Week of June heat scorches Iowa crops and pastures
The past week was the hottest on record for early June across much of Iowa with several stations above 100 degrees. Rainfall was scant, drought damaged pastures and fruit crops, especially cherries and strawberries, while corn and other grains mostly held up but need rain soon. Crop reports from Iowa Weather and Crop Service note planted area, condition indices, and fruit crop standings as of June 1, 1910.
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Snall
Iowa Weather and Crop Service
The
State Horticultural Society
Boone
Woodward
Jasper Monroe
Baxter
Searchlight Rays and Fog Its Effect on Visibility
An explanation of why a searchlight beam ends abruptly at the fog boundary on foggy nights. The visibility arises from particles in the air, helping sailors and observers judge fog depth and patchiness by beam intensity and reach. The note from the New York Tribune presents practical observations for weather assessment.
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Salors
New York Tribune
Cut Rather Low References and Quips in Washington Dailies
A humorous quip from the Washington Herald contrasts a dress’s cut with a sore throat while the Washington Star features a reply by an energetic statesman. The exchange hints at lasting impact of comic anecdotes and speechcraft in political life.
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Washington Herald
Washington Star
Origins of Tibet name traced through historic variants
The piece surveys forms of Tibet from the fifth century Tubar to Tibet, noting that historians link the term to Tubat, a Tartar dynasty family name meaning chief. Hodgson cites lack of native self-name before Indian influence, while modern Tibetans call themselves Bod-pa in Bod-gul, with Bod arising from a Buddhist Sanskrit source.
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Tibet
Bod-gul
London Spectator
W C T U Institute at Friends Church opens
The Story County W C T U Institute begins at Friends Church this evening at 7 30 with 15 to 20 delegates expected from outside the city. Mrs Dora Farrow from Boone district will preside. The program includes devotional services, welcome by Mrs FE H Fentel, address by Rev J T Houser on The Great Destroyer, music, collection, and committee appointments.
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Story County Institute
Story County
W. C. T. U. Institute
Friends Church
Dora Farrow
Boone
J. T. Houser
District
L. T. IL. and
Young Peoples
Mary P. Owens
Webster City
Geo. D. Crissman
Ames
Foreign Missions
Thornburg
Rowena Stevens
A. Bissell
Story City
Dead Sea Facts and Temperance Conference Notes
The article contrasts Dead Sea buoyancy with safe bathing and cautions about eye exposure while noting its salinity. It also lists speakers and topics from a temperance conference including Mary Owens Agnes Elliott Sia Hardwick Ella Safford Maria Moxley Dora Farrow and others with sessions on prohibition, child welfare, and temperance education.
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Sia Hardwick
Fort Dodge
Ella Safford
Bethel
Maria Moxley
Rival Shakespearean Stars Kean and Macready Baffle Prompter
In Drury Lane during their rivalry Kean and Macready avoid suggesting their next roles. The prompter asks Macready who he will perform with Kean and he deflects. The prompter then seeks Kean for guidance and he answers with a sharp retort about knowing the other performer.
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Kean
Macready
Edmund Kean
Drury Lane
Mr. Macready
Mr. Kean
Jenkins Resigns City Clerkship Cited as Voluntary
The Philadelphia Press notes Jenkins resigned as city clerk. It frames the move as voluntary, linking it to his campaign fund contributions. No further details are provided in the excerpt.
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Jenkins
Philadelphia Press
Woman Is a Riddle Says Wise Guy and Simple Mug
A Philadelphia Record quip presents a backhanded take on women as a riddle with the Wise Guy and Simple Mug debating their allure and mystery. The exchange hints at a playful, gendered banter within a city paper’s humor pages.
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Philadelphia
Man who learns to wait risks losing habit of action
An Uncle Eben quote warns that someone who spends too long learning to wait will fall out of practice for doing things. The saying appears in the Washington Star edition.
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Uncle Eben
Washington Star
Time ripens all things and wisdom grows with years
A concise aphorism attributed to Cervantes noting that time matures every matter and no person is born wise, suggesting wisdom accrues through experience.
