Ghosts of English Knights in Flanders Battlefields
The London Chronicle muses on medieval and modern warfare merging as English troops camp in Flanders. It recalls knights such as Sir John Chandos and Lord Reginald Cobham and notes how old banners still ride the same soil, with echoes of Ypres sieges and chivalric deeds across centuries.
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Flanders
Edward
Iprines
Wales
Prince of Wales
Belgium
France
St. Omer
Ypres
Arras
Soissons
Quentin
Gravelines
Dunkirk
Calais
Abbesville
Lille
Armentieres
John Chandos
Thomas Percy
Godfrey de Harcourt
Reginald Cobham
Thomas Holland
Lord Delawarr
Robert Neville
Thomas Clifford
Lord Ourchier
Lord Latimer
Walter ‘Manny
Froissart
Sir John French
Henry Spencer
Norwich
Charles Chandos
Walter Manny
James Audley
England
Edward, Prince of Wales
London Chronicle
The Spaniard in Mexico and the land of saints
The account recounts how Cortez named Vera Cruz on Good Friday shaping a land named for saints not people. It notes friars accompanying him, some noble, some flawed, and highlights Hidalgo as a key liberator while others pursued exploration and spread of the cross.
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Mexico
Cortez
Vera Cruz
Hidalgo
Binks Looks Back at Daughter's Marriage Question
In playful dialogue Mrs. Binks chides her daughter about marriage as Binks recalls family pressure to marry. The exchange centers on timing and urgency, with Mrs. Binks noting her own rushed marriage and warning that options may vanish.
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Bink
Binks
South County Notes From Our Special Correspondent
Delmar Latham returned home for the summer break. Gordon Meltvedt attended Cyrus Tow s Hereford sale in Norway. Mrs Sherman Buchanen visited Grinnell with her parents. Mr and Mrs B H Beane and their sons were guests at the Howard Outland home. John Machin visited Jewel to see an old schoolmate Jesse Oleson. Mr and Mrs Aaron Inman of Missouri visited C W Kelloges. John and Delmar Latham attended Ames commencement where Rev Gunsaulus spoke.
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Gordon Meltvedt
Cyrus Tow
Norway
Mrs. Sherman Buchanen
Grinnell
Mrs. B. H. Beane and Sons
Howard Outland Home
John Machin
Jewel
Jesse Oleson
Aaron Inman
Missouri
C. W. Kelloge
John and
Delmar Latham
Ames
Rev. Gunsaulus
Chicago
Matt, Tostenson
Marshalltown
Nard Russell
Fairfax
Herman Thompson
John Durlin
Clinton
Boone
G. W. Renbarger
Merna
May events and travel hampered by high water
Cordia Haynes reports progress as Marshall Howard works for Joe Smaha Jr. May baskets mark the month’s end while Mrs Lib Halley from Des Moines visits Mrs Jas Lowry. Joe Haynes hosts a large gathering as Dobson school closes Friday. Miss Donaldson of Marshalltown teaches, berry pickers forecast a quarter crop, high water halts travel on East Main and nearby roads. Reba and Glen Lowry return from Moulton after a commencement program.
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Lib Halley
Des Moines
Jas. Lowry
East Main
Quaker Lane Social Notes Include Reunions and Travel
Saturday visits featured Oliver and Ben Swen son in Marshall town with Quaker Lane represented at a Baccalaureate sermon Sunday. Mrs. Della Keen spent Wednesday with sister-in-law near Rock Valley. Keen family reunion at Harry Gibson's near Dillon. Sheep shearing at Keen’s. Mrs. Frank Sidwell home from hospital doing well after operation. The OW truck stuck on high grade by Central track for hours. Derwood Humphrey and friends meet Lincoln Highway Association president and his 90 HP car. horse turned and toppled occupants outside Harold Perisho’s.
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Della Keen
Howard Searle
Rock Valley
Thos. Keen and Sons
Harry Gibson’s
Dillon
Thos. Keen
Derwood Humphrey
Lincoln Highway Association
Harold Perisho
Topas Weare Chases Down Overtakes Horse
Topas Weare gave chase and soon overtook the horse after a display of sudden speed. The account notes observers praising Topas’s ability to run and urging verification by watching him in action.
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Topas Weare
Topas
LeGrand Area Social Notes From A Local Correspondent
Mrs. Fred Olsen visited LeGrand on Saturday while Albert Haskey and family toured East LeGrand on Sunday. Several locals traveled, including Thomval Thompson from Waterloo and Hazel McNair from Montour who attended a school picnic.
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Fred Olsen
Albert Haskey
East LeGrand
Thomval Thompson
Waterloo
Hazel McNair
Montour
Obituary of Rachel Forbes Lyle of LeGrand Iowa
Rachel Forbes Lyle born December 11 1839 in Washington County Pennsylvania died May 80 1915 at LeGrand Iowa after living in Tama County and LeGrand with siblings Harriet Lyle and Mary Forsythe. She leaves brother James Lyle of Garwin and sister Harriet Lyle and Mary Forsythe and many friends.
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Rachel Forbes Lyle
Washington County
Penn
LeGrand
Tama County
Harriet Lyle
Forsythe
Margaret
Rachel
Heavenly Mansions
Christ
A. J. Hanson
D. W. Piper
Rock Creek
Tama ‘County
Deafness Cured by Constitutional Remedies Warned
An old health advertisement asserts deafness stems from inflamed Eustachian tube mucosa and can be cured only by constitutional remedies. It claims nine of ten cases arise from catarrh and promotes patent medicines sold by Cheney Co of Toledo and Hall’s Family Pills.
