Warned by Specters Aided a Brother in Deciding a Legal Question
A narrator recounts three appearances by apparitions that guided major choices. The first vision at a cemetery involved Annie, the second at a boarding school warned of a friend’s death, and the third at a Boston lawyer’s office featured his dead sister. The piece muses on unseen vibrations and the possibility that science may someday explain these phenomena.
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Dedham
Mass
Charlie
Boston
Unknown glimpse teased by rare moments of attunement
A brief line from the New York Herald hints at moments of attunement that reveal a veil lifting to reveal the unknown. The quote suggests a transient access to hidden knowledge through rare sensitivity.
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New York Herald
Hoyle and the Rise of Scientific Whist
The Glasgow Times notes Hoyle did not invent whist but popularized scientific whist. A barrister by profession, he served as registrar of the prerogative in Ireland, born 1670, died 1767 at 97. He earned £1000 from his whist treatise, which ran through five editions in a year and was widely pirated. He taught whist for a guinea a lesson and stressed probability calculations during rubber stages. A famed mathematician would explain odds at coffee houses for a small fee.
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Brooklyn
Greenfield Hill
Conn
Annie
Maggie
Hoyle
Ireland
Cavendish Square
Glasgow Times
Giants and Growth Disease In Historic Italian Study
An Italian doctor links giantism to brain growth regulation, noting limb overgrowth and facial changes. Giants typically die young, averaging just over twenty years. Irish giants include McGrath of Tipp erary born 1736 at seven ft five, Malone seven ft six, Murphy seven ft three, and Byrne seven ft six, all lacking mental development.
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Ireland
McGrath
Tipperary
Malone
Murphy
Charles Byrne
Old Dances In Old Times From Edward Scott’s Dancing In All Ages
A digest of historic English dances described by Edward Scott. It mentions Joan Sanderson's jolly dance with partners kissing twice, Mary Stuart dancing the Volta, and Elizabeth's higher steps. It lists dances from King Charles I era like Trenchmore Cushion Dance Omnium Gatherum and Hoite cum Toite, plus later names such as All In a Garden Green Gathering of Peasceds Lumps of Pudding Under and Over The Bath The Slaughter House Have at Thy Coat Old Woman.
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Edward Scott
England
Joan Sanderson
Mr. Scott
Mary Stuart
Elizabeth
Charles
Desert Flyer Replaces Stage Coach on Western Mail Route
A Chicago built four cylinder fourteen passenger auto named the Desert Flyer stopped in Ames en route to Reno to carry mail and passengers along the trail replacing the old stage coach. The owner and two companions drove the machine built for western conditions and its use on plains and mountain trails is planned as a future mail and passenger carrier. Bulletin No. 98 on Clover Growing in Iowa is available free from Director C. F. Curtiss in Ames.
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Shay
Reno
Nevada
Buffalo Bill
Chicago
Iowa
C. F. Curtiss
Ames
Ames Churches United Brethren Sunday Schedule
Sunday School begins at 10. The pastor delivers a sermon at 11 and reports the state Sunday School convention. Junior C. EB at 2 30. Senior C. EB following the park service. No evening service in the church.
First Baptist Church July Meeting on Roman Empire Fate
A 11:00 a m program asks Will America meet the Fate of the Roman Empire. A 6 30 p m union meeting in the park features Rev J Hauser from Boone as speaker for July activities.
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First Baptist Church
America
Union
J. Hauser
Boone
Bible School and Union Park Sermon by Rev J T Hauser
Bible School at 9 45 in the morning. Evening services follow in the park with C E. Rev J T Hauser of Boone preaches at 11 00 am and again at the park union service at 6 30 pm. Hauser regarded as an able and interesting speaker.
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Bible School
C. E
J. T. Hauser
Boone
Hauser
Powdered egg a success and clover crops in Iowa
Reports from the Atlantic fleet praise powdered egg as a permanent diet provision when fresh eggs are scarce. A ship crew found powder and fresh eggs yield indistinguishably in omelets, addressing a complaint about a lack of taste. The Iowa Clover crop is highlighted as a cheap protein source and soil nitrogen builder, with current acreage low relative to timothy and corn. The Iowa Experiment Station notes soil conditions and stands as key factors limiting clover adoption.
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Washington, D. C
Hampton Roads
Iowa
Soils Department
Local Ames Miscellany Items and Notices
Howard Adams has fireworks on hand and M A Ellett is a painter and decorator. Several notices on rentals, sales, and jobs. births and moves. a Tilden employee change. and local health updates. Danforth and Phillips families mentioned. a hospital operation for Geo Pitsor. capital city travel and other short items.
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M. A. Ellett
Iowa
C. H. Pasley
Pole climber survives beehive at church pole
Tom Leonard a line man for the Iowa Telephone Company climbed a pole near the Congregational church at quitting time. He encountered a life sized swarm inside the cable box and slid down quickly. His Panama hat was knocked off and dropped into a mud puddle. He was not stung, but feared it could have been worse.
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Tom Leonard
Iowa Telephone Company
Tom
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W. J. Minchin
Hodge Ave
Lou McElyen
Ted Kooser
J. B. Varella
Brenneman House
Des Moines
Danforth
L. H. Bingham
Ruth
Eva Kingkade
The
Loughran Machine Co
Daisy Brown
A. B. Phillips
Clear Lake
W. A. Perry’s
S. Duff Ave
Edith Otto
Rodney
Tilden’s
Kate Born
Lydia Tilden
Harriet Duncan
Liverpool
Patterson
H. G. Bell
Tilden
Katherine van Epps
Art Ball
State Center
Frank Curtiss
Heinz
Carroll Avenue
Minnesota
O. P. Stuckslager
R. A. Phillips
Rockwell City
Phillips
Newton & Northwestern
Times
Stanfield
Levi
S. C. Stanfield
Geo. Pitsor
Ames Produce Co
H. Ray
Mutual
Margaret M. Jones
Baker’s Jewelry Store
McWilliam
Ames, Lowa
M. I
Adams
Calla Mutual
A. W. Crary
M. S
Alice
Crary
Story
Yead
Daniel McCarthy
J. Y. Luke
McCarthy & Luke
Attorneys At Law
Story County Bank
Ames, Iowa
Lee
Taylo
Lowa
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