Many Ames Residents Travel for 4th Celebrations
Local notes show numerous Ames people visiting Story City Marshalltown Des Moines Boone and nearby towns to celebrate the Fourth of July. Families like the Ed Raynes and Maxwells joined picnics in Zumwalt Park and Story City with friends and relatives across central Iowa.
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Flossie Hawver
Jennie and
Loretta Williams
Will Broderick
Mr. Webster
This City
Jim Gallup
Boone
Zumwalt’s Park
Ames Seeks Bids for Water System Extension in 1908
Notice to contractors calling for sealed bids by July 15 1908 for extending Ames Iowa water supply with thousands of feet of cast iron and galvanized pipe plus valves hydrants and specials. Plans by engineers on file with city clerk. Bids on engineer prepared blanks with 10 percent certified check. City reserves right to reject or waive defects.
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Ames
Iowa
A. Marston
T. H. McDonald
A. B. Maxwell
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Endorsed by J W Jenkins
J W Jenkins of Chapel Hill N C praises Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as the best salve in the world. He says it cured a felon on his thumb and heals every sore burn or wound. Available at drug stores for 25 cents.
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Bucklen
J. W. Jenkins
Chapel Hill
N. C
The Mule's Delusion
A New York Mail piece extols pack mules as essential in mountains and true artificers of loading. It notes the mule’s discipline, quirks such as bucking when loaded, and the humorous belief that a mule can sing, a strictly original vocal display.
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New York Mail
Mixed Pickles in Political Debate Across the House
The passage uses a tangled simile about Mr McKenna and a loaded sword to illustrate how mixed metaphors appear in political debate in the House of Commons. Bishop Knox is referenced in explaining the conceit.
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Bishop Knox
Leeks Stir Up Soup Mix-Up at Neighbors
A couple discovers stray leeks in their soup were tulip bulbs left by Mrs. Jackson on the counter. The husband had not ordered the bulbs, yet they finished the bowls rather than waste them. The grocer confirms the mix-up and the bulbs were unintended items.
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Scott
A Queer Practice Across Australian Tribes
A fragment notes a general practice among Australian tribes involving ribbing of the skin. The sentence suggests the habit is widespread but provides limited detail or context for further explanation.
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Australia
Eugene Aram the Scholar Turned Criminal and Literary Muse
Eugene Aram, born 1704 in Yorkshire, rose as a reputed scholar in Knaresborough. A drinking crowd's plan to rob a widow leads to a skeleton unearthed. Aram is accused, Houseman confesses, and Aram is executed by hanging. His case survives in Hood's poem and Bulwer's novel.
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Eugene Aram
Hood
Bulwer
Aram
Yorkshire
Knaresborough
Daniel Clark
Richard Houseman
Clark
Gruesome methods blamed on mud grafts in child wounds
Descriptions from the London Standard detail brutal long cuts across a child’s chest arm leg and back. A mud graft is inserted under stretched skin to form ridges from armpit to armpit as healing progresses and pain is intense.
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London Standard
The Brave Butterfly and Solomon’s Mercy
A butterfly boasts it could destroy Solomon’s temple and impress his wife. Solomon confronts the boastful insect and spares it after a frightened apology. The wife asks what was said, and the butterfly recounts Solomon’s warning to never threaten again.
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Solomon
Boaster
Chicago News
Wifely Curiosity Attributed to Cleveland Plain Dealer
A humorous exchange features a wife noting she wore her husband’s suit and questions his size after hearing a tailed remark about another man. The dialogue centers on perceptions of body size and playful mischief.
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Henry
Belle Greene
Tommy Tolliver
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Eyewitness Accounts at Brentford Court
A Brentford county court judge asks for witnesses to an accident and a reply confirms a single witness, the uncle, who is blind and not present. The exchange underscores limited testimony in the case.
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Brentford
London Telegraph
Make Anything on That Deal A Million Counts
Dialogue page excerpt shows Gob sa Golde pressing for value in a deal as Mydass responds with a grim estimate of a million. The exchange highlights urgency over scarce funds and the weight of every million in the business context.
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Gobsa Golde
Mydass
New York Press
The Murder and Flight of a Schoolmaster in 1745
A 1745 plot led by schoolmaster Aram and accomplices to steal valuables and divide the loot. Clark is killed at St Robert’s cave after a quarrel, Houseman flees, Aram hides the body in a grave and buries part of the treasure. Aram later flees to London, wandering for years before resurfacing as a Lynn usher.
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Knaresborough
Lynn
Aram
Thistlehill
Clark
Houseman
St Robert’s Cave
Knaresborough Forest
Hood
Bulwer
St. Robert’s Cave
Law
London
The Victorious Vixenhead of Berlin in Stone
A New York Tribune tale recounts the legend of a Berlin house nnd its stone bust dubbed the neidkopf or vixen head. Frederick William I commissioned the sculptor to carve a savage faced bust to mock a rival wife, placing it above a workshop window for generations.
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Heiligengeiststrasse
Berlin
Frederick Wiliam
Prussia
Id Fritz
Frederick William
Frederick William IV
New York Tribune
Belief and Doubt in Psychic Phenomena
In a discussion from Everybody's Magazine Tramlin Garland notes Richet and Maxwell doubting beliefs after seances. They debate whether experiences prove supernatural intervention or arise from internal forces, and predict future natural explanations. The piece emphasizes cautious, evidence based enquiry.
