Buried Bank Bills Shock Ohio Farmer at Treasury
Theodore Waters reports in the November Everybody's that an Ohio farmer who buried $19,000 in cash found it turning to dust. He smuggled the ruined notes in a pillowcase through travel by horse, river steamboat, and train, refusing hotel help. Treasury officials finally recovered most value with expert deciphering, losing only a few hundred dollars.
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United States Treasury
Theodore Waters
Ohio
Washington
Treasury Department
Treasury
Theories on Causes of Earthquakes
A specialist reviews how sea water entering fissures contacting molten lava could turn into steam and force the crust upward while lava escapes elsewhere, potentially causing quakes. Other ideas include Davy’s metal bases with underground water releasing gas, and crust shrinkage as contributing factors.
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Davy
Climbing Serpents Master Smooth Surfaces
A traveler reports serpents climbing smooth walls in Central America. He describes a venomous juvenile gripping a taut canvas, then a handglass, and how snakes use glandular mucus as an adhesive to ascend by inching upward on glass.
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Central America
Rome
Microscopic Detective Solves Smuggling Case
Ehrenberg, a prince of microscopists, worked for Prussia to trace a smuggling case. He examined repacked valuables and found a unique foraminal specimen in the sand under his microscope, revealing the unpacking point through customs.
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Ehrenberg
World’s Unique Animal Reveals Crime Location
A singular animal located at one site exposed where the crime occurred, guiding investigators to the exact location tied to the case. The finding centers on a restricted habitat and links to the investigation.
Flower Essence Extraction By Salt Layer Method
The process uses layered flowers and fine salt in a clean earthen pot then sealed and kept in a cellar for forty days. After straining through crape by pressure the essence is bottled and exposed to sun and dew for six weeks to purify. One drop of essence flavors a pint of water.
The Wrong Place
A Yonkers Statesman brief records a quip between a traveler and a porter about tagging a trunk. The polite exchange ends with the traveler offering to apply the labels himself but being warned he would look like a tattooed man if he did.
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Yonkers
Doctor Answered Wagstaff Morning Health Exchange
A brief gag dialogue features Wagstaff greeting a doctor who quips that only good health is truly enjoyable, noting that some doctors themselves have enjoyed bad health, in a light humorous exchange.
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Wagstaff
Sikhs and the five Ks as described by General Gordon
General Gordon lists signs of a Sikh: never cutting hair, beard looped over ears, abstaining from tobacco but allowed alcohol and opium, and carrying the five Ks Kes kangi kneeh kard Kirpan.
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Gordon
India
Kard
Kirpan
The Bird's Superior Eye
The eye of a hawk and a pigeon is larger than their brain and suggests birds’ remarkable sight. Eye surgeons have given little attention to avian eyes from which much can be learned, aiding understanding of bird flight and navigation.
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London Mail
Soda and Magnesia Lakes of Wyoming Cover 1028 Acres
The soda and magnesia lakes of Wyoming span 1028 acres across Albany and Carbon counties and are beds of natural basins now nearly dry. The lakes contain sodium sulphate over 708 acres with an average depth near five feet, estimating a total holding of about 4,900,000 tons of soda.
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Wyoming
Albany
Carbon
Looking Ahead The Senior Partner and The Rich Uncle
In a dialogue the Senior Partner questions charging expenses on a poor young man. The Young Lawyer explains the claim rests on a rich uncle's illness and a forthcoming contest over his wit.
The Shark Find Reveals Slaver Papers Hidden Tin Box
A ship pursued for suspected slave trading saw its captain discard items overboard. A second vessel, chasing a shark, recovered a tin box from the shark’s stomach containing papers proving the vessel’s slaver status, leading to condemnation and confiscation.
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Port Royal
Local Mingle Notes From Ames and Neighbors
Local items detail store offerings at Novelty Store including back combs and hose for schoolchildren. Socials note a chicken pie supper at Odd Fellows hall Friday night and hospitality at homes west of the college. Other notes mention property moves, cafe purchases, baby arrival, and planned armory events and Thanksgiving services at Congregational church.
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Odd Fellows Hall
Haviland China Promotion Offer
A 1904 advertisement promotes a sale of Haviland china sets at 8.25 per set with a free bread and butter plate set. The event is dated November 26, 1904 from 2 to 3 oclock at 29 2 Novery Sroxe.
