Election Day Reflections and Crime Talk From Ames
The Ames Times notes a decisive election day, praising judges and weather. It comments that Wim Randolph Hearst will influence future campaigns and cites Shercllle a deadly criminal captured in Knoxville. Local chatter on paving main street is tied to lower temperatures. Des Moines gossip about a senatorial stunt by Ora Williams is dismissed as a disruption in a clean campaign.
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Wim. Randolph Hearst
Ora Williams
Des Moines
Editor urged to attend church by Cambridge plan
An Ames minister offers the church an nex with a nurse to watch Lon Hardin's baby while he attends services. Ole Langland notes Cambridge lacks ministers offering such arrangements and jokes that past pace would require an army of nurses.
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Lon Hardin
Ames
Lon
Ole Langland
Cambridge
Ole
Cummins Nominated by Republicans for U S Senator
The Times reports Gov. A. B. Cummins was nominated by a large Republican majority in Iowa to be United States senator. It praises his campaign, commends Maj. Lacey for a clean race, and urges party unity and peace within the state GOP.
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A. B. Cummins
Republican Party of
Iowa
United States
Times
Maj. Lacey
Hepburn Defeated in Eighth District by Jamison
In a Tuesday election Pete Hepburn veteran congressman from the eighth district was defeated by W D Jamison of Shenandoah.
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Pete Hepburn
W. D. Jamison
Shenandoah
Words of Campaign Birth In Elliptic Lexicons
Kentucky editors face heated campaign with odd words such as sapinpaw covenable incongruvial and inspigneant. The mystificationableness of these terms provokes excoriation and leaves critics unsure whether to pursue legal action or violence.
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Mobile
Ala
Register
Kentucky
Impeachment Call Over Breezy Campaign Speech Readings
A Stanhope Mail item notes Mayor Ristrim faces impeachment talk for breech of confidence as new records show speeches by Bryan and Taft. Republicans cheer Taft and praise Bryan’s Deposit Guarantee speech while a Democrat hearing Bryan’s talk on Irish Humor expresses clear preference for Bryan.
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Ristrim
Bryan
Taft
Frank
Stanhope Mail
Gone to Bed Inscription Reflects Hardworking Fathers
A sketch from the Atchison Globe notes how the phrase gone to bed is common when callers ask for a father who works long hours. It suggests the line would suit many who lived at home but spent long days away, highlighting a father's quiet dedication and constant presence.
Inscription for Comforter for Widow and Family
Text describes a desire to include a comforting inscription for a widow, to ease sorrow as the father rests upstairs. It notes family gatherings in the parlor and a peaceful home respite. Also listed are two 10 inch disc selections for 65 cents and local ads for furnished rooms and a lost gold watch with a reward.
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Father
Mosby Sighted Through a Negro Woman Ruse
A Civil War anecdote recounts General John S Mosby being reported by a contraband woman as a guest in a nearby cabin. The cavalry hurried to capture him, only to find Mosby absent and a cradle guarding a small infant, revealing the claim as a trick.
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Johns. Mosby
Shenandoah Valley
Millwood
Hersel
Mosby
Taylours and Smyths in Thirteenth Century Trade
The article traces leather manufacture and related crafts in the thirteenth century. It lists 19 skynners 40 barkars 6 saddelers 3 cordevenlers 167 souters and 8 glovers. Taylours and smyths predominate with 407 and 261 respectively including specializations such as arnsmyths lake smyths goldsmyths and fferours. The wryght made both wood and metal items. 186 craftsmen are catalogued with 81 faber or French favre.
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Feuster
Smyth
Cissor
Trade names and crafts shape early English surnames
The text explains how Latinized trade names became common surnames such as wright for crafts like arkwright and glasswrights. It notes counts of bakesters, butchers, fysshers, and others, linking surnames Labouchere and potter to their trades and noting Fishers were among the wealthier taxed groups.
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London Notes
Utterly Selfish Nellie Provokes Scar Tissue
In a lively social clash Nellie faces criticism from Dora over Nellie’s selfish behavior. The two recount a moment when Mr Spooner, fond of music, asked Nellie to play at the piano and she asked him to turn the music so others could not converse with him.
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Nellie
Clara Sharpe
Dora
The Old and the New in a Child's Plight
A short moral note on a boy named Johnny threatened with appendicitis and his siblings, contrasting parental responses. Included is a Cassier's Magazine reflection praising Archimedes as a pioneering engineer and magician of ancient science. The piece blends a child's distress with a reverent nod to Archimedes and early engineering feats.
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Archimedes
Cassier
Debris Dives and the Fatal Diver of 1774 Plymouth Sound
A historical look at John Day a clever but ignorant millwright who died June 22 1774 while sealed in a watertight box with a candle and provisions in Plymouth Sound. The article describes diving risks current knowledge air supply entanglement and safety practices for modern divers noting advances in communication lighting and gear as well as dangers from sharks and wreck debris.
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John Day
Plymouth Sound
Day
The Turks and Raki
A Constantinopolitan convert discusses Turkish drinking habits. He notes Mohammed forbade wine but raki made from mastic gum leads to heavy drunkenness. He describes a Turkish dinner with vegetarian fare and raki with each course, and mentions self harm by breaking glass when drunk.
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Mohammed
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Shercllle
Knoxville, Tenn
Hepburn
the Watch Hospital
8Th St
Boone
Hodge
Gemmons Dry
Taylours and Smyths
Little Johnny
Johnny
Judge’s Library
Joevin
Robert Louis Stevenson
Raki
Joe Cannon
Danville, Ilinois
the House of Kuppenheimer
Chicago
W. H. Jameson
Burton
Bill
H. L. Munn Lumber Co
Black Eagle
Bosworth Drug Store
Ames Savings Bank
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