Gens on Lowa's Bosom and Iowa Water Resorts
A Spirit Lake correspondent surveys Iowa’s watering spots around Clear Lake Okoboji and Spirit Lake. He describes resorts with big hotels, cottages, and steamboats, noting a cool season, quirky local culture, and rough water travel conditions across the lake chain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Spirit Lake
Clear Lake
Okoboji
Dickinson County
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railroad
Ives
Charles A. Clark
F.C. Harnel
Orleans
West Okoboji
Warner Miller
Nicaragua
Robinson’ Crusoe
Arnold’s Park
Fashion's Fallacies and Autumn Costumes of the Season
A New York fashion writer surveys the shift from summer to crisp autumn dress, praising linen gowns and tailored pieces. It details fashionable fabrics, outerwear, and dinner dress trends, with illustrations of foulards, gored skirts, and chenille trimmed gowns, plus notes on proper street style and social etiquette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ino
New York
Ikea
A Fifty Days’ Faster Jacques Fast in London Aquarium
The amiable French gentleman M. Jacques began a fifty days’ fast at the London Aquarium. He sits in an easy chair, remains cheerful, and denies hunger or thirst with only a little water daily. He reads briefly, avoiding talk to conserve vitality, confident he can complete the undertaking. The note also mentions Boston Wins Again and a New York magazine for rejected articles, with Miss Penelope Adams of Boston referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharkspeares
Dantes
Ign
Nfe
Jacques
Herlod Starver
M. Jacques
London Aquarium
Boston
Gotham
New York
Penelope Adams
Hungry man denied meal at segregated restaurant
An elderly Black man visits Kinsley's and is refused dinner due to racial policy. The waiter cites "not serving colored folks" while the elder laments the social equality idea, requesting plain pork and beans instead. The scene ends with the man planning to eat elsewhere, noting hunger and racial prejudice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinsley's
Kase
Murster Kinsley
Marster Kinsley
Soshul
Dar
Pocket Book of Wit and Whimsy Finds Laughs in Odd Tales
A collage of humorous exchanges and cartoons from newspapers like Boston News and Brooklyn Eagle, featuring quick quips about love, miscommunication, and everyday mishaps. Includes jokes on courtship signals, cosmetics mishaps, rail news, and playful banter among clever would-be wits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singleton
Benedict
Boston News
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Lowa
Cloar
Okotosi
Mount Vernon
Model College
Nulsanes
Fort Dodge Point
Des Moines
Omaha
Seum
Acropolis
Arnold's Park
Fassion's
Partiox
Mackince
Efimete
Androscoggio County
Lewiston
Src
Dot
Christopher Columbus
C. C
Christopher
DUESA
Madve Sile
Toker
George
Miss Jones
Highsec
Madge
Will Wishlets
Millicent
Brooklyn Eagle
Dugout City
Kan
Boomer
Chicago
Sir William
Niag’ra
Puck
Tommy
Mr. Doase
Doase
Pittsburg
Walt
Streen & Smith
Emersonian Russell
Venus de Milo
Caluétia Porcine
Ae Jewelers
Whenswan
Smersop
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