Kellogg praises Iowa roads during Des Moines visit
Hon. Frank B. Kellogg and party stayed at Hotel Fort Des Moines. Kellogg praised Iowa’s paved highways as among the best, linking road funding to traffic and state revenue. He helped champion the Kellogg peace pact and later joined the world court.
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Frank B. Kellogg
Minneapolis
Jefferson Highway
California
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
Kellogg
World Court
Railroads Bay Bus Lines Sale Sails Through
The Fort Dodge Des Moines and Southern Transportation Co is sold to Interstate Transit Lines of Omaha tied to Union Pacific and Chicago Northwestern railways. Transfer at midnight February 28 with approval by the railroad board. The Interurban successor operated 36 to 40 buses over 600 miles serving many Iowa towns and logged 1 600 000 miles in service.
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Des Moines Chamber of Commerce
J. D. Adams
Minnesota
Chicago
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Iowa
Mason City
Charles City
Waterloo
No. 20
Duluth
Towa
Fort Dodge, Dex Moines and Southern Transportation Company
Interstate Transit Lines of
Omaha
Union Pacific
Chicago & Northwestern Railways
Lows Railroad Board
Interurban
Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern
Algona
Fort Dodge
Boont
Ames
Des Moines
Indianola
Ottumwa
Monroe Marshalltown
Knoxville
Grundy Center
Ama
Athenian Gazette and early magazines cited by library group
The American Library Association notes the Athenian Gazette in London 161 and Centurymen’s Magazine beginning 1731 as early milestones. It calls these the real beginnings of the monthly magazine as known today.
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American Libary Association
Athenian Gazette
London
Centhemmn
Evergreen blackberry plant travels from Hawaii to Oregon
The evergreen blackberry plant is said to have moved from the Hawaiian Islands to Oregon, presumably carried from other South Seas lands. One Fiji Island is reported to be so overgrown that it forms an impenetrable thicket.
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Oregon
Hawaiiien Islands
South Seas
Tita
Fiji Islands
Gas bag textiles and dope treatments for airships
Materials like cotton and tinea are used for gas bags in bal loops and airships. They require a getter holding treatment such as war pish, india rubber, goldbeater's skin and other dopes.
Frugal Lumber Camp Fare Described by Lewiston Journal
A Lewiston Journal account recalls Maine lumber camps serving simple meals without courses or formalities. Camp cooks refill tin cups and utensils, offering beans bread potatoes and onions with molasses, while workers help themselves and clear dishes into a central sink ash can.
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Maine
Noman
Lewiston Journal
Scottish Judge Eskgrave and the art of ornate justice
A Montreal Star reprint recalls Lord Eskgrave a Scottish judge from a century ago known for verbose judgments. It notes his tendency to embellish plain statements, including a dramatic death sentence over a tailor and a dramatic dining room lament after a violent burglary.
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Lord Eskgrave
Eskgrave
Lfe
Montreal Star
Kit Inspection At Camp Prisoner Pri vate Trown
An orderly checks Private Trown during a kit inspection. He confirms three shirts two pairs of boots and two pairs of socks with one shirt and boots in the wash or box and Trown unable to locate the box.
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Trown
London
Salisbury clock may be England’s oldest turret timepiece
In Salisbury cathedral’s first chamber a rusty mechanism possibly dates to 1884, predating Wells clock at South Kensington. The relic features a hand wheel for winding the echoing stage and could be made to run again with minor repairs.
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Salisbury Cathedral
England
Wells
Science Museum
South Kensington
Salisbury
Let Down Mother Dinner Time Quarrel
A mother boasts of teaching Betty politeness at dinner. Betty declines more suet pudding, replying No fear, mother, after the prompt question. The exchange reveals a humorous moment of child wit during the meal.
Desolation After Gold Dredge Activity Across California
Automobiles tour the northern California countryside amid mountains of cobble piles left by gold dredges. These ruins, 40 to 100 feet high and hundreds of feet long, mar the landscape with little hope of removal. Dredges cost about a quarter million dollars to build and yield small gold returns while yielding vast amounts of crushed stone for cement.
