Fighting Methodist Regiment Leads 24th Iowa Infantry
The 24th Iowa Infantry, known as the fighting Methodist regiment, had all commissioned officers who were Methodist pastors. They earned a strong war record though considered men of peace. J.G. Emerson of Ames College won the interstate oratorical contest at Sioux City on the topic America and the Orient, with seven states including Indiana, Ohio, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan and Illinois represented.
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24Th
Iowa Infantry
J.G. Emerson
Ames College
Sioux City
America
Orient
Indiana
Ohio
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Michigan
Ilinois
Noisy Bed Mystery Scares Professor Then Slumbers
A burglar conceals his presence as a professor retires for the night. The professor insists he heard a noise under the bed, but the burglar speaks in a low voice and the professor remains uncertain. The room quiets as both men fall asleep.
Old Man Reads In Streetcar Turns Pages of Jack Spot
In his second boyhood an octogenarian boards a pay as you enter car on Walnut Street. He hobbles to a seat and remains deeply absorbed in a book titled Jack Spot the Young Highway Robber or the Desperado of Devil's Gulch. Passengers glimpse the title as the car passes Fifty fourth and Spruce. The Philadelphia Times reports the scene with restrained curiosity.
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Walnut Street
Broady
Rittenhouse Squire
Fifty-fourth
Spruce Street
Jack Spot
Devil’s Gulch
Philadelphia Times
A. F. Plambeck
Fremont
Neb
H. E. Wiler
Eureka
Colorado
F. W. Hughes
Illinois
Mt. Carroll
David Conn
Keokuk
War wick Castle From Memoirs Describing Firelit Grandeur
In 1834 the author enters Warwick Castle via the fortress gate. The castle’s somber courtyard and vast hall embody feudal style. A swift river laps the towers while huge logs blaze in colossal fireplaces as loge stacks rise on marble slabs, requiring two men per log.
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Warwick
Ita Aaped
Dino
World’s horse supply by region and load limits
The article estimates 100 million horses worldwide, about 80 million in temperate Occidental regions and 20 million in the tropics. It notes the animal’s carrying capacity ranges from 150 to 200 pounds for horses, with camels supporting 360 to 500 pounds and elephants 1,800 to 2,500 pounds. The Hama and donkey are cited as carrying 50 to 200 and 100 to 200 pounds respectively, while oxen carry 150 to 200 pounds.
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Tropics
America
Europe
Millinery in College Leader Heads Columbia University Dept
Mrs. Jessie W. Tobey, a Columbia University graduate, apprenticed to a milliner to learn hat making. She later helped establish courses in millinery at the university and now heads the department in the household area school.
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Jessie W. Tobey
Uate
Columbia ‘University
Action
Columbia University
Elgin News Roundup of Local News and Notes
Local editorurges readers to send news as the paper plans timely issues. Reports cover social events, school activities, visits, a hospital project, council votes, crime, accidents, and weather related notes across Elgin, Fayette County, and surrounding towns with multiple names and places noted.
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Muehlenthaler
Halverson Elgin, Iowa
J. Harrington
Elgin
Buick
Standard
C. G. Monnahan
Woodrow Wilson
Warwick Castle
Bi Binke
Hendershot
Postville
Beths
Hati
Fund For
Eouoda
Sam Greenley
500 Club
al Schori
Mies
Pearl Greenley
Miss Pearl
Falk & Muehblenthaler
Ahape
Elgin Commercial Club
Dora Mathews
Otto Fueling
Cresco
Wm Brown
Farmersburg
Almind Association
Muscatine
Cedar Rapids
Otto ‘Topp
Ware
New Hampton Taat Waels
Nelle Stoeher
Gy Stoehr
John Kohler
West Band
Lew J. Kohler
Ralph DeMart
Richard’ Fritz
Sabula
Swith
Harold Paul
al Fayette
Betwein
Paul
Harvard College
Milwaukee
Beuscher
Cheery
Valley News
David Moyer
Smith
Anna ‘Rofe Saint
Tinesda
John’ Palter
Houe
Jake Dentler
John Erickson
Ericksott
Florence Frederick
Roeky
Hadse
Gottlaib Dennler
Sam Hofer
Wedneday
Jake Dennler
Gottleib Dennler
Pat Haberger
Weat: Bend
Theodore Hanson
Adolph
Will Miegner
Ben Hofer
Lttn
Rob Lehman
Bertha Dennler
Jake Christen
Albert Schupbach
John Meyer
Will Chase
Fayette
Eewin
Fred Hanson
Frank Christen
Adolph Baumgartner
Fred Freiden
Bea
Louisa Meyer
Gottloib Dennler
John Falk
Louisa Dennler
Sam Hofel
Fred
Joseph
Ida Baumgartner
Celia Meyer
Elkader
Oscar
Louisa Baumgartner
Rock Valley
Asley Oslon
Distrct
Thos Roberts
Jnvill
Lavi
Lester
Lawler
Ladies’ Cemetery Association
Elgin School
The
Cemetery Association
Robin
H. L. Adams
Bosen
Towa
San Francisco
San Brandeco
Los Angeles
Adame
Argo
Many Elgin
Fayette Co
Allamakee Co-McGregor- Guttenberg M. W. A
Aart
Forester
McGregor Va
Monona
Royal Neighbor
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