County seat debate stirs Sioux County voters
Anxious reader notes reflect on whether moving county seat from Orange City to Alton benefits Sioux County. Readers argue selfish bias, compare access, costs, and the need for a new jail and courthouse funding. Reports mention Hull Orange City ties, local events, and civic club activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange City
Alten
Treton
Tates
Henry Hospers
Sioux County
Hull
Alton
Orange Orange City
Atocesa
Heaven
Granville
Estremé
Prairie King flour dominates local markets and home life
Local notes report Prairie King flour favored by households while Wheat and Corn prices are listed. Jeary Klock buys a home from A. J. Armstrong and family. Duane the hardware dealer promotes new stores and fair dealing. Comrade James Walters and wife arrive from Wisconsin praising Hall changes and staying a couple of weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie King
Jeary Klock
A. J. Armstrong
Duane
Miss Fanor
J. H W. Anderson
James Walters
Hull
Wisconsin
Star Prairie
Walters
Hall
Jim Declates
Tang
Rosebery Warns Britain Against Complacency and Seeks Reform
Lord Rosebery urged Britain to emulate the United States by improving political and commercial education. He warned against complacency and urged restless enterprise to advance methods and wealth, arguing for mitigation of self contentment while pursuing progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Roseberry
London
Lord Rosebery
Birmingham
Great Britain
United States
America
Statuettes From Tuscan Trade Dominate Street Markets
The article reports that Italian skilled workers from Tuscany dominate the statuette bust trade, especially for school displays, with many works copied from originals. American studios in New York also produce some originals to meet demand, while street peddlers offer cheaper, often less durable likenesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscany
Germany
France
New York
Farmong Wen
Phaster
Paris
Han
Misis
Italy
Warner
New York Post
Fragmentary Dialect Note from Atchison Globe
The snippet shows scattered, misspelled dialogue in a regional dialect, mentioning a boy and a bat with a placeholder city name and a remark about Timbos and intoxicants, indicating a highly garbled, partial OCR passage from a newspaper page.
Upjohn Man In Hospital After Street Car Crash
A Boston Traveler excerpt describes John A. Upjohn, involved in a trolley car collision. He suffered a broken arm and facial injuries. one leg in a sling. a hospital stay about a month. A doctor’s letter and timing of his return are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neres
John A. Upjohn
Mont
Boston Traveler
The CookBook Trials and Sauce Making Tips
A fragmentary dietary page describes butter as sixteen tablespoons per cup and packed cordial measures for liquids. It offers cooking tips such as rolling small onions on toast, thickening sauces with a wooden spoon, adding flavoring after removing from heat, and preparing sardines in a chafing dish with lemon juice for Sunday dinners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jules
Lecturer Demonstrates Human Proportions In Beauty Study
A lecturer in London discusses human proportion with focus on the Himba people. She uses measurements around the body to illustrate expected sizes, while an audience member challenges or questions the approach. The talk continues with further branches of the topic.
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Indy
London
Battle for Webs Among Old Spiders
Old spiders lacking a web hunt younger, weaker spiders to seize their webs. The invader usually wins, displacing the owner who must find a new web. Once dispossessed, the older spider rarely attacks again and fades, subsisting on incidental prey until death.
Ina's Lessons Prompt Honest Take on Teachers
A child narrates life at the center of a state normal college where Ina attends the practice school run by senior training students. She warmly loves her regular teacher but dislikes the “false teachers” who fill in, reflecting early opinion on training methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.F. Hofman
John Waritjes
John Jangsma
M. P. van Oosterhout
Orange City
Hull
Jack Henry
Perle Ross
Hudson Om
Perle
Arthur Chase
Rolla
University of Missouri
Jesse Lincoln
New York City
Lincoln
A. ‘Chase
Chicago
Academy
A. R&r. Chase
Oberlin College
Harvard Divinity School
Rogs
Hilled Leming
Ina
State Normal College
Farper
Too Late For Renxreta
A man attempts suicide by car bolic acid but is saved by doctors. His wife Jenn laments the futile choice and questions the plan, reflecting on the pain and perceived futility of his actions.
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Renxreta
Chicago Tribune
First Ironmaking in Pennsylvania 1692 Record
A fragmentary description notes early ironmaking in Pennsylvania dating to 1692. The text, in a metrical composition titled 4. Short Description of Pennsylvania by Richard Frame, was printed and sold by William Bradford in Philadelphia. Frame mentions approximately forty pounds of iron produced at an unspecified place.
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Pennsylvania
Richard Frame
William Bradford
Philadephia
Frame
Pillow obsession thread through a man’s life spans years
A Philadelphia Mutual Reserve item describes a young man nicknamed Slave to 4 Pillow who sleeps on a four inch thick pillow from infancy. He carried the pillow for schooling travels from St Paul’s to Tarvard and Cambridge and continues on daily journeys now at twenty five. He claims to have never slept on any other pillow.
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St. Paul's School
New Hampshire
Tarvard
Cambridge
Anak
New York
Shibelelphia Reser
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Smpire
Boss
Ballard
Civic Club
Alfred Putnam
Woman's Standard
New Apaper Organ
Iowa
Allie
Viatlans
Prom’ Teseany
Todlianapolis
Atchison Globe
P. J. Daane
Childrens
C.F. Hoffman & Coq
Will van der Wil
Town
Pacazine
Xiere
Old Country
Madison Avenue
Street
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