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Cervantes
Sunday Services and Music Program at Local Church
A children’s day service opens at 10 30 with a special music program and the Sunday school orchestra. Evening worship follows at 7 with the pastor’s theme What Shall We Do With the Black Sheep Epworth League meets at 8 p m.
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Epworth League
John Banister the English Violinist of the Seventeenth Century
John Banister, famed English violinist and successor to Baltzar as leader of Charles II s 24 violins, earned public support for concerts. Pepys notes court gossip about a French chief. Banister advertised regular 4 PM concerts at his Whitefriars house and later at Lincoln s Inn Fields academy. He died in 1679.
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John Banister
Baltzar
Charles II
Pepys
Banister
London Graphic
The Peanut History and Varieties
The peanut originated in tropical America and was introduced to the United States during colonial times. Botanically related to beans and peas, the peanut matures its fruit underground, unlike most legumes. Though called a nut, it is technically a pea with flavors like true nuts, known locally as goober goober pea pindar groundpea and groundnut.
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Tropical
America
United States
The Mad Millers Daughter Presented By Local Cast
A village handy man invites the remaining audience to stay for the final act of The Mad Miller's Daughter a pastoral drama by the hamlet's leading authoress performed by home talent players. He promises the villain will be slain without mercy and urges witnesses to remain.
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Puck
German Deli Ad Promises Wurst Quality
A Brooklyn delicatessen owner, now publishing in English, displays a window ad in The New York Sun claiming The best you can do is to buy our wurst. This quirky note shows a shop marketing line with a punning twist.
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Brooklyn
New York Sun
Dinguss Described as Solicitor in Tribune Summary
In the Tribune the exchange notes Dinguss is a solicitor. Shadbolt confirms the occupation and specifies he handles small and unsecured loans as part of his work.
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Dinguss
Ruggies
Shadbolt
Licitor
Cage Tribune
New Life Pills Offer Quick Aid for Digestion and Strength
After you take Dr Kings New Life Pills you quickly enjoy their fine results. Constipation and indigestion vanish and fine appetite returns. They regulate stomach liver and bowels and impart new strength and energy to the whole system. Try them. Only 25c at all druggists.
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Dr. King
Pain relief tablets advertised by Dr Shoop
An old advertisement touts Pink Pain Tablets by Dr Shoop claiming fast relief for headaches and womanly pains in about 20 minutes. The 25 cent box is promoted as a reliable Formula and sold by Cagwin's Drug Store with pharmacist or doctor recommendations.
Surprised Poet Learns Paper Sold At A Penny
A London Tit-Bits item recalls a poet reacting to his poem’s publication. He is surprised that the newspaper is sold for a penny, as if nothing unusual happened. The note captures a light moment about publication and commerce.
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London
Tickled With a Feather in a Bargain Sale Tale
A lighthearted quip from the Philadelphia Ledger notes a husband amused by his wife’s reaction to an ostrich feather bought at a bargain sale. The anecdote plays on ticklish delight and thrift humor.
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Philadelphia Ledger
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Stratford
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F. R. Conaway
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Ames, Iowa
Methodist Church
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the Story Co. Bank
Parley Sheldon
C, Sorenson
Union Delivery
A. B. Maxwell, M. D
Ames Savings Bank
Earl B. Bush, Ph. G
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Baker's Jewelry Store
Chas. J. Biewen
Ben G Budge, M. D
Hamilton
G. J. Snyder
Gamble’s Drug Store
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Lee
McCarthy & Luke
Attorneys At Law
Story County Bank
D.M Ghrist
Jennie G. Ghrist, M. D
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Ghrist Physicians & Surgeons
Masonic Building
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J. F. Tilden
Odd Fellows’ Building
Iowa
H. Graves
Mutual Insurance
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F. H. Waters
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Paperas
Calla
AMKS
A. Underwood, Walter Canaday
Union National Bank
Ames Hotel
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Bright
Cagwin’s Drug Store
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