Haunting beliefs and eerie tales cross a crowded world
A collection of oddities and anecdotes sits alongside warnings about haunted London homes tramps and a shark attack near San Giorno. The item also covers laundry habits in China, book bindings and leather durability, eyeglass care, a wary marriage note from a New York printer, a racial color-change tale from Keokuk, and Julia Ward Howe on childless women finding meaning through motherhood.
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London
China
United States
Russia
Morocco
New York
Keokuk
Iowa
Julia Ward Howe
Christ
Only a Summer Belle
Mr. Nicefellow compliments a sister returning from the South as a belle at summer resorts. A little boy teases that her nose grows red in cold weather, implying mild humor about her winter flight south and chilly northern air.
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Mr. Nicefellow
Gossip at the wedding chatter over dowry and kin
A brief exchange reveals Mrs Gabb stating her daughter appears happily married though the husband lacks wealth yet has family. Mrs Gadd confirms he is a widower with six children, underscoring social ties and expectations.
The Count Genuine First Beauty Conversation
The Count Lobelia spent last evening with the first beauty, who declares she has met him. She notes his anger at gossip claiming he did not come from Europe. The second beauty dismisses the report, saying his clothes smell of the steerage and he indeed came from Europe.
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Count Lobelia
Europe
Matrimonial Exchange Noted by Gotham Girl and Philadelphia Girl
Gotham Girl observes a matrimonial exchange arranged for foreign nobles and American heiresses. Philadelphia Girl at Wanamaker's reacts with bright approval, hoping for a bargain counter in the venture.
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Gotham Girl
Philadelphia
Wanamaker’s
Great Profit in Goats in Southwest Texas
San Antonio reports the Angora goat industry in the southwest is highly profitable. S F Richardson of Junction, Kimball County, shows a $4,097.53 net from goat ventures after initial $1,500, with costs of $199.95 and sales of meat and hair totaling over $1,000. He notes high returns for capital and the unique use of trained dogs for herding, sometimes with a Mexican herder in larger flocks.
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San Antonio
Tex
United States
Texas
S. F. Richardson
Junction
Kimball County
H. .@. Wilson
First State Bank of
Richardson
Angora
Quits Smoking At 87 in Alton Man Declares Victory
Leonard Hancock of Alton says quitting smoking has made him feel better after 72 years of smoking. The 87 or 88 year old man, who has mowed lawns since childhood in Franklin Village New Hampshire, notes he now saves on matches and believes his mind contributes to his improved well being.
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St. Louis
Leonard Hancock
Alton
Hancock
Franklin Village
N. H
Alton Homes
Tornado Rips Sarpy Cass and Nemaha Counties Nebraska
A Nebraska tornado on May 12 after noon killed at least five people and fatally injured Edward Martin and Charles Leader with extensive damage across Sarpy Cass and Nemaha counties including Bellevue Papillion Louisville Richfield and Fort Crook. Railroads were disrupted by floods and hundreds of buildings were destroyed or damaged. An army post at Fort Crook reported $100000 in damage and troops sheltered in cellars as debris flew.
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Omaha
Neb
Sarpy
Cass
Nemaha
Frank Hester
Louisville
Charles Leader
Richfield
Martko
Bellevue
Martin Tathan
James
Papillion
Edward Martin
Meadow
Trucelle
Belevue
Springfield
Fort Crook
Gas Leader
Mr. Martin
Martin Teith
Little Pappie River
Sixteenth Regiment
Live in the Cemetery Aged Couple Clings to Grief
Evansville Indiana a small cottage in Oak Hill cemetery houses Samuel Muir aged 61 and his wife 60 near the graves of their two deceased children who perished in the Iroquois theater fire in Chicago in 1903 they moved from a Ohio farm to be close to the graves and visit daily Mrs Muir a member of Evansville s oldest families recounts their decision to live among gravestones saying she has her children with her while the couple s move followed the loss that shattered their family and left them to spend their final days beside the graves
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Evansville
Ind
Chicago
Samuel Muir
Oak Hill
Ohio
S. A. Muir
Winthrop Avenue
Emery Hewins
Petersburg
Mr. Muir
Mrs. Muir
Gen. Evans
James G. Jones
Ohio man sparks near disaster at Pabst cafe
In Sandusky Ohio waiter Joseph Segrast survived a gas explosion that lifted him across the room and left only a small burn on his hand. The blast, triggered by a heater and water on, damaged the Pabst building while Segrast walked away unharmed.
