By a Aid of Morpheus A Tale Of Love And Sleep
A group in a Hudson Valley manor shares anecdotes and music as Brennen the pianist pursues Mrs. Morse. After he comforts her insomnia with Chopin and a moonlit night, she agrees to marry, fearing scandal but seeking rest and happiness.
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Madam la Baronny de Vaux
France
Madam la
Baronne
Chachelor
Madam Ia Baronne
Blennen
Mr. Blennen
Hudson Valley
Brennen
Vance
Grace
Mrs. Morse
Mr. Morse
Catskills
Chinese Trolley Plan for 60 Mile Canton to San Wu Route
Chinese residents in British Columbia organize a $2,000,000 company to build an electric trolley system in China from Canton to San Wu a 60 mile line. The Chinese government charter forbids non Chinese from holding stock, making it a strictly Chinese project.
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China
British Columbia
Canton
San Wu
Remember Your Friends by Letter on Their Birthdays
Margaret E. Sangster urges girls to plan birthday showers for friends and distant loved ones, suggesting thoughtful gifts, letters, and a surprise celebration. She emphasizes kindness, growth, and considering family members, with anecdotes on shared memories and improving behavior.
Advice for the thin woman on gaining weight and health
The article recommends milk with cream before bed, a roll, and sugar for thin women not truly ill. It advises cold and tepid baths, sugar and starchy foods, salads with olive oil, fresh butter, and ample sleep. Exercise should be moderate, avoid drugs, and quassia water may help appetite.
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Earth
The Lingerie Hat Captures Summer Headgear Trend
The lingerie hat becomes a favored summer style for both ladies and children. It features a gathered muslin crown and edge, a brim with accordion-pleated muslin and embroidered muslin frills, a ribbon join, and a large front bow, lined with soft muslin or silk, with a ribbon rosette at the left front.
Wearing Rings Advice for Women’s Fashion
The guidance urges women to wear one ring on each finger and avoid crowding with two or more. It emphasizes that a single ring preserves finger shape and overall appearance, while two rings spoil the outline.
The Old English Cutler Shares Shaving Tips in New York
The Old English Cutler arrived in New York after nine years and 19 000 miles of honing razors. He offers practical advice on strops care and shaving with hot steel to improve blade edge and comfort. He urges using a swing strop, keeping it dry, and heating the blade under hot water for a smoother shave.
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New York
Pacific
Atlantic
Rural Norway and Its Honest Peasants
An English tourist recovered lost sovereigns from Norwegian peasants who handed them to magistrates. Norway is described as frugal with no aristocracy, low death rates, and peasants living in multi-building homes with self-made goods and lavish storerooms yet bare floors.
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Trondshem
Christiania
Norway
Electric chair tested to ward seasickness on ship
An English channel steamer and ocean liner tried an arm chair powered by ship current. A vibratory treatment shakes passengers up and down and cross wise to prevent seasickness. Most require one session, some need more, and a few stay seasick after the chair is used. The method targets nervousness and imagination as factors.
Strains of Modern Life and Its Toll on the Senses
The Lancet notes that modern life strains the body with artificial lights and city noise while fumes from oil and polluted air offend the nose. It argues for a simpler life away from the inventors’ perpetual activity.
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Lancet
Grimsey Islanders Proclaim Fiske Birthday Holiday
Grimsey residents declare the birthday of the late Prof. Willard Fiske a provincial holiday. His will endowed a $12,000 trust fund to aid the islanders, a small community of about 80 people in the Arctic near Iceland.
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Grimsey
Arctic Circle
Iceland
Prof
Willard Fiske
Fiske
Paradoxical Nature of Women in Puck Verse
Poem fragment quotes Puck noting that the feminine nature is prone to paradox and hints. It contrasts a woman’s inability to throw a stone with a girl able to heave a sigh, reflecting playful Elizabethan tone on gendered behavior.
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Puck
Auditor Carroll Served With Original Notice
Des Moines reports State Auditor Carroll served as representative of insurance companies in a Rothwell block loss case. Mleming Bros claim damages and insurance totaling 75000 with federal court action likely. Insurance on the block valued at 46000. firms including Spray Field Ice and Marine and London and Globe are involved. demolition and rebuilding delays cited.
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Des Moines
Carroll
Fre
Auit
Mleming Bros
Rothwell
Mlemings
Sprayfield Ice and Marine of
Massachusetts
Wartford Ire Insurance Company
Hartford, Conn
Commerceal
Bomb Thrown at Catholic Church During Card Party
An unknown person hurled a dynamite bomb at a Dubuque church last night as hundreds of women and children attended a parish card party and supper. The blast damaged the sidewalk and windows, with damage estimated in the hundreds of dollars. Police pursue leads but have no suspect at this time. The incident unsettled the city and no motive is known.
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Dubuque
Ato Rm
Wealthy bachelor Shower bequeaths to Des Moines Children’s Home
Des Moines businessman Isaiah Shower, noted for vast wealth, bequests six thousand dollars to the Town Children's Home. The sum was placed in the treasury and will earn interest with the income aiding the children’s care.
