The Seventh Gate of the Forbidden City Adventure
Owen Ryder and five other men ally with Edward Stone to steal the lost art of porcelain painting from the Forbidden City. Lena Shultz lures them with her husband’s life at risk, but Ryder’s crew frees him and escapes through the seventh gate with Lena amid pursuit. The next day Ryder and Stone plan peaceful, simpler lives abroad, while Stone jokes about pink rubber ears.
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Owen Ryder
Peking
Forbidden City
Ryder
Pasar
Edward Stone
Lena Shultz
Stone
Hig
New York
Jove
Leia
Lena
Syndicate
Old London Legend of the Forty Footsteps Church site
A London tale ties a field near Woburn Square to the Meld of Forty Footsteps. Two brothers duel over a woman, who is killed as the victor consoles himself by killing her and then taking his own life. Footprints remain in mud and the land stayed cursed until a church was built in the nineteenth century.
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Woburn Square
London
Mr. J
Ogilvy
London Town
Parting Hair Folly of a Townsman Told in Verse
A humorous reminiscence from the St Louis Post Dispatch recounts a once celebrated townsman now changed by barbering. The piece traces his varied life from bank work to steamboat mate and barber shops to a lament about a barber’s shears ending his famed hair part.
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St Louis
New York
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
A Compliment For Him
A shy eighteen year old girl arrives in the city and cannot find a hansom at Broad Street station. She asks a street youth for a hansom, who replies with a boastful quip about his status in a Philadelphia Times scene.
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Broad Street
Fifteenth Street
Philadelphia Times
Hunger From the Liver Believed as Primary Appetite Trigger
The New York Press argues appetite originates in the whole body, not the stomach, noting cases where stomach removal does not stop hunger signals. It compares internal hunger to phantom sensations from a missing limb, describing three daily growls for meals.
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New York Press
Stone's Throw From Depot Echoes Caesar Era Jokes
A Cleveland Leader quip contrasts Roman catapults with a landlord’s phrase that a house is a stone's throw from the depot. The joke plays on ancient times and modern real estate phrasing.
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Cleveland
Cleverness and Cunning Quote by Lord Byron
A fragment quotes Lord Byron contrasting cleverness with cunning, stating the two are incompatible. It asserts cunning belongs to the weak and to children and fools, while clever people never employ it.
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Byron
Not wholly in love as heiress rejects duke
A brief exchange reveals a financier’s daughter refuses a duke’s marriage proposal. The millionaire offers $50 in consolation, implying a conditional or incomplete reconciliation rather than a full renunciation of affection.
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Duke
The First Years of Man Must Provide for the Last
A succinct adage from Johnson notes the need for foresight in early life to secure future welfare. The quote emphasizes preparing for end of life during youth. It frames prudent planning as essential across generations and reminds readers of responsibility toward later years.
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Johnson
Consolation Dialog Echoes in the Smart Set
Mrs Gramercy laments marital strain as she fears alimony. Mrs Park counsels composure noting a calm approach may ease the settlement. The brief exchange reflects domestic woes and social wit of the Smart Set era.
Tranquil Heart’s Quiet Content Found Within
In a reflective piece the author argues inner peace rests in stillness and personal calm. The text emphasizes inner strength over external noise and invites readers to seek serenity through mindful practice and contemplation.
The Helpful Waiter and Contemptuous Waiter Exchange
A humorous London Lit-Bits fragment shows two waiters in a brief exchange about serving soup. One waiter mocks the other’s clumsy handling and suggests blotting paper to manage spills.
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London
The Custom of Indexing Books Through History
The text traces indexing from early table of contents to alphabetical indices. It notes Cicero and Seneca using notes, the shift to modern index forms, and early alphabetical systems appearing with print. Rasmus early, widespread only by mid sixteenth century. Polydore Vergil’s Angliae Historiae 1546 first English book index.
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Cicero
Seneca
Rasmus
Polydore Vergil
Wellington and Blucher Stories From Ballantine's Memoranda
Veteran recollections recount Wellington at dinner aged and restrained, and Blucher meeting Wellington at Waterloo with shared tears. A lesser tale recalls Blucher praising London after a grand city dinner, ending with the striking remark about sacking the city.
