Acme of Proposals Then and Now in a Skyward Courtship
Marguerite Phillips discovers a note tethered to a stone inviting her to be wooed from the clouds by an unnamed aeronaut. After several skyward gestures she learns the birdlike suitor is John Williams who vows to rise no higher unless she accepts. He proposes from a rooftop, she accepts, and they plan to wed with an eagle as the officiant. The piece also discusses theories about dreams, their duration, and prophetic claims.
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Marguerite Phillips
Marguerite
Terra Firma
Sue
Earth
John Williams
John
Williams
Shakespeare
Miracle
Annie
London
District Court of the State of
Iowa
Jones County
Henry J. Banghart
Altes UO. Banhart
Plat Tufk
Oscar H. Banghart
Mery G. Alvermore
A. Livermore
Hurd W. McVay
Ada J. Clark
J. H. Clark
Margaret Mo Binghart
Harold Gornell
Wut Cornell
Rose Cornell
William J. Banghart
Northern Trust Co
Chisago
Ilinois
Willa J. Banghart
District Court of
Cascade and
Maquoketa
KO Dagrags
Bewinning
Oscar J. Banghart
Mary L. Livermore
Burd W. McVay
Ada L. Chur
Lima
Oscar H. Manihot
Shield Wy McVay
Ada L. Clarky
Orer
Planwiy
Henry J. Benghart
Ontas HH. Banghart
Mary JL. Livermore
Somes
Lowa
Kept
la Sala
Puss In Boots Varieties Across Cultures
The St Louis Globe-Democrat notes that many versions exist from Zanzibar to France and India, with the cat acting as swindler or helper. It cites Cruikshank adding gratitude as motive while American editions omit it, questioning why the cat aids a passive master.
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Zanzibar
France
Italy
India
Marquis of Carrabas
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Daddy and the Kiddies Inspire Family Film Night
A Detroit Free Press item recalling a man affectionately called daddy who often stays home while his two youngsters go to the pictures. One night the children plead and he joins them, discovering the trip home and bedtime are sweeter when he attends. The kids reveal how much they yearn for him and how much better the show seems with daddy present.
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Detroit Free Press
The Patience Shortage On A Creek Bank
An elderly man chatters with a boy by a creek about fishing. The boy admits he has patience but lacks bait. The elder urges perseverance, while the boy laments not having bait to continue fishing that day.
Veiled Protection Ends Rasberries Pickers Grievance
A Pittsburgh Press item notes a man who hired boys to pick raspberries and had neck veils made to shield them from mosquitoes. The boys, grateful at first, discover no mosquitoes nearby and cannot eat berries while wearing the veils. The stunt reveals a different kind of protection.
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Pittsburgh Press
Expurgating It in Chicago Tribune Style
Excerpt shows Elfreda recounting her father’s insult toward a visitor, calling him a numskull mollycoddle and jolterhead. She adds that those adjectives were the only words spoken besides the insult. The lines capture sharp, domestic wit characteristic of the era.
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Elfreda
Guy
Chicago Tribune
Strategy Quote With Horrowing Look Prediction
A Boston Transcript quip defines strategy as avoiding a loanharrowed look approaching a borrower. The piece uses a humorous exchange to illustrate cautious planning.
Wordplay on punctuality in a family party scene
In a poised exchange a niece reassures her aunt that no one will enter the party early, insisting the group waits for everyone. The dialogue captures humor about etiquette and collective timing.
Duty and fate collide in a nameless tale of joy ride
A cryptic quotation reflects on a late night joy ride with companions unlikely to gain future newspaper note. The speaker notes a somber outcome despite no technical accident, invoking Ninomiya Sontoku and the idea that duty remains constant regardless of circumstance.
Where My Sympathies Are Poem by Miriam Teichner
A speaker rejects pro war rhetoric and declares solidarity with all wartime sufferers. She voices sympathy for wounded or dead soldiers from many nations and for the families left behind, affirming broad humane support across sides. The poem centers on shared human loss in war.
Saved by a Hymn and Numbers on Safety Maps
A collage of anecdotes on faith and thrift. A Confederate soldier finds courage in a hymn while a Union scout lowers rifles. W M Powell urges saving for old age with a 4 percent plan. A cinema-goer woman reacts to a car on screen. New York police precinct maps show accident pins highlighting Fifth Avenue and Delancey Street areas.
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Charles Lewis Slattery
Henry Drummond
Jesus
W. M. Powell
New York World
Police
New York City
Five Boroughs
Manhattan
Fifth Avenue
Thirteenth Precinct
Delancey Street
Williamsburg Bridge
Seven Wise Men of Greece and Jamaica Valley of Dry Bones
The seven wise men of Greece Thales and others declined a golden tripod offered by a fish seller feast of legend. Jamaica hosts a barren valley near Cunacuma gap in Maroon country with hot limestone rocks and dead trees, rattling in seismic heat.
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Greece
Thules
Miletus
Periander
Corrinth
Cleobulus
Thyndus
Chilo
Lacedaemon
Solon
Athens
Bias
Priene
Pittacus
Mitylene
The
Delphi
Thales
Blas
Jamaica
Cunacuma Gap
Dead Letter Sale Reveals Lost Gifts and Lost Lives
The Baltimore American reflects on the Washington dead letter sale where unclaimed packages due to deficient postage or wrong directions are auctioned. The piece ponders the emotional value of lost gifts and the broader message about careless neglect wasting power, joy, and potential happiness for others.
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Washington
Baltimore American
Cromwell and Quinine in the London Chronicle Tale
The piece notes that quinine trees were introduced to British India through Sir Clements Markham, cutting the drug price in Calcutta. It recalls Jesuits bark as the source and an odd quirk: Cromwell died of tertian ague, and quinine might have saved him, while an 17th century Mercurius Politicus carried Jesuits bark adverts despite Puritan hostility.
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Cromwell
Sir Clements Markham
British India
Calcutta
Sir Clements
Oliver Cromwell
Heim
Mercurius Politicus
London Chronicle
Humorous Meringue Joke and Henley Biography Snapshot
A Buffalo News quip contrasts a kitchen mischief with a tale of Henrys Suffering writer Henley born 1849. It notes his amputation, Lister’s treatment at Edinburgh, and the inspiration drawn by Stevenson. The brief column closes with a Bacon joke about heart weights.
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Henley
W. WW. Henley
Lister
Edinburgh
Tister
Elis
Robert Louis Stevenson
John Silver
Unusual Cocoa Carrying in African Gold Coast Ports
The article describes the cocoa transport system in the Gold Coast where porters haul 150 pound bags to railheads, with Adanso station employing about 3,000 carriers. It notes barrel rolling to the port and heavy loads on primitive roads, highlighting labor patterns and local selling practices.
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African Gold Coast
Gold Coast
Adanso
Atone
Pakro
Acera
Argonaut
Chiropractic Offices Open in Monticello and Anamosa
Monticello state bank building hosts chiropractic clinic with office hours Thursdays and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Anamosa location at 104 N. Sabia Ht opens Mondays. Dr. A. M. Beaver, D.C. advertised.
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Chiropractic
Monticello State Bank
M. W. Herrick
Reed Herrick & Reed Attorneys AT
Monticello
Iowa
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Acme of
Boston Transcript
Puck
Ninomiya Sontoku
Miriam Teichner
Buffalo News
Mr. Bacon
St. Claire Quartette
Europe
Geo
Fred Williams
Kansas
Manford Schoonover
Anna Therese Davault
Chas. H. Plattenburg
W.L. Y. Davis
Parnells
the Orphean Musical Club
Edward Reno
the Wizard
Kelly
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