Local and personal notes from Atlantic area
Locals report Kodak cameras at Fred Alexander's and numerous residents traveling to Des Moines for business. Mentions of Mrs. Eliza Miller, Julian Phelps, Senator Perrin, and many short visits, Easter events, trains, marriages, and a variety of minor civic and social items throughout the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kodak
Fred Alexander
Narry Wilson
Des Moines
Dobson
J. W. Cannon
Judge Green
Avoca
Audubon
L. F. Wilson
T. W. Brown
Indianola
Westlake
J.b.jones
Menlo
Julian Phelps
Senator Perrin
J. N. Matthews
Council Bluffs
Rebekah
Sam Jones
Colfax
W. W. Eller
Keokuk
L. C. Baker
Barnard, Mo
George
Phelps
John Cain
Kaiser and Verestchagin exchange at Berlin gallery
In Berlin a meeting between Emperor William and Russian painter Verestchagin sparked mutual praise. The Kaiser reminded the artist they had met before, while Verestchagin showed respect for the emperor's judgment. Verestchagin's war pictures continue to offer stark views of militarism as Europe ponders the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaiser
Himperor William
Verestchagin
Berlin
Napoleon
Moscow
Europe
New York Times
Merchant's Carnival Impresses With Costumes And Talent
The Merchant's Carnival at the opera house drew a largely attended audience. Numerous businesses were represented by young ladies in themed costumes with banners and verses. The program mixed music recitations and drills, featuring elaborate costumes and a grand march. The entertainment was well presented, entertaining, and financially successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera House
Grant's Change of Complexion Incident at City Point
Colonel Parker aided General Grant with his correspondence in the tent at City Point. A Sanitary Commission worker, visiting Cairo days, mistook Parker for Grant and noted how sunburnt the general’s secretary appeared. The moment amused Grant and Parker, cited in Horace Porter's Campaigning With Grant in Century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
Parker
City Point
Sanitary Commission
Cairo
Horace Porter
Century
Greene-Whom Are Your Children Paid To Take After
A London dialogue with Enpeck claiming the younger child takes after his mother while the elder, described as cross eyed, is said to take after him. The remark is delivered with a sharp, tongue in cheek tone in the overheard exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarcaain. Greene
Mr. Enpeck
Enpeck
Viper
Mance
London
Syrup of Figs Ad From California Fig Syrup Co
An advertisement urges travel and daily use of Syrup of Figs to cleanse kidneys liver and bowels and prevent fevers and headaches. Available in 50 cent and 1 bottles from leading druggists. manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Company
The White Box and a Mother's Punishment
A tailor's wife tells her son a tale of a white coffin as punishment. The child, mesmerized by tiny coffins behind glass, learns obedience yet fears punishment. After repeated pleas, illness and a harsh rebuke lead to his death, with the final question about the white box and divine punishment. The Chicago Tribune reports the tale as a Moral Litany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Undertaker’s
Jax
Jet
Chicago Tribunae
Roman Epicures and the Luxuries of Rome
George E. Walsh notes in Lippincott's that during Rome's zenith the empire taxed distant lands to supply nobles with luxury goods. Spices, fruits, grains, wines, fish, and wild game flowed from Asia, Africa, Germany, Italy, and Brittany to lavish banquets, while Nero and Cleopatra receive sensational examples of excess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asia
Africa
Germany
Italy
Mediterranean
Baltic
Brittany
Nero
Cleopatra
Rome
George E. Walsh
Lippincott’s
Contrast Between Two Prime Ministers In Early Life
A retold remark from Sir Henry Parkes contrasts Mr Gladstone’s elite early life with Parkes’s own brutal hardship. He recalls working at a rope walk for four pence daily and suffering brutal treatment, then brick-yard labor and stone breaking on the queen's highway, highlighting a dramatic social divide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Parkes
New South Wales
Mr. Gladstone
Eton
Oxford
Rewards for Honesty and Principle Endure Slowly
Edward W. Bok writes in The Ladies' Home Journal that rewards of honesty and unwavering principle come slowly but surely. He argues principled conduct is tested with purpose, and true success rests on inner satisfaction rather than public opinion, noting some endure more fire yet gain greater reward in the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W. Bok
Ladies’ Home Journal
British Children’s Orchestra and a London globe project
The Queen is patron and the Duchess of Teck is president of the British Children’s Orchestra, a group mostly consisting of children under 14 from noble families. Plans are reported to erect a 84 foot diameter terrestrial globe in London showing the earth at about eight miles to the inch. Scholars hail Turkish as the softest musical language for magical notation and recitative, perhaps surpassing Italian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Children's Orchestra