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Isaiah Shower
Des Moines
Praer
Eagh
Treasury
Shower
Falling Wall Injures Men In Des Moines Collapse
A Des Moines collapse on Eighteenth Street near Center Street injured three bricklayers yesterday. The four workers on the third floor tumble to the ground as a cover gave way. one man is said to be near death from a forty five foot fall.
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Des Moines
Eighteenth Street
Center Street
Murder suspected in death at Iowa home of fortune teller
Brown, senior partner of the Cedar Rapids bottling works, died suddenly Monday afternoon at Mrs. Jackson's home, a fortune teller he often visited. Coroner investigating possible foul play. Brain and heart in normal condition. Stenimen sent to Iowa City state chemist.
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Cedar Papids
Brown
Cedar Taapids Bottling Works
Jackson
Iowa City
Purity Candy Co Sold in Des Moines Auction
The bankrupt Purity Candy company property was bought Monday afternoon by J H Windsor at an FE M Stedman receiver auction. Windsor will move stock and fixtures to Second street near Court avenue to set up a factory with his son Raymond to run operations. Windsor bid 4100 dollars.
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Purity Candy Co
Des Moines
Purity Candy Company
J. H. Windsor
FE. M. Stedman
Windsor
Court Avenue
Second Street
Walnut Street
Raymond Windsor
Warfield-Pratt-Howell Company
Cedar Rapids
Joe Geren
Army of the Philippines Camp to Be Held in Des Moines
The focal committee on arrangements for the annual Army of the Philippines camp met in Des Moines and opened a temporary headquarters in the Commercial club for preparations. Col. Joan C. Lopez and Capt. Frank I. Lyman lead as chairman and secretary, with about 1,000 members expected to attend.
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Army of the Philippines
Des Moines
Joan C. Lopez
Frank I. Lyman
State Organization Convention Set for County Officials
Council Bluffs will host the largest gathering of county officials in Iowa with simultaneous conventions of clerks of the district court supervisors auditors treasurers and recorders from Aug 1 for three days at the Grand hotel as headquarters. Mayor Donat Macrne will welcome delegates and President B By Coffin arranged preliminary plans.
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Otfclala
Council Bluffs
Iowa
District Court
Grand Hotel
B. By Coffin
Donat Macrne
Doleputes
Betts Sues Over Father’s Alleged Fraudulent Sale
J L Betts files suit in Des Moines claiming his father was fraudulently induced to sell a forty acre farm for 40 dollars per acre. He alleges Martha Howard now holds the land and seeks recovery against parties argue the transfer was improper.
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J. L. Betts
Des Moines
ST. Relig
McVoy
Betts
D. Betts
Coleen
Martha Howard
Cherokee Fire Destroys Printing Shop and Market
A Saturday blaze in Cherokee destroyed the printing shop of Cr. Rhoe, a meat market run by Olney and Gon, and a rear shed. A threshing machine owned by Mr. Jay and Sneha suffered total loss. The large implement house of W. J. Hall was saved by firefighters. Loss estimated around 3600 dollars with no insurance.
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Cr. Rhoe
Olney & Gon
Mri Jay & Sneha
Don
W. J. Hall
Scraper Works Beneath River On New Iowa Dam
A dirt scraper powered by an electric motor operates beneath the river as part of the Illowa river power house project. Engineering students at the university under Prof BedL Lambert supervise the work scooping sand for a cofferdam foundation before cribbing.
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Iowa Glty
Ilowa River
Bedl Lambert
Hoffman Surrenders After Fatal Quarrel in Davenport
Davenport police take in Dapple Hoffman who killed John Esberg and wounded Paul Jones during a dispute over two girls. He fled on a freight train to Blue Island then Chicago and gave himself up. He claims self defense and a hearing is set for Friday morning.
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Davenport
Dapple” Hoffman
John Esberg
Paul Jones
Blue Island
Chicago
City
Sixteenth and
State Street
Ife
Wreck on Milwaukee Line Injures Local Officials
In a Milwaukee division wreck near Rock Valley engineer Mayor and conductor Vassar both residents here were seriously injured. The passenger train hit a washout at thirty mph, the engine flipped over, Mayor was thrown fifty feet and internals were damaged, Vassar suffered multiple injuries. Eighty six passengers aboard were not seriously hurt and traffic halted seven hours. Washouts near Canton delayed service on both sides.
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Mason City
Milwaukee
Rock Valley
Vassar
Canton
Lakes Declared Public Under State Fishing Law Onawa
George A. Lincoln Iowa fish commissioner visited Onawa to announce that Gard and Oliver lakes long treated as private are in a sense public waters and fall under state fishing laws. The sheriff seized a net but it was returned to the owner. Attorneys general opinion will be sought by lake owners to contest the ruling on property rights.
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Onawa
George A. Lincoln
Tia
Gard
Oliver Lakes
Towa
Oliver Jakes
Cedar Rapids Rector Dies After Cardiac Arrest
Thomas E. Gunn rector of the Church of the Immaculate Conception for forty years died early Sunday morning from apoplexy. He was one of the best known Roman Catholic churchmen in the state.
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Cedar Rapids
Thomas E. Gunn
Church of the Immaculate Conception
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