States Magazine to Debut in Northwest Life
The States Magazine will launch December in the Northwest with a Minneapolis home and New York Life Building base. It features public spirited articles, fiction, fashion, household, and farm sections with contributors from local and national circles led by Professor Richard Watson Cooper. Subscriptions are $1.50 yearly, single copy 15 cents.
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Northwest
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States Magazine
Twin Cities
New York Life Building
Minneapolis
Richard Watson Cooper
Hamline University
States
Real Estate Transfers From Ames and Cambridge Ads
A string of property transfers lists buyers and sellers in Ames and Cambridge. Transactions include J W Craft to Jeremiah Lane $400 for multiple lots in block percent Richardsons. C G Lee to H B Corlette $200 for a lot with restriction. Alicin H Person to Theodosia Meier $475 for lot 2 block 14 C P ad 1st North Ames. and others including Knud Haaland to E L Rash eim $1600, W H Morgan to F C Perry $700 for multiple lots, and Ki J Penfield to H B Corlett $135 for a lot. Additional transfers cover Cambridge properties by Cambridge Land & Implement Co to G C Ballard $50. Heirs of R W Ballard to Anson Ballard full tract rights. T C Miller to Leroy J Baird $25,000 for extra parcels. K K Stillman to H C Mills $10,200 for two tracts. H C Mills to Laura Swartz $10,200 for adjoining parcels.
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J. W. Craft
Jeremiah
Lane
Richardsons
Zearing
C. G. Lee
H. B. Corlette
Lee & Littles
Ad Ames
Alicin H. Person
Theodosia Meier
C. P. Ad
North Ames
Knud Haaland
E. IL. Rasheim
M. Erickson
Roland
W. H. Morgan
F. C. Perry
Blairs
Cole
C. M. Proctor
B. W. Breneman
Harriman
Ames
Cambridge Land & Implement Co
G. C. Ballard
U. Park
Cambridge
R. W. Ballard
Anson EK
Ballard
N& Se
T. C. Miller
Leroy J. Baird
Kk. O. Stillman
H. C. Mills
Laura Swartz
Mouser Family Fair Crop Year At Cottonwood
Martin Mouser writes from Cottonwood Iowa that the Mouser family are in good health and farming conditions. Crops were fair this year and the family will enter winter quarters in good shape.
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Martin Mouser
Cottonwood
Mouser
Trimmed hats at great reduction at Cupps and Cupps
Si Lambert Ames star and fullback was the idol of Ames and feared by the Cornhuskers. He scored all three Ames touchdowns against Nebraska, made a punt return for a score, and kicked both extra points. Lambert, playing his last Ames games, holds the school 440 yard dash record.
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Si” Lambert
Ames
Cornhuskers
Omaha
Nebraska
Lambert
Omaha Daily News
Special sale trims at Cupps and Cupps
W A Perry advertises low prices to clear holiday stock at the Watch Hospital 720 8th St Boone Iowa. Beautiful trim hats offered with two ten inch disc selections for 66 cents each, first come first served at a Friday and Saturday sale.
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the Watch
8Th St
Boone, Iowa
W. A. Perry
Rag buyers seek hundred pound stock for cash
A terse request aims to procure one hundred pounds of clean cotton rags for immediate cash payment.
New Stamp Line Drawn Work Center Pieces At Perry's
A fresh shipment arrives at Perry's featuring stamped lines drawn work and center pieces. The collection highlights durable construction and precise detailing for craft projects and home decor applications.
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Perry's
Dr King’s New Life Pills Promise Quick Cleanse
Mind Your Business ad touts Dr. King’s New Life Pills as a remedy to prevent biliousness malaria and jaundice. It claims the pills keep trouble at bay and are sold for 25 cents at drug stores.
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Dr. King
New Lot of Wood to Burn at Perry's
A notice states Perry's has received a new lot of wood for burning. No further details on quantity or delivery date are provided.
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Perry's
How to Treat a Sprain
Sprains, swellings and lameness are promptly relieved by Chamberlain's Liniment. This liniment reduces inflammation and soreness so that a sprain may be cured in about one-third the time required by the usual treatment. 25 and 60 cent sizes for sale by J. B. Cagwin.