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Zolvier
Richet
Maxwell
Newton
Tramlin Garland
Everybody's Magazine
Wealth and prominence cited in London Answers quip
Mrs Starvem remarks on a person’s wealth and rise from nothing, while Mr Border jokes about rising from breakfast table origins. The exchange captures a light social tone from London Answers.
Those Amiable Creatures Proposal Echoes in Gossip
Dialogue from a Boston Transcript clipping shows Maud admiring an engagement ring and Edith teasingly mentioning the ring’s value and the father paying, highlighting social tone and domestic sniping.
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Maud
Edith
Fred
Boston Transcript
Inquiring Boy-Ma Riddle on Moths Before Adam and Eve
The riddle asks what moths ate before clothes existed, prompting playful inference about a time before human garments. The prompt frames a question from an Exchange-like dialogue, inviting a witty answer rather than a factual news item.
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Adam
Eve
Some Grains of Luck at the Race Track
A light Washington Star quip quotes Mrs. Torkins about her husband visiting the race track. She notes he has had neither a cold nor a pocket pick, implying modest but steady luck at the track.
Bray’s Mythical Vicar and the Vicar of Bray Legend
A London Musical Home Journal note explores Bray in Berkshire famed for the Vicar of Bray tale. It notes Fuller’s claim of a Simon Alleyn as hero but parish registers fail to substantiate the story, leaving the vicar’s identity uncertain.
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Bray
Berkshire
Fuller
England
Simon Alleyn
London Musical Home Journal
Witness begs for a recess in long testimony
A judge is asked for a recess as a witness claims to have spoken the entire truth for two hours on the stand, stating he is exhausted and never told the truth so long before. The exchange is reported by the Atlanta Constitution.
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Atlanta Constitution
Shattered Hopes in a Domestic Clash
Dialogue excerpt shows a man anxious about his father's praise for him and a woman denying its sincerity. She says the father values him only to torment his mother, revealing family tension and a skeptical view of appearances.
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Chicago News
A Philosopher In a Cyclone
An Atlanta Constitution quote recalls a cheerful man whose house was carried away by a cyclone. He says the only loss was his own bed, no one hurt, and jokes about lack of fire insurance and lightning rods while noting rheumatism from the ordeal.
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Atlanta Constitution
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Edith Moxley
Dan and
Wilbur Smith
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Max Phillips
Gus Holmes
Des Moines
Will King
Helen
Florence Perkins
J. O. Early
Frank Worsing
C. L. Siverly
Diagonal
L. O. Keedick
G. A. Snook
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Fred Walkey
Marshall Town
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Quenea
Mary Cox
Oscar Freed
Parley Adams
Miss Grace
Ada Griffith
Sarah Hildal
Jewell Junction
Mildred Maxwell
Helen Watts
Eldora
Carrie Brown
Ethel Zumwalt
Grace Zumwalt
Carrie Hunter
Roy Brown
Arvid Alm
Ingersoll Park
Capital City
Charley Lyons
Jim Lyons
Harry Lathrow
Len Queal
Parley Sheldon
Dr. Gunsaulus
State Center
Mr. Nolan
Will Grover
W. M. Wilson
J. E. Fausch
J. B Fausch
Ed Alleman
Sheldahl Iowa
Earl Smith
Percy Ellis
Tony Cody
Bradgate
Proper
Talbott
Mary Kintzley
Frank Payton
Ogden
H. K. Campbell
Dwight Davis
Claude Smith
Northwestern
I. D. Kauffman
Henry and
Peter Nosbeck
Helge Nosbeck
Perry
Lee Beverly
Charles Alexander
Jewell
Hildal
Lou McElyea
Alva Howard
Edwold van Epps
Elmer Jorgenson
Max Hardin
J. A. Campbell
State Center Chautauqua
Geo. O’brien
Floyd O’brien
Homer Yeomans
Gladbrook
Mr. Howard
Howard Dakins
Toledo
Mrs. Dakins
Major Rich
Dudley Arrasmith
C. Kooser
Jim Montgomery
Art McCoy
L. F. Romans
Monroe
Mr. Romans
J. M. Romans
L. F
J. J. Grove
Webster City
Express
Rutherford
Walter Morris
Stella St. John
Cecil Alexander
Helen Flint
Fay Campbell
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Floyd Williams
C. O. Clapper
J. D. Cline
Fenner King
Boy’s Cave
North Woods
Warren Burton
Carroll Hoppes
Carl Ferguson
Vivian Mather
Earl Kooser
Misses Dessa
Bessie Copeland
Carrie Ellis
Eva Gilmore
Roxy Wellman
Arthur Glidden
John Glidden
Frank Harris
Sarah McWilliam
Hodson
Ethel Parker
Max Sowers
S. L. Akin
Phil Allen
Willie Allan
Chas Flutter
Gene Nelson
Dr. Heggen
Jake Cramblitt
Anna Roland
Fausch Farm
Clifford
Manchester Guardian
Bryan
Denver
Mrs. Vixenhead
Vicar
Cagwin
Joel E. Cagwin
Ame
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