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California
Washington Star
Puzzle Presented to English Legal Minds
A Times letter from a barrister presents an ingenious puzzle about fees and a bar exam case. It outlines a plot where A’s plan hinges on FE and UT payoffs, creating a paradox if the defendant B won’t pay. The Weekly Scotsman notes an evident solution.
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Times
Weekly
Scotsman
Delayed Singers Name Sparks Outburst at Banquet
The portly man engaged to sing at a post banquet musical program laments being omitted from the list. Vic confronts an organist, brandishes the program, and demands an explanation while a young attendant reveals the mistyped note for the singer.
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Vic
Montrenil Star
Ancient Builders Humor Shaped by Stone and Counties
A humorous streak marks medieval English architecture as stone carvings show marmonic predictions and gibe at geese. A Bedfordshire Hertfordshire farmhouse bears a beam inscription inviting warmth, noting the room spans two counties where the hearth lies in Hertfordshire.
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England
Bedfordshire
Hertfordshire
French Superstitions Persist in Rural Normandy and Brittany
French peasants retain belief in the evil eye witches were wolves and other superstitions despite efforts to erase them. Sacred trees host midnight dances by girls and medicine men operate in rural areas. French courts frequently handle superstition related cases.
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Vilages
Normandy
Brittany
Fearsome Creature Mind Rex Allen p
An OCR fragment discusses a mythical beast derived from fle imagery and Chinese depictions. It describes a serpent body with deer horns horse head red eyes and eagle claws, noting various animal features and imperial dragon counts.
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Rex Allen P
Japan
Good Idea Warringhy Proposes Baby Name at Meeting
At a politics meeting in Viancanver Province a man named Warringhy leaned toward a mother and asked if her infant had been christened. He suggested the name Good Tdea, arguing it should be carried out, claiming the name fits the moment and tone of the gathering.
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Roy Stivers
Grinnell
Newburg
Newton
Carraco
Warringhy
Viancanver Province
Desert Aster Described In Painted Canyon Flora
The desert aster, a Western composite, is celebrated as a standout with a lavender ender-rayed bloom and a yellow center. It forms a perennial with a low woody base and annual slender branches, bearing a plentiful foliage display and irregular yet distinct features.
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Painted Canyon
Chile
Sanity In the Madhouse by G K Chesterton excerpt
A verse-like quotation contrasts sanity and madness, valuing a secluded madhouse over noisy intellectual circles and activist movements. The fragment frames the poet’s view on society, philosophy debates, and charity drives as crowd noise.
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Poet
G. K. Chesterton
Magpie Superstitions Across Nations
A compilation notes magpies as omens in various regions. In Sweden the bird is tied to witchcraft. in Devonshire a peasant spits three times over the shoulder to ward off ill luck. in Scotland the birds perched near windows are believed to foretell a family member’s early death.
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Sweden
Devonshire
England
Indians Poisoned Arrows Describe Ethnology Findings
Ethnology notes that Indian poison arrows used vegetal and animal toxins. Vegetal poisons include sap from queen angustifolia, ne onite preparations, and mago milk. Some tribes, like Shoshon and Bannock, baited a deer with a rattlesnake to infuse arrows with putrefied matter.
Phi Beta Kappa Key Fails as Cashier Identification
A hotel manager refused a guest trying to cash a check after the guest presented a Phi Beta Kappa key as identification. The manager suggested a more recognizable form of ID, underscoring the college honor society’s symbolic value over practical use.
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Phi Beta Kappa
Atrest
New York Sun
Eliminating Ground Ivy Among Lawns
A simple method for removing ground ivy uses a spray of sodium chlorate one to two ounces per gallon of water. Apply with a pressure sprayer to cover 100 square feet, or slightly more when using a sprinkling can. The spray discolors grass briefly, so best to apply in late fall.
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Handa
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Kelly Tire
Kelly
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