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Chamberlain
J. B. Cagwin
Board in Session Chooses Furniture Bids for New Hall
The college board building and purchasing committees held a session with about twenty furniture firm representatives. They reviewed samples for furnishing the new Agricultural hall and indicated a large potential contract or multiple contracts if purchases come from several firms.
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the College
Curious Cuckoo-Election Pledgees Of Bughouseville
A spoof portrait notes local figures in Bughouseville behaving oddly during an election season. A doctor balances on his head and pares potatoes with a fork while chewing cork. A banker with many farms wears one shoe and shouts cock-a-doodle do. Other townsfolk perform odd stunts yet are portrayed as responsible debt-payers, all playing into a satirical bet-squaring ploy.
Lowering the Flag A Navy and Army Guide
The article explains half mast and half staff flag etiquette per army and navy standards. It notes how flags are lowered from the top and later raised, describes methods for tall staff setups at military posts and forts, and outlines spacing rules used in naval practice.
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United States Army
Navy
United States Naval Recruiting Station
Kansas City Times
A Greater Wonder Inspires Youthful Scotch Class
An inspector observed a very youthful class of Scotch boys and, among other subjects, requested the students to explain a surprising lesson. The scene highlights curious learning in a rural or small town setting.
How Chickens Entered Their Shells Wonderfully Said
A humorous exchange in a Ladies' Home Journal piece shows a teacher asking for a wonderful fact about chickens and a pupil retorting that the more marvelous feat is how they got into their shells.
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Johnny
Ladies’ Home Journal
The Lawyer Chooses Apprentice From Sharp Boy
A lawyer advertised for an apprentice and gathered many applicants. After reviewing them, he used a tale about a farmer and a rat to test focus, awarding the job to the boy who asked the direct question: Was the rat killed.
Storm Signals and Weather Prediction Cautions
An author in Yachting argues clouds and red sky sayings are not reliable weather predictors. Observers in different locations may read cloud data differently, and clouds are byproducts not causes of weather. A red sky at night can herald rain or reflect distant volcanic dust, illustrating judgment should be reserved.
Stone of Infamy punishment for bankrupts in Italian cities
The piece describes pietra d'in famie used in Venice Verona and Florence where bankrupt traders were escorted to the stone during carnival week. Each stood for a formal report of failure and endured creditors rebukes before being bumped on the stone twelve times to honor the twelve apostles.
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Venice
Verona
Florence
Traveling evangelist meets old friend after twenty seven years
A Chicago Tribune snippet records two men reconnecting in a shop. Bill Snoo per reveals he is a traveling evangelist while Tom Grigson, now a life insurance solicitor, asks about church membership and offers insurance. The exchange conveys nostalgia and a casual business pitch.
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Bill Snooper
Tom Grigson
Bill
Tom
Chicago Tribune
Walking gallows of Wicklow militia lieutenant Hepenstall
The 1798 era records describe Lieutenant Edward Hepenstall of the Wicklow militia nicknamed the walking gallows for his brutal method of execution. He hung rebels by improvised means in Dublin and was celebrated by some officials before dying in 1804 and being buried in secrecy.
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Edward Hepenstall
Dublin
Wicklow
Sir Jonah Barrington
Hepenstall
Tyburn
Old Bailey
Hepenstail
Stephen’s Green
Heppenstall
Crow Street
Lord Norbury
Spoiled Scene With Sothern Misses Rescue Moment
The curtain episode shows E. H. Sothern slipping on stage during The Lady of Lyons while playing Claude Melnotte. Virginia Harned as Pauline cannot be rescued as planned. Beausant actor Arthur Lawrence riffs on Sothern with audiences roaring at the lapse.
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E. H. Sothern
Lyons
Sothern
Claude Melnotte
Virginia Harned
Pauline
Beausant
Claude
Arthur Lawrence
The Stick For Wives and the Old Marriage Ceremony
In Anglo Norman ritual the gentlewoman pledged to her husband with the phrase unto my gentil manne. The word buxom links to German biegsam meaning pliant and the old English busk am. These hints suggest a pleasant order in the bygone days.
