Iowa News Roundup Reports Local Deaths and Daring Fires
Iowa news item highlights William Oleson found dead in Mason City with a gas jet partly on. Multiple local items follow including football injuries in Council Bluffs, new editors in Traverse City, measles epidemic in Muscatine, a Dec 4 5 corn carnival in Panora, and Eagle Point Park plans in Dubuque. Reports recount a mining shaft accident, a Captain missing in Cedar Rapids, court actions against a Des Moines saloon, and copper discoveries near Leon with potential county impact.
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William Oleson
Rem Ata
Mason City
Central Iowa Homeopathic Association
Iowa City
Council Bluffs
James W. Blakeman
C. H. Leichliter
Rock Rapids Review
Traverse City
Mich
Record-Herald
Chicago
Maurice Fabst
Colfax High School
Colfax Athletic Club
Hillside Club
Des Moines
Hima
Oleson Drug Company of
Fort Dodge
Oleson
Ed Kripmer
Olks
Inter-State Protective Association
Bankers’ Associations
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
Dakotas
Frank Horack
State University
America
McBride & Will Drug Company
Marshalltown
Fincla Bennett Friend
Jesse Huxford
Enterprise
Thomas ‘Beriebble
Company C
Iowa National Guard
Gedar Rapids
Ceneral Thriff
Tperkebile
Muscatine
Health Department
Washington
Secord Gineée
State Department of Health
Panora
Gisael George M. Burnett
Lincoln
Neb
George MacLean
Iuws State University
Burnett
University Miltary
Missouri Military Institute
Sigma. No
West Point
Iowa State University
Iowa Wesleyan
W. L. Roach
District Court
A. G. Wood
E. J Roberts
C. K. Mason
Iowa Falls Electric Light Company
Oscar F. Peterse
Iowa Falls
Alden
Feterson
Eden Township
Leon
Wils’m Ray
Mr. Ray
J. M. Ozborne
Decatur County
Ray
Bessie Bills
Davenport
Grand Chapter of
Child Saving Institute Seeks New Building Funds
Omaha based Child Saving Institute reports inadequate old buildings unable to shelter the hundreds of homeless children seeking admission. In 11 years it cared for 2,371 children with 50 to 60 on hand daily last summer. They seek a $75,000 outlay for a new building plus $25,000 for grounds and equipment, backed by local business leaders and district support.
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Board of Trustees
Omaha
Child Saving Institute
Sidney
Louisville
Belgrade
Neb
Blair
Tekamah
Nebraska
Iowa
Institute
George F. Bidwell
Guy C. Barton
C. W. Lyman
K. C. Barton
Rume Miller
H. J. Penfold
W.S. Wright
Arthur C. Smith
Necessaries of a Millionaire in Modern Wealth
Paris Geulois notes that a millionaire now requires multiple houses, estates, stables, garages, a luxury yacht, and one or two aeroplanes to startle the public, illustrating the evolving chase for wealth over fifty years.
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Paris
Hai High Position in China
Sir Walter Hilyer has been appointed expert adviser to the Chinese government. Born in China to English parents, he is a learned linguist. Li Hung Chang once said he spoke and wrote Chinese as well as the most highly educated mandarin.
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Walter Hilyer
Sir Walter
China
Li Hung Chang
Minute Fractions in Science Show Extreme Sensitivity
The text contrasts human temperature perception with the barometer and galvanometer. It notes that humans cannot sense temperature differences below one fifth of a degree while barometers detect changes a million times more precise. A galvanometer responds to a tiny current caused by deforming a mercury drop from sphere to egg shape.
A Novel Compliment Hair Restorer Proves Popular
A humorous line from a novel features a gentleman thanking a young lady who returned his wig with the remark that she is the most successful hair restorer he ever tried. The playful exchange highlights social wit and polite gallantry.
No Expense to Be Spared in Town Visit
A young man vows lavish hospitality for his uncle during a town visit promising entertainment he believes money will buy. He asserts his relative will lack for nothing and that he will be properly entertained regardless of cost.
Herodias and the Whirlwind Myth in Germany
Folklore note cites Jacob Grimm who described in the early 1800s a whirlwinds explained by the dancing Herodias whirling in the air across Germany. The remark links a dance figure to meteorological explanations in Teutonic myth.
