May and June story notes from Story County area items
May sales of Angora goats topped 1400 as a Bushnell buyer purchased a carload. Ex Supervisor John Tweet and Ole Wasthune plan a Norway visit for several months. A barn fire at Walter Shearer’s farm destroyed a barn and corn crib with livestock loss. Grand wedding at Judd farm links to East St. Louis. Fire alarm removal work at the courthouse tower underway. County veterans reunion set for Maxwell with a big barbecue. Helland vacation tour to Europe and Scandinavia outlined. Various Sabbath School notes and Iowa weather and agricultural updates follow.
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John Tweet
Ole H. Wasthune
Norway
Europe
Roland Record
Excursion Tickets Offered on Northwestern Lines
Special cnemei promotes trips to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Salt Lake City Hot Springs Deadwood Lead Custer and more with return by October 31 daily North Western trains. Also low rates to Asbury Park New Jersey for National Educational Association event with June 28 to July 1 sale period. Apply to Chicago and North Western Railway agents.
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Cnemei
Dales Colorado
Utah
Black Hills
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Salt Lake City
Hot Springs
Deadwood
Lead and Custer
Chicago & North-Western Railway
Asbury Park
New Jersey
North-Western
National Educational Association
Chicago & North-Western Ba Y
Character In Shoes Reveals a Shoemaker’s Shoeology
A shoemaker claims worn shoes reveal character and fortune. He describes how two months of wear indicate traits: even wear signals a resolute, trustworthy person. outer wear suggests adventurous or capricious behavior. inner wear indicates hesitation or modesty in a man or woman.
Andrew Lang's Childhood Reflections on Reading
Lang recalls childhood desultory reading with six books on chairs and nightly scenes of reading by firelight. He describes a vivid memory of Midsummer Night's Dream, piano music, chess, and fairylike figures emerging from Shakespeare's dream as a moment of happiness that seems lost now.
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Andrew Lang
We Can’t Be Great Emerson on Simplicity
Harper's Weekly weighs whether true greatness lies in simplicity and if life can stay simple in an era of growing complexity. The piece questions whether future eras can reclaim past notions of greatness amid technological and social change.
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Emerson
Harper’s Weekly
Why She Left Club Quits Over Five Minute Rule
A reader cites a Cleveland Plain Dealer quip about a wife who attended one club session. She quit after discovering the group imposed a five minute limit on all speeches, prompting questions about the rule's impact on participation.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Beauty of flowers in harsh climates shone in Asia and Africa
The text notes that in Asia and Africa where grass struggles to grow, the loveliness of flowers and shrubs thrives. It highlights resilience of plant life in arid or challenging environments.
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Asia
Africa
Cheering Him Up and Atlas in a Moral Exchange
A cheerful Hercules comments to Atlas that the world is down yet he bears up well. The line reflects a moral note about sowing good services and lasting memories, attributed to Mme. de Stael in a Princeton Tiger context.
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Hercules
Atlas
Princeton Tiger
Mme. de Stael
Low Round Trip Rates to Portland and Baltimore via North Western Line
Travel offers advertise low round trip rates to Portland via direct or via San Francisco and Los Angeles with 2 cent stamp for folder. Also 5- day very low fares to Baltimore from Chicago for July 1 to 3 on account of the International Christian Endeavor Convention.
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Portland
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Yellowstone National Park
Alaska
Baltimore
International Christian Endeavor
Low Excursion Rates to San Francisco and Pacific Coast
North Western Line offers selective summer excursion travel to San Francisco Los Angeles Portland Seattle and adjacent cities with return limits favorable. Special trains include The Overland Limited electric lighted and The California Express with drawing room and tourist sleeping cars. Rates and tickets available through Chicago and North Western Railway agents.
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San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
International Printing Pressmen’s and Assistants Union
American Surgical Association
Pacific Coast
California Express
Chicago & North-Western Ra Y
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Story County Newslets
Wyatt Carr
Bushnell
Ill
Collins Liberator
Walter Shearer
Mr. Shearer
W.W. Judd
Nevada
Bessie Judd
Bertram H. Montgomery
East St. Louis
L. Nye
Montour
Iowa
Central
Lough
Nevada Journal
Story County Veterans Association
Maxwell
Old Settlers
Maxwell G. A. R. Post
Story County
Association
Jesse Bowen
Freel Salmon
W. J. Versman
Geo. Hardenbrook
the Tribune
Maxwell Tribune
Helland
New York
Buffalo
Washington
Caledonia
Atlantic
Scotland
Ireland
England
France
Germany
Switzerland
Italy
Holland
Scandinavian
Sweden
Denmark
Slater News
Kansas City Journal
Ohio
Texas
Iowa State Sabbath School Association
Ottumwa
A. R. Paddock
Keokuk
J. A. Walker
T. B. Turner
Coon Rapids
B. F. Mitchell
Des Moines
Effie Roberts
Afton
Flias Handy
Mt. Pleasant
Pearce
Stephen Phelps
Jesus
A. F. N. Hambleton
Oskaloosa
W. Cole
Detroit
Mich
J. A. Laphan
Osage
M. G. Munn
Chariton
J. F. Hardin
Eldora
W. B. Clemmer
Council Bluffs
Committee On Place
Mason City
Monona
Banner County
Linn
Wright
Crawford
Cerro Gordo
Jefferson
Hardin
Presbyterian Board of Publication
Methodist Book Concern
Fleming, Reval & Co
David C. Cook
The
Isle of Man
Irish Sea
Great Britain
Executive Council
House of Keys
Alexander II
Stanley
Earls of Athole
Athole
Lord Liverpool
London
Oxford Street
Statesman
London Spectator
A. & C. RaiLway
A.M
Ccscreserses
W. M. Greeley
M. K. Smith
H. Westerman
Overland
Omaha
Colorado
Chicago
Overland Lim
Pacific Express
Peace & Oregon Express
Carroll Mail & Express
Dakota
Ames
E Moines
Ames Pass
Doutaret Les Mines
Ers
Agens
Pittsburgh
Judisch Brothers
Wee
Adams
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