Treasure Hunts Stir Imagination Across the Globe
The article surveys current quests for sunken riches from the Florentia in Tobermory to Balaklava and Cocos Island. It notes expeditions led by Argyle, Mauritius dealers, and British salvage experts, with tales of lost royal jewels, Spanish treasure, and battles over hidden wealth.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Tobermory
Scotland
Balaklava Bay
England
John
Mauritius
Indian Ocean
Cocos Island
Pacific
Soldiers of Fortune
Black Mountain
King John
St. John Hope
Society of Antiquarians
Sig. Restucci
Boston Woman Claims Hidden Treasure From Pirates Ad
A Boston woman signing as Sadie J Mason claimed in a newspaper ad that she learned the hiding place of millions captured by a cut throat pirate crew aboard a Jolly Roger ship. The vessel allegedly ferried treasure for years before being burned on an island in the St Lawrence gulf about 75 years ago.
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Boston
Sadie J. Mason
St. Lawrence Gulf
Miss Mason
All Off. She Did You See Papa
The fragment shows a brief dialogue with a question about sight of a father and a confirmation that seeing is believing, from a Sunday page snippet.
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Papa
Sun
Americans Are Paint Users, Painting Habits, and Industry View
The article argues Americans consume over 100 million gallons of paint yearly, driven by wood-built homes and a pursuit of cleanliness. It traces paint adoption to 1860s ready mix paints, notes industry growth to 60 million gallons by 1900, and defends prepared paints while warning against low-price linseed oil products from mail order houses.
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Octave Thanet
Japan
Still Spiteful: A Tale of Marriage and Divorce
The Chicago Daily News notes a spiteful marriage where a woman wed to spite another girl. She later divorces him to enable his marriage to the rival, continuing the motive of spite in the social tale.
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Chicago Daily News
Rich in Embryo Yet The Bud How did you get your start in life
A courtroom exchange features a senator claiming not yet started in life and a judge noting the speaker is worth ten million dollars, revealing a dry, satirical tone about wealth and ambition.
Best He Could Say About Peek Eboo Shirtwaists
A Louisville Courier-Journal cartoon caption notes a man’s curt response to women in shirtwaists, remarking that the garments are “almost clothes” as a playful take on fashion modesty and gendered attire.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Ferocious Bull Dog Nicknamed Icy Clings Relentlessly
A Baltimore American quotation notes that a dog described as ferocious earns the nickname Icy because once attached it clings to a person. The remark highlights the stubborn, tenacious nature attributed to the animal.
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Baltimore American
Heavenward Plans By Men With Letters Of Credit
A concise reflection on men who seem to rely on bankers credit as their passport to heaven. The remark contrasts worldly finance with spiritual readiness, suggesting some equate wealth documents with afterlife assurance.
Wreck on Rock Island at Marne Injures Eleven
Eleven people, five from Des Moines, were injured in a head on collision between the Colorado Flyer and the Iowa Limited on the Rock Island line near Maine station Marne. The crash was caused by misunderstood orders for a siding, with both trains on the main line on a curve.
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Rock Island
Marne Poes
Des Moines
Marne
Maine
Atlantic
Des Moinees
Fox
Binkley
Iowa Limited
Bledsoe
Shultz
Memorial Hall Dedicated at Drake University
Des Moines report on the Monday dedication of Drake University Memorial Hall the new theological college building on University avenue near Twenty seventh. Dr W F Richardson delivered the dedicatory address with Dean A M Haggard presiding and Prof A D Veatch Wal ter Stairs D R Dungan Sherman Kirk and Miss Mabel Bancroft taking part alongside musical selections.
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Des Moines
Drake University
Theological College
University Avenue
University Place Church of Christ
Universty
W. F. Richardson
First Christian Church of Kansas City
A. M. Haggard
the Bible College
A. D. Veatch
Walter Stairs
D. R. Dungan
Sherman Kirk
Mabel Bancroft
Professor Buck Receives Carnegie Pension
Grinnell reports Prof. S. J. Buck emeritus of mathematics at Iowa College awarded a $1000 yearly pension from the Carnegie fund for retired professors. Payments begin June 25, sent to the Iowa College treasurer in monthly installments. Buck, a pioneer educator, came to Iowa College in 1864 from Oberlin, led as former president of the Iowa State Teachers Association, and served as acting president in the late 1880s between Magoun and Gates terms. He has reduced teaching but still conducts classes.
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Grinnell
Carnegie
S. J. Buck
Emerfitus
Iowa College
Carnegie Pension Fund
Buck
Oberlin College
Iowa State Teachers’ Association
Magoun
Gates
New President Installed at Grinnell College
Grinnell College in Grinnell Iowa inaugurated John H T Main Tuesday as president. State Senator James A Smith Osage chaired the ceremonies with trustees present. Speakers included Stephen H Herrick Charles A Moore Charles Noble John W Canaway and Ernest Jaqua. An alumni inaugural banquet followed at noon.
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Grinnell
John H. T. Main
Iowa College
James A. Smith
Osage
Stephen H. Herrick
Riverside
Cal
Congregational Churches
Chas. A. Moore
State Association
Charles Noble
John W. Canaway
Ernest Jaqua
Death from horse fall shocks Creston family
Seventeen year old Miss Lottis Snair daughter of Mr and Mrs Tom Snair of Creston was killed while on a pleasure ride. The horse slipped on brick paving and the saddle girth broke causing her to strike her head and die shortly after.
