Iowa Briefs From Des Moines and Brownsville
Governor Clarke sent formal assent to the Rural Post Roads Act while urging wait for legislative approval. Iowa faces federal aid of 146175 dollars if matched. reports cover salaries in 1842 estimates, school hires, March deaths, hail damage, library shipments to the border, water shortages for troops, uneven jury mailing costs, sham battle at Resaca de la Palma, parole releases, infantile paralysis cases, and Butterfat protections at Detroit convention.
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Des Moines
George W. Clarke
Huston
Department, of Agriculture
Iowa
Washington
State Highway Commission
Clarke
Resaca de la Palma
Virginia
Parker
Brownsville
Taylor
Prince of Wales Wins Hearts at Front with Quiet Daring
London dispatch notes the Prince of Wales endears himself to soldiers and officers alike for democracy and hands on leadership. He often seeks frontline service, admits mistakes, and even in Egypt corrected a salute misstep, earning praise as observant and personable.
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London
England
Prince of Wales
Flanders
Grenadier Guards
Prince
Egypt
Missing Link Ape Arrives in New York From Java
The creature brought by Captain Marshh of the Medon arrives at New York port from Pedeng Java. This three foot anthropoid ape walks on hind legs, sports an eight inch coat of bristly hair, and emits a contagious chuckle. It climbs and swings with ease, reportedly leaping 18 feet on a trapeze. Diet includes bananas rice and soft boiled eggs from Java.
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New York
Marshh
Pedeng
Java
Capture of Rat Frees Clerk in Nampa Idaho
A steel trap captured a large rat at a local confectionery in Nampa freeing a clerk who had been jailed on suspicion of stealing candy. The store's candy mysteriously vanished nightly, linking the rodent to the crime and clearing the clerk.
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Nampa
Idaho
Usiilers
Lusiliers
Sampson
British Flying Corps
Bull Chases Farmer as He Tests Potential Purchase
Federalsburg Maryland reports a farmer near here, Wil liams, faced a charging bull while inspecting a potential purchase. He sped his car to escape at high speed, but a sharp turn at the field gate allowed him to flee as the bull tiringly retreated.
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Federansburg
Twifold Williams
Williams
Wilams
Wiliams
Dime Found In Channel Catfish At Wichita River
In Wichita Kansas W J Smith of 726 West Douglas avenue caught a channel catfish weighing one and a half pounds below the Central street dam. While removing the hook he found a bright 10 cent piece in the fish's gill, suggesting the fish save dimes and nickels.
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Wichita
Kan
Little Arkansas
W. J Smith
West
Douglas Avenue
Central Street
Aviators Play Jokes On The Enemys Frontline
British aviators lightened the front with pranks, dropping a watersoaked football on a German village square and tossing a woolly sheep onto a destroyer deck. Stories recount daring feints, friendly misdirections, and quick escapes by pilots behind enemy lines.
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Paris
Halt on Paper Shoes in Germany
Germany imposes limits on paper shoes citing rapid wear and wasted leather. Authorities will restrict use of paper in footwear and require clear labeling to show leather content.
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London
Germany
Mule Ends Locomotive on Tracks in Sunbury
General Carranza a bucking mule owned by James Drumm of Upper Augusta township kicked a locomotive off the tracks as a wagon carrying Mr and Mrs Drumm crossed. The train could not stop in time and the cowcatcher was struck, derailing the engine which needed a derrick to be moved. The mule was unharmed.
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Iowa
Towa
Rio Grande
Brownsville
Sunbury
Carranza
James Drumm
Upper Augusta Township
Northumberland County
Actors Best Offcers as Army Leaders Say Drill Sergeant
A Daily Mail quote from a drill sergeant with officers training corps experience claims actors make the best army officers due to command presence and personality. He cites educated actors as especially reliable, while schoolmasters excel as non commissioned officers and business men struggle with adaptability.
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London
Daily Mail
Gener
Mother Love Too Strong
A Pittsburg Dispatch opinion urges mothers to practice discretion about praising children. It notes maternal pride often distorts view, cautions against exposing talents and faults, and advises weighing critics rather than dismissing them. The piece urges balance between support and restraint in parenting.
Nickel coins worth millions as war pushes metal value
An 8 million dollar fortune rests in five cent pieces, the metal value outstrips face value due to European war demand. Government estimates show nickels are worth about 16 percent more than stamped value, with refining costs 4 to 6 cents per pound. The Treutschland could load nickel coins for smelting to supply the Kaiser’s needs.
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Net
Congress
Treutschland
Kuiser
Joy of the Simple Life and Domestic Happiness
Fragmentary article discusses teaching men to be satisfied through humble living. It emphasizes simplicity, forethought, and providence, valuing domestic affection, peaceful home life, and attentiveness to natural beauty as core to joy and contentment.
Stammering Self Cured Through Silent Practice
A youth describes a sudden stammering attack at age fifteen and a deliberate plan to overcome it by silent repetition. The method led to a complete cure, advocating silent stammering before delivering remarks.
Caesar fitness debated in New York probate case
Surrogate Fowler ruled that epilepsy does not disqualify Dr. Timothy L. Cheesman from serving as executor of a five million dollar estate. He rejected heirs of Col. Francis L. Leland seeking to remove him, noting Caesar as an eminent but epileptic example and favoring capability over sound health.
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Surrogate Fowler
New York City
Col
Francis L. Leland
Timothy L. Cheesman
Caesar
Ditcher
Bank of England Guards Alarmed Outer Doors Secure
The Bank of England uses highly engineered safeguards to deter robbery. Outer doors are finely balanced and can be closed instantly by a clerk pressing a desk knob, and only a special mechanism can reopen them.
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Bank of England
Bank of England 16
Love's Message from God's World Forgiveness in Christ
A preacher extols God’s love in John 3 16, stating that God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son. It urges personal belief in Christ for eternal life, notes the pivotal trust in Jesus’ authority, and ends with a railroad parable about trusting the conductor as a metaphor for faith.
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John
Christ
God
Calvary Voices
Dave
Bay City
Mich
Michigan
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