Dollhouse cave aids bold autumn train robbery
Jim Charney led a four man gang to stop a train near a cave hidden by dense growth. A child named Margy Bickford found the robbers by peering into the cave, prompting delays and a split plan. A boy watcher alerted authorities, the robbers were captured, and Margy was adopted by the express company while Billy Simpson earned a reward and railroad position.
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Eeking Treasure
Jim Charney
Jim Charnley
Charney
Litle Margy Bickford
Margy
Charnley
Billy Simpson
Billy
Little Margy
Express Company
Now Laugh Smile Dont Think About It
A reflective Los Angeles Times snippet urges readers to embrace humor and resist fear. It contrasts magnified worries with ordinary courage, noting both men and women face fear, yet joy persists for many. The piece ends with a lighthearted nudge toward constant smiles.
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Los Angeles Times
Historic Rose Tree at Hildesheim Church
The ancient rose tree, said to be planted in Charlemagne's era, towers beside the Hildesheim church in Germany. Its massive trunk is protected by iron rails over about twenty six square feet, with five main limbs trained along the wall. Roman soldiers and Turenne’s forces guarded and restrained its branches through ages.
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Hildesheim
Germany
Charlemagne
Turenne
Naapoleon
Berry Vendors in Busy Street Show Clever Scams
In a crowded street two berry sellers stacked thin wooden boxes to mislead buyers. They layered the boxes with a sharp angled bottom and refilled to display top berries, prompting a spectator to shout about deception. The vendor dismissed it, noting the city bustle and more trains arriving.
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Gwan
New York
Moore
First Steam Press Brings Steam Printing to The Times
On November 29 1814 The Times published its first steam printed issue after earlier trials faced printer resistance. The second John Walter authorized steam power amid rising circulation and fierce opposition, announcing to readers that day’s copy as the first steam produced newspaper.
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The
Times
John Walter
London Answers
Wood Engraving Origins and Early Europe
The text surveys whether wood engraving reached Europe from the east or emerged independently. It notes activity in Europe by the early fifteenth century, with a documented 1406 woodcut in a Paris library. Early woodcuts used outlines and white spaces, with rare shading.
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Europe
Paris
Woeful Lack of Self Confidence Cited in Quote
The Birmingham Age-Herald quotes a remark on a person named Chugson who has had a car for about six months yet shows a pedestrian’s rights as if lacking confidence. The exchange questions this peculiar attitude and attributes it to a woeful lack of self confidence.
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Chugson
Birmingham Age
Merald
Single and Double Flowers Adherence Differences
The petals of a single flower fall sooner than those of a double one because the inner petals transform more slowly and retain the adherence power they need for their original function.
Postponed to the Greek Kalends phrase origin
The term Postponed to the Greek kalends traces to a Roman joke about Greeks lacking a calendar, implying a debt would never be paid. This phrase represents a centuries old calendar controversy and linguistic cue.
Misfortune and Hope Quote by Mme Swetchine
A compact reflection on adversity and hope noting that God forbids despair, granting misfortune room to hope and urging daring in all things as a moral stance attributed to Mme. Swetchine.
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Mme
Swetchine
Commonplace Greatness Quote by Charles Reade
A compact literary note presents Charles Reade on everyday virtue and unseen deeds. It reflects on how ordinary people perform noble acts or endure quiet sorrows in the world.
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Charles Reade
Patience Yielded Sweet Fruit, Rousseau Quote
A brief historical quote notes that patience is bitter yet its fruit is sweet, reflecting a philosophical line attributed to Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
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Rousseau
Resurrection Case At Rockefeller Institute Sparking Debate
A sensational tale claims Gereau revived Private Arbuckle from a 130 year suspended life using organ replacements and heart activity reversal. The account, with varying endings, alleges decayed kidneys and liver were swapped, Arbuckle awakening and uttering orders before dying or being silenced by legal fears.
Blood and justice at Tower Hill in Cromwell era
In 1658 a Portuguese nobleman and brother of the ambassador was beheaded on Tower Hill after killing a Englishman by mistake. The embassy faced pressure to shield him as inviolable, but Cromwell insisted that blood had been shed and justice must be satisfied, prompting a withdrawal of guard if needed.
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Oliver Cromwell
Enghind
den Pantateon Sit
England
Matta
Tower Hill
Renue
Cromwell
Don Pantaleon
Lfe
Indianapolis News
Thackeray at Oxford Recall Told by Plowman
Thackeray sought permission to lecture at Oxford and faced a vice chancellor ignorant of his name and fame until Thackeray invoked Vanity Fair. The vice chancellor confessed he knew Vanity Fair via Pilgrim's Progress, eliciting a relieved, approving response in Westminster Gazette.
