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Newspaper
Fremont Democrat
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1903
Page
5
Summary of passenger and freight schedules with daily services and nonSunday runs. Includes times for Nos 27 1 2d 9 10 and several freight trains plus east and west routes and multiple daily passenger departures.
The advertisement announces a Hamburg area purchase location at the old Bogan barn on North Main for buying sound horses and mules and offering boarding and feed services. Special buy days are noted for Saturdays in Hamburg with weekday buys at Percival Thurman Tabor Silver City Bartlett Randolph Malvern and Glenwood, Iowa.
Four year old Beauty Dr. John B with black coat and white points stands 16 hands high and weighs 1000 pounds. John N. Morgan Jr. will be 3 on July 13, 1903, black with white points, 16 hands, 840 pounds. Colts bred at the Gammon farm 54 miles east and 2 miles north of Hamburg Iowa in Fremont county. Terms 12 dollars to insure colt to stand and suck 10 dollars to insure safe foal. Owner not responsible for accidents but will use care. stud fee due and payable if mare moved or removed. A N Gammon.
A Washington detective laments a rise of petty thieves in modern cities arguing invention and global police cooperation trap major criminals. He says only the very poor and moribund resort to burglary as skilled thieves vanish and cross borders are quickly tracked down.
The list compiles historical firsts for everyday items and innovations from envelopes in 1839 to the first US newspaper printed in Boston on September 25, 1790. It includes steel pens 1890, post offices 1464, lucifer matches 1829, kerosene lighting 1826, Hudson steamboat 1807, balloon ascent 1783, omnibuses in New York 1830, locomotive 1820, Nuremberg watches 1477, first English newspaper 1588, early pin manufacture post 1812, Howe sewing machine 1846, and the first Union flag in 1776.
The document describes a potato planter that automates planting, cutting, eye removal, and seed end trimming. It can plant whole potatoes or parts, space seeds precisely, cover and fertilize, then proceed to the next row with mathematical accuracy as observed by the Chicago Tribune.
The oldest libraries known come from excavations in the East with Babylonian clay tablets for public instruction around 650 B C. Aristotle cites Strabo as the first known book collector about 380 B C. Then humorous quotes from Baltimore News and Chicago News appear as unrelated anecdotes.
A Kansas City Journal quotation notes a young clerk who speaks little against his bosses. The remark highlights silent loyalty as a defining trait.
The article outlines how title pages emerged after printing began around 1450, with early examples often lacking a true title page. It notes rare full title pages in 1476 and gradual adoption by 1520, plus the shift from long descriptive titles to bold plain titles by late 17th century.
The text traces rosemarys reputed magic uses in southern Europe from the Spanish Indies antidote belief to the Portuguese elfin plant. It notes possible name Virgin confusion, cites Horace and Ovid, and explains the sea spray origin of the name while linking leaf similarity to juniper and medieval Marian associations.
An excerpt from the Philadelphia Ledger discusses the fault of young men who cling to routine workday comfort and do not strive beyond their duties to seek extra labor. It notes clerks often accept genteel, easy work and are satisfied with minimal effort.
Macmillan's Magazine notes that songs have shifted to plain words and poetry is shunned especially in patriotic tunes. It predicts a future parliamentary bill could criminalize producing poetry in songs, possibly backed by a publisher.
A Boston Transcript quotation notes that saying a good thing invites flattery from many but doing a good deed attracts few copycats. The exchange contrasts praise with action.
A Chicago Tribune item describes a boy on top pummeling tin while another calls for arbitration. The under boy insists there is nothing to arbitrate as the struggle continues.
A Buick of speculation in a quip about wealth and ambition. The Kansas City Independent notes many would do little with a million while Puck jokes that several mistake Wall Street for a shortcut to ease.
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