Mrs. A B Cummins Wife To Iowa Senator Des Moines Hostess
Mrs. A B Cummins wife of Iowa senator is celebrated for hospitality and civic work in Des Moines. She helped launch traveling libraries and library lectures, supported home and urban reforms, and balanced social duties with club leadership while preparing to accompany her husband to Washington.
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Iowa
Reac
Ceres
North America
Des Moines
Cummins
Shakespeare
Middle West
Senator Cummins
Leslie M. Shaw
Grand Avenue
New England
Path Blazers
Chicago
Detroit
Jan
Miss Gallery
Easton Rapids
Benator Cummins
Waynesburg
McClellan & Hodges
Ida Gallery
Bury
J. C. Cummins
Suffra
Washington
Congressional Club
McKinley
Belaam
Lincoln and Judge Trumbull Swap Stories in Washington
A 1908 reminiscence recalls Abraham Lincoln and Judge Trumbull meeting in Norwich Connecticut, trading tales until 3 AM. The tale describes how Lincoln invited the judge to swap stories, later inviting him to Washington where a second night of storytelling reportedly revived Lincoln’s weary spirit.
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Lincoln
Connecticut
Tong Mr. Bromiley
Mr. Bromley
Norwich
Conn
Mr. Lincoln
New York City
Harvard
Robert
Walt
Stonington
Judge Trumbull
Jonathan
Tve
Incom
Trumbull
Washington
White House
Goodby
E. J. Edwards
History of Famous Cold Snaps Across European Winters
A Kansas City Star piece chronicles centuries of extreme cold and ice. It notes frozen rivers and seas from 463 through 1816, with extensive European cold spells and notable record lows in London Moscow Verkhoyansk and New England, highlighting climate variability and historical frost events.
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Kansas City
Danube
Constantinople
Black Sea
Dardanelles
Elbe
Seine
Europe
Ara
Italy
Tremona
Adriatic Sea
Venice
Cattegat
Norway
Jutland
Rhine
Jutlland
Denmark
Flanders
Scheldt
Adriatic
Charles X
Sweden
Little Belt
Funen
Thames
England
Austria
Vienna
France
Mediterranean
Genoa
Copenhagen
Scotland
New England
Spain
Portugal
Zuyder Zee
St. Petersburg
Architecure
Portu- P
Holland
London
Moscow
Russia
United States
Ferrara
Smyrna
Asia Minor
Siberia
Verkhoyansk
New York
Massachusetts
Maine
Pennsylvania
Near Philosophy Quips on Life and Ironies
A brief assemblage of wry maxims on work fortune sense and social habits. It jokes about dodging work vanity of physicians bulletins as signals for undertakers and the quirks of drunken humor and romantic confidences. The tone is light reflective and aphoristic.
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Mag
Albert B. Cumming
Brad
Nebuchadnestar
Abraham Lincoln
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Strimple
Bkinner
Josh
Swift
Hag Het Bosh
David Bela
Mr. Belasco
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