Gentlemen Could Beat Wives Under Dainty House Rule
A New York World note recalls English law allowing a husband to beat his wife with a stick not exceeding a quarter inch in diameter. The item points to historic gendered violence limits in legal history.
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New York World
What She Wanted to See by the Nabob Mansions
A chauffeur tours tourists through a metropolitan residence area, pointing out the grand estates of the nabob. A portly dowager with diamonds asks to view one of the Oliver Wendell homes as the ride continues in San Francisco.
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Metropolis
Nabob
Oliver Wendel
San Francisco
Known by Nicknames in British Coastal Villages
In Cornwall and parts of Scotland many fishermen live with no true surnames, using nicknames instead. Distinguishing individuals relies on colorful monikers like Dumpy and Blower, with families adopting single nicknames through intermarriage and drift. The piece notes how nicknames proliferate as de facto surnames.
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Great Britain
Cornwall
Scotland
Nick
Wick
London
The Coca Plant Affects Labor and Longevity
The coca shrub grows to four meters in Peru and Bolivia and yields leaves used as a stimulant and fatigue preventer. Indians chew the leaves to endure 24 hour work, long journeys, and privations, with claimed benefits against rheumatism and dyspepsia. The plant’s life, when perfect, lasts eighty years. Chicago Tribune.
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Peru
Bolivia
Chicago Tribune
Margin of Profit and the 40 Cent Dollar Assignment
A storekeeper facing hard times plans an assignment to pay 40 cents on the dollar. The wholesaler demands return of all goods, arguing for the full 40 percent. The storekeeper calmly offers to return intact merchandise rather than ruin the deal.
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Washington Star
Names of Flowers and Their Famous Namesakes
The article explains how various flowers got their names including fuchsias after Leonard Fuchs, dahlias after Andre Dahl, camellias linked to missionary Kamel, Magnolias named for Professor Magnol de Montpellier, and notes anemone means to wash reflecting lavender’s scent origin.
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Fuchsias
Leonard Fuchs
Andre Dahl
Peru
Kamel
France
Japan
Magnol de Montpellier
America
Asia
New Orleans Times-Democrat
The Maine tale of Hiram Maxim and the mouse trap
An inventor claims the Maxim gun was foreshadowed by a seventeen year old who built an automatic mouse trap. The device used recoil to trap eleven mice and inspired the inventor to his greatest work. In Lancerville Maine, locals point to an automatic rapid firing mouse trap as a precursor.
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Muller’s Mill
Hiram Maxim
Maine
Lancerville
Fort Constitution Fort Sumter of the Revolution
At the Piscataqua River mouth near Portsmouth New Hampshire Fort Constitution stands as the seacoast fort showcasing fortification styles from colonial stone redoubt to modern barbette batteries. The Army and Navy Life article calls Fort Constitution the Fort Sumter of the Revolution.
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Fort Sumter
Piscataqua River
Portsmouth
N. H
United States
Fort Constitution
Notable Prisoner Courtship Sparks in St. Louis Republic
A warden recalls a rivalry of affection among inmates with the lady murderer on the next tier receiving forty seven marriage proposals. The remark contrasts romantic interest toward an infamous convict and a convicted thug receiving flowers from women.
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St. Louis Republic
Courageous Duchess Caroline in a carriage scare
The Memoirs of the Comtesse de Boigne recount the Duc de Berry and his wife the Duchesse de Berry in a carriage incident. The horses bolted but the duchesse kept speaking calmly while her husband asked if she saw what happened. The carriage upset with no injuries.
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Duchesse de Berry
Charles X
France
Comtesse de Boigne
Duc de Berry
Duchesse
Caroline
Bath Not Popular In Spain Card Title
In Toledo Spain a traveler glimpses the Tagus near Wamba's palace where La Cava bathed. Ped erick witnesses her fate as the last of the Goths. She is cited as a cautionary example for bathing too often. The Spanish woman favors oil over water for cleanliness.
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Spain
Toledo
Tagus
Wamba’s
la Cava
Pederick
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