It Began with Jimmy Wilson and a Japanese Paper
A first person narrator recalls Jimmy Wilson's doomed romance with Bella Knowles and a dinner that spirals into scandal. Friends mock the failed lovers while Jim's jealousy, letters, and an aunt's meddling fuel a split that ends in divorce and social farce. The scene shifts to a grand uptown house in Farmington where guests gather for a doomed evening.
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Dallas Brown
Jimmy Wilson
Jim
Hargrave
London
Bella Knowles
Jimmy
Farmington
Bella
Anne Brown
Adirondacks
Kit
Shanghai
Jack Manning
Max
Europe
Reggie Wolfe
Anne
Selina
Mercer
Brougham
Bartlett
Dallas
When a Man Marries His Trouble Begins
A brief note about the 1909 copyright edition from Bobbs-Merrill. It lists the work Needles and Pins and states the book title a man marries brings trouble. The phrasing resembles a publisher’s legal line in a newspaper notice.
Empire vs Hoosier State clash in backcountry wit
A pompous New Yorker boasts of city life and progress while on a Washington street tour. An Indianapolis street cleaner retorts that while New York claims culture, Indiana strong in literacy and plain talk outshines him.
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Empire
Hoosier State
New Yorker
Washington Street
Alleghenies
Indianapolis Star
Times
Atlantic Ocean
Something to Remember
A Detroit Free Press note reflects on enduring love and the idea that love letters endure past marriage, never burned until a bond ends or memory fades.
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Detroit Free Press
Iowa City and County Fires and Fatalities Highlight Local News
A roundup of Iowa incidents reports restaurant fire at Collins causing $10000 loss, Madrid man D W Grigsby dies shoveling snow, Conner farm home destroyed near Coon Rapids, Jester injury death at Little Sioux, and more local misfortunes and civic notes from Ottumwa to Mason City with public works and appointments across the state.
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Collins
D. W. Grigsby
Madrid
A. Conner
Coon Rapids
Thos. Jester
Little Sioux
Howard D. Melvin
Walter C. Mitchell
Derby
Thomas Charter
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Falls
Theodore Ernst
Ft. Madison
Joseph Siren
Siren
Dorchester
Canning Company
Hampton
J. B. Weaver, Jr
Des Moines
Plymouth Congregational Church
Public Utility Commission
Sammis
Ottumwa
Gilmore City
Commercial Club
Muscatine
Lucy J. Lepp
Mason City
Thelma Chadd
Elmer Chadd
Newell High School
Fast Pleasant Plain
Jones & Scott
Ottumwa National Bank of
Fast
Ninth Street
Henry Bradbury
John Brunk
Brunk
Davenport
Perry
J. J. Ott
Telegraph-Herald
Dubuque
Thomas Harris
Grand River
Jesse Marmop
Lake City
Marmon
Calhoun County
Fritz Strobehn
Reinbeck
Commissioners of
Yankton
South Dakota
Grundy County
D. A. Long
Bremer County
Iowa State Fair and Agricultural Board
John Simpson
Clear Lake
Defiance Starch Promises Thinner Yet Stronger for Laundry
A domestic tip suggests that Mrs heads suffer less with neuralgia, while laundry work benefits from Defiance Starch. The copy claims Defiance provides superior stiffness with thinner application, avoiding fabric flattening paste and preserving wear.
Not for Mortal Understanding
A reflective meditation on why some truths remain unexplained to the young and even adults. The speaker suggests that certain mysteries stay wrapped in voice less mystery and may never be fully explained as people wait for understanding.
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Toba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canada
U. S
Iowa
Can
Wedding Anniversary Hat Gift Recalled in Harper's Bazaar
A husband recalls a past event as his wife questions the date. The conversation hints that three years ago he bought her a new hat, linked to a mention in Harper’s Bazaar.
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John
Harper’s Bazar
Labor Saving Device Means Marriage to Heiress
A humorous exchange reveals a man claims to have found a great labor saving device. The punchline shows he intends to marry Miss Bullion, the heiress, as the ultimate solution.
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Miss Bullion
Heredity Overcome by Coffee Alternative Postum
A Connecticut woman credits Postum with overcoming lifelong bilious attacks once she stopped coffee. She reports three years of no medicines, no attacks, and full relief from prior digestive and liver-related pain. She praises Postum as the sole cause of her improvement and cites the company in Battle Creek Michigan.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Tramp Seeks Work as Refused by Long-Dead Employer
In a humorous exchange a tramp explains he cannot obtain a reference because his last employer has been dead for twenty eight years. The Lady questions and the tramp confirms the death explains the barrier to employment.
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Yessum
London Punch
In Boston Mrs Beans How Rapidly Emerson Grows
A brief Harper's Bazar exchange from Boston notes Mrs Beans comments on Emerson’s rapid growth and Mrs Cod predicts he will be in short specs soon.
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Mrs. Beans
Emerson
Mrs. Cod
Harper's Bazar
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Duke of Belford
Maude Richard
Bubbles
Rothberg’s
Father
Grieg
Beethoven
Harry Bayless
Tanarries
Mary Roberts Rinehart
The
Bobbs-Merrill Ca
Iowa News
Mamie Clark
Hay Clark
Iowa State Traveling Men's Association
Guy EK. Logan
Iowa National Guard
Fort Dodge
S. B. Philpott
Wadden Land Company
Madison
St.Paul, Minn
Omaha
Boston
Carter
Parker
Bregriste
Dean Mes
California
J. H. Schomberg
Milner
North Dakota
Staste & McConnell Real Estate & Lax
Eutern Ailice
Faston
Rev
Lentral Ulice
Centraiiniz
Roa
Nebraska
Virginia Farms and Homes
K. B Chaffin & Co., Inc
Richmond, Va
Thompson
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