View from Washington on youth in public life and Iowa politics
A column contrasts youth and age in national affairs praising Senator William B. Allison's four decades in Congress and urging he remain in the Senate. It notes Cummins as a rising rival and critiques party dynamics, with satirical lines about trusts and national figures.
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William B. Allison
Union
United States
Congress
House
Senate
Allison
Iowa
United States Senate
Cummins
County Fair Great Success At Margaret Hall Event
The girls hosted a county fair in Margaret hall drawing crowds from five to ten with gate receipts near 150 dollars and Y W A coffers close to 200 dollars. The event featured candy booths a shooting gallery fortune telling rooms a German roof garden stalls and various exhibits run by Pi Phis I Fs and German groups. The hall buzzed with a Dutch band clowns and a lively crowd while the co operative effort of clubs and societies powered the day.
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Margaret Hall
Clio
Pi Phis
Fraus
Capital a Year for Only 2 Dollars Bargain Week
Des Moines Capital offers new and old subscribers a full year of the Daily Capital for two dollars during December 21 28 1907. Pay arrears by January 1 to renew, mail remittance or present at a newsstand. Offer covers AP news and market reports with first word on Iowa and world events.
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Des Moines
Safe
Aden
Pianos to Tune by E G Hazarene at Clark Street
E G Hazarene offers piano tuning with guaranteed work at 806 Clark Street. Mutual phone 333. contact for prompt service.
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E. G. Hazarene
Clark Street
Mutual
Disputes Over Iron Cross Distribution Stirred by German Leaders
In Paris area during a tense moment Duke Ernst of Saxe Coburg Gotha complained to Bismarck about the broad award of the Iron Cross first class. Bismarck defended the practice noting Moltke Roon and Blumenthal already hold honors and added that he and the Duke also deserve recognition without grumbling.
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Paris
Ernst of
Saxe, Coburg-Gotha
Bismarck
Moltke
Roon
Blumenthal
Tongue Tied Talkers in British Weekly Quotation
A British Weekly critique notes that educated people with limited vocabularies fail to expand beyond common exclamations like How amusing How lovely and How nice. The piece argues that constant use of a restricted vocabulary makes a speaker uninteresting.
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British Weekly
Dinner Invite Sparks Breakfast Preference
A Louisville Courier Journal snippet shows a dialogue where one person asks for dinner and another prefers breakfast due to numerous weekly invitations. The exchange highlights social dining norms and time commitments.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Operator at the Mutual Telephone Office Apply at Once
Classified notice seeking an operator at Mutual Telephone office with immediate application. Indicates urgency and no additional details.
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Mutual Telephone Office
Lapse of Reasoning Among Great Inventors Told in Morse Tale
An old anecdote about Morse shows a mental lapse before a breakthrough. He doubts crossing large bridges due to sagging wires until a subordinate suggests fastening wires to the bridge. The simple solution completes the idea of distance writing and enables telegraph bridges.
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Isaac Newton
Morse
Patent Office
Baltimore and Ohio Railway Company
Red headed Archie defies twins in streets quarrel
Grand Forks Press reports a quarrel among twins John and Willie and their friend Archie. Archie, known for his red hair and temper, shouts back that he is not a twin and people can tell him apart.
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John
Willie
Archie
Grand Forks Press
Financed Gemmen in Walkin Complication
A Baltimore American snippet shows Miss Mahala questioning a gentleman who finances her. Mistah Johnsing is named as the man who funds the affair, reflecting a social entanglement narrative from the paper.
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Miss Mahala
Mistah Johnsing
Baltimore American
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