the Duchess of Teck
London
The Holy House at Loretto and Its Legend
The Holy House at Loretto sits high above Ancona in a fortified church. The article traces the journey of the black Madonna from Nazareth to a hillside near Fiume to a laurel wood at Recanati before its final placement on the current road site. It notes the frescoed marble casing by Sansovino, the plain interior walls, the silver lamps, and the many pilgrims including popes and kings who venerates the shrine across centuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy House
Loretto
Ancona
Sanso+ino
Madonna
Luke
Cedar
Lebanon
Nazareth
Fiume
Dalmatian
Adriatic
Recanati
Weatminater Gazette
Belief and Knowledge in Travelers Tales Across Ages
The text discusses how belief shifts when distant wonders become known and how near truths provoke doubt. It contrasts ancient confidence in Marco Polo and Sir John Mandeville with later skepticism in everyday life, noting ignorance feeds credulity while full knowledge breeds gullibility. It cites the Roentgen ray announcement as an example of abrupt, dramatic reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marco Polo
John Mandeville
Buncoed
Scribner’s
Cuyler Became a Minister Through His Mother's Influence
Peter Carter in Golden Rule recounts how the Rev. Dr. Theodore L. Cuyler chose the Christian ministry largely due to his mother's influence. Reluctant to a legal career, a European trip, a forced stay at Princeton Theological Seminary, and early addresses near Ludlowville, N Y, convinced him the ministry was his calling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Princeton Theological Seminary
Cuyler
Ludlowville
N. Y
Ensilage and Its Role in Dairy Feeding
Ensilage is made by cutting corn stalks and packing the green mass in a vat about 20 feet deep. After 48 to 60 hours of fermentation the mixture is weighted to stop further fermentation, producing lactic acid treated feed that aids a cow’s stomach. A vat can keep for two years or more, preserving the material as when fermentation ends. The method dates back to ancient Rome and was rediscovered about 40 years ago by a Frenchman named Goffard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Cannon
Council Bluffs
Atlantic
Smith Center
Kan
Colorado Springs
Col
August Seaman
Franklin Township
W. E. Stanley
Goffard
New York Post
Weight and Brain Proved Not Sole Indicators of Intelligence
A curious claim from a period article notes that a large brain does not guarantee intellect and that even an illiterate person’s brain could surpass famed scientists. It also mentions a Parisian inventor attempting a phonograph wristwatch that would whisper the time when a spring is touched.
Electric Bitters Promised As Seasonal Tonic And Remedy
Electric Bitters is presented as a seasonable medicine for languor, sluggish liver, and malaria poisoning. It claims to prevent severe fevers and treats headache, indigestion, constipation, and dizziness. Sold in 60c and 1.00 dollar bottles at drug stores.
Dark colored fish better for the active man says Mrs. Rorer
In The Lady's Home Journal Mrs. S. T. Rorer argues there is little reliable analysis on fish composition. She notes white fish such as cod haddock and halibut have similar albuminoids to beef but less carbon and fat concentrated in the liver. Dark fish like salmon catfish and sturgeon disperse fat through the flesh aiding digestion and better muscle building for active people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. T. Rorer
Ladiad’ Home Journal
Rule in New York livery stable safeguards nervous horses
A New York livery stable enforces rules for horse care. Only wealthy owners keep horses there. Shouting at horses is banned. Nervous horses react to loud talk and foul language is not allowed within hearing.
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New York
Thirty two Times For Peace arbitration record
Boston Globe notes that since 1815 the United States has participated in 32 of 60 arbitration treaties, more than any other nation, highlighting U.S. active role in international peacemaking discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Boston Globe
Dr King’s New Discovery Heads Cough Cure Endorsements
Stands at the Head. Aug J Bogel of Shreveport La says the medicine cures his cough and is the best seller. J E Campbell of Safford Ariz writes the product never fails and is a sure cure for consumption coughs and colds. The remedy is not an experiment and has stood for a quarter century. Free trial bottles available at any drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Bogel
Shreveport
Dr. King
J. EB. Campbell
Safford
Ariz
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Abe Block
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