Love affair blamed for prairie city dynamite attack
Dr Mary Guthrie of Carthage Illinois is jailed in Prairie City Iowa on dynamiting charges after a farm residence near Jesse A Quick was wrecked. Shoes and a glove tied to Guthrie were found near the scene amid reports she and Dr Alexander Hall, Quick’s son in law, had a past romance and possible marriage after college. Sheriff and officials plan inquiries in Carthage and Nevada as preliminary hearing nears.
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Prairie City
Jesse A. Quick
Mary Guthrie
Carthage
Ill
Quick
Dr. Guthrie
Mr. Quick
Waddell
Des Moines
Alexander Hall
Hall
Russell
Edward Malmberg
Newton
Nevada
Hfe
Youth Kills Step Father in Moulton Street Shoot
John Thorp, a farmer near Moulton, was shot and killed by his stepson Lemon Johns, about 18, on the town main street. Johns fled but is jailed at Centerville. father Jaret Johns held as accomplice. Mrs Johns had a divorce earlier and recently married Thorp against prior threats.
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John Thorp
Moulton
Lemon Johns
Here
Johns
Centerville
Jaret Johns
Thorp
Preacher W. R. Canon Dies in Storm Lake
Rev. W. R. Canon, former pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church at Newell, died at his Storm Lake home after recently taking the Newell pastorate and suffering paralysis earlier. The obituary notes his move to Newell and subsequent illness.
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Storm Lake
Canon
Methodist Episcopal Church
Newall
Newell
Hughes Named to Supreme Court Bench
President Taft accepted Gov. Charles Q. Hughes of New York for an associate justice seat on the United States Supreme Court and his name was sent to the Senate.
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Hughes
Supreme Bench
Washington, D. C
President Taft
Charles Q. Hughes
New York
Supreme Court of the United States
Senate
Fire Destroys Iowa City Home
Iowa City last morning fire destroyed Ea Moylan’s residence causing an estimated loss of 4000 dollars. The blaze is reported insured and no injuries are mentioned.
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Iowa City
Ea Moylan
Life of Mark Twain The Great American Humorist
Samuel Langhorne Clemens known as Mark Twain was born in Hannibal Missouri on November 30 1835. The article traces his frontier boyhood his river pilot years and rise to fame with The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County The Innocents Abroad and Tom Sawyer along with personal struggles including business failures family tragedies and health issues.
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens
America
Mark Twain
Hannibal
John Marshall Clemens
Virginia
Elizabeth Lampton
Kentucky
Alleghanies
Mississippi River
Orson 8
S. Clemens
Sam Clemens
New York
Middle West
Great River
Horace Bixby
Virginia City Enterprise
Twain
Miss Langdon
Mediterranean
Olivia L. Langdon
Elmira
N. Y
Mr. Clemens
Buffalo
Buffalo Express
Hartford
Arthur
Joan of Arc
C. L. Webster & Co
Clemens
Globe
Olivia S. Clemens
Florence
Italy
H. H. Rogers
Standard Oil
Rogers
Brooklyn
Joy
Detroit
Mich
Massachusetts
Eve
Redding
Conn
Stormflield
Clara
Jean
Leopold II
Kongo Free State
Children’s Theater
Bermuda
Two of the World's Natures Quote by Harriet Beecher Stowe
A brief quotation contrasts two kinds of natures the winged instinctive and poetic and the walking logicians. It uses Harriet Beecher Stowe as the attributed author.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
Beware the man who talks of the solemn truth
A fragmentary quotation warns against trusting a speaker who touts solemn truth as a disguise for hypocrisy. The line suggests truth can be dressed in many colors, masking deceit in a moral costume. The source emphasizes caution in who claims moral certainty.
Educators Must Attract Top Talent for Honored Roles
The article argues that education will fulfill its promise to children only if the finest individuals are drawn into teaching and regarded as occupying one of the nation’s most respected positions. It emphasizes the prestige and importance of attracting gifted men and women to the teaching profession.
Elihu Yale Buried In English Churchyard
The grave of Elihu Yale, namesake of Yale College in New Haven, lies in the churchyard at Wrexham near Chester, England, resting in an English parish near the border. The note places the historical figure's final resting site in a Welsh town close to Chester.
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Elihu Yale
The
College
New Haven
Wrexham Church
Chester
England
A Visitor in the Next Room
Frances tells her little brother to be quiet as she suspects a visitor is near based on overheard words from mamma to papa. The exchange, quoted from Tit-Bits, highlights sibling curiosity and domestic intrigue.
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Frances
Mamma
Papa
Baboon in Berlin Zoo Display Noted for Colorful Face
A Berlin zoo baboon captivates visitors with a striking blue and purple face a bright red nose and a grayish white beard and whiskers drawing attention to its unusual appearance and feeding schedule remains unchanged.
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Berlin
Layman Testifies to Dr Caldwell Syrup Pepsin Cure
A Indianapolis rail engineer Joseph Murphy credits Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin with curing his constipation and stomach trouble after failed efforts with other remedies. The ad notes the remedy is available from druggists for 50 cents to $1 and offers a free test bottle by mail from Dr W B Caldwell in Monticello Illinois.
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Caldwell
Joseph Murphy
Indianapolis
Ind
Dr. Caldwell
Sleep for skin with Cuticura for infants and children
Rest and peace for babies and fretted mothers come from a hot bath with Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. The treatment provides relief from itching burning scaly and crusted humors eczemas rashes inflammations irritations and chafings in infancy and childhood. It aids rest for parent and child and hints at a speedy cure when other remedies fail. Sold by druggists everywhere. Send for a free 32 page Cuticura Book from Potter Drug & Chem Corp Boston Mass.
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Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Mass
A Case In Point Cynicus Dialog Quip
A witty exchange notes that it is impossible for a woman to keep a secret. Henpeckke counters that he and his wife were engaged for weeks before she spoke up, illustrating domestic talk in a Philadelphia Record style.
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Henpeckke
Philadelphia Record
Mrs Parker Returns to Town Amid Help Calls
A city tale contrasts country self reliance with urban life as Mrs Parker comes back, residents ask about servants, and a street scene prompts cries for help in a sharp Harper’s Bazar style quip.
Pettit's Eye Salve Promises Instant Eye Relief
Pettit's Eye Salve offers immediate relief for eyes irritated by dust heat sun or wind priced at 25c available at all druggists of Howard Bros Buffalo NY Also promotes Dr Pierce's Pellets claiming constipation causes many diseases and must be cured to cure the disease The ad notes that disagreeable people don't live on cross streets
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Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo, N. Y
Westen Canada as a grain producer
Gust Anderson of Maidstone Saskatchewan, formerly Minnesota, writes of three years in Central Canada. He describes breaking land, raising crops and selling hay, with strong wheat and oats yields in 1909 and 1908. A press dispatch notes high quality wheat and an unusually high percentage of high grade stock during inspections, signaling sustained farming prowess in western Canada.
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Gust. Anderson
Maidstone
Sask
Minnesota
Canada
Anderson
Dominion
Stray Stories and the Suffragette Lecture Topic
In a Sharp Exchange Mrs Suffragette is set to lecture this afternoon as Mrs Clubwoman jests about the disasters of married life. The joke hints at a mock exhibit featuring husbands as curiosities.
Right Foot First Morning Advice and Teething Syrup Note
A mixed fragment advises starting with the right foot to avoid a cross day and warns against using others as stepping stones. Mentions Mia Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething pain in children, claiming multiple soothing effects and a 250m betekle dosage. Warns that delay and haste carry danger.
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Mia
Winslow
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Cuticura
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Paxton Toilet CO
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