Parable Phrase Traced to Modern “I don’t think” Exression
Correspondents trace the phrase through writers and speakers citing a Bible reading habit. The London Chronicle notes a seventeenth chapter of Luke and the parable of the unthankful servant yields “Ou doko” meaning I do not think.
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Wwe
Christ
London Chronicle
Jones County seeks bids for school texts and supplies
In compliance with law the Jones County Board of Education at Anamosa Iowa will accept bids until 10 a m February 8 1911 for primers readers arithmetics spellers geographies U S histories grammar physiology primers algebra economics physics civics agriculture dictionaries copy books music books and related items for 1910 3500 attendance Samples must stay in county superintendent office Bids may be rejected in whole or part Maurice president and Louis Gardner secretary sign the notice
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Halceny
Jones County Board of Education
Anamosa
Iowa
Jones County
U. S
Patan
Eae Osama
Tefund
Bidtesecerel
Harper
Gardner
oSardnér
Pearson
AMDAE
Kate Maurice
Park Chamberlain
Corp and
Water
Advertatis Coses
Refand
State ‘Trensurer
Sseseseerssageeers Neessnessens
Ata
Stevenstys
Wwe
I. Gardner
Warraita
Sybvetes _ TEACHERS’ INSTITUTE FUND
Amt
Ebneed
Hes
John Quir
Toring
Cress
Brownell
Robert Johnse
Cocreseesenee
Bridge Fund
Iiraeee
Iit
Ly Gardner
N. R. RC
Maes
Ceeeses Kevery
Orphans’ Home Fund
OTL
Telmna
C.essses
Cserceerere
Ava
Balante
Ea F Fun
Balaiée
Jake’t
Isree
Brand Ens
Agricultural College
Tapseene Sen
Monticello School Building Bid Notice 1910
Notice for bids from Monticello Iowa invites sealed proposals for erection and completion of a central heating plant building and heating ventilating systems for a ten room graded school and high school. Plans by architect Harry E Netcott. Bids due January 23 1911 with certified checks and bonds. Right to reject or accept bids reserved by the Independent School District Building Committee. Signed John E Bateman D D Chase T M Redmond.
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Monticello
Iowa
Independent
Harry E. Netcott
Independence
Plains
Board of Directors
School Board
The
Independent School District
John E. Bateman
D. D. Chase
T. M. Redmond
County Treasurer's Report to Board of Supervisors
County Treasurer presents receipts and disbursements of funds from June 1, 1910 to present. Report lists balances, transfers, and expenditures across county accounts.
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Joni
Genta
Corstec
Treasuer
Escaped with His Life and the Great Cure
A Port Harrelson man recalls surviving a near deadly illness twenty one years ago after doctors failed to help. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery for a complete recovery from consumption and a dreadful cough. The remedy is advertised as guaranteed for coughs colds and bronchial issues priced 60c and 1.00 with a free trial bottle at O’H Soetje’s. Also, a 154 acre farm near Sand Springs Hopkinton Delaware county listed for sale by H Putnam Monticello Iowa with details on soil and buildings.
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H. B. Martin
Port Harrelson
Georgetown
S. C
Fori
Delaware County
Alexander Livingston
Sand Springs
Hopkinton
H. Putnam
Monticello
Iowa
New Life Pills Praised by Rev Stubenvoll in Allison Ad
Rev A Stubenvoll extols Dr King's New Life Pills as a health necessity to be kept in every home. He claims if other kinds failed, these pills will help you recover. Available for 25 cents at O TH Soetje's in Allison Ta.
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A. Stubenvoll
Allison
Dr. King
DR. King’s
Soetje’s
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Clarissa Mackie
American Press Association
Peckham
Supreme Court
Wellington
Blucher
Union Club
Crockford’ S
Waterloo
Ballantine
Palamlouu
Louis Gardner
Kate
Maurice
Orphan's Home
Louisa Co
Bal
School Fund
State Normal
Board of Health Fund
State University
Teachers’ Institute
Cedar Rapids
B’k
T. J. Fing
John Thomsen
Finance Com
W. K. Pearson
St. Louis
Parson
South Bend
H. F Witt, Jeweler
Tone Bros
Des Moines, Ia
DR. A. M. Maurice
J. E. Bateman
W. First St
Eagle Drug Store
A. Kempf
Prop
Chamberlain
0. H. Soetije
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