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Thackeray
Oxford
Thomas Plowman
Cornhill Magazine
Vanity Fair
Pilgrim's Progress
Westminster Gazette
To Make Copper Oxide for Battery Plates
Instructions from Popular Science Monthly describe heating copper filings in a cast iron container until ocher red, stirring continuously, then adding water to form copper oxide. For plates, mix coarse copper oxide with 5 to 10 percent magnesium chloride, heat in iron forms, and note that more magnesium chloride increases porosity and coarser oxide yields better results.
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Popular Science Monthly
World
The Dog Rose Name Origins in Europe and Legend
London Chronicle recounts varied explanations for the dog rose name. One theory links dog to dagger due to prickles, while German speakers call it Handsrose. Pliny notes a Roman mother sending wild rose roots to a soldier son to stave hydrophobia, a tale linked to the dog rose's popular name.
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Spain
London Chronicle
Gates In Norway Feature For Travelers
A curious feature to travelers in Norway is the great number of gates—upward of 10 000 in the country—which must be opened. These gates mark farm boundaries or separate home fields from waste lands and cause travel delays as travelers must stop, alight, and open them.
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Norway
Magnet the Thief of Time Causes Watch Troubles
The magnet wreaks havoc with watches, per a jeweler. Avoid carrying a watch near a dynamo unless it is nonmagnetic. Special note about the ine springs and Fireside.
A Blessed Barrier in a Three-Wall Interior Set
A playwright and critic quip about a three walled interior set. The producer asks how the scene appeared and the critic frets a fourth wall would have improved the realism, delivering a wry judge's remark.
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Weill
Sure Sign Nellie Mamie Love Question in Exchange
A brief dialogue fragment shows Nellie asking if Paul cares for Mamie while Emma recalls a young man calling a red haired girl auburn tresses only when in love, capturing a social exchange about affection and language.
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Nellie
Paul
Mamie
Emma
The Traditional Nine and the Cat Double Life
A playful clash of phrases referencing The Traditional Nine and a cat’s double life. The Pittsburgh Press quotes a cat and a speaker in a humorous exchange about persistence and superstition.
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Pittsburgh Press
Very True Waves It s always to a man s credit when he stops
A brief Indianapolis Star item notes a humorous exchange about drinking and credit, reflecting a light social quote attributed to Omar, highlighting the theme of self control and merit in choosing sobriety.
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Omar
Indianapolis Star
Ringsted Dispatch Notes Local Events And Losses
Last week reports show Commonwealth Flower Co not lighting small towns with offers and recount the Germania case. Chris Jorgensen sold Elite Cafe to Oscar and Arthur Christensen of Jewell. Frank Meizen died aged 39 near Hoping from a paralytic stroke. Ed Jensen lost a thumb while cutting kindling. Ringsted gym program impressed a fair crowd. Residents and visitors, including J S Peterson, H C Christensen, Victor Sorensen, and Ole Olesen, appear in several notes as neighbors move, travel, or recover from medical issues. A government rifle club forms at Germania with twenty members.
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Ringsted Dispatch
Armstrong’ Journal
Commonwealth Fower Company
Bre
Germania
Chris Jorgensen
Oscar
Arthur Christensen
Jewell
Iowa
Frank Meizen
Rev
Grundy
Mud’ Lake
Mionday
Ed Jensen
Seneca
Ringsted Gymnasium Society
Opera House
Ringsted
J. S. Petersone
Estherville
H. C. Christensen
Victor Sorensen
Iowa City
Ole Olesen
Darfur
Minn
Government furnishes tins and ammunition for practice
The government provides tins and ammunition for practice use. This item notes continued supply to support training activities and readiness efforts.
Boy Bitten by Dog in Wagon Attack at Ida Grove
Ida Grove reports Clifford Clouse, 11, bitten by a dog while passing in a wagon yesterday. The dog sprang onto him, tearing ligaments in both legs and inflicting severe wounds. Bystanders drove the animal away. the marshal later killed it. The boy’s body was sent to Iowa City for rabies testing.
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Ida Grove
Clifford Clouse
Iowa City
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Practive
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Graettinger
H. E. Shartle
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T. D. Collins
Sherwin-Williams
Rogers Bros
International Silver CO
Meriden
Conn
Meriden Britannia Co
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