Parlor Car Episode Ends With a Missing Match
Mr. Barnes, a parlor car superintendent, ignores rules over a dog on board. A Russian poodle named Dushenka charms a woman traveler, then a porter becomes implicated. At journey’s end the woman reveals she is Mrs. Harrington and Barnes confronts social reversal as Harrington introduces his old friend.
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Maitland Junction
Thomas Underwood Barnes
Western Express
Eastern Flyer
Mr. Barnes
Barnes
George
Mr Barnes
Jim Harrington
Mr. Barney
Dushenka
Dushenika
Dushenko
Mateital Felicity
Porter
Dushenki
Jim
Man
Harrington
Franklin in France as American envoy and minister
The article recounts Benjamin Franklin as the first American diplomat in France, arriving after a perilous Atlantic crossing aboard the Reprisal. It notes his role as agent and later minister, his influential rapport with Voltaire and other scholars, and his pivotal part in securing the Franco-American alliance and funding for the Revolutionary cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Benjamin
Franklin
Paris
France
Atlantic
Doctor Franklin
Voltaire
Colonles
Whch
Fronce
Birthday gifts surprise Kansas City man by employer
A Kansas City man received four presents on his birthday including a silk shirt fourteenth size 153%4 worn as 1440, gloves size 6 worn as 74 7, and silk hose size 12 worn as 10. His employer sent a box of soft collars that fit him exactly.
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Kansas City
Test That Proves One's Worth
A moral reflection on living peacefully with good and gentle people. It asserts true harmony is easy with agreeable folk, but real praiseworthy virtue shows itself in governing temper with hard or perverse persons and those who oppose us.
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Thomas A Kempts
When You Are In Rome Admonition On Sabbath Practice
The saying from St Ambrose to St Augustine directs Sabbath keeping by local custom. He advises adopting local practice to avoid offending others or being offended, stating When I am in Rome I do as the Romans do and in Milan I do not fast.
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Rome
St. Ambrose
St. Austin
St. Austins
Milan
Swiss Funeral Customs Peculiarities Noted
An old description notes Swiss funeral customs where the family announces the death in newspapers and places a black table with a black jug outside the home. Friends drop small black visiting cards, and only men attend the churchyard.
Candid exchange on marriage proposal and trust
The dialogue notes a cautious husband who weighed a proposal long before asking. A contrasting reaction highlights the perception that cautious people may be easily deceived or misled.
Names match looks for gang style nicknames
Three boys nicknamed Red Squinch and Bones explain the monikers fit their appearances. Squinch says the names suit their looks and the gang image they project.
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Squinch
Bones
Best That’s in You Drives Steady Public Duty
A man who fills his position with persistent determination will eventually succeed financially and gain character and self-respect. He sets a positive example and benefits others through his service and effort.
Property Quieting Suit in Jones County Iowa 1920
In Jones County Iowa a quiet title suit is filed by Kimma Tschantz et al claiming fee simple ownership of the east half of the northwest quarter of section 6 township 86 north range 3 west. The plaintiffs allege ten years of undisturbed possession under color of title and seek to bar defendants' claims and quiet title. Defendants are warned to answer before the second day of the next term or default and judgment will be entered. Doxsee & Doxsea attorneys represent the plaintiffs.
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District Court of the State of Laws
Jones County
Kimma Tschantz
Anna Wernimont
John Tschantz
Emma Broneman
Mary Petersen
Rose Tsachants
Chris Tachantz
Plaintiife
Charlotte Kennedy
Annie Murray
John Murray
Charlotte B. Wing
Budd Wine
Wiliam Kennedy
John W. Kennedy
Imma Kennedy
Mary Mogan
James Hogan
Margaret Drummy
Charles Gilman
John Gilman
Mary Kelley
John Kelley
Hattie Gilman
District Court
Easat
District Court of
Iowa
Anamosa Town
Said County
Doxsee & Doxsea
Notice of Probate of Will in Jones County Iowa
District Court of Jones County Iowa to probate the last will of W H Norris deceased filed January 3 1920 with final proof and probate set February 2 1920 at the January term all interested may appear show cause why it should not be admitted to probate Dated January 3 1920 Clerk A A Clarke Doxsee Doxgsee attorneys for the estate 28 3
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Jones County
State of
Iowa
W. H. Norris
Said County
A. A. Clarke
Doxsee & Doxgsee
Cecil W. Hosford
A._A. Clarke
Jones Co
Doxsee
Gales
Probate Notice for Cecil W. Hosford Will in Jones County
District Court of Jones County Iowa publishes a probate notice for Cecil W. Hosford. The will filed January 8 1920 is set for probate February 9 1920 at the January term, with interested parties invited to appear and contest. Doxsee Doxsee attorneys for the gale.
Invention Challenges Chickens with Treadmill Feed Box
An inventor patents a feed box with a revolving platform that chickens must scramble over to reach food, making exercise a required part of growth.
Fall of governments tests a renewal of youth
A reflective line stresses that though regimes tumble and testaments crumble, renewal of youth remains the hopeful consequence. The quotation echoes Bancroft on history and reform.
RAT SNAP Rat Killer Ad Promises Quick Elimination
A vintage ad touts RAT SNAP as the fastest rat and mouse killer. The cake form supposedly dries the carcass in minutes with no odor, sold by W. W. Stickford and druggists, in three sizes for 26 cents, 50 cents, or a dollar.
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W. W. Stickford
Wife Reports Relief From Stomach Ailments With Remedy
A woman credits Mayr's Wonderful Remedy for long standing stomach and liver trouble relief after doctors and medicines failed. She praises its cleansing action on intestinal mucus and reduction of inflammation, noting one dose proves its value and money back guarantee. W. W. Stickford and druggists promote it everywhere.
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Mayr
W. W. Stickford
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Wood Levette Wilson
Nile
Palestine
Jerusalem
Kantarna
Gaza
Suez
John H. Winley
Scribner's Magazine
Benjamin Franklin
Orison Swett Marden
Toa
Meane
Moncello
John Deere
McCormick
Hinman
Davenport
Edison Victrola
Alfred Boss
V. J. Herard & Son
L. W. Lovell
George Bancroft
Igeosa
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Props
George J. Wenzlick
Lalide W
C. H. Schipman
Monticello
Sary
Zah
R. J. Reynolds
Prince Albert
P. A
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem, N. c
Edo
Edison
U.S. A
Frank A. Locher
Monticello, Iowa
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