a king’s barber serving as medical adviser. It cites Henry VIII era laws restricting barbers in London to avoid surgical practices, allowing only tooth drawing.
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Greece
Rome
England
Henry VIII
London
After It Is All Over
A comic reflection on how people react to fear after events end. It notes men often keep quiet about their fright while others may faint, challenging the idea that coolness equals lack of fear. It draws on a Forest and Stream quotation about nervous strength.
Mira Star Fades After Great Bright Period
The Star Mira, known to astronomers for 800 years, often invisible except through telescopes, has recently faded after a brilliant phase. It once vanished for four years and now shows signs of decline as a variable sun rivaling our own in brightness at times. The period of its changes is irregular.
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Mira
Garrett P. Serviss
New York
Tilden Brothers & Company Incorporated Incorporation Notice
Notice of incorporation under Iowa law for a Ames Iowa business Tilden Brothers & Company Incorporated with principal office in Ames. Authorized capital stock 750 shares 75 000 dollars with 250 preferred and 500 common shares. 8 percent dividend on preferred. Board of three directors Lucian C Tilden Frederick C Tilden J Galen Tilden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Iowa
Tilden Brothers & Company, Incorporated
Ames
Secretary of State
A. D
Lucian ©. Tilden
J. Galen Tilden
Lucian C. Tilden
Frederick C. Tilden
Tilden Bros., & Company, Incorporated
Frederick C Tilden
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Cole
Berg
Nels Donhowe
Story City
Erickson & Larson
Roland
Larson
Mr. Erickson
Business Men’s League of Nevada
Wodman Hall
Boosters
Nevada
Cambridge High School
Huxley
Sanford Heggen
Chas. Sheriff
Charley Masteller
Geo. M. Mason
Cambridge
Perry
Mason
Sahara Desert
Maxwell
Chas Wammack
Haas Bros
Jows
Arthur Lindroth
Ben Bosley
Des Moines
Fieldburg Mutual Insurance Company
Halvor Norem
Old Country
Iowa Central
B. D. Kent
Roland Canning Factory
the Bank of Kelley Kelley
EB. J. Penfield, Pres
Daniel McCartny
Luke
McCarthy & Luke
Attorneys At Law
Story County Bank
Ames, Iowa
EB. F. Pisegate
Adams
Cabkla
Mutual Phone
Burt Kooser
Mutual
L. A. Morris
East Main Street
the Undertaker
G. D. Loud
Tenes
What He
Wanted
J.B. Kooser & Co
Groceries and Queensware
Pomona
Richelieu
Big Gun Tobacco
Coon Tobacco
Kooser
Morrisanna Medah and
Hirano
Saginaw
Lincoln
Eastern Gem
Little Rock
B. A. Lockwood Grain Co
Frank N. Fowler
Judisch Brothers
Bower
McCartney
Owa
Ames Home Bakery
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