Mapleview New Year Party Ends In Pleasant Reveal
Readers learn of Fanny Oswood and Will Moorehead planning a New Year celebration to advance Miss Dearby and Mr. Mac. The plot unravels as Miss Dearby is found already engaged to Mac, and Miss Dearby’s mother helps reveal the truth at the Mapleview gathering, ending with a joyful reconciliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ave
Fanny Oswood
Mapleview
Fanny
Will Moorehead
Will
Miss Dearby
Mr. Mac
Drews
Mr. Mae
Jett
Vanny
Mae
Gio
Mr. Moe
Atanny
New Year Reflections and Resolutions from Chinago Advance
A New Year meditation urges retrospection on past deeds and blessings. It speaks of wise resolves, even when broken, to improve life and spirit and to share blessings with others in the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grice
Happy New Year Reflections and Humorous Jokes
A retrospective note from a 19th century publication blends seasonal resolutions with light humor. Mary Mapes Dodge quotes a New Year wish urging kindness and self improvement. The exchanges joke about a dinner guest and a turkey, while urging looking back at the past to better the future and moral accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Mapes Dodge
St. Nicholas
Christ's Mission and the Bethlehem Manger's Message
Dr. Talmage's Christmas sermon centers on the Bethlehem birth, praising Jesus as the universal savior born in poverty. He elevates goodwill to men, forgiveness, angels, and salvation as the core of Christmastide, urging sympathy, harmony, and the view of sinners saved by grace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Bethlehem
Pharaoh
House of Oisar
House of Haapsburg
Stuart
Jesus
Christ
Luther
Sharspeare
Stratford-on-Avon
Columbus
Genoa
Hogarth
Westmoreland
Kitto and Prideaux
Paradise
Constellation
Ireland
Bethlehem Crib
David
Dethlehem
New Covenant
Carnelians
Jaspers
Kid
Raphael
Rubens
Titian
Giotto
Ghirlandaro
Aenrys
England
Lois
France
Fredericks
Crussia
Eaven
Jordan
Earth
Heaven
Galilee
Salvation
Tam
Manger
Dawn
Michael
Archangel
Bear kills hunter in Virginia lair rescue deemed dangerous
In Black Rock Springs area Virginia a party including Washington Ving Oscar Marly Willie James and Rice Vin hunted bears. Vin entered a bear den with a lit torch after his dog vanished a bear seized the torch and was shot by Vin killing the bear and enabling rescue efforts. The 200 pound animal was pulled from the den by the group with Vin’s son aiding in the extraction. This summary from Richmond Dispatch notes the perilous hunt and dramatic rescue.
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Virginia
Ulin
Washington
Oscar Marly
Willie James
Rice
Black Rocke Springs
Harters
Soong
Favo
Mr. Benin
Dorling
Aiple
Rice Vin
Bis
Mia Vin
Uelny
Richmond Dispatch
No Gum Chewing in Church Case in Cumberland
Rev. Mr. Gillum testifies in a Cumberland police court that two Cresaptown girls disrupted services by gum chewing and talking. The magistrate fines and costs totaling 87 dollars, paid, after witnesses corroborate the disturbance outside the church.
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Cresaptown
Cumberland
Pau
Bar of Justice
Gillum
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Iowa Dealers Form Uniform Business Rules Group
A Des Moines meeting of hidden and tallow traders and finess men trans acting with Iowa firms completed an organization. The aim is uniform rules for conduct and product classification. Officers: President J. Joltz Ottumwa, Vice President Charles Trull Marshalltown, Secretary Treasurer C L Percival Des Moines.
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Iowa
Des Moines
J. Ioltz
Ottumwa
Charlea, Trull
Marshalltown
C. Lt. Percival
Plea for Eastern Lown Deaf School Funding
A report on a privately supported institution urges an eastern Lown deaf mute school, sustained by 10 000 dollars annually, forwarded to Gov Jackson by Prof Decoursey of Dubuque. The document notes local deaf mutes miss Connell Blaf's school and cites cases like Linnie Haginewood, deaf dumb and blind, as neglected.
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Pilon
Eastern Lown
Decoursey
Dubuque
Jackson
Ife
Lown
Connell Blaf
Linnie Haginewood
Sioux City Delegation Requests Pardon for Atlee Tart
A group of Sioux City and Nebraska leaders met with Gov. Jackson to seek a pardon for Atlee Tart, a Sioux City man sentenced to one year in the state penitentiary for extortion and upheld by the supreme court. Tart and his family accompanied the delegation. The governor granted a stay of execution for no days.
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Art
Sioux City
Nebraska
Gov. Jackson
Atlee Tart
Supreme Court
Tart
Hart
Growing Good Coffee in Marion County Experiment
Interest grows as Jacob Bruce, a farmer near Waosville, experiments with coffee growing on a small plot. In spring 80h he planted seven grains of coffee. by fall harvest he reaped half a peck, then replanted. Now eight bushels of coffee from one plot, about 85 bushels per acre.
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Marion County
Jacob Bruce
Waosville
Prince
Cherokee man abandons wife claims Dakota move
W A Thompson of Cherokee left his wife in September after an alleged quarrel and was last heard from in November in Harlington. He claimed to seek a farm in Dakota and may have another wife in Sibley. Local inquiries continue.
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Thompson
Leatrice Democrat
W. A. Thompson
Dakota
Ars Rington
Ned
Sibley
Turbulent Iowa News Tangles Crime Weather and Poultry
A verbose digest notes a Tig Pour Poultry exhibition in Kloux City with 2000 binds from multiple states. Reports include a firm receiver in Slows City, a minister George R. Carroll's death, a new cooperative creamer opening, and varied local incidents from arson losses to burglaries. Multiple court verdicts, railway accidents, and tax debates across Des Moines Dubuque Independence and Burlington are listed with few details.
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Tig Pour Poultry Association
Kloux City
Fromtowa
North
South Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Missouri
Trinda
Hutchinson & Phillips
Dusinesa
George R. Carroll
Tafintey
Cedar Rapids
Smoaner! Cooperative Creamery
Arispic
Conlpishky & Uring
Dubuque
George Miner
Burlington & Quincy
Jodee Vowner
Bedford
George Rebout
Dawson
Chicapo
Agcluim
Keokuk
Walter Seobt
Des Moines
Frederick Ludwig
Martin Kautz
Grace Episcopal Church
Boone
Buriars
Turcon
Plymouth County
Lemurs
Herron
Wernli
Carl Lehman
Volkfreund
Burlington
Rod Wosford
Burlington Con
Big Four Poultry Association
Sioux City
Knoxville
Dubque
Independence
Davenport
Missouri River
Supreme Court
John Hamlin
George Weems
L. D. Redpath
Creston
Thomas ‘Tierney
Deat
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Harriet F. Blodgett
Mrs. May
Luclk
M. D. Brine
Witherby
Castleton
Bone
United Presbyterian
Christ’s Mission
Dr. Talmage
Atchison
Iowa State News
Purewell
Klas
Rot
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