Drowning at I I park prompts war dept inquiry
A wartime letter to Ottumwa mayor Pat Leeny requests information on the municipal bathing beach. It includes a purported Lafayette Daily letter accusing the city’s alty commission and park board of obstructing navigation and profiting from the beach amid a drowning incident involving Thomas family members at Leclaire’s I I park on the Mississippi.
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War Department
Pat Leeny
Ottumwa
Lafayette Daily
South Ottumwa
Alty Commissoners and Park Board
Thomas Thomas
Leclaire
Dorothy
Wil
Mount Vernon
Goon
California
Collara
Farm Advice From a Remarkable Agricultural Column
Practical tips on livestock and crop care including sheep and pigs, dairy cows, poultry, and garden trees. Guidance covers feeding, housing, pasture rotation, manure, silage, pruning, and seed saving to improve yields and farm efficiency. Includes cautions on heat, water, and disease management.
So your maid had preempted the cherry bottle
A terse exchange about a household mishap remarks that the maid had pre emptied the cherry bottle in a humorous domestic moment, suggesting a mishearing or playful misunderstanding. The line hints at everyday life and social wit within a domestic setting.
Pimples Vanish After Cuticura Sample Ad
A Chicago resident recalls a year of facial pimples and itching. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment from a free sample, the skin cleared in two months. The ad promotes Cuticura products sold worldwide with a free skin book offer.
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California Ave
Chicago
Ill
Chas. J, Peck
Dept. L
Boston
Wildcat freed by rope mishap ends up unshot
A San Franciscan hunter paid Mountaineer $5 for a caged wildcat near Lake Tahoe. He tied a rope between the tree and the cat, opened the cage, but when the hunter fired through a cabin window the rope broke and the wildcat disappeared into the forest unharmed.
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Lake Tahoe
Aha Nimrod
Forgetful Vacationist Tale of a Boiling Kettle
A family on holiday in a taxi forgets tickets. The train chaugeholder recalls his wife left a kettle boiling on the gas stove. He returns with a calm face and reports the gas is off at the meter. Now they must wait two and a half hours for the next train.
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William’ Gritten
George Gritten
Greenville
Spencer
Maconscions
Atlantic
C. L. Baxter
Council Bluffs
A. R. Collins
Creston
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
P. H. Martin
Polk County
New Methodist
Colfax
F. W. Pollock
Floyd County
Rock River
Marble Rock
Jasper C. Bennett
The
Carlisle Optimist
George Cobb
Ida Grove
Lyman Tenney
William H. Driesbach
Marshall County
Marshalltown
Sioux Rapids
All Right With Him Deputy Marshal Bid Declined
An applicant for deputy marshal in Southwest Virginia sought an endorsement from a county citizen. The citizen refused, writing that if appointed, the candidate would relocate to Kentucky, noting the endorsement would be inapparent and questionable. The exchange appeared in National Food Magazine.
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Virginia
Blank
Kentucky
National Pood Magazine
The Doctor Diet Quip Turns Up In Court Billing
A witty remark appears in a courtroom report where a question about a doctor prescribing a diet leads to a sharp retort about the bill. The exchange spotlights finances in medical practice and the attention it drew from attendees.
One Too Many on Fifth Avenue Bus
A foggy night on Fifth Avenue sees a double sleepy chauffeur and conductor delaying for a delivery boy in a dress form. The bus, after the conductor signals room for one, rolls on through the murky curbside scene.
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Fifth Avenue
Thirty-fifth Street
New York Evening Post
Classified exchange on gender of volcanoes sparks debate
Hemmandhaw asks if gender can be applied to volcanoes while Hemmaandhaw notes they seem masculine due to sputtering and smoking. The quirky letter-writing scene reveals playful language and gendered perceptions in a light conversational tone.
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Hemmandhaw
Barnes
Close Quarters in a Pompous Party Dialogue
A terse exchange contrasts a janitor noting a vacant suite with a pompous party guest insisting apartments, not compartments, define the space. The line hints at social satire and spatial ambiguity. The dialogue preserves the period voice and brisk humor.
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Webster City
Commercial Club
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State Agricultural College
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Seak
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Lester Noble
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James Mullen
Chariton
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Milwaukee Yards
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Supreme Court of the United States
Methodist Episcopal Church
Frank M. Bristol
Omaha
Charles W. Smith
St. Louis
Charles Darnell
Pleasantville
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Waukon
Townsend
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