Tribute to Alfred Bayliss From The School and Home
A tribute by Superintendent Francisco Blair praises Alfred Bayliss for his broad, steady mind and vivid imagination. The piece notes Bayliss’s calm, practical leadership, deep sympathy for children, and quiet, lasting achievements at the Western State Normal School, including his role in its earlier trials and its planned long term development.
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Abe Tate
Alfred Bayiss
Franco Bialr
Abeeceas
Sp. Wall
Caret
Alfrec Slist
Timiditt
Nedrsan
Western State Normal School
Mc Bayliss
Unfinished card game haunting desolate flat scene
A renting agent recalls an unfinished game of hearts left scattered on a dining table in a suddenly vacated furnished flat. Four hands lie exposed as questions arise why the players departed before finishing or packing up. The scene fuels musings on emptiness and unfinished business.
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Desolatli
Jenn
Kindness Is Her Strength As Mother
A mother with a large family raised devoted children without whipping. Early critics doubted her gentleness but love proved the key magnet that kept the clan united. Each child grew into a man or woman guided by affection, choosing a mother figure as the grandest influence.
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Orison Swett Marden
Success Magazine
Wanted Regular Farm Hand Quits Promised Steady Job
A farm worker says he will quit at month end after delivering dawn to dusk labor by lantern light. He recalls being promised steady work, while the farmer questions if any job exists, noting only a few night hours free.
Ericsson Fund Subscriptions Grow Ahead of Dedication
About 4000 dollars have been subscribed to the Ericsson fund as President G A Anderson of Augustana College solicits contributions. Dr Andreen received a thousand dollar subscription from P A Peterson of a major manufacturer. Andreen, while in Chicago, promotes the fund and will attend the Augustana representative’s dedication of Weldner’s seminary, an adjunct of the Augustana Synod.
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Ericcson
G A Anderson
Augustana College
Borkford
Andreen
P A Peterson
Chicago
Angustanas
Weldners Seminary
Angustana Synod
Chicago Physician Arrested in Davenport
Dr. A J Weissman, a Chicago physician, is arrested in Davenport after allegedly converting mortgage holdings to cash and fleeing his wife who was hospitalized. He was taken from a Rock Island train and held until Chicago police arrived to transport him.
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J Weissman
Chicago
Cmas
Davenport
Rock Island
Weissman
Freeport Wan Grows Largest Mushroom on Record
In Freeport a greenhouse specimen at the Freeport Floral Company is described as the largest mushroom grown in this region. Measurable in circumference and weighing about a pound, the giant is cited by Mease as a leading authority on local fungi.
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Mease
Freeport
Freeport Floral Company
Historic Rocky Fort Mill Swept Away by Colorado Floods
The old historic mill at Rocky Fort Colorado five miles southwest of Lincoln Logan county’s oldest landmark has been swept away by floods. Lincoln and the settlement around Rocky Ford mill were part of early plans for a county seat and growth.
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Rocky Fort
Colorado
Lincoln
Logan County
Logarr
Rocky Ford Mill
Abraham Lincoln
Sangamon. Cos
Tailor Harry M Reid Offers Dry Cleaning and Alterations
Local ad promotes Harry M Reid at 109 W Exchange St, offering ladies and gents tailoring, dry cleaning, pressing, cleaning, and alterations. The note claims good value merchandise shipped for buyers in Cincinnati and Gentsco and promises full value for every dollar. The store is located next to the hitching racks on the north side.
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Cincinnati
Gentsco
Harry M Reid
Prodigal Returns to Feast as Father Delays Calf
A prodigal son returns home and asks to celebrate with the fatted calf. The father tests the youth, then grants a chance to work and shed his excess as part of his reintegration.
Reading Spelling And Definitions At School
A father responds to his children describing school gains. The piece mentions reading, spelling, and definitions as the gains, with a comic line about the father interpreting the results. The snippet also notes a separate reward offer for a murder case and a potato harvest anecdote.
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Harper's Weekly
He Staked His Herd in a High Stakes Poker Game
Two prominent cattlemen from southwestern Kansas faced a flood on the Arkansas River near Coolidge while moving herds to Wyoming. To pass time they played poker, and after the flood subsided one man, having lost, told his son to turn the herd over to the neighbor. He had bet and lost his entire fortune and herd.
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Kansas
Wyoming
Arkansas River
Coolidge
Colored smoked fish scam exposed in Philadelphia delis
An inspector from the Pennsylvania food bureau exposed a fraud selling bright red smoked fish in Philadelphia delis. The dye used could color wool, yet retailers claimed innocence, having bought the product as genuine smoked fish. The wholesalers aim to profit from dyeing losses compared with smoking.
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Pennsylvania Food Bureau
Philadelphia
European Use Of Goat Milk In New Collars Surfaces
A fragment notes European experimentation with goat milk to produce new collars resembling celluloid. The item claims collars offer less brightness and a glossed finish, seen as an improvement over older celluloid styles. It mentions widespread use among Walters, coachmen, and tradesmen across the Atlantic. The scene shifts to a dim parlor with a maid and Herbert, hinting at observation by others and a rubber plant in view.
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Mit
Europe
Cellus
Walters
Testimonial Question From Former Employer
A reader recalls a conversation about a testimonial from a late employer. The ex employee notes the reply did not seem helpful, and the employer praised them as one of the firm’s best hires ever produced.
Cause for Sorrow in a Grim Family Scene
A distressed scene unfolds as a mother drowns the kittens, prompting sorrow and rumors of harsh promises. The fragment hints at a troubled household and a child grappling with the tragedy, reflecting a grim mood in a domestic sketch.
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Westlevator
Geneseo
Ilinois
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Ortye
Frank Dahlberg
Geneseo, Iil
Minnesota
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Nminnesota
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Sohmer
Ivers & Pond Bush
Schaft
McPhail
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Freeport Wan
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William Lawson
Pawson
Ani
George W Smith
Juker Smith
Stark -Coun
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Herbert
Johnny
Harry M. Reid
Tom Cann
Voyal
Duroc
Jersey
Sale
Weinrich Bros
Genesée
Ohio Advance
Chief's-Col
Munsey
Greer’s Climax
Educator Advance
Model
Muncie
M. W. Grder
Rushville
Harry Browning
Hershman
J. A.bangham
Grinnell
Long
Wm. Ashdown & Sons
Port Byrom Tl
Wm. Bernard & Son
Geneseo, I
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Wm. Sand
Audts
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Port Byron
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