The Legitimate Use of School Buildings
A speech argues that laws do not specify how to use schoolhouses. decisions rely on common sense. It advocates opening school facilities for worship, lectures, and public meetings, and urges creating public playgrounds under school authority to educate through play and community use. It cites Iowa decisions and Massachusetts playground funding. It urges summer use and mothers’ involvement to expand educational spaces.
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Iowa
State Superintendent of Schools
Supreme Court
Attorney General
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Mississippi
Galena
Lynch
Chariton
Iowa State Fair Offers $50 Prize for Ear of Corn
The Iowa State Fair runs August 24 to 31 and includes a $50 prize for the best ear of corn. Previous winners include Fred McCulloch of Hartwick and Herman Lohman of West Point. County premiums total about $1,000 with new classifications such as a sweepstakes for the best ten years of corn. Premium lists and entry blanks are available from Secretary J. Simson of Des Moines.
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Iowa
Boar of Agriculture
Fred McCulloch
Hartwick
Herman Lohman
West Point
J. ©. Simson
Des Moines
Death From Lockjaw Cured by Arnica Salve, Ad Says
An old advertisement claims Bucklen’s Arnica Salve prevents blood poisoning after injuries and heals sores. It cites Seth Gurch of Renslaclville New York and touts cures for cuts wounds burns and sores. Available 25 cents at Kirk’s drug store. Also promotes a cigar brand at Pete T. Paton’s.
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Storie & Paton and
Kirk Drug Co
Bucklen
Chas, Oswald
Rens Lacrville
Seth Gurch
Kirk
Jupiter Orbit and Heat Debate From Ancient Text
A newspaper passage details Jupiter's distance from the Sun 92,790,950 miles Earth distance 482,803,970 miles with perihelion and aphelion distances quoted. It notes the planet’s small axial tilt, long 11 year 14.8 day orbit, and potential internal heat causing atmospheric changes despite low solar heating.
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Jupiter
Uranus
Earth
Ideals and Education guidance for parents and teachers
A New York World piece urges parents and teachers to shape a child’s mind by choosing uplifting ideals and studying each child’s abilities. It argues concentration as the goal of schooling, warns against low literature, and stresses parental oversight of reading over fashion trends, linking character to the ideals set for children.
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New York World
The Miner’s Inch and Water Flow Measurement
In California the miner’s Inch equals about 8796 gallons per minute. Fifty miner’s inches equal one cubic foot per second. A common setup uses four inches mean pressure through a two by two inch aperture with water three inches high, yielding about one miner’s inch per square inch of aperture or 1.2 cubic feet per minute.
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California
Papal Beards Through the Ages
The article traces papal facial hair, noting full beards from St. Peter to 1153, then four centuries of clean shaves, two centuries with beards, and finally since 1700 a smooth face again.
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St. Peter
Beggar Declares Bread Not His Hunger
A starving beggar tells a philanthropist he is dying of starvation and is given a loaf. The emaciated man responds with indignation, saying he is not bread hungry, startling the generous donor. The anecdote appears in the London Globe.
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London Globe
After Dinner Speaker mixes metaphors at banquet
Mr Upjohn notes the colonel is a good after dinner speaker yet his metaphors mix oddly. Mr Struckoyle suggests the colonel has been taking them straight so far, at a Chicago Tribune banquet.
Right In His Line and the Landlord in Lyons
A brief snippet from the Kansas City Independent quotes a seedy actor and manager banter about landlords. The line suggests a performer asserting he has played many landlords, hinting at onstage roles and stagecraft.
Ruse Brings About a Townsends Engagement
A moneyed suitor Arthur Brewerton is wedded to Anita Townsend after Mrs Townsend engineers a social ruse at a Flemings dinner. A pink kid slipper under Brewerton’s shoe exposes the ruse and leads to a public test of loyalty. The couple’s engagement is announced the next day and they marry soon after.
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Anita Townsend
Anita
Townsend
Arthur Brewerton
Mr. Brewerton
Miss Townsend
Townsends
Mrs. Townsend
Red Room
Eliza O. .Brierly
The Staff of Life Through Bread's Ancient Rise
The article traces bread from early baking by Sarah for Abraham to legendary teachers like Panthe gods Ceres Megalarte and Megalomuze who shaped bread making. It notes many varieties by ancient times, Rome's early bakehouses by 630 B C and the slow overall progress of bread through history.