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Eltayrh
Tri
Cheney, & CO
Toledo
Hall
Teeetaresaeay Uail
Local Notes and Oddities from Marion Area
Marion town ship resident R W Plummer visited relatives on Thursday. Marshalltown man Geo Pitcher had a Lincoln Highway auto mishap near the Northwestern crossing on Wednesday. damage limited to the axte and wheel, no injuries. Ina Richards recalls a tale of a hen that fostered a litter of kittens, nearly rivaling their biological mother in care.
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R. W. Plummer
Marion Township
Geo. Pitcher
Marshalltown
Lincoln Highway
Axte
Des Moines
Ina Richards
Unsurpassed Riches Maker Remembers Lean New York Years
A man who earns about fifty to sixty thousand yearly recounts a thirty year rise from near poverty in New York to wealth. He recalls early lean years, bohemian hangouts, and friendships among fellow migrants from the farm to the money class. He still enjoys helping beginners at dinners and reflecting on humble beginnings.
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New York
New York Times
Marriage and suffrage views aired at Washington dinner
Representative Mann of Illinois, a strong suffrage advocate, spoke about the defeat of the suffrage bill in the house. He praised women who work and seek equality, saying they will redefine marriage and share burdens with their husbands. He credited suffragettes for altering the idea of marriage as a bachelor quip fades.
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Mann
Ilinois
Washington
Tom
Sharks and Daring Natives in Torres Strait Tales
Norman Duncan recounts harrowing encounters with tiger sharks as coastal aborigines dive for crayfish and slugs. Stories describe divers escaping by rolling the water and fighting back, including a Japanese diver maimed after a crayfish encounter and a black boy who pulled his head free from a shark’s mouth and survived.
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Harper's Magazine
Hip Yinit
Thursday Island
Torres Strait
Norman Duncan
Fai
Beckedemer Bay
Mexico Land of Cathedrals in Old World Catholic Splendor
Cassie Moncure Lyne portrays Mexico as a land of cathedrals spanning from Brava del Norte to tropical palms. Before disestablishment the churches held vast wealth, Juarez seized property, yet these monuments endure as Spanish Renaissance exemplars with domes, onyx columns, marble altars, silver rails, and gold tabernacles. Women in mantillas and rebozas add to the era ambiance.
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Mexico
Brava del Norte
Tropics
Juarez
Cassie Moncure Lyne
Efficiency in Business Letters Urges Clearer Writing
Emerson Keough of the governmental efficiency program speaks to the Denver Y.M.C.A. on making business correspondence read as easily as a personal letter. He mocks the old reversed style of listing items and details, urging concise, direct prose.
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Emerson Keough
Denver Y. M.C. A
Not Dead Yet Dr Bernhard Dernburg On Turkey
At the German American Chamber in New York Dr Bernhard Dernburg says Turkey is no longer the sick man of Europe but may still fool critics. He cites a Düsseldorf funeral biscuit anecdote to underscore dire forecasts and stubborn resolve.
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Bernhard Dernburg
The Wounded Carriers of a British Hospital Train
Mary Roberts Rinehart describes in the Saturday Evening Post how a hospital train from Boulogne unloads wounded with quiet efficiency. A young lieutenant aids stretchers with tenderness and strength as nurses and orderlies work, and knitted scarves from American women symbolize shared care across nations.
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Boulogne
America
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Saturday Evening Post
Mexico Cathedral Legacy and Tombs Described
A historic 1573 construction, the Cathedral of Mexico rises over 400 feet long with a 179 foot height and a 240 foot tower. It features Gothic architecture with Doric and Corinthian pilasters and houses works costing about $80 000. It contains the remains of Iturbide and Hidalgo, whose head was once displayed by Spaniards at Guanajuato.
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Mexico
Cathedral of
Croesus
Cortez
Iturbide
Hidalgo
Walla
Guanajuata
Crushed by Modern Conditions in Belfast and Glasgow
The passage contrasts Belfast and Glasgow as stark symbols of industrial modernism. It paints grim images of barracklike mills, soot-darkened cottages, and workers on endless shifts. It notes corner saloons as solace and exposes hardening of mill hand women and harsh effects on young girls.
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Belfast
Glasgow
Ruskin
Poverty Drives Creative Decline Says Bryant Cullen
English critic Bryant Cullen argues wealth stifles writing, noting Page Kipling Barrie Hall Caine paused major works after fortune. He contends lack of cash propels progress as the world moves because it can’t pay rent.
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Thomas Nelson Page
Kipling
James M. Barrie
Hall Caine
Bryant Cullen
Books Stall Sells Few War Volumes on Boulevard des Italiens
In Paris a stand outside a shop on the Boulevard des Italiens displayed over twenty different war books yet few sold. The shopkeeper reported novels also suffering a near standstill in sales as the conflict dominates readers’ interest.
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London
Boulevard Des Italiens
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le Grand Reporter
Tus LeGauxe Pustisuixe Company
Corwin O'Neal
LeGrand Post
Carlton
Cordia Haynes
Marshall Howard
Joe Smaha, Jr
Joe Haynes
Dobson School
Miss Donaldson
Reba
Glen Lowry
Moulton
Messrs. Oliver
Ben Swenson
Quaker Lane
Hast LE
Grand
Laura Larson
J. R. Kline
Knoxville
A. J. Banks
Stavanger
Amile Frundle
Naomi Weitzell
Albert Huskey
LeGrand Station
A.J. Banks
The
State College
Fred Davis
Frundle
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