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Herodias
Jacob Grimm
Germany
British Pride and Hypocrisy in Descent
Brussels Le Soir critiques British self image noting a shift as British pride wanes. The piece argues that many Scots once believed UK birth conferred universal virtue, now challenged by evolving national attitudes and disillusionment with imperial pretensions.
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United Kingdom
Brussels
Soir
Anti Fat Diet Rules From Era Menu Card
A historical dietary note lists allowed foods for an anti fat diet. Fresh fish and lean meats roasted or boiled appear with sparing portions of eggs, vegetables such as lettuce spinach asparagus celery onions cabbage and olives. It recommends water or plain tea or coffee without additives after meals.
Hard to Do A Hust Band And Late Supper
A Detroit Free Press quip notes the challenge for a hust band to time late returns so their wife is also late with supper. The remark suggests that aligning both delays would spare much quarrel at home.
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Detroit Free Press
What Country Dwellers Need
A Harper’s Weekly observation notes a third of the population lives in cities while two thirds are rural. It argues country dwellers require religion education and material prosperity to be happy. Machinery reduces farm labor per acre so farms must either have fewer children or export labor to cities.
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Harper'’s Weekly
Long Arm of Enterprise Spans Poles to Equator
The passage envisions perpetual expansion by merchants and capitalists across the globe from poles to equator. It argues the world will stay a vast field for exploitation despite continuous territorial reach.
Courage and bravery labeled as the same by Mrs Lapsling
Mrs Lapsling chides a boy named Johnny for asking the difference between courage and bravery. She dismisses both terms as pusillanimous and claims they mean the same thing.
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Johnny
How to Melt Iron Using Sulphur Quick-Heat Method
A historical note explains heating iron or a poker to white heat and applying a roll of sulphur. The iron melts instantly, forming drops of iron sulfide that are then dropped into a water bath. This procedure is described as best performed over a wash bath of water to catch the liquid melt.
The One Except For Quote From Judge's Library
A terse quotation notes that certainty eludes us and the lone bath in a flat triggers a bell ring, reflecting a wry jurist viewpoint. The line underlines doubt and the odd inevitability of interruptions in private moments.
Epworth Memorial Introduces Full Time Church Business Manager
Epworth Memorial Methodist Church in Cleveland appoints a full time business manager to handle finances benevolences dues subscriptions and expenses. The manager will secretary standing committees and record business for the official board, freeing the pastor for pulpit duties. The church with the city’s largest Protestant membership handles over 35000 annually in contributions and operates extensive charity work. District superintendent Dr. G K Morris endorses the plan as an ideal church government and expects adoption in other cities.
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Epworth Memorial Methodist Church
Cleveland
Epworth Memorial
G. K. Morris
The Doctor's Fee and Charity Work
Texas State Journal of Medicine laments the disparity in legal and medical fees. It notes some will pay lawyers large sums to avoid prison while doctors charge modest fees to save souls for a lifetime. The piece defends persistent, charitable medical service and condemns reward for vice and laziness.
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Texas State Journal
Ot Medicine
Uplifting Hope For Farmers Trials In Town
Local chatter riffs on plans to uplift farmers with new aid measures. Citizens debate whether balloons or dynamite symbolize risky methods, signaling mixed enthusiasm and concern about upcoming policies and their effects on fields.
Cannibalism Debate Sparks Beecher Assertion in City
Henry Ward Beecher denounces alleged cannibalism in civilization arguing that New York harbors more cannibals than Pacific islands and that removing support from eating men would leave thousands of empty homes in the city.
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New York
Isles of
Pacific
Henry Ward Beecher
Sitting in a Game My boy rests with a sick friend
A fragment shows a dialogue about a boy missing late hours due to staying with a sick friend. The exchange questions the excuse and recalls a parent’s prior leniency, hinting at a family standard of flexibility. The piece captures a domestic moment and social expectations.
The Quirky Sketch Offer from a Starving Irish Laborer
An old Irish laborer asked for money in a New York artist's studio. The artist gave a quarter then offered a dollar to paint him. The man agreed and joked about how the painting would be removed.
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New York
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