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Sandusky
Joseph Segrast
Pabst
Segrast
William Finley
Reunited daguerreotype from Chancellorsville battle
A Civil War era daguerreotype of a young man and girl, taken from a Union soldier at Chancellorsville, is returned to Mrs. Nellie Augusta Nettleton Stowe of Milford, Conn., after 33 years, ending a long search led by Edgar Whitenour. The back bore the names John Rawson and Nellie Augusta Nettleton. Mrs. Stowe expresses gratitude and reflects on the history carried by the keepsake.
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Whittenour
Grand Army of the Republic
Nellie Augusta Nettleton
T. W. Stowe
Milford
Conn
Stowe
Writenour
Dream Wealth Spoils Gift at Oceanside Church
In Oceanside a grand church project once backed by George M. Smith faded as plans for an $80,000 brick and stone building collapsed. Architects quit, Los Angeles suppliers canceled brick orders, and Smith claimed an inheritance of $8,000,000 while six years earlier his wife and five children died in Des Moines from illness.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Christian Church
Oceanside
George M. Smith
Smith
Des Moines
Des Moines Man Chooses Marriage Over Army Post
L. A. Woodring of Des Moines rejects a government medical corps post to marry Spanish heiress Maurisa Tretancine, rescued from Filipino insurgents near Manila in 1898. She will travel to Des Moines on June 15 for the ceremony. The couple plan a temporary home as Woodring completes medical studies. The 19 year old heiress has just settled with the U S government for 200000 dollars for her father's plantation.
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Des Moines
Manila
L. A. Woodring
Government Medical Corps
Mr. Woodring
United States
Missouri cyclone devastates farm near Watson
A May cyclone in northwest Missouri wrecked the Good farm house and barn near Watson half a mile east, with Mel Cox his wife and son escaping to the cellar. Several barns blown down. no loss of life reported so far. In New York Governor Hughes declines a vice presidential nomination, citing inability to serve if elected.
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St. Joseph
Watson, Mo
Mel Cox
Hughes
New York
Stewart L. Woodford
Robbers Hit Express Messenger In Seattle Train
E J Perrine Great Northern express messenger on the Seattle Vancouver line was assaulted by two men as the train left Seattle. They beat him with his own gun, tied him, and escaped after landing a strong box containing an estimated 1000 to 10000 dollars.
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Seattle
Was
E. J. Perrine
Great Northern Express
Vancouver
B. C
Formerly Interne Hospital State versity of Iowa
Formerly interne hospital state university of Iowa contact info lists a home and office at Black street with unclear figures and a fragmentary address. taxonomies unnamed.
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Interne Hospital Stateversity of
Iowa
House
Aelaotla
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DES Moines Directory
East Payment Plan
Sporting Goods
Hopkins Bros. Co
Edison Distributors
Windsor Purity Candy Co
Anchor Fire Insurance CO
Des Moines, Iowa
Fay
Wnocoupied
J. S. Glark
G.A Holland
Mar. LE
Angoras
Moses
Waldan Fawcett
Missouri
Nebraska
Sarpy County
John Rawson
Chancellorsville
Professional Cares
Chas, A. Grubb
Atlantic
Fite Eyertate
G. R. Miller
Gillespie Building
Mussom
Office
C, G, Clark
R. A. Gamble
Osteopathic
Opera House
Carly
T. B, Swan
Saeco
Atlantia
K. O
Winley, D. O
Finley & Finley
The
Atlantic Infirmary of Osteopathy and X-Ray Laboratory
Moscow
Bell
Chestnut St
Atlantic, Iowa
Ccw Alwaye
Nels Brown
WE Chestnut
Butler
H. Butler
Dees
Musson
A. H. Goodspeed
Witary Sales
Caza
Adjoin
Fog Counties
L. L. Nutt
Ste and
Walnut St
Museon
Phong
CG. J. Litterst
Walnut Street
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