LOCAL AND PERSONAL NOTES OF A WEEK PAST SATURDAY
Local items detail weekly movements of residents and visitors in the area. Mentions include Mr Hunter building an addition, Ralph Hawks returning from Audubon, George Pennell in town, Mrs Sackett Sears illness, Judge Willard returning on the flyer, Editor Beedle visiting, Mrs Cadwallader improving, Elder D C Franklin returning from Council Bluffs, J B Hodgson returning from Walnut, Mrs Lindsay's trip to Missouri Valley, Mrs Emma Conrad and baby arriving from Carroll, and many other short notes on travel, visits, and community events.
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D. C. Franklin
Council Bluffs
J. B. Hodgson
Walnut
Lindsay
Missouri Valley
Emma Conrad
Baby
Carroll
Board of Equalization
It Council
C. Brown
Mr. Brown
C. M. Branson
Lincoln
Nek
Curious street scene ends with green silk spider on head
A tall gray haired woman exiting a Broadway shop attracted bemused attention as a green silk spider web and red velvet spider dangled from a comb in her hair. The web was displayed near Oriental goods, and passersby assumed it was part of the store display. Also notes on typhoid risks from wells and sand filtering plans from Dr. Koch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Cesspoola
Koch
Apparatna
Ancient giants not larger than modern man
The Pittsburg Dispatch argues that ancient people were not measurably bigger or stronger than people today. Egyptian mummies and catacomb remains show medium size, and ancient armor fits non giant bodies. great men existed then as now.
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Pittsburg
Paris Hoops Spark Long-Lost Love Reunion
In Paris a little girl’s hoop triggers a dramatic scene as a man and a woman, long separated after five years of hardship, reunite when the distressed wife collapses from emotion and the officer helps them into a carriage. The man, once jealous and dissipated, remains devoted to memory of the lost wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
New York Ledger
Baths for spectacles improve vision say optician
An optician advises frequent thorough cleaning of eyeglasses with warm water soap and a soft brush. He warns many neglect cleaning causing gradual vision decline and recommends ammonia drops added to soap and water for best results. Washington Star
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Washington Star
A Moving Lake of Ios Glacier Breaks Icebergs
A description of the Muir glacier in northwestern Alaska portrays a 40 mile long ice lake moving 60 feet daily. The surface shows rounded hills and cliffs with amethyst to sapphire ice at center, many deep crevasses, and streams of clear water at the bottom. Gigantic icebergs break away as the glacier enters the bay, creating waves that threaten ships miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ios
Muir
Alaska
Tts
The Original Color of Flowers and Patent Notes
An overview on flower color origins and pollination theory notes early yellowing in ancient blooms. Includes a London Sketch joke about Cleopatra needles and a patent treatise comparing Britain France and American patent terms and transferability.
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Aefease
London
Clever Woman Pocket Contraption Joke
The Detroit Free Press quotes a joke about a man asking what his pockets hold. He describes a wife’s invention that lets him put money in but not take it out, highlighting humorous domestic wit.
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Detroit Free Press
Court Ball Chaos at Rome Supper Rush
The Queen hosts a simple Italian court ball with dancing and conversation. As supper rooms open, a disorderly crush forms for 20 tables, leaving ministers, ambassadors, and even visiting dignitaries delayed. Swedish onlookers find the crush railway-buffet unbecoming.
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Farini
Rome
Marquis Visconti Venosta
Ambasaador
San Francisco
Paper rails try to roll Germany Russia via pulp
The Paper Trade Journal notes attempts to make railroad rails from paper pulp in Germany and Russia. Wood pulp proves unsuitable while rag and rope pulp are used. The process includes grinding cooking digesting and mixing with borax litharge paraffin wax tanners grease waterproof glue rosin cement shellac and wood alcohol to form a stiffened sturdy rail.
