Wealth, folly, and politics in a rambling era
A scattered column touches on Poe’s Tamerlane sale value, Vanderbilt tax talk, a Chicago park ruling against a bicyclist, Sioux leader Warte Grost’s letter, and various curiosities from New York to Europe. It critiques trustiness, Grant monument funds, and New York’s reputation, then shifts to European disarmament, taxes, and Italian and Austrian reforms under King Humbert and Kaiser William.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kina Humnert
Ossa
Pelion
Italy
Kaiser Wiliam
Humbert
Triple Giliance
Truly
Two Noted Executioners and Their Famed Craft
A fragmented historical notice discusses Deibler resigning as a longtime public executioner and details colleagues Herrsoyfried and others. It notes Deibler’s professional pride, violin hobby, and leadership of subordinates. The piece also portrays Herrsoyfried’s aristocratic appearance and costly gloves, hinting at a lineage of executioners in his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deibler
M. Deibler
Hi‘vest
de Tavis
Herrsoyfried
Trenawnod
Tals
Sesfrat
Tie
Krause
Isale
Killheffer
The Unremarkable End of William Astor
William Astor, famed heir to immense wealth, shunned work and social life. He lived in luxury with a grand yacht and vast estates but died without heirs or mourners, leaving a void in the social world he spurned. His wife hosted splendorous gatherings while he distrusted society and offered little to worthy causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Astor
Astor
Mr. Astor
Ing
Unique Watch Dial Exhibit Traces Life Through Time
A finely crafted watch dial sculpture from a Waltham factory artist is shown in a series of moving tableaux. It begins with a mother and child and evolves through stages of life from schoolboy to elderly man, ending with a prayerful, aged figure as snow falls and time completes its arc.
Five and a half foot aquatic creature sighting in Oakland
A strange five and a half foot water creature with a fish like tail, round body, sea lion style head, forked tongue, and eight and a quarter pounds is reported in Oakland. A Berkeley College professor suggests it may be an anarrhichilthys occellatus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neny
Tie Lay
Oakland
Berkeley College
Various Patent Remedies and Local Notices Advertised
An array of old advertisements offer Canuso Corn Cure and Krause remedies for headaches rheumatism and general pain. Local real estate offers four and one half acres for sale on easy terms. The Iowa State Bank hull offers farm loans with prompt funding once papers are executed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Bank
Hull
Iowa
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E. Essington
O. A. Baird
Essington & Baird
Exchange Stable
Boyden
C. Miller
H. W. Folurich
Taler IN
Rock Valley
Falgatter Bros. Proprs
Rock Valley Roller Mills
Pacific Snort Line
Sioux City
St. Paul
Doon
Garretson
Pipostons
Marshall
Wilbaar
Litchfield
Lake Minnetonka
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Dakotas
Montana
Manitoba
Koo Line
Cannadian Pacific
Pacific
Nebraska
Land of the Golden Ear
Jackson
Allen, Dixon, Handolph, Osmond, Mintaview, Branswick
O'Neill
W. B. McNider
Hull Or
Boypen, Iowa
Asus Oi
Bricht
Ates Carl
Hor
Rip
Neca
New York
Vanderbilt
Warte'Grost
Washington
White Ghost
Montan
Villangs
New Yorkr
New York Grant Monument Fund
New York Historical Society
Cincinnati
Mary Grief
Western Union
New York Tribune
Grant
Berlin
London Times
Austria
France
Jong
Killheifer
Krauss
Kilthetfer
Je Jet
C. P. Grove
Heed Stable
Northwest
Globe
P.S. Schweiger
D. T. Brenner
Huuii
Patronaso
Vleldon, Iowa
Lonsdale
Epring
Brussels
Slarrett
Sheldon
Sam Bellesfield
Iowa Central
R’y
Tihe
Pullman Palace
St Louis
Kansas City
Union Depot
Missouri
Ansas
Colorado
Arizona
Old and New Mexico
Tennssee
Alabama
Teans
Mississippi
Lousiana
Arkansas
Georgia
Florida
Peoria
Ilinois
Indiana, Ohio
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
W. Virginia and
Lows Central
CU Ackerr
AF Barns
Taos
P Bauny
F. M. Slagle & CO
Dealraia Ins
Fam Fy Chi Lumber
Lath
Suingles
Nate
Ilu
Towa
Obain
Atrinbaf
J. E. Eide
Epprer
OWA
G. H. Klinck
Hall, Iowa
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