New Library Policy Hints from Railway Commissioners
Des Moines reports show Mr. Shaw leading with a 29,885 plurality as canvass returns refine totals. The piece covers library funding ideas, railroad statistics, needed state cash, liquor law evasion schemes, and budget deficits projected by State Auditor McCarthy.
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Des Moines
Shaw
Secretary of State
Drake
L. M. Shaw
John Cliggitt
S. P. Leland
J. M. Kremme
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Iowan Supreme Court
Barris
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Iowa
Supreme Court
Cherokee Hospital For the Insane
Govvernor
Cherokee
Statewide push targets widespread practice
Federal officials allege the practice is occurring across the state and describe efforts to address it, noting coordination with authorities and plans to set up oversight for both the express and related programs.
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The
Express
Benedict Home in Des Moines Faces State Aid Challenge
Dispute at the Benedict home for fallen women leads to matron Mrs Woods being dropped by a WCTU dominated board. Gov Drake may direct the state to assume control or withdraw support of about 1000 dollars annually for the long established institution.
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Benedict
Des Moines
Woods
Southeastern Iowa Horticultural Society Elects Old Officers
The twenty-eighth annual meeting at Ottumwa named Washington as next meeting site. All current officers were reelected: President F. O Harrington York Center. Vice President W T Richey Albia. Secretary C W Burton Cedar Rapids. Treasurer W Green Davenport. Directors chosen for five districts include W S Fultz Muscatine. William Langham Cedar Rapids. A Branson New Sharon. C G Blodgett Mount Pleasant. John Forster Albia.
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Southeastern Iowa Horticultural Society
Ottumwa
Iowa City
Washington
If’. O. Harrington
York Center
W. T. Richey
Albia
C. W. Burton
Cedar Rapids
W. Green
Davenport
W. 5. Fultz
Muscatine
William Langham
A. Branson
New Sharon
C. G. Blodgett
Mount Pleasant
John Forster
Indictment Affects Missouri Bond Investment Officers
An indictment returned a few days ago charges RR L Maupin J H Christopher and J H Ingram officers of the Missouri Bond Investment company of Sedalia Mo with operating a lottery and using the mails. An effort will bring them to Des Moines for trial. Judge Grosseup of Chicago had ruled against similar schemes.
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Des Moines
Missouri Bond Investment Company
Sedalia
RR. L. Maupin
J. H. Christopher
J. H. Ingram
United States
Grosseup
Chicago
Jury Acquits Doctor in Wapello Malpractice Case
Tobin sued Dr Overholtz for ten thousand dollars claiming malpractice in setting a broken limb. Roentgen ray photographs were admitted as evidence showing the fracture. The jury, by seven to five, returned an acquittal.
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Wapello
Tobin
Dust Explosions Hit Beacon Mines Injuring Six Men
Two separate dust explosions rocked Beacon mines, badly burning six workers with several fatalities. Dense mine atmosphere blamed for the blasts. At the Philips shaft bottom explosion sent fumes about 50 feet above the shaft top.
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Beacon
Sone
Imilips
Wealthy Man Abley Indicted by Grand Jury
The grand jury in Mampton returned eleven indictments against Abley a wealthy man and alleged Sheffield robber with bail set at £15000. He is unlikely to raise the sum and will remain in jail until the next term of court.
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Mampton
Abley
Sheffield
Nobody Cares for Me Keeps Hope Alive in Youth Poem
A child named Tommy sings of loneliness then finds care with his mother. She searches for him in a barn as sunset falls. The scene shifts to a kitchen where he receives cake and vows to help next time, recognizing that somebody cares for him.
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Tommy
Mary F. Butts
Outlook
Lad's Queer Home: Boy Lives Secret Cave Months
Willie Jones a 15-year-old from Buffalo ran away last August tired of school and hid in a ground hole for several months. He was found only recently by accident after police searches failed. He had read wild west stories at school and decided to live in a dugout near a weeded lot.
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Willie Joneas
Willie Jones
Buffalo
Willie
Willie’s Dugout Unearths Hidden Underground Lair
A boy spent nights digging a four foot deep ten foot square hole, driven in planks to prevent collapse, and covered it with boards bags and matting then earth so passers by would not notice the concealment.
The Old War-Horse and the Trumpet of Memory
An account from Normandy recounts an aged horse collapsing under load until a cavalry trumpeter plays the martial air. The horse, moved by memory of past service, rises and completes the climb to applause, illustrating a bond between former soldiers and animals.
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Normandy
St. Valery-au-Caux
Don Quixote
Chicago
Scarecrow Swap Brings Laughter From Farm Hand
A Swede farmhand amuses his employer with a scarecrow task. While assembling the frame he eyes the clothes on the dummy and his own attire. He then offers the joke line about changing clothes with the scarecrow to dodge bird thefts.
Luck of Edenhall Crystal Relic Restored in England
English ceremony completes the tale of the Luck of Edenhall the crystal cup said to bring fortune. The article notes the famed glass survived the legend and was restored to its rightful owner, linking to Longfellow and Schiller inspirations.
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Longfellow
Edenhall
Schiller
England
St. Cuthbert
Return of the Luck of Edenhall Makes News Across Lands
The legendary Luck of Edenhall goblet returns to its Musgrave hall after a grand homecoming hosted by Sir R. Musgrave and relatives from America Australia New Zealand and South Africa The goblet now rests in Edenhall's plateroom as a deputation from the Royal Aquarium society plans a formal inspection in December in Singland Chicago Inter Ocean
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St. Cuthbert’s
St. Cuthbert
Musgrave
Holy Land
House of Musgrave
R. Q. Musgrave
Ndenhall
Musgraves
America
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Great Britain
Ireland
Lady Musgrave
Richard J. Musgrave, Bart
Schiller
Longfellow
Denhall
Singland
Royal Aquarium Society
Mdenhall
Chicago
Inter Ocean
How to Prepare It and How It Should Be Decorated
Instructions for a Lecce style Christmas tree with uniform shape and weighted supports to prevent tipping. Use frostlike cloth, alum solution, and abundant decorations. Also reports on Dr Tanner’s anaconda at Philadelphia Zoo, fed after 22 months fasting with no ill health observed post captivity.