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Fhe Paper Trade Journal
Germany
Russia
A Merited Fate Elusive Humorist Anecdote
A comic aspirant boasts of legendary feats in a rowdy social clash. He claims wheelings of West Virginia and a greatest surgical operation as Lansing Michigan, provoking a violent eruption from friends who mock and attack him, as recounted by the New York Tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Wheeling West Virginia
Lansing Michigan
Wheeling
Lansing
New York Tribune
Practical and Theoretical Chemistry Lesson Tale
A lecturer in chemistry notes coal loses weight and heating power when exposed to elements. A student jokingly asks about a dog nearby. The tale recalls a man who lost 72 percent of his coal pile over three nights, who was advised to buy a dog, and after that the family lost only 1 percent per month. The anecdote ends with the student continuing the theory.
Fear of Hearing Whoa Sparks Horse’s Quiet Courage
A Pearson's Weekly anecdote notes a horse's rare fear is not of danger but of missing the command whoa. The animal is described as exceptionally kind, with the only peril being the possibility of failing to hear the signal.
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Pearson’s Weekly
Bread Brings Luck Bride Fills Pockets With Bread
A Swedish bride fills her pockets with bread and gives pieces to all she meets on the way to the church to avert misfortune, as noted by the Philadelphia Ledger. The piece mentions extensive open air oratory in Hyde Park on Sunday afternoons with stump oratory spanning many religious and political viewpoints, and observes London and Liverpool sharing a general level.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Hyde Park
London
Livery drive ends with lost horses at Massena
Royal Hudspeth and E G Kindred hired E G Shannon’s team, traveled about fifty five miles in twelve hours, returned with one horse dead and the other unfit for use, while plaintiff claims horses were in poor condition at departure and defendants deny it. The article also notes political commentary and a book promotion. A separate item reports Willie Roby’s arrival and a local insane commissioner decision to place him in a safe home.
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Atlantic
Conrad Shoe Store
Iowa
Mr. Hunter
Ralph Hawks
Audubon
Geo. Pennell
Extra
A. Biggs
Anita
Hulda Anderson
Anits
H. M. Boorman
Omaha
Julian Phelps
Des Moines
John Beisser
W. H Thompson
Sherm Myers
Vivian
Mildred Thompson
J. Beisser
Bear Grove
Chas. Rogers
Jas. Green
Roberta
Geo. Jillich
Chicago
Elizabeth Haff
G. W. Tubb
Odd Fellows
Odd Fellows Hall
Potter
Franing
Milan
Andrew Martin
Peter Landmesser
East Third Street
Andmesser
Guy Swires
A. H. Zeigler
DePew
Walnut Bureau
Paul Brown
Griswold
Phoenix Company
J.J. Sims
Adolph Woodward
Lewis
Wm. Melivaine
L. D
W.J. Thomas
Cumberland
Greenfield
Ned Truax
Colfax
Harry Ferguson
Blockton
Taylor County
W. W. Eller
John Bordtman
Fort Madison
Brooks
New York
Tabor
Congregational Church
Buernfeind
Noble Township
van Horn
Mollie Fleming
St. Paul
Tom Whitmore
Green River
Wyoming
W. W. McClure
Wiota
Albright
Lake Benton
Minn
Mr. Albright
Eunice Melville
Minneapolis
National
Rebekah
Rebekah Lodge
Wim. Warren
Grove
Oregon
Stuntz
M. E
Opera House
Burton & Sanger’s
Palmer & Findley
Barnum
the Inventor
Palmer & Findley’s
Alleny
Mount Lebanon
A.M. Hough
Wm. Whorer
Field Museum
Williard Hall
Neal Dows
P. P
U. S
Jane
Pearson’s. Weekly
Cuba
Rrggers Bros
Rackleland
Meehan
Great Britain
France
America
Liverpool
ROYA
Royal Baxine Powner Co
PHE
Congress
The
American Book Co
Willie Roby
Orway
Benton County
D. B. Jepsen
Mr. Jepsen
Toby
Soperahouse
Squire Joshkin
Farmer
Mumby & Dean
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