Penalty of Greatness At Buck Creek Post Office
A Buck Creek farmer roughs up postmaster Simon Muldraugh after the postmaster mocks locals. The crowd watches as the farmer shouts angry refusals, recalls past hardship, and drags the postmaster through the window before tossing him out. The postmaster proclaims the scene a penalty of greatness.
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Simon Muldraugh
Daily Mail
Jimmy Miller
Simon
Davis
Buck Creek
Galveston
The Man Women Like Discussion of a Mystery Figure
An excerpt from a novel discusses the mystery of the man who attracts women. It contrasts two types of men a confident leader and a distrusted, preening scribe, noting how women respond to each.
Woman Champion Promotes London Swimming Boom
Misa Lillian Smith, the champion long distance female swimmer, is credited with boosting swimming’s popularity among London women this season. The Bath club has nearly doubled its membership, and the City of London Ladies Amateur Swimming club formed for business women. Smith says swimming is ideal exercise for all women, aiding weight loss or muscle development, and favors the tight fitting university dress as the best costume.
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Misa Lillian Smith
London
Bath Club
City of London Ladies’ Amateur Swimming Club
Miss Smith
The Real Work Behind a Humorous Writer
The piece explains that a humorist must be serious to earn money from jokes and stories. John Kendrick Bangs is noted, with a quip about whether writing jokes is hard work. The real effort, Bangs says, lies in thinking them into being rather than delivering them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kendrick Bangs
Iowa State Dairy Expert Appointed at Anes College
Anes Iowa State Agricultural College appoints a State Dairy Expert to lead state educational dairy work under the Iowa State Dairy Association. Prof Van Pelt has moved to Waterloo with headquarters in Kimball’s Dairy Warmer office. Monthly Cow Contest reports, with pictures of winning cows, cover the ongoing competition through August 15, 1910. Kimball’s Dairy Farmer publishes the contest updates and prizes, including $25 monthly for top cow.
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Iowa State Agricultural College
Anes
Iowa State Dairy Association
van Pelt
Waterloo
Kimball
Iowa
G. Klay
Sioux County
Central West
H. G. van Pelt
Dairy Farmer
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Clinton Grain Co
Albert G. Kuenkel
Opera House
Martin Bronleewe
Thurston Bros
H. T
White Sewing Machine CO
Cleveland
E.C. Luloff
Buffalo Center
H. E.etel
le Vohnsgn
V. B. Tripp
Germania
C. Zune
Munn
Ant'ie Journal
Terme
Montis
New York
Washington
Chas. Leibsohn
Hill City
Forest City
Kimball's
Kimball’s
Chas
Peny
Riphenburg, Wis
Goodrich
Wash
Jersey
August Burk
Minn
Gideon
F. KX
Dildine
A. B. Kustabother
Lowa
Kinball
A. A
Duncat
Buffalo Center Tribune
Kimball Dairy Barmer
Tribune
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