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Tanner
Philadelphia Zoological Gardens
Size of an Acre Through History
A note on the acre’s origin describing its medieval legal standard and etymology. The term cere derives from Latin ager meaning cultivated field, attributed to St. Nicholas.
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Ager
St. Nicholas
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Ends in Reward
A vintage ad offers a 100 dollar reward for a catarrh cure failure from Hall's Catarrh Cure. It asserts a 15 year trust in F J Cheney and lists Toledo wholesalers endorsing the product. Claims internal remedy with price 75 cents per bottle and testimonials available.
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Hall
Toledo
Ohio
Botto
Church Music and Taste in Selections
A writer criticizes church musicians for poor music choices citing Cavalleria Rusticana intermezzo as organ work, Schubert Serenade on communion day, and a soprano singing Samson et Delilah to a hymn, noting music carries meaning beyond words.
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Cavalleria Rusticana
Delilah
Samson Et
Washington Post
Laundry Advice From Lizar Parker
Instructions advise sorting clothing and washing with hot water and Ivory soap. Linen items go in a nearly full tub, then rinsed dried and pressed with hot irons before folding and storing overnight.
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Lizar
Parker
A More Amusing Occupation in Brooklyn Life
A humorous Brookyln Life note contrasts spilled milk with ongoing mishaps as a witty exchange unfolds. The fragment hints at a lighthearted daily life column with playful banter and domestic observations.
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Brooklyn
Railroad Excursion Tickets at Reduced Rates to Southern States
On December 7 and 21 the Big Four Route and Chesapeake and Ohio railway will sell excursion tickets from all points northwest at greatly reduced one way and round trip rates to Virginia, North and South Carolina and other southern states. Round trips valid twenty one days. Write for particulars and pamphlet describing Virginia farm lands. L Truitt Northwestern Passenger Agent 234 Clark St Chicago.
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Big Four Route
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Virginia
South Carolina
L. Truitt
Northwestern
Clark St
Chicago
Honest Truth on Salary Earned in Campaign
A dialogue notes a citizen questioning an office holder about salary honesty while the office holder asserts he earned it four times over in the campaign per the Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Missouri Kansas and Texas Railways Introduce Tourist Sleepers
The Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway begins a tourist sleeper service on excursion dates between St. Louis or Kansas City and South Texas points. For details contact N A Cherrier, New Passenger Agent, 316 Marquette Building, Chicago.
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Missouri
Kansas
Texas
St. Louis
Kansas City
N. A
Missouri, Kansas
Texan Ry
H. A. Cherrier
N. Pass
Agt
Marquette Bldg
Chicago
From the Board to the City Council in a Roaring Exchange
A collage of 1890s quips and remedies fills the page, mentioning jokes about golf a fall of fortune and a city council election. It notes patent medicines Nerve Restorer cures and a range of humorous sayings from various newspapers and figures. The overall tone imitates a clipped miscellany of quotes and ads.
There In a Class of People Who Are Injured by Coffee
A new preparation called GRAIN-O is advertised as a coffee substitute made from pure grains. Marketed for delicate stomachs and children, it is claimed to cause less upset and to taste similar to coffee while costing 15 and 25 cents per package.
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Muralo CO
New Brighton
S.I
New York
N. B
Fataman
Ghureh Gous
Man of Moderate Means Granted Free Admission to Play
A man of moderate means laments the cost of amusement yet is admitted free to a performance. The item reflects social access to theatre and the tongue in cheek record of entertainment grants.
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Lam
Sun
Indigestion Cures Quack Remedy Promoted in Plain Dealer
A Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet mockingly touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for indigestion and related ailments. It contrasts a self-deprecating sufferer with a boastful exchange about a kiss and an absurd claim of a dog kissing a woman seventeen times.
Cough Remedy Promoted by Kemp’s Balsam and Local Gossip
An old ad touts Kemp’s Balsam as stopping coughs with samples offered by druggists. The fragment also includes a brief, quirky exchange about a long-haired poet and a landlady, reflecting diary-page style chatter from the journal.
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John Doe
Richard Doe
Tie
MeVickers Chicago Presents The Serenade by The Bostonians
MeVicker's theater in Chicago features The Bostonians in The Serenade starting December 6 for two weeks. The program highlights the lead attractions at the famed theater.
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MeVicker’s
Chicago
MeVicker's Theater
Bostonians
Hot Springs South Dakota Health Resort Ad
The Hot Springs in the Black Hills of South Dakota offers cures for rheumatism neuralgia and related diseases through its waters with first class hotel accommodations and baths. Tourist tickets are on sale daily with special low rates on the first and third Tuesdays of the month. For full details contact agents of Chicago and North Western Railway.
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Black Hills
South Dakota
Vor
Chicago & North-Western Railway
His Parting Shot Ends Matrimony View
A brief exchange notes a rejection and a vow against marriage. She questions the logic, while he asserts no one else will accept him, reflecting a wartime or social society tone from Philadelphia North American.
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Philadelphia
Purported Health Claims and Homeseeker Ads
A collage of promotional lines cites health remedies and daily bowels care, with generic claims about liver kidney relief and headache cures. It also advertises Missouri Kansas Texas Railway excursion dates and tourist sleeper info, plus social commentary jokes about women and marriage and a note on St Jacobs Oil as a cure all.
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