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Sarah
Abraham
Pan
Ceres
Megalarte
Megalomuze
Numa
Rome
B. C
Electric Bitters Advertised As Remedy For Various Ailments
A short biomedical ad claims Electric Bitters cure a range of ailments including stomach disorders liver issues chills fever malaria biliousness back pain and kidney and bladder troubles. It cites A A Brown of Bennettsville South Dakota praising the product and notes Kirk Drug Co sells the medicine with a guarantee.
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India
A. Brown
Bennettsville
S. D
Kirk Drug Co
Winds and scale from tight to hurricane in Beaumont system
The article explains West Indies cyclones once called hurricanes and outlines Beaumont wind classes from tight and gentle through stiff and strong to gales. It notes gales span several grades before reaching hurricane level in the old terminology.
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West Indies
Stimulation Without Irritation A Mild Liver and Digestive Aid
Urine Lavative Fruit Syrup is promoted as a gentle stimulant for stomach liver and bowels. It claims to aid digestion without irritation no nausea or griping and is described as mild and pleasant to take by Storie Patton.
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Storie
Shifting a Burden in a New York Press Snippet
A humorous exchange shows a man admitting he passed a piete to his brother who is stronger. The brief dialogue reproduces a modeled social interaction from the New York Press with a witty turn.
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New York Press
Manly conduct as personal ornament quotes Carlyle
A quotation from Carlyle on how a man measures himself by his actions and dignity, highlighting self-respect as the greatest ornament.
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Carlyle
Board of Supervisors Approve Audits June 18 1906
The Board met by adjournment with J W Kent T H Roberts and T 8 Crozier present. Official bond for Homer Thorne approved. Several fee bills and claims were allowed including justice of the peace I J Phillips and various labor and bridge costs totaling 280.60 with warrants to be issued for approved items.
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J. W. Kent
T. 8. Crozier
T. H. Roberts
Homer Thorne
Jackson T. P
I. J. Phillips
Wm. Bolton
Robert Hunter
Chas, Nichols
B. F. Phillips
Clyde Knotts
HQC
Dillman J. W. Kent Auditior
German Syrup Promises Quick Relief for Coughs
An advertisement urges healthy mothers to use Dr. Boschee’s German Syrup to combat lung and bronchial troubles in mothers and children. It claims prompt cure for coughs, colds, hoarseness, and congestion, with new trial bottles sold at druggists.
Burlington Route Excursions to Colorado and Utah
Chariton Iowa to Colorado locations on sale June 1 to Sept 30 1906 with round trip price 21.75 and return by Oct 31 1906. Ogden and Salt Lake trips priced 34.75 with same selling dates and return limits. Travel maintenance notes indicate 4 UD units.
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Denven
Pueblo
Colorado Springs
Chariton
Iowa
Ogden
Salt Lake Utah
Colorado
Mainta
Cutest Thing Rockefeller Ever Did Declared Farce by Pastor
The Rev. Charles A. Eaton of Cleveland, Rockefeller's pastor, joked about not knowing the whereabouts of John D. Rockefeller. He called the pursuit a farce and recalled seeing Rockefeller last November before investigators and reporters could locate him.
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Rockefeller
Pia
John D. Rockefeller
Charles A. Eaton
Cleveland
Dr. Eaton
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea for Babies
The advertisement extols Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as the best medicine for babies. It claims the product makes babies eat sleep and grow and lists a 35 cent price for tea or tablets from Storie & Paton.
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Hollister
The First Envelope from May 1696 in London Museum
The first letter envelope dates back to May 1696 and is now housed in the British Museum in London.
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British Museum
London
Local Cure Claim for Rheumatism Promoted in Ad
An advertisement touts Hollister's Rocky Mountains Tea as the sole cure for rheumatism while offering tea or tablets at 85 cents. The promotion lists Storie & Paton and Smoke Noxall Club cigar stores as sellers.
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Hollister’s
Rocky
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Judith of
the Plains
BY Marie Manning
New York Evening ‘Sun
Chicago Examiner
Brooklyn Eagle
Judith
Nashville American
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Staff OF Life
Board of Supervisors
Gittinger
G.J
Irons
Labor Bridge
Johnson
Frank
King
H. H
Penick, Wm
Ruark, C. N
Bridge Labor
Williams
W. T
Lincoln
Burlington
Colorado Excursons
Ins
E. O. Wilson
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