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Creston
Lottis Snair
Tom Snair
Farmers Arrested for 1857 Mob Murder Near Corning
George and Charles Bickford two farmers living seven miles north of Corning face first degree murder charges for allegedly hanging George Mckenzie in 1857 as members of a mob. They were arraigned and released under $5000 bonds.
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Corning
George
Charles Bickford
Here
George Mckenzie
Barrow Accused of Forging Will in Sioux City Case
Edward Barrow of Canton files petition in county clerk's office alleging Fred Barrow forged the will of Mrs. Charlotte M. Tibbett deceased May 18, a milliner. The will, naming Fred Barrow as chief heir and $10,000 estate, had prompted probate proceedings and removal of jewelry bequeathed to England relatives.
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Sioux City
Charlotte M. Tibbett
Fred Barrow
Edward Barrow
Canton
S. D
Los Angeles
Tibnett
Cascade Enforces Curfew Law for Under Sixteen
The Cascade city council vows strict enforcement of the curfew ordinance requiring youths under sixteen to be off the streets after eight. The rule evolved from a 1896 incident when a boy hidden under a sidewalk startled Alderman Dominy, later mayor, aiding the curfew's creation.
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Cascade
Anamosa
Dominy
Babb Leaves State as Regents Chair Resigns
Iowa City's Judge W S Babb resigns as chairman of the executive committee of the Iowa university board of regents. Joe R Lane of Davenport elected to replace him. Rumor links Babb to moving to Aurora Illinois to take a lawyer post with a large manufacturing firm in which he holds stock. A new regent from the First district will be elected next session. John L Seerley of Burlington is mentioned as a candidate.
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Regents
Iowa City
W. S. Babb
Mt. Pleasant
Board of Regents
Iowa University
Joe R. Lane
Davenport
John L. Seerley
Burlington
College Confers Decrees at Grinnell Commencement
Grinnell marked its fifty-ninth commencement with Rev Stephen G Barnes delivering the address on Progress and the Fullness of Man. Sixty graduates received degrees including D D honors for Azora F Davis James E Snowdon Geo E White and Judge J E Dodds and Isaac A Loos were awarded higher degrees.
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Grinnell
Stephen G. Barnes
Town College
Azora F. Davis
New Britain
Conn
James E. Snowdon
Cedar Falls
Geo. E. White
Marsozon
Turkey
J. E. Dodds
Madison
Wis
Isaac A. Loos
Iowa City
Woman, child struck by train on Fairport track
Mrs. Lottie Huston and her three year old son were hurled from the Milwaukee track at Fairport when a train struck them. Neither was seriously hurt. The woman ignored warning and believed the train was on another track.
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Muscatine
Lottie Huston
Milwaukee
Fairport
Paroled Prisoner Shot by Illinois Exile Constable
Frank Hampton, a parolee from Joliet Illinois, was shot twice by Constable George Blount in Ottumwa after Hampton resisted arrest in a saloon. Hampton, sentenced for robbery in 1889, had been released on parole last October and fought Blount before fleeing.
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Ottumwa
Frank Hampton
Joliet
Ill
George Blount
Hampton
Ilinois
Blount
Farmer’s gun kills his daughter while cleaning
John Warner, a farmer near Hancock, was unloading a gun after killing rats when it discharged and killed his seven year old daughter Bessie instantly. The charge entered the child’s breast and stomach.
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Hancock
John Warner
Bessie
Prominent Farmer Killed In Prairie City Bridge Accident
In Prairie City a drove of cattle driven by Adam Telfer and his nephew frightened, ran off a bridge, and killed farmer Adam Telfer. The nephew was thrown into the creek but escaped unharmed.
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Prairie City
Adam Telfer
Mr. Telfer
Circus Hands Crushed by Train Near Oxford Junction
Two colored roustabouts with Wallace Bros show were fatally struck by a train while approaching Cedar Rapids from the west near Oxford Junction. Names were not learned.
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Cedar Rapids
Oxford Junction
Woman Takes Strychnine in Despair at Cedar Falls
Mrs. Alice A. Chenowith, despondent from ill health, attempted suicide by swallowing strychnine. Physicians hold strong hopes of saving her life at Cedar Falls.
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Cedar Falls
Alice A. Chenowith
Tillers of the Soil and the Dingley Tariff Debate
The piece argues for the Dingley tariff of 1897 as essential protection for farmers. It criticizes free traders who claim revenue tariffs and warns they underestimate the farmers’ prosperity under protection. It asserts farmers’ gains since McKinley’s signing and cautions against appealing to farmers’ ignorance.
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New Haven Palladium
United States
George Washington
Repubic
Willam McKinley
How to Beat Bryan in 1908
The piece argues Bryan remains the national Democratic leader and likely its 1908 candidate. It urges Republicans to avoid radical shifts, stand firm for broad national interests and material welfare, and resist stampinged into radicalism or reaction, citing prosperity as essential to national leadership.
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Bryan
Chicago Inter Ocean
Democracy
Republican
Jacobs
Republican Party
Trade Balance and Prosperity Outlook in 1906 Ledger
The ledger for 12 months to April 1906 shows exports of 1 723 341 054 and imports of 1 203 954 504, yielding a favorable balance of 529 486 550, a figure higher by 130 million than the combined balances of 1892 93 94 and 95. The New York Press notes the economy’s need to maintain trade surpluses to avoid debt and sustaining prosperity. Large favorable balances require restricting imports to stay profitable for America.
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New York
American Economist
America
Prudent Economists Favor Stable Tariff in Prosperity
The American Economist notes that prudent and conservative men across parties prefer tariff stability during a period of great prosperity. They argue that maintaining current tariff conditions is wiser than altering them on general principle or for the sake of change.
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