The Mock Mason Tale Of Mrs Byrde In The Lodge
A humorous tale recounts Mrs Mehitable Byrde wanting to join freemasons. Her husband Tom is a Mason and Tyler. She disguises as a candidate amid macabre ritual imagery culminating in her fainting, but she wakes to find it was all a dream of the Masonic strange rites.
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Mrs. Byrde
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Morey
Teel
Feel
Mr. T
The World Goes On Through Our Varied Days
A reflective poem contrasts mortal fading hopes with the world’s persistence. It traces crowds, drollery, gossip, and personal losses, then shifts to nature’s cheer and divine guardianship as God weaves joy and peace through all days. The piece ends with a reassurance that life continues.
Affectionate verse about Sally and Carlo’s embrace
A playful poem evokes longing for being with Sally and Carlo as Carto and Sally share intimate moments. The speaker imagines briefly taking the place of Carlo and describes affectionate gestures from Sally.
Des Moines Claims One Fifth Park Share From Last Winter
Des Moines asserts it contributed one fifth of the park area packed in the state last winter, indicating a sizable local stake in a statewide effort.
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Des Moines
Miss Higgins's Man Ends a Long Wait for Love
Miss Eunice Higgins finally finds her man when a seven year old runaway boy leads to the appearance of his father. The pair move into her Chesterville home after a week of seaside courtship, and Miss Higgins is expelled from the allied forces yet discovers happiness with her man and his father.
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Hyson
Aurelia Wilder
Eunice Higgins
Tere
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Ilis
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Lunar Ciastic
Hunice Dale
Iggins
Junice
Dubuque City Election Vote Count Sparks Cheating Accusations
The author claims rampant cheating in Dubuque's city election where over 3,000 votes were cast in a town of under 19,000. Davenport, even larger, typically shows fewer than 2,500 votes, suggesting irregularities akin to a courthouse election.
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Dubuque
Court House
Davenport
Two Missouri Fur Traders Turned Vengeful Trap into Death
A western tale recounts two St Louis brothers who rose to wealth trading furs on the Missouri. After one sister joins them, betrayal and a plan to travel overland leads to a brutal murder by starvation and torture, ending with the survivor long after being killed by Tadian rivals.
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Missouri
Friends
Enelgsuies
Fort Benton
Fort Kearney
Platte
Bernard’s Ranche
Chimney Rock
Julesburg
Port Lammie
Philadelphia Press
Prometheus
Butler Terrace Turmoil at President's Levee
Report from a crowded levee where General Butler faced a prank by a husband seeking terrapins and lemonade. The exchange included banter with Judge Cox and a reveal that the couple fled amid laughter as an officer escorted the belligerent husband away. Butler eventually acknowledged the prank and promised to settle the terrapin bill.
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Iowa News Highlights From Keokuk to Waterloo
Iowa items report new factories in Keokuk and Villare Creek, a $817,500 bridge project in Waterloo, a second bank planned for Sioux City, and a $70,000 horse radish plant in Davenport. Senator Larrabee becomes Iowa Senate pro tem as rail development expands and a tragic well accident near Battle Creek claims a child’s life.
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owen toate _ Cascade
Éhido
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Moinea
Larrabee
Iowa Senate
Villare Creek
Attamakee County
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Newton
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Mormon Church
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Sioux City
Vinton
Ohio Bridge Company
Loeper
Cedar Falls
Charles Garst
Boone
West Point
Creas
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Boy's Composition Echoes Oddities and Humor
A child writes a humorous jumbled composition about goats, calves, and animals. The piece riffs on sayings and playful anecdotes, mentioning a bound to be editor future, a doctor with four logs, a goat that butts a man, and plans to go to the circus to see an elephant. It closes with family notes about Father returning and a sick baby with croup.
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Captain Peters
No Time to Make Money and the Scholar Spirit
A lecture anecdote recounts Prof Agassiz declining pay to pursue study and science. It parallels Michael Faraday who died in England, choosing scientific work over wealth. The piece argues scholars should value learning and service over riches.
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Agassiz
Michael Faraday
England
Flo
Genial epistle from Rev Henry to Father Hyacinthe shocks readers
The letter from Rev Alexander Henry, an English Roman Catholic priest, contains explicit hostile remarks toward apostates and a long passage expressing joy at their damnation. The missive shifts abruptly to agricultural advice recommending tomato seeds with peas and spacing for rapid growth.
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Alexander Henry
Hyacinthe
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