The Schatchen and the Hobart Marriage Plot
Peddler Abraham peddles a scheme to marry Miss Lisa Quentin to Frank Jones for a furniture order while hinting at other matches. Lisa resists but Jones, softened by Abraham's pressure and a diamond prop, consents to marry in a scene marked by comic coercion and social expectation.
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Abraham
Lisa
Sidmouth
Frank Jones
Miss Lisa
Mr. Jones
Hobart
Lisa Quentin
Jones
Frank
Had One Redeeming Trait
In a bar shop a farmer scans a magazine and fixes on a somber author, declaring he likes his face because he believes the writer looks sorry for what he has done, while a young man notes others are known writers and playwrights.
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Chicago Herald
Locusts as Delicacies Through History and Folly
The piece notes historical accounts of locusts eaten in extremis by Ethiopian Aceri dophagi and Greek tastes described by Aristotle. It cites Diodorus Siculus, Layard, and explorers, yet asserts modern peoples do not eat them. In the East locust swarms signal grave crop failure and famine fears.
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Christian Herald
Diodorus Siculus
Aristotle
Greece
Layard
East
Palestine
Velocity of Stars Tied to Their Age
Astronomers note star speeds correlate with age, with younger stars moving around six km/s and older ones near thirty km/s. Exceptions at Mount Wilson Observatory reveal stars traveling 141 to 325 km/s, the fastest measured to date, challenging simple aging models.
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Mount Wilson Solar Observatory
Carnegie Institution
Painter as son follows blues cost in family tale
A family scene unfolds as a caller is entertained by an unnamed man who jokes about his sister Lou and her painter lover. The father jokes that he must add more blues but drawing costs too much, as discussed in a library late one night.
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Lou
China’s Surge of Newspapers Expands National Press
The article notes that China has grown from lacking a native press to hosting many newspapers, with several hundred titles now published. It highlights a rapid development in domestic journalism and media institutions across the country.
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China
Habeas Corpus Case Forces Iowa Supreme Court Stay
The Iowa Supreme Court granted an injunction to pause Woodbury County District Court proceedings against Charles Ford on a bank robbery murder charge while a habeas corpus challenge proceeds. Ford, jailed in Woodbury, seeks liberty. the case involves an alleged gang, a Greenville bank robbery, and a fatal quarrel over spoils.
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Des Moines
Scott M. Ladd
Iowa Supreme Court
Woodbury
Greenville
Roy Morley
Ford
Harding
Supreme Court
District Court
High Court
Iowa Court
United States
Italy's Alpini Hold Mountain Front Against Austrians
Italian Alpini and Bersaglieri regiments battle on snowbound peaks to block Austrian advances toward Italy. A night patrol sees Austrians mined the path below. an Alpini scout rappels to fire, forcing retreat. Three Austrians die and their dynamite charge is found next morning.
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Italy
Austria
Flat Foot epidemic hits Marine recruitment in Manhattan
Captain Frank E. Evans of the U S Marine Corps recruiting office reports about 18 percent of applicants rejected for pes planus or flat foot at the Twenty third Street office over the past year. He blames cheap shoes and long periods of standing at work, noting motormen conductors subway guards policemen machinists waiters and clerks as the main sufferers.
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Manhattan
Frank E. Evans
United States Marine Corps
Evans
Marine Corps
Twenty-third Street
New York Times
When Chicago Burned
The great Chicago fire began Sunday evening October 8 1871 and lasted about thirty six hours. It destroyed 2100 acres three square miles with 17450 buildings, left 98500 homeless and 98 killed. Total loss reached 190000000 with 44000000 insured.57 insurers suspended payments. The blaze burned the courthouse customs house post office chamber of commerce gas works three railroad stations offices of nine daily newspapers 32 hotels ten theaters and assembly halls eight public schools 41 churches five grain elevators containing 1642000 bushels and all national banks except one.
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Chicago
Chamber of Commerce
Australia Day Ram Breaks Records At Auction
In Sydney a ram donated for Red Cross fund raising drew a large crowd of pastoralists. Auctioneer urged a worthy sum for charity as the ram called Australia Day sold and resold 22 times. After raising 2000 guineas the final bid was 200 guineas, about 1020 dollars.
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Australia
Red Cross
Sydney
Prettiest Judge Read Whitehead Shines in Seattle Court
Miss Read M. Whitehead of Seattle touted as the nation’s prettiest judge sits on the city court with four male colleagues. Her first docket includes five men, three charged with burglary, as she rose from stenographer to law student to deputy prosecutor.
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Read M. Whitehead
Seattle
United States
City Court of
Whitehead
The Scoundrel Dr Lyman Abbott on suffrage luncheon
Dr. Lyman Abbott, famed opponent of universal suffrage, comments at a New York luncheon. He compares critics to a man who endorses clubs for women and jokes about using clubs, sandbags, and flatirons.
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Lyman Abbott
New York
Wintering Roses: Safe Methods For North Gardeners
Advice on protecting roses from insects and cold in northern regions. Recommends grouping shrubs and straw windings with cautions about mice, favoring laying plants flat and covering with dry earth or leaves. Notes handling of climbers, Ramblers, and tea roses, with cellar storage for ever blooming varieties to prevent growth and damage.
Take No Chances in Fighting Insects Exterminate
A compact insect control advisory urges decisive action against pests. It emphasizes thorough extermination methods and consistent precautions to prevent infestations.
Hints for Flower Lovers and Garden Tasks
Practical tips for gardeners including attracting insects with bird houses and toads, sowing Iceland and Oriental poppies, currant worm control with hellebore, pruning after lilacs bloom, growing petunias, soil prep for canvas, spacing and watering of flowers, encouraging Tigridias and Mexican bulbs, Ipomoea moonflowers, weed control, ruthless thinning, suckers on trees, and storing Dutch bloomers for fall.
Principles of Tree Planting for Better Growth
Before planting plan the result you want and avoid crowded placement. Use small nursery stock for permanent locations rather than full sized trees. transplanting requires root pruning and specialist care. Evergreens, including Norway spruce, provide quick shelter but may be cut out later for permanent species.
Attractive flowering trees listed for garden use
The catalog notes a selection of trees attractive in flower fruit and foliage including flowering dogwood Cockspur thorn Washington thorn Eubird cherry choke cherry wild black cherry garland crab Siberian crab Japanese crab swamp bay large leaved magnolia umbrella tree cucumber tree and mountain ash for ornamental planting.
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George Murray
W. G. Chapman
Chicago, Anamosa & Northern
Federal Court
Reed
United States Federal Court For
Northern Division
Anamosa
Jones County
Quasqueton
Buchanan County
Iowa
Devoe
State Executive Council
Board of Supervisors
Executive Council
Attorney General’s Office
Hardin County
Ed Coyne
Ottumwa
State Mining Department
Eldora State Reformatory
Eldora
W. B. Barney
Charles F. Curtiss
J. I. Gibson
Gibson
General Assembly
Safe Wiggins
State Board of Health
Frisco
Horn of Plenty
Edgar R. Harlan
Iowa Historical Department
Harlan
Historical Department
Exposition Grounds
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Gov. Clarke
Town
Better Roads Commission
J. S. Sanders
Clarke
Harry Parmley
Kankakee
Iowa Board of Parole
Parmley
Mahaska County
Clarinda Hospital
State Board of Control
Tony Marasco
Marasco
Clsnda
Food and Dairy
Barney
Ben E. Rexford
Josephine Demarr
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