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Haviland
Thanksgiving Excursion Rates on Northwestern Line
Thanksgiving excursion tickets offered at low rates between all local points within 200 miles of selling station on November 23 and 24. Return travel allowed until November 28. Apply to agents Chicago Northwestern Railway.
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Northwestern
Chicago & Northwestern Rail
Poison For Cholera Victims Told By A Traveler
A Washington Post story recounts a Buenos Aires time when a policeman gave a dying man a poison instead of medicine to curb cholera. The traveler recalls the grim act as a shocking example of emergency measures in a plague.
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Buenos Ayres
Senor
Acios
Washington Post
Pint Judy Pint Story of Old Coast Legend at Pint Judy Pint
A Rhode Island tale explains how Point Judith earned its nickname Pint Judy Pint from a Nantucket captain who mistook local speech for navigational terms. The skipper urged his wife to “Pint, Judy, pint” as she pointed to land beyond the fog.
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Point Judith
Rhode Island
Nantucket
Eugenie and the Cholera in Napoleonic France
During a bloody cholera outbreak in Napoleons France Empress Eugenie visited hospitals to aid the afflicted A parish priest mourns a dying man The empress remarks that cholera grows violent then ceases and the plague abates from that day onward
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Eugenie
Napoleon III
France
Dual Addressing Could Double Express Charges
In Philadelphia Record style a clerk nearly returns a package after noticing it is addressed on both sides. The shipper had paid charges and the clerk had marked it paid on one side. If the second address is checked only at the receiving end the package could be marked collect for a second charge, prompting extra payment.
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Express
Philadelphia Record
It's a mistake to marry too young says a wise guy
A Philadelphia Record quotation notes a witty remark on early marriage. The contrast between a wise guy and a simple mug underscores caution about marrying young as a repeated mistake.
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Philadelphia Record
When a man has greatness thrust upon him
A quotation from Puck notes that sudden greatness leaves little room to dodge responsibility and duty. The line underscores how unexpected power tests character and resolve.
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Puck
Death of Rev J G Lemen Leaves Council Bluffs Orphanage Leader
The Christian Home Orphanage in Council Bluffs Iowa mourns the death of founder and longtime manager Rev J G Lemen on Oct 26 1904. His son H R Lemen takes over with the same staff and appeals for Thanksgiving donations of money food and clothing to aid 220 orphans and cover freight costs.
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Christian Home Orphanage
Council Bluffs
Iowa
J.G. Lemen
H. R. Lemen
H. R. Lemon
Christian Home
Comei
Bluffs
Clavering and Ground His Daughter in Washington Life
The December Smart Set highlights the novelette Clavering and Ground His Daughter by Foxcroft Davis. A new author, Davis makes a meteoric entrance, with an unknown writer whose manuscript was accepted on sight by a prominent editor, signaling a season’s literary sensation.
New Book Series Planned by Leading American Publishers
The article notes two new contracts for a three volume series on national politics and Washington society from conservative publishing houses. It also mentions Foxcroft Davis on a Smart Set story about life in the capital and highlights Emma Wolf’s The End of the Story as a standout midwinter tale. Names listed include Lighton Waters Gale Cheney Garrison Robertson Brown etc. A Goop second hand soft casheater is for sale at $10.
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America
Washington
Foxcroft Davis
Clavering
Emma Wolf
William R. Lighton
Theodore Waters
Iona Gale
John Vance Cheney
Theodosia Garrison
Morgan Robertson
Kenneth Brown
Rosamond Marriott Watson
Clinton Dangerfield
Edward Boltwood
Ethel M. Kelley
Frank S.arnett
Ames City Seeks Objections to Street and Sewer Assessments
The City Clerk of Ames Iowa notifies property owners along Hoggatt Onondaga Kellogg Boone and Duff streets of a filed plat and proposed special assessments for sewer construction. Objections or corrections must be written and filed with the clerk by the stated deadline, after which the council will finalize the schedule.
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Ames
Iowa
Hoggatt
Onondaga Street
Onodaga Street
Duff Street
Kellogg Street
Boone Street
Ames, Lowa
Cou Baying
Antoak
Abena Bimbo
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Cedar Rapids
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Ole Dewitt
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Dwight Davis
Ames